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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
+
+/* Implements a D-Bus service that automatically reconnects when the system bus is restarted.
+ *
+ * Compile with 'cc sd_bus_service_reconnect.c $(pkg-config --libs --cflags libsystemd)'
+ *
+ * To allow the program to take ownership of the name 'org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample',
+ * add the following as /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample.conf
+ * and then reload the broker with 'systemctl reload dbus':
+
+<?xml version="1.0"?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
+ "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
+<busconfig>
+ <policy user="root">
+ <allow own="org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample"/>
+ <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample"/>
+ <allow receive_sender="org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample"/>
+ </policy>
+
+ <policy context="default">
+ <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample"/>
+ <allow receive_sender="org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample"/>
+ </policy>
+</busconfig>
+
+ *
+ * To get the property via busctl:
+ *
+ * $ busctl --user get-property org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample \
+ * /org/freedesktop/ReconnectExample \
+ * org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample \
+ * Example
+ * s "example"
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
+
+#define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))
+
+#define check(x) ({ \
+ int _r = (x); \
+ errno = _r < 0 ? -_r : 0; \
+ printf(#x ": %m\n"); \
+ if (_r < 0) \
+ return EXIT_FAILURE; \
+ })
+
+typedef struct object {
+ const char *example;
+ sd_bus **bus;
+ sd_event **event;
+} object;
+
+static int property_get(
+ sd_bus *bus,
+ const char *path,
+ const char *interface,
+ const char *property,
+ sd_bus_message *reply,
+ void *userdata,
+ sd_bus_error *error) {
+
+ object *o = userdata;
+
+ if (strcmp(property, "Example") == 0)
+ return sd_bus_message_append(reply, "s", o->example);
+
+ return sd_bus_error_setf(error,
+ SD_BUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY,
+ "Unknown property '%s'",
+ property);
+}
+
+/* https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_add_object.html */
+static const sd_bus_vtable vtable[] = {
+ SD_BUS_VTABLE_START(0),
+ SD_BUS_PROPERTY(
+ "Example", "s",
+ property_get,
+ 0,
+ SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
+ SD_BUS_VTABLE_END
+};
+
+static int setup(object *o);
+
+static int on_disconnect(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error) {
+ check(setup((object *)userdata));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Ensure the event loop exits with a clear error if acquiring the well-known service name fails */
+static int request_name_callback(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error) {
+ if (!sd_bus_message_is_method_error(m, NULL))
+ return 1;
+
+ const sd_bus_error *error = sd_bus_message_get_error(m);
+
+ if (sd_bus_error_has_names(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_TIMEOUT, SD_BUS_ERROR_NO_REPLY))
+ return 1; /* The bus is not available, try again later */
+
+ printf("Failed to request name: %s\n", error->message);
+ object *o = userdata;
+ check(sd_event_exit(*o->event, -sd_bus_error_get_errno(error)));
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int setup(object *o) {
+ /* If we are reconnecting, then the bus object needs to be closed, detached from
+ * the event loop and recreated.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_detach_event.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_close_unref.html
+ */
+ if (*o->bus) {
+ check(sd_bus_detach_event(*o->bus));
+ *o->bus = sd_bus_close_unref(*o->bus);
+ }
+
+ /* Set up a new bus object for the system bus, configure it to wait for D-Bus to be available
+ * instead of failing if it is not, and start it. All the following operations are asyncronous
+ * and will not block waiting for D-Bus to be available.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_new.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_set_address.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_set_bus_client.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_negotiate_creds.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_set_watch_bind.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_set_connected_signal.html
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_start.html
+ */
+ check(sd_bus_new(o->bus));
+ check(sd_bus_set_address(*o->bus, "unix:path=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"));
+ check(sd_bus_set_bus_client(*o->bus, 1));
+ check(sd_bus_negotiate_creds(*o->bus, 1, SD_BUS_CREDS_UID|SD_BUS_CREDS_EUID|SD_BUS_CREDS_EFFECTIVE_CAPS));
+ check(sd_bus_set_watch_bind(*o->bus, 1));
+ check(sd_bus_start(*o->bus));
+
+ /* Publish an interface on the bus, specifying our well-known object access
+ * path and public interface name.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_add_object.html
+ * https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-tutorial.html
+ */
+ check(sd_bus_add_object_vtable(*o->bus,
+ NULL,
+ "/org/freedesktop/ReconnectExample",
+ "org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample",
+ vtable,
+ o));
+ /* By default the service is only assigned an ephemeral name. Also add a well-known
+ * one, so that clients know whom to call. This needs to be asynchronous, as
+ * D-Bus might not be yet available. The callback will check whether the error is
+ * expected or not, in case it fails.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_request_name.html
+ */
+ check(sd_bus_request_name_async(*o->bus,
+ NULL,
+ "org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample",
+ 0,
+ request_name_callback,
+ o));
+ /* When D-Bus is disconnected this callback will be invoked, which will
+ * set up the connection again. This needs to be asynchronous, as D-Bus might not
+ * yet be available.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_match_signal_async.html
+ */
+ check(sd_bus_match_signal_async(*o->bus,
+ NULL,
+ "org.freedesktop.DBus.Local",
+ NULL,
+ "org.freedesktop.DBus.Local",
+ "Disconnected",
+ on_disconnect,
+ NULL,
+ o));
+ /* Attach the bus object to the event loop so that calls and signals are processed.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_attach_event.html
+ */
+ check(sd_bus_attach_event(*o->bus, *o->event, 0));
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ /* The bus should be relinquished before the program terminates. The cleanup
+ * attribute allows us to do it nicely and cleanly whenever we exit the
+ * block.
+ */
+ _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
+ _cleanup_(sd_event_unrefp) sd_event *event = NULL;
+ object o = {
+ .example = "example",
+ .bus = &bus,
+ .event = &event,
+ };
+
+ /* Create an event loop data structure, with default parameters.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_event_default.html
+ */
+ check(sd_event_default(&event));
+
+ /* By default the event loop will terminate when all sources have disappeared, so
+ * we have to keep it 'occupied'. Register signal handling to do so.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_event_add_signal.html
+ */
+ check(sd_event_add_signal(event, NULL, SIGINT|SD_EVENT_SIGNAL_PROCMASK, NULL, NULL));
+ check(sd_event_add_signal(event, NULL, SIGTERM|SD_EVENT_SIGNAL_PROCMASK, NULL, NULL));
+
+ check(setup(&o));
+
+ /* Enter the main loop, it will exit only on sigint/sigterm.
+ * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_event_loop.html
+ */
+ check(sd_event_loop(event));
+
+ /* https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sd_bus_release_name.html */
+ check(sd_bus_release_name(bus, "org.freedesktop.ReconnectExample"));
+
+ return 0;
+}