ev

pointer to sysevent buffer handle

event_handler

pointer to an event handling function

sysevent_hdl

pointer to a sysevent subscriber handle

The sysevent_bind_handle() function allocates memory associated with a subscription handle and binds it to the caller's event_handler. The event_handler is invoked during subsequent system event notifications once a subscription has been made with sysevent_subscribe_event(3SYSEVENT).

The system event is represented by the argument ev and is passed as an argument to the invoked event delivery function, event_handler.

Additional threads are created to service communication between syseventd(1M) and the calling process and to run the event handler routine, event_handler.

The sysevent_unbind_handle() function deallocates memory and other resources associated with a subscription handle and deactivates all system event notifications for the calling process. All event notifications are guaranteed to stop upon return from sysevent_unbind_handle().

The sysevent_bind_handle() function returns a valid sysevent subscriber handle if the handle is successfully allocated. Otherwise, NULL is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

The sysevent_unbind_handle() function returns no value.

The sysevent_bind_handle() function will fail if:

EACCESS

The calling process has an ID other than the privileged user.

EBUSY

There are no resources available.

EINVAL

The pointer to the function event_handler is NULL.

EMFILE

The process has too many open descriptors.

ENOMEM

There are insufficient resources to allocate the handle.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

syseventd(1M), sysevent_subscribe_event(3SYSEVENT), attributes(5)

Event notifications are revoked by syseventd when the bound process dies. Event notification is suspended if a signal is caught and handled by the event_handler thread. Event notification is also suspended when the calling process attempts to use fork(2) or fork1(2). Event notifications might be lost during suspension periods.