udev_enumerate_new(3)

udev_enumerate_new3

Create, acquire and release a udev enumerate object

Usage

#include <libudev.h>

struct udev_enumerate *udev_enumerate_new(struct udev *udev);

struct udev_enumerate *udev_enumerate_ref(struct udev_enumerate *udev_enumerate);

struct udev_enumerate *udev_enumerate_unref(struct udev_enumerate *udev_enumerate);

Overview

udev_enumerate_new() creates an enumeration context to scan /sys/.

udev_enumerate_ref() takes a reference of an enumeration context.

udev_enumerate_unref() drops a reference of an enumeration context. If the refcount reaches zero, all resources of the enumeration context will be released.

Return value

On success, udev_enumerate_new() returns a pointer to the allocated enumeration object. On failure, NULL is returned. udev_enumerate_ref() returns the argument that it was passed, unmodified. udev_enumerate_unref() always returns NULL.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

History

udev_enumerate_new(), udev_enumerate_ref(), and udev_enumerate_unref() were added in version 221.

From systemd-libs 262.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.