NAME

Udev::FFI - Perl bindings for libudev using ffi.

SYNOPSIS

use Udev::FFI;
use Udev::FFI::Devnum qw(:all); # <- import major, minor and makedev

# get udev library version
my $udev_version = Udev::FFI::udev_version() or
    die "Can't get udev library version: $@";


# create Udev::FFI object
my $udev = Udev::FFI->new() or
    die "Can't create Udev::FFI object: $@";


# create udev monitor
my $monitor = $udev->new_monitor() or
    die "Can't create udev monitor: $@";

# add filter to monitor
unless ($monitor->filter_by_subsystem_devtype('block')) {
    warn "Ouch!";
}

# start monitor
if ($monitor->start()) {
    for (;;) {
        # poll devices, now insert or remove your block device
        my $device = $monitor->poll(); #blocking read
        my $action = $device->get_action();

        print 'ACTION: '.$action, "\n";
        print 'SYSNAME: '.$device->get_sysname(), "\n";
        print 'DEVNODE: '.$device->get_devnode(), "\n";

        last; # for example
    }

    for (;;) {
        # poll devices, now insert or remove your block device
        if (defined(my $device = $monitor->poll(0))) { #non-blocking read like can_read in IO::Select
            my $action = $device->get_action();

            print 'ACTION: '.$action, "\n";
            print 'SYSNAME: '.$device->get_sysname(), "\n";
            print 'DEVNODE: '.$device->get_devnode(), "\n";
        }

        sleep 1;

        last; # for example
    }
}


# enumerate devices
my $enumerate = $udev->new_enumerate() or
    die "Can't create enumerate context: $@";

$enumerate->add_match_subsystem('block');
$enumerate->scan_devices();

use Data::Dumper; # for dump values in $href and @a

# scalar context
my $href = $enumerate->get_list_entries();
print Dumper($href), "\n";

# list context
my @a = $enumerate->get_list_entries();
print Dumper(@a), "\n";

if (@a) { # we got devices
    my $device = $udev->new_device_from_syspath($a[0]);

    if (defined $device) {
        print "Device: ".$device->get_sysname(), "\n";

        my $devnum = $device->get_devnum();

        # major, minor and makedev from Udev::FFI::Devnum
        my ($ma, $mi) = (major($devnum), minor($devnum));

        print "Major: $ma\n";
        print "Minor: $mi\n";

        $devnum = makedev($ma, $mi);
        print "Devnum: $devnum\n";


        # scalar context
        $href = $device->get_properties_list_entries();
        print Dumper($href), "\n";

        # list context
        @a = $device->get_properties_list_entries();
        print Dumper(@a), "\n";
    }
}

DESCRIPTION

Udev::FFI exposes OO interface to libudev.

CONSTRUCTOR

new()

This is the constructor for a new Udev::FFI object.

If the constructor fails undef will be returned and an error message will be in $@.

my $udev = Udev::FFI->new() or
    die "Can't create Udev::FFI object: $@";

METHODS

new_monitor( [SOURCE] )

Create new udev monitor and connect to a specified event source. Valid sources identifiers are 'udev' and 'kernel'. This argument is optional and defaults to 'udev'.

Return new Udev::FFI::Monitor object on success, undef with the error in $@ on failure.

my $monitor = $udev->new_monitor() or
    die "Can't create udev monitor: $@";

new_enumerate()

Create an enumeration context to scan /sys.

Return new Udev::FFI::Enumerate object on success, undef with the error in $@ on failure.

my $enumerate = $udev->new_enumerate() or
    die "Can't create enumerate context: $@";

new_device_from_syspath( SYSPATH )

Create new udev device, and fill in information from the sys device and the udev database entry. The syspath is the absolute path to the device, including the sys mount point.

Return new Udev::FFI::Device object or undef, if device does not exist.

my $device0 = $udev->new_device_from_syspath('/sys/class/block/sda1');
my $device1 = $udev->new_device_from_syspath('/sys/class/net/eth0');

# ... some code
my @devices = $enumerate->get_list_entries();
for (@devices) {
    my $device = $udev->new_device_from_syspath($_);
# ... some code

new_device_from_devnum( TYPE, DEVNUM )

Create new udev device, and fill in information from the sys device and the udev database entry. The device is looked-up by its type and major/minor number.

Return new Udev::FFI::Device object or undef, if device does not exist.

use Udev::FFI::Devnum qw(makedev);
my $device0 = $udev->new_device_from_devnum('b', makedev(8, 1));
my $device1 = $udev->new_device_from_devnum('c', makedev(189, 515));

new_device_from_subsystem_sysname( SUBSYSTEM, SYSNAME )

Create new udev device, and fill in information from the sys device and the udev database entry. The device is looked up by the subsystem and name string of the device.

Return new Udev::FFI::Device object or undef, if device does not exist.

my $device0 = $udev->new_device_from_subsystem_sysname('block', 'sda1');
my $device1 = $udev->new_device_from_subsystem_sysname('net', 'lo');
my $device2 = $udev->new_device_from_subsystem_sysname('mem', 'urandom');

new_device_from_device_id( ID )

Create new udev device, and fill in information from the sys device and the udev database entry. The device is looked-up by a special string:

'b8:1' - block device major:minor

'c128:2' - char device major:minor

'n2' - network device ifindex

'+sound:card29' - kernel driver core subsystem:device name

Return new Udev::FFI::Device object or undef, if device does not exist.

my $device = $udev->new_device_from_device_id('b8:1');

new_device_from_environment()

Create new udev device, and fill in information from the current process environment. This only works reliable if the process is called from a udev rule.

Return new Udev::FFI::Device object or undef, if device does not exist.

# in udev.rules (for example)
# SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", ACTION=="change", IMPORT{program}="/path/script.pl"

# in script
my $udev = Udev::FFI->new() or
    die "Can't create Udev::FFI object: $@";
my $device = $udev->new_device_from_environment();
if (defined $device) {
    # $device is the device from the udev rule (backlight in this example)
    # work with $device

Udev::FFI::udev_version()

Return the version of the udev library. Because the udev library does not provide a function to get the version number, this function runs the `udevadm` utility.

Return undef with the error in $@ on failure. Also you can check $! value: ENOENT (`udevadm` not found) or EACCES (permission denied).

# simple
my $udev_version = Udev::FFI::udev_version() or
    die "Can't get udev library version: $@";

# or catch the error
use Errno qw( :POSIX );
my $udev_version = Udev::FFI::udev_version();
unless (defined $udev_version) {
    if ($!{ENOENT}) {
        # udevadm not found
    }
    elsif ($!{EACCES}) {
        # permission denied
    }

    die "Can't get udev library version: $@";
}

EXAMPLES

Examples are provided with the Udev::FFI distribution in the "examples" directory.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Udev::FFI supports libudev 175 or newer. Older versions may work too, but it was not tested.

Please report any bugs through the web interface at https://github.com/Ilya33/udev-ffi/issues or via email to the author. Patches are always welcome.

AUTHOR

Ilya Pavlov, <ilux@cpan.org>

Contributors:

Mohammad S Anwar

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

To install Udev::FFI, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Udev::FFI

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Udev::FFI

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTOR

METHODS

new_monitor( [SOURCE] )

new_enumerate()

new_device_from_syspath( SYSPATH )

new_device_from_devnum( TYPE, DEVNUM )

new_device_from_subsystem_sysname( SUBSYSTEM, SYSNAME )

new_device_from_device_id( ID )

new_device_from_environment()

Udev::FFI::udev_version()

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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