[systemd-devel] sd_bus_get_unique_name returns -EBADMSG or -EBUSY

[Lennart Poettering]

On Do, 01.04.21 13:32, Carlo Wood (carlo at alinoe.com) wrote:

> I am getting all kinds of unlisted errors from
> sd_bus_get_unique_name.
>
> EBADMSG and EBUSY are not listed on the manual page of
> sd_bus_get_unique_name.

We only document prominent errors directly, but the list is by no
means complete.

> What is the cause of these errors, and how should I deal with
> them?

I don#t know. Provide a minimal reproducer?

EBADMSG usually means that somehow an invalid dbus packet we couldn't
parse entered the stream. maybe some memory corruption thing? or maybe
you are using this in a threaded env without locking?

Lennart

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