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<part>
<title>GIO Overview</title>
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<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
GIO is striving to provide a modern, easy-to-use VFS API that sits
at the right level in the library stack, as well as other generally
useful APIs for desktop applications (such as networking and
D-Bus support). The goal is to overcome the shortcomings of GnomeVFS
and provide an API that is so good that developers prefer it over raw
POSIX calls. Among other things that means using GObject. It also means
not cloning the POSIX API, but providing higher-level, document-centric
interfaces.
</para>
<para>
The abstract file system model of GIO consists of a number of
interfaces and base classes for I/O and files:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>GFile</term>
<listitem><para>reference to a file</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GFileInfo</term>
<listitem><para>information about a file or filesystem</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GFileEnumerator</term>
<listitem><para>list files in directories</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GDrive</term>
<listitem><para>represents a drive</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GVolume</term>
<listitem><para>represents a file system in an abstract way</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GMount</term>
<listitem><para>represents a mounted file system</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
Then there is a number of stream classes, similar to the input and
output stream hierarchies that can be found in frameworks like Java:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>GInputStream</term>
<listitem><para>read data</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GOutputStream</term>
<listitem><para>write data</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GIOStream</term>
<listitem><para>read and write data</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GSeekable</term>
<listitem><para>interface optionally implemented by streams to support seeking</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
There are interfaces related to applications and the types
of files they handle:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>GAppInfo</term>
<listitem><para>information about an installed application</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GIcon</term>
<listitem><para>abstract type for file and application icons</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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There is a framework for storing and retrieving application settings:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>GSettings</term>
<listitem><para>stores and retrieves application settings</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
There is support for network programming, including connectivity monitoring,
name resolution, lowlevel socket APIs and highlevel client and server
helper classes:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>GSocket</term>
<listitem><para>lowlevel platform independent socket object</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GResolver</term>
<listitem><para>asynchronous and cancellable DNS resolver</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GSocketClient</term>
<listitem><para>high-level network client helper</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GSocketService</term>
<listitem><para>high-level network server helper</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GSocketConnection</term>
<listitem><para>network connection stream</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GNetworkMonitor</term>
<listitem><para>network connectivity monitoring</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
There is support for connecting to <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">D-Bus</ulink>,
sending and receiving messages, owning and watching bus names,
and making objects available on the bus:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>GDBusConnection</term>
<listitem><para>a D-Bus connection</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GDBusMethodInvocation</term>
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<listitem><para>for handling remote calls</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GDBusServer</term>
<listitem><para>helper for accepting connections</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>GDBusProxy</term>
<listitem><para>proxy to access D-Bus interfaces on a remote object</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
Beyond these, GIO provides facilities for file monitoring,
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asynchronous I/O and filename completion. In addition to the
interfaces, GIO provides implementations for the local case.
Implementations for various network file systems are provided
by the GVFS package as loadable modules.
</para>
<para>
Other design choices which consciously break with the GnomeVFS
design are to move backends out-of-process, which minimizes the
dependency bloat and makes the whole system more robust. The backends
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are not included in GIO, but in the separate GVFS package. The GVFS
package also contains the GVFS daemon, which spawn further mount
daemons for each individual connection.
</para>
<figure id="gvfs-overview">
<title>GIO in the GTK+ library stack</title>
<graphic fileref="gvfs-overview.png" format="PNG"></graphic>
</figure>
<para>
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The GIO model of I/O is stateful: if an application establishes e.g.
a SFTP connection to a server, it becomes available to all applications
in the session; the user does not have to enter his password over
and over again.
</para>
<para>
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One of the big advantages of putting the VFS in the GLib layer
is that GTK+ can directly use it, e.g. in the filechooser.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<title>Writing GIO applications</title>
<para>
The information in the GLib <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-programming.html">documentation</ulink> about writing GLib
applications is generally applicable when writing GIO applications.
</para>
<simplesect><title>Threads</title>
<para>
GDBus has its own private worker thread, so applications using
GDBus have at least 3 threads. GIO makes heavy use of the concept
of a <link linkend="g-main-context-push-thread-default">thread-default
main context</link> to execute callbacks of asynchronous
methods in the same context in which the operation was started.
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect id="async-programming"><title>Asynchronous Programming</title>
<para>
Many GIO functions come in two versions: synchronous and asynchronous,
denoted by an <code>_async</code> suffix. It is important to use these
appropriately: synchronous calls should not be used from
within a main loop which is shared with other code, such as one in the
applications main thread. Synchronous calls block until they complete,
and I/O operations can take noticeable amounts of time (even on fast
SSDs). Blocking a main loop iteration while waiting for I/O means that
other sources in the main loop will not be dispatched, such as input and
redraw handlers for the applications UI. This can cause the application
to freeze until I/O completes.
</para>
<para>
A few self-contained groups of functions, such as code generated by
<link linkend="gdbus-codegen"><application>gdbus-codegen</application></link>,
use a different convention: functions are asynchronous default, and it is
the <emphasis>synchronous</emphasis> version which has a
<code>_sync</code>
suffix. Aside from naming differences, they should be treated the same
way as functions following the normal convention above.
</para>
<para>
The asynchronous (<code>_async</code>) versions of functions return
control to the caller immediately, after scheduling the I/O in the kernel
and adding a callback for it to the main loop. This callback will be
invoked when the operation has completed. From the callback, the paired
<code>_finish</code> function should be called to retrieve the return
value of the I/O operation, and any errors which occurred. For more
information on using and implementing asynchronous functions, see
<link linkend="GAsyncResult.description"><type>GAsyncResult</type></link>
and <link linkend="GTask.description"><type>GTask</type></link>.
</para>
<para>
By starting multiple asynchronous operations in succession, they will be
executed in parallel (up to an arbitrary limit imposed by GIOs internal
worker thread pool).
</para>
<para>
The synchronous versions of functions can be used early in application
startup when there is no main loop to block, for example to load initial
configuration files. They can also be used for I/O on files which are
guaranteed to be small and on the local disk. Note that the users home
directory is not guaranteed to be on the local disk.
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Security</title>
<para>
When your program needs to carry out some privileged operation (say,
create a new user account), there are various ways in which you can go
about this:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Implement a daemon that offers the privileged operation. A convenient
way to do this is as a D-Bus system-bus service. The daemon will probably
need ways to check the identity and authorization of the caller before
executing the operation. <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/polkit.8.html">polkit</ulink> is a framework that allows this.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Use a small helper that is executed with elevated privileges via
pkexec. <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/pkexec.1.html">pkexec</ulink> is a small program launcher that is part of polkit.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Use a small helper that is executed with elevated privileges by
being suid root.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
None of these approaches is the clear winner, they all have their
advantages and disadvantages.
</para>
<para>
When writing code that runs with elevated privileges, it is important
to follow some basic rules of secure programming. David Wheeler has an
excellent book on this topic,
<ulink url="http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/index.html">Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
When using GIO in code that runs with elevated privileges, you have to
be careful. GIO has extension points whose implementations get loaded
from modules (executable code in shared objects), which could allow
an attacker to sneak his own code into your application by tricking it
into loading the code as a module. However, GIO will never load modules
from your home directory except when explicitly asked to do so via an
environment variable.
</para>
<para>
In most cases, your helper program should be so small that you don't
need GIO, whose APIs are largely designed to support full-blown desktop
applications. If you can't resist the convenience of these APIs, here
are some steps you should take:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Clear the environment, e.g. using the <function>clearenv()</function>
function.
David Wheeler has a good <ulink url="http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/environment-variables.html">explanation</ulink> for why it is
important to sanitize the environment.
See <xref linkend="running-gio-apps"/>
for a list of all environment variables affecting GIO. In particular,
<envar>PATH</envar> (used to locate binaries), <envar>GIO_EXTRA_MODULES</envar> (used to locate loadable modules) and <envar>DBUS_{SYSTEM,SESSION}_BUS_ADDRESS</envar> (used to locate the D-Bus system and session bus) are important.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Don't use GVfs, by setting <envar>GIO_USE_VFS=local</envar> in the environment.
The reason to avoid GVfs in security-sensitive programs is that it uses
many libraries which have not necessarily been audited for security problems.
Gvfs is also heavily distributed and relies on a session bus to be present.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</simplesect>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<title>Compiling GIO applications</title>
<para>
GIO comes with a <filename>gio-2.0.pc</filename> file that you
should use together with <literal>pkg-config</literal> to obtain
the necessary information about header files and libraries. See
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the <literal>pkg-config</literal> man page or the GLib documentation
for more information on how to use <literal>pkg-config</literal>
to compile your application.
</para>
<para>
If you are using GIO on UNIX-like systems, you may want to use
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UNIX-specific GIO interfaces such as #GUnixInputStream,
#GUnixOutputStream, #GUnixMount or #GDesktopAppInfo.
To do so, use the <filename>gio-unix-2.0.pc</filename> file
instead of <filename>gio-2.0.pc</filename>
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="running-gio-apps">
<title>Running GIO applications</title>
<para>
GIO inspects a few environment variables in addition to the
ones used by GLib.
</para>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>XDG_DATA_HOME</envar>, <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar></title>
<para>
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GIO uses these environment variables to locate MIME information.
For more information, see the <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Standards/shared-mime-info-spec">Shared MIME-info Database</ulink>
and the <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec">Base Directory Specification</ulink>.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GVFS_DISABLE_FUSE</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to keep #Gvfs from starting the fuse backend,
which may be unwanted or unnecessary in certain situations.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GIO_USE_VFS</envar></title>
<para>
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This environment variable can be set to the name of a #GVfs
implementation to override the default for debugging purposes.
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The #GVfs implementation for local files that is included in GIO
has the name "local", the implementation in the gvfs module has
the name "gvfs". Most commonly, system software will set this to "local"
to avoid having `GFile` APIs perform unnecessary D-Bus calls.
</para><para>
The special value <literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
available implementations to standard output.
</para>
</formalpara>
<para>
The following environment variables are only useful for debugging
GIO itself or modules that it loads. They should not be set in a
production environment.
</para>
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<formalpara>
<title><envar>GIO_USE_FILE_MONITOR</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the name of a #GFileMonitor
implementation to override the default for debugging purposes.
The #GFileMonitor implementation for local files that is included
in GIO on Linux has the name "inotify", others that are built
are built as modules (depending on the platform) are called
"fam" and "fen".
</para><para>
The special value <literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
available implementations to standard output.
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</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GIO_USE_VOLUME_MONITOR</envar></title>
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<para>
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This variable can be set to the name of a #GVolumeMonitor
implementation to override the default for debugging purposes.
The #GVolumeMonitor implementation for local files that is included
in GIO has the name "unix", the udisks2-based implementation in the
gvfs module has the name "udisks2".
</para><para>
The special value <literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
available implementations to standard output.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GIO_USE_TLS</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the name of a #GTlsBackend
implementation to override the default for debugging purposes.
GIO does not include a #GTlsBackend implementation, the gnutls-based
implementation in the glib-networking module has the name "gnutls".
</para><para>
The special value <literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
available implementations to standard output.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GIO_MODULE_DIR</envar></title>
<para>
When this environment variable is set to a path, GIO will load
modules from this alternate directory instead of the directory
built into GIO. This is useful when running tests, for example.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GIO_EXTRA_MODULES</envar></title>
<para>
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When this environment variable is set to a path, or a set of
paths separated by a colon, GIO will attempt to load
additional modules from within the path.
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</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GSETTINGS_BACKEND</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the name of a #GSettingsBackend
implementation to override the default for debugging purposes.
The memory-based implementation that is included in GIO has
the name "memory", the one in dconf has the name "dconf".
</para><para>
The special value <literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
available implementations to standard output.
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</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the names of directories to consider when looking for compiled schemas for #GSettings,
in addition to the <filename>glib-2.0/schemas</filename>
subdirectories of the XDG system data dirs. To specify multiple directories, use <constant>G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S</constant> as a separator.
</para>
</formalpara>
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<formalpara>
<title><envar>DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS</envar></title>
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<para>
This variable is consulted to find the address of the D-Bus system
bus. For the format of D-Bus addresses, see the D-Bus
<ulink url="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#addresses">specification</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Setting this variable overrides platform-specific ways of determining
the system bus address.
</para>
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</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS</envar></title>
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<para>
This variable is consulted to find the address of the D-Bus session bus.
</para>
<para>
Setting this variable overrides platform-specific ways of determining
the session bus address.
</para>
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</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE</envar></title>
<para>
This variable is consulted to find out the 'starter' bus for an
application that has been started via D-Bus activation. The possible
values are 'system' or 'session'.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>G_DBUS_DEBUG</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to a list of debug options, which
cause GLib to print out different types of debugging
information when using the D-Bus routines.
<variablelist>
Bug 626748 – Use async methods for writing and handle EAGAIN If sending a lot of data and/or the other peer is not reading it, then socket buffers can overflow. This is communicated from the kernel by returning EAGAIN. In GIO, it is modelled by g_output_stream_write() and g_socket_send_message() returning G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK. It is also problematic that that we're using synchronous IO in the shared GDBus IO thread. It means that one GDBusConnection can lock up others. It turns out that by porting from g_output_stream_write() to g_output_stream_write_async() we fix the EAGAIN issue. For GSocket, we still need to handle things manually (by creating a GSource) as g_socket_send_message() is used. We check the new behavior in Michael's producer/consumer test case (at /gdbus/overflow in gdbus-peer.c) added in the last commit. Also add a test case that sends and receives a 20 MiB message. Also add a new `transport' G_DBUS_DEBUG option so it is easy to inspect partial writes: $ G_DBUS_DEBUG=transport ./gdbus-connection -p /gdbus/connection/large_message [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: >>>> WROTE 128000 bytes of message with serial 4 and size 20971669 from offset 0 on a GSocketOutputStream ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: >>>> WROTE 128000 bytes of message with serial 4 and size 20971669 from offset 128000 on a GSocketOutputStream ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: >>>> WROTE 128000 bytes of message with serial 4 and size 20971669 from offset 256000 on a GSocketOutputStream [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: >>>> WROTE 43669 bytes of message with serial 4 and size 20971669 from offset 20928000 on a GSocketOutputStream [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: <<<< READ 16 bytes of message with serial 3 and size 20971620 to offset 0 from a GSocketInputStream ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: <<<< READ 15984 bytes of message with serial 3 and size 20971620 to offset 16 from a GSocketInputStream ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: <<<< READ 16000 bytes of message with serial 3 and size 20971620 to offset 16000 from a GSocketInputStream [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: <<<< READ 144000 bytes of message with serial 3 and size 20971620 to offset 20720000 from a GSocketInputStream ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Transport: <<<< READ 107620 bytes of message with serial 3 and size 20971620 to offset 20864000 from a GSocketInputStream OK https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626748 Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
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<varlistentry>
<term>transport</term>
<listitem><para>Show IO activity (e.g. reads and writes)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>message</term>
<listitem><para>Show all sent and received D-Bus messages</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>payload</term>
<listitem><para>Show payload for all sent and received D-Bus messages (implies message)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>call</term>
<listitem><para>Trace g_dbus_connection_call() and g_dbus_connection_call_sync() API usage</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>signal</term>
<listitem><para>Show when a D-Bus signal is received</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>incoming</term>
<listitem><para>Show when an incoming D-Bus method call is received</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
GDBus: Add `return' debug option This prints all GDBusMethodInvocation API usage and is normally used with the `incoming' option. Example: # G_DBUS_DEBUG=incoming,return ./polkitd --replace Entering main event loop Connected to the system bus Registering null backend at priority -10 [...] Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Incoming: <<<< METHOD INVOCATION org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority invoked by name :1.26 serial 299 ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Return: >>>> METHOD ERROR org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed message `Cannot determine session the caller is in' in response to org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority to name :1.26 reply-serial 299 [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Incoming: <<<< METHOD INVOCATION org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority invoked by name :1.2402 serial 25 ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Return: >>>> METHOD RETURN in response to org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority to name :1.2402 reply-serial 25 Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
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<varlistentry>
<term>return</term>
<listitem><para>Show when a reply is returned via the #GDBusMethodInvocation API</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>emission</term>
<listitem><para>Trace g_dbus_connection_emit_signal() API usage</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>authentication</term>
<listitem><para>Show information about connection authentication</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
GDBus: Handle autolaunching on UNIX/Freedesktop OSes Also add a 'address' G_DBUS_DEBUG option that will print out useful debug information such as GDBus-debug:Address: In g_dbus_address_get_for_bus_sync() for bus type `session' GDBus-debug:Address: env var DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is not set GDBus-debug:Address: env var DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS is not set GDBus-debug:Address: env var DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE is not set GDBus-debug:Address: Running `dbus-launch --autolaunch=05e508961149264c9b750a4c494aa6f7 --binary-syntax --close-stderr' to get bus address (possibly autolaunching) GDBus-debug:Address: dbus-launch output: 0000: 75 6e 69 78 3a 61 62 73 74 72 61 63 74 3d 2f 74 unix:abstract=/t 0010: 6d 70 2f 64 62 75 73 2d 77 42 41 6f 4b 59 49 52 mp/dbus-wBAoKYIR 0020: 7a 75 2c 67 75 69 64 3d 30 34 30 64 31 33 66 33 zu,guid=040d13f3 0030: 30 61 30 62 35 32 63 32 30 66 36 32 63 34 31 63 0a0b52c20f62c41c 0040: 30 30 30 30 35 30 38 64 00 d2 38 00 00 01 00 40 0000508d..8....@ 0050: 05 00 00 00 00 ..... GDBus-debug:Address: dbus-launch stderr output: 14542: Autolaunch enabled (using X11). 14542: --exit-with-session automatically enabled 14542: Connected to X11 display ':0.0' 14542: === Parent dbus-launch continues 14542: Waiting for babysitter's intermediate parent 14542: Reading address from bus 14542: Reading PID from daemon 14542: Saving x11 address 14542: Created window 88080385 14542: session file: /root/.dbus/session-bus/05e508961149264c9b750a4c494aa6f7-0 14542: dbus-launch exiting GDBus-debug:Address: Returning address `unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-wBAoKYIRzu,guid=040d13f30a0b52c20f62c41c0000508d' for bus type `session' and GDBus-debug:Address: In g_dbus_address_get_for_bus_sync() for bus type `session' GDBus-debug:Address: env var DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is not set GDBus-debug:Address: env var DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS is not set GDBus-debug:Address: env var DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE is not set GDBus-debug:Address: Running `dbus-launch --autolaunch=05e508961149264c9b750a4c494aa6f7 --binary-syntax --close-stderr' to get bus address (possibly autolaunching) GDBus-debug:Address: dbus-launch output: 0000: 75 6e 69 78 3a 61 62 73 74 72 61 63 74 3d 2f 74 unix:abstract=/t 0010: 6d 70 2f 64 62 75 73 2d 77 42 41 6f 4b 59 49 52 mp/dbus-wBAoKYIR 0020: 7a 75 2c 67 75 69 64 3d 30 34 30 64 31 33 66 33 zu,guid=040d13f3 0030: 30 61 30 62 35 32 63 32 30 66 36 32 63 34 31 63 0a0b52c20f62c41c 0040: 30 30 30 30 35 30 38 64 00 d2 38 00 00 01 00 40 0000508d..8....@ 0050: 05 00 00 00 00 ..... GDBus-debug:Address: dbus-launch stderr output: 14549: Autolaunch enabled (using X11). 14549: --exit-with-session automatically enabled 14549: Connected to X11 display ':0.0' 14549: dbus-daemon is already running. Returning existing parameters. 14549: dbus-launch exiting GDBus-debug:Address: Returning address `unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-wBAoKYIRzu,guid=040d13f30a0b52c20f62c41c0000508d' for bus type `session' Note that things work exactly like libdbus, e.g. from the dbus-launch(1) man page: Whenever an autolaunch occurs, the application that had to start a new bus will be in its own little world; it can effectively end up starting a whole new session if it tries to use a lot of bus services. This can be suboptimal or even totally broken, depending on the app and what it tries to do. [...] You can always avoid autolaunch by manually setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS. Autolaunch happens because the default address if none is set is "autolaunch:", so if any other address is set there will be no autolaunch. You can however include autolaunch in an explicit session bus address as a fallback, for example DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="something:,autolaunch:" - in that case if the first address doesn't work, processes will autolaunch. (The bus address variable contains a comma-separated list of addresses to try.) Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
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<varlistentry>
<term>address</term>
<listitem><para>Show information about D-Bus address lookups and autolaunching</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
GDBus: Add `return' debug option This prints all GDBusMethodInvocation API usage and is normally used with the `incoming' option. Example: # G_DBUS_DEBUG=incoming,return ./polkitd --replace Entering main event loop Connected to the system bus Registering null backend at priority -10 [...] Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Incoming: <<<< METHOD INVOCATION org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority invoked by name :1.26 serial 299 ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Return: >>>> METHOD ERROR org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed message `Cannot determine session the caller is in' in response to org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority to name :1.26 reply-serial 299 [...] ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Incoming: <<<< METHOD INVOCATION org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority invoked by name :1.2402 serial 25 ======================================================================== GDBus-debug:Return: >>>> METHOD RETURN in response to org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority.RegisterAuthenticationAgent() on object /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority to name :1.2402 reply-serial 25 Signed-off-by: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
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The special value <literal>all</literal> can be used to turn
on all debug options. The special value
<literal>help</literal> can be used to print a list of
supported options to standard output.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>G_DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1_KEYRING_DIR</envar></title>
<para>
Can be used to override the directory used to store the
keyring used in the <literal>DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1</literal>
authentication mechanism. Normally the directory used is
<filename>.dbus-keyrings</filename> in the user's home
directory.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>G_DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1_KEYRING_DIR_IGNORE_PERMISSION</envar></title>
<para>
If set, the permissions of the directory used to store the
keyring used in the <literal>DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1</literal>
authentication mechanism won't be checked. Normally the
directory must be readable only by the user.
</para>
</formalpara>
</chapter>
<chapter id="extending-gio">
<title>Extending GIO</title>
<para>
A lot of the functionality that is accessible through GIO
is implemented in loadable modules, and modules provide a convenient
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way to extend GIO. In addition to the #GIOModule API which supports
writing such modules, GIO has a mechanism to define extension points,
and register implementations thereof, see #GIOExtensionPoint.
</para>
<para>
The following extension points are currently defined by GIO:
</para>
<formalpara>
<title>G_VFS_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to override the functionality of the #GVfs class.
Implementations of this extension point must be derived from #GVfs.
GIO uses the implementation with the highest priority that is active,
see g_vfs_is_active().
</para>
<para>
GIO implements this extension point for local files, gvfs contains
an implementation that supports all the backends in gvfs.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_VOLUME_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to add more volume monitors.
Implementations of this extension point must be derived from
#GVolumeMonitor. GIO uses all registered extensions.
</para>
<para>
gvfs contains an implementation that works together with the #GVfs
implementation in gvfs.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_NATIVE_VOLUME_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to override the 'native' volume monitor.
Implementations of this extension point must be derived from
#GNativeVolumeMonitor. GIO uses the implementation with
the highest priority that is supported, as determined by the
is_supported() vfunc in #GVolumeMonitorClass.
</para>
<para>
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GIO implements this extension point for local mounts,
gvfs contains a udisks2-based implementation.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_LOCAL_FILE_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
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Allows to override the file monitor implementation for
local files. Implementations of this extension point must
be derived from #GLocalFileMonitor. GIO uses the implementation
with the highest priority that is supported, as determined by the
is_supported() vfunc in #GLocalFileMonitorClass.
</para>
<para>
GIO uses this extension point internally, to switch between
its fam-based and inotify-based file monitoring implementations.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_LOCAL_DIRECTORY_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
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Allows to override the directory monitor implementation for
local files. Implementations of this extension point must be
derived from #GLocalDirectoryMonitor. GIO uses the implementation
with the highest priority that is supported, as determined by the
is_supported() vfunc in #GLocalDirectoryMonitorClass.
</para>
<para>
GIO uses this extension point internally, to switch between
its fam-based and inotify-based directory monitoring implementations.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_DESKTOP_APP_INFO_LOOKUP_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Unix-only. Allows to provide a way to associate default handlers
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with URI schemes. Implementations of this extension point must
implement the #GDesktopAppInfoLookup interface. GIO uses the
implementation with the highest priority.
</para>
<para>
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This extension point has been discontinued in GLib 2.28. It is
still available to keep API and ABI stability, but GIO is no
longer using it for default handlers. Instead, the mime handler
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mechanism is used, together with x-scheme-handler pseudo-mimetypes.
</para>
</formalpara>
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<formalpara>
<title>G_SETTINGS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to provide an alternative storage for #GSettings.
Implementations of this extension point must derive from the
#GSettingsBackend type. GIO contains a keyfile-based
implementation of this extension point, another one is provided
by dconf.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_PROXY_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to provide implementations for network proxying.
Implementations of this extension point must provide the
#GProxy interface, and must be named after the network
protocol they are proxying.
</para>
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<para>
glib-networking contains an implementation of this extension
point based on libproxy.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_TLS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to provide implementations for TLS support.
Implementations of this extension point must implement
the #GTlsBackend interface.
</para>
<para>
glib-networking contains an implementation of this extension
point.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_NETWORK_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to provide implementations for network connectivity
monitoring.
Implementations of this extension point must implement
the #GNetworkMonitorInterface interface.
</para>
<para>
GIO contains an implementation of this extension point
that is using the netlink interface of the Linux kernel.
</para>
</formalpara>
</chapter>
</part>