From abbb87ffdecf445d2bba18e1638f80c96098339e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:05:52 +0200
Subject: sd-login: rework error handling

Makre sure we always return sensible errors for the various, following
the same rules, and document them in a comment in sd-login.c. Also,
update all relevant man pages accordingly.
---
 man/sd_seat_get_active.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

(limited to 'man/sd_seat_get_active.xml')

diff --git a/man/sd_seat_get_active.xml b/man/sd_seat_get_active.xml
index 793bbc8c9..6dda53512 100644
--- a/man/sd_seat_get_active.xml
+++ b/man/sd_seat_get_active.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,43 @@
     errno-style error code.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Errors</title>
+
+    <para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-ENODATA</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Given field is not specified for the described
+        seat.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-ENXIO</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>The specified seat is unknown.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>An input parameter was invalid (out of range,
+        or NULL, where that's not accepted).</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Memory allocation failed.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
   <refsect1>
     <title>Notes</title>
 
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