+The callback also receives the procedure number (C<proc_nr>) and
+serial number (C<serial>) of the call. These are only useful for
+debugging protocol issues, and the callback can normally ignore them.
+The callback may want to print these numbers in error messages or
+debugging messages.
+
+If no callback is registered: progress messages are discarded.
+
+=item GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE
+(payload type: message buffer)
+
+The callback function is called whenever a log message is generated by
+qemu, the appliance kernel, guestfsd (daemon), or utility programs.
+
+If the verbose flag (L</guestfs_set_verbose>) is set before launch
+(L</guestfs_launch>) then additional debug messages are generated.
+
+If no callback is registered: the messages are discarded unless the
+verbose flag is set in which case they are sent to stderr. You can
+override the printing of verbose messages to stderr by setting up a
+callback.
+
+=item GUESTFS_EVENT_LIBRARY
+(payload type: message buffer)
+
+The callback function is called whenever a log message is generated by
+the library part of libguestfs.
+
+If the verbose flag (L</guestfs_set_verbose>) is set then additional
+debug messages are generated.
+
+If no callback is registered: the messages are discarded unless the
+verbose flag is set in which case they are sent to stderr. You can
+override the printing of verbose messages to stderr by setting up a
+callback.
+
+=item GUESTFS_EVENT_TRACE
+(payload type: message buffer)
+
+The callback function is called whenever a trace message is generated.
+This only applies if the trace flag (L</guestfs_set_trace>) is set.
+
+If no callback is registered: the messages are sent to stderr. You
+can override the printing of trace messages to stderr by setting up a
+callback.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 guestfs_set_event_callback
+
+ int guestfs_set_event_callback (guestfs_h *g,
+ guestfs_event_callback cb,
+ uint64_t event_bitmask,
+ int flags,
+ void *opaque);
+
+This function registers a callback (C<cb>) for all event classes
+in the C<event_bitmask>.
+
+For example, to register for all log message events, you could call
+this function with the bitmask
+C<GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE|GUESTFS_EVENT_LIBRARY>. To register a
+single callback for all possible classes of events, use
+C<GUESTFS_EVENT_ALL>.
+
+C<flags> should always be passed as 0.
+
+C<opaque> is an opaque pointer which is passed to the callback. You
+can use it for any purpose.
+
+The return value is the event handle (an integer) which you can use to
+delete the callback (see below).
+
+If there is an error, this function returns C<-1>, and sets the error
+in the handle in the usual way (see L</guestfs_last_error> etc.)
+
+Callbacks remain in effect until they are deleted, or until the handle
+is closed.
+
+In the case where multiple callbacks are registered for a particular
+event class, all of the callbacks are called. The order in which
+multiple callbacks are called is not defined.
+
+=head3 guestfs_delete_event_callback
+
+ void guestfs_delete_event_callback (guestfs_h *g, int event_handle);
+
+Delete a callback that was previously registered. C<event_handle>
+should be the integer that was returned by a previous call to
+C<guestfs_set_event_callback> on the same handle.
+
+=head3 guestfs_event_callback
+
+ typedef void (*guestfs_event_callback) (
+ guestfs_h *g,
+ void *opaque,
+ uint64_t event,
+ int event_handle,
+ int flags,
+ const char *buf, size_t buf_len,
+ const uint64_t *array, size_t array_len);
+
+This is the type of the event callback function that you have to
+provide.
+
+The basic parameters are: the handle (C<g>), the opaque user pointer
+(C<opaque>), the event class (eg. C<GUESTFS_EVENT_PROGRESS>), the
+event handle, and C<flags> which in the current API you should ignore.
+
+The remaining parameters contain the event payload (if any). Each
+event may contain a payload, which usually relates to the event class,
+but for future proofing your code should be written to handle any
+payload for any event class.
+
+C<buf> and C<buf_len> contain a message buffer (if C<buf_len == 0>,
+then there is no message buffer). Note that this message buffer can
+contain arbitrary 8 bit data, including NUL bytes.
+
+C<array> and C<array_len> is an array of 64 bit unsigned integers. At
+the moment this is only used for progress messages.
+
+=head3 EXAMPLE: CAPTURING LOG MESSAGES
+
+One motivation for the generic event API was to allow GUI programs to
+capture debug and other messages. In libguestfs E<le> 1.8 these were
+sent unconditionally to C<stderr>.
+
+Events associated with log messages are: C<GUESTFS_EVENT_LIBRARY>,
+C<GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE> and C<GUESTFS_EVENT_TRACE>. (Note that
+error messages are not events; you must capture error messages
+separately).
+
+Programs have to set up a callback to capture the classes of events of
+interest:
+
+ int eh =
+ guestfs_set_event_callback
+ (g, message_callback,
+ GUESTFS_EVENT_LIBRARY|GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE|
+ GUESTFS_EVENT_TRACE,
+ 0, NULL) == -1)
+ if (eh == -1) {
+ // handle error in the usual way
+ }
+
+The callback can then direct messages to the appropriate place. In
+this example, messages are directed to syslog:
+
+ static void
+ message_callback (
+ guestfs_h *g,
+ void *opaque,
+ uint64_t event,
+ int event_handle,
+ int flags,
+ const char *buf, size_t buf_len,
+ const uint64_t *array, size_t array_len)
+ {
+ const int priority = LOG_USER|LOG_INFO;
+ if (buf_len > 0)
+ syslog (priority, "event 0x%lx: %s", event, buf);
+ }
+
+=head1 CANCELLING LONG TRANSFERS
+
+Some operations can be cancelled by the caller while they are in
+progress. Currently only operations that involve uploading or
+downloading data can be cancelled (technically: operations that have
+C<FileIn> or C<FileOut> parameters in the generator).
+
+=head2 guestfs_user_cancel
+
+ void guestfs_user_cancel (guestfs_h *g);
+
+C<guestfs_user_cancel> cancels the current upload or download
+operation.
+
+Unlike most other libguestfs calls, this function is signal safe and
+thread safe. You can call it from a signal handler or from another
+thread, without needing to do any locking.
+
+The transfer that was in progress (if there is one) will stop shortly
+afterwards, and will return an error. The errno (see
+L</guestfs_last_errno>) is set to C<EINTR>, so you can test for this
+to find out if the operation was cancelled or failed because of
+another error.
+
+No cleanup is performed: for example, if a file was being uploaded
+then after cancellation there may be a partially uploaded file. It is
+the caller's responsibility to clean up if necessary.
+
+There are two common places that you might call C<guestfs_user_cancel>.
+
+In an interactive text-based program, you might call it from a
+C<SIGINT> signal handler so that pressing C<^C> cancels the current
+operation. (You also need to call L</guestfs_set_pgroup> so that
+child processes don't receive the C<^C> signal).
+
+In a graphical program, when the main thread is displaying a progress
+bar with a cancel button, wire up the cancel button to call this
+function.
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