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<refentry id="cairo-cairo-device-t">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle role="top_of_page" id="cairo-cairo-device-t.top_of_page">cairo_device_t</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>
  CAIRO Library
</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>cairo_device_t</refname>
<refpurpose>interface to underlying rendering system</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="cairo-cairo-device-t.synopsis" role="synopsis">
<title role="synopsis.title">Synopsis</title>

<synopsis>typedef             <link linkend="cairo-device-t">cairo_device_t</link>;
<link linkend="cairo-device-t"><returnvalue>cairo_device_t</returnvalue></link> *    <link linkend="cairo-device-reference">cairo_device_reference</link>              (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
<link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                <link linkend="cairo-device-destroy">cairo_device_destroy</link>                (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
<link linkend="cairo-status-t"><returnvalue>cairo_status_t</returnvalue></link>      <link linkend="cairo-device-status">cairo_device_status</link>                 (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
<link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                <link linkend="cairo-device-finish">cairo_device_finish</link>                 (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
<link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                <link linkend="cairo-device-flush">cairo_device_flush</link>                  (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
enum                <link linkend="cairo-device-type-t">cairo_device_type_t</link>;
<link linkend="cairo-device-type-t"><returnvalue>cairo_device_type_t</returnvalue></link>  <link linkend="cairo-device-get-type">cairo_device_get_type</link>              (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
unsigned <link linkend="int"><returnvalue>int</returnvalue></link>        <link linkend="cairo-device-get-reference-count">cairo_device_get_reference_count</link>    (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
<link linkend="cairo-status-t"><returnvalue>cairo_status_t</returnvalue></link>      <link linkend="cairo-device-set-user-data">cairo_device_set_user_data</link>          (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter>const <link linkend="cairo-user-data-key-t"><type>cairo_user_data_key_t</type></link> *key</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter><link linkend="void"><type>void</type></link> *user_data</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter><link linkend="cairo-destroy-func-t"><type>cairo_destroy_func_t</type></link> destroy</parameter>);
<link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link> *              <link linkend="cairo-device-get-user-data">cairo_device_get_user_data</link>          (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter>const <link linkend="cairo-user-data-key-t"><type>cairo_user_data_key_t</type></link> *key</parameter>);
<link linkend="cairo-status-t"><returnvalue>cairo_status_t</returnvalue></link>      <link linkend="cairo-device-acquire">cairo_device_acquire</link>                (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
<link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                <link linkend="cairo-device-release">cairo_device_release</link>                (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="cairo-cairo-device-t.description" role="desc">
<title role="desc.title">Description</title>
<para>
Devices are the abstraction Cairo employs for the rendering system
used by a <link linkend="cairo-surface-t"><type>cairo_surface_t</type></link>. You can get the device of a surface using
<link linkend="cairo-surface-get-device"><function>cairo_surface_get_device()</function></link>.
</para>
<para>
Devices are created using custom functions specific to the rendering
system you want to use. See the documentation for the surface types
for those functions.
</para>
<para>
An important function that devices fulfill is sharing access to the
rendering system between Cairo and your application. If you want to
access a device directly that you used to draw to with Cairo, you must
first call <link linkend="cairo-device-flush"><function>cairo_device_flush()</function></link> to ensure that Cairo finishes all
operations on the device and resets it to a clean state.
</para>
<para>
Cairo also provides the functions <link linkend="cairo-device-acquire"><function>cairo_device_acquire()</function></link> and
<link linkend="cairo-device-release"><function>cairo_device_release()</function></link> to synchronize access to the rendering system
in a multithreaded environment. This is done internally, but can also
be used by applications.
</para>
<para>
Putting this all together, a function that works with devices should
look something like this:
<informalexample><programlisting>
void
my_device_modifying_function (cairo_device_t *device)
{
  cairo_status_t status;

  // Ensure the device is properly reset
  cairo_device_flush (device);
  // Try to acquire the device
  status = cairo_device_acquire (device);
  if (status != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
    printf ("Failed to acquire the device: %s\n", cairo_status_to_string (status));
    return;
  }

  // Do the custom operations on the device here.
  // But do not call any Cairo functions that might acquire devices.
  
  // Release the device when done.
  cairo_device_release (device);
}
</programlisting></informalexample>
</para>
<para>
<note><para>Please refer to the documentation of each backend for
additional usage requirements, guarantees provided, and
interactions with existing surface API of the device functions for
surfaces of that type.
</para></note>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="cairo-cairo-device-t.details" role="details">
<title role="details.title">Details</title>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-t" role="typedef" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_t</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-t" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_t">cairo_device_t</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting>typedef struct _cairo_device cairo_device_t;
</programlisting>
<para>
A <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> represents the driver interface for drawing
operations to a <link linkend="cairo-surface-t"><type>cairo_surface_t</type></link>.  There are different subtypes of
<link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> for different drawing backends; for example,
<link linkend="cairo-xcb-device-create"><function>cairo_xcb_device_create()</function></link> creates a device that wraps the connection
to an X Windows System using the XCB library.
</para>
<para>
The type of a device can be queried with <link linkend="cairo-device-get-type"><function>cairo_device_get_type()</function></link>.
</para>
<para>
Memory management of <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> is done with
<link linkend="cairo-device-reference"><function>cairo_device_reference()</function></link> and <link linkend="cairo-device-destroy"><function>cairo_device_destroy()</function></link>.
</para><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-reference" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_reference ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-reference" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_reference">cairo_device_reference</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><returnvalue>cairo_device_t</returnvalue></link> *    cairo_device_reference              (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Increases the reference count on <parameter>device</parameter> by one. This prevents
<parameter>device</parameter> from being destroyed until a matching call to
<link linkend="cairo-device-destroy"><function>cairo_device_destroy()</function></link> is made.
</para>
<para>
The number of references to a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> can be get using
<link linkend="cairo-device-get-reference-count"><function>cairo_device_get_reference_count()</function></link>.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> the referenced <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-destroy" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_destroy ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-destroy" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_destroy">cairo_device_destroy</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                cairo_device_destroy                (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Decreases the reference count on <parameter>device</parameter> by one. If the result is
zero, then <parameter>device</parameter> and all associated resources are freed.  See
<link linkend="cairo-device-reference"><function>cairo_device_reference()</function></link>.
</para>
<para>
This function may acquire devices if the last reference was dropped.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-status" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_status ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-status" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_status">cairo_device_status</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="cairo-status-t"><returnvalue>cairo_status_t</returnvalue></link>      cairo_device_status                 (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Checks whether an error has previously occurred for this
device.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> <link linkend="CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS:CAPS"><literal>CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</literal></link> on success or an error code if
              the device is in an error state.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-finish" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_finish ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-finish" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_finish">cairo_device_finish</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                cairo_device_finish                 (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
This function finishes the device and drops all references to
external resources. All surfaces, fonts and other objects created
for this <parameter>device</parameter> will be finished, too.
Further operations on the <parameter>device</parameter> will not affect the <parameter>device</parameter> but
will instead trigger a <link linkend="CAIRO-STATUS-DEVICE-FINISHED:CAPS"><literal>CAIRO_STATUS_DEVICE_FINISHED</literal></link> error.
</para>
<para>
When the last call to <link linkend="cairo-device-destroy"><function>cairo_device_destroy()</function></link> decreases the
reference count to zero, cairo will call <link linkend="cairo-device-finish"><function>cairo_device_finish()</function></link> if
it hasn't been called already, before freeing the resources
associated with the device.
</para>
<para>
This function may acquire devices.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>the <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> to finish
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-flush" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_flush ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-flush" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_flush">cairo_device_flush</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                cairo_device_flush                  (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Finish any pending operations for the device and also restore any
temporary modifications cairo has made to the device's state.
This function must be called before switching from using the 
device with Cairo to operating on it directly with native APIs.
If the device doesn't support direct access, then this function
does nothing.
</para>
<para>
This function may acquire devices.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-type-t" role="enum" condition="since:1.10">
<title>enum cairo_device_type_t</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-type-t" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_type_t">cairo_device_type_t</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting>typedef enum _cairo_device_type {
    CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_DRM,
    CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_GL,
    CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_SCRIPT,
    CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XCB,
    CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XLIB,
    CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XML
} cairo_device_type_t;
</programlisting>
<para>
<link linkend="cairo-device-type-t"><type>cairo_device_type_t</type></link> is used to describe the type of a given
device. The devices types are also known as "backends" within cairo.
</para>
<para>
The device type can be queried with <link linkend="cairo-device-get-type"><function>cairo_device_get_type()</function></link>
</para>
<para>
The various <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> functions can be used with surfaces of
any type, but some backends also provide type-specific functions
that must only be called with a device of the appropriate
type. These functions have names that begin with
cairo_<emphasis>type</emphasis>_device<!-- --> such as <link linkend="cairo-xcb-device-debug-set-render-version"><function>cairo_xcb_device_debug_set_render_version()</function></link>.
</para>
<para>
The behavior of calling a type-specific function with a surface of
the wrong type is undefined.
</para>
<para>
New entries may be added in future versions.
</para><variablelist role="enum">
<varlistentry id="CAIRO-DEVICE-TYPE-DRM:CAPS" role="constant">
<term><literal>CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_DRM</literal></term>
<listitem><simpara>The surface is of type Direct Render Manager
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="CAIRO-DEVICE-TYPE-GL:CAPS" role="constant">
<term><literal>CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_GL</literal></term>
<listitem><simpara>The surface is of type OpenGL
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="CAIRO-DEVICE-TYPE-SCRIPT:CAPS" role="constant">
<term><literal>CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_SCRIPT</literal></term>
<listitem><simpara>The surface is of type script
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="CAIRO-DEVICE-TYPE-XCB:CAPS" role="constant">
<term><literal>CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XCB</literal></term>
<listitem><simpara>The surface is of type xcb
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="CAIRO-DEVICE-TYPE-XLIB:CAPS" role="constant">
<term><literal>CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XLIB</literal></term>
<listitem><simpara>The surface is of type xlib
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="CAIRO-DEVICE-TYPE-XML:CAPS" role="constant">
<term><literal>CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XML</literal></term>
<listitem><simpara>The surface is of type XML
  <link linkend="cairo-surface-create-for-rectangle"><function>cairo_surface_create_for_rectangle()</function></link>
</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-get-type" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_get_type ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-get-type" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_get_type">cairo_device_get_type</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="cairo-device-type-t"><returnvalue>cairo_device_type_t</returnvalue></link>  cairo_device_get_type              (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
This function returns the type of the device. See <link linkend="cairo-device-type-t"><type>cairo_device_type_t</type></link>
for available types.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> The type of <parameter>device</parameter>.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-get-reference-count" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_get_reference_count ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-get-reference-count" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_get_reference_count">cairo_device_get_reference_count</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting>unsigned <link linkend="int"><returnvalue>int</returnvalue></link>        cairo_device_get_reference_count    (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Returns the current reference count of <parameter>device</parameter>.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> the current reference count of <parameter>device</parameter>.  If the
object is a nil object, 0 will be returned.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-set-user-data" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_set_user_data ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-set-user-data" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_set_user_data">cairo_device_set_user_data</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="cairo-status-t"><returnvalue>cairo_status_t</returnvalue></link>      cairo_device_set_user_data          (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter>const <link linkend="cairo-user-data-key-t"><type>cairo_user_data_key_t</type></link> *key</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter><link linkend="void"><type>void</type></link> *user_data</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter><link linkend="cairo-destroy-func-t"><type>cairo_destroy_func_t</type></link> destroy</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Attach user data to <parameter>device</parameter>.  To remove user data from a surface,
call this function with the key that was used to set it and <link linkend="NULL:CAPS"><literal>NULL</literal></link>
for <parameter>data</parameter>.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><parameter>key</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>the address of a <link linkend="cairo-user-data-key-t"><type>cairo_user_data_key_t</type></link> to attach the user data to
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><parameter>user_data</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>the user data to attach to the <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><parameter>destroy</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-destroy-func-t"><type>cairo_destroy_func_t</type></link> which will be called when the
<link linkend="cairo-t"><type>cairo_t</type></link> is destroyed or when new user data is attached using the
same key.
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> <link linkend="CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS:CAPS"><literal>CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</literal></link> or <link linkend="CAIRO-STATUS-NO-MEMORY:CAPS"><literal>CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY</literal></link> if a
slot could not be allocated for the user data.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-get-user-data" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_get_user_data ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-get-user-data" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_get_user_data">cairo_device_get_user_data</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link> *              cairo_device_get_user_data          (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>,
                                                         <parameter>const <link linkend="cairo-user-data-key-t"><type>cairo_user_data_key_t</type></link> *key</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Return user data previously attached to <parameter>device</parameter> using the
specified key.  If no user data has been attached with the given
key this function returns <link linkend="NULL:CAPS"><literal>NULL</literal></link>.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><parameter>key</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>the address of the <link linkend="cairo-user-data-key-t"><type>cairo_user_data_key_t</type></link> the user data was
attached to
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> the user data previously attached or <link linkend="NULL:CAPS"><literal>NULL</literal></link>.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-acquire" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_acquire ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-acquire" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_acquire">cairo_device_acquire</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="cairo-status-t"><returnvalue>cairo_status_t</returnvalue></link>      cairo_device_acquire                (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Acquires the <parameter>device</parameter> for the current thread. This function will block
until no other thread has acquired the device.
</para>
<para>
If the return value is <link linkend="CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS:CAPS"><literal>CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</literal></link>, you successfully acquired the
device. From now on your thread owns the device and no other thread will be
able to acquire it until a matching call to <link linkend="cairo-device-release"><function>cairo_device_release()</function></link>. It is
allowed to recursively acquire the device multiple times from the same
thread.
</para>
<para>
<note><para>You must never acquire two different devices at the same time
unless this is explicitly allowed. Otherwise the possibility of deadlocks
exist.
</para>
<para>
As various Cairo functions can acquire devices when called, these functions
may also cause deadlocks when you call them with an acquired device. So you
must not have a device acquired when calling them. These functions are
marked in the documentation.
</para></note>
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis>&#160;:</term><listitem><simpara> <link linkend="CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS:CAPS"><literal>CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</literal></link> on success or an error code if
              the device is in an error state and could not be
              acquired. After a successful call to <link linkend="cairo-device-acquire"><function>cairo_device_acquire()</function></link>,
              a matching call to <link linkend="cairo-device-release"><function>cairo_device_release()</function></link> is required.

</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>
<refsect2 id="cairo-device-release" role="function" condition="since:1.10">
<title>cairo_device_release ()</title>
<indexterm zone="cairo-device-release" role="1.10"><primary sortas="device_release">cairo_device_release</primary></indexterm>
<programlisting><link linkend="void"><returnvalue>void</returnvalue></link>                cairo_device_release                (<parameter><link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link> *device</parameter>);</programlisting>
<para>
Releases a <parameter>device</parameter> previously acquired using <link linkend="cairo-device-acquire"><function>cairo_device_acquire()</function></link>. See
that function for details.
</para><variablelist role="params">
<varlistentry><term><parameter>device</parameter>&#160;:</term>
<listitem><simpara>a <link linkend="cairo-device-t"><type>cairo_device_t</type></link>
</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist><para role="since">Since 1.10</para></refsect2>

</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="cairo-cairo-device-t.see-also">
<title>See Also</title>
<link linkend="cairo-surface-t"><type>cairo_surface_t</type></link>
</refsect1>

</refentry>
