Single-threaded device resource manager

Here's the complete code for a simple single-threaded device resource manager:

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/iofunc.h>
#include <sys/dispatch.h>

static resmgr_connect_funcs_t    connect_funcs;
static resmgr_io_funcs_t         io_funcs;
static iofunc_attr_t             attr;

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    /* declare variables we'll be using */
    resmgr_attr_t        resmgr_attr;
    dispatch_t           *dpp;
    dispatch_context_t   *ctp;
    int                  id;

    /* initialize dispatch interface */
    if((dpp = dispatch_create()) == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr,
                "%s: Unable to allocate dispatch handle.\n",
                argv[0]);
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    /* initialize resource manager attributes */
    memset(&resmgr_attr, 0, sizeof resmgr_attr);
    resmgr_attr.nparts_max = 1;
    resmgr_attr.msg_max_size = 2048;

    /* initialize functions for handling messages */
    iofunc_func_init(_RESMGR_CONNECT_NFUNCS, &connect_funcs, 
                     _RESMGR_IO_NFUNCS, &io_funcs);

    /* initialize attribute structure used by the device */
    iofunc_attr_init(&attr, S_IFNAM | 0666, 0, 0);

    /* attach our device name */
    id = resmgr_attach(
            dpp,            /* dispatch handle        */
            &resmgr_attr,   /* resource manager attrs */
            "/dev/sample",  /* device name            */
            _FTYPE_ANY,     /* open type              */
            0,              /* flags                  */
            &connect_funcs, /* connect routines       */
            &io_funcs,      /* I/O routines           */
            &attr);         /* handle                 */
    if(id == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: Unable to attach name.\n", argv[0]);
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    /* allocate a context structure */
    ctp = dispatch_context_alloc(dpp);

    /* start the resource manager message loop */
    while(1) {
        if((ctp = dispatch_block(ctp)) == NULL) {
            fprintf(stderr, "block error\n");
            return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }
        dispatch_handler(ctp);
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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