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diff --git a/include/event2/event.h b/include/event2/event.h
index 10bcd97c..6e2b884d 100644
--- a/include/event2/event.h
+++ b/include/event2/event.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
* THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
-#ifndef _EVENT2_EVENT_H_
-#define _EVENT2_EVENT_H_
+#ifndef EVENT2_EVENT_H_INCLUDED_
+#define EVENT2_EVENT_H_INCLUDED_
/**
@mainpage
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
to signals or regular timeouts.
Libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
- servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or
+ servers. An application just needs to call event_base_dispatch() and then add or
remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
@section usage Standard usage
- Every program that uses Libevent must inclurde the <event2/event.h>
+ Every program that uses Libevent must include the <event2/event.h>
header, and pass the -levent flag to the linker. (You can instead link
-levent_core if you only want the main event and buffered IO-based code,
and don't want to link any protocol code.)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
remain allocated as long as it is active, so it should generally be
allocated on the heap.
- @section loop Dispaching evets.
+ @section loop Dispatching events.
Finally, you call event_base_dispatch() to loop and dispatch events.
You can also use event_base_loop() for more fine-grained control.
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@
@section timers Timers
Libevent can also be used to create timers that invoke a callback after a
- certain amount of time has expired. The evtimer_new() function returns
+ certain amount of time has expired. The evtimer_new() macro returns
an event struct to use as a timer. To activate the timer, call
evtimer_add(). Timers can be deactivated by calling evtimer_del().
+ (These macros are thin wrappers around event_new(), event_add(),
+ and event_del(); you can also use those instead.)
@section evdns Asynchronous DNS resolution
@@ -180,15 +182,17 @@
Core functions for waiting for and receiving events, and using event bases.
*/
+#include <event2/visibility.h>
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#include <event2/event-config.h>
-#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#ifdef EVENT__HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
#include <sys/types.h>
#endif
-#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#ifdef EVENT__HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
#include <sys/time.h>
#endif
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ extern "C" {
* event_base_new_with_config()
*/
struct event_base
-#ifdef _EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN
+#ifdef EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_
{/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
#endif
;
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ struct event_base
* event_priority_set()
*/
struct event
-#ifdef _EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN
+#ifdef EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_
{/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
#endif
;
@@ -289,7 +293,7 @@ struct event
* event_config_set_flag(), event_config_set_num_cpus_hint()
*/
struct event_config
-#ifdef _EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN
+#ifdef EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_
{/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
#endif
;
@@ -314,6 +318,7 @@ struct event_config
*
* @see event_debug_unassign()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_enable_debug_mode(void);
/**
@@ -325,6 +330,7 @@ void event_enable_debug_mode(void);
*
* @see event_enable_debug_mode()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_debug_unassign(struct event *);
/**
@@ -334,6 +340,7 @@ void event_debug_unassign(struct event *);
*
* @see event_base_free(), event_base_new_with_config()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
struct event_base *event_base_new(void);
/**
@@ -346,6 +353,7 @@ struct event_base *event_base_new(void);
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if some events could not be re-added.
@see event_base_new()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_reinit(struct event_base *base);
/**
@@ -361,6 +369,7 @@ int event_reinit(struct event_base *base);
no events were pending or active.
@see event_base_loop()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
/**
@@ -369,6 +378,7 @@ int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
@param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
@return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
const char *event_base_get_method(const struct event_base *);
/**
@@ -383,9 +393,61 @@ const char *event_base_get_method(const struct event_base *);
The end of the array is indicated by a NULL pointer. If an
error is encountered NULL is returned.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
const char **event_get_supported_methods(void);
/**
+ @name event type flag
+
+ Flags to pass to event_base_get_num_events() to specify the kinds of events
+ we want to aggregate counts for
+*/
+/**@{*/
+/** count the number of active events, which have been triggered.*/
+#define EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ACTIVE 1U
+/** count the number of virtual events, which is used to represent an internal
+ * condition, other than a pending event, that keeps the loop from exiting. */
+#define EVENT_BASE_COUNT_VIRTUAL 2U
+/** count the number of events which have been added to event base, including
+ * internal events. */
+#define EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ADDED 4U
+/**@}*/
+
+/**
+ Gets the number of events in event_base, as specified in the flags.
+
+ Since event base has some internal events added to make some of its
+ functionalities work, EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ADDED may return more than the
+ number of events you added using event_add().
+
+ If you pass EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ACTIVE and EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ADDED together, an
+ active event will be counted twice. However, this might not be the case in
+ future libevent versions. The return value is an indication of the work
+ load, but the user shouldn't rely on the exact value as this may change in
+ the future.
+
+ @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
+ @param flags a bitwise combination of the kinds of events to aggregate
+ counts for
+ @return the number of events specified in the flags
+*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_base_get_num_events(struct event_base *, unsigned int);
+
+/**
+ Get the maximum number of events in a given event_base as specified in the
+ flags.
+
+ @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
+ @param flags a bitwise combination of the kinds of events to aggregate
+ counts for
+ @param clear option used to reset the maximum count.
+ @return the number of events specified in the flags
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_base_get_max_events(struct event_base *, unsigned int, int);
+
+/**
Allocates a new event configuration object.
The event configuration object can be used to change the behavior of
@@ -395,6 +457,7 @@ const char **event_get_supported_methods(void);
NULL if an error is encountered.
@see event_base_new_with_config(), event_config_free(), event_config
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
struct event_config *event_config_new(void);
/**
@@ -402,6 +465,7 @@ struct event_config *event_config_new(void);
@param cfg the event configuration object to be freed.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_config_free(struct event_config *cfg);
/**
@@ -416,6 +480,7 @@ void event_config_free(struct event_config *cfg);
@param method the name of the event method to avoid
@return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_config_avoid_method(struct event_config *cfg, const char *method);
/**
@@ -437,7 +502,14 @@ enum event_method_feature {
EV_FEATURE_O1 = 0x02,
/** Require an event method that allows file descriptors as well as
* sockets. */
- EV_FEATURE_FDS = 0x04
+ EV_FEATURE_FDS = 0x04,
+ /** Require an event method that allows you to use EV_CLOSED to detect
+ * connection close without the necessity of reading all the pending data.
+ *
+ * Methods that do support EV_CLOSED may not be able to provide support on
+ * all kernel versions.
+ **/
+ EV_FEATURE_EARLY_CLOSE = 0x08
};
/**
@@ -450,7 +522,11 @@ enum event_method_feature {
*/
enum event_base_config_flag {
/** Do not allocate a lock for the event base, even if we have
- locking set up. */
+ locking set up.
+
+ Setting this option will make it unsafe and nonfunctional to call
+ functions on the base concurrently from multiple threads.
+ */
EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NOLOCK = 0x01,
/** Do not check the EVENT_* environment variables when configuring
an event_base */
@@ -475,13 +551,20 @@ enum event_base_config_flag {
if you have any fds cloned by dup() or its variants. Doing so
will produce strange and hard-to-diagnose bugs.
- This flag can also be activated by settnig the
+ This flag can also be activated by setting the
EVENT_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST environment variable.
This flag has no effect if you wind up using a backend other than
epoll.
*/
- EVENT_BASE_FLAG_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST = 0x10
+ EVENT_BASE_FLAG_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST = 0x10,
+
+ /** Ordinarily, Libevent implements its time and timeout code using
+ the fastest monotonic timer that we have. If this flag is set,
+ however, we use less efficient more precise timer, assuming one is
+ present.
+ */
+ EVENT_BASE_FLAG_PRECISE_TIMER = 0x20
};
/**
@@ -491,6 +574,7 @@ enum event_base_config_flag {
@see event_method_feature
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_get_features(const struct event_base *base);
/**
@@ -515,6 +599,7 @@ int event_base_get_features(const struct event_base *base);
@return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
@see event_method_feature, event_base_new_with_config()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_config_require_features(struct event_config *cfg, int feature);
/**
@@ -523,6 +608,7 @@ int event_config_require_features(struct event_config *cfg, int feature);
*
* @see event_base_config_flags, event_base_new_with_config()
**/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_config_set_flag(struct event_config *cfg, int flag);
/**
@@ -534,9 +620,43 @@ int event_config_set_flag(struct event_config *cfg, int flag);
* @param cpus the number of cpus
* @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_config_set_num_cpus_hint(struct event_config *cfg, int cpus);
/**
+ * Record an interval and/or a number of callbacks after which the event base
+ * should check for new events. By default, the event base will run as many
+ * events are as activated at the higest activated priority before checking
+ * for new events. If you configure it by setting max_interval, it will check
+ * the time after each callback, and not allow more than max_interval to
+ * elapse before checking for new events. If you configure it by setting
+ * max_callbacks to a value >= 0, it will run no more than max_callbacks
+ * callbacks before checking for new events.
+ *
+ * This option can decrease the latency of high-priority events, and
+ * avoid priority inversions where multiple low-priority events keep us from
+ * polling for high-priority events, but at the expense of slightly decreasing
+ * the throughput. Use it with caution!
+ *
+ * @param cfg The event_base configuration object.
+ * @param max_interval An interval after which Libevent should stop running
+ * callbacks and check for more events, or NULL if there should be
+ * no such interval.
+ * @param max_callbacks A number of callbacks after which Libevent should
+ * stop running callbacks and check for more events, or -1 if there
+ * should be no such limit.
+ * @param min_priority A priority below which max_interval and max_callbacks
+ * should not be enforced. If this is set to 0, they are enforced
+ * for events of every priority; if it's set to 1, they're enforced
+ * for events of priority 1 and above, and so on.
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+ **/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_config_set_max_dispatch_interval(struct event_config *cfg,
+ const struct timeval *max_interval, int max_callbacks,
+ int min_priority);
+
+/**
Initialize the event API.
Use event_base_new_with_config() to initialize a new event base, taking
@@ -548,6 +668,7 @@ int event_config_set_num_cpus_hint(struct event_config *cfg, int cpus);
or NULL if no event base can be created with the requested event_config.
@see event_base_new(), event_base_free(), event_init(), event_assign()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
struct event_base *event_base_new_with_config(const struct event_config *);
/**
@@ -556,10 +677,23 @@ struct event_base *event_base_new_with_config(const struct event_config *);
Note that this function will not close any fds or free any memory passed
to event_new as the argument to callback.
+ If there are any pending finalizer callbacks, this function will invoke
+ them.
+
@param eb an event_base to be freed
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_base_free(struct event_base *);
+/**
+ As event_free, but do not run finalizers.
+
+ THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API. IT MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LIBEVENT 2.1 SERIES
+ BECOMES STABLE.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void event_base_free_nofinalize(struct event_base *);
+
/** @name Log severities
*/
/**@{*/
@@ -586,12 +720,13 @@ typedef void (*event_log_cb)(int severity, const char *msg);
Redirect Libevent's log messages.
@param cb a function taking two arguments: an integer severity between
- _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG and _EVENT_LOG_ERR, and a string. If cb is NULL,
+ EVENT_LOG_DEBUG and EVENT_LOG_ERR, and a string. If cb is NULL,
then the default log is used.
NOTE: The function you provide *must not* call any other libevent
functionality. Doing so can produce undefined behavior.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_set_log_callback(event_log_cb cb);
/**
@@ -610,11 +745,32 @@ typedef void (*event_fatal_cb)(int err);
something is wrong with your program, or with Libevent: any subsequent calls
to Libevent may result in undefined behavior.
- Libevent will (almost) always log an _EVENT_LOG_ERR message before calling
+ Libevent will (almost) always log an EVENT_LOG_ERR message before calling
this function; look at the last log message to see why Libevent has died.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_set_fatal_callback(event_fatal_cb cb);
+#define EVENT_DBG_ALL 0xffffffffu
+#define EVENT_DBG_NONE 0
+
+/**
+ Turn on debugging logs and have them sent to the default log handler.
+
+ This is a global setting; if you are going to call it, you must call this
+ before any calls that create an event-base. You must call it before any
+ multithreaded use of Libevent.
+
+ Debug logs are verbose.
+
+ @param which Controls which debug messages are turned on. This option is
+ unused for now; for forward compatibility, you must pass in the constant
+ "EVENT_DBG_ALL" to turn debugging logs on, or "EVENT_DBG_NONE" to turn
+ debugging logs off.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void event_enable_debug_logging(ev_uint32_t which);
+
/**
Associate a different event base with an event.
@@ -624,6 +780,7 @@ void event_set_fatal_callback(event_fatal_cb cb);
@param ev the event
@return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_set(struct event_base *, struct event *);
/** @name Loop flags
@@ -637,6 +794,11 @@ int event_base_set(struct event_base *, struct event *);
/** Do not block: see which events are ready now, run the callbacks
* of the highest-priority ones, then exit. */
#define EVLOOP_NONBLOCK 0x02
+/** Do not exit the loop because we have no pending events. Instead, keep
+ * running until event_base_loopexit() or event_base_loopbreak() makes us
+ * stop.
+ */
+#define EVLOOP_NO_EXIT_ON_EMPTY 0x04
/**@}*/
/**
@@ -657,6 +819,7 @@ int event_base_set(struct event_base *, struct event *);
@see event_base_loopexit(), event_base_dispatch(), EVLOOP_ONCE,
EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_loop(struct event_base *, int);
/**
@@ -674,6 +837,7 @@ int event_base_loop(struct event_base *, int);
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
@see event_base_loopbreak()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_loopexit(struct event_base *, const struct timeval *);
/**
@@ -683,16 +847,37 @@ int event_base_loopexit(struct event_base *, const struct timeval *);
event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
- Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
+ Subsequent invocations of event_base_loop() will proceed normally.
@param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
@see event_base_loopexit()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_loopbreak(struct event_base *);
/**
- Checks if the event loop was told to exit by event_loopexit().
+ Tell the active event_base_loop() to scan for new events immediately.
+
+ Calling this function makes the currently active event_base_loop()
+ start the loop over again (scanning for new events) after the current
+ event callback finishes. If the event loop is not running, this
+ function has no effect.
+
+ event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
+ This behavior is analogous to the "continue;" statement.
+
+ Subsequent invocations of event loop will proceed normally.
+
+ @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
+ @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
+ @see event_base_loopbreak()
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_base_loopcontinue(struct event_base *);
+
+/**
+ Checks if the event loop was told to exit by event_base_loopexit().
This function will return true for an event_base at every point after
event_loopexit() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
@@ -703,13 +888,14 @@ int event_base_loopbreak(struct event_base *);
@see event_base_loopexit()
@see event_base_got_break()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_got_exit(struct event_base *);
/**
- Checks if the event loop was told to abort immediately by event_loopbreak().
+ Checks if the event loop was told to abort immediately by event_base_loopbreak().
This function will return true for an event_base at every point after
- event_loopbreak() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
+ event_base_loopbreak() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
@param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
@return true if event_base_loopbreak() was called on this event base,
@@ -717,6 +903,7 @@ int event_base_got_exit(struct event_base *);
@see event_base_loopbreak()
@see event_base_got_exit()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
/**
@@ -743,7 +930,28 @@ int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
*/
#define EV_PERSIST 0x10
/** Select edge-triggered behavior, if supported by the backend. */
-#define EV_ET 0x20
+#define EV_ET 0x20
+/**
+ * If this option is provided, then event_del() will not block in one thread
+ * while waiting for the event callback to complete in another thread.
+ *
+ * To use this option safely, you may need to use event_finalize() or
+ * event_free_finalize() in order to safely tear down an event in a
+ * multithreaded application. See those functions for more information.
+ *
+ * THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API. IT MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LIBEVENT 2.1 SERIES
+ * BECOMES STABLE.
+ **/
+#define EV_FINALIZE 0x40
+/**
+ * Detects connection close events. You can use this to detect when a
+ * connection has been closed, without having to read all the pending data
+ * from a connection.
+ *
+ * Not all backends support EV_CLOSED. To detect or require it, use the
+ * feature flag EV_FEATURE_EARLY_CLOSE.
+ **/
+#define EV_CLOSED 0x80
/**@}*/
/**
@@ -790,6 +998,31 @@ int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
typedef void (*event_callback_fn)(evutil_socket_t, short, void *);
/**
+ Return a value used to specify that the event itself must be used as the callback argument.
+
+ The function event_new() takes a callback argument which is passed
+ to the event's callback function. To specify that the argument to be
+ passed to the callback function is the event that event_new() returns,
+ pass in the return value of event_self_cbarg() as the callback argument
+ for event_new().
+
+ For example:
+ <pre>
+ struct event *ev = event_new(base, sock, events, callback, %event_self_cbarg());
+ </pre>
+
+ For consistency with event_new(), it is possible to pass the return value
+ of this function as the callback argument for event_assign() &ndash; this
+ achieves the same result as passing the event in directly.
+
+ @return a value to be passed as the callback argument to event_new() or
+ event_assign().
+ @see event_new(), event_assign()
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void *event_self_cbarg(void);
+
+/**
Allocate and asssign a new event structure, ready to be added.
The function event_new() returns a new event that can be used in
@@ -837,6 +1070,7 @@ typedef void (*event_callback_fn)(evutil_socket_t, short, void *);
event_free().
@see event_free(), event_add(), event_del(), event_assign()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
struct event *event_new(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *);
@@ -878,6 +1112,7 @@ struct event *event_new(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callb
@see event_new(), event_add(), event_del(), event_base_once(),
event_get_struct_event_size()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_assign(struct event *, struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *);
/**
@@ -886,18 +1121,69 @@ int event_assign(struct event *, struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, ev
If the event is pending or active, first make it non-pending and
non-active.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_free(struct event *);
/**
+ * Callback type for event_finalize and event_free_finalize().
+ *
+ * THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API. IT MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LIBEVENT 2.1 SERIES
+ * BECOMES STABLE.
+ *
+ **/
+typedef void (*event_finalize_callback_fn)(struct event *, void *);
+/**
+ @name Finalization functions
+
+ These functions are used to safely tear down an event in a multithreaded
+ application. If you construct your events with EV_FINALIZE to avoid
+ deadlocks, you will need a way to remove an event in the certainty that
+ it will definitely not be running its callback when you deallocate it
+ and its callback argument.
+
+ To do this, call one of event_finalize() or event_free_finalize with
+ 0 for its first argument, the event to tear down as its second argument,
+ and a callback function as its third argument. The callback will be
+ invoked as part of the event loop, with the event's priority.
+
+ After you call a finalizer function, event_add() and event_active() will
+ no longer work on the event, and event_del() will produce a no-op. You
+ must not try to change the event's fields with event_assign() or
+ event_set() while the finalize callback is in progress. Once the
+ callback has been invoked, you should treat the event structure as
+ containing uninitialized memory.
+
+ The event_free_finalize() function frees the event after it's finalized;
+ event_finalize() does not.
+
+ A finalizer callback must not make events pending or active. It must not
+ add events, activate events, or attempt to "resucitate" the event being
+ finalized in any way.
+
+ THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API. IT MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LIBEVENT 2.1 SERIES
+ BECOMES STABLE.
+
+ @return 0 on succes, -1 on failure.
+ */
+/**@{*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_finalize(unsigned, struct event *, event_finalize_callback_fn);
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_free_finalize(unsigned, struct event *, event_finalize_callback_fn);
+/**@}*/
+
+/**
Schedule a one-time event
- The function event_base_once() is similar to event_set(). However, it
+ The function event_base_once() is similar to event_new(). However, it
schedules a callback to be called exactly once, and does not require the
caller to prepare an event structure.
- Note that in Libevent 2.0 and earlier, if the event is never triggered,
- the internal memory used to hold it will never be freed. This may be
- fixed in a later version of Libevent.
+ Note that in Libevent 2.0 and earlier, if the event is never triggered, the
+ internal memory used to hold it will never be freed. In Libevent 2.1,
+ the internal memory will get freed by event_base_free() if the event
+ is never triggered. The 'arg' value, however, will not get freed in either
+ case--you'll need to free that on your own if you want it to go away.
@param base an event_base
@param fd a file descriptor to monitor, or -1 for no fd.
@@ -910,13 +1196,14 @@ void event_free(struct event *);
EV_TIMEOUT event succees immediately.
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_once(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *, const struct timeval *);
/**
Add an event to the set of pending events.
- The function event_add() schedules the execution of the ev event when the
- event specified in event_assign()/event_new() occurs, or when the time
+ The function event_add() schedules the execution of the event 'ev' when the
+ condition specified by event_assign() or event_new() occurs, or when the time
specified in timeout has elapesed. If atimeout is NULL, no timeout
occurs and the function will only be
called if a matching event occurs. The event in the
@@ -925,18 +1212,30 @@ int event_base_once(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_
in calls to event_assign() until it is no longer pending.
If the event in the ev argument already has a scheduled timeout, calling
- event_add() replaces the old timeout with the new one, or clears the old
- timeout if the timeout argument is NULL.
+ event_add() replaces the old timeout with the new one if tv is non-NULL.
- @param ev an event struct initialized via event_set()
+ @param ev an event struct initialized via event_assign() or event_new()
@param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
to wait forever
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
@see event_del(), event_assign(), event_new()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_add(struct event *ev, const struct timeval *timeout);
/**
+ Remove a timer from a pending event without removing the event itself.
+
+ If the event has a scheduled timeout, this function unschedules it but
+ leaves the event otherwise pending.
+
+ @param ev an event struct initialized via event_assign() or event_new()
+ @return 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurrect.
+*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_remove_timer(struct event *ev);
+
+/**
Remove an event from the set of monitored events.
The function event_del() will cancel the event in the argument ev. If the
@@ -947,8 +1246,29 @@ int event_add(struct event *ev, const struct timeval *timeout);
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
@see event_add()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_del(struct event *);
+/**
+ As event_del(), but never blocks while the event's callback is running
+ in another thread, even if the event was constructed without the
+ EV_FINALIZE flag.
+
+ THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API. IT MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LIBEVENT 2.1 SERIES
+ BECOMES STABLE.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_del_noblock(struct event *ev);
+/**
+ As event_del(), but always blocks while the event's callback is running
+ in another thread, even if the event was constructed with the
+ EV_FINALIZE flag.
+
+ THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API. IT MIGHT CHANGE BEFORE THE LIBEVENT 2.1 SERIES
+ BECOMES STABLE.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_del_block(struct event *ev);
/**
Make an event active.
@@ -964,6 +1284,7 @@ int event_del(struct event *);
@param res a set of flags to pass to the event's callback.
@param ncalls an obsolete argument: this is ignored.
**/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_active(struct event *ev, int res, short ncalls);
/**
@@ -979,8 +1300,17 @@ void event_active(struct event *ev, int res, short ncalls);
@return true if the event is pending on any of the events in 'what', (that
is to say, it has been added), or 0 if the event is not added.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_pending(const struct event *ev, short events, struct timeval *tv);
+/**
+ If called from within the callback for an event, returns that event.
+
+ The behavior of this function is not defined when called from outside the
+ callback function for an event.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+struct event *event_base_get_running_event(struct event_base *base);
/**
Test if an event structure might be initialized.
@@ -997,6 +1327,7 @@ int event_pending(const struct event *ev, short events, struct timeval *tv);
@return 1 if the structure might be initialized, or 0 if it has not been
initialized
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_initialized(const struct event *ev);
/**
@@ -1008,35 +1339,48 @@ int event_initialized(const struct event *ev);
Get the socket or signal assigned to an event, or -1 if the event has
no socket.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
evutil_socket_t event_get_fd(const struct event *ev);
/**
Get the event_base associated with an event.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
struct event_base *event_get_base(const struct event *ev);
/**
Return the events (EV_READ, EV_WRITE, etc) assigned to an event.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
short event_get_events(const struct event *ev);
/**
Return the callback assigned to an event.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
event_callback_fn event_get_callback(const struct event *ev);
/**
Return the callback argument assigned to an event.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void *event_get_callback_arg(const struct event *ev);
/**
+ Return the priority of an event.
+ @see event_priority_init(), event_get_priority()
+*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_get_priority(const struct event *ev);
+
+/**
Extract _all_ of arguments given to construct a given event. The
event_base is copied into *base_out, the fd is copied into *fd_out, and so
on.
If any of the "_out" arguments is NULL, it will be ignored.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_get_assignment(const struct event *event,
struct event_base **base_out, evutil_socket_t *fd_out, short *events_out,
event_callback_fn *callback_out, void **arg_out);
@@ -1054,6 +1398,7 @@ void event_get_assignment(const struct event *event,
We might do this to help ensure ABI-compatibility between different
versions of Libevent.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
size_t event_get_struct_event_size(void);
/**
@@ -1065,6 +1410,7 @@ size_t event_get_struct_event_size(void);
@return a string containing the version number of Libevent
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
const char *event_get_version(void);
/**
@@ -1078,13 +1424,14 @@ const char *event_get_version(void);
the version number. The low-order byte is unused. For example, version
2.0.1-alpha has a numeric representation of 0x02000100
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
ev_uint32_t event_get_version_number(void);
/** As event_get_version, but gives the version of Libevent's headers. */
-#define LIBEVENT_VERSION _EVENT_VERSION
+#define LIBEVENT_VERSION EVENT__VERSION
/** As event_get_version_number, but gives the version number of Libevent's
* headers. */
-#define LIBEVENT_VERSION_NUMBER _EVENT_NUMERIC_VERSION
+#define LIBEVENT_VERSION_NUMBER EVENT__NUMERIC_VERSION
/** Largest number of priorities that Libevent can support. */
#define EVENT_MAX_PRIORITIES 256
@@ -1115,16 +1462,28 @@ ev_uint32_t event_get_version_number(void);
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
@see event_priority_set()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_priority_init(struct event_base *, int);
/**
+ Get the number of different event priorities.
+
+ @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
+ @return Number of different event priorities
+ @see event_base_priority_init()
+*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_base_get_npriorities(struct event_base *eb);
+
+/**
Assign a priority to an event.
@param ev an event struct
@param priority the new priority to be assigned
@return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
- @see event_priority_init()
+ @see event_priority_init(), event_get_priority()
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_priority_set(struct event *, int);
/**
@@ -1146,10 +1505,11 @@ int event_priority_set(struct event *, int);
(This optimization probably will not be worthwhile until you have thousands
or tens of thousands of events with the same timeout.)
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
const struct timeval *event_base_init_common_timeout(struct event_base *base,
const struct timeval *duration);
-#if !defined(_EVENT_DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT) || defined(_EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN)
+#if !defined(EVENT__DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT) || defined(EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_)
/**
Override the functions that Libevent uses for memory management.
@@ -1172,6 +1532,7 @@ const struct timeval *event_base_init_common_timeout(struct event_base *base,
@param realloc_fn A replacement for realloc
@param free_fn A replacement for free.
**/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_set_mem_functions(
void *(*malloc_fn)(size_t sz),
void *(*realloc_fn)(void *ptr, size_t sz),
@@ -1181,8 +1542,79 @@ void event_set_mem_functions(
#define EVENT_SET_MEM_FUNCTIONS_IMPLEMENTED
#endif
+/**
+ Writes a human-readable description of all inserted and/or active
+ events to a provided stdio stream.
+
+ This is intended for debugging; its format is not guaranteed to be the same
+ between libevent versions.
+
+ @param base An event_base on which to scan the events.
+ @param output A stdio file to write on.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
void event_base_dump_events(struct event_base *, FILE *);
+
+/**
+ Activates all pending events for the given fd and event mask.
+
+ This function activates pending events only. Events which have not been
+ added will not become active.
+
+ @param base the event_base on which to activate the events.
+ @param fd An fd to active events on.
+ @param events One or more of EV_{READ,WRITE}.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void event_base_active_by_fd(struct event_base *base, evutil_socket_t fd, short events);
+
+/**
+ Activates all pending signals with a given signal number
+
+ This function activates pending events only. Events which have not been
+ added will not become active.
+
+ @param base the event_base on which to activate the events.
+ @param fd The signal to active events on.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void event_base_active_by_signal(struct event_base *base, int sig);
+
+/**
+ * Callback for iterating events in an event base via event_base_foreach_event
+ */
+typedef int (*event_base_foreach_event_cb)(const struct event_base *, const struct event *, void *);
+
+/**
+ Iterate over all added or active events events in an event loop, and invoke
+ a given callback on each one.
+
+ The callback must not call any function that modifies the event base, that
+ modifies any event in the event base, or that adds or removes any event to
+ the event base. Doing so is unsupported and will lead to undefined
+ behavior -- likely, to crashes.
+
+ event_base_foreach_event() holds a lock on the event_base() for the whole
+ time it's running: slow callbacks are not advisable.
+
+ Note that Libevent adds some events of its own to make pieces of its
+ functionality work. You must not assume that the only events you'll
+ encounter will be the ones you added yourself.
+
+ The callback function must return 0 to continue iteration, or some other
+ integer to stop iterating.
+
+ @param base An event_base on which to scan the events.
+ @param fn A callback function to receive the events.
+ @param arg An argument passed to the callback function.
+ @return 0 if we iterated over every event, or the value returned by the
+ callback function if the loop exited early.
+*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_base_foreach_event(struct event_base *base, event_base_foreach_event_cb fn, void *arg);
+
+
/** Sets 'tv' to the current time (as returned by gettimeofday()),
looking at the cached value in 'base' if possible, and calling
gettimeofday() or clock_gettime() as appropriate if there is no
@@ -1194,11 +1626,44 @@ void event_base_dump_events(struct event_base *, FILE *);
Returns 0 on success, negative on failure.
*/
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
int event_base_gettimeofday_cached(struct event_base *base,
struct timeval *tv);
+/** Update cached_tv in the 'base' to the current time
+ *
+ * You can use this function is useful for selectively increasing
+ * the accuracy of the cached time value in 'base' during callbacks
+ * that take a long time to execute.
+ *
+ * This function has no effect if the base is currently not in its
+ * event loop, or if timeval caching is disabled via
+ * EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NO_CACHE_TIME.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+int event_base_update_cache_time(struct event_base *base);
+
+/** Release up all globally-allocated resources allocated by Libevent.
+
+ This function does not free developer-controlled resources like
+ event_bases, events, bufferevents, listeners, and so on. It only releases
+ resources like global locks that there is no other way to free.
+
+ It is not actually necessary to call this function before exit: every
+ resource that it frees would be released anyway on exit. It mainly exists
+ so that resource-leak debugging tools don't see Libevent as holding
+ resources at exit.
+
+ You should only call this function when no other Libevent functions will
+ be invoked -- e.g., when cleanly exiting a program.
+ */
+EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
+void libevent_global_shutdown(void);
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
-#endif /* _EVENT2_EVENT_H_ */
+#endif /* EVENT2_EVENT_H_INCLUDED_ */