1 EMBEDDING THE LIBEV CODE INTO YOUR OWN PROGRAMS
3 Instead of building the libev library you can also include the code
4 as-is into your programs. To update, you only have to copy a few files
13 To include only the libev core (all the ev_* functions):
15 #define EV_STANDALONE 1
18 This will automatically include ev.h, too, and should be done in a
19 single C source file only to provide the function implementations. To
20 use it, do the same for ev.h in all files wishing to use this API
21 (best done by writing a wrapper around ev.h that you can include
22 instead and where you can put other configuration options):
24 #define EV_STANDALONE 1
27 Both header files and implementation files can be compiled with a C++
28 compiler (at least, thats a stated goal, and breakage will be treated
31 You need the following files in your source tree, or in a directory
32 in your include path (e.g. in libev/ when using -Ilibev):
39 ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only
41 ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default)
42 ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
43 ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
44 ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default)
46 "ev.c" includes the backend files directly when enabled.
48 LIBEVENT COMPATIBILITY API
50 To include the libevent compatibility API, also include:
54 in the file including "ev.c", and:
58 in the files that want to use the libevent API. This also includes "ev.h".
60 You need the following additional files for this:
67 Instead of using EV_STANDALONE=1 and providing your config in whatever
68 way you want, you can also m4_include([libev.m4]) in your configure.ac
69 and leave EV_STANDALONE off. ev.c will then include "config.h" and
70 configure itself accordingly.
74 Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define
75 before including any of its files. The default is not to build for multiplicity
76 and only include the select backend.
80 Must always be "1", which keeps libev from including config.h or
81 other files, and it also defines dummy implementations for some
82 libevent functions (such as logging, which is not supported). It
83 will also not define any of the structs usually found in "event.h"
84 that are not directly supported by libev code alone.
88 If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the
89 availability of the monotonic clock option at both compiletime and
90 runtime. Otherwise no use of the monotonic clock option will be
95 If defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the availability
96 of the realtime clock option at compiletime (and assume its
97 availability at runtime if successful). Otherwise no use of the
98 realtime clock option will be attempted. This effectively replaces
99 gettimeofday by clock_get (CLOCK_REALTIME, ...) and will not normally
104 If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will compile in support
105 for the select(2) backend. No attempt at autodetection will be
106 done: if no other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise
107 the select backend will not be compiled in.
111 If defined to 1, then the select backend will use the system fd_set
112 structure. This is useful if libev doesn't compile due to a missing
113 NFDBITS or fd_mask definition or it misguesses the bitset layout on
114 exotic systems. This usually limits the range of file descriptors
115 to some low limit such as 1024 or might have other limitations
116 (winsocket only allows 64 sockets). The FD_SETSIZE macro, set
117 before compilation, might influence the size of the fd_set used.
119 EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET
121 When defined to 1, the select backend will assume that select
122 doesn't understand file descriptors but wants osf handles on
123 win32 (this is the case when the select to be used is the winsock
124 select). This means that it will call _get_osfhandle on the fd to
125 convert it to an OS handle. Should not be defined on non-win32
130 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the poll(2)
131 backend. Otherwise it will be enabled on non-win32 platforms. It
132 takes precedence over select.
136 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the Linux
137 epoll backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
138 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
139 preferred backend for GNU/Linux systems.
143 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the BSD
144 style kqueue backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
145 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
146 preferred backend for BSD and BSD-like systems. Darwin brokenness
147 will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
152 If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the Solaris
153 10 port style backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
154 otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
155 preferred backend for Solaris 10 systems.
159 reserved for future expansion, works like the USE symbols above.
163 The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default
164 if undefined is <ev.h> in event.h and "ev.h" in ev.c. This can
165 be used to virtually rename the ev.h header file in case of
170 Similarly to EV_H, this macro cna be used to override event.c's idea
171 of how the event.h header can be found.
175 If defined to be "0", then "ev.h" will not define any function
176 prototypes, but still define all the structs and other
177 symbols. This is occasionally useful.
181 If undefined or defined to "1", then all event-loop-specific
182 functions will have the "struct ev_loop *" as first argument, and
183 you can create additional independent event loops. Otherwise there
184 will be no support for multiple event loops and there is no first
185 event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the
190 If undefined or defined to be "1", then periodic timers are
191 supported, otherwise not. This saves a few kb of code.
195 By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining
196 this macro to a something else you can include more and other types
197 of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the
198 files, though, and it must be identical each time.
200 For example, the perl EV module uses this:
203 SV *self; /* contains this struct */ \
204 SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */
207 EV_CB_INVOKE(watcher,revents)
210 Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each
211 watcher, and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand
212 to a struct member definition and a statement, respectively. See
213 the ev.v header file for their default definitions. One possible
214 use for overriding these is to avoid the ev_loop pointer as first
215 argument in all cases, or to use method calls instead of plain
216 function calls in C++.
220 For a real-world example of a program the includes libev
221 verbatim, you can have a look at the EV perl module
222 (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/EV.html). It has the libev files in
223 the libev/ subdirectory and includes them in the EV/EVAPI.h (public
224 interface) and EV.xs (implementation) files. Only the EV.xs file will