X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/libev.git/blobdiff_plain/e47953f244654c540fd11cdce71f46c6dd5a7b64..5ad960a6f99234c2085d0247aaf0c9343cae5be1:/ev.3 diff --git a/ev.3 b/ev.3 index ba07a61..0d526fc 100644 --- a/ev.3 +++ b/ev.3 @@ -460,8 +460,12 @@ Example: try to create a event loop that uses epoll and nothing else. .IP "ev_default_destroy ()" 4 .IX Item "ev_default_destroy ()" Destroys the default loop again (frees all memory and kernel state -etc.). This stops all registered event watchers (by not touching them in -any way whatsoever, although you cannot rely on this :). +etc.). None of the active event watchers will be stopped in the normal +sense, so e.g. \f(CW\*(C`ev_is_active\*(C'\fR might still return true. It is your +responsibility to either stop all watchers cleanly yoursef \fIbefore\fR +calling this function, or cope with the fact afterwards (which is usually +the easiest thing, youc na just ignore the watchers and/or \f(CW\*(C`free ()\*(C'\fR them +for example). .IP "ev_loop_destroy (loop)" 4 .IX Item "ev_loop_destroy (loop)" Like \f(CW\*(C`ev_default_destroy\*(C'\fR, but destroys an event loop created by an @@ -993,8 +997,8 @@ Periodic watchers are also timers of a kind, but they are very versatile Unlike \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer\*(C'\fR's, they are not based on real time (or relative time) but on wallclock time (absolute time). You can tell a periodic watcher to trigger \*(L"at\*(R" some specific point in time. For example, if you tell a -periodic watcher to trigger in 10 seconds (by specifiying e.g. c) and then reset your system clock to the last year, then it will +periodic watcher to trigger in 10 seconds (by specifiying e.g. \f(CW\*(C`ev_now () ++ 10.\*(C'\fR) and then reset your system clock to the last year, then it will take a year to trigger the event (unlike an \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer\*(C'\fR, which would trigger roughly 10 seconds later and of course not if you reset your system time again). @@ -1430,7 +1434,387 @@ emulate the internals of libevent, so here are some usage hints: .PD .SH "\*(C+ SUPPORT" .IX Header " SUPPORT" -\&\s-1TBD\s0. +Libev comes with some simplistic wrapper classes for \*(C+ that mainly allow +you to use some convinience methods to start/stop watchers and also change +the callback model to a model using method callbacks on objects. +.PP +To use it, +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& #include +.Ve +.PP +(it is not installed by default). This automatically includes \fIev.h\fR +and puts all of its definitions (many of them macros) into the global +namespace. All \*(C+ specific things are put into the \f(CW\*(C`ev\*(C'\fR namespace. +.PP +It should support all the same embedding options as \fIev.h\fR, most notably +\&\f(CW\*(C`EV_MULTIPLICITY\*(C'\fR. +.PP +Here is a list of things available in the \f(CW\*(C`ev\*(C'\fR namespace: +.ie n .IP """ev::READ""\fR, \f(CW""ev::WRITE"" etc." 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWev::READ\fR, \f(CWev::WRITE\fR etc." 4 +.IX Item "ev::READ, ev::WRITE etc." +These are just enum values with the same values as the \f(CW\*(C`EV_READ\*(C'\fR etc. +macros from \fIev.h\fR. +.ie n .IP """ev::tstamp""\fR, \f(CW""ev::now""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWev::tstamp\fR, \f(CWev::now\fR" 4 +.IX Item "ev::tstamp, ev::now" +Aliases to the same types/functions as with the \f(CW\*(C`ev_\*(C'\fR prefix. +.ie n .IP """ev::io""\fR, \f(CW""ev::timer""\fR, \f(CW""ev::periodic""\fR, \f(CW""ev::idle""\fR, \f(CW""ev::sig"" etc." 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWev::io\fR, \f(CWev::timer\fR, \f(CWev::periodic\fR, \f(CWev::idle\fR, \f(CWev::sig\fR etc." 4 +.IX Item "ev::io, ev::timer, ev::periodic, ev::idle, ev::sig etc." +For each \f(CW\*(C`ev_TYPE\*(C'\fR watcher in \fIev.h\fR there is a corresponding class of +the same name in the \f(CW\*(C`ev\*(C'\fR namespace, with the exception of \f(CW\*(C`ev_signal\*(C'\fR +which is called \f(CW\*(C`ev::sig\*(C'\fR to avoid clashes with the \f(CW\*(C`signal\*(C'\fR macro +defines by many implementations. +.Sp +All of those classes have these methods: +.RS 4 +.IP "ev::TYPE::TYPE (object *, object::method *)" 4 +.IX Item "ev::TYPE::TYPE (object *, object::method *)" +.PD 0 +.IP "ev::TYPE::TYPE (object *, object::method *, struct ev_loop *)" 4 +.IX Item "ev::TYPE::TYPE (object *, object::method *, struct ev_loop *)" +.IP "ev::TYPE::~TYPE" 4 +.IX Item "ev::TYPE::~TYPE" +.PD +The constructor takes a pointer to an object and a method pointer to +the event handler callback to call in this class. The constructor calls +\&\f(CW\*(C`ev_init\*(C'\fR for you, which means you have to call the \f(CW\*(C`set\*(C'\fR method +before starting it. If you do not specify a loop then the constructor +automatically associates the default loop with this watcher. +.Sp +The destructor automatically stops the watcher if it is active. +.IP "w\->set (struct ev_loop *)" 4 +.IX Item "w->set (struct ev_loop *)" +Associates a different \f(CW\*(C`struct ev_loop\*(C'\fR with this watcher. You can only +do this when the watcher is inactive (and not pending either). +.IP "w\->set ([args])" 4 +.IX Item "w->set ([args])" +Basically the same as \f(CW\*(C`ev_TYPE_set\*(C'\fR, with the same args. Must be +called at least once. Unlike the C counterpart, an active watcher gets +automatically stopped and restarted. +.IP "w\->start ()" 4 +.IX Item "w->start ()" +Starts the watcher. Note that there is no \f(CW\*(C`loop\*(C'\fR argument as the +constructor already takes the loop. +.IP "w\->stop ()" 4 +.IX Item "w->stop ()" +Stops the watcher if it is active. Again, no \f(CW\*(C`loop\*(C'\fR argument. +.ie n .IP "w\->again () ""ev::timer""\fR, \f(CW""ev::periodic"" only" 4 +.el .IP "w\->again () \f(CWev::timer\fR, \f(CWev::periodic\fR only" 4 +.IX Item "w->again () ev::timer, ev::periodic only" +For \f(CW\*(C`ev::timer\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ev::periodic\*(C'\fR, this invokes the corresponding +\&\f(CW\*(C`ev_TYPE_again\*(C'\fR function. +.ie n .IP "w\->sweep () ""ev::embed"" only" 4 +.el .IP "w\->sweep () \f(CWev::embed\fR only" 4 +.IX Item "w->sweep () ev::embed only" +Invokes \f(CW\*(C`ev_embed_sweep\*(C'\fR. +.RE +.RS 4 +.RE +.PP +Example: Define a class with an \s-1IO\s0 and idle watcher, start one of them in +the constructor. +.PP +.Vb 4 +\& class myclass +\& { +\& ev_io io; void io_cb (ev::io &w, int revents); +\& ev_idle idle void idle_cb (ev::idle &w, int revents); +.Ve +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& myclass (); +\& } +.Ve +.PP +.Vb 6 +\& myclass::myclass (int fd) +\& : io (this, &myclass::io_cb), +\& idle (this, &myclass::idle_cb) +\& { +\& io.start (fd, ev::READ); +\& } +.Ve +.SH "EMBEDDING" +.IX Header "EMBEDDING" +Libev can (and often is) directly embedded into host +applications. Examples of applications that embed it include the Deliantra +Game Server, the \s-1EV\s0 perl module, the \s-1GNU\s0 Virtual Private Ethernet (gvpe) +and rxvt\-unicode. +.PP +The goal is to enable you to just copy the neecssary files into your +source directory without having to change even a single line in them, so +you can easily upgrade by simply copying (or having a checked-out copy of +libev somewhere in your source tree). +.Sh "\s-1FILESETS\s0" +.IX Subsection "FILESETS" +Depending on what features you need you need to include one or more sets of files +in your app. +.PP +\fI\s-1CORE\s0 \s-1EVENT\s0 \s-1LOOP\s0\fR +.IX Subsection "CORE EVENT LOOP" +.PP +To include only the libev core (all the \f(CW\*(C`ev_*\*(C'\fR functions), with manual +configuration (no autoconf): +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& #define EV_STANDALONE 1 +\& #include "ev.c" +.Ve +.PP +This will automatically include \fIev.h\fR, too, and should be done in a +single C source file only to provide the function implementations. To use +it, do the same for \fIev.h\fR in all files wishing to use this \s-1API\s0 (best +done by writing a wrapper around \fIev.h\fR that you can include instead and +where you can put other configuration options): +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& #define EV_STANDALONE 1 +\& #include "ev.h" +.Ve +.PP +Both header files and implementation files can be compiled with a \*(C+ +compiler (at least, thats a stated goal, and breakage will be treated +as a bug). +.PP +You need the following files in your source tree, or in a directory +in your include path (e.g. in libev/ when using \-Ilibev): +.PP +.Vb 4 +\& ev.h +\& ev.c +\& ev_vars.h +\& ev_wrap.h +.Ve +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& ev_win32.c required on win32 platforms only +.Ve +.PP +.Vb 5 +\& ev_select.c only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default) +\& ev_poll.c only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default) +\& ev_epoll.c only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default) +\& ev_kqueue.c only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default) +\& ev_port.c only when the solaris port backend is enabled (disabled by default) +.Ve +.PP +\&\fIev.c\fR includes the backend files directly when enabled, so you only need +to compile a single file. +.PP +\fI\s-1LIBEVENT\s0 \s-1COMPATIBILITY\s0 \s-1API\s0\fR +.IX Subsection "LIBEVENT COMPATIBILITY API" +.PP +To include the libevent compatibility \s-1API\s0, also include: +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& #include "event.c" +.Ve +.PP +in the file including \fIev.c\fR, and: +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& #include "event.h" +.Ve +.PP +in the files that want to use the libevent \s-1API\s0. This also includes \fIev.h\fR. +.PP +You need the following additional files for this: +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& event.h +\& event.c +.Ve +.PP +\fI\s-1AUTOCONF\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0\fR +.IX Subsection "AUTOCONF SUPPORT" +.PP +Instead of using \f(CW\*(C`EV_STANDALONE=1\*(C'\fR and providing your config in +whatever way you want, you can also \f(CW\*(C`m4_include([libev.m4])\*(C'\fR in your +\&\fIconfigure.ac\fR and leave \f(CW\*(C`EV_STANDALONE\*(C'\fR off. \fIev.c\fR will then include +\&\fIconfig.h\fR and configure itself accordingly. +.PP +For this of course you need the m4 file: +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& libev.m4 +.Ve +.Sh "\s-1PREPROCESSOR\s0 \s-1SYMBOLS/MACROS\s0" +.IX Subsection "PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS/MACROS" +Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define +before including any of its files. The default is not to build for multiplicity +and only include the select backend. +.IP "\s-1EV_STANDALONE\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_STANDALONE" +Must always be \f(CW1\fR if you do not use autoconf configuration, which +keeps libev from including \fIconfig.h\fR, and it also defines dummy +implementations for some libevent functions (such as logging, which is not +supported). It will also not define any of the structs usually found in +\&\fIevent.h\fR that are not directly supported by the libev core alone. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_MONOTONIC\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_MONOTONIC" +If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will try to detect the availability of the +monotonic clock option at both compiletime and runtime. Otherwise no use +of the monotonic clock option will be attempted. If you enable this, you +usually have to link against librt or something similar. Enabling it when +the functionality isn't available is safe, though, althoguh you have +to make sure you link against any libraries where the \f(CW\*(C`clock_gettime\*(C'\fR +function is hiding in (often \fI\-lrt\fR). +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_REALTIME\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_REALTIME" +If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will try to detect the availability of the +realtime clock option at compiletime (and assume its availability at +runtime if successful). Otherwise no use of the realtime clock option will +be attempted. This effectively replaces \f(CW\*(C`gettimeofday\*(C'\fR by \f(CW\*(C`clock_get +(CLOCK_REALTIME, ...)\*(C'\fR and will not normally affect correctness. See tzhe note about libraries +in the description of \f(CW\*(C`EV_USE_MONOTONIC\*(C'\fR, though. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_SELECT\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_SELECT" +If undefined or defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the +\&\f(CW\*(C`select\*(C'\fR(2) backend. No attempt at autodetection will be done: if no +other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise the select backend +will not be compiled in. +.IP "\s-1EV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET" +If defined to \f(CW1\fR, then the select backend will use the system \f(CW\*(C`fd_set\*(C'\fR +structure. This is useful if libev doesn't compile due to a missing +\&\f(CW\*(C`NFDBITS\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`fd_mask\*(C'\fR definition or it misguesses the bitset layout on +exotic systems. This usually limits the range of file descriptors to some +low limit such as 1024 or might have other limitations (winsocket only +allows 64 sockets). The \f(CW\*(C`FD_SETSIZE\*(C'\fR macro, set before compilation, might +influence the size of the \f(CW\*(C`fd_set\*(C'\fR used. +.IP "\s-1EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET" +When defined to \f(CW1\fR, the select backend will assume that +select/socket/connect etc. don't understand file descriptors but +wants osf handles on win32 (this is the case when the select to +be used is the winsock select). This means that it will call +\&\f(CW\*(C`_get_osfhandle\*(C'\fR on the fd to convert it to an \s-1OS\s0 handle. Otherwise, +it is assumed that all these functions actually work on fds, even +on win32. Should not be defined on non\-win32 platforms. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_POLL\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_POLL" +If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the \f(CW\*(C`poll\*(C'\fR(2) +backend. Otherwise it will be enabled on non\-win32 platforms. It +takes precedence over select. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_EPOLL\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_EPOLL" +If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the Linux +\&\f(CW\*(C`epoll\*(C'\fR(7) backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime, +otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the +preferred backend for GNU/Linux systems. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_KQUEUE\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_KQUEUE" +If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the \s-1BSD\s0 style +\&\f(CW\*(C`kqueue\*(C'\fR(2) backend. Its actual availability will be detected at runtime, +otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the preferred +backend for \s-1BSD\s0 and BSD-like systems, although on most BSDs kqueue only +supports some types of fds correctly (the only platform we found that +supports ptys for example was NetBSD), so kqueue might be compiled in, but +not be used unless explicitly requested. The best way to use it is to find +out wether kqueue supports your type of fd properly and use an embedded +kqueue loop. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_PORT\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_PORT" +If defined to be \f(CW1\fR, libev will compile in support for the Solaris +10 port style backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime, +otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the preferred +backend for Solaris 10 systems. +.IP "\s-1EV_USE_DEVPOLL\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_USE_DEVPOLL" +reserved for future expansion, works like the \s-1USE\s0 symbols above. +.IP "\s-1EV_H\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_H" +The name of the \fIev.h\fR header file used to include it. The default if +undefined is \f(CW\*(C`\*(C'\fR in \fIevent.h\fR and \f(CW"ev.h"\fR in \fIev.c\fR. This +can be used to virtually rename the \fIev.h\fR header file in case of conflicts. +.IP "\s-1EV_CONFIG_H\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_CONFIG_H" +If \f(CW\*(C`EV_STANDALONE\*(C'\fR isn't \f(CW1\fR, this variable can be used to override +\&\fIev.c\fR's idea of where to find the \fIconfig.h\fR file, similarly to +\&\f(CW\*(C`EV_H\*(C'\fR, above. +.IP "\s-1EV_EVENT_H\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_EVENT_H" +Similarly to \f(CW\*(C`EV_H\*(C'\fR, this macro can be used to override \fIevent.c\fR's idea +of how the \fIevent.h\fR header can be found. +.IP "\s-1EV_PROTOTYPES\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_PROTOTYPES" +If defined to be \f(CW0\fR, then \fIev.h\fR will not define any function +prototypes, but still define all the structs and other symbols. This is +occasionally useful if you want to provide your own wrapper functions +around libev functions. +.IP "\s-1EV_MULTIPLICITY\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_MULTIPLICITY" +If undefined or defined to \f(CW1\fR, then all event-loop-specific functions +will have the \f(CW\*(C`struct ev_loop *\*(C'\fR as first argument, and you can create +additional independent event loops. Otherwise there will be no support +for multiple event loops and there is no first event loop pointer +argument. Instead, all functions act on the single default loop. +.IP "\s-1EV_PERIODICS\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_PERIODICS" +If undefined or defined to be \f(CW1\fR, then periodic timers are supported, +otherwise not. This saves a few kb of code. +.IP "\s-1EV_COMMON\s0" 4 +.IX Item "EV_COMMON" +By default, all watchers have a \f(CW\*(C`void *data\*(C'\fR member. By redefining +this macro to a something else you can include more and other types of +members. You have to define it each time you include one of the files, +though, and it must be identical each time. +.Sp +For example, the perl \s-1EV\s0 module uses something like this: +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& #define EV_COMMON \e +\& SV *self; /* contains this struct */ \e +\& SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */ +.Ve +.IP "\s-1EV_CB_DECLARE\s0(type)" 4 +.IX Item "EV_CB_DECLARE(type)" +.PD 0 +.IP "\s-1EV_CB_INVOKE\s0(watcher,revents)" 4 +.IX Item "EV_CB_INVOKE(watcher,revents)" +.IP "ev_set_cb(ev,cb)" 4 +.IX Item "ev_set_cb(ev,cb)" +.PD +Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each watcher, +and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand to a struct member +definition and a statement, respectively. See the \fIev.v\fR header file for +their default definitions. One possible use for overriding these is to +avoid the ev_loop pointer as first argument in all cases, or to use method +calls instead of plain function calls in \*(C+. +.Sh "\s-1EXAMPLES\s0" +.IX Subsection "EXAMPLES" +For a real-world example of a program the includes libev +verbatim, you can have a look at the \s-1EV\s0 perl module +(). It has the libev files in +the \fIlibev/\fR subdirectory and includes them in the \fI\s-1EV/EVAPI\s0.h\fR (public +interface) and \fI\s-1EV\s0.xs\fR (implementation) files. Only the \fI\s-1EV\s0.xs\fR file +will be compiled. It is pretty complex because it provides its own header +file. +.Sp +The usage in rxvt-unicode is simpler. It has a \fIev_cpp.h\fR header file +that everybody includes and which overrides some autoconf choices: +.Sp +.Vb 4 +\& #define EV_USE_POLL 0 +\& #define EV_MULTIPLICITY 0 +\& #define EV_PERIODICS 0 +\& #define EV_CONFIG_H +.Ve +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& #include "ev++.h" +.Ve +.Sp +And a \fIev_cpp.C\fR implementation file that contains libev proper and is compiled: +.Sp +.Vb 2 +\& #include "ev_cpp.h" +\& #include "ev.c" +.Ve .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" Marc Lehmann .