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     27 #ifndef _EVENT_H_
     28 #define _EVENT_H_
     29 
     30 /** @mainpage
     31 
     32   @section intro Introduction
     33 
     34   libevent is an event notification library for developing scalable network
     35   servers.  The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
     36   function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
     37   timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due
     38   to signals or regular timeouts.
     39 
     40   libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
     41   servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or
     42   remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.
     43 
     44   Currently, libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), select(2), poll(2) and
     45   epoll(4). It also has experimental support for real-time signals. The
     46   internal event mechanism is completely independent of the exposed event API,
     47   and a simple update of libevent can provide new functionality without having
     48   to redesign the applications. As a result, Libevent allows for portable
     49   application development and provides the most scalable event notification
     50   mechanism available on an operating system. Libevent can also be used for
     51   multi-threaded aplications; see Steven Grimm's explanation. Libevent should
     52   compile on Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows.
     53 
     54   @section usage Standard usage
     55 
     56   Every program that uses libevent must include the <event.h> header, and pass
     57   the -levent flag to the linker.  Before using any of the functions in the
     58   library, you must call event_init() or event_base_new() to perform one-time
     59   initialization of the libevent library.
     60 
     61   @section event Event notification
     62 
     63   For each file descriptor that you wish to monitor, you must declare an event
     64   structure and call event_set() to initialize the members of the structure.
     65   To enable notification, you add the structure to the list of monitored
     66   events by calling event_add().  The event structure must remain allocated as
     67   long as it is active, so it should be allocated on the heap. Finally, you
     68   call event_dispatch() to loop and dispatch events.
     69 
     70   @section bufferevent I/O Buffers
     71 
     72   libevent provides an abstraction on top of the regular event callbacks. This
     73   abstraction is called a buffered event. A buffered event provides input and
     74   output buffers that get filled and drained automatically. The user of a
     75   buffered event no longer deals directly with the I/O, but instead is reading
     76   from input and writing to output buffers.
     77 
     78   Once initialized via bufferevent_new(), the bufferevent structure can be
     79   used repeatedly with bufferevent_enable() and bufferevent_disable().
     80   Instead of reading and writing directly to a socket, you would call
     81   bufferevent_read() and bufferevent_write().
     82 
     83   When read enabled the bufferevent will try to read from the file descriptor
     84   and call the read callback. The write callback is executed whenever the
     85   output buffer is drained below the write low watermark, which is 0 by
     86   default.
     87 
     88   @section timers Timers
     89 
     90   libevent can also be used to create timers that invoke a callback after a
     91   certain amount of time has expired. The evtimer_set() function prepares an
     92   event struct to be used as a timer. To activate the timer, call
     93   evtimer_add(). Timers can be deactivated by calling evtimer_del().
     94 
     95   @section timeouts Timeouts
     96 
     97   In addition to simple timers, libevent can assign timeout events to file
     98   descriptors that are triggered whenever a certain amount of time has passed
     99   with no activity on a file descriptor.  The timeout_set() function
    100   initializes an event struct for use as a timeout. Once initialized, the
    101   event must be activated by using timeout_add().  To cancel the timeout, call
    102   timeout_del().
    103 
    104   @section evdns Asynchronous DNS resolution
    105 
    106   libevent provides an asynchronous DNS resolver that should be used instead
    107   of the standard DNS resolver functions.  These functions can be imported by
    108   including the <evdns.h> header in your program. Before using any of the
    109   resolver functions, you must call evdns_init() to initialize the library. To
    110   convert a hostname to an IP address, you call the evdns_resolve_ipv4()
    111   function.  To perform a reverse lookup, you would call the
    112   evdns_resolve_reverse() function.  All of these functions use callbacks to
    113   avoid blocking while the lookup is performed.
    114 
    115   @section evhttp Event-driven HTTP servers
    116 
    117   libevent provides a very simple event-driven HTTP server that can be
    118   embedded in your program and used to service HTTP requests.
    119 
    120   To use this capability, you need to include the <evhttp.h> header in your
    121   program.  You create the server by calling evhttp_new(). Add addresses and
    122   ports to listen on with evhttp_bind_socket(). You then register one or more
    123   callbacks to handle incoming requests.  Each URI can be assigned a callback
    124   via the evhttp_set_cb() function.  A generic callback function can also be
    125   registered via evhttp_set_gencb(); this callback will be invoked if no other
    126   callbacks have been registered for a given URI.
    127 
    128   @section evrpc A framework for RPC servers and clients
    129 
    130   libevents provides a framework for creating RPC servers and clients.  It
    131   takes care of marshaling and unmarshaling all data structures.
    132 
    133   @section api API Reference
    134 
    135   To browse the complete documentation of the libevent API, click on any of
    136   the following links.
    137 
    138   event.h
    139   The primary libevent header
    140 
    141   evdns.h
    142   Asynchronous DNS resolution
    143 
    144   evhttp.h
    145   An embedded libevent-based HTTP server
    146 
    147   evrpc.h
    148   A framework for creating RPC servers and clients
    149 
    150  */
    151 
    152 /** @file event.h
    153 
    154   A library for writing event-driven network servers
    155 
    156  */
    157 
    158 #ifdef __cplusplus
    159 extern "C" {
    160 #endif
    161 
    162 #include "event-config.h"
    163 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
    164 #include <sys/types.h>
    165 #endif
    166 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
    167 #include <sys/time.h>
    168 #endif
    169 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_STDINT_H
    170 #include <stdint.h>
    171 #endif
    172 #include <stdarg.h>
    173 
    174 /* For int types. */
    175 #include "evutil.h"
    176 
    177 #ifdef WIN32
    178 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
    179 #include <windows.h>
    180 #undef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
    181 typedef unsigned char u_char;
    182 typedef unsigned short u_short;
    183 #endif
    184 
    185 #define EVLIST_TIMEOUT	0x01
    186 #define EVLIST_INSERTED	0x02
    187 #define EVLIST_SIGNAL	0x04
    188 #define EVLIST_ACTIVE	0x08
    189 #define EVLIST_INTERNAL	0x10
    190 #define EVLIST_INIT	0x80
    191 
    192 /* EVLIST_X_ Private space: 0x1000-0xf000 */
    193 #define EVLIST_ALL	(0xf000 | 0x9f)
    194 
    195 #define EV_TIMEOUT	0x01
    196 #define EV_READ		0x02
    197 #define EV_WRITE	0x04
    198 #define EV_SIGNAL	0x08
    199 #define EV_PERSIST	0x10	/* Persistant event */
    200 
    201 /* Fix so that ppl dont have to run with <sys/queue.h> */
    202 #ifndef TAILQ_ENTRY
    203 #define _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY
    204 #define TAILQ_ENTRY(type)						\
    205 struct {								\
    206 	struct type *tqe_next;	/* next element */			\
    207 	struct type **tqe_prev;	/* address of previous next element */	\
    208 }
    209 #endif /* !TAILQ_ENTRY */
    210 
    211 struct event_base;
    212 #ifndef EVENT_NO_STRUCT
    213 struct event {
    214 	TAILQ_ENTRY (event) ev_next;
    215 	TAILQ_ENTRY (event) ev_active_next;
    216 	TAILQ_ENTRY (event) ev_signal_next;
    217 	unsigned int min_heap_idx;	/* for managing timeouts */
    218 
    219 	struct event_base *ev_base;
    220 
    221 	int ev_fd;
    222 	short ev_events;
    223 	short ev_ncalls;
    224 	short *ev_pncalls;	/* Allows deletes in callback */
    225 
    226 	struct timeval ev_timeout;
    227 
    228 	int ev_pri;		/* smaller numbers are higher priority */
    229 
    230 	void (*ev_callback)(int, short, void *arg);
    231 	void *ev_arg;
    232 
    233 	int ev_res;		/* result passed to event callback */
    234 	int ev_flags;
    235 };
    236 #else
    237 struct event;
    238 #endif
    239 
    240 #define EVENT_SIGNAL(ev)	(int)(ev)->ev_fd
    241 #define EVENT_FD(ev)		(int)(ev)->ev_fd
    242 
    243 /*
    244  * Key-Value pairs.  Can be used for HTTP headers but also for
    245  * query argument parsing.
    246  */
    247 struct evkeyval {
    248 	TAILQ_ENTRY(evkeyval) next;
    249 
    250 	char *key;
    251 	char *value;
    252 };
    253 
    254 #ifdef _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY
    255 #undef TAILQ_ENTRY
    256 struct event_list;
    257 struct evkeyvalq;
    258 #undef _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY
    259 #else
    260 TAILQ_HEAD (event_list, event);
    261 TAILQ_HEAD (evkeyvalq, evkeyval);
    262 #endif /* _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY */
    263 
    264 /**
    265   Initialize the event API.
    266 
    267   Use event_base_new() to initialize a new event base, but does not set
    268   the current_base global.   If using only event_base_new(), each event
    269   added must have an event base set with event_base_set()
    270 
    271   @see event_base_set(), event_base_free(), event_init()
    272  */
    273 struct event_base *event_base_new(void);
    274 
    275 /**
    276   Initialize the event API.
    277 
    278   The event API needs to be initialized with event_init() before it can be
    279   used.  Sets the current_base global representing the default base for
    280   events that have no base associated with them.
    281 
    282   @see event_base_set(), event_base_new()
    283  */
    284 struct event_base *event_init(void);
    285 
    286 /**
    287   Reinitialized the event base after a fork
    288 
    289   Some event mechanisms do not survive across fork.   The event base needs
    290   to be reinitialized with the event_reinit() function.
    291 
    292   @param base the event base that needs to be re-initialized
    293   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if some events could not be re-added.
    294   @see event_base_new(), event_init()
    295 */
    296 int event_reinit(struct event_base *base);
    297 
    298 /**
    299   Loop to process events.
    300 
    301   In order to process events, an application needs to call
    302   event_dispatch().  This function only returns on error, and should
    303   replace the event core of the application program.
    304 
    305   @see event_base_dispatch()
    306  */
    307 int event_dispatch(void);
    308 
    309 
    310 /**
    311   Threadsafe event dispatching loop.
    312 
    313   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    314   @see event_init(), event_dispatch()
    315  */
    316 int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
    317 
    318 
    319 /**
    320  Get the kernel event notification mechanism used by libevent.
    321 
    322  @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
    323  @return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
    324  */
    325 const char *event_base_get_method(struct event_base *);
    326 
    327 
    328 /**
    329   Deallocate all memory associated with an event_base, and free the base.
    330 
    331   Note that this function will not close any fds or free any memory passed
    332   to event_set as the argument to callback.
    333 
    334   @param eb an event_base to be freed
    335  */
    336 void event_base_free(struct event_base *);
    337 
    338 
    339 #define _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG 0
    340 #define _EVENT_LOG_MSG   1
    341 #define _EVENT_LOG_WARN  2
    342 #define _EVENT_LOG_ERR   3
    343 typedef void (*event_log_cb)(int severity, const char *msg);
    344 /**
    345   Redirect libevent's log messages.
    346 
    347   @param cb a function taking two arguments: an integer severity between
    348      _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG and _EVENT_LOG_ERR, and a string.  If cb is NULL,
    349 	 then the default log is used.
    350   */
    351 void event_set_log_callback(event_log_cb cb);
    352 
    353 /**
    354   Associate a different event base with an event.
    355 
    356   @param eb the event base
    357   @param ev the event
    358  */
    359 int event_base_set(struct event_base *, struct event *);
    360 
    361 /**
    362  event_loop() flags
    363  */
    364 /*@{*/
    365 #define EVLOOP_ONCE	0x01	/**< Block at most once. */
    366 #define EVLOOP_NONBLOCK	0x02	/**< Do not block. */
    367 /*@}*/
    368 
    369 /**
    370   Handle events.
    371 
    372   This is a more flexible version of event_dispatch().
    373 
    374   @param flags any combination of EVLOOP_ONCE | EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
    375   @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if no events were
    376     registered.
    377   @see event_loopexit(), event_base_loop()
    378 */
    379 int event_loop(int);
    380 
    381 /**
    382   Handle events (threadsafe version).
    383 
    384   This is a more flexible version of event_base_dispatch().
    385 
    386   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    387   @param flags any combination of EVLOOP_ONCE | EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
    388   @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if no events were
    389     registered.
    390   @see event_loopexit(), event_base_loop()
    391   */
    392 int event_base_loop(struct event_base *, int);
    393 
    394 /**
    395   Exit the event loop after the specified time.
    396 
    397   The next event_loop() iteration after the given timer expires will
    398   complete normally (handling all queued events) then exit without
    399   blocking for events again.
    400 
    401   Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
    402 
    403   @param tv the amount of time after which the loop should terminate.
    404   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    405   @see event_loop(), event_base_loop(), event_base_loopexit()
    406   */
    407 int event_loopexit(const struct timeval *);
    408 
    409 
    410 /**
    411   Exit the event loop after the specified time (threadsafe variant).
    412 
    413   The next event_base_loop() iteration after the given timer expires will
    414   complete normally (handling all queued events) then exit without
    415   blocking for events again.
    416 
    417   Subsequent invocations of event_base_loop() will proceed normally.
    418 
    419   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    420   @param tv the amount of time after which the loop should terminate.
    421   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    422   @see event_loopexit()
    423  */
    424 int event_base_loopexit(struct event_base *, const struct timeval *);
    425 
    426 /**
    427   Abort the active event_loop() immediately.
    428 
    429   event_loop() will abort the loop after the next event is completed;
    430   event_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
    431   This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
    432 
    433   Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
    434 
    435   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    436   @see event_base_loopbreak(), event_loopexit()
    437  */
    438 int event_loopbreak(void);
    439 
    440 /**
    441   Abort the active event_base_loop() immediately.
    442 
    443   event_base_loop() will abort the loop after the next event is completed;
    444   event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
    445   This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
    446 
    447   Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
    448 
    449   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    450   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    451   @see event_base_loopexit
    452  */
    453 int event_base_loopbreak(struct event_base *);
    454 
    455 
    456 /**
    457   Add a timer event.
    458 
    459   @param ev the event struct
    460   @param tv timeval struct
    461  */
    462 #define evtimer_add(ev, tv)		event_add(ev, tv)
    463 
    464 
    465 /**
    466   Define a timer event.
    467 
    468   @param ev event struct to be modified
    469   @param cb callback function
    470   @param arg argument that will be passed to the callback function
    471  */
    472 #define evtimer_set(ev, cb, arg)	event_set(ev, -1, 0, cb, arg)
    473 
    474 
    475 /**
    476  * Delete a timer event.
    477  *
    478  * @param ev the event struct to be disabled
    479  */
    480 #define evtimer_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
    481 #define evtimer_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending(ev, EV_TIMEOUT, tv)
    482 #define evtimer_initialized(ev)		((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
    483 
    484 /**
    485  * Add a timeout event.
    486  *
    487  * @param ev the event struct to be disabled
    488  * @param tv the timeout value, in seconds
    489  */
    490 #define timeout_add(ev, tv)		event_add(ev, tv)
    491 
    492 
    493 /**
    494  * Define a timeout event.
    495  *
    496  * @param ev the event struct to be defined
    497  * @param cb the callback to be invoked when the timeout expires
    498  * @param arg the argument to be passed to the callback
    499  */
    500 #define timeout_set(ev, cb, arg)	event_set(ev, -1, 0, cb, arg)
    501 
    502 
    503 /**
    504  * Disable a timeout event.
    505  *
    506  * @param ev the timeout event to be disabled
    507  */
    508 #define timeout_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
    509 
    510 #define timeout_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending(ev, EV_TIMEOUT, tv)
    511 #define timeout_initialized(ev)		((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
    512 
    513 #define signal_add(ev, tv)		event_add(ev, tv)
    514 #define signal_set(ev, x, cb, arg)	\
    515 	event_set(ev, x, EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, cb, arg)
    516 #define signal_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
    517 #define signal_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending(ev, EV_SIGNAL, tv)
    518 #define signal_initialized(ev)		((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
    519 
    520 /**
    521   Prepare an event structure to be added.
    522 
    523   The function event_set() prepares the event structure ev to be used in
    524   future calls to event_add() and event_del().  The event will be prepared to
    525   call the function specified by the fn argument with an int argument
    526   indicating the file descriptor, a short argument indicating the type of
    527   event, and a void * argument given in the arg argument.  The fd indicates
    528   the file descriptor that should be monitored for events.  The events can be
    529   either EV_READ, EV_WRITE, or both.  Indicating that an application can read
    530   or write from the file descriptor respectively without blocking.
    531 
    532   The function fn will be called with the file descriptor that triggered the
    533   event and the type of event which will be either EV_TIMEOUT, EV_SIGNAL,
    534   EV_READ, or EV_WRITE.  The additional flag EV_PERSIST makes an event_add()
    535   persistent until event_del() has been called.
    536 
    537   @param ev an event struct to be modified
    538   @param fd the file descriptor to be monitored
    539   @param event desired events to monitor; can be EV_READ and/or EV_WRITE
    540   @param fn callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
    541   @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
    542 
    543   @see event_add(), event_del(), event_once()
    544 
    545  */
    546 void event_set(struct event *, int, short, void (*)(int, short, void *), void *);
    547 
    548 /**
    549   Schedule a one-time event to occur.
    550 
    551   The function event_once() is similar to event_set().  However, it schedules
    552   a callback to be called exactly once and does not require the caller to
    553   prepare an event structure.
    554 
    555   @param fd a file descriptor to monitor
    556   @param events event(s) to monitor; can be any of EV_TIMEOUT | EV_READ |
    557          EV_WRITE
    558   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
    559   @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
    560   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
    561          to wait forever
    562   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    563   @see event_set()
    564 
    565  */
    566 int event_once(int, short, void (*)(int, short, void *), void *,
    567     const struct timeval *);
    568 
    569 
    570 /**
    571   Schedule a one-time event (threadsafe variant)
    572 
    573   The function event_base_once() is similar to event_set().  However, it
    574   schedules a callback to be called exactly once and does not require the
    575   caller to prepare an event structure.
    576 
    577   @param base an event_base returned by event_init()
    578   @param fd a file descriptor to monitor
    579   @param events event(s) to monitor; can be any of EV_TIMEOUT | EV_READ |
    580          EV_WRITE
    581   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
    582   @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
    583   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
    584          to wait forever
    585   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    586   @see event_once()
    587  */
    588 int event_base_once(struct event_base *base, int fd, short events,
    589     void (*callback)(int, short, void *), void *arg,
    590     const struct timeval *timeout);
    591 
    592 
    593 /**
    594   Add an event to the set of monitored events.
    595 
    596   The function event_add() schedules the execution of the ev event when the
    597   event specified in event_set() occurs or in at least the time specified in
    598   the tv.  If tv is NULL, no timeout occurs and the function will only be
    599   called if a matching event occurs on the file descriptor.  The event in the
    600   ev argument must be already initialized by event_set() and may not be used
    601   in calls to event_set() until it has timed out or been removed with
    602   event_del().  If the event in the ev argument already has a scheduled
    603   timeout, the old timeout will be replaced by the new one.
    604 
    605   @param ev an event struct initialized via event_set()
    606   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
    607          to wait forever
    608   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    609   @see event_del(), event_set()
    610   */
    611 int event_add(struct event *ev, const struct timeval *timeout);
    612 
    613 
    614 /**
    615   Remove an event from the set of monitored events.
    616 
    617   The function event_del() will cancel the event in the argument ev.  If the
    618   event has already executed or has never been added the call will have no
    619   effect.
    620 
    621   @param ev an event struct to be removed from the working set
    622   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    623   @see event_add()
    624  */
    625 int event_del(struct event *);
    626 
    627 void event_active(struct event *, int, short);
    628 
    629 
    630 /**
    631   Checks if a specific event is pending or scheduled.
    632 
    633   @param ev an event struct previously passed to event_add()
    634   @param event the requested event type; any of EV_TIMEOUT|EV_READ|
    635          EV_WRITE|EV_SIGNAL
    636   @param tv an alternate timeout (FIXME - is this true?)
    637 
    638   @return 1 if the event is pending, or 0 if the event has not occurred
    639 
    640  */
    641 int event_pending(struct event *ev, short event, struct timeval *tv);
    642 
    643 
    644 /**
    645   Test if an event structure has been initialized.
    646 
    647   The event_initialized() macro can be used to check if an event has been
    648   initialized.
    649 
    650   @param ev an event structure to be tested
    651   @return 1 if the structure has been initialized, or 0 if it has not been
    652           initialized
    653  */
    654 #ifdef WIN32
    655 #define event_initialized(ev)		((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT && (ev)->ev_fd != (int)INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
    656 #else
    657 #define event_initialized(ev)		((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
    658 #endif
    659 
    660 
    661 /**
    662   Get the libevent version number.
    663 
    664   @return a string containing the version number of libevent
    665  */
    666 const char *event_get_version(void);
    667 
    668 
    669 /**
    670   Get the kernel event notification mechanism used by libevent.
    671 
    672   @return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
    673  */
    674 const char *event_get_method(void);
    675 
    676 
    677 /**
    678   Set the number of different event priorities.
    679 
    680   By default libevent schedules all active events with the same priority.
    681   However, some time it is desirable to process some events with a higher
    682   priority than others.  For that reason, libevent supports strict priority
    683   queues.  Active events with a lower priority are always processed before
    684   events with a higher priority.
    685 
    686   The number of different priorities can be set initially with the
    687   event_priority_init() function.  This function should be called before the
    688   first call to event_dispatch().  The event_priority_set() function can be
    689   used to assign a priority to an event.  By default, libevent assigns the
    690   middle priority to all events unless their priority is explicitly set.
    691 
    692   @param npriorities the maximum number of priorities
    693   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    694   @see event_base_priority_init(), event_priority_set()
    695 
    696  */
    697 int	event_priority_init(int);
    698 
    699 
    700 /**
    701   Set the number of different event priorities (threadsafe variant).
    702 
    703   See the description of event_priority_init() for more information.
    704 
    705   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    706   @param npriorities the maximum number of priorities
    707   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    708   @see event_priority_init(), event_priority_set()
    709  */
    710 int	event_base_priority_init(struct event_base *, int);
    711 
    712 
    713 /**
    714   Assign a priority to an event.
    715 
    716   @param ev an event struct
    717   @param priority the new priority to be assigned
    718   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    719   @see event_priority_init()
    720   */
    721 int	event_priority_set(struct event *, int);
    722 
    723 
    724 /* These functions deal with buffering input and output */
    725 
    726 struct evbuffer {
    727 	u_char *buffer;
    728 	u_char *orig_buffer;
    729 
    730 	size_t misalign;
    731 	size_t totallen;
    732 	size_t off;
    733 
    734 	void (*cb)(struct evbuffer *, size_t, size_t, void *);
    735 	void *cbarg;
    736 };
    737 
    738 /* Just for error reporting - use other constants otherwise */
    739 #define EVBUFFER_READ		0x01
    740 #define EVBUFFER_WRITE		0x02
    741 #define EVBUFFER_EOF		0x10
    742 #define EVBUFFER_ERROR		0x20
    743 #define EVBUFFER_TIMEOUT	0x40
    744 
    745 struct bufferevent;
    746 typedef void (*evbuffercb)(struct bufferevent *, void *);
    747 typedef void (*everrorcb)(struct bufferevent *, short what, void *);
    748 
    749 struct event_watermark {
    750 	size_t low;
    751 	size_t high;
    752 };
    753 
    754 #ifndef EVENT_NO_STRUCT
    755 struct bufferevent {
    756 	struct event_base *ev_base;
    757 
    758 	struct event ev_read;
    759 	struct event ev_write;
    760 
    761 	struct evbuffer *input;
    762 	struct evbuffer *output;
    763 
    764 	struct event_watermark wm_read;
    765 	struct event_watermark wm_write;
    766 
    767 	evbuffercb readcb;
    768 	evbuffercb writecb;
    769 	everrorcb errorcb;
    770 	void *cbarg;
    771 
    772 	int timeout_read;	/* in seconds */
    773 	int timeout_write;	/* in seconds */
    774 
    775 	short enabled;	/* events that are currently enabled */
    776 };
    777 #endif
    778 
    779 /**
    780   Create a new bufferevent.
    781 
    782   libevent provides an abstraction on top of the regular event callbacks.
    783   This abstraction is called a buffered event.  A buffered event provides
    784   input and output buffers that get filled and drained automatically.  The
    785   user of a buffered event no longer deals directly with the I/O, but
    786   instead is reading from input and writing to output buffers.
    787 
    788   Once initialized, the bufferevent structure can be used repeatedly with
    789   bufferevent_enable() and bufferevent_disable().
    790 
    791   When read enabled the bufferevent will try to read from the file descriptor
    792   and call the read callback.  The write callback is executed whenever the
    793   output buffer is drained below the write low watermark, which is 0 by
    794   default.
    795 
    796   If multiple bases are in use, bufferevent_base_set() must be called before
    797   enabling the bufferevent for the first time.
    798 
    799   @param fd the file descriptor from which data is read and written to.
    800   		This file descriptor is not allowed to be a pipe(2).
    801   @param readcb callback to invoke when there is data to be read, or NULL if
    802          no callback is desired
    803   @param writecb callback to invoke when the file descriptor is ready for
    804          writing, or NULL if no callback is desired
    805   @param errorcb callback to invoke when there is an error on the file
    806          descriptor
    807   @param cbarg an argument that will be supplied to each of the callbacks
    808          (readcb, writecb, and errorcb)
    809   @return a pointer to a newly allocated bufferevent struct, or NULL if an
    810           error occurred
    811   @see bufferevent_base_set(), bufferevent_free()
    812   */
    813 struct bufferevent *bufferevent_new(int fd,
    814     evbuffercb readcb, evbuffercb writecb, everrorcb errorcb, void *cbarg);
    815 
    816 
    817 /**
    818   Assign a bufferevent to a specific event_base.
    819 
    820   @param base an event_base returned by event_init()
    821   @param bufev a bufferevent struct returned by bufferevent_new()
    822   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    823   @see bufferevent_new()
    824  */
    825 int bufferevent_base_set(struct event_base *base, struct bufferevent *bufev);
    826 
    827 
    828 /**
    829   Assign a priority to a bufferevent.
    830 
    831   @param bufev a bufferevent struct
    832   @param pri the priority to be assigned
    833   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    834   */
    835 int bufferevent_priority_set(struct bufferevent *bufev, int pri);
    836 
    837 
    838 /**
    839   Deallocate the storage associated with a bufferevent structure.
    840 
    841   @param bufev the bufferevent structure to be freed.
    842   */
    843 void bufferevent_free(struct bufferevent *bufev);
    844 
    845 
    846 /**
    847   Changes the callbacks for a bufferevent.
    848 
    849   @param bufev the bufferevent object for which to change callbacks
    850   @param readcb callback to invoke when there is data to be read, or NULL if
    851          no callback is desired
    852   @param writecb callback to invoke when the file descriptor is ready for
    853          writing, or NULL if no callback is desired
    854   @param errorcb callback to invoke when there is an error on the file
    855          descriptor
    856   @param cbarg an argument that will be supplied to each of the callbacks
    857          (readcb, writecb, and errorcb)
    858   @see bufferevent_new()
    859   */
    860 void bufferevent_setcb(struct bufferevent *bufev,
    861     evbuffercb readcb, evbuffercb writecb, everrorcb errorcb, void *cbarg);
    862 
    863 /**
    864   Changes the file descriptor on which the bufferevent operates.
    865 
    866   @param bufev the bufferevent object for which to change the file descriptor
    867   @param fd the file descriptor to operate on
    868 */
    869 void bufferevent_setfd(struct bufferevent *bufev, int fd);
    870 
    871 /**
    872   Write data to a bufferevent buffer.
    873 
    874   The bufferevent_write() function can be used to write data to the file
    875   descriptor.  The data is appended to the output buffer and written to the
    876   descriptor automatically as it becomes available for writing.
    877 
    878   @param bufev the bufferevent to be written to
    879   @param data a pointer to the data to be written
    880   @param size the length of the data, in bytes
    881   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    882   @see bufferevent_write_buffer()
    883   */
    884 int bufferevent_write(struct bufferevent *bufev,
    885     const void *data, size_t size);
    886 
    887 
    888 /**
    889   Write data from an evbuffer to a bufferevent buffer.  The evbuffer is
    890   being drained as a result.
    891 
    892   @param bufev the bufferevent to be written to
    893   @param buf the evbuffer to be written
    894   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    895   @see bufferevent_write()
    896  */
    897 int bufferevent_write_buffer(struct bufferevent *bufev, struct evbuffer *buf);
    898 
    899 
    900 /**
    901   Read data from a bufferevent buffer.
    902 
    903   The bufferevent_read() function is used to read data from the input buffer.
    904 
    905   @param bufev the bufferevent to be read from
    906   @param data pointer to a buffer that will store the data
    907   @param size the size of the data buffer, in bytes
    908   @return the amount of data read, in bytes.
    909  */
    910 size_t bufferevent_read(struct bufferevent *bufev, void *data, size_t size);
    911 
    912 /**
    913   Enable a bufferevent.
    914 
    915   @param bufev the bufferevent to be enabled
    916   @param event any combination of EV_READ | EV_WRITE.
    917   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    918   @see bufferevent_disable()
    919  */
    920 int bufferevent_enable(struct bufferevent *bufev, short event);
    921 
    922 
    923 /**
    924   Disable a bufferevent.
    925 
    926   @param bufev the bufferevent to be disabled
    927   @param event any combination of EV_READ | EV_WRITE.
    928   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    929   @see bufferevent_enable()
    930  */
    931 int bufferevent_disable(struct bufferevent *bufev, short event);
    932 
    933 
    934 /**
    935   Set the read and write timeout for a buffered event.
    936 
    937   @param bufev the bufferevent to be modified
    938   @param timeout_read the read timeout
    939   @param timeout_write the write timeout
    940  */
    941 void bufferevent_settimeout(struct bufferevent *bufev,
    942     int timeout_read, int timeout_write);
    943 
    944 
    945 /**
    946   Sets the watermarks for read and write events.
    947 
    948   On input, a bufferevent does not invoke the user read callback unless
    949   there is at least low watermark data in the buffer.   If the read buffer
    950   is beyond the high watermark, the buffevent stops reading from the network.
    951 
    952   On output, the user write callback is invoked whenever the buffered data
    953   falls below the low watermark.
    954 
    955   @param bufev the bufferevent to be modified
    956   @param events EV_READ, EV_WRITE or both
    957   @param lowmark the lower watermark to set
    958   @param highmark the high watermark to set
    959 */
    960 
    961 void bufferevent_setwatermark(struct bufferevent *bufev, short events,
    962     size_t lowmark, size_t highmark);
    963 
    964 #define EVBUFFER_LENGTH(x)	(x)->off
    965 #define EVBUFFER_DATA(x)	(x)->buffer
    966 #define EVBUFFER_INPUT(x)	(x)->input
    967 #define EVBUFFER_OUTPUT(x)	(x)->output
    968 
    969 
    970 /**
    971   Allocate storage for a new evbuffer.
    972 
    973   @return a pointer to a newly allocated evbuffer struct, or NULL if an error
    974           occurred
    975  */
    976 struct evbuffer *evbuffer_new(void);
    977 
    978 
    979 /**
    980   Deallocate storage for an evbuffer.
    981 
    982   @param pointer to the evbuffer to be freed
    983  */
    984 void evbuffer_free(struct evbuffer *);
    985 
    986 
    987 /**
    988   Expands the available space in an event buffer.
    989 
    990   Expands the available space in the event buffer to at least datlen
    991 
    992   @param buf the event buffer to be expanded
    993   @param datlen the new minimum length requirement
    994   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    995 */
    996 int evbuffer_expand(struct evbuffer *, size_t);
    997 
    998 
    999 /**
   1000   Append data to the end of an evbuffer.
   1001 
   1002   @param buf the event buffer to be appended to
   1003   @param data pointer to the beginning of the data buffer
   1004   @param datlen the number of bytes to be copied from the data buffer
   1005  */
   1006 int evbuffer_add(struct evbuffer *, const void *, size_t);
   1007 
   1008 
   1009 
   1010 /**
   1011   Read data from an event buffer and drain the bytes read.
   1012 
   1013   @param buf the event buffer to be read from
   1014   @param data the destination buffer to store the result
   1015   @param datlen the maximum size of the destination buffer
   1016   @return the number of bytes read
   1017  */
   1018 int evbuffer_remove(struct evbuffer *, void *, size_t);
   1019 
   1020 
   1021 /**
   1022  * Read a single line from an event buffer.
   1023  *
   1024  * Reads a line terminated by either '\r\n', '\n\r' or '\r' or '\n'.
   1025  * The returned buffer needs to be freed by the caller.
   1026  *
   1027  * @param buffer the evbuffer to read from
   1028  * @return pointer to a single line, or NULL if an error occurred
   1029  */
   1030 char *evbuffer_readline(struct evbuffer *);
   1031 
   1032 
   1033 /**
   1034   Move data from one evbuffer into another evbuffer.
   1035 
   1036   This is a destructive add.  The data from one buffer moves into
   1037   the other buffer. The destination buffer is expanded as needed.
   1038 
   1039   @param outbuf the output buffer
   1040   @param inbuf the input buffer
   1041   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
   1042  */
   1043 int evbuffer_add_buffer(struct evbuffer *, struct evbuffer *);
   1044 
   1045 
   1046 /**
   1047   Append a formatted string to the end of an evbuffer.
   1048 
   1049   @param buf the evbuffer that will be appended to
   1050   @param fmt a format string
   1051   @param ... arguments that will be passed to printf(3)
   1052   @return The number of bytes added if successful, or -1 if an error occurred.
   1053  */
   1054 int evbuffer_add_printf(struct evbuffer *, const char *fmt, ...)
   1055 #ifdef __GNUC__
   1056   __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)))
   1057 #endif
   1058 ;
   1059 
   1060 
   1061 /**
   1062   Append a va_list formatted string to the end of an evbuffer.
   1063 
   1064   @param buf the evbuffer that will be appended to
   1065   @param fmt a format string
   1066   @param ap a varargs va_list argument array that will be passed to vprintf(3)
   1067   @return The number of bytes added if successful, or -1 if an error occurred.
   1068  */
   1069 int evbuffer_add_vprintf(struct evbuffer *, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
   1070 
   1071 
   1072 /**
   1073   Remove a specified number of bytes data from the beginning of an evbuffer.
   1074 
   1075   @param buf the evbuffer to be drained
   1076   @param len the number of bytes to drain from the beginning of the buffer
   1077  */
   1078 void evbuffer_drain(struct evbuffer *, size_t);
   1079 
   1080 
   1081 /**
   1082   Write the contents of an evbuffer to a file descriptor.
   1083 
   1084   The evbuffer will be drained after the bytes have been successfully written.
   1085 
   1086   @param buffer the evbuffer to be written and drained
   1087   @param fd the file descriptor to be written to
   1088   @return the number of bytes written, or -1 if an error occurred
   1089   @see evbuffer_read()
   1090  */
   1091 int evbuffer_write(struct evbuffer *, int);
   1092 
   1093 
   1094 /**
   1095   Read from a file descriptor and store the result in an evbuffer.
   1096 
   1097   @param buf the evbuffer to store the result
   1098   @param fd the file descriptor to read from
   1099   @param howmuch the number of bytes to be read
   1100   @return the number of bytes read, or -1 if an error occurred
   1101   @see evbuffer_write()
   1102  */
   1103 int evbuffer_read(struct evbuffer *, int, int);
   1104 
   1105 
   1106 /**
   1107   Find a string within an evbuffer.
   1108 
   1109   @param buffer the evbuffer to be searched
   1110   @param what the string to be searched for
   1111   @param len the length of the search string
   1112   @return a pointer to the beginning of the search string, or NULL if the search failed.
   1113  */
   1114 u_char *evbuffer_find(struct evbuffer *, const u_char *, size_t);
   1115 
   1116 /**
   1117   Set a callback to invoke when the evbuffer is modified.
   1118 
   1119   @param buffer the evbuffer to be monitored
   1120   @param cb the callback function to invoke when the evbuffer is modified
   1121   @param cbarg an argument to be provided to the callback function
   1122  */
   1123 void evbuffer_setcb(struct evbuffer *, void (*)(struct evbuffer *, size_t, size_t, void *), void *);
   1124 
   1125 /*
   1126  * Marshaling tagged data - We assume that all tags are inserted in their
   1127  * numeric order - so that unknown tags will always be higher than the
   1128  * known ones - and we can just ignore the end of an event buffer.
   1129  */
   1130 
   1131 void evtag_init(void);
   1132 
   1133 void evtag_marshal(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t tag, const void *data,
   1134     ev_uint32_t len);
   1135 
   1136 /**
   1137   Encode an integer and store it in an evbuffer.
   1138 
   1139   We encode integer's by nibbles; the first nibble contains the number
   1140   of significant nibbles - 1;  this allows us to encode up to 64-bit
   1141   integers.  This function is byte-order independent.
   1142 
   1143   @param evbuf evbuffer to store the encoded number
   1144   @param number a 32-bit integer
   1145  */
   1146 void encode_int(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t number);
   1147 
   1148 void evtag_marshal_int(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t tag,
   1149     ev_uint32_t integer);
   1150 
   1151 void evtag_marshal_string(struct evbuffer *buf, ev_uint32_t tag,
   1152     const char *string);
   1153 
   1154 void evtag_marshal_timeval(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t tag,
   1155     struct timeval *tv);
   1156 
   1157 int evtag_unmarshal(struct evbuffer *src, ev_uint32_t *ptag,
   1158     struct evbuffer *dst);
   1159 int evtag_peek(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t *ptag);
   1160 int evtag_peek_length(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t *plength);
   1161 int evtag_payload_length(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t *plength);
   1162 int evtag_consume(struct evbuffer *evbuf);
   1163 
   1164 int evtag_unmarshal_int(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t need_tag,
   1165     ev_uint32_t *pinteger);
   1166 
   1167 int evtag_unmarshal_fixed(struct evbuffer *src, ev_uint32_t need_tag,
   1168     void *data, size_t len);
   1169 
   1170 int evtag_unmarshal_string(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t need_tag,
   1171     char **pstring);
   1172 
   1173 int evtag_unmarshal_timeval(struct evbuffer *evbuf, ev_uint32_t need_tag,
   1174     struct timeval *ptv);
   1175 
   1176 #ifdef __cplusplus
   1177 }
   1178 #endif
   1179 
   1180 #endif /* _EVENT_H_ */
   1181