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      2  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Niels Provos and Nick Mathewson
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     26 #ifndef _EVENT2_THREAD_H_
     27 #define _EVENT2_THREAD_H_
     28 
     29 /** @file event2/thread.h
     30 
     31   Functions for multi-threaded applications using Libevent.
     32 
     33   When using a multi-threaded application in which multiple threads
     34   add and delete events from a single event base, Libevent needs to
     35   lock its data structures.
     36 
     37   Like the memory-management function hooks, all of the threading functions
     38   _must_ be set up before an event_base is created if you want the base to
     39   use them.
     40 
     41   Most programs will either be using Windows threads or Posix threads.  You
     42   can configure Libevent to use one of these event_use_windows_threads() or
     43   event_use_pthreads() respectively.  If you're using another threading
     44   library, you'll need to configure threading functions manually using
     45   evthread_set_lock_callbacks() and evthread_set_condition_callbacks().
     46 
     47  */
     48 
     49 #ifdef __cplusplus
     50 extern "C" {
     51 #endif
     52 
     53 #include <event2/event-config.h>
     54 
     55 /**
     56    @name Flags passed to lock functions
     57 
     58    @{
     59 */
     60 /** A flag passed to a locking callback when the lock was allocated as a
     61  * read-write lock, and we want to acquire or release the lock for writing. */
     62 #define EVTHREAD_WRITE	0x04
     63 /** A flag passed to a locking callback when the lock was allocated as a
     64  * read-write lock, and we want to acquire or release the lock for reading. */
     65 #define EVTHREAD_READ	0x08
     66 /** A flag passed to a locking callback when we don't want to block waiting
     67  * for the lock; if we can't get the lock immediately, we will instead
     68  * return nonzero from the locking callback. */
     69 #define EVTHREAD_TRY    0x10
     70 /**@}*/
     71 
     72 #if !defined(_EVENT_DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT) || defined(_EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN)
     73 
     74 #define EVTHREAD_LOCK_API_VERSION 1
     75 
     76 /**
     77    @name Types of locks
     78 
     79    @{*/
     80 /** A recursive lock is one that can be acquired multiple times at once by the
     81  * same thread.  No other process can allocate the lock until the thread that
     82  * has been holding it has unlocked it as many times as it locked it. */
     83 #define EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_RECURSIVE 1
     84 /* A read-write lock is one that allows multiple simultaneous readers, but
     85  * where any one writer excludes all other writers and readers. */
     86 #define EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_READWRITE 2
     87 /**@}*/
     88 
     89 /** This structure describes the interface a threading library uses for
     90  * locking.   It's used to tell evthread_set_lock_callbacks() how to use
     91  * locking on this platform.
     92  */
     93 struct evthread_lock_callbacks {
     94 	/** The current version of the locking API.  Set this to
     95 	 * EVTHREAD_LOCK_API_VERSION */
     96 	int lock_api_version;
     97 	/** Which kinds of locks does this version of the locking API
     98 	 * support?  A bitfield of EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_RECURSIVE and
     99 	 * EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_READWRITE.
    100 	 *
    101 	 * (Note that RECURSIVE locks are currently mandatory, and
    102 	 * READWRITE locks are not currently used.)
    103 	 **/
    104 	unsigned supported_locktypes;
    105 	/** Function to allocate and initialize new lock of type 'locktype'.
    106 	 * Returns NULL on failure. */
    107 	void *(*alloc)(unsigned locktype);
    108 	/** Funtion to release all storage held in 'lock', which was created
    109 	 * with type 'locktype'. */
    110 	void (*free)(void *lock, unsigned locktype);
    111 	/** Acquire an already-allocated lock at 'lock' with mode 'mode'.
    112 	 * Returns 0 on success, and nonzero on failure. */
    113 	int (*lock)(unsigned mode, void *lock);
    114 	/** Release a lock at 'lock' using mode 'mode'.  Returns 0 on success,
    115 	 * and nonzero on failure. */
    116 	int (*unlock)(unsigned mode, void *lock);
    117 };
    118 
    119 /** Sets a group of functions that Libevent should use for locking.
    120  * For full information on the required callback API, see the
    121  * documentation for the individual members of evthread_lock_callbacks.
    122  *
    123  * Note that if you're using Windows or the Pthreads threading library, you
    124  * probably shouldn't call this function; instead, use
    125  * evthread_use_windows_threads() or evthread_use_posix_threads() if you can.
    126  */
    127 int evthread_set_lock_callbacks(const struct evthread_lock_callbacks *);
    128 
    129 #define EVTHREAD_CONDITION_API_VERSION 1
    130 
    131 struct timeval;
    132 
    133 /** This structure describes the interface a threading library uses for
    134  * condition variables.  It's used to tell evthread_set_condition_callbacks
    135  * how to use locking on this platform.
    136  */
    137 struct evthread_condition_callbacks {
    138 	/** The current version of the conditions API.  Set this to
    139 	 * EVTHREAD_CONDITION_API_VERSION */
    140 	int condition_api_version;
    141 	/** Function to allocate and initialize a new condition variable.
    142 	 * Returns the condition variable on success, and NULL on failure.
    143 	 * The 'condtype' argument will be 0 with this API version.
    144 	 */
    145 	void *(*alloc_condition)(unsigned condtype);
    146 	/** Function to free a condition variable. */
    147 	void (*free_condition)(void *cond);
    148 	/** Function to signal a condition variable.  If 'broadcast' is 1, all
    149 	 * threads waiting on 'cond' should be woken; otherwise, only on one
    150 	 * thread is worken.  Should return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
    151 	 * This function will only be called while holding the associated
    152 	 * lock for the condition.
    153 	 */
    154 	int (*signal_condition)(void *cond, int broadcast);
    155 	/** Function to wait for a condition variable.  The lock 'lock'
    156 	 * will be held when this function is called; should be released
    157 	 * while waiting for the condition to be come signalled, and
    158 	 * should be held again when this function returns.
    159 	 * If timeout is provided, it is interval of seconds to wait for
    160 	 * the event to become signalled; if it is NULL, the function
    161 	 * should wait indefinitely.
    162 	 *
    163 	 * The function should return -1 on error; 0 if the condition
    164 	 * was signalled, or 1 on a timeout. */
    165 	int (*wait_condition)(void *cond, void *lock,
    166 	    const struct timeval *timeout);
    167 };
    168 
    169 /** Sets a group of functions that Libevent should use for condition variables.
    170  * For full information on the required callback API, see the
    171  * documentation for the individual members of evthread_condition_callbacks.
    172  *
    173  * Note that if you're using Windows or the Pthreads threading library, you
    174  * probably shouldn't call this function; instead, use
    175  * evthread_use_windows_threads() or evthread_use_pthreads() if you can.
    176  */
    177 int evthread_set_condition_callbacks(
    178 	const struct evthread_condition_callbacks *);
    179 
    180 /**
    181    Sets the function for determining the thread id.
    182 
    183    @param base the event base for which to set the id function
    184    @param id_fn the identify function Libevent should invoke to
    185      determine the identity of a thread.
    186 */
    187 void evthread_set_id_callback(
    188     unsigned long (*id_fn)(void));
    189 
    190 #if (defined(WIN32) && !defined(_EVENT_DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT)) || defined(_EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN)
    191 /** Sets up Libevent for use with Windows builtin locking and thread ID
    192     functions.  Unavailable if Libevent is not built for Windows.
    193 
    194     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
    195 int evthread_use_windows_threads(void);
    196 /**
    197    Defined if Libevent was built with support for evthread_use_windows_threads()
    198 */
    199 #define EVTHREAD_USE_WINDOWS_THREADS_IMPLEMENTED 1
    200 #endif
    201 
    202 #if defined(_EVENT_HAVE_PTHREADS) || defined(_EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN)
    203 /** Sets up Libevent for use with Pthreads locking and thread ID functions.
    204     Unavailable if Libevent is not build for use with pthreads.  Requires
    205     libraries to link against Libevent_pthreads as well as Libevent.
    206 
    207     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
    208 int evthread_use_pthreads(void);
    209 /** Defined if Libevent was built with support for evthread_use_pthreads() */
    210 #define EVTHREAD_USE_PTHREADS_IMPLEMENTED 1
    211 
    212 #endif
    213 
    214 /** Enable debugging wrappers around the current lock callbacks.  If Libevent
    215  * makes one of several common locking errors, exit with an assertion failure.
    216  *
    217  * If you're going to call this function, you must do so before any locks are
    218  * allocated.
    219  **/
    220 void evthread_enable_lock_debuging(void);
    221 
    222 #endif /* _EVENT_DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT */
    223 
    224 struct event_base;
    225 /** Make sure it's safe to tell an event base to wake up from another thread
    226     or a signal handler.
    227 
    228     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
    229  */
    230 int evthread_make_base_notifiable(struct event_base *base);
    231 
    232 #ifdef __cplusplus
    233 }
    234 #endif
    235 
    236 #endif /* _EVENT2_THREAD_H_ */
    237