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     27 #ifndef _EVENT2_EVENT_H_
     28 #define _EVENT2_EVENT_H_
     29 
     30 /**
     31    @mainpage
     32 
     33   @section intro Introduction
     34 
     35   Libevent is an event notification library for developing scalable network
     36   servers.  The Libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
     37   function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
     38   timeout has been reached. Furthermore, Libevent also support callbacks due
     39   to signals or regular timeouts.
     40 
     41   Libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
     42   servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or
     43   remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.
     44 
     45 
     46   Currently, Libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), select(2), poll(2),
     47   epoll(4), and evports. The internal event mechanism is completely
     48   independent of the exposed event API, and a simple update of Libevent can
     49   provide new functionality without having to redesign the applications. As a
     50   result, Libevent allows for portable application development and provides
     51   the most scalable event notification mechanism available on an operating
     52   system.  Libevent can also be used for multithreaded programs.  Libevent
     53   should compile on Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris and, Windows.
     54 
     55   @section usage Standard usage
     56 
     57   Every program that uses Libevent must inclurde the <event2/event.h>
     58   header, and pass the -levent flag to the linker.  (You can instead link
     59   -levent_core if you only want the main event and buffered IO-based code,
     60   and don't want to link any protocol code.)
     61 
     62   @section setup Library setup
     63 
     64   Before you call any other Libevent functions, you need to set up the
     65   library.  If you're going to use Libevent from multiple threads in a
     66   multithreaded application, you need to initialize thread support --
     67   typically by using evthread_use_pthreads() or
     68   evthread_use_windows_threads().  See <event2/thread.h> for more
     69   information.
     70 
     71   This is also the point where you can replace Libevent's memory
     72   management functions with event_set_mem_functions, and enable debug mode
     73   with event_enable_debug_mode().
     74 
     75   @section base Creating an event base
     76 
     77   Next, you need to create an event_base structure, using event_base_new()
     78   or event_base_new_with_config().  The event_base is responsible for
     79   keeping track of which events are "pending" (that is to say, being
     80   watched to see if they become active) and which events are "active".
     81   Every event is associated with a single event_base.
     82 
     83   @section event Event notification
     84 
     85   For each file descriptor that you wish to monitor, you must create an
     86   event structure with event_new().  (You may also declare an event
     87   structure and call event_assign() to initialize the members of the
     88   structure.)  To enable notification, you add the structure to the list
     89   of monitored events by calling event_add().  The event structure must
     90   remain allocated as long as it is active, so it should generally be
     91   allocated on the heap.
     92 
     93   @section loop Dispaching evets.
     94 
     95   Finally, you call event_base_dispatch() to loop and dispatch events.
     96   You can also use event_base_loop() for more fine-grained control.
     97 
     98   Currently, only one thread can be dispatching a given event_base at a
     99   time.  If you want to run events in multiple threads at once, you can
    100   either have a single event_base whose events add work to a work queue,
    101   or you can create multiple event_base objects.
    102 
    103   @section bufferevent I/O Buffers
    104 
    105   Libevent provides a buffered I/O abstraction on top of the regular event
    106   callbacks. This abstraction is called a bufferevent. A bufferevent
    107   provides input and output buffers that get filled and drained
    108   automatically. The user of a buffered event no longer deals directly
    109   with the I/O, but instead is reading from input and writing to output
    110   buffers.
    111 
    112   Once initialized via bufferevent_socket_new(), the bufferevent structure
    113   can be used repeatedly with bufferevent_enable() and
    114   bufferevent_disable().  Instead of reading and writing directly to a
    115   socket, you would call bufferevent_read() and bufferevent_write().
    116 
    117   When read enabled the bufferevent will try to read from the file descriptor
    118   and call the read callback. The write callback is executed whenever the
    119   output buffer is drained below the write low watermark, which is 0 by
    120   default.
    121 
    122   See <event2/bufferevent*.h> for more information.
    123 
    124   @section timers Timers
    125 
    126   Libevent can also be used to create timers that invoke a callback after a
    127   certain amount of time has expired. The evtimer_new() function returns
    128   an event struct to use as a timer. To activate the timer, call
    129   evtimer_add(). Timers can be deactivated by calling evtimer_del().
    130 
    131   @section evdns Asynchronous DNS resolution
    132 
    133   Libevent provides an asynchronous DNS resolver that should be used instead
    134   of the standard DNS resolver functions.  See the <event2/dns.h>
    135   functions for more detail.
    136 
    137   @section evhttp Event-driven HTTP servers
    138 
    139   Libevent provides a very simple event-driven HTTP server that can be
    140   embedded in your program and used to service HTTP requests.
    141 
    142   To use this capability, you need to include the <event2/http.h> header in your
    143   program.  See that header for more information.
    144 
    145   @section evrpc A framework for RPC servers and clients
    146 
    147   Libevent provides a framework for creating RPC servers and clients.  It
    148   takes care of marshaling and unmarshaling all data structures.
    149 
    150   @section api API Reference
    151 
    152   To browse the complete documentation of the libevent API, click on any of
    153   the following links.
    154 
    155   event2/event.h
    156   The primary libevent header
    157 
    158   event2/thread.h
    159   Functions for use by multithreaded programs
    160 
    161   event2/buffer.h and event2/bufferevent.h
    162   Buffer management for network reading and writing
    163 
    164   event2/util.h
    165   Utility functions for portable nonblocking network code
    166 
    167   event2/dns.h
    168   Asynchronous DNS resolution
    169 
    170   event2/http.h
    171   An embedded libevent-based HTTP server
    172 
    173   event2/rpc.h
    174   A framework for creating RPC servers and clients
    175 
    176  */
    177 
    178 /** @file event2/event.h
    179 
    180   Core functions for waiting for and receiving events, and using event bases.
    181 */
    182 
    183 #ifdef __cplusplus
    184 extern "C" {
    185 #endif
    186 
    187 #include <event2/event-config.h>
    188 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
    189 #include <sys/types.h>
    190 #endif
    191 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
    192 #include <sys/time.h>
    193 #endif
    194 
    195 #include <stdio.h>
    196 
    197 /* For int types. */
    198 #include <event2/util.h>
    199 
    200 /**
    201  * Structure to hold information and state for a Libevent dispatch loop.
    202  *
    203  * The event_base lies at the center of Libevent; every application will
    204  * have one.  It keeps track of all pending and active events, and
    205  * notifies your application of the active ones.
    206  *
    207  * This is an opaque structure; you can allocate one using
    208  * event_base_new() or event_base_new_with_config().
    209  *
    210  * @see event_base_new(), event_base_free(), event_base_loop(),
    211  *    event_base_new_with_config()
    212  */
    213 struct event_base
    214 #ifdef _EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN
    215 {/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
    216 #endif
    217 ;
    218 
    219 /**
    220  * @struct event
    221  *
    222  * Structure to represent a single event.
    223  *
    224  * An event can have some underlying condition it represents: a socket
    225  * becoming readable or writeable (or both), or a signal becoming raised.
    226  * (An event that represents no underlying condition is still useful: you
    227  * can use one to implement a timer, or to communicate between threads.)
    228  *
    229  * Generally, you can create events with event_new(), then make them
    230  * pending with event_add().  As your event_base runs, it will run the
    231  * callbacks of an events whose conditions are triggered.  When you
    232  * longer want the event, free it with event_free().
    233  *
    234  * In more depth:
    235  *
    236  * An event may be "pending" (one whose condition we are watching),
    237  * "active" (one whose condition has triggered and whose callback is about
    238  * to run), neither, or both.  Events come into existence via
    239  * event_assign() or event_new(), and are then neither active nor pending.
    240  *
    241  * To make an event pending, pass it to event_add().  When doing so, you
    242  * can also set a timeout for the event.
    243  *
    244  * Events become active during an event_base_loop() call when either their
    245  * condition has triggered, or when their timeout has elapsed.  You can
    246  * also activate an event manually using event_active().  The even_base
    247  * loop will run the callbacks of active events; after it has done so, it
    248  * marks them as no longer active.
    249  *
    250  * You can make an event non-pending by passing it to event_del().  This
    251  * also makes the event non-active.
    252  *
    253  * Events can be "persistent" or "non-persistent".  A non-persistent event
    254  * becomes non-pending as soon as it is triggered: thus, it only runs at
    255  * most once per call to event_add().  A persistent event remains pending
    256  * even when it becomes active: you'll need to event_del() it manually in
    257  * order to make it non-pending.  When a persistent event with a timeout
    258  * becomes active, its timeout is reset: this means you can use persistent
    259  * events to implement periodic timeouts.
    260  *
    261  * This should be treated as an opaque structure; you should never read or
    262  * write any of its fields directly.  For backward compatibility with old
    263  * code, it is defined in the event2/event_struct.h header; including this
    264  * header may make your code incompatible with other versions of Libevent.
    265  *
    266  * @see event_new(), event_free(), event_assign(), event_get_assignment(),
    267  *    event_add(), event_del(), event_active(), event_pending(),
    268  *    event_get_fd(), event_get_base(), event_get_events(),
    269  *    event_get_callback(), event_get_callback_arg(),
    270  *    event_priority_set()
    271  */
    272 struct event
    273 #ifdef _EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN
    274 {/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
    275 #endif
    276 ;
    277 
    278 /**
    279  * Configuration for an event_base.
    280  *
    281  * There are many options that can be used to alter the behavior and
    282  * implementation of an event_base.  To avoid having to pass them all in a
    283  * complex many-argument constructor, we provide an abstract data type
    284  * wrhere you set up configation information before passing it to
    285  * event_base_new_with_config().
    286  *
    287  * @see event_config_new(), event_config_free(), event_base_new_with_config(),
    288  *   event_config_avoid_method(), event_config_require_features(),
    289  *   event_config_set_flag(), event_config_set_num_cpus_hint()
    290  */
    291 struct event_config
    292 #ifdef _EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN
    293 {/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
    294 #endif
    295 ;
    296 
    297 /**
    298  * Enable some relatively expensive debugging checks in Libevent that
    299  * would normally be turned off.  Generally, these checks cause code that
    300  * would otherwise crash mysteriously to fail earlier with an assertion
    301  * failure.  Note that this method MUST be called before any events or
    302  * event_bases have been created.
    303  *
    304  * Debug mode can currently catch the following errors:
    305  *    An event is re-assigned while it is added
    306  *    Any function is called on a non-assigned event
    307  *
    308  * Note that debugging mode uses memory to track every event that has been
    309  * initialized (via event_assign, event_set, or event_new) but not yet
    310  * released (via event_free or event_debug_unassign).  If you want to use
    311  * debug mode, and you find yourself running out of memory, you will need
    312  * to use event_debug_unassign to explicitly stop tracking events that
    313  * are no longer considered set-up.
    314  *
    315  * @see event_debug_unassign()
    316  */
    317 void event_enable_debug_mode(void);
    318 
    319 /**
    320  * When debugging mode is enabled, informs Libevent that an event should no
    321  * longer be considered as assigned. When debugging mode is not enabled, does
    322  * nothing.
    323  *
    324  * This function must only be called on a non-added event.
    325  *
    326  * @see event_enable_debug_mode()
    327  */
    328 void event_debug_unassign(struct event *);
    329 
    330 /**
    331  * Create and return a new event_base to use with the rest of Libevent.
    332  *
    333  * @return a new event_base on success, or NULL on failure.
    334  *
    335  * @see event_base_free(), event_base_new_with_config()
    336  */
    337 struct event_base *event_base_new(void);
    338 
    339 /**
    340   Reinitialize the event base after a fork
    341 
    342   Some event mechanisms do not survive across fork.   The event base needs
    343   to be reinitialized with the event_reinit() function.
    344 
    345   @param base the event base that needs to be re-initialized
    346   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if some events could not be re-added.
    347   @see event_base_new()
    348 */
    349 int event_reinit(struct event_base *base);
    350 
    351 /**
    352    Event dispatching loop
    353 
    354   This loop will run the event base until either there are no more pending or
    355   active, or until something calls event_base_loopbreak() or
    356   event_base_loopexit().
    357 
    358   @param base the event_base structure returned by event_base_new() or
    359      event_base_new_with_config()
    360   @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if we exited because
    361      no events were pending or active.
    362   @see event_base_loop()
    363  */
    364 int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
    365 
    366 /**
    367  Get the kernel event notification mechanism used by Libevent.
    368 
    369  @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
    370  @return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
    371  */
    372 const char *event_base_get_method(const struct event_base *);
    373 
    374 /**
    375    Gets all event notification mechanisms supported by Libevent.
    376 
    377    This functions returns the event mechanism in order preferred by
    378    Libevent.  Note that this list will include all backends that
    379    Libevent has compiled-in support for, and will not necessarily check
    380    your OS to see whether it has the required resources.
    381 
    382    @return an array with pointers to the names of support methods.
    383      The end of the array is indicated by a NULL pointer.  If an
    384      error is encountered NULL is returned.
    385 */
    386 const char **event_get_supported_methods(void);
    387 
    388 /**
    389    Allocates a new event configuration object.
    390 
    391    The event configuration object can be used to change the behavior of
    392    an event base.
    393 
    394    @return an event_config object that can be used to store configuration, or
    395      NULL if an error is encountered.
    396    @see event_base_new_with_config(), event_config_free(), event_config
    397 */
    398 struct event_config *event_config_new(void);
    399 
    400 /**
    401    Deallocates all memory associated with an event configuration object
    402 
    403    @param cfg the event configuration object to be freed.
    404 */
    405 void event_config_free(struct event_config *cfg);
    406 
    407 /**
    408    Enters an event method that should be avoided into the configuration.
    409 
    410    This can be used to avoid event mechanisms that do not support certain
    411    file descriptor types, or for debugging to avoid certain event
    412    mechanisms.  An application can make use of multiple event bases to
    413    accommodate incompatible file descriptor types.
    414 
    415    @param cfg the event configuration object
    416    @param method the name of the event method to avoid
    417    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
    418 */
    419 int event_config_avoid_method(struct event_config *cfg, const char *method);
    420 
    421 /**
    422    A flag used to describe which features an event_base (must) provide.
    423 
    424    Because of OS limitations, not every Libevent backend supports every
    425    possible feature.  You can use this type with
    426    event_config_require_features() to tell Libevent to only proceed if your
    427    event_base implements a given feature, and you can receive this type from
    428    event_base_get_features() to see which features are available.
    429 */
    430 enum event_method_feature {
    431     /** Require an event method that allows edge-triggered events with EV_ET. */
    432     EV_FEATURE_ET = 0x01,
    433     /** Require an event method where having one event triggered among
    434      * many is [approximately] an O(1) operation. This excludes (for
    435      * example) select and poll, which are approximately O(N) for N
    436      * equal to the total number of possible events. */
    437     EV_FEATURE_O1 = 0x02,
    438     /** Require an event method that allows file descriptors as well as
    439      * sockets. */
    440     EV_FEATURE_FDS = 0x04
    441 };
    442 
    443 /**
    444    A flag passed to event_config_set_flag().
    445 
    446     These flags change the behavior of an allocated event_base.
    447 
    448     @see event_config_set_flag(), event_base_new_with_config(),
    449        event_method_feature
    450  */
    451 enum event_base_config_flag {
    452 	/** Do not allocate a lock for the event base, even if we have
    453 	    locking set up. */
    454 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NOLOCK = 0x01,
    455 	/** Do not check the EVENT_* environment variables when configuring
    456 	    an event_base  */
    457 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_IGNORE_ENV = 0x02,
    458 	/** Windows only: enable the IOCP dispatcher at startup
    459 
    460 	    If this flag is set then bufferevent_socket_new() and
    461 	    evconn_listener_new() will use IOCP-backed implementations
    462 	    instead of the usual select-based one on Windows.
    463 	 */
    464 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_STARTUP_IOCP = 0x04,
    465 	/** Instead of checking the current time every time the event loop is
    466 	    ready to run timeout callbacks, check after each timeout callback.
    467 	 */
    468 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NO_CACHE_TIME = 0x08,
    469 
    470 	/** If we are using the epoll backend, this flag says that it is
    471 	    safe to use Libevent's internal change-list code to batch up
    472 	    adds and deletes in order to try to do as few syscalls as
    473 	    possible.  Setting this flag can make your code run faster, but
    474 	    it may trigger a Linux bug: it is not safe to use this flag
    475 	    if you have any fds cloned by dup() or its variants.  Doing so
    476 	    will produce strange and hard-to-diagnose bugs.
    477 
    478 	    This flag can also be activated by settnig the
    479 	    EVENT_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST environment variable.
    480 
    481 	    This flag has no effect if you wind up using a backend other than
    482 	    epoll.
    483 	 */
    484 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST = 0x10
    485 };
    486 
    487 /**
    488    Return a bitmask of the features implemented by an event base.  This
    489    will be a bitwise OR of one or more of the values of
    490    event_method_feature
    491 
    492    @see event_method_feature
    493  */
    494 int event_base_get_features(const struct event_base *base);
    495 
    496 /**
    497    Enters a required event method feature that the application demands.
    498 
    499    Note that not every feature or combination of features is supported
    500    on every platform.  Code that requests features should be prepared
    501    to handle the case where event_base_new_with_config() returns NULL, as in:
    502    <pre>
    503      event_config_require_features(cfg, EV_FEATURE_ET);
    504      base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg);
    505      if (base == NULL) {
    506        // We can't get edge-triggered behavior here.
    507        event_config_require_features(cfg, 0);
    508        base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg);
    509      }
    510    </pre>
    511 
    512    @param cfg the event configuration object
    513    @param feature a bitfield of one or more event_method_feature values.
    514           Replaces values from previous calls to this function.
    515    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
    516    @see event_method_feature, event_base_new_with_config()
    517 */
    518 int event_config_require_features(struct event_config *cfg, int feature);
    519 
    520 /**
    521  * Sets one or more flags to configure what parts of the eventual event_base
    522  * will be initialized, and how they'll work.
    523  *
    524  * @see event_base_config_flags, event_base_new_with_config()
    525  **/
    526 int event_config_set_flag(struct event_config *cfg, int flag);
    527 
    528 /**
    529  * Records a hint for the number of CPUs in the system. This is used for
    530  * tuning thread pools, etc, for optimal performance.  In Libevent 2.0,
    531  * it is only on Windows, and only when IOCP is in use.
    532  *
    533  * @param cfg the event configuration object
    534  * @param cpus the number of cpus
    535  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
    536  */
    537 int event_config_set_num_cpus_hint(struct event_config *cfg, int cpus);
    538 
    539 /**
    540   Initialize the event API.
    541 
    542   Use event_base_new_with_config() to initialize a new event base, taking
    543   the specified configuration under consideration.  The configuration object
    544   can currently be used to avoid certain event notification mechanisms.
    545 
    546   @param cfg the event configuration object
    547   @return an initialized event_base that can be used to registering events,
    548      or NULL if no event base can be created with the requested event_config.
    549   @see event_base_new(), event_base_free(), event_init(), event_assign()
    550 */
    551 struct event_base *event_base_new_with_config(const struct event_config *);
    552 
    553 /**
    554   Deallocate all memory associated with an event_base, and free the base.
    555 
    556   Note that this function will not close any fds or free any memory passed
    557   to event_new as the argument to callback.
    558 
    559   @param eb an event_base to be freed
    560  */
    561 void event_base_free(struct event_base *);
    562 
    563 /** @name Log severities
    564  */
    565 /**@{*/
    566 #define EVENT_LOG_DEBUG 0
    567 #define EVENT_LOG_MSG   1
    568 #define EVENT_LOG_WARN  2
    569 #define EVENT_LOG_ERR   3
    570 /**@}*/
    571 
    572 /* Obsolete names: these are deprecated, but older programs might use them.
    573  * They violate the reserved-identifier namespace. */
    574 #define _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG EVENT_LOG_DEBUG
    575 #define _EVENT_LOG_MSG EVENT_LOG_MSG
    576 #define _EVENT_LOG_WARN EVENT_LOG_WARN
    577 #define _EVENT_LOG_ERR EVENT_LOG_ERR
    578 
    579 /**
    580   A callback function used to intercept Libevent's log messages.
    581 
    582   @see event_set_log_callback
    583  */
    584 typedef void (*event_log_cb)(int severity, const char *msg);
    585 /**
    586   Redirect Libevent's log messages.
    587 
    588   @param cb a function taking two arguments: an integer severity between
    589      _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG and _EVENT_LOG_ERR, and a string.  If cb is NULL,
    590 	 then the default log is used.
    591 
    592   NOTE: The function you provide *must not* call any other libevent
    593   functionality.  Doing so can produce undefined behavior.
    594   */
    595 void event_set_log_callback(event_log_cb cb);
    596 
    597 /**
    598    A function to be called if Libevent encounters a fatal internal error.
    599 
    600    @see event_set_fatal_callback
    601  */
    602 typedef void (*event_fatal_cb)(int err);
    603 
    604 /**
    605  Override Libevent's behavior in the event of a fatal internal error.
    606 
    607  By default, Libevent will call exit(1) if a programming error makes it
    608  impossible to continue correct operation.  This function allows you to supply
    609  another callback instead.  Note that if the function is ever invoked,
    610  something is wrong with your program, or with Libevent: any subsequent calls
    611  to Libevent may result in undefined behavior.
    612 
    613  Libevent will (almost) always log an _EVENT_LOG_ERR message before calling
    614  this function; look at the last log message to see why Libevent has died.
    615  */
    616 void event_set_fatal_callback(event_fatal_cb cb);
    617 
    618 /**
    619   Associate a different event base with an event.
    620 
    621   The event to be associated must not be currently active or pending.
    622 
    623   @param eb the event base
    624   @param ev the event
    625   @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
    626  */
    627 int event_base_set(struct event_base *, struct event *);
    628 
    629 /** @name Loop flags
    630 
    631     These flags control the behavior of event_base_loop().
    632  */
    633 /**@{*/
    634 /** Block until we have an active event, then exit once all active events
    635  * have had their callbacks run. */
    636 #define EVLOOP_ONCE	0x01
    637 /** Do not block: see which events are ready now, run the callbacks
    638  * of the highest-priority ones, then exit. */
    639 #define EVLOOP_NONBLOCK	0x02
    640 /**@}*/
    641 
    642 /**
    643   Wait for events to become active, and run their callbacks.
    644 
    645   This is a more flexible version of event_base_dispatch().
    646 
    647   By default, this loop will run the event base until either there are no more
    648   pending or active events, or until something calls event_base_loopbreak() or
    649   event_base_loopexit().  You can override this behavior with the 'flags'
    650   argument.
    651 
    652   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new() or
    653      event_base_new_with_config()
    654   @param flags any combination of EVLOOP_ONCE | EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
    655   @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if we exited because
    656      no events were pending or active.
    657   @see event_base_loopexit(), event_base_dispatch(), EVLOOP_ONCE,
    658      EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
    659   */
    660 int event_base_loop(struct event_base *, int);
    661 
    662 /**
    663   Exit the event loop after the specified time
    664 
    665   The next event_base_loop() iteration after the given timer expires will
    666   complete normally (handling all queued events) then exit without
    667   blocking for events again.
    668 
    669   Subsequent invocations of event_base_loop() will proceed normally.
    670 
    671   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    672   @param tv the amount of time after which the loop should terminate,
    673     or NULL to exit after running all currently active events.
    674   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    675   @see event_base_loopbreak()
    676  */
    677 int event_base_loopexit(struct event_base *, const struct timeval *);
    678 
    679 /**
    680   Abort the active event_base_loop() immediately.
    681 
    682   event_base_loop() will abort the loop after the next event is completed;
    683   event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
    684   This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
    685 
    686   Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
    687 
    688   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    689   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    690   @see event_base_loopexit()
    691  */
    692 int event_base_loopbreak(struct event_base *);
    693 
    694 /**
    695   Checks if the event loop was told to exit by event_loopexit().
    696 
    697   This function will return true for an event_base at every point after
    698   event_loopexit() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
    699 
    700   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    701   @return true if event_base_loopexit() was called on this event base,
    702     or 0 otherwise
    703   @see event_base_loopexit()
    704   @see event_base_got_break()
    705  */
    706 int event_base_got_exit(struct event_base *);
    707 
    708 /**
    709   Checks if the event loop was told to abort immediately by event_loopbreak().
    710 
    711   This function will return true for an event_base at every point after
    712   event_loopbreak() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
    713 
    714   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
    715   @return true if event_base_loopbreak() was called on this event base,
    716     or 0 otherwise
    717   @see event_base_loopbreak()
    718   @see event_base_got_exit()
    719  */
    720 int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
    721 
    722 /**
    723  * @name event flags
    724  *
    725  * Flags to pass to event_new(), event_assign(), event_pending(), and
    726  * anything else with an argument of the form "short events"
    727  */
    728 /**@{*/
    729 /** Indicates that a timeout has occurred.  It's not necessary to pass
    730  * this flag to event_for new()/event_assign() to get a timeout. */
    731 #define EV_TIMEOUT	0x01
    732 /** Wait for a socket or FD to become readable */
    733 #define EV_READ		0x02
    734 /** Wait for a socket or FD to become writeable */
    735 #define EV_WRITE	0x04
    736 /** Wait for a POSIX signal to be raised*/
    737 #define EV_SIGNAL	0x08
    738 /**
    739  * Persistent event: won't get removed automatically when activated.
    740  *
    741  * When a persistent event with a timeout becomes activated, its timeout
    742  * is reset to 0.
    743  */
    744 #define EV_PERSIST	0x10
    745 /** Select edge-triggered behavior, if supported by the backend. */
    746 #define EV_ET       0x20
    747 /**@}*/
    748 
    749 /**
    750    @name evtimer_* macros
    751 
    752     Aliases for working with one-shot timer events */
    753 /**@{*/
    754 #define evtimer_assign(ev, b, cb, arg) \
    755 	event_assign((ev), (b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
    756 #define evtimer_new(b, cb, arg)	       event_new((b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
    757 #define evtimer_add(ev, tv)		event_add((ev), (tv))
    758 #define evtimer_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
    759 #define evtimer_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending((ev), EV_TIMEOUT, (tv))
    760 #define evtimer_initialized(ev)		event_initialized(ev)
    761 /**@}*/
    762 
    763 /**
    764    @name evsignal_* macros
    765 
    766    Aliases for working with signal events
    767  */
    768 /**@{*/
    769 #define evsignal_add(ev, tv)		event_add((ev), (tv))
    770 #define evsignal_assign(ev, b, x, cb, arg)			\
    771 	event_assign((ev), (b), (x), EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, cb, (arg))
    772 #define evsignal_new(b, x, cb, arg)				\
    773 	event_new((b), (x), EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, (cb), (arg))
    774 #define evsignal_del(ev)		event_del(ev)
    775 #define evsignal_pending(ev, tv)	event_pending((ev), EV_SIGNAL, (tv))
    776 #define evsignal_initialized(ev)	event_initialized(ev)
    777 /**@}*/
    778 
    779 /**
    780    A callback function for an event.
    781 
    782    It receives three arguments:
    783 
    784    @param fd An fd or signal
    785    @param events One or more EV_* flags
    786    @param arg A user-supplied argument.
    787 
    788    @see event_new()
    789  */
    790 typedef void (*event_callback_fn)(evutil_socket_t, short, void *);
    791 
    792 /**
    793   Allocate and asssign a new event structure, ready to be added.
    794 
    795   The function event_new() returns a new event that can be used in
    796   future calls to event_add() and event_del().  The fd and events
    797   arguments determine which conditions will trigger the event; the
    798   callback and callback_arg arguments tell Libevent what to do when the
    799   event becomes active.
    800 
    801   If events contains one of EV_READ, EV_WRITE, or EV_READ|EV_WRITE, then
    802   fd is a file descriptor or socket that should get monitored for
    803   readiness to read, readiness to write, or readiness for either operation
    804   (respectively).  If events contains EV_SIGNAL, then fd is a signal
    805   number to wait for.  If events contains none of those flags, then the
    806   event can be triggered only by a timeout or by manual activation with
    807   event_active(): In this case, fd must be -1.
    808 
    809   The EV_PERSIST flag can also be passed in the events argument: it makes
    810   event_add() persistent until event_del() is called.
    811 
    812   The EV_ET flag is compatible with EV_READ and EV_WRITE, and supported
    813   only by certain backends.  It tells Libevent to use edge-triggered
    814   events.
    815 
    816   The EV_TIMEOUT flag has no effect here.
    817 
    818   It is okay to have multiple events all listening on the same fds; but
    819   they must either all be edge-triggered, or all not be edge triggerd.
    820 
    821   When the event becomes active, the event loop will run the provided
    822   callbuck function, with three arguments.  The first will be the provided
    823   fd value.  The second will be a bitfield of the events that triggered:
    824   EV_READ, EV_WRITE, or EV_SIGNAL.  Here the EV_TIMEOUT flag indicates
    825   that a timeout occurred, and EV_ET indicates that an edge-triggered
    826   event occurred.  The third event will be the callback_arg pointer that
    827   you provide.
    828 
    829   @param base the event base to which the event should be attached.
    830   @param fd the file descriptor or signal to be monitored, or -1.
    831   @param events desired events to monitor: bitfield of EV_READ, EV_WRITE,
    832       EV_SIGNAL, EV_PERSIST, EV_ET.
    833   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
    834   @param callback_arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
    835 
    836   @return a newly allocated struct event that must later be freed with
    837     event_free().
    838   @see event_free(), event_add(), event_del(), event_assign()
    839  */
    840 struct event *event_new(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *);
    841 
    842 
    843 /**
    844   Prepare a new, already-allocated event structure to be added.
    845 
    846   The function event_assign() prepares the event structure ev to be used
    847   in future calls to event_add() and event_del().  Unlike event_new(), it
    848   doesn't allocate memory itself: it requires that you have already
    849   allocated a struct event, probably on the heap.  Doing this will
    850   typically make your code depend on the size of the event structure, and
    851   thereby create incompatibility with future versions of Libevent.
    852 
    853   The easiest way to avoid this problem is just to use event_new() and
    854   event_free() instead.
    855 
    856   A slightly harder way to future-proof your code is to use
    857   event_get_struct_event_size() to determine the required size of an event
    858   at runtime.
    859 
    860   Note that it is NOT safe to call this function on an event that is
    861   active or pending.  Doing so WILL corrupt internal data structures in
    862   Libevent, and lead to strange, hard-to-diagnose bugs.  You _can_ use
    863   event_assign to change an existing event, but only if it is not active
    864   or pending!
    865 
    866   The arguments for this function, and the behavior of the events that it
    867   makes, are as for event_new().
    868 
    869   @param ev an event struct to be modified
    870   @param base the event base to which ev should be attached.
    871   @param fd the file descriptor to be monitored
    872   @param events desired events to monitor; can be EV_READ and/or EV_WRITE
    873   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
    874   @param callback_arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
    875 
    876   @return 0 if success, or -1 on invalid arguments.
    877 
    878   @see event_new(), event_add(), event_del(), event_base_once(),
    879     event_get_struct_event_size()
    880   */
    881 int event_assign(struct event *, struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *);
    882 
    883 /**
    884    Deallocate a struct event * returned by event_new().
    885 
    886    If the event is pending or active, first make it non-pending and
    887    non-active.
    888  */
    889 void event_free(struct event *);
    890 
    891 /**
    892   Schedule a one-time event
    893 
    894   The function event_base_once() is similar to event_set().  However, it
    895   schedules a callback to be called exactly once, and does not require the
    896   caller to prepare an event structure.
    897 
    898   Note that in Libevent 2.0 and earlier, if the event is never triggered,
    899   the internal memory used to hold it will never be freed.  This may be
    900   fixed in a later version of Libevent.
    901 
    902   @param base an event_base
    903   @param fd a file descriptor to monitor, or -1 for no fd.
    904   @param events event(s) to monitor; can be any of EV_READ |
    905          EV_WRITE, or EV_TIMEOUT
    906   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
    907   @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
    908   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event. NULL
    909          makes an EV_READ/EV_WRITE event make forever; NULL makes an
    910         EV_TIMEOUT event succees immediately.
    911   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    912  */
    913 int event_base_once(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *, const struct timeval *);
    914 
    915 /**
    916   Add an event to the set of pending events.
    917 
    918   The function event_add() schedules the execution of the ev event when the
    919   event specified in event_assign()/event_new() occurs, or when the time
    920   specified in timeout has elapesed.  If atimeout is NULL, no timeout
    921   occurs and the function will only be
    922   called if a matching event occurs.  The event in the
    923   ev argument must be already initialized by event_assign() or event_new()
    924   and may not be used
    925   in calls to event_assign() until it is no longer pending.
    926 
    927   If the event in the ev argument already has a scheduled timeout, calling
    928   event_add() replaces the old timeout with the new one, or clears the old
    929   timeout if the timeout argument is NULL.
    930 
    931   @param ev an event struct initialized via event_set()
    932   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
    933          to wait forever
    934   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    935   @see event_del(), event_assign(), event_new()
    936   */
    937 int event_add(struct event *ev, const struct timeval *timeout);
    938 
    939 /**
    940   Remove an event from the set of monitored events.
    941 
    942   The function event_del() will cancel the event in the argument ev.  If the
    943   event has already executed or has never been added the call will have no
    944   effect.
    945 
    946   @param ev an event struct to be removed from the working set
    947   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
    948   @see event_add()
    949  */
    950 int event_del(struct event *);
    951 
    952 
    953 /**
    954   Make an event active.
    955 
    956   You can use this function on a pending or a non-pending event to make it
    957   active, so that its callback will be run by event_base_dispatch() or
    958   event_base_loop().
    959 
    960   One common use in multithreaded programs is to wake the thread running
    961   event_base_loop() from another thread.
    962 
    963   @param ev an event to make active.
    964   @param res a set of flags to pass to the event's callback.
    965   @param ncalls an obsolete argument: this is ignored.
    966  **/
    967 void event_active(struct event *ev, int res, short ncalls);
    968 
    969 /**
    970   Checks if a specific event is pending or scheduled.
    971 
    972   @param ev an event struct previously passed to event_add()
    973   @param events the requested event type; any of EV_TIMEOUT|EV_READ|
    974          EV_WRITE|EV_SIGNAL
    975   @param tv if this field is not NULL, and the event has a timeout,
    976          this field is set to hold the time at which the timeout will
    977 	 expire.
    978 
    979   @return true if the event is pending on any of the events in 'what', (that
    980   is to say, it has been added), or 0 if the event is not added.
    981  */
    982 int event_pending(const struct event *ev, short events, struct timeval *tv);
    983 
    984 
    985 /**
    986   Test if an event structure might be initialized.
    987 
    988   The event_initialized() function can be used to check if an event has been
    989   initialized.
    990 
    991   Warning: This function is only useful for distinguishing a a zeroed-out
    992     piece of memory from an initialized event, it can easily be confused by
    993     uninitialized memory.  Thus, it should ONLY be used to distinguish an
    994     initialized event from zero.
    995 
    996   @param ev an event structure to be tested
    997   @return 1 if the structure might be initialized, or 0 if it has not been
    998           initialized
    999  */
   1000 int event_initialized(const struct event *ev);
   1001 
   1002 /**
   1003    Get the signal number assigned to a signal event
   1004 */
   1005 #define event_get_signal(ev) ((int)event_get_fd(ev))
   1006 
   1007 /**
   1008    Get the socket or signal assigned to an event, or -1 if the event has
   1009    no socket.
   1010 */
   1011 evutil_socket_t event_get_fd(const struct event *ev);
   1012 
   1013 /**
   1014    Get the event_base associated with an event.
   1015 */
   1016 struct event_base *event_get_base(const struct event *ev);
   1017 
   1018 /**
   1019    Return the events (EV_READ, EV_WRITE, etc) assigned to an event.
   1020 */
   1021 short event_get_events(const struct event *ev);
   1022 
   1023 /**
   1024    Return the callback assigned to an event.
   1025 */
   1026 event_callback_fn event_get_callback(const struct event *ev);
   1027 
   1028 /**
   1029    Return the callback argument assigned to an event.
   1030 */
   1031 void *event_get_callback_arg(const struct event *ev);
   1032 
   1033 /**
   1034    Extract _all_ of arguments given to construct a given event.  The
   1035    event_base is copied into *base_out, the fd is copied into *fd_out, and so
   1036    on.
   1037 
   1038    If any of the "_out" arguments is NULL, it will be ignored.
   1039  */
   1040 void event_get_assignment(const struct event *event,
   1041     struct event_base **base_out, evutil_socket_t *fd_out, short *events_out,
   1042     event_callback_fn *callback_out, void **arg_out);
   1043 
   1044 /**
   1045    Return the size of struct event that the Libevent library was compiled
   1046    with.
   1047 
   1048    This will be NO GREATER than sizeof(struct event) if you're running with
   1049    the same version of Libevent that your application was built with, but
   1050    otherwise might not.
   1051 
   1052    Note that it might be SMALLER than sizeof(struct event) if some future
   1053    version of Libevent adds extra padding to the end of struct event.
   1054    We might do this to help ensure ABI-compatibility between different
   1055    versions of Libevent.
   1056  */
   1057 size_t event_get_struct_event_size(void);
   1058 
   1059 /**
   1060    Get the Libevent version.
   1061 
   1062    Note that this will give you the version of the library that you're
   1063    currently linked against, not the version of the headers that you've
   1064    compiled against.
   1065 
   1066    @return a string containing the version number of Libevent
   1067 */
   1068 const char *event_get_version(void);
   1069 
   1070 /**
   1071    Return a numeric representation of Libevent's version.
   1072 
   1073    Note that this will give you the version of the library that you're
   1074    currently linked against, not the version of the headers you've used to
   1075    compile.
   1076 
   1077    The format uses one byte each for the major, minor, and patchlevel parts of
   1078    the version number.  The low-order byte is unused.  For example, version
   1079    2.0.1-alpha has a numeric representation of 0x02000100
   1080 */
   1081 ev_uint32_t event_get_version_number(void);
   1082 
   1083 /** As event_get_version, but gives the version of Libevent's headers. */
   1084 #define LIBEVENT_VERSION _EVENT_VERSION
   1085 /** As event_get_version_number, but gives the version number of Libevent's
   1086  * headers. */
   1087 #define LIBEVENT_VERSION_NUMBER _EVENT_NUMERIC_VERSION
   1088 
   1089 /** Largest number of priorities that Libevent can support. */
   1090 #define EVENT_MAX_PRIORITIES 256
   1091 /**
   1092   Set the number of different event priorities
   1093 
   1094   By default Libevent schedules all active events with the same priority.
   1095   However, some time it is desirable to process some events with a higher
   1096   priority than others.  For that reason, Libevent supports strict priority
   1097   queues.  Active events with a lower priority are always processed before
   1098   events with a higher priority.
   1099 
   1100   The number of different priorities can be set initially with the
   1101   event_base_priority_init() function.  This function should be called
   1102   before the first call to event_base_dispatch().  The
   1103   event_priority_set() function can be used to assign a priority to an
   1104   event.  By default, Libevent assigns the middle priority to all events
   1105   unless their priority is explicitly set.
   1106 
   1107   Note that urgent-priority events can starve less-urgent events: after
   1108   running all urgent-priority callbacks, Libevent checks for more urgent
   1109   events again, before running less-urgent events.  Less-urgent events
   1110   will not have their callbacks run until there are no events more urgent
   1111   than them that want to be active.
   1112 
   1113   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
   1114   @param npriorities the maximum number of priorities
   1115   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
   1116   @see event_priority_set()
   1117  */
   1118 int	event_base_priority_init(struct event_base *, int);
   1119 
   1120 /**
   1121   Assign a priority to an event.
   1122 
   1123   @param ev an event struct
   1124   @param priority the new priority to be assigned
   1125   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
   1126   @see event_priority_init()
   1127   */
   1128 int	event_priority_set(struct event *, int);
   1129 
   1130 /**
   1131    Prepare an event_base to use a large number of timeouts with the same
   1132    duration.
   1133 
   1134    Libevent's default scheduling algorithm is optimized for having a large
   1135    number of timeouts with their durations more or less randomly
   1136    distributed.  But if you have a large number of timeouts that all have
   1137    the same duration (for example, if you have a large number of
   1138    connections that all have a 10-second timeout), then you can improve
   1139    Libevent's performance by telling Libevent about it.
   1140 
   1141    To do this, call this function with the common duration.  It will return a
   1142    pointer to a different, opaque timeout value.  (Don't depend on its actual
   1143    contents!)  When you use this timeout value in event_add(), Libevent will
   1144    schedule the event more efficiently.
   1145 
   1146    (This optimization probably will not be worthwhile until you have thousands
   1147    or tens of thousands of events with the same timeout.)
   1148  */
   1149 const struct timeval *event_base_init_common_timeout(struct event_base *base,
   1150     const struct timeval *duration);
   1151 
   1152 #if !defined(_EVENT_DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT) || defined(_EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN)
   1153 /**
   1154  Override the functions that Libevent uses for memory management.
   1155 
   1156  Usually, Libevent uses the standard libc functions malloc, realloc, and
   1157  free to allocate memory.  Passing replacements for those functions to
   1158  event_set_mem_functions() overrides this behavior.
   1159 
   1160  Note that all memory returned from Libevent will be allocated by the
   1161  replacement functions rather than by malloc() and realloc().  Thus, if you
   1162  have replaced those functions, it will not be appropriate to free() memory
   1163  that you get from Libevent.  Instead, you must use the free_fn replacement
   1164  that you provided.
   1165 
   1166  Note also that if you are going to call this function, you should do so
   1167  before any call to any Libevent function that does allocation.
   1168  Otherwise, those funtions will allocate their memory using malloc(), but
   1169  then later free it using your provided free_fn.
   1170 
   1171  @param malloc_fn A replacement for malloc.
   1172  @param realloc_fn A replacement for realloc
   1173  @param free_fn A replacement for free.
   1174  **/
   1175 void event_set_mem_functions(
   1176 	void *(*malloc_fn)(size_t sz),
   1177 	void *(*realloc_fn)(void *ptr, size_t sz),
   1178 	void (*free_fn)(void *ptr));
   1179 /** This definition is present if Libevent was built with support for
   1180     event_set_mem_functions() */
   1181 #define EVENT_SET_MEM_FUNCTIONS_IMPLEMENTED
   1182 #endif
   1183 
   1184 void event_base_dump_events(struct event_base *, FILE *);
   1185 
   1186 /** Sets 'tv' to the current time (as returned by gettimeofday()),
   1187     looking at the cached value in 'base' if possible, and calling
   1188     gettimeofday() or clock_gettime() as appropriate if there is no
   1189     cached time.
   1190 
   1191     Generally, this value will only be cached while actually
   1192     processing event callbacks, and may be very inaccuate if your
   1193     callbacks take a long time to execute.
   1194 
   1195     Returns 0 on success, negative on failure.
   1196  */
   1197 int event_base_gettimeofday_cached(struct event_base *base,
   1198     struct timeval *tv);
   1199 
   1200 #ifdef __cplusplus
   1201 }
   1202 #endif
   1203 
   1204 #endif /* _EVENT2_EVENT_H_ */
   1205