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28 #ifndef EVENT2_EVENT_H_INCLUDED_
29 #define EVENT2_EVENT_H_INCLUDED_
30 
31 /**
32    @mainpage
33 
34   @section intro Introduction
35 
36   Libevent is an event notification library for developing scalable network
37   servers.  The Libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
38   function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
39   timeout has been reached. Furthermore, Libevent also support callbacks due
40   to signals or regular timeouts.
41 
42   Libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
43   servers. An application just needs to call event_base_dispatch() and then add or
44   remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.
45 
46 
47   Currently, Libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), select(2), poll(2),
48   epoll(4), and evports. The internal event mechanism is completely
49   independent of the exposed event API, and a simple update of Libevent can
50   provide new functionality without having to redesign the applications. As a
51   result, Libevent allows for portable application development and provides
52   the most scalable event notification mechanism available on an operating
53   system.  Libevent can also be used for multithreaded programs.  Libevent
54   should compile on Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris and, Windows.
55 
56   @section usage Standard usage
57 
58   Every program that uses Libevent must include the <event2/event.h>
59   header, and pass the -levent flag to the linker.  (You can instead link
60   -levent_core if you only want the main event and buffered IO-based code,
61   and don't want to link any protocol code.)
62 
63   @section setup Library setup
64 
65   Before you call any other Libevent functions, you need to set up the
66   library.  If you're going to use Libevent from multiple threads in a
67   multithreaded application, you need to initialize thread support --
68   typically by using evthread_use_pthreads() or
69   evthread_use_windows_threads().  See <event2/thread.h> for more
70   information.
71 
72   This is also the point where you can replace Libevent's memory
73   management functions with event_set_mem_functions, and enable debug mode
74   with event_enable_debug_mode().
75 
76   @section base Creating an event base
77 
78   Next, you need to create an event_base structure, using event_base_new()
79   or event_base_new_with_config().  The event_base is responsible for
80   keeping track of which events are "pending" (that is to say, being
81   watched to see if they become active) and which events are "active".
82   Every event is associated with a single event_base.
83 
84   @section event Event notification
85 
86   For each file descriptor that you wish to monitor, you must create an
87   event structure with event_new().  (You may also declare an event
88   structure and call event_assign() to initialize the members of the
89   structure.)  To enable notification, you add the structure to the list
90   of monitored events by calling event_add().  The event structure must
91   remain allocated as long as it is active, so it should generally be
92   allocated on the heap.
93 
94   @section loop Dispatching events.
95 
96   Finally, you call event_base_dispatch() to loop and dispatch events.
97   You can also use event_base_loop() for more fine-grained control.
98 
99   Currently, only one thread can be dispatching a given event_base at a
100   time.  If you want to run events in multiple threads at once, you can
101   either have a single event_base whose events add work to a work queue,
102   or you can create multiple event_base objects.
103 
104   @section bufferevent I/O Buffers
105 
106   Libevent provides a buffered I/O abstraction on top of the regular event
107   callbacks. This abstraction is called a bufferevent. A bufferevent
108   provides input and output buffers that get filled and drained
109   automatically. The user of a buffered event no longer deals directly
110   with the I/O, but instead is reading from input and writing to output
111   buffers.
112 
113   Once initialized via bufferevent_socket_new(), the bufferevent structure
114   can be used repeatedly with bufferevent_enable() and
115   bufferevent_disable().  Instead of reading and writing directly to a
116   socket, you would call bufferevent_read() and bufferevent_write().
117 
118   When read enabled the bufferevent will try to read from the file descriptor
119   and call the read callback. The write callback is executed whenever the
120   output buffer is drained below the write low watermark, which is 0 by
121   default.
122 
123   See <event2/bufferevent*.h> for more information.
124 
125   @section timers Timers
126 
127   Libevent can also be used to create timers that invoke a callback after a
128   certain amount of time has expired. The evtimer_new() macro returns
129   an event struct to use as a timer. To activate the timer, call
130   evtimer_add(). Timers can be deactivated by calling evtimer_del().
131   (These macros are thin wrappers around event_new(), event_add(),
132   and event_del(); you can also use those instead.)
133 
134   @section evdns Asynchronous DNS resolution
135 
136   Libevent provides an asynchronous DNS resolver that should be used instead
137   of the standard DNS resolver functions.  See the <event2/dns.h>
138   functions for more detail.
139 
140   @section evhttp Event-driven HTTP servers
141 
142   Libevent provides a very simple event-driven HTTP server that can be
143   embedded in your program and used to service HTTP requests.
144 
145   To use this capability, you need to include the <event2/http.h> header in your
146   program.  See that header for more information.
147 
148   @section evrpc A framework for RPC servers and clients
149 
150   Libevent provides a framework for creating RPC servers and clients.  It
151   takes care of marshaling and unmarshaling all data structures.
152 
153   @section api API Reference
154 
155   To browse the complete documentation of the libevent API, click on any of
156   the following links.
157 
158   event2/event.h
159   The primary libevent header
160 
161   event2/thread.h
162   Functions for use by multithreaded programs
163 
164   event2/buffer.h and event2/bufferevent.h
165   Buffer management for network reading and writing
166 
167   event2/util.h
168   Utility functions for portable nonblocking network code
169 
170   event2/dns.h
171   Asynchronous DNS resolution
172 
173   event2/http.h
174   An embedded libevent-based HTTP server
175 
176   event2/rpc.h
177   A framework for creating RPC servers and clients
178 
179  */
180 
181 /** @file event2/event.h
182 
183   Core functions for waiting for and receiving events, and using event bases.
184 */
185 
186 #include <event2/visibility.h>
187 
188 #ifdef __cplusplus
189 extern "C" {
190 #endif
191 
192 #include <event2/event-config.h>
193 #ifdef EVENT__HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
194 #include <sys/types.h>
195 #endif
196 #ifdef EVENT__HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
197 #include <sys/time.h>
198 #endif
199 
200 #include <stdio.h>
201 
202 /* For int types. */
203 #include <event2/util.h>
204 
205 /**
206  * Structure to hold information and state for a Libevent dispatch loop.
207  *
208  * The event_base lies at the center of Libevent; every application will
209  * have one.  It keeps track of all pending and active events, and
210  * notifies your application of the active ones.
211  *
212  * This is an opaque structure; you can allocate one using
213  * event_base_new() or event_base_new_with_config().
214  *
215  * @see event_base_new(), event_base_free(), event_base_loop(),
216  *    event_base_new_with_config()
217  */
218 struct event_base
219 #ifdef EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_
220 {/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
221 #endif
222 ;
223 
224 /**
225  * @struct event
226  *
227  * Structure to represent a single event.
228  *
229  * An event can have some underlying condition it represents: a socket
230  * becoming readable or writeable (or both), or a signal becoming raised.
231  * (An event that represents no underlying condition is still useful: you
232  * can use one to implement a timer, or to communicate between threads.)
233  *
234  * Generally, you can create events with event_new(), then make them
235  * pending with event_add().  As your event_base runs, it will run the
236  * callbacks of an events whose conditions are triggered.  When you no
237  * longer want the event, free it with event_free().
238  *
239  * In more depth:
240  *
241  * An event may be "pending" (one whose condition we are watching),
242  * "active" (one whose condition has triggered and whose callback is about
243  * to run), neither, or both.  Events come into existence via
244  * event_assign() or event_new(), and are then neither active nor pending.
245  *
246  * To make an event pending, pass it to event_add().  When doing so, you
247  * can also set a timeout for the event.
248  *
249  * Events become active during an event_base_loop() call when either their
250  * condition has triggered, or when their timeout has elapsed.  You can
251  * also activate an event manually using event_active().  The even_base
252  * loop will run the callbacks of active events; after it has done so, it
253  * marks them as no longer active.
254  *
255  * You can make an event non-pending by passing it to event_del().  This
256  * also makes the event non-active.
257  *
258  * Events can be "persistent" or "non-persistent".  A non-persistent event
259  * becomes non-pending as soon as it is triggered: thus, it only runs at
260  * most once per call to event_add().  A persistent event remains pending
261  * even when it becomes active: you'll need to event_del() it manually in
262  * order to make it non-pending.  When a persistent event with a timeout
263  * becomes active, its timeout is reset: this means you can use persistent
264  * events to implement periodic timeouts.
265  *
266  * This should be treated as an opaque structure; you should never read or
267  * write any of its fields directly.  For backward compatibility with old
268  * code, it is defined in the event2/event_struct.h header; including this
269  * header may make your code incompatible with other versions of Libevent.
270  *
271  * @see event_new(), event_free(), event_assign(), event_get_assignment(),
272  *    event_add(), event_del(), event_active(), event_pending(),
273  *    event_get_fd(), event_get_base(), event_get_events(),
274  *    event_get_callback(), event_get_callback_arg(),
275  *    event_priority_set()
276  */
277 struct event
278 #ifdef EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_
279 {/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
280 #endif
281 ;
282 
283 /**
284  * Configuration for an event_base.
285  *
286  * There are many options that can be used to alter the behavior and
287  * implementation of an event_base.  To avoid having to pass them all in a
288  * complex many-argument constructor, we provide an abstract data type
289  * where you set up configuration information before passing it to
290  * event_base_new_with_config().
291  *
292  * @see event_config_new(), event_config_free(), event_base_new_with_config(),
293  *   event_config_avoid_method(), event_config_require_features(),
294  *   event_config_set_flag(), event_config_set_num_cpus_hint()
295  */
296 struct event_config
297 #ifdef EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_
298 {/*Empty body so that doxygen will generate documentation here.*/}
299 #endif
300 ;
301 
302 /**
303  * Enable some relatively expensive debugging checks in Libevent that
304  * would normally be turned off.  Generally, these checks cause code that
305  * would otherwise crash mysteriously to fail earlier with an assertion
306  * failure.  Note that this method MUST be called before any events or
307  * event_bases have been created.
308  *
309  * Debug mode can currently catch the following errors:
310  *    An event is re-assigned while it is added
311  *    Any function is called on a non-assigned event
312  *
313  * Note that debugging mode uses memory to track every event that has been
314  * initialized (via event_assign, event_set, or event_new) but not yet
315  * released (via event_free or event_debug_unassign).  If you want to use
316  * debug mode, and you find yourself running out of memory, you will need
317  * to use event_debug_unassign to explicitly stop tracking events that
318  * are no longer considered set-up.
319  *
320  * @see event_debug_unassign()
321  */
322 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
323 void event_enable_debug_mode(void);
324 
325 /**
326  * When debugging mode is enabled, informs Libevent that an event should no
327  * longer be considered as assigned. When debugging mode is not enabled, does
328  * nothing.
329  *
330  * This function must only be called on a non-added event.
331  *
332  * @see event_enable_debug_mode()
333  */
334 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
335 void event_debug_unassign(struct event *);
336 
337 /**
338  * Create and return a new event_base to use with the rest of Libevent.
339  *
340  * @return a new event_base on success, or NULL on failure.
341  *
342  * @see event_base_free(), event_base_new_with_config()
343  */
344 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
345 struct event_base *event_base_new(void);
346 
347 /**
348   Reinitialize the event base after a fork
349 
350   Some event mechanisms do not survive across fork.   The event base needs
351   to be reinitialized with the event_reinit() function.
352 
353   @param base the event base that needs to be re-initialized
354   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if some events could not be re-added.
355   @see event_base_new()
356 */
357 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
358 int event_reinit(struct event_base *base);
359 
360 /**
361    Event dispatching loop
362 
363   This loop will run the event base until either there are no more pending or
364   active, or until something calls event_base_loopbreak() or
365   event_base_loopexit().
366 
367   @param base the event_base structure returned by event_base_new() or
368      event_base_new_with_config()
369   @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if we exited because
370      no events were pending or active.
371   @see event_base_loop()
372  */
373 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
374 int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
375 
376 /**
377  Get the kernel event notification mechanism used by Libevent.
378 
379  @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
380  @return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
381  */
382 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
383 const char *event_base_get_method(const struct event_base *);
384 
385 /**
386    Gets all event notification mechanisms supported by Libevent.
387 
388    This functions returns the event mechanism in order preferred by
389    Libevent.  Note that this list will include all backends that
390    Libevent has compiled-in support for, and will not necessarily check
391    your OS to see whether it has the required resources.
392 
393    @return an array with pointers to the names of support methods.
394      The end of the array is indicated by a NULL pointer.  If an
395      error is encountered NULL is returned.
396 */
397 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
398 const char **event_get_supported_methods(void);
399 
400 /** Query the current monotonic time from a the timer for a struct
401  * event_base.
402  */
403 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
404 int event_gettime_monotonic(struct event_base *base, struct timeval *tp);
405 
406 /**
407    @name event type flag
408 
409    Flags to pass to event_base_get_num_events() to specify the kinds of events
410    we want to aggregate counts for
411 */
412 /**@{*/
413 /** count the number of active events, which have been triggered.*/
414 #define EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ACTIVE                1U
415 /** count the number of virtual events, which is used to represent an internal
416  * condition, other than a pending event, that keeps the loop from exiting. */
417 #define EVENT_BASE_COUNT_VIRTUAL       2U
418 /** count the number of events which have been added to event base, including
419  * internal events. */
420 #define EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ADDED         4U
421 /**@}*/
422 
423 /**
424    Gets the number of events in event_base, as specified in the flags.
425 
426    Since event base has some internal events added to make some of its
427    functionalities work, EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ADDED may return more than the
428    number of events you added using event_add().
429 
430    If you pass EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ACTIVE and EVENT_BASE_COUNT_ADDED together, an
431    active event will be counted twice. However, this might not be the case in
432    future libevent versions.  The return value is an indication of the work
433    load, but the user shouldn't rely on the exact value as this may change in
434    the future.
435 
436    @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
437    @param flags a bitwise combination of the kinds of events to aggregate
438        counts for
439    @return the number of events specified in the flags
440 */
441 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
442 int event_base_get_num_events(struct event_base *, unsigned int);
443 
444 /**
445   Get the maximum number of events in a given event_base as specified in the
446   flags.
447 
448   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
449   @param flags a bitwise combination of the kinds of events to aggregate
450          counts for
451   @param clear option used to reset the maximum count.
452   @return the number of events specified in the flags
453  */
454 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
455 int event_base_get_max_events(struct event_base *, unsigned int, int);
456 
457 /**
458    Allocates a new event configuration object.
459 
460    The event configuration object can be used to change the behavior of
461    an event base.
462 
463    @return an event_config object that can be used to store configuration, or
464      NULL if an error is encountered.
465    @see event_base_new_with_config(), event_config_free(), event_config
466 */
467 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
468 struct event_config *event_config_new(void);
469 
470 /**
471    Deallocates all memory associated with an event configuration object
472 
473    @param cfg the event configuration object to be freed.
474 */
475 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
476 void event_config_free(struct event_config *cfg);
477 
478 /**
479    Enters an event method that should be avoided into the configuration.
480 
481    This can be used to avoid event mechanisms that do not support certain
482    file descriptor types, or for debugging to avoid certain event
483    mechanisms.  An application can make use of multiple event bases to
484    accommodate incompatible file descriptor types.
485 
486    @param cfg the event configuration object
487    @param method the name of the event method to avoid
488    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
489 */
490 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
491 int event_config_avoid_method(struct event_config *cfg, const char *method);
492 
493 /**
494    A flag used to describe which features an event_base (must) provide.
495 
496    Because of OS limitations, not every Libevent backend supports every
497    possible feature.  You can use this type with
498    event_config_require_features() to tell Libevent to only proceed if your
499    event_base implements a given feature, and you can receive this type from
500    event_base_get_features() to see which features are available.
501 */
502 enum event_method_feature {
503     /** Require an event method that allows edge-triggered events with EV_ET. */
504     EV_FEATURE_ET = 0x01,
505     /** Require an event method where having one event triggered among
506      * many is [approximately] an O(1) operation. This excludes (for
507      * example) select and poll, which are approximately O(N) for N
508      * equal to the total number of possible events. */
509     EV_FEATURE_O1 = 0x02,
510     /** Require an event method that allows file descriptors as well as
511      * sockets. */
512     EV_FEATURE_FDS = 0x04,
513     /** Require an event method that allows you to use EV_CLOSED to detect
514      * connection close without the necessity of reading all the pending data.
515      *
516      * Methods that do support EV_CLOSED may not be able to provide support on
517      * all kernel versions.
518      **/
519     EV_FEATURE_EARLY_CLOSE = 0x08
520 };
521 
522 /**
523    A flag passed to event_config_set_flag().
524 
525     These flags change the behavior of an allocated event_base.
526 
527     @see event_config_set_flag(), event_base_new_with_config(),
528        event_method_feature
529  */
530 enum event_base_config_flag {
531 	/** Do not allocate a lock for the event base, even if we have
532 	    locking set up.
533 
534 	    Setting this option will make it unsafe and nonfunctional to call
535 	    functions on the base concurrently from multiple threads.
536 	*/
537 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NOLOCK = 0x01,
538 	/** Do not check the EVENT_* environment variables when configuring
539 	    an event_base  */
540 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_IGNORE_ENV = 0x02,
541 	/** Windows only: enable the IOCP dispatcher at startup
542 
543 	    If this flag is set then bufferevent_socket_new() and
544 	    evconn_listener_new() will use IOCP-backed implementations
545 	    instead of the usual select-based one on Windows.
546 	 */
547 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_STARTUP_IOCP = 0x04,
548 	/** Instead of checking the current time every time the event loop is
549 	    ready to run timeout callbacks, check after each timeout callback.
550 	 */
551 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NO_CACHE_TIME = 0x08,
552 
553 	/** If we are using the epoll backend, this flag says that it is
554 	    safe to use Libevent's internal change-list code to batch up
555 	    adds and deletes in order to try to do as few syscalls as
556 	    possible.  Setting this flag can make your code run faster, but
557 	    it may trigger a Linux bug: it is not safe to use this flag
558 	    if you have any fds cloned by dup() or its variants.  Doing so
559 	    will produce strange and hard-to-diagnose bugs.
560 
561 	    This flag can also be activated by setting the
562 	    EVENT_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST environment variable.
563 
564 	    This flag has no effect if you wind up using a backend other than
565 	    epoll.
566 	 */
567 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_EPOLL_USE_CHANGELIST = 0x10,
568 
569 	/** Ordinarily, Libevent implements its time and timeout code using
570 	    the fastest monotonic timer that we have.  If this flag is set,
571 	    however, we use less efficient more precise timer, assuming one is
572 	    present.
573 	 */
574 	EVENT_BASE_FLAG_PRECISE_TIMER = 0x20
575 };
576 
577 /**
578    Return a bitmask of the features implemented by an event base.  This
579    will be a bitwise OR of one or more of the values of
580    event_method_feature
581 
582    @see event_method_feature
583  */
584 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
585 int event_base_get_features(const struct event_base *base);
586 
587 /**
588    Enters a required event method feature that the application demands.
589 
590    Note that not every feature or combination of features is supported
591    on every platform.  Code that requests features should be prepared
592    to handle the case where event_base_new_with_config() returns NULL, as in:
593    <pre>
594      event_config_require_features(cfg, EV_FEATURE_ET);
595      base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg);
596      if (base == NULL) {
597        // We can't get edge-triggered behavior here.
598        event_config_require_features(cfg, 0);
599        base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg);
600      }
601    </pre>
602 
603    @param cfg the event configuration object
604    @param feature a bitfield of one or more event_method_feature values.
605           Replaces values from previous calls to this function.
606    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
607    @see event_method_feature, event_base_new_with_config()
608 */
609 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
610 int event_config_require_features(struct event_config *cfg, int feature);
611 
612 /**
613  * Sets one or more flags to configure what parts of the eventual event_base
614  * will be initialized, and how they'll work.
615  *
616  * @see event_base_config_flags, event_base_new_with_config()
617  **/
618 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
619 int event_config_set_flag(struct event_config *cfg, int flag);
620 
621 /**
622  * Records a hint for the number of CPUs in the system. This is used for
623  * tuning thread pools, etc, for optimal performance.  In Libevent 2.0,
624  * it is only on Windows, and only when IOCP is in use.
625  *
626  * @param cfg the event configuration object
627  * @param cpus the number of cpus
628  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
629  */
630 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
631 int event_config_set_num_cpus_hint(struct event_config *cfg, int cpus);
632 
633 /**
634  * Record an interval and/or a number of callbacks after which the event base
635  * should check for new events.  By default, the event base will run as many
636  * events are as activated at the highest activated priority before checking
637  * for new events.  If you configure it by setting max_interval, it will check
638  * the time after each callback, and not allow more than max_interval to
639  * elapse before checking for new events.  If you configure it by setting
640  * max_callbacks to a value >= 0, it will run no more than max_callbacks
641  * callbacks before checking for new events.
642  *
643  * This option can decrease the latency of high-priority events, and
644  * avoid priority inversions where multiple low-priority events keep us from
645  * polling for high-priority events, but at the expense of slightly decreasing
646  * the throughput.  Use it with caution!
647  *
648  * @param cfg The event_base configuration object.
649  * @param max_interval An interval after which Libevent should stop running
650  *     callbacks and check for more events, or NULL if there should be
651  *     no such interval.
652  * @param max_callbacks A number of callbacks after which Libevent should
653  *     stop running callbacks and check for more events, or -1 if there
654  *     should be no such limit.
655  * @param min_priority A priority below which max_interval and max_callbacks
656  *     should not be enforced.  If this is set to 0, they are enforced
657  *     for events of every priority; if it's set to 1, they're enforced
658  *     for events of priority 1 and above, and so on.
659  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
660  **/
661 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
662 int event_config_set_max_dispatch_interval(struct event_config *cfg,
663     const struct timeval *max_interval, int max_callbacks,
664     int min_priority);
665 
666 /**
667   Initialize the event API.
668 
669   Use event_base_new_with_config() to initialize a new event base, taking
670   the specified configuration under consideration.  The configuration object
671   can currently be used to avoid certain event notification mechanisms.
672 
673   @param cfg the event configuration object
674   @return an initialized event_base that can be used to registering events,
675      or NULL if no event base can be created with the requested event_config.
676   @see event_base_new(), event_base_free(), event_init(), event_assign()
677 */
678 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
679 struct event_base *event_base_new_with_config(const struct event_config *);
680 
681 /**
682   Deallocate all memory associated with an event_base, and free the base.
683 
684   Note that this function will not close any fds or free any memory passed
685   to event_new as the argument to callback.
686 
687   If there are any pending finalizer callbacks, this function will invoke
688   them.
689 
690   @param eb an event_base to be freed
691  */
692 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
693 void event_base_free(struct event_base *);
694 
695 /**
696    As event_base_free, but do not run finalizers.
697  */
698 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
699 void event_base_free_nofinalize(struct event_base *);
700 
701 /** @name Log severities
702  */
703 /**@{*/
704 #define EVENT_LOG_DEBUG 0
705 #define EVENT_LOG_MSG   1
706 #define EVENT_LOG_WARN  2
707 #define EVENT_LOG_ERR   3
708 /**@}*/
709 
710 /* Obsolete names: these are deprecated, but older programs might use them.
711  * They violate the reserved-identifier namespace. */
712 #define _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG EVENT_LOG_DEBUG
713 #define _EVENT_LOG_MSG EVENT_LOG_MSG
714 #define _EVENT_LOG_WARN EVENT_LOG_WARN
715 #define _EVENT_LOG_ERR EVENT_LOG_ERR
716 
717 /**
718   A callback function used to intercept Libevent's log messages.
719 
720   @see event_set_log_callback
721  */
722 typedef void (*event_log_cb)(int severity, const char *msg);
723 /**
724   Redirect Libevent's log messages.
725 
726   @param cb a function taking two arguments: an integer severity between
727      EVENT_LOG_DEBUG and EVENT_LOG_ERR, and a string.  If cb is NULL,
728 	 then the default log is used.
729 
730   NOTE: The function you provide *must not* call any other libevent
731   functionality.  Doing so can produce undefined behavior.
732   */
733 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
734 void event_set_log_callback(event_log_cb cb);
735 
736 /**
737    A function to be called if Libevent encounters a fatal internal error.
738 
739    @see event_set_fatal_callback
740  */
741 typedef void (*event_fatal_cb)(int err);
742 
743 /**
744  Override Libevent's behavior in the event of a fatal internal error.
745 
746  By default, Libevent will call exit(1) if a programming error makes it
747  impossible to continue correct operation.  This function allows you to supply
748  another callback instead.  Note that if the function is ever invoked,
749  something is wrong with your program, or with Libevent: any subsequent calls
750  to Libevent may result in undefined behavior.
751 
752  Libevent will (almost) always log an EVENT_LOG_ERR message before calling
753  this function; look at the last log message to see why Libevent has died.
754  */
755 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
756 void event_set_fatal_callback(event_fatal_cb cb);
757 
758 #define EVENT_DBG_ALL 0xffffffffu
759 #define EVENT_DBG_NONE 0
760 
761 /**
762  Turn on debugging logs and have them sent to the default log handler.
763 
764  This is a global setting; if you are going to call it, you must call this
765  before any calls that create an event-base.  You must call it before any
766  multithreaded use of Libevent.
767 
768  Debug logs are verbose.
769 
770  @param which Controls which debug messages are turned on.  This option is
771    unused for now; for forward compatibility, you must pass in the constant
772    "EVENT_DBG_ALL" to turn debugging logs on, or "EVENT_DBG_NONE" to turn
773    debugging logs off.
774  */
775 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
776 void event_enable_debug_logging(ev_uint32_t which);
777 
778 /**
779   Associate a different event base with an event.
780 
781   The event to be associated must not be currently active or pending.
782 
783   @param eb the event base
784   @param ev the event
785   @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
786  */
787 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
788 int event_base_set(struct event_base *, struct event *);
789 
790 /** @name Loop flags
791 
792     These flags control the behavior of event_base_loop().
793  */
794 /**@{*/
795 /** Block until we have an active event, then exit once all active events
796  * have had their callbacks run. */
797 #define EVLOOP_ONCE	0x01
798 /** Do not block: see which events are ready now, run the callbacks
799  * of the highest-priority ones, then exit. */
800 #define EVLOOP_NONBLOCK	0x02
801 /** Do not exit the loop because we have no pending events.  Instead, keep
802  * running until event_base_loopexit() or event_base_loopbreak() makes us
803  * stop.
804  */
805 #define EVLOOP_NO_EXIT_ON_EMPTY 0x04
806 /**@}*/
807 
808 /**
809   Wait for events to become active, and run their callbacks.
810 
811   This is a more flexible version of event_base_dispatch().
812 
813   By default, this loop will run the event base until either there are no more
814   pending or active events, or until something calls event_base_loopbreak() or
815   event_base_loopexit().  You can override this behavior with the 'flags'
816   argument.
817 
818   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new() or
819      event_base_new_with_config()
820   @param flags any combination of EVLOOP_ONCE | EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
821   @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if we exited because
822      no events were pending or active.
823   @see event_base_loopexit(), event_base_dispatch(), EVLOOP_ONCE,
824      EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
825   */
826 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
827 int event_base_loop(struct event_base *, int);
828 
829 /**
830   Exit the event loop after the specified time
831 
832   The next event_base_loop() iteration after the given timer expires will
833   complete normally (handling all queued events) then exit without
834   blocking for events again.
835 
836   Subsequent invocations of event_base_loop() will proceed normally.
837 
838   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
839   @param tv the amount of time after which the loop should terminate,
840     or NULL to exit after running all currently active events.
841   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
842   @see event_base_loopbreak()
843  */
844 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
845 int event_base_loopexit(struct event_base *, const struct timeval *);
846 
847 /**
848   Abort the active event_base_loop() immediately.
849 
850   event_base_loop() will abort the loop after the next event is completed;
851   event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
852   This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
853 
854   Subsequent invocations of event_base_loop() will proceed normally.
855 
856   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
857   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
858   @see event_base_loopexit()
859  */
860 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
861 int event_base_loopbreak(struct event_base *);
862 
863 /**
864   Tell the active event_base_loop() to scan for new events immediately.
865 
866   Calling this function makes the currently active event_base_loop()
867   start the loop over again (scanning for new events) after the current
868   event callback finishes.  If the event loop is not running, this
869   function has no effect.
870 
871   event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
872   This behavior is analogous to the "continue;" statement.
873 
874   Subsequent invocations of event loop will proceed normally.
875 
876   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
877   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
878   @see event_base_loopbreak()
879  */
880 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
881 int event_base_loopcontinue(struct event_base *);
882 
883 /**
884   Checks if the event loop was told to exit by event_base_loopexit().
885 
886   This function will return true for an event_base at every point after
887   event_loopexit() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
888 
889   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
890   @return true if event_base_loopexit() was called on this event base,
891     or 0 otherwise
892   @see event_base_loopexit()
893   @see event_base_got_break()
894  */
895 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
896 int event_base_got_exit(struct event_base *);
897 
898 /**
899   Checks if the event loop was told to abort immediately by event_base_loopbreak().
900 
901   This function will return true for an event_base at every point after
902   event_base_loopbreak() is called, until the event loop is next entered.
903 
904   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
905   @return true if event_base_loopbreak() was called on this event base,
906     or 0 otherwise
907   @see event_base_loopbreak()
908   @see event_base_got_exit()
909  */
910 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
911 int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
912 
913 /**
914  * @name event flags
915  *
916  * Flags to pass to event_new(), event_assign(), event_pending(), and
917  * anything else with an argument of the form "short events"
918  */
919 /**@{*/
920 /** Indicates that a timeout has occurred.  It's not necessary to pass
921  * this flag to event_for new()/event_assign() to get a timeout. */
922 #define EV_TIMEOUT	0x01
923 /** Wait for a socket or FD to become readable */
924 #define EV_READ		0x02
925 /** Wait for a socket or FD to become writeable */
926 #define EV_WRITE	0x04
927 /** Wait for a POSIX signal to be raised*/
928 #define EV_SIGNAL	0x08
929 /**
930  * Persistent event: won't get removed automatically when activated.
931  *
932  * When a persistent event with a timeout becomes activated, its timeout
933  * is reset to 0.
934  */
935 #define EV_PERSIST	0x10
936 /** Select edge-triggered behavior, if supported by the backend. */
937 #define EV_ET		0x20
938 /**
939  * If this option is provided, then event_del() will not block in one thread
940  * while waiting for the event callback to complete in another thread.
941  *
942  * To use this option safely, you may need to use event_finalize() or
943  * event_free_finalize() in order to safely tear down an event in a
944  * multithreaded application.  See those functions for more information.
945  **/
946 #define EV_FINALIZE     0x40
947 /**
948  * Detects connection close events.  You can use this to detect when a
949  * connection has been closed, without having to read all the pending data
950  * from a connection.
951  *
952  * Not all backends support EV_CLOSED.  To detect or require it, use the
953  * feature flag EV_FEATURE_EARLY_CLOSE.
954  **/
955 #define EV_CLOSED	0x80
956 /**@}*/
957 
958 /**
959    @name evtimer_* macros
960 
961    Aliases for working with one-shot timer events
962    If you need EV_PERSIST timer use event_*() functions.
963  */
964 /**@{*/
965 #define evtimer_assign(ev, b, cb, arg) \
966 	event_assign((ev), (b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
967 #define evtimer_new(b, cb, arg)		event_new((b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
968 #define evtimer_add(ev, tv)		event_add((ev), (tv))
969 #define evtimer_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
970 #define evtimer_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending((ev), EV_TIMEOUT, (tv))
971 #define evtimer_initialized(ev)		event_initialized(ev)
972 /**@}*/
973 
974 /**
975    @name evsignal_* macros
976 
977    Aliases for working with signal events
978  */
979 /**@{*/
980 #define evsignal_add(ev, tv)		event_add((ev), (tv))
981 #define evsignal_assign(ev, b, x, cb, arg)			\
982 	event_assign((ev), (b), (x), EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, cb, (arg))
983 #define evsignal_new(b, x, cb, arg)				\
984 	event_new((b), (x), EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, (cb), (arg))
985 #define evsignal_del(ev)		event_del(ev)
986 #define evsignal_pending(ev, tv)	event_pending((ev), EV_SIGNAL, (tv))
987 #define evsignal_initialized(ev)	event_initialized(ev)
988 /**@}*/
989 
990 /**
991    @name evuser_* macros
992 
993    Aliases for working with user-triggered events
994    If you need EV_PERSIST event use event_*() functions.
995  */
996 /**@{*/
997 #define evuser_new(b, cb, arg)		event_new((b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
998 #define evuser_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
999 #define evuser_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending((ev), 0, (tv))
1000 #define evuser_initialized(ev)		event_initialized(ev)
1001 #define evuser_trigger(ev)		event_active((ev), 0, 0)
1002 /**@}*/
1003 
1004 /**
1005    A callback function for an event.
1006 
1007    It receives three arguments:
1008 
1009    @param fd An fd or signal
1010    @param events One or more EV_* flags
1011    @param arg A user-supplied argument.
1012 
1013    @see event_new()
1014  */
1015 typedef void (*event_callback_fn)(evutil_socket_t, short, void *);
1016 
1017 /**
1018   Return a value used to specify that the event itself must be used as the callback argument.
1019 
1020   The function event_new() takes a callback argument which is passed
1021   to the event's callback function. To specify that the argument to be
1022   passed to the callback function is the event that event_new() returns,
1023   pass in the return value of event_self_cbarg() as the callback argument
1024   for event_new().
1025 
1026   For example:
1027   <pre>
1028       struct event *ev = event_new(base, sock, events, callback, %event_self_cbarg());
1029   </pre>
1030 
1031   For consistency with event_new(), it is possible to pass the return value
1032   of this function as the callback argument for event_assign() &ndash; this
1033   achieves the same result as passing the event in directly.
1034 
1035   @return a value to be passed as the callback argument to event_new() or
1036   event_assign().
1037   @see event_new(), event_assign()
1038  */
1039 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1040 void *event_self_cbarg(void);
1041 
1042 /**
1043   Allocate and assign a new event structure, ready to be added.
1044 
1045   The function event_new() returns a new event that can be used in
1046   future calls to event_add() and event_del().  The fd and events
1047   arguments determine which conditions will trigger the event; the
1048   callback and callback_arg arguments tell Libevent what to do when the
1049   event becomes active.
1050 
1051   If events contains one of EV_READ, EV_WRITE, or EV_READ|EV_WRITE, then
1052   fd is a file descriptor or socket that should get monitored for
1053   readiness to read, readiness to write, or readiness for either operation
1054   (respectively).  If events contains EV_SIGNAL, then fd is a signal
1055   number to wait for.  If events contains none of those flags, then the
1056   event can be triggered only by a timeout or by manual activation with
1057   event_active(): In this case, fd must be -1.
1058 
1059   The EV_PERSIST flag can also be passed in the events argument: it makes
1060   event_add() persistent until event_del() is called.
1061 
1062   The EV_ET flag is compatible with EV_READ and EV_WRITE, and supported
1063   only by certain backends.  It tells Libevent to use edge-triggered
1064   events.
1065 
1066   The EV_TIMEOUT flag has no effect here.
1067 
1068   It is okay to have multiple events all listening on the same fds; but
1069   they must either all be edge-triggered, or all not be edge triggered.
1070 
1071   When the event becomes active, the event loop will run the provided
1072   callback function, with three arguments.  The first will be the provided
1073   fd value.  The second will be a bitfield of the events that triggered:
1074   EV_READ, EV_WRITE, or EV_SIGNAL.  Here the EV_TIMEOUT flag indicates
1075   that a timeout occurred, and EV_ET indicates that an edge-triggered
1076   event occurred.  The third event will be the callback_arg pointer that
1077   you provide.
1078 
1079   @param base the event base to which the event should be attached.
1080   @param fd the file descriptor or signal to be monitored, or -1.
1081   @param events desired events to monitor: bitfield of EV_READ, EV_WRITE,
1082       EV_SIGNAL, EV_PERSIST, EV_ET.
1083   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
1084   @param callback_arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
1085 
1086   @return a newly allocated struct event that must later be freed with
1087     event_free() or NULL if an error occurred.
1088   @see event_free(), event_add(), event_del(), event_assign()
1089  */
1090 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1091 struct event *event_new(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *);
1092 
1093 
1094 /**
1095   Prepare a new, already-allocated event structure to be added.
1096 
1097   The function event_assign() prepares the event structure ev to be used
1098   in future calls to event_add() and event_del().  Unlike event_new(), it
1099   doesn't allocate memory itself: it requires that you have already
1100   allocated a struct event, probably on the heap.  Doing this will
1101   typically make your code depend on the size of the event structure, and
1102   thereby create incompatibility with future versions of Libevent.
1103 
1104   The easiest way to avoid this problem is just to use event_new() and
1105   event_free() instead.
1106 
1107   A slightly harder way to future-proof your code is to use
1108   event_get_struct_event_size() to determine the required size of an event
1109   at runtime.
1110 
1111   Note that it is NOT safe to call this function on an event that is
1112   active or pending.  Doing so WILL corrupt internal data structures in
1113   Libevent, and lead to strange, hard-to-diagnose bugs.  You _can_ use
1114   event_assign to change an existing event, but only if it is not active
1115   or pending!
1116 
1117   The arguments for this function, and the behavior of the events that it
1118   makes, are as for event_new().
1119 
1120   @param ev an event struct to be modified
1121   @param base the event base to which ev should be attached.
1122   @param fd the file descriptor to be monitored
1123   @param events desired events to monitor; can be EV_READ and/or EV_WRITE
1124   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
1125   @param callback_arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
1126 
1127   @return 0 if success, or -1 on invalid arguments.
1128 
1129   @see event_new(), event_add(), event_del(), event_base_once(),
1130     event_get_struct_event_size()
1131   */
1132 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1133 int event_assign(struct event *, struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *);
1134 
1135 /**
1136    Deallocate a struct event * returned by event_new().
1137 
1138    If the event is pending or active, this function makes it non-pending
1139    and non-active first.
1140  */
1141 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1142 void event_free(struct event *);
1143 
1144 /**
1145  * Callback type for event_finalize and event_free_finalize().
1146  **/
1147 typedef void (*event_finalize_callback_fn)(struct event *, void *);
1148 /**
1149    @name Finalization functions
1150 
1151    These functions are used to safely tear down an event in a multithreaded
1152    application.  If you construct your events with EV_FINALIZE to avoid
1153    deadlocks, you will need a way to remove an event in the certainty that
1154    it will definitely not be running its callback when you deallocate it
1155    and its callback argument.
1156 
1157    To do this, call one of event_finalize() or event_free_finalize with
1158    0 for its first argument, the event to tear down as its second argument,
1159    and a callback function as its third argument.  The callback will be
1160    invoked as part of the event loop, with the event's priority.
1161 
1162    After you call a finalizer function, event_add() and event_active() will
1163    no longer work on the event, and event_del() will produce a no-op. You
1164    must not try to change the event's fields with event_assign() or
1165    event_set() while the finalize callback is in progress.  Once the
1166    callback has been invoked, you should treat the event structure as
1167    containing uninitialized memory.
1168 
1169    The event_free_finalize() function frees the event after it's finalized;
1170    event_finalize() does not.
1171 
1172    A finalizer callback must not make events pending or active.  It must not
1173    add events, activate events, or attempt to "resuscitate" the event being
1174    finalized in any way.
1175 
1176    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
1177  */
1178 /**@{*/
1179 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1180 int event_finalize(unsigned, struct event *, event_finalize_callback_fn);
1181 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1182 int event_free_finalize(unsigned, struct event *, event_finalize_callback_fn);
1183 /**@}*/
1184 
1185 /**
1186   Schedule a one-time event
1187 
1188   The function event_base_once() is similar to event_new().  However, it
1189   schedules a callback to be called exactly once, and does not require the
1190   caller to prepare an event structure.
1191 
1192   Note that in Libevent 2.0 and earlier, if the event is never triggered, the
1193   internal memory used to hold it will never be freed.  In Libevent 2.1,
1194   the internal memory will get freed by event_base_free() if the event
1195   is never triggered.  The 'arg' value, however, will not get freed in either
1196   case--you'll need to free that on your own if you want it to go away.
1197 
1198   @param base an event_base
1199   @param fd a file descriptor to monitor, or -1 for no fd.
1200   @param events event(s) to monitor; can be any of EV_READ |
1201          EV_WRITE, or EV_TIMEOUT
1202   @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
1203   @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
1204   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event. NULL
1205          makes an EV_READ/EV_WRITE event make forever; NULL makes an
1206         EV_TIMEOUT event success immediately.
1207   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
1208  */
1209 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1210 int event_base_once(struct event_base *, evutil_socket_t, short, event_callback_fn, void *, const struct timeval *);
1211 
1212 /**
1213   Add an event to the set of pending events.
1214 
1215   The function event_add() schedules the execution of the event 'ev' when the
1216   condition specified by event_assign() or event_new() occurs, or when the time
1217   specified in timeout has elapsed.  If a timeout is NULL, no timeout
1218   occurs and the function will only be
1219   called if a matching event occurs.  The event in the
1220   ev argument must be already initialized by event_assign() or event_new()
1221   and may not be used
1222   in calls to event_assign() until it is no longer pending.
1223 
1224   If the event in the ev argument already has a scheduled timeout, calling
1225   event_add() replaces the old timeout with the new one if tv is non-NULL.
1226 
1227   @param ev an event struct initialized via event_assign() or event_new()
1228   @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
1229          to wait forever
1230   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
1231   @see event_del(), event_assign(), event_new()
1232   */
1233 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1234 int event_add(struct event *ev, const struct timeval *timeout);
1235 
1236 /**
1237    Remove a timer from a pending event without removing the event itself.
1238 
1239    If the event has a scheduled timeout, this function unschedules it but
1240    leaves the event otherwise pending.
1241 
1242    @param ev an event struct initialized via event_assign() or event_new()
1243    @return 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurred.
1244 */
1245 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1246 int event_remove_timer(struct event *ev);
1247 
1248 /**
1249   Remove an event from the set of monitored events.
1250 
1251   The function event_del() will cancel the event in the argument ev.  If the
1252   event has already executed or has never been added the call will have no
1253   effect.
1254 
1255   @param ev an event struct to be removed from the working set
1256   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
1257   @see event_add()
1258  */
1259 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1260 int event_del(struct event *);
1261 
1262 /**
1263    As event_del(), but never blocks while the event's callback is running
1264    in another thread, even if the event was constructed without the
1265    EV_FINALIZE flag.
1266  */
1267 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1268 int event_del_noblock(struct event *ev);
1269 /**
1270    As event_del(), but always blocks while the event's callback is running
1271    in another thread, even if the event was constructed with the
1272    EV_FINALIZE flag.
1273  */
1274 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1275 int event_del_block(struct event *ev);
1276 
1277 /**
1278   Make an event active.
1279 
1280   You can use this function on a pending or a non-pending event to make it
1281   active, so that its callback will be run by event_base_dispatch() or
1282   event_base_loop().
1283 
1284   One common use in multithreaded programs is to wake the thread running
1285   event_base_loop() from another thread.
1286 
1287   @param ev an event to make active.
1288   @param res a set of flags to pass to the event's callback.
1289   @param ncalls an obsolete argument: this is ignored.
1290  **/
1291 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1292 void event_active(struct event *ev, int res, short ncalls);
1293 
1294 /**
1295   Checks if a specific event is pending or scheduled.
1296 
1297   @param ev an event struct previously passed to event_add()
1298   @param events the requested event type; any of EV_TIMEOUT|EV_READ|
1299          EV_WRITE|EV_SIGNAL
1300   @param tv if this field is not NULL, and the event has a timeout,
1301          this field is set to hold the time at which the timeout will
1302 	 expire.
1303 
1304   @return true if the event is pending on any of the events in 'what', (that
1305   is to say, it has been added), or 0 if the event is not added.
1306  */
1307 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1308 int event_pending(const struct event *ev, short events, struct timeval *tv);
1309 
1310 /**
1311    If called from within the callback for an event, returns that event.
1312 
1313    The behavior of this function is not defined when called from outside the
1314    callback function for an event.
1315  */
1316 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1317 struct event *event_base_get_running_event(struct event_base *base);
1318 
1319 /**
1320   Test if an event structure might be initialized.
1321 
1322   The event_initialized() function can be used to check if an event has been
1323   initialized.
1324 
1325   Warning: This function is only useful for distinguishing a zeroed-out
1326     piece of memory from an initialized event, it can easily be confused by
1327     uninitialized memory.  Thus, it should ONLY be used to distinguish an
1328     initialized event from zero.
1329 
1330   @param ev an event structure to be tested
1331   @return 1 if the structure might be initialized, or 0 if it has not been
1332           initialized
1333  */
1334 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1335 int event_initialized(const struct event *ev);
1336 
1337 /**
1338    Get the signal number assigned to a signal event
1339 */
1340 #define event_get_signal(ev) ((int)event_get_fd(ev))
1341 
1342 /**
1343    Get the socket or signal assigned to an event, or -1 if the event has
1344    no socket.
1345 */
1346 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1347 evutil_socket_t event_get_fd(const struct event *ev);
1348 
1349 /**
1350    Get the event_base associated with an event.
1351 */
1352 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1353 struct event_base *event_get_base(const struct event *ev);
1354 
1355 /**
1356    Return the events (EV_READ, EV_WRITE, etc) assigned to an event.
1357 */
1358 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1359 short event_get_events(const struct event *ev);
1360 
1361 /**
1362    Return the callback assigned to an event.
1363 */
1364 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1365 event_callback_fn event_get_callback(const struct event *ev);
1366 
1367 /**
1368    Return the callback argument assigned to an event.
1369 */
1370 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1371 void *event_get_callback_arg(const struct event *ev);
1372 
1373 /**
1374    Return the priority of an event.
1375    @see event_priority_init(), event_get_priority()
1376 */
1377 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1378 int event_get_priority(const struct event *ev);
1379 
1380 /**
1381    Extract _all_ of arguments given to construct a given event.  The
1382    event_base is copied into *base_out, the fd is copied into *fd_out, and so
1383    on.
1384 
1385    If any of the "_out" arguments is NULL, it will be ignored.
1386  */
1387 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1388 void event_get_assignment(const struct event *event,
1389     struct event_base **base_out, evutil_socket_t *fd_out, short *events_out,
1390     event_callback_fn *callback_out, void **arg_out);
1391 
1392 /**
1393    Return the size of struct event that the Libevent library was compiled
1394    with.
1395 
1396    This will be NO GREATER than sizeof(struct event) if you're running with
1397    the same version of Libevent that your application was built with, but
1398    otherwise might not.
1399 
1400    Note that it might be SMALLER than sizeof(struct event) if some future
1401    version of Libevent adds extra padding to the end of struct event.
1402    We might do this to help ensure ABI-compatibility between different
1403    versions of Libevent.
1404  */
1405 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1406 size_t event_get_struct_event_size(void);
1407 
1408 /**
1409    Get the Libevent version.
1410 
1411    Note that this will give you the version of the library that you're
1412    currently linked against, not the version of the headers that you've
1413    compiled against.
1414 
1415    @return a string containing the version number of Libevent
1416 */
1417 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1418 const char *event_get_version(void);
1419 
1420 /**
1421    Return a numeric representation of Libevent's version.
1422 
1423    Note that this will give you the version of the library that you're
1424    currently linked against, not the version of the headers you've used to
1425    compile.
1426 
1427    The format uses one byte each for the major, minor, and patchlevel parts of
1428    the version number.  The low-order byte is unused.  For example, version
1429    2.0.1-alpha has a numeric representation of 0x02000100
1430 */
1431 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1432 ev_uint32_t event_get_version_number(void);
1433 
1434 /** As event_get_version, but gives the version of Libevent's headers. */
1435 #define LIBEVENT_VERSION EVENT__VERSION
1436 /** As event_get_version_number, but gives the version number of Libevent's
1437  * headers. */
1438 #define LIBEVENT_VERSION_NUMBER EVENT__NUMERIC_VERSION
1439 
1440 /** Largest number of priorities that Libevent can support. */
1441 #define EVENT_MAX_PRIORITIES 256
1442 /**
1443   Set the number of different event priorities
1444 
1445   By default Libevent schedules all active events with the same priority.
1446   However, some time it is desirable to process some events with a higher
1447   priority than others.  For that reason, Libevent supports strict priority
1448   queues.  Active events with a lower priority are always processed before
1449   events with a higher priority.
1450 
1451   The number of different priorities can be set initially with the
1452   event_base_priority_init() function.  This function should be called
1453   before the first call to event_base_dispatch().  The
1454   event_priority_set() function can be used to assign a priority to an
1455   event.  By default, Libevent assigns the middle priority to all events
1456   unless their priority is explicitly set.
1457 
1458   Note that urgent-priority events can starve less-urgent events: after
1459   running all urgent-priority callbacks, Libevent checks for more urgent
1460   events again, before running less-urgent events.  Less-urgent events
1461   will not have their callbacks run until there are no events more urgent
1462   than them that want to be active.
1463 
1464   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
1465   @param npriorities the maximum number of priorities
1466   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
1467   @see event_priority_set()
1468  */
1469 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1470 int	event_base_priority_init(struct event_base *, int);
1471 
1472 /**
1473   Get the number of different event priorities.
1474 
1475   @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
1476   @return Number of different event priorities
1477   @see event_base_priority_init()
1478 */
1479 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1480 int	event_base_get_npriorities(struct event_base *eb);
1481 
1482 /**
1483   Assign a priority to an event.
1484 
1485   @param ev an event struct
1486   @param priority the new priority to be assigned
1487   @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
1488   @see event_priority_init(), event_get_priority()
1489   */
1490 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1491 int	event_priority_set(struct event *, int);
1492 
1493 /**
1494    Prepare an event_base to use a large number of timeouts with the same
1495    duration.
1496 
1497    Libevent's default scheduling algorithm is optimized for having a large
1498    number of timeouts with their durations more or less randomly
1499    distributed.  But if you have a large number of timeouts that all have
1500    the same duration (for example, if you have a large number of
1501    connections that all have a 10-second timeout), then you can improve
1502    Libevent's performance by telling Libevent about it.
1503 
1504    To do this, call this function with the common duration.  It will return a
1505    pointer to a different, opaque timeout value.  (Don't depend on its actual
1506    contents!)  When you use this timeout value in event_add(), Libevent will
1507    schedule the event more efficiently.
1508 
1509    (This optimization probably will not be worthwhile until you have thousands
1510    or tens of thousands of events with the same timeout.)
1511  */
1512 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1513 const struct timeval *event_base_init_common_timeout(struct event_base *base,
1514     const struct timeval *duration);
1515 
1516 #if !defined(EVENT__DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT) || defined(EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_)
1517 /**
1518  Override the functions that Libevent uses for memory management.
1519 
1520  Usually, Libevent uses the standard libc functions malloc, realloc, and
1521  free to allocate memory.  Passing replacements for those functions to
1522  event_set_mem_functions() overrides this behavior.
1523 
1524  Note that all memory returned from Libevent will be allocated by the
1525  replacement functions rather than by malloc() and realloc().  Thus, if you
1526  have replaced those functions, it will not be appropriate to free() memory
1527  that you get from Libevent.  Instead, you must use the free_fn replacement
1528  that you provided.
1529 
1530  Note also that if you are going to call this function, you should do so
1531  before any call to any Libevent function that does allocation.
1532  Otherwise, those functions will allocate their memory using malloc(), but
1533  then later free it using your provided free_fn.
1534 
1535  @param malloc_fn A replacement for malloc.
1536  @param realloc_fn A replacement for realloc
1537  @param free_fn A replacement for free.
1538  **/
1539 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1540 void event_set_mem_functions(
1541 	void *(*malloc_fn)(size_t sz),
1542 	void *(*realloc_fn)(void *ptr, size_t sz),
1543 	void (*free_fn)(void *ptr));
1544 /** This definition is present if Libevent was built with support for
1545     event_set_mem_functions() */
1546 #define EVENT_SET_MEM_FUNCTIONS_IMPLEMENTED
1547 #endif
1548 
1549 /**
1550    Writes a human-readable description of all inserted and/or active
1551    events to a provided stdio stream.
1552 
1553    This is intended for debugging; its format is not guaranteed to be the same
1554    between libevent versions.
1555 
1556    @param base An event_base on which to scan the events.
1557    @param output A stdio file to write on.
1558  */
1559 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1560 void event_base_dump_events(struct event_base *, FILE *);
1561 
1562 
1563 /**
1564    Activates all pending events for the given fd and event mask.
1565 
1566    This function activates pending events only.  Events which have not been
1567    added will not become active.
1568 
1569    @param base the event_base on which to activate the events.
1570    @param fd An fd to active events on.
1571    @param events One or more of EV_{READ,WRITE,TIMEOUT}.
1572  */
1573 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1574 void event_base_active_by_fd(struct event_base *base, evutil_socket_t fd, short events);
1575 
1576 /**
1577    Activates all pending signals with a given signal number
1578 
1579    This function activates pending events only.  Events which have not been
1580    added will not become active.
1581 
1582    @param base the event_base on which to activate the events.
1583    @param fd The signal to active events on.
1584  */
1585 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1586 void event_base_active_by_signal(struct event_base *base, int sig);
1587 
1588 /**
1589  * Callback for iterating events in an event base via event_base_foreach_event
1590  */
1591 typedef int (*event_base_foreach_event_cb)(const struct event_base *, const struct event *, void *);
1592 
1593 /**
1594    Iterate over all added or active events events in an event loop, and invoke
1595    a given callback on each one.
1596 
1597    The callback must not call any function that modifies the event base, that
1598    modifies any event in the event base, or that adds or removes any event to
1599    the event base.  Doing so is unsupported and will lead to undefined
1600    behavior -- likely, to crashes.
1601 
1602    event_base_foreach_event() holds a lock on the event_base() for the whole
1603    time it's running: slow callbacks are not advisable.
1604 
1605    Note that Libevent adds some events of its own to make pieces of its
1606    functionality work.  You must not assume that the only events you'll
1607    encounter will be the ones you added yourself.
1608 
1609    The callback function must return 0 to continue iteration, or some other
1610    integer to stop iterating.
1611 
1612    @param base An event_base on which to scan the events.
1613    @param fn   A callback function to receive the events.
1614    @param arg  An argument passed to the callback function.
1615    @return 0 if we iterated over every event, or the value returned by the
1616       callback function if the loop exited early.
1617 */
1618 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1619 int event_base_foreach_event(struct event_base *base, event_base_foreach_event_cb fn, void *arg);
1620 
1621 
1622 /** Sets 'tv' to the current time (as returned by gettimeofday()),
1623     looking at the cached value in 'base' if possible, and calling
1624     gettimeofday() or clock_gettime() as appropriate if there is no
1625     cached time.
1626 
1627     Generally, this value will only be cached while actually
1628     processing event callbacks, and may be very inaccurate if your
1629     callbacks take a long time to execute.
1630 
1631     Returns 0 on success, negative on failure.
1632  */
1633 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1634 int event_base_gettimeofday_cached(struct event_base *base,
1635     struct timeval *tv);
1636 
1637 /** Update cached_tv in the 'base' to the current time
1638  *
1639  * You can use this function is useful for selectively increasing
1640  * the accuracy of the cached time value in 'base' during callbacks
1641  * that take a long time to execute.
1642  *
1643  * This function has no effect if the base is currently not in its
1644  * event loop, or if timeval caching is disabled via
1645  * EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NO_CACHE_TIME.
1646  *
1647  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
1648  */
1649 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1650 int event_base_update_cache_time(struct event_base *base);
1651 
1652 /** Release up all globally-allocated resources allocated by Libevent.
1653 
1654     This function does not free developer-controlled resources like
1655     event_bases, events, bufferevents, listeners, and so on.  It only releases
1656     resources like global locks that there is no other way to free.
1657 
1658     It is not actually necessary to call this function before exit: every
1659     resource that it frees would be released anyway on exit.  It mainly exists
1660     so that resource-leak debugging tools don't see Libevent as holding
1661     resources at exit.
1662 
1663     You should only call this function when no other Libevent functions will
1664     be invoked -- e.g., when cleanly exiting a program.
1665  */
1666 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
1667 void libevent_global_shutdown(void);
1668 
1669 #ifdef __cplusplus
1670 }
1671 #endif
1672 
1673 #endif /* EVENT2_EVENT_H_INCLUDED_ */
1674