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1 /*	$NetBSD: thread.h,v 1.1.1.3 2017/01/31 21:14:53 christos Exp $	*/
2 /*
3  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Niels Provos and Nick Mathewson
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27 #ifndef EVENT2_THREAD_H_INCLUDED_
28 #define EVENT2_THREAD_H_INCLUDED_
29 
30 /** @file event2/thread.h
31 
32   Functions for multi-threaded applications using Libevent.
33 
34   When using a multi-threaded application in which multiple threads
35   add and delete events from a single event base, Libevent needs to
36   lock its data structures.
37 
38   Like the memory-management function hooks, all of the threading functions
39   _must_ be set up before an event_base is created if you want the base to
40   use them.
41 
42   Most programs will either be using Windows threads or Posix threads.  You
43   can configure Libevent to use one of these event_use_windows_threads() or
44   event_use_pthreads() respectively.  If you're using another threading
45   library, you'll need to configure threading functions manually using
46   evthread_set_lock_callbacks() and evthread_set_condition_callbacks().
47 
48  */
49 
50 #include <event2/visibility.h>
51 
52 #ifdef __cplusplus
53 extern "C" {
54 #endif
55 
56 #include <event2/event-config.h>
57 
58 /**
59    @name Flags passed to lock functions
60 
61    @{
62 */
63 /** A flag passed to a locking callback when the lock was allocated as a
64  * read-write lock, and we want to acquire or release the lock for writing. */
65 #define EVTHREAD_WRITE	0x04
66 /** A flag passed to a locking callback when the lock was allocated as a
67  * read-write lock, and we want to acquire or release the lock for reading. */
68 #define EVTHREAD_READ	0x08
69 /** A flag passed to a locking callback when we don't want to block waiting
70  * for the lock; if we can't get the lock immediately, we will instead
71  * return nonzero from the locking callback. */
72 #define EVTHREAD_TRY    0x10
73 /**@}*/
74 
75 #if !defined(EVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT) || defined(EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_)
76 
77 #define EVTHREAD_LOCK_API_VERSION 1
78 
79 /**
80    @name Types of locks
81 
82    @{*/
83 /** A recursive lock is one that can be acquired multiple times at once by the
84  * same thread.  No other process can allocate the lock until the thread that
85  * has been holding it has unlocked it as many times as it locked it. */
86 #define EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_RECURSIVE 1
87 /* A read-write lock is one that allows multiple simultaneous readers, but
88  * where any one writer excludes all other writers and readers. */
89 #define EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_READWRITE 2
90 /**@}*/
91 
92 /** This structure describes the interface a threading library uses for
93  * locking.   It's used to tell evthread_set_lock_callbacks() how to use
94  * locking on this platform.
95  */
96 struct evthread_lock_callbacks {
97 	/** The current version of the locking API.  Set this to
98 	 * EVTHREAD_LOCK_API_VERSION */
99 	int lock_api_version;
100 	/** Which kinds of locks does this version of the locking API
101 	 * support?  A bitfield of EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_RECURSIVE and
102 	 * EVTHREAD_LOCKTYPE_READWRITE.
103 	 *
104 	 * (Note that RECURSIVE locks are currently mandatory, and
105 	 * READWRITE locks are not currently used.)
106 	 **/
107 	unsigned supported_locktypes;
108 	/** Function to allocate and initialize new lock of type 'locktype'.
109 	 * Returns NULL on failure. */
110 	void *(*alloc)(unsigned locktype);
111 	/** Funtion to release all storage held in 'lock', which was created
112 	 * with type 'locktype'. */
113 	void (*free)(void *lock, unsigned locktype);
114 	/** Acquire an already-allocated lock at 'lock' with mode 'mode'.
115 	 * Returns 0 on success, and nonzero on failure. */
116 	int (*lock)(unsigned mode, void *lock);
117 	/** Release a lock at 'lock' using mode 'mode'.  Returns 0 on success,
118 	 * and nonzero on failure. */
119 	int (*unlock)(unsigned mode, void *lock);
120 };
121 
122 /** Sets a group of functions that Libevent should use for locking.
123  * For full information on the required callback API, see the
124  * documentation for the individual members of evthread_lock_callbacks.
125  *
126  * Note that if you're using Windows or the Pthreads threading library, you
127  * probably shouldn't call this function; instead, use
128  * evthread_use_windows_threads() or evthread_use_posix_threads() if you can.
129  */
130 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
131 int evthread_set_lock_callbacks(const struct evthread_lock_callbacks *);
132 
133 #define EVTHREAD_CONDITION_API_VERSION 1
134 
135 struct timeval;
136 
137 /** This structure describes the interface a threading library uses for
138  * condition variables.  It's used to tell evthread_set_condition_callbacks
139  * how to use locking on this platform.
140  */
141 struct evthread_condition_callbacks {
142 	/** The current version of the conditions API.  Set this to
143 	 * EVTHREAD_CONDITION_API_VERSION */
144 	int condition_api_version;
145 	/** Function to allocate and initialize a new condition variable.
146 	 * Returns the condition variable on success, and NULL on failure.
147 	 * The 'condtype' argument will be 0 with this API version.
148 	 */
149 	void *(*alloc_condition)(unsigned condtype);
150 	/** Function to free a condition variable. */
151 	void (*free_condition)(void *cond);
152 	/** Function to signal a condition variable.  If 'broadcast' is 1, all
153 	 * threads waiting on 'cond' should be woken; otherwise, only on one
154 	 * thread is worken.  Should return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
155 	 * This function will only be called while holding the associated
156 	 * lock for the condition.
157 	 */
158 	int (*signal_condition)(void *cond, int broadcast);
159 	/** Function to wait for a condition variable.  The lock 'lock'
160 	 * will be held when this function is called; should be released
161 	 * while waiting for the condition to be come signalled, and
162 	 * should be held again when this function returns.
163 	 * If timeout is provided, it is interval of seconds to wait for
164 	 * the event to become signalled; if it is NULL, the function
165 	 * should wait indefinitely.
166 	 *
167 	 * The function should return -1 on error; 0 if the condition
168 	 * was signalled, or 1 on a timeout. */
169 	int (*wait_condition)(void *cond, void *lock,
170 	    const struct timeval *timeout);
171 };
172 
173 /** Sets a group of functions that Libevent should use for condition variables.
174  * For full information on the required callback API, see the
175  * documentation for the individual members of evthread_condition_callbacks.
176  *
177  * Note that if you're using Windows or the Pthreads threading library, you
178  * probably shouldn't call this function; instead, use
179  * evthread_use_windows_threads() or evthread_use_pthreads() if you can.
180  */
181 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
182 int evthread_set_condition_callbacks(
183 	const struct evthread_condition_callbacks *);
184 
185 /**
186    Sets the function for determining the thread id.
187 
188    @param base the event base for which to set the id function
189    @param id_fn the identify function Libevent should invoke to
190      determine the identity of a thread.
191 */
192 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
193 void evthread_set_id_callback(
194     unsigned long (*id_fn)(void));
195 
196 #if (defined(_WIN32) && !defined(EVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT)) || defined(EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_)
197 /** Sets up Libevent for use with Windows builtin locking and thread ID
198     functions.  Unavailable if Libevent is not built for Windows.
199 
200     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
201 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
202 int evthread_use_windows_threads(void);
203 /**
204    Defined if Libevent was built with support for evthread_use_windows_threads()
205 */
206 #define EVTHREAD_USE_WINDOWS_THREADS_IMPLEMENTED 1
207 #endif
208 
209 #if defined(EVENT__HAVE_PTHREADS) || defined(EVENT_IN_DOXYGEN_)
210 /** Sets up Libevent for use with Pthreads locking and thread ID functions.
211     Unavailable if Libevent is not build for use with pthreads.  Requires
212     libraries to link against Libevent_pthreads as well as Libevent.
213 
214     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
215 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
216 int evthread_use_pthreads(void);
217 /** Defined if Libevent was built with support for evthread_use_pthreads() */
218 #define EVTHREAD_USE_PTHREADS_IMPLEMENTED 1
219 
220 #endif
221 
222 /** Enable debugging wrappers around the current lock callbacks.  If Libevent
223  * makes one of several common locking errors, exit with an assertion failure.
224  *
225  * If you're going to call this function, you must do so before any locks are
226  * allocated.
227  **/
228 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
229 void evthread_enable_lock_debugging(void);
230 
231 /* Old (misspelled) version: This is deprecated; use
232  * evthread_enable_log_debugging instead. */
233 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
234 void evthread_enable_lock_debuging(void);
235 
236 #endif /* EVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT */
237 
238 struct event_base;
239 /** Make sure it's safe to tell an event base to wake up from another thread
240     or a signal handler.
241 
242     You shouldn't need to call this by hand; configuring the base with thread
243     support should be necessary and sufficient.
244 
245     @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
246  */
247 EVENT2_EXPORT_SYMBOL
248 int evthread_make_base_notifiable(struct event_base *base);
249 
250 #ifdef __cplusplus
251 }
252 #endif
253 
254 #endif /* EVENT2_THREAD_H_INCLUDED_ */
255