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