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<li><a href="#code_ev_child_code_wait_for_pid_stat"><code>ev_child</code> - wait for pid status changes</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#code_ev_idle_code_when_you_ve_got_no"><code>ev_idle</code> - when you've got nothing better to do</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#code_ev_prepare_code_and_code_ev_che"><code>ev_prepare</code> and <code>ev_check</code> - customise your event loop</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#code_ev_embed_code_when_one_backend_"><code>ev_embed</code> - when one backend isn't enough</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#OTHER_FUNCTIONS">OTHER FUNCTIONS</a></li> |
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(assuming you know what you are doing). This is the set of backends that |
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libev will probe for if you specify no backends explicitly.</p> |
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<dt>unsigned int ev_embeddable_backends ()</dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Returns the set of backends that are embeddable in other event loops. This |
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is the theoretical, all-platform, value. To find which backends |
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might be supported on the current system, you would need to look at |
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<code>ev_embeddable_backends () & ev_supported_backends ()</code>, likewise for |
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recommended ones.</p> |
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<p>See the description of <code>ev_embed</code> watchers for more info.</p> |
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</dd> |
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<dt>ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))</dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar to the |
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@ -933,6 +943,10 @@ of the <code>SIGxxx</code> constants).</p> |
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</dd> |
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</dl> |
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</div> |
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<h2 id="code_ev_child_code_wait_for_pid_stat"><code>ev_child</code> - wait for pid status changes</h2> |
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<div id="code_ev_child_code_wait_for_pid_stat-2"> |
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@ -1015,9 +1029,10 @@ callback, free it. Alos, use no error checking, as usual.</p> |
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<p>Prepare and check watchers are usually (but not always) used in tandem: |
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prepare watchers get invoked before the process blocks and check watchers |
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afterwards.</p> |
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<p>Their main purpose is to integrate other event mechanisms into libev. This |
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could be used, for example, to track variable changes, implement your own |
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watchers, integrate net-snmp or a coroutine library and lots more.</p> |
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<p>Their main purpose is to integrate other event mechanisms into libev and |
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their use is somewhat advanced. This could be used, for example, to track |
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variable changes, implement your own watchers, integrate net-snmp or a |
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coroutine library and lots more.</p> |
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<p>This is done by examining in each prepare call which file descriptors need |
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to be watched by the other library, registering <code>ev_io</code> watchers for |
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them and starting an <code>ev_timer</code> watcher for any timeouts (many libraries |
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<h2 id="code_ev_embed_code_when_one_backend_"><code>ev_embed</code> - when one backend isn't enough</h2> |
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<div id="code_ev_embed_code_when_one_backend_-2"> |
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<p>This is a rather advanced watcher type that lets you embed one event loop |
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into another.</p> |
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<p>There are primarily two reasons you would want that: work around bugs and |
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prioritise I/O.</p> |
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<p>As an example for a bug workaround, the kqueue backend might only support |
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sockets on some platform, so it is unusable as generic backend, but you |
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still want to make use of it because you have many sockets and it scales |
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so nicely. In this case, you would create a kqueue-based loop and embed it |
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into your default loop (which might use e.g. poll). Overall operation will |
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be a bit slower because first libev has to poll and then call kevent, but |
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at least you can use both at what they are best.</p> |
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<p>As for prioritising I/O: rarely you have the case where some fds have |
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to be watched and handled very quickly (with low latency), and even |
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priorities and idle watchers might have too much overhead. In this case |
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you would put all the high priority stuff in one loop and all the rest in |
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a second one, and embed the second one in the first.</p> |
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<p>As long as the watcher is started it will automatically handle events. The |
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callback will be invoked whenever some events have been handled. You can |
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set the callback to <code>0</code> to avoid having to specify one if you are not |
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interested in that.</p> |
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<p>Also, there have not currently been made special provisions for forking: |
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when you fork, you not only have to call <code>ev_loop_fork</code> on both loops, |
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but you will also have to stop and restart any <code>ev_embed</code> watchers |
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yourself.</p> |
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<p>Unfortunately, not all backends are embeddable, only the ones returned by |
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<code>ev_embeddable_backends</code> are, which, unfortunately, does not include any |
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portable one.</p> |
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<p>So when you want to use this feature you will always have to be prepared |
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that you cannot get an embeddable loop. The recommended way to get around |
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this is to have a separate variables for your embeddable loop, try to |
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create it, and if that fails, use the normal loop for everything:</p> |
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<pre> struct ev_loop *loop_hi = ev_default_init (0); |
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struct ev_loop *loop_lo = 0; |
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struct ev_embed embed; |
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// see if there is a chance of getting one that works |
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// (remember that a flags value of 0 means autodetection) |
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loop_lo = ev_embeddable_backends () & ev_recommended_backends () |
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? ev_loop_new (ev_embeddable_backends () & ev_recommended_backends ()) |
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: 0; |
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// if we got one, then embed it, otherwise default to loop_hi |
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if (loop_lo) |
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{ |
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ev_embed_init (&embed, 0, loop_lo); |
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ev_embed_start (loop_hi, &embed); |
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} |
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else |
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loop_lo = loop_hi; |
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</pre> |
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<dl> |
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<dt>ev_embed_init (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *loop)</dt> |
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<dt>ev_embed_set (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *loop)</dt> |
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<dd> |
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<p>Configures the watcher to embed the given loop, which must be embeddable.</p> |
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</dd> |
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</dl> |
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<h1 id="OTHER_FUNCTIONS">OTHER FUNCTIONS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p> |
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<div id="OTHER_FUNCTIONS_CONTENT"> |
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Marc Alexander Lehmann
14 years ago