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10 | Copyright 2015 Lennart Poettering | |
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13 | <refentry id="sd-event" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> | |
14 | ||
15 | <refentryinfo> | |
16 | <title>sd-event</title> | |
17 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
18 | ||
19 | <authorgroup> | |
20 | <author> | |
21 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
22 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
23 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
24 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
25 | </author> | |
26 | </authorgroup> | |
27 | </refentryinfo> | |
28 | ||
29 | <refmeta> | |
30 | <refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle> | |
31 | <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> | |
32 | </refmeta> | |
33 | ||
34 | <refnamediv> | |
35 | <refname>sd-event</refname> | |
36 | <refpurpose>A generic event loop implementation</refpurpose> | |
37 | </refnamediv> | |
38 | ||
39 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
40 | <funcsynopsis> | |
41 | <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-event.h></funcsynopsisinfo> | |
42 | </funcsynopsis> | |
43 | ||
44 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
45 | <command>pkg-config --cflags --libs libsystemd</command> | |
46 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
47 | ||
48 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
49 | ||
50 | <refsect1> | |
51 | <title>Description</title> | |
52 | ||
53 | <para><filename>sd-event.h</filename> provides a generic event | |
54 | loop implementation, based on Linux <citerefentry | |
55 | project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
56 | </para> | |
57 | ||
58 | <para>See | |
59 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
60 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
61 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
62 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
63 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
64 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
65 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
66 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
67 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
68 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
69 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
70 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
71 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_pending</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
72 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_description</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
73 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
74 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
75 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
76 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_set_watchdog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
77 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
78 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_now</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
79 | for more information about the functions available.</para> | |
80 | ||
81 | <para>The event loop design is targeted on running a separate | |
82 | instance of the event loop in each thread; it has no concept of | |
83 | distributing events from a single event loop instance onto | |
84 | multiple worker threads. Dispatching events is strictly ordered | |
85 | and subject to configurable priorities. In each event loop | |
86 | iteration a single event source is dispatched. Each time an event | |
87 | source is dispatched the kernel is polled for new events, before | |
88 | the next event source is dispatched. The event loop is designed to | |
2dd67817 | 89 | honor priorities and provide fairness within each priority. It is |
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90 | not designed to provide optimal throughput, as this contradicts |
91 | these goals due the limitations of the underlying <citerefentry | |
92 | project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
93 | primitives.</para> | |
94 | ||
95 | <para>The event loop implementation provides the following features:</para> | |
96 | ||
97 | <orderedlist> | |
98 | <listitem><para>I/O event sources, based on <citerefentry | |
99 | project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s | |
100 | file descriptor watching, including edge triggered events (<constant>EPOLLET</constant>). See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> | |
101 | ||
102 | <listitem><para>Timer event sources, based on <citerefentry | |
103 | project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>timerfd_create</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
104 | supporting the <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>, | |
105 | <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>, | |
106 | <constant>CLOCK_BOOTIME</constant> clocks, as well as the | |
107 | <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM</constant> and | |
108 | <constant>CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM</constant> clocks that can resume | |
109 | the system from suspend. When creating timer events a required | |
110 | accuracy parameter may be specified which allows coalescing of | |
111 | timer events to minimize power consumption. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> | |
112 | ||
113 | <listitem><para>UNIX process signal events, based on | |
114 | <citerefentry | |
115 | project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
116 | including full support for real-time signals, and queued parameters. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> | |
117 | ||
118 | <listitem><para>Child process state change events, based on | |
119 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>waitid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> | |
120 | ||
121 | <listitem><para>Static event sources, of three types: defer, | |
122 | post and exit, for invoking calls in each event loop, after | |
123 | other event sources or at event loop termination. See | |
124 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> | |
125 | ||
126 | <listitem><para>Event sources may be assigned a 64bit priority | |
127 | value, that controls the order in which event sources are | |
7f3fdb7f | 128 | dispatched if multiple are pending simultaneously. See |
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129 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> |
130 | ||
131 | <listitem><para>The event loop may automatically send watchdog | |
132 | notification messages to the service manager. See | |
133 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_set_watchdog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> | |
134 | ||
135 | <listitem><para>The event loop may be integrated into foreign | |
136 | event loops, such as the GLib one. See | |
137 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
138 | for an example.</para></listitem> | |
139 | </orderedlist> | |
140 | ||
141 | </refsect1> | |
142 | ||
143 | <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" /> | |
144 | ||
145 | <refsect1> | |
146 | <title>See Also</title> | |
147 | <para> | |
148 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
149 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
150 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
151 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
152 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
153 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
154 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
155 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
156 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
157 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
158 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
159 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
160 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
161 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_pending</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
162 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_description</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
163 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
164 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
165 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
166 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_set_watchdog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
167 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
168 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_now</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
169 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
170 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>timerfd_create</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
171 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
172 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>waitid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
173 | </para> | |
174 | </refsect1> | |
175 | ||
176 | </refentry> |