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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 &lt;systemd/sd-event.h&gt;</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_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  66     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  67     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  68     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  69     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  70     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  71     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  72     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_pending</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  73     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_description</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  74     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  75     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  76     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  77     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_set_watchdog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  78     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  79     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_now</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  80     for more information about the functions available.</para>
  81
  82     <para>The event loop design is targeted on running a separate
  83     instance of the event loop in each thread; it has no concept of
  84     distributing events from a single event loop instance onto
  85     multiple worker threads. Dispatching events is strictly ordered
  86     and subject to configurable priorities. In each event loop
  87     iteration a single event source is dispatched. Each time an event
  88     source is dispatched the kernel is polled for new events, before
  89     the next event source is dispatched. The event loop is designed to
  90     honor priorities and provide fairness within each priority. It is
  91     not designed to provide optimal throughput, as this contradicts
  92     these goals due the limitations of the underlying <citerefentry
  93     project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  94     primitives.</para>
  95
  96     <para>The event loop implementation provides the following features:</para>
  97
  98     <orderedlist>
  99       <listitem><para>I/O event sources, based on <citerefentry
 100       project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
 101       file descriptor watching, including edge triggered events (<constant>EPOLLET</constant>). See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 102
 103       <listitem><para>Timer event sources, based on <citerefentry
 104       project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>timerfd_create</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 105       supporting the <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant>,
 106       <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>,
 107       <constant>CLOCK_BOOTIME</constant> clocks, as well as the
 108       <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM</constant> and
 109       <constant>CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM</constant> clocks that can resume
 110       the system from suspend. When creating timer events a required
 111       accuracy parameter may be specified which allows coalescing of
 112       timer events to minimize power consumption. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 113
 114       <listitem><para>UNIX process signal events, based on
 115       <citerefentry
 116       project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 117       including full support for real-time signals, and queued parameters. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 118
 119       <listitem><para>Child process state change events, based on
 120       <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>
 121
 122       <listitem><para>Static event sources, of three types: defer,
 123       post and exit, for invoking calls in each event loop, after
 124       other event sources or at event loop termination. See
 125       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 126
 127       <listitem><para>Event sources may be assigned a 64bit priority
 128       value, that controls the order in which event sources are
 129       dispatched if multiple are pending simultaneously. See
 130       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 131
 132       <listitem><para>The event loop may automatically send watchdog
 133       notification messages to the service manager. See
 134       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_set_watchdog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem>
 135
 136       <listitem><para>The event loop may be integrated into foreign
 137       event loops, such as the GLib one. See
 138       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 139       for an example.</para></listitem>
 140     </orderedlist>
 141
 142   </refsect1>
 143
 144   <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
 145
 146   <refsect1>
 147     <title>See Also</title>
 148     <para>
 149       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 150       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 151       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 152       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 153       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 154       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 155       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 156       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 157       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 158       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 159       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_priority</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 160       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 161       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 162       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 163       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_get_pending</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 164       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_description</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 165       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 166       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_wait</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 167       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_get_fd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 168       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_set_watchdog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 169       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_exit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 170       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_now</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 171       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>epoll</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 172       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>timerfd_create</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 173       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 174       <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>waitid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 175     </para>
 176   </refsect1>
 177
 178 </refentry>