3 * Copyright (c) 2002-2006, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
5 * This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
6 * See README for more details.
8 * This file defines an event loop interface that supports processing events
9 * from registered timeouts (i.e., do something after N seconds), sockets
10 * (e.g., a new packet available for reading), and signals. eloop.c is an
11 * implementation of this interface using select() and sockets. This is
12 * suitable for most UNIX/POSIX systems. When porting to other operating
13 * systems, it may be necessary to replace that implementation with OS specific
21 * ELOOP_ALL_CTX - eloop_cancel_timeout() magic number to match all timeouts
23 #define ELOOP_ALL_CTX (void *) -1
26 * eloop_event_type - eloop socket event type for eloop_register_sock()
27 * @EVENT_TYPE_READ: Socket has data available for reading
28 * @EVENT_TYPE_WRITE: Socket has room for new data to be written
29 * @EVENT_TYPE_EXCEPTION: An exception has been reported
38 * eloop_sock_handler - eloop socket event callback type
39 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
40 * @eloop_ctx: Registered callback context data (eloop_data)
41 * @sock_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data)
43 typedef void (*eloop_sock_handler
)(int sock
, void *eloop_ctx
, void *sock_ctx
);
46 * eloop_event_handler - eloop generic event callback type
47 * @eloop_ctx: Registered callback context data (eloop_data)
48 * @sock_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data)
50 typedef void (*eloop_event_handler
)(void *eloop_data
, void *user_ctx
);
53 * eloop_timeout_handler - eloop timeout event callback type
54 * @eloop_ctx: Registered callback context data (eloop_data)
55 * @sock_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data)
57 typedef void (*eloop_timeout_handler
)(void *eloop_data
, void *user_ctx
);
60 * eloop_signal_handler - eloop signal event callback type
62 * @signal_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data from
63 * eloop_register_signal(), eloop_register_signal_terminate(), or
64 * eloop_register_signal_reconfig() call)
66 typedef void (*eloop_signal_handler
)(int sig
, void *signal_ctx
);
69 * eloop_init() - Initialize global event loop data
70 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
72 * This function must be called before any other eloop_* function.
77 * eloop_register_read_sock - Register handler for read events
78 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
79 * @handler: Callback function to be called when data is available for reading
80 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_ctx)
81 * @user_data: Callback context data (sock_ctx)
82 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
84 * Register a read socket notifier for the given file descriptor. The handler
85 * function will be called whenever data is available for reading from the
86 * socket. The handler function is responsible for clearing the event after
87 * having processed it in order to avoid eloop from calling the handler again
90 int eloop_register_read_sock(int sock
, eloop_sock_handler handler
,
91 void *eloop_data
, void *user_data
);
94 * eloop_unregister_read_sock - Unregister handler for read events
95 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
97 * Unregister a read socket notifier that was previously registered with
98 * eloop_register_read_sock().
100 void eloop_unregister_read_sock(int sock
);
103 * eloop_register_sock - Register handler for socket events
104 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
105 * @type: Type of event to wait for
106 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the event is triggered
107 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_ctx)
108 * @user_data: Callback context data (sock_ctx)
109 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
111 * Register an event notifier for the given socket's file descriptor. The
112 * handler function will be called whenever the that event is triggered for the
113 * socket. The handler function is responsible for clearing the event after
114 * having processed it in order to avoid eloop from calling the handler again
115 * for the same event.
117 int eloop_register_sock(int sock
, eloop_event_type type
,
118 eloop_sock_handler handler
,
119 void *eloop_data
, void *user_data
);
122 * eloop_unregister_sock - Unregister handler for socket events
123 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
124 * @type: Type of event for which sock was registered
126 * Unregister a socket event notifier that was previously registered with
127 * eloop_register_sock().
129 void eloop_unregister_sock(int sock
, eloop_event_type type
);
132 * eloop_register_event - Register handler for generic events
133 * @event: Event to wait (eloop implementation specific)
134 * @event_size: Size of event data
135 * @handler: Callback function to be called when event is triggered
136 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_data)
137 * @user_data: Callback context data (user_data)
138 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
140 * Register an event handler for the given event. This function is used to
141 * register eloop implementation specific events which are mainly targeted for
142 * operating system specific code (driver interface and l2_packet) since the
143 * portable code will not be able to use such an OS-specific call. The handler
144 * function will be called whenever the event is triggered. The handler
145 * function is responsible for clearing the event after having processed it in
146 * order to avoid eloop from calling the handler again for the same event.
148 * In case of Windows implementation (eloop_win.c), event pointer is of HANDLE
149 * type, i.e., void*. The callers are likely to have 'HANDLE h' type variable,
150 * and they would call this function with eloop_register_event(h, sizeof(h),
153 int eloop_register_event(void *event
, size_t event_size
,
154 eloop_event_handler handler
,
155 void *eloop_data
, void *user_data
);
158 * eloop_unregister_event - Unregister handler for a generic event
159 * @event: Event to cancel (eloop implementation specific)
160 * @event_size: Size of event data
162 * Unregister a generic event notifier that was previously registered with
163 * eloop_register_event().
165 void eloop_unregister_event(void *event
, size_t event_size
);
168 * eloop_register_timeout - Register timeout
169 * @secs: Number of seconds to the timeout
170 * @usecs: Number of microseconds to the timeout
171 * @handler: Callback function to be called when timeout occurs
172 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_ctx)
173 * @user_data: Callback context data (sock_ctx)
174 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
176 * Register a timeout that will cause the handler function to be called after
179 int eloop_register_timeout(unsigned int secs
, unsigned int usecs
,
180 eloop_timeout_handler handler
,
181 void *eloop_data
, void *user_data
);
184 * eloop_cancel_timeout - Cancel timeouts
185 * @handler: Matching callback function
186 * @eloop_data: Matching eloop_data or %ELOOP_ALL_CTX to match all
187 * @user_data: Matching user_data or %ELOOP_ALL_CTX to match all
188 * Returns: Number of cancelled timeouts
190 * Cancel matching <handler,eloop_data,user_data> timeouts registered with
191 * eloop_register_timeout(). ELOOP_ALL_CTX can be used as a wildcard for
192 * cancelling all timeouts regardless of eloop_data/user_data.
194 int eloop_cancel_timeout(eloop_timeout_handler handler
,
195 void *eloop_data
, void *user_data
);
198 * eloop_is_timeout_registered - Check if a timeout is already registered
199 * @handler: Matching callback function
200 * @eloop_data: Matching eloop_data
201 * @user_data: Matching user_data
202 * Returns: 1 if the timeout is registered, 0 if the timeout is not registered
204 * Determine if a matching <handler,eloop_data,user_data> timeout is registered
205 * with eloop_register_timeout().
207 int eloop_is_timeout_registered(eloop_timeout_handler handler
,
208 void *eloop_data
, void *user_data
);
211 * eloop_register_signal - Register handler for signals
212 * @sig: Signal number (e.g., SIGHUP)
213 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the signal is received
214 * @user_data: Callback context data (signal_ctx)
215 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
217 * Register a callback function that will be called when a signal is received.
218 * The callback function is actually called only after the system signal
219 * handler has returned. This means that the normal limits for sighandlers
220 * (i.e., only "safe functions" allowed) do not apply for the registered
223 int eloop_register_signal(int sig
, eloop_signal_handler handler
,
227 * eloop_register_signal_terminate - Register handler for terminate signals
228 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the signal is received
229 * @user_data: Callback context data (signal_ctx)
230 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
232 * Register a callback function that will be called when a process termination
233 * signal is received. The callback function is actually called only after the
234 * system signal handler has returned. This means that the normal limits for
235 * sighandlers (i.e., only "safe functions" allowed) do not apply for the
236 * registered callback.
238 * This function is a more portable version of eloop_register_signal() since
239 * the knowledge of exact details of the signals is hidden in eloop
240 * implementation. In case of operating systems using signal(), this function
241 * registers handlers for SIGINT and SIGTERM.
243 int eloop_register_signal_terminate(eloop_signal_handler handler
,
247 * eloop_register_signal_reconfig - Register handler for reconfig signals
248 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the signal is received
249 * @user_data: Callback context data (signal_ctx)
250 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
252 * Register a callback function that will be called when a reconfiguration /
253 * hangup signal is received. The callback function is actually called only
254 * after the system signal handler has returned. This means that the normal
255 * limits for sighandlers (i.e., only "safe functions" allowed) do not apply
256 * for the registered callback.
258 * This function is a more portable version of eloop_register_signal() since
259 * the knowledge of exact details of the signals is hidden in eloop
260 * implementation. In case of operating systems using signal(), this function
261 * registers a handler for SIGHUP.
263 int eloop_register_signal_reconfig(eloop_signal_handler handler
,
267 * eloop_run - Start the event loop
269 * Start the event loop and continue running as long as there are any
270 * registered event handlers. This function is run after event loop has been
271 * initialized with event_init() and one or more events have been registered.
273 void eloop_run(void);
276 * eloop_terminate - Terminate event loop
278 * Terminate event loop even if there are registered events. This can be used
279 * to request the program to be terminated cleanly.
281 void eloop_terminate(void);
284 * eloop_destroy - Free any resources allocated for the event loop
286 * After calling eloop_destroy(), other eloop_* functions must not be called
287 * before re-running eloop_init().
289 void eloop_destroy(void);
292 * eloop_terminated - Check whether event loop has been terminated
293 * Returns: 1 = event loop terminate, 0 = event loop still running
295 * This function can be used to check whether eloop_terminate() has been called
296 * to request termination of the event loop. This is normally used to abort
297 * operations that may still be queued to be run when eloop_terminate() was
300 int eloop_terminated(void);
303 * eloop_wait_for_read_sock - Wait for a single reader
304 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
306 * Do a blocking wait for a single read socket.
308 void eloop_wait_for_read_sock(int sock
);