eloop.h revision 1f69aa52ea2e0a73ac502565df8c666ee49cab6a
1/*
2 * Event loop
3 * Copyright (c) 2002-2006, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
4 *
5 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
7 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
8 *
9 * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of BSD
10 * license.
11 *
12 * See README and COPYING for more details.
13 *
14 * This file defines an event loop interface that supports processing events
15 * from registered timeouts (i.e., do something after N seconds), sockets
16 * (e.g., a new packet available for reading), and signals. eloop.c is an
17 * implementation of this interface using select() and sockets. This is
18 * suitable for most UNIX/POSIX systems. When porting to other operating
19 * systems, it may be necessary to replace that implementation with OS specific
20 * mechanisms.
21 */
22
23#ifndef ELOOP_H
24#define ELOOP_H
25
26/**
27 * ELOOP_ALL_CTX - eloop_cancel_timeout() magic number to match all timeouts
28 */
29#define ELOOP_ALL_CTX (void *) -1
30
31/**
32 * eloop_event_type - eloop socket event type for eloop_register_sock()
33 * @EVENT_TYPE_READ: Socket has data available for reading
34 * @EVENT_TYPE_WRITE: Socket has room for new data to be written
35 * @EVENT_TYPE_EXCEPTION: An exception has been reported
36 */
37typedef enum {
38	EVENT_TYPE_READ = 0,
39	EVENT_TYPE_WRITE,
40	EVENT_TYPE_EXCEPTION
41} eloop_event_type;
42
43/**
44 * eloop_sock_handler - eloop socket event callback type
45 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
46 * @eloop_ctx: Registered callback context data (eloop_data)
47 * @sock_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data)
48 */
49typedef void (*eloop_sock_handler)(int sock, void *eloop_ctx, void *sock_ctx);
50
51/**
52 * eloop_event_handler - eloop generic event callback type
53 * @eloop_ctx: Registered callback context data (eloop_data)
54 * @sock_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data)
55 */
56typedef void (*eloop_event_handler)(void *eloop_data, void *user_ctx);
57
58/**
59 * eloop_timeout_handler - eloop timeout event callback type
60 * @eloop_ctx: Registered callback context data (eloop_data)
61 * @sock_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data)
62 */
63typedef void (*eloop_timeout_handler)(void *eloop_data, void *user_ctx);
64
65/**
66 * eloop_signal_handler - eloop signal event callback type
67 * @sig: Signal number
68 * @signal_ctx: Registered callback context data (user_data from
69 * eloop_register_signal(), eloop_register_signal_terminate(), or
70 * eloop_register_signal_reconfig() call)
71 */
72typedef void (*eloop_signal_handler)(int sig, void *signal_ctx);
73
74/**
75 * eloop_init() - Initialize global event loop data
76 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
77 *
78 * This function must be called before any other eloop_* function.
79 */
80int eloop_init(void);
81
82/**
83 * eloop_register_read_sock - Register handler for read events
84 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
85 * @handler: Callback function to be called when data is available for reading
86 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_ctx)
87 * @user_data: Callback context data (sock_ctx)
88 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
89 *
90 * Register a read socket notifier for the given file descriptor. The handler
91 * function will be called whenever data is available for reading from the
92 * socket. The handler function is responsible for clearing the event after
93 * having processed it in order to avoid eloop from calling the handler again
94 * for the same event.
95 */
96int eloop_register_read_sock(int sock, eloop_sock_handler handler,
97			     void *eloop_data, void *user_data);
98
99/**
100 * eloop_unregister_read_sock - Unregister handler for read events
101 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
102 *
103 * Unregister a read socket notifier that was previously registered with
104 * eloop_register_read_sock().
105 */
106void eloop_unregister_read_sock(int sock);
107
108/**
109 * eloop_register_sock - Register handler for socket events
110 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
111 * @type: Type of event to wait for
112 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the event is triggered
113 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_ctx)
114 * @user_data: Callback context data (sock_ctx)
115 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
116 *
117 * Register an event notifier for the given socket's file descriptor. The
118 * handler function will be called whenever the that event is triggered for the
119 * socket. The handler function is responsible for clearing the event after
120 * having processed it in order to avoid eloop from calling the handler again
121 * for the same event.
122 */
123int eloop_register_sock(int sock, eloop_event_type type,
124			eloop_sock_handler handler,
125			void *eloop_data, void *user_data);
126
127/**
128 * eloop_unregister_sock - Unregister handler for socket events
129 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
130 * @type: Type of event for which sock was registered
131 *
132 * Unregister a socket event notifier that was previously registered with
133 * eloop_register_sock().
134 */
135void eloop_unregister_sock(int sock, eloop_event_type type);
136
137/**
138 * eloop_register_event - Register handler for generic events
139 * @event: Event to wait (eloop implementation specific)
140 * @event_size: Size of event data
141 * @handler: Callback function to be called when event is triggered
142 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_data)
143 * @user_data: Callback context data (user_data)
144 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
145 *
146 * Register an event handler for the given event. This function is used to
147 * register eloop implementation specific events which are mainly targeted for
148 * operating system specific code (driver interface and l2_packet) since the
149 * portable code will not be able to use such an OS-specific call. The handler
150 * function will be called whenever the event is triggered. The handler
151 * function is responsible for clearing the event after having processed it in
152 * order to avoid eloop from calling the handler again for the same event.
153 *
154 * In case of Windows implementation (eloop_win.c), event pointer is of HANDLE
155 * type, i.e., void*. The callers are likely to have 'HANDLE h' type variable,
156 * and they would call this function with eloop_register_event(h, sizeof(h),
157 * ...).
158 */
159int eloop_register_event(void *event, size_t event_size,
160			 eloop_event_handler handler,
161			 void *eloop_data, void *user_data);
162
163/**
164 * eloop_unregister_event - Unregister handler for a generic event
165 * @event: Event to cancel (eloop implementation specific)
166 * @event_size: Size of event data
167 *
168 * Unregister a generic event notifier that was previously registered with
169 * eloop_register_event().
170 */
171void eloop_unregister_event(void *event, size_t event_size);
172
173/**
174 * eloop_register_timeout - Register timeout
175 * @secs: Number of seconds to the timeout
176 * @usecs: Number of microseconds to the timeout
177 * @handler: Callback function to be called when timeout occurs
178 * @eloop_data: Callback context data (eloop_ctx)
179 * @user_data: Callback context data (sock_ctx)
180 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
181 *
182 * Register a timeout that will cause the handler function to be called after
183 * given time.
184 */
185int eloop_register_timeout(unsigned int secs, unsigned int usecs,
186			   eloop_timeout_handler handler,
187			   void *eloop_data, void *user_data);
188
189/**
190 * eloop_cancel_timeout - Cancel timeouts
191 * @handler: Matching callback function
192 * @eloop_data: Matching eloop_data or %ELOOP_ALL_CTX to match all
193 * @user_data: Matching user_data or %ELOOP_ALL_CTX to match all
194 * Returns: Number of cancelled timeouts
195 *
196 * Cancel matching <handler,eloop_data,user_data> timeouts registered with
197 * eloop_register_timeout(). ELOOP_ALL_CTX can be used as a wildcard for
198 * cancelling all timeouts regardless of eloop_data/user_data.
199 */
200int eloop_cancel_timeout(eloop_timeout_handler handler,
201			 void *eloop_data, void *user_data);
202
203/**
204 * eloop_is_timeout_registered - Check if a timeout is already registered
205 * @handler: Matching callback function
206 * @eloop_data: Matching eloop_data
207 * @user_data: Matching user_data
208 * Returns: 1 if the timeout is registered, 0 if the timeout is not registered
209 *
210 * Determine if a matching <handler,eloop_data,user_data> timeout is registered
211 * with eloop_register_timeout().
212 */
213int eloop_is_timeout_registered(eloop_timeout_handler handler,
214				void *eloop_data, void *user_data);
215
216/**
217 * eloop_register_signal - Register handler for signals
218 * @sig: Signal number (e.g., SIGHUP)
219 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the signal is received
220 * @user_data: Callback context data (signal_ctx)
221 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
222 *
223 * Register a callback function that will be called when a signal is received.
224 * The callback function is actually called only after the system signal
225 * handler has returned. This means that the normal limits for sighandlers
226 * (i.e., only "safe functions" allowed) do not apply for the registered
227 * callback.
228 */
229int eloop_register_signal(int sig, eloop_signal_handler handler,
230			  void *user_data);
231
232/**
233 * eloop_register_signal_terminate - Register handler for terminate signals
234 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the signal is received
235 * @user_data: Callback context data (signal_ctx)
236 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
237 *
238 * Register a callback function that will be called when a process termination
239 * signal is received. The callback function is actually called only after the
240 * system signal handler has returned. This means that the normal limits for
241 * sighandlers (i.e., only "safe functions" allowed) do not apply for the
242 * registered callback.
243 *
244 * This function is a more portable version of eloop_register_signal() since
245 * the knowledge of exact details of the signals is hidden in eloop
246 * implementation. In case of operating systems using signal(), this function
247 * registers handlers for SIGINT and SIGTERM.
248 */
249int eloop_register_signal_terminate(eloop_signal_handler handler,
250				    void *user_data);
251
252/**
253 * eloop_register_signal_reconfig - Register handler for reconfig signals
254 * @handler: Callback function to be called when the signal is received
255 * @user_data: Callback context data (signal_ctx)
256 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
257 *
258 * Register a callback function that will be called when a reconfiguration /
259 * hangup signal is received. The callback function is actually called only
260 * after the system signal handler has returned. This means that the normal
261 * limits for sighandlers (i.e., only "safe functions" allowed) do not apply
262 * for the registered callback.
263 *
264 * This function is a more portable version of eloop_register_signal() since
265 * the knowledge of exact details of the signals is hidden in eloop
266 * implementation. In case of operating systems using signal(), this function
267 * registers a handler for SIGHUP.
268 */
269int eloop_register_signal_reconfig(eloop_signal_handler handler,
270				   void *user_data);
271
272/**
273 * eloop_run - Start the event loop
274 *
275 * Start the event loop and continue running as long as there are any
276 * registered event handlers. This function is run after event loop has been
277 * initialized with event_init() and one or more events have been registered.
278 */
279void eloop_run(void);
280
281/**
282 * eloop_terminate - Terminate event loop
283 *
284 * Terminate event loop even if there are registered events. This can be used
285 * to request the program to be terminated cleanly.
286 */
287void eloop_terminate(void);
288
289/**
290 * eloop_destroy - Free any resources allocated for the event loop
291 *
292 * After calling eloop_destroy(), other eloop_* functions must not be called
293 * before re-running eloop_init().
294 */
295void eloop_destroy(void);
296
297/**
298 * eloop_terminated - Check whether event loop has been terminated
299 * Returns: 1 = event loop terminate, 0 = event loop still running
300 *
301 * This function can be used to check whether eloop_terminate() has been called
302 * to request termination of the event loop. This is normally used to abort
303 * operations that may still be queued to be run when eloop_terminate() was
304 * called.
305 */
306int eloop_terminated(void);
307
308/**
309 * eloop_wait_for_read_sock - Wait for a single reader
310 * @sock: File descriptor number for the socket
311 *
312 * Do a blocking wait for a single read socket.
313 */
314void eloop_wait_for_read_sock(int sock);
315
316#endif /* ELOOP_H */
317