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32 @section intro Introduction
34 libevent is an event notification library for developing scalable network
35 servers. The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
36 function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
37 timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due
38 to signals or regular timeouts.
40 libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven network
41 servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or
42 remove events dynamically without having to change the event loop.
44 Currently, libevent supports /dev/poll, kqueue(2), select(2), poll(2) and
45 epoll(4). It also has experimental support for real-time signals. The
46 internal event mechanism is completely independent of the exposed event API,
47 and a simple update of libevent can provide new functionality without having
48 to redesign the applications. As a result, Libevent allows for portable
49 application development and provides the most scalable event notification
50 mechanism available on an operating system. Libevent can also be used for
51 multi-threaded aplications; see Steven Grimm's explanation. Libevent should
52 compile on Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows.
54 @section usage Standard usage
56 Every program that uses libevent must include the <event.h> header, and pass
57 the -levent flag to the linker. Before using any of the functions in the
58 library, you must call event_init() or event_base_new() to perform one-time
59 initialization of the libevent library.
61 @section event Event notification
63 For each file descriptor that you wish to monitor, you must declare an event
64 structure and call event_set() to initialize the members of the structure.
65 To enable notification, you add the structure to the list of monitored
66 events by calling event_add(). The event structure must remain allocated as
67 long as it is active, so it should be allocated on the heap. Finally, you
68 call event_dispatch() to loop and dispatch events.
70 @section bufferevent I/O Buffers
72 libevent provides an abstraction on top of the regular event callbacks. This
73 abstraction is called a buffered event. A buffered event provides input and
74 output buffers that get filled and drained automatically. The user of a
75 buffered event no longer deals directly with the I/O, but instead is reading
76 from input and writing to output buffers.
78 Once initialized via bufferevent_new(), the bufferevent structure can be
79 used repeatedly with bufferevent_enable() and bufferevent_disable().
80 Instead of reading and writing directly to a socket, you would call
81 bufferevent_read() and bufferevent_write().
83 When read enabled the bufferevent will try to read from the file descriptor
84 and call the read callback. The write callback is executed whenever the
85 output buffer is drained below the write low watermark, which is 0 by
88 @section timers Timers
90 libevent can also be used to create timers that invoke a callback after a
91 certain amount of time has expired. The evtimer_set() function prepares an
92 event struct to be used as a timer. To activate the timer, call
93 evtimer_add(). Timers can be deactivated by calling evtimer_del().
95 @section timeouts Timeouts
97 In addition to simple timers, libevent can assign timeout events to file
98 descriptors that are triggered whenever a certain amount of time has passed
99 with no activity on a file descriptor. The timeout_set() function
100 initializes an event struct for use as a timeout. Once initialized, the
101 event must be activated by using timeout_add(). To cancel the timeout, call
104 @section evdns Asynchronous DNS resolution
106 libevent provides an asynchronous DNS resolver that should be used instead
107 of the standard DNS resolver functions. These functions can be imported by
108 including the <evdns.h> header in your program. Before using any of the
109 resolver functions, you must call evdns_init() to initialize the library. To
110 convert a hostname to an IP address, you call the evdns_resolve_ipv4()
111 function. To perform a reverse lookup, you would call the
112 evdns_resolve_reverse() function. All of these functions use callbacks to
113 avoid blocking while the lookup is performed.
115 @section evhttp Event-driven HTTP servers
117 libevent provides a very simple event-driven HTTP server that can be
118 embedded in your program and used to service HTTP requests.
120 To use this capability, you need to include the <evhttp.h> header in your
121 program. You create the server by calling evhttp_new(). Add addresses and
122 ports to listen on with evhttp_bind_socket(). You then register one or more
123 callbacks to handle incoming requests. Each URI can be assigned a callback
124 via the evhttp_set_cb() function. A generic callback function can also be
125 registered via evhttp_set_gencb(); this callback will be invoked if no other
126 callbacks have been registered for a given URI.
128 @section evrpc A framework for RPC servers and clients
130 libevents provides a framework for creating RPC servers and clients. It
131 takes care of marshaling and unmarshaling all data structures.
133 @section api API Reference
135 To browse the complete documentation of the libevent API, click on any of
139 The primary libevent header
142 Asynchronous DNS resolution
145 An embedded libevent-based HTTP server
148 A framework for creating RPC servers and clients
154 A library for writing event-driven network servers
162 #include "event-config.h"
163 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
164 #include <sys/types.h>
166 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
167 #include <sys/time.h>
169 #ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_STDINT_H
178 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
180 #undef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
181 typedef unsigned char u_char
;
182 typedef unsigned short u_short
;
185 #define EVLIST_TIMEOUT 0x01
186 #define EVLIST_INSERTED 0x02
187 #define EVLIST_SIGNAL 0x04
188 #define EVLIST_ACTIVE 0x08
189 #define EVLIST_INTERNAL 0x10
190 #define EVLIST_INIT 0x80
192 /* EVLIST_X_ Private space: 0x1000-0xf000 */
193 #define EVLIST_ALL (0xf000 | 0x9f)
195 #define EV_TIMEOUT 0x01
197 #define EV_WRITE 0x04
198 #define EV_SIGNAL 0x08
199 #define EV_PERSIST 0x10 /* Persistant event */
201 /* Fix so that ppl dont have to run with <sys/queue.h> */
203 #define _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY
204 #define TAILQ_ENTRY(type) \
206 struct type *tqe_next; /* next element */ \
207 struct type **tqe_prev; /* address of previous next element */ \
209 #endif /* !TAILQ_ENTRY */
212 #ifndef EVENT_NO_STRUCT
214 TAILQ_ENTRY (event
) ev_next
;
215 TAILQ_ENTRY (event
) ev_active_next
;
216 TAILQ_ENTRY (event
) ev_signal_next
;
217 unsigned int min_heap_idx
; /* for managing timeouts */
219 struct event_base
*ev_base
;
224 short *ev_pncalls
; /* Allows deletes in callback */
226 struct timeval ev_timeout
;
228 int ev_pri
; /* smaller numbers are higher priority */
230 void (*ev_callback
)(int, short, void *arg
);
233 int ev_res
; /* result passed to event callback */
240 #define EVENT_SIGNAL(ev) (int)(ev)->ev_fd
241 #define EVENT_FD(ev) (int)(ev)->ev_fd
244 * Key-Value pairs. Can be used for HTTP headers but also for
245 * query argument parsing.
248 TAILQ_ENTRY(evkeyval
) next
;
254 #ifdef _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY
258 #undef _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY
260 TAILQ_HEAD (event_list
, event
);
261 TAILQ_HEAD (evkeyvalq
, evkeyval
);
262 #endif /* _EVENT_DEFINED_TQENTRY */
265 Initialize the event API.
267 Use event_base_new() to initialize a new event base, but does not set
268 the current_base global. If using only event_base_new(), each event
269 added must have an event base set with event_base_set()
271 @see event_base_set(), event_base_free(), event_init()
273 struct event_base
*event_base_new(void);
276 Initialize the event API.
278 The event API needs to be initialized with event_init() before it can be
279 used. Sets the current_base global representing the default base for
280 events that have no base associated with them.
282 @see event_base_set(), event_base_new()
284 struct event_base
*event_init(void);
287 Reinitialized the event base after a fork
289 Some event mechanisms do not survive across fork. The event base needs
290 to be reinitialized with the event_reinit() function.
292 @param base the event base that needs to be re-initialized
293 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if some events could not be re-added.
294 @see event_base_new(), event_init()
296 int event_reinit(struct event_base
*base
);
299 Loop to process events.
301 In order to process events, an application needs to call
302 event_dispatch(). This function only returns on error, and should
303 replace the event core of the application program.
305 @see event_base_dispatch()
307 int event_dispatch(void);
311 Threadsafe event dispatching loop.
313 @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
314 @see event_init(), event_dispatch()
316 int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base
*);
320 Get the kernel event notification mechanism used by libevent.
322 @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_base_new()
323 @return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
325 const char *event_base_get_method(struct event_base
*);
329 Deallocate all memory associated with an event_base, and free the base.
331 Note that this function will not close any fds or free any memory passed
332 to event_set as the argument to callback.
334 @param eb an event_base to be freed
336 void event_base_free(struct event_base
*);
339 #define _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG 0
340 #define _EVENT_LOG_MSG 1
341 #define _EVENT_LOG_WARN 2
342 #define _EVENT_LOG_ERR 3
343 typedef void (*event_log_cb
)(int severity
, const char *msg
);
345 Redirect libevent's log messages.
347 @param cb a function taking two arguments: an integer severity between
348 _EVENT_LOG_DEBUG and _EVENT_LOG_ERR, and a string. If cb is NULL,
349 then the default log is used.
351 void event_set_log_callback(event_log_cb cb
);
354 Associate a different event base with an event.
356 @param eb the event base
359 int event_base_set(struct event_base
*, struct event
*);
365 #define EVLOOP_ONCE 0x01 /**< Block at most once. */
366 #define EVLOOP_NONBLOCK 0x02 /**< Do not block. */
372 This is a more flexible version of event_dispatch().
374 @param flags any combination of EVLOOP_ONCE | EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
375 @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if no events were
377 @see event_loopexit(), event_base_loop()
382 Handle events (threadsafe version).
384 This is a more flexible version of event_base_dispatch().
386 @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
387 @param flags any combination of EVLOOP_ONCE | EVLOOP_NONBLOCK
388 @return 0 if successful, -1 if an error occurred, or 1 if no events were
390 @see event_loopexit(), event_base_loop()
392 int event_base_loop(struct event_base
*, int);
395 Exit the event loop after the specified time.
397 The next event_loop() iteration after the given timer expires will
398 complete normally (handling all queued events) then exit without
399 blocking for events again.
401 Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
403 @param tv the amount of time after which the loop should terminate.
404 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
405 @see event_loop(), event_base_loop(), event_base_loopexit()
407 int event_loopexit(const struct timeval
*);
411 Exit the event loop after the specified time (threadsafe variant).
413 The next event_base_loop() iteration after the given timer expires will
414 complete normally (handling all queued events) then exit without
415 blocking for events again.
417 Subsequent invocations of event_base_loop() will proceed normally.
419 @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
420 @param tv the amount of time after which the loop should terminate.
421 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
422 @see event_loopexit()
424 int event_base_loopexit(struct event_base
*, const struct timeval
*);
427 Abort the active event_loop() immediately.
429 event_loop() will abort the loop after the next event is completed;
430 event_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
431 This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
433 Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
435 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
436 @see event_base_loopbreak(), event_loopexit()
438 int event_loopbreak(void);
441 Abort the active event_base_loop() immediately.
443 event_base_loop() will abort the loop after the next event is completed;
444 event_base_loopbreak() is typically invoked from this event's callback.
445 This behavior is analogous to the "break;" statement.
447 Subsequent invocations of event_loop() will proceed normally.
449 @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
450 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
451 @see event_base_loopexit
453 int event_base_loopbreak(struct event_base
*);
459 @param ev the event struct
460 @param tv timeval struct
462 #define evtimer_add(ev, tv) event_add(ev, tv)
466 Define a timer event.
468 @param ev event struct to be modified
469 @param cb callback function
470 @param arg argument that will be passed to the callback function
472 #define evtimer_set(ev, cb, arg) event_set(ev, -1, 0, cb, arg)
476 * Delete a timer event.
478 * @param ev the event struct to be disabled
480 #define evtimer_del(ev) event_del(ev)
481 #define evtimer_pending(ev, tv) event_pending(ev, EV_TIMEOUT, tv)
482 #define evtimer_initialized(ev) ((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
485 * Add a timeout event.
487 * @param ev the event struct to be disabled
488 * @param tv the timeout value, in seconds
490 #define timeout_add(ev, tv) event_add(ev, tv)
494 * Define a timeout event.
496 * @param ev the event struct to be defined
497 * @param cb the callback to be invoked when the timeout expires
498 * @param arg the argument to be passed to the callback
500 #define timeout_set(ev, cb, arg) event_set(ev, -1, 0, cb, arg)
504 * Disable a timeout event.
506 * @param ev the timeout event to be disabled
508 #define timeout_del(ev) event_del(ev)
510 #define timeout_pending(ev, tv) event_pending(ev, EV_TIMEOUT, tv)
511 #define timeout_initialized(ev) ((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
513 #define signal_add(ev, tv) event_add(ev, tv)
514 #define signal_set(ev, x, cb, arg) \
515 event_set(ev, x, EV_SIGNAL|EV_PERSIST, cb, arg)
516 #define signal_del(ev) event_del(ev)
517 #define signal_pending(ev, tv) event_pending(ev, EV_SIGNAL, tv)
518 #define signal_initialized(ev) ((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
521 Prepare an event structure to be added.
523 The function event_set() prepares the event structure ev to be used in
524 future calls to event_add() and event_del(). The event will be prepared to
525 call the function specified by the fn argument with an int argument
526 indicating the file descriptor, a short argument indicating the type of
527 event, and a void * argument given in the arg argument. The fd indicates
528 the file descriptor that should be monitored for events. The events can be
529 either EV_READ, EV_WRITE, or both. Indicating that an application can read
530 or write from the file descriptor respectively without blocking.
532 The function fn will be called with the file descriptor that triggered the
533 event and the type of event which will be either EV_TIMEOUT, EV_SIGNAL,
534 EV_READ, or EV_WRITE. The additional flag EV_PERSIST makes an event_add()
535 persistent until event_del() has been called.
537 @param ev an event struct to be modified
538 @param fd the file descriptor to be monitored
539 @param event desired events to monitor; can be EV_READ and/or EV_WRITE
540 @param fn callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
541 @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
543 @see event_add(), event_del(), event_once()
546 void event_set(struct event
*, int, short, void (*)(int, short, void *), void *);
549 Schedule a one-time event to occur.
551 The function event_once() is similar to event_set(). However, it schedules
552 a callback to be called exactly once and does not require the caller to
553 prepare an event structure.
555 @param fd a file descriptor to monitor
556 @param events event(s) to monitor; can be any of EV_TIMEOUT | EV_READ |
558 @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
559 @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
560 @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
562 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
566 int event_once(int, short, void (*)(int, short, void *), void *,
567 const struct timeval
*);
571 Schedule a one-time event (threadsafe variant)
573 The function event_base_once() is similar to event_set(). However, it
574 schedules a callback to be called exactly once and does not require the
575 caller to prepare an event structure.
577 @param base an event_base returned by event_init()
578 @param fd a file descriptor to monitor
579 @param events event(s) to monitor; can be any of EV_TIMEOUT | EV_READ |
581 @param callback callback function to be invoked when the event occurs
582 @param arg an argument to be passed to the callback function
583 @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
585 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
588 int event_base_once(struct event_base
*base
, int fd
, short events
,
589 void (*callback
)(int, short, void *), void *arg
,
590 const struct timeval
*timeout
);
594 Add an event to the set of monitored events.
596 The function event_add() schedules the execution of the ev event when the
597 event specified in event_set() occurs or in at least the time specified in
598 the tv. If tv is NULL, no timeout occurs and the function will only be
599 called if a matching event occurs on the file descriptor. The event in the
600 ev argument must be already initialized by event_set() and may not be used
601 in calls to event_set() until it has timed out or been removed with
602 event_del(). If the event in the ev argument already has a scheduled
603 timeout, the old timeout will be replaced by the new one.
605 @param ev an event struct initialized via event_set()
606 @param timeout the maximum amount of time to wait for the event, or NULL
608 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
609 @see event_del(), event_set()
611 int event_add(struct event
*ev
, const struct timeval
*timeout
);
615 Remove an event from the set of monitored events.
617 The function event_del() will cancel the event in the argument ev. If the
618 event has already executed or has never been added the call will have no
621 @param ev an event struct to be removed from the working set
622 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
625 int event_del(struct event
*);
627 void event_active(struct event
*, int, short);
631 Checks if a specific event is pending or scheduled.
633 @param ev an event struct previously passed to event_add()
634 @param event the requested event type; any of EV_TIMEOUT|EV_READ|
636 @param tv an alternate timeout (FIXME - is this true?)
638 @return 1 if the event is pending, or 0 if the event has not occurred
641 int event_pending(struct event
*ev
, short event
, struct timeval
*tv
);
645 Test if an event structure has been initialized.
647 The event_initialized() macro can be used to check if an event has been
650 @param ev an event structure to be tested
651 @return 1 if the structure has been initialized, or 0 if it has not been
655 #define event_initialized(ev) ((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT && (ev)->ev_fd != (int)INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
657 #define event_initialized(ev) ((ev)->ev_flags & EVLIST_INIT)
662 Get the libevent version number.
664 @return a string containing the version number of libevent
666 const char *event_get_version(void);
670 Get the kernel event notification mechanism used by libevent.
672 @return a string identifying the kernel event mechanism (kqueue, epoll, etc.)
674 const char *event_get_method(void);
678 Set the number of different event priorities.
680 By default libevent schedules all active events with the same priority.
681 However, some time it is desirable to process some events with a higher
682 priority than others. For that reason, libevent supports strict priority
683 queues. Active events with a lower priority are always processed before
684 events with a higher priority.
686 The number of different priorities can be set initially with the
687 event_priority_init() function. This function should be called before the
688 first call to event_dispatch(). The event_priority_set() function can be
689 used to assign a priority to an event. By default, libevent assigns the
690 middle priority to all events unless their priority is explicitly set.
692 @param npriorities the maximum number of priorities
693 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
694 @see event_base_priority_init(), event_priority_set()
697 int event_priority_init(int);
701 Set the number of different event priorities (threadsafe variant).
703 See the description of event_priority_init() for more information.
705 @param eb the event_base structure returned by event_init()
706 @param npriorities the maximum number of priorities
707 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
708 @see event_priority_init(), event_priority_set()
710 int event_base_priority_init(struct event_base
*, int);
714 Assign a priority to an event.
716 @param ev an event struct
717 @param priority the new priority to be assigned
718 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
719 @see event_priority_init()
721 int event_priority_set(struct event
*, int);
724 /* These functions deal with buffering input and output */
734 void (*cb
)(struct evbuffer
*, size_t, size_t, void *);
738 /* Just for error reporting - use other constants otherwise */
739 #define EVBUFFER_READ 0x01
740 #define EVBUFFER_WRITE 0x02
741 #define EVBUFFER_EOF 0x10
742 #define EVBUFFER_ERROR 0x20
743 #define EVBUFFER_TIMEOUT 0x40
746 typedef void (*evbuffercb
)(struct bufferevent
*, void *);
747 typedef void (*everrorcb
)(struct bufferevent
*, short what
, void *);
749 struct event_watermark
{
754 #ifndef EVENT_NO_STRUCT
756 struct event_base
*ev_base
;
758 struct event ev_read
;
759 struct event ev_write
;
761 struct evbuffer
*input
;
762 struct evbuffer
*output
;
764 struct event_watermark wm_read
;
765 struct event_watermark wm_write
;
772 int timeout_read
; /* in seconds */
773 int timeout_write
; /* in seconds */
775 short enabled
; /* events that are currently enabled */
780 Create a new bufferevent.
782 libevent provides an abstraction on top of the regular event callbacks.
783 This abstraction is called a buffered event. A buffered event provides
784 input and output buffers that get filled and drained automatically. The
785 user of a buffered event no longer deals directly with the I/O, but
786 instead is reading from input and writing to output buffers.
788 Once initialized, the bufferevent structure can be used repeatedly with
789 bufferevent_enable() and bufferevent_disable().
791 When read enabled the bufferevent will try to read from the file descriptor
792 and call the read callback. The write callback is executed whenever the
793 output buffer is drained below the write low watermark, which is 0 by
796 If multiple bases are in use, bufferevent_base_set() must be called before
797 enabling the bufferevent for the first time.
799 @param fd the file descriptor from which data is read and written to.
800 This file descriptor is not allowed to be a pipe(2).
801 @param readcb callback to invoke when there is data to be read, or NULL if
802 no callback is desired
803 @param writecb callback to invoke when the file descriptor is ready for
804 writing, or NULL if no callback is desired
805 @param errorcb callback to invoke when there is an error on the file
807 @param cbarg an argument that will be supplied to each of the callbacks
808 (readcb, writecb, and errorcb)
809 @return a pointer to a newly allocated bufferevent struct, or NULL if an
811 @see bufferevent_base_set(), bufferevent_free()
813 struct bufferevent
*bufferevent_new(int fd
,
814 evbuffercb readcb
, evbuffercb writecb
, everrorcb errorcb
, void *cbarg
);
818 Assign a bufferevent to a specific event_base.
820 @param base an event_base returned by event_init()
821 @param bufev a bufferevent struct returned by bufferevent_new()
822 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
823 @see bufferevent_new()
825 int bufferevent_base_set(struct event_base
*base
, struct bufferevent
*bufev
);
829 Assign a priority to a bufferevent.
831 @param bufev a bufferevent struct
832 @param pri the priority to be assigned
833 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
835 int bufferevent_priority_set(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, int pri
);
839 Deallocate the storage associated with a bufferevent structure.
841 @param bufev the bufferevent structure to be freed.
843 void bufferevent_free(struct bufferevent
*bufev
);
847 Changes the callbacks for a bufferevent.
849 @param bufev the bufferevent object for which to change callbacks
850 @param readcb callback to invoke when there is data to be read, or NULL if
851 no callback is desired
852 @param writecb callback to invoke when the file descriptor is ready for
853 writing, or NULL if no callback is desired
854 @param errorcb callback to invoke when there is an error on the file
856 @param cbarg an argument that will be supplied to each of the callbacks
857 (readcb, writecb, and errorcb)
858 @see bufferevent_new()
860 void bufferevent_setcb(struct bufferevent
*bufev
,
861 evbuffercb readcb
, evbuffercb writecb
, everrorcb errorcb
, void *cbarg
);
864 Changes the file descriptor on which the bufferevent operates.
866 @param bufev the bufferevent object for which to change the file descriptor
867 @param fd the file descriptor to operate on
869 void bufferevent_setfd(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, int fd
);
872 Write data to a bufferevent buffer.
874 The bufferevent_write() function can be used to write data to the file
875 descriptor. The data is appended to the output buffer and written to the
876 descriptor automatically as it becomes available for writing.
878 @param bufev the bufferevent to be written to
879 @param data a pointer to the data to be written
880 @param size the length of the data, in bytes
881 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
882 @see bufferevent_write_buffer()
884 int bufferevent_write(struct bufferevent
*bufev
,
885 const void *data
, size_t size
);
889 Write data from an evbuffer to a bufferevent buffer. The evbuffer is
890 being drained as a result.
892 @param bufev the bufferevent to be written to
893 @param buf the evbuffer to be written
894 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
895 @see bufferevent_write()
897 int bufferevent_write_buffer(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, struct evbuffer
*buf
);
901 Read data from a bufferevent buffer.
903 The bufferevent_read() function is used to read data from the input buffer.
905 @param bufev the bufferevent to be read from
906 @param data pointer to a buffer that will store the data
907 @param size the size of the data buffer, in bytes
908 @return the amount of data read, in bytes.
910 size_t bufferevent_read(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, void *data
, size_t size
);
913 Enable a bufferevent.
915 @param bufev the bufferevent to be enabled
916 @param event any combination of EV_READ | EV_WRITE.
917 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
918 @see bufferevent_disable()
920 int bufferevent_enable(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, short event
);
924 Disable a bufferevent.
926 @param bufev the bufferevent to be disabled
927 @param event any combination of EV_READ | EV_WRITE.
928 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
929 @see bufferevent_enable()
931 int bufferevent_disable(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, short event
);
935 Set the read and write timeout for a buffered event.
937 @param bufev the bufferevent to be modified
938 @param timeout_read the read timeout
939 @param timeout_write the write timeout
941 void bufferevent_settimeout(struct bufferevent
*bufev
,
942 int timeout_read
, int timeout_write
);
946 Sets the watermarks for read and write events.
948 On input, a bufferevent does not invoke the user read callback unless
949 there is at least low watermark data in the buffer. If the read buffer
950 is beyond the high watermark, the buffevent stops reading from the network.
952 On output, the user write callback is invoked whenever the buffered data
953 falls below the low watermark.
955 @param bufev the bufferevent to be modified
956 @param events EV_READ, EV_WRITE or both
957 @param lowmark the lower watermark to set
958 @param highmark the high watermark to set
961 void bufferevent_setwatermark(struct bufferevent
*bufev
, short events
,
962 size_t lowmark
, size_t highmark
);
964 #define EVBUFFER_LENGTH(x) (x)->off
965 #define EVBUFFER_DATA(x) (x)->buffer
966 #define EVBUFFER_INPUT(x) (x)->input
967 #define EVBUFFER_OUTPUT(x) (x)->output
971 Allocate storage for a new evbuffer.
973 @return a pointer to a newly allocated evbuffer struct, or NULL if an error
976 struct evbuffer
*evbuffer_new(void);
980 Deallocate storage for an evbuffer.
982 @param pointer to the evbuffer to be freed
984 void evbuffer_free(struct evbuffer
*);
988 Expands the available space in an event buffer.
990 Expands the available space in the event buffer to at least datlen
992 @param buf the event buffer to be expanded
993 @param datlen the new minimum length requirement
994 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
996 int evbuffer_expand(struct evbuffer
*, size_t);
1000 Append data to the end of an evbuffer.
1002 @param buf the event buffer to be appended to
1003 @param data pointer to the beginning of the data buffer
1004 @param datlen the number of bytes to be copied from the data buffer
1006 int evbuffer_add(struct evbuffer
*, const void *, size_t);
1011 Read data from an event buffer and drain the bytes read.
1013 @param buf the event buffer to be read from
1014 @param data the destination buffer to store the result
1015 @param datlen the maximum size of the destination buffer
1016 @return the number of bytes read
1018 int evbuffer_remove(struct evbuffer
*, void *, size_t);
1022 * Read a single line from an event buffer.
1024 * Reads a line terminated by either '\r\n', '\n\r' or '\r' or '\n'.
1025 * The returned buffer needs to be freed by the caller.
1027 * @param buffer the evbuffer to read from
1028 * @return pointer to a single line, or NULL if an error occurred
1030 char *evbuffer_readline(struct evbuffer
*);
1034 Move data from one evbuffer into another evbuffer.
1036 This is a destructive add. The data from one buffer moves into
1037 the other buffer. The destination buffer is expanded as needed.
1039 @param outbuf the output buffer
1040 @param inbuf the input buffer
1041 @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
1043 int evbuffer_add_buffer(struct evbuffer
*, struct evbuffer
*);
1047 Append a formatted string to the end of an evbuffer.
1049 @param buf the evbuffer that will be appended to
1050 @param fmt a format string
1051 @param ... arguments that will be passed to printf(3)
1052 @return The number of bytes added if successful, or -1 if an error occurred.
1054 int evbuffer_add_printf(struct evbuffer
*, const char *fmt
, ...)
1056 __attribute__((format(printf
, 2, 3)))
1062 Append a va_list formatted string to the end of an evbuffer.
1064 @param buf the evbuffer that will be appended to
1065 @param fmt a format string
1066 @param ap a varargs va_list argument array that will be passed to vprintf(3)
1067 @return The number of bytes added if successful, or -1 if an error occurred.
1069 int evbuffer_add_vprintf(struct evbuffer
*, const char *fmt
, va_list ap
);
1073 Remove a specified number of bytes data from the beginning of an evbuffer.
1075 @param buf the evbuffer to be drained
1076 @param len the number of bytes to drain from the beginning of the buffer
1078 void evbuffer_drain(struct evbuffer
*, size_t);
1082 Write the contents of an evbuffer to a file descriptor.
1084 The evbuffer will be drained after the bytes have been successfully written.
1086 @param buffer the evbuffer to be written and drained
1087 @param fd the file descriptor to be written to
1088 @return the number of bytes written, or -1 if an error occurred
1089 @see evbuffer_read()
1091 int evbuffer_write(struct evbuffer
*, int);
1095 Read from a file descriptor and store the result in an evbuffer.
1097 @param buf the evbuffer to store the result
1098 @param fd the file descriptor to read from
1099 @param howmuch the number of bytes to be read
1100 @return the number of bytes read, or -1 if an error occurred
1101 @see evbuffer_write()
1103 int evbuffer_read(struct evbuffer
*, int, int);
1107 Find a string within an evbuffer.
1109 @param buffer the evbuffer to be searched
1110 @param what the string to be searched for
1111 @param len the length of the search string
1112 @return a pointer to the beginning of the search string, or NULL if the search failed.
1114 u_char
*evbuffer_find(struct evbuffer
*, const u_char
*, size_t);
1117 Set a callback to invoke when the evbuffer is modified.
1119 @param buffer the evbuffer to be monitored
1120 @param cb the callback function to invoke when the evbuffer is modified
1121 @param cbarg an argument to be provided to the callback function
1123 void evbuffer_setcb(struct evbuffer
*, void (*)(struct evbuffer
*, size_t, size_t, void *), void *);
1126 * Marshaling tagged data - We assume that all tags are inserted in their
1127 * numeric order - so that unknown tags will always be higher than the
1128 * known ones - and we can just ignore the end of an event buffer.
1131 void evtag_init(void);
1133 void evtag_marshal(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t tag
, const void *data
,
1137 Encode an integer and store it in an evbuffer.
1139 We encode integer's by nibbles; the first nibble contains the number
1140 of significant nibbles - 1; this allows us to encode up to 64-bit
1141 integers. This function is byte-order independent.
1143 @param evbuf evbuffer to store the encoded number
1144 @param number a 32-bit integer
1146 void encode_int(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t number
);
1148 void evtag_marshal_int(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t tag
,
1149 ev_uint32_t integer
);
1151 void evtag_marshal_string(struct evbuffer
*buf
, ev_uint32_t tag
,
1152 const char *string
);
1154 void evtag_marshal_timeval(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t tag
,
1155 struct timeval
*tv
);
1157 int evtag_unmarshal(struct evbuffer
*src
, ev_uint32_t
*ptag
,
1158 struct evbuffer
*dst
);
1159 int evtag_peek(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t
*ptag
);
1160 int evtag_peek_length(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t
*plength
);
1161 int evtag_payload_length(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t
*plength
);
1162 int evtag_consume(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
);
1164 int evtag_unmarshal_int(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t need_tag
,
1165 ev_uint32_t
*pinteger
);
1167 int evtag_unmarshal_fixed(struct evbuffer
*src
, ev_uint32_t need_tag
,
1168 void *data
, size_t len
);
1170 int evtag_unmarshal_string(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t need_tag
,
1173 int evtag_unmarshal_timeval(struct evbuffer
*evbuf
, ev_uint32_t need_tag
,
1174 struct timeval
*ptv
);
1180 #endif /* _EVENT_H_ */