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2 * I/O functions for libusbx
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21 #include "config.h"
22 #include <errno.h>
23 #include <stdint.h>
24 #include <stdlib.h>
25 #include <string.h>
26 #include <time.h>
27 #ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
28 #include <signal.h>
29 #endif
30 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
31 #include <sys/time.h>
32 #endif
33 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
34 #include <sys/timerfd.h>
35 #endif
37 #include "libusbi.h"
39 /**
40 * \page io Synchronous and asynchronous device I/O
42 * \section intro Introduction
44 * If you're using libusbx in your application, you're probably wanting to
45 * perform I/O with devices - you want to perform USB data transfers.
47 * libusbx offers two separate interfaces for device I/O. This page aims to
48 * introduce the two in order to help you decide which one is more suitable
49 * for your application. You can also choose to use both interfaces in your
50 * application by considering each transfer on a case-by-case basis.
52 * Once you have read through the following discussion, you should consult the
53 * detailed API documentation pages for the details:
54 * - \ref syncio
55 * - \ref asyncio
57 * \section theory Transfers at a logical level
59 * At a logical level, USB transfers typically happen in two parts. For
60 * example, when reading data from a endpoint:
61 * -# A request for data is sent to the device
62 * -# Some time later, the incoming data is received by the host
64 * or when writing data to an endpoint:
66 * -# The data is sent to the device
67 * -# Some time later, the host receives acknowledgement from the device that
68 * the data has been transferred.
70 * There may be an indefinite delay between the two steps. Consider a
71 * fictional USB input device with a button that the user can press. In order
72 * to determine when the button is pressed, you would likely submit a request
73 * to read data on a bulk or interrupt endpoint and wait for data to arrive.
74 * Data will arrive when the button is pressed by the user, which is
75 * potentially hours later.
77 * libusbx offers both a synchronous and an asynchronous interface to performing
78 * USB transfers. The main difference is that the synchronous interface
79 * combines both steps indicated above into a single function call, whereas
80 * the asynchronous interface separates them.
82 * \section sync The synchronous interface
84 * The synchronous I/O interface allows you to perform a USB transfer with
85 * a single function call. When the function call returns, the transfer has
86 * completed and you can parse the results.
88 * If you have used the libusb-0.1 before, this I/O style will seem familar to
89 * you. libusb-0.1 only offered a synchronous interface.
91 * In our input device example, to read button presses you might write code
92 * in the following style:
93 \code
94 unsigned char data[4];
95 int actual_length;
96 int r = libusb_bulk_transfer(handle, LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_IN, data, sizeof(data), &actual_length, 0);
97 if (r == 0 && actual_length == sizeof(data)) {
98 // results of the transaction can now be found in the data buffer
99 // parse them here and report button press
100 } else {
101 error();
103 \endcode
105 * The main advantage of this model is simplicity: you did everything with
106 * a single simple function call.
108 * However, this interface has its limitations. Your application will sleep
109 * inside libusb_bulk_transfer() until the transaction has completed. If it
110 * takes the user 3 hours to press the button, your application will be
111 * sleeping for that long. Execution will be tied up inside the library -
112 * the entire thread will be useless for that duration.
114 * Another issue is that by tieing up the thread with that single transaction
115 * there is no possibility of performing I/O with multiple endpoints and/or
116 * multiple devices simultaneously, unless you resort to creating one thread
117 * per transaction.
119 * Additionally, there is no opportunity to cancel the transfer after the
120 * request has been submitted.
122 * For details on how to use the synchronous API, see the
123 * \ref syncio "synchronous I/O API documentation" pages.
125 * \section async The asynchronous interface
127 * Asynchronous I/O is the most significant new feature in libusb-1.0.
128 * Although it is a more complex interface, it solves all the issues detailed
129 * above.
131 * Instead of providing which functions that block until the I/O has complete,
132 * libusbx's asynchronous interface presents non-blocking functions which
133 * begin a transfer and then return immediately. Your application passes a
134 * callback function pointer to this non-blocking function, which libusbx will
135 * call with the results of the transaction when it has completed.
137 * Transfers which have been submitted through the non-blocking functions
138 * can be cancelled with a separate function call.
140 * The non-blocking nature of this interface allows you to be simultaneously
141 * performing I/O to multiple endpoints on multiple devices, without having
142 * to use threads.
144 * This added flexibility does come with some complications though:
145 * - In the interest of being a lightweight library, libusbx does not create
146 * threads and can only operate when your application is calling into it. Your
147 * application must call into libusbx from it's main loop when events are ready
148 * to be handled, or you must use some other scheme to allow libusbx to
149 * undertake whatever work needs to be done.
150 * - libusbx also needs to be called into at certain fixed points in time in
151 * order to accurately handle transfer timeouts.
152 * - Memory handling becomes more complex. You cannot use stack memory unless
153 * the function with that stack is guaranteed not to return until the transfer
154 * callback has finished executing.
155 * - You generally lose some linearity from your code flow because submitting
156 * the transfer request is done in a separate function from where the transfer
157 * results are handled. This becomes particularly obvious when you want to
158 * submit a second transfer based on the results of an earlier transfer.
160 * Internally, libusbx's synchronous interface is expressed in terms of function
161 * calls to the asynchronous interface.
163 * For details on how to use the asynchronous API, see the
164 * \ref asyncio "asynchronous I/O API" documentation pages.
169 * \page packetoverflow Packets and overflows
171 * \section packets Packet abstraction
173 * The USB specifications describe how data is transmitted in packets, with
174 * constraints on packet size defined by endpoint descriptors. The host must
175 * not send data payloads larger than the endpoint's maximum packet size.
177 * libusbx and the underlying OS abstract out the packet concept, allowing you
178 * to request transfers of any size. Internally, the request will be divided
179 * up into correctly-sized packets. You do not have to be concerned with
180 * packet sizes, but there is one exception when considering overflows.
182 * \section overflow Bulk/interrupt transfer overflows
184 * When requesting data on a bulk endpoint, libusbx requires you to supply a
185 * buffer and the maximum number of bytes of data that libusbx can put in that
186 * buffer. However, the size of the buffer is not communicated to the device -
187 * the device is just asked to send any amount of data.
189 * There is no problem if the device sends an amount of data that is less than
190 * or equal to the buffer size. libusbx reports this condition to you through
191 * the \ref libusb_transfer::actual_length "libusb_transfer.actual_length"
192 * field.
194 * Problems may occur if the device attempts to send more data than can fit in
195 * the buffer. libusbx reports LIBUSB_TRANSFER_OVERFLOW for this condition but
196 * other behaviour is largely undefined: actual_length may or may not be
197 * accurate, the chunk of data that can fit in the buffer (before overflow)
198 * may or may not have been transferred.
200 * Overflows are nasty, but can be avoided. Even though you were told to
201 * ignore packets above, think about the lower level details: each transfer is
202 * split into packets (typically small, with a maximum size of 512 bytes).
203 * Overflows can only happen if the final packet in an incoming data transfer
204 * is smaller than the actual packet that the device wants to transfer.
205 * Therefore, you will never see an overflow if your transfer buffer size is a
206 * multiple of the endpoint's packet size: the final packet will either
207 * fill up completely or will be only partially filled.
211 * @defgroup asyncio Asynchronous device I/O
213 * This page details libusbx's asynchronous (non-blocking) API for USB device
214 * I/O. This interface is very powerful but is also quite complex - you will
215 * need to read this page carefully to understand the necessary considerations
216 * and issues surrounding use of this interface. Simplistic applications
217 * may wish to consider the \ref syncio "synchronous I/O API" instead.
219 * The asynchronous interface is built around the idea of separating transfer
220 * submission and handling of transfer completion (the synchronous model
221 * combines both of these into one). There may be a long delay between
222 * submission and completion, however the asynchronous submission function
223 * is non-blocking so will return control to your application during that
224 * potentially long delay.
226 * \section asyncabstraction Transfer abstraction
228 * For the asynchronous I/O, libusbx implements the concept of a generic
229 * transfer entity for all types of I/O (control, bulk, interrupt,
230 * isochronous). The generic transfer object must be treated slightly
231 * differently depending on which type of I/O you are performing with it.
233 * This is represented by the public libusb_transfer structure type.
235 * \section asynctrf Asynchronous transfers
237 * We can view asynchronous I/O as a 5 step process:
238 * -# <b>Allocation</b>: allocate a libusb_transfer
239 * -# <b>Filling</b>: populate the libusb_transfer instance with information
240 * about the transfer you wish to perform
241 * -# <b>Submission</b>: ask libusbx to submit the transfer
242 * -# <b>Completion handling</b>: examine transfer results in the
243 * libusb_transfer structure
244 * -# <b>Deallocation</b>: clean up resources
247 * \subsection asyncalloc Allocation
249 * This step involves allocating memory for a USB transfer. This is the
250 * generic transfer object mentioned above. At this stage, the transfer
251 * is "blank" with no details about what type of I/O it will be used for.
253 * Allocation is done with the libusb_alloc_transfer() function. You must use
254 * this function rather than allocating your own transfers.
256 * \subsection asyncfill Filling
258 * This step is where you take a previously allocated transfer and fill it
259 * with information to determine the message type and direction, data buffer,
260 * callback function, etc.
262 * You can either fill the required fields yourself or you can use the
263 * helper functions: libusb_fill_control_transfer(), libusb_fill_bulk_transfer()
264 * and libusb_fill_interrupt_transfer().
266 * \subsection asyncsubmit Submission
268 * When you have allocated a transfer and filled it, you can submit it using
269 * libusb_submit_transfer(). This function returns immediately but can be
270 * regarded as firing off the I/O request in the background.
272 * \subsection asynccomplete Completion handling
274 * After a transfer has been submitted, one of four things can happen to it:
276 * - The transfer completes (i.e. some data was transferred)
277 * - The transfer has a timeout and the timeout expires before all data is
278 * transferred
279 * - The transfer fails due to an error
280 * - The transfer is cancelled
282 * Each of these will cause the user-specified transfer callback function to
283 * be invoked. It is up to the callback function to determine which of the
284 * above actually happened and to act accordingly.
286 * The user-specified callback is passed a pointer to the libusb_transfer
287 * structure which was used to setup and submit the transfer. At completion
288 * time, libusbx has populated this structure with results of the transfer:
289 * success or failure reason, number of bytes of data transferred, etc. See
290 * the libusb_transfer structure documentation for more information.
292 * \subsection Deallocation
294 * When a transfer has completed (i.e. the callback function has been invoked),
295 * you are advised to free the transfer (unless you wish to resubmit it, see
296 * below). Transfers are deallocated with libusb_free_transfer().
298 * It is undefined behaviour to free a transfer which has not completed.
300 * \section asyncresubmit Resubmission
302 * You may be wondering why allocation, filling, and submission are all
303 * separated above where they could reasonably be combined into a single
304 * operation.
306 * The reason for separation is to allow you to resubmit transfers without
307 * having to allocate new ones every time. This is especially useful for
308 * common situations dealing with interrupt endpoints - you allocate one
309 * transfer, fill and submit it, and when it returns with results you just
310 * resubmit it for the next interrupt.
312 * \section asynccancel Cancellation
314 * Another advantage of using the asynchronous interface is that you have
315 * the ability to cancel transfers which have not yet completed. This is
316 * done by calling the libusb_cancel_transfer() function.
318 * libusb_cancel_transfer() is asynchronous/non-blocking in itself. When the
319 * cancellation actually completes, the transfer's callback function will
320 * be invoked, and the callback function should check the transfer status to
321 * determine that it was cancelled.
323 * Freeing the transfer after it has been cancelled but before cancellation
324 * has completed will result in undefined behaviour.
326 * When a transfer is cancelled, some of the data may have been transferred.
327 * libusbx will communicate this to you in the transfer callback. Do not assume
328 * that no data was transferred.
330 * \section bulk_overflows Overflows on device-to-host bulk/interrupt endpoints
332 * If your device does not have predictable transfer sizes (or it misbehaves),
333 * your application may submit a request for data on an IN endpoint which is
334 * smaller than the data that the device wishes to send. In some circumstances
335 * this will cause an overflow, which is a nasty condition to deal with. See
336 * the \ref packetoverflow page for discussion.
338 * \section asyncctrl Considerations for control transfers
340 * The <tt>libusb_transfer</tt> structure is generic and hence does not
341 * include specific fields for the control-specific setup packet structure.
343 * In order to perform a control transfer, you must place the 8-byte setup
344 * packet at the start of the data buffer. To simplify this, you could
345 * cast the buffer pointer to type struct libusb_control_setup, or you can
346 * use the helper function libusb_fill_control_setup().
348 * The wLength field placed in the setup packet must be the length you would
349 * expect to be sent in the setup packet: the length of the payload that
350 * follows (or the expected maximum number of bytes to receive). However,
351 * the length field of the libusb_transfer object must be the length of
352 * the data buffer - i.e. it should be wLength <em>plus</em> the size of
353 * the setup packet (LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE).
355 * If you use the helper functions, this is simplified for you:
356 * -# Allocate a buffer of size LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE plus the size of the
357 * data you are sending/requesting.
358 * -# Call libusb_fill_control_setup() on the data buffer, using the transfer
359 * request size as the wLength value (i.e. do not include the extra space you
360 * allocated for the control setup).
361 * -# If this is a host-to-device transfer, place the data to be transferred
362 * in the data buffer, starting at offset LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE.
363 * -# Call libusb_fill_control_transfer() to associate the data buffer with
364 * the transfer (and to set the remaining details such as callback and timeout).
365 * - Note that there is no parameter to set the length field of the transfer.
366 * The length is automatically inferred from the wLength field of the setup
367 * packet.
368 * -# Submit the transfer.
370 * The multi-byte control setup fields (wValue, wIndex and wLength) must
371 * be given in little-endian byte order (the endianness of the USB bus).
372 * Endianness conversion is transparently handled by
373 * libusb_fill_control_setup() which is documented to accept host-endian
374 * values.
376 * Further considerations are needed when handling transfer completion in
377 * your callback function:
378 * - As you might expect, the setup packet will still be sitting at the start
379 * of the data buffer.
380 * - If this was a device-to-host transfer, the received data will be sitting
381 * at offset LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE into the buffer.
382 * - The actual_length field of the transfer structure is relative to the
383 * wLength of the setup packet, rather than the size of the data buffer. So,
384 * if your wLength was 4, your transfer's <tt>length</tt> was 12, then you
385 * should expect an <tt>actual_length</tt> of 4 to indicate that the data was
386 * transferred in entirity.
388 * To simplify parsing of setup packets and obtaining the data from the
389 * correct offset, you may wish to use the libusb_control_transfer_get_data()
390 * and libusb_control_transfer_get_setup() functions within your transfer
391 * callback.
393 * Even though control endpoints do not halt, a completed control transfer
394 * may have a LIBUSB_TRANSFER_STALL status code. This indicates the control
395 * request was not supported.
397 * \section asyncintr Considerations for interrupt transfers
399 * All interrupt transfers are performed using the polling interval presented
400 * by the bInterval value of the endpoint descriptor.
402 * \section asynciso Considerations for isochronous transfers
404 * Isochronous transfers are more complicated than transfers to
405 * non-isochronous endpoints.
407 * To perform I/O to an isochronous endpoint, allocate the transfer by calling
408 * libusb_alloc_transfer() with an appropriate number of isochronous packets.
410 * During filling, set \ref libusb_transfer::type "type" to
411 * \ref libusb_transfer_type::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_ISOCHRONOUS
412 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_ISOCHRONOUS", and set
413 * \ref libusb_transfer::num_iso_packets "num_iso_packets" to a value less than
414 * or equal to the number of packets you requested during allocation.
415 * libusb_alloc_transfer() does not set either of these fields for you, given
416 * that you might not even use the transfer on an isochronous endpoint.
418 * Next, populate the length field for the first num_iso_packets entries in
419 * the \ref libusb_transfer::iso_packet_desc "iso_packet_desc" array. Section
420 * 5.6.3 of the USB2 specifications describe how the maximum isochronous
421 * packet length is determined by the wMaxPacketSize field in the endpoint
422 * descriptor.
423 * Two functions can help you here:
425 * - libusb_get_max_iso_packet_size() is an easy way to determine the max
426 * packet size for an isochronous endpoint. Note that the maximum packet
427 * size is actually the maximum number of bytes that can be transmitted in
428 * a single microframe, therefore this function multiplies the maximum number
429 * of bytes per transaction by the number of transaction opportunities per
430 * microframe.
431 * - libusb_set_iso_packet_lengths() assigns the same length to all packets
432 * within a transfer, which is usually what you want.
434 * For outgoing transfers, you'll obviously fill the buffer and populate the
435 * packet descriptors in hope that all the data gets transferred. For incoming
436 * transfers, you must ensure the buffer has sufficient capacity for
437 * the situation where all packets transfer the full amount of requested data.
439 * Completion handling requires some extra consideration. The
440 * \ref libusb_transfer::actual_length "actual_length" field of the transfer
441 * is meaningless and should not be examined; instead you must refer to the
442 * \ref libusb_iso_packet_descriptor::actual_length "actual_length" field of
443 * each individual packet.
445 * The \ref libusb_transfer::status "status" field of the transfer is also a
446 * little misleading:
447 * - If the packets were submitted and the isochronous data microframes
448 * completed normally, status will have value
449 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED
450 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED". Note that bus errors and software-incurred
451 * delays are not counted as transfer errors; the transfer.status field may
452 * indicate COMPLETED even if some or all of the packets failed. Refer to
453 * the \ref libusb_iso_packet_descriptor::status "status" field of each
454 * individual packet to determine packet failures.
455 * - The status field will have value
456 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR
457 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR" only when serious errors were encountered.
458 * - Other transfer status codes occur with normal behaviour.
460 * The data for each packet will be found at an offset into the buffer that
461 * can be calculated as if each prior packet completed in full. The
462 * libusb_get_iso_packet_buffer() and libusb_get_iso_packet_buffer_simple()
463 * functions may help you here.
465 * \section asyncmem Memory caveats
467 * In most circumstances, it is not safe to use stack memory for transfer
468 * buffers. This is because the function that fired off the asynchronous
469 * transfer may return before libusbx has finished using the buffer, and when
470 * the function returns it's stack gets destroyed. This is true for both
471 * host-to-device and device-to-host transfers.
473 * The only case in which it is safe to use stack memory is where you can
474 * guarantee that the function owning the stack space for the buffer does not
475 * return until after the transfer's callback function has completed. In every
476 * other case, you need to use heap memory instead.
478 * \section asyncflags Fine control
480 * Through using this asynchronous interface, you may find yourself repeating
481 * a few simple operations many times. You can apply a bitwise OR of certain
482 * flags to a transfer to simplify certain things:
483 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK
484 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK" results in transfers which transferred
485 * less than the requested amount of data being marked with status
486 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR"
487 * (they would normally be regarded as COMPLETED)
488 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER
489 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER" allows you to ask libusbx to free the transfer
490 * buffer when freeing the transfer.
491 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER
492 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER" causes libusbx to automatically free the
493 * transfer after the transfer callback returns.
495 * \section asyncevent Event handling
497 * In accordance of the aim of being a lightweight library, libusbx does not
498 * create threads internally. This means that libusbx code does not execute
499 * at any time other than when your application is calling a libusbx function.
500 * However, an asynchronous model requires that libusbx perform work at various
501 * points in time - namely processing the results of previously-submitted
502 * transfers and invoking the user-supplied callback function.
504 * This gives rise to the libusb_handle_events() function which your
505 * application must call into when libusbx has work do to. This gives libusbx
506 * the opportunity to reap pending transfers, invoke callbacks, etc.
508 * The first issue to discuss here is how your application can figure out
509 * when libusbx has work to do. In fact, there are two naive options which
510 * do not actually require your application to know this:
511 * -# Periodically call libusb_handle_events() in non-blocking mode at fixed
512 * short intervals from your main loop
513 * -# Repeatedly call libusb_handle_events() in blocking mode from a dedicated
514 * thread.
516 * The first option is plainly not very nice, and will cause unnecessary
517 * CPU wakeups leading to increased power usage and decreased battery life.
518 * The second option is not very nice either, but may be the nicest option
519 * available to you if the "proper" approach can not be applied to your
520 * application (read on...).
522 * The recommended option is to integrate libusbx with your application main
523 * event loop. libusbx exposes a set of file descriptors which allow you to do
524 * this. Your main loop is probably already calling poll() or select() or a
525 * variant on a set of file descriptors for other event sources (e.g. keyboard
526 * button presses, mouse movements, network sockets, etc). You then add
527 * libusbx's file descriptors to your poll()/select() calls, and when activity
528 * is detected on such descriptors you know it is time to call
529 * libusb_handle_events().
531 * There is one final event handling complication. libusbx supports
532 * asynchronous transfers which time out after a specified time period, and
533 * this requires that libusbx is called into at or after the timeout so that
534 * the timeout can be handled. So, in addition to considering libusbx's file
535 * descriptors in your main event loop, you must also consider that libusbx
536 * sometimes needs to be called into at fixed points in time even when there
537 * is no file descriptor activity.
539 * For the details on retrieving the set of file descriptors and determining
540 * the next timeout, see the \ref poll "polling and timing" API documentation.
544 * @defgroup poll Polling and timing
546 * This page documents libusbx's functions for polling events and timing.
547 * These functions are only necessary for users of the
548 * \ref asyncio "asynchronous API". If you are only using the simpler
549 * \ref syncio "synchronous API" then you do not need to ever call these
550 * functions.
552 * The justification for the functionality described here has already been
553 * discussed in the \ref asyncevent "event handling" section of the
554 * asynchronous API documentation. In summary, libusbx does not create internal
555 * threads for event processing and hence relies on your application calling
556 * into libusbx at certain points in time so that pending events can be handled.
557 * In order to know precisely when libusbx needs to be called into, libusbx
558 * offers you a set of pollable file descriptors and information about when
559 * the next timeout expires.
561 * If you are using the asynchronous I/O API, you must take one of the two
562 * following options, otherwise your I/O will not complete.
564 * \section pollsimple The simple option
566 * If your application revolves solely around libusbx and does not need to
567 * handle other event sources, you can have a program structure as follows:
568 \code
569 // initialize libusbx
570 // find and open device
571 // maybe fire off some initial async I/O
573 while (user_has_not_requested_exit)
574 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
576 // clean up and exit
577 \endcode
579 * With such a simple main loop, you do not have to worry about managing
580 * sets of file descriptors or handling timeouts. libusb_handle_events() will
581 * handle those details internally.
583 * \section pollmain The more advanced option
585 * \note This functionality is currently only available on Unix-like platforms.
586 * On Windows, libusb_get_pollfds() simply returns NULL. Exposing event sources
587 * on Windows will require some further thought and design.
589 * In more advanced applications, you will already have a main loop which
590 * is monitoring other event sources: network sockets, X11 events, mouse
591 * movements, etc. Through exposing a set of file descriptors, libusbx is
592 * designed to cleanly integrate into such main loops.
594 * In addition to polling file descriptors for the other event sources, you
595 * take a set of file descriptors from libusbx and monitor those too. When you
596 * detect activity on libusbx's file descriptors, you call
597 * libusb_handle_events_timeout() in non-blocking mode.
599 * What's more, libusbx may also need to handle events at specific moments in
600 * time. No file descriptor activity is generated at these times, so your
601 * own application needs to be continually aware of when the next one of these
602 * moments occurs (through calling libusb_get_next_timeout()), and then it
603 * needs to call libusb_handle_events_timeout() in non-blocking mode when
604 * these moments occur. This means that you need to adjust your
605 * poll()/select() timeout accordingly.
607 * libusbx provides you with a set of file descriptors to poll and expects you
608 * to poll all of them, treating them as a single entity. The meaning of each
609 * file descriptor in the set is an internal implementation detail,
610 * platform-dependent and may vary from release to release. Don't try and
611 * interpret the meaning of the file descriptors, just do as libusbx indicates,
612 * polling all of them at once.
614 * In pseudo-code, you want something that looks like:
615 \code
616 // initialise libusbx
618 libusb_get_pollfds(ctx)
619 while (user has not requested application exit) {
620 libusb_get_next_timeout(ctx);
621 poll(on libusbx file descriptors plus any other event sources of interest,
622 using a timeout no larger than the value libusbx just suggested)
623 if (poll() indicated activity on libusbx file descriptors)
624 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
625 if (time has elapsed to or beyond the libusbx timeout)
626 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
627 // handle events from other sources here
630 // clean up and exit
631 \endcode
633 * \subsection polltime Notes on time-based events
635 * The above complication with having to track time and call into libusbx at
636 * specific moments is a bit of a headache. For maximum compatibility, you do
637 * need to write your main loop as above, but you may decide that you can
638 * restrict the supported platforms of your application and get away with
639 * a more simplistic scheme.
641 * These time-based event complications are \b not required on the following
642 * platforms:
643 * - Darwin
644 * - Linux, provided that the following version requirements are satisfied:
645 * - Linux v2.6.27 or newer, compiled with timerfd support
646 * - glibc v2.9 or newer
647 * - libusbx v1.0.5 or newer
649 * Under these configurations, libusb_get_next_timeout() will \em always return
650 * 0, so your main loop can be simplified to:
651 \code
652 // initialise libusbx
654 libusb_get_pollfds(ctx)
655 while (user has not requested application exit) {
656 poll(on libusbx file descriptors plus any other event sources of interest,
657 using any timeout that you like)
658 if (poll() indicated activity on libusbx file descriptors)
659 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
660 // handle events from other sources here
663 // clean up and exit
664 \endcode
666 * Do remember that if you simplify your main loop to the above, you will
667 * lose compatibility with some platforms (including legacy Linux platforms,
668 * and <em>any future platforms supported by libusbx which may have time-based
669 * event requirements</em>). The resultant problems will likely appear as
670 * strange bugs in your application.
672 * You can use the libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts() function to do a runtime
673 * check to see if it is safe to ignore the time-based event complications.
674 * If your application has taken the shortcut of ignoring libusbx's next timeout
675 * in your main loop, then you are advised to check the return value of
676 * libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts() during application startup, and to abort
677 * if the platform does suffer from these timing complications.
679 * \subsection fdsetchange Changes in the file descriptor set
681 * The set of file descriptors that libusbx uses as event sources may change
682 * during the life of your application. Rather than having to repeatedly
683 * call libusb_get_pollfds(), you can set up notification functions for when
684 * the file descriptor set changes using libusb_set_pollfd_notifiers().
686 * \subsection mtissues Multi-threaded considerations
688 * Unfortunately, the situation is complicated further when multiple threads
689 * come into play. If two threads are monitoring the same file descriptors,
690 * the fact that only one thread will be woken up when an event occurs causes
691 * some headaches.
693 * The events lock, event waiters lock, and libusb_handle_events_locked()
694 * entities are added to solve these problems. You do not need to be concerned
695 * with these entities otherwise.
697 * See the extra documentation: \ref mtasync
700 /** \page mtasync Multi-threaded applications and asynchronous I/O
702 * libusbx is a thread-safe library, but extra considerations must be applied
703 * to applications which interact with libusbx from multiple threads.
705 * The underlying issue that must be addressed is that all libusbx I/O
706 * revolves around monitoring file descriptors through the poll()/select()
707 * system calls. This is directly exposed at the
708 * \ref asyncio "asynchronous interface" but it is important to note that the
709 * \ref syncio "synchronous interface" is implemented on top of the
710 * asynchonrous interface, therefore the same considerations apply.
712 * The issue is that if two or more threads are concurrently calling poll()
713 * or select() on libusbx's file descriptors then only one of those threads
714 * will be woken up when an event arrives. The others will be completely
715 * oblivious that anything has happened.
717 * Consider the following pseudo-code, which submits an asynchronous transfer
718 * then waits for its completion. This style is one way you could implement a
719 * synchronous interface on top of the asynchronous interface (and libusbx
720 * does something similar, albeit more advanced due to the complications
721 * explained on this page).
723 \code
724 void cb(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
726 int *completed = transfer->user_data;
727 *completed = 1;
730 void myfunc() {
731 struct libusb_transfer *transfer;
732 unsigned char buffer[LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE];
733 int completed = 0;
735 transfer = libusb_alloc_transfer(0);
736 libusb_fill_control_setup(buffer,
737 LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_VENDOR | LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_OUT, 0x04, 0x01, 0, 0);
738 libusb_fill_control_transfer(transfer, dev, buffer, cb, &completed, 1000);
739 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
741 while (!completed) {
742 poll(libusbx file descriptors, 120*1000);
743 if (poll indicates activity)
744 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
746 printf("completed!");
747 // other code here
749 \endcode
751 * Here we are <em>serializing</em> completion of an asynchronous event
752 * against a condition - the condition being completion of a specific transfer.
753 * The poll() loop has a long timeout to minimize CPU usage during situations
754 * when nothing is happening (it could reasonably be unlimited).
756 * If this is the only thread that is polling libusbx's file descriptors, there
757 * is no problem: there is no danger that another thread will swallow up the
758 * event that we are interested in. On the other hand, if there is another
759 * thread polling the same descriptors, there is a chance that it will receive
760 * the event that we were interested in. In this situation, <tt>myfunc()</tt>
761 * will only realise that the transfer has completed on the next iteration of
762 * the loop, <em>up to 120 seconds later.</em> Clearly a two-minute delay is
763 * undesirable, and don't even think about using short timeouts to circumvent
764 * this issue!
766 * The solution here is to ensure that no two threads are ever polling the
767 * file descriptors at the same time. A naive implementation of this would
768 * impact the capabilities of the library, so libusbx offers the scheme
769 * documented below to ensure no loss of functionality.
771 * Before we go any further, it is worth mentioning that all libusb-wrapped
772 * event handling procedures fully adhere to the scheme documented below.
773 * This includes libusb_handle_events() and its variants, and all the
774 * synchronous I/O functions - libusbx hides this headache from you.
776 * \section Using libusb_handle_events() from multiple threads
778 * Even when only using libusb_handle_events() and synchronous I/O functions,
779 * you can still have a race condition. You might be tempted to solve the
780 * above with libusb_handle_events() like so:
782 \code
783 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
785 while (!completed) {
786 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
788 printf("completed!");
789 \endcode
791 * This however has a race between the checking of completed and
792 * libusb_handle_events() acquiring the events lock, so another thread
793 * could have completed the transfer, resulting in this thread hanging
794 * until either a timeout or another event occurs. See also commit
795 * 6696512aade99bb15d6792af90ae329af270eba6 which fixes this in the
796 * synchronous API implementation of libusb.
798 * Fixing this race requires checking the variable completed only after
799 * taking the event lock, which defeats the concept of just calling
800 * libusb_handle_events() without worrying about locking. This is why
801 * libusb-1.0.9 introduces the new libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed()
802 * and libusb_handle_events_completed() functions, which handles doing the
803 * completion check for you after they have acquired the lock:
805 \code
806 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
808 while (!completed) {
809 libusb_handle_events_completed(ctx, &completed);
811 printf("completed!");
812 \endcode
814 * This nicely fixes the race in our example. Note that if all you want to
815 * do is submit a single transfer and wait for its completion, then using
816 * one of the synchronous I/O functions is much easier.
818 * \section eventlock The events lock
820 * The problem is when we consider the fact that libusbx exposes file
821 * descriptors to allow for you to integrate asynchronous USB I/O into
822 * existing main loops, effectively allowing you to do some work behind
823 * libusbx's back. If you do take libusbx's file descriptors and pass them to
824 * poll()/select() yourself, you need to be aware of the associated issues.
826 * The first concept to be introduced is the events lock. The events lock
827 * is used to serialize threads that want to handle events, such that only
828 * one thread is handling events at any one time.
830 * You must take the events lock before polling libusbx file descriptors,
831 * using libusb_lock_events(). You must release the lock as soon as you have
832 * aborted your poll()/select() loop, using libusb_unlock_events().
834 * \section threadwait Letting other threads do the work for you
836 * Although the events lock is a critical part of the solution, it is not
837 * enough on it's own. You might wonder if the following is sufficient...
838 \code
839 libusb_lock_events(ctx);
840 while (!completed) {
841 poll(libusbx file descriptors, 120*1000);
842 if (poll indicates activity)
843 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
845 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
846 \endcode
847 * ...and the answer is that it is not. This is because the transfer in the
848 * code shown above may take a long time (say 30 seconds) to complete, and
849 * the lock is not released until the transfer is completed.
851 * Another thread with similar code that wants to do event handling may be
852 * working with a transfer that completes after a few milliseconds. Despite
853 * having such a quick completion time, the other thread cannot check that
854 * status of its transfer until the code above has finished (30 seconds later)
855 * due to contention on the lock.
857 * To solve this, libusbx offers you a mechanism to determine when another
858 * thread is handling events. It also offers a mechanism to block your thread
859 * until the event handling thread has completed an event (and this mechanism
860 * does not involve polling of file descriptors).
862 * After determining that another thread is currently handling events, you
863 * obtain the <em>event waiters</em> lock using libusb_lock_event_waiters().
864 * You then re-check that some other thread is still handling events, and if
865 * so, you call libusb_wait_for_event().
867 * libusb_wait_for_event() puts your application to sleep until an event
868 * occurs, or until a thread releases the events lock. When either of these
869 * things happen, your thread is woken up, and should re-check the condition
870 * it was waiting on. It should also re-check that another thread is handling
871 * events, and if not, it should start handling events itself.
873 * This looks like the following, as pseudo-code:
874 \code
875 retry:
876 if (libusb_try_lock_events(ctx) == 0) {
877 // we obtained the event lock: do our own event handling
878 while (!completed) {
879 if (!libusb_event_handling_ok(ctx)) {
880 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
881 goto retry;
883 poll(libusbx file descriptors, 120*1000);
884 if (poll indicates activity)
885 libusb_handle_events_locked(ctx, 0);
887 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
888 } else {
889 // another thread is doing event handling. wait for it to signal us that
890 // an event has completed
891 libusb_lock_event_waiters(ctx);
893 while (!completed) {
894 // now that we have the event waiters lock, double check that another
895 // thread is still handling events for us. (it may have ceased handling
896 // events in the time it took us to reach this point)
897 if (!libusb_event_handler_active(ctx)) {
898 // whoever was handling events is no longer doing so, try again
899 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
900 goto retry;
903 libusb_wait_for_event(ctx, NULL);
905 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
907 printf("completed!\n");
908 \endcode
910 * A naive look at the above code may suggest that this can only support
911 * one event waiter (hence a total of 2 competing threads, the other doing
912 * event handling), because the event waiter seems to have taken the event
913 * waiters lock while waiting for an event. However, the system does support
914 * multiple event waiters, because libusb_wait_for_event() actually drops
915 * the lock while waiting, and reaquires it before continuing.
917 * We have now implemented code which can dynamically handle situations where
918 * nobody is handling events (so we should do it ourselves), and it can also
919 * handle situations where another thread is doing event handling (so we can
920 * piggyback onto them). It is also equipped to handle a combination of
921 * the two, for example, another thread is doing event handling, but for
922 * whatever reason it stops doing so before our condition is met, so we take
923 * over the event handling.
925 * Four functions were introduced in the above pseudo-code. Their importance
926 * should be apparent from the code shown above.
927 * -# libusb_try_lock_events() is a non-blocking function which attempts
928 * to acquire the events lock but returns a failure code if it is contended.
929 * -# libusb_event_handling_ok() checks that libusbx is still happy for your
930 * thread to be performing event handling. Sometimes, libusbx needs to
931 * interrupt the event handler, and this is how you can check if you have
932 * been interrupted. If this function returns 0, the correct behaviour is
933 * for you to give up the event handling lock, and then to repeat the cycle.
934 * The following libusb_try_lock_events() will fail, so you will become an
935 * events waiter. For more information on this, read \ref fullstory below.
936 * -# libusb_handle_events_locked() is a variant of
937 * libusb_handle_events_timeout() that you can call while holding the
938 * events lock. libusb_handle_events_timeout() itself implements similar
939 * logic to the above, so be sure not to call it when you are
940 * "working behind libusbx's back", as is the case here.
941 * -# libusb_event_handler_active() determines if someone is currently
942 * holding the events lock
944 * You might be wondering why there is no function to wake up all threads
945 * blocked on libusb_wait_for_event(). This is because libusbx can do this
946 * internally: it will wake up all such threads when someone calls
947 * libusb_unlock_events() or when a transfer completes (at the point after its
948 * callback has returned).
950 * \subsection fullstory The full story
952 * The above explanation should be enough to get you going, but if you're
953 * really thinking through the issues then you may be left with some more
954 * questions regarding libusbx's internals. If you're curious, read on, and if
955 * not, skip to the next section to avoid confusing yourself!
957 * The immediate question that may spring to mind is: what if one thread
958 * modifies the set of file descriptors that need to be polled while another
959 * thread is doing event handling?
961 * There are 2 situations in which this may happen.
962 * -# libusb_open() will add another file descriptor to the poll set,
963 * therefore it is desirable to interrupt the event handler so that it
964 * restarts, picking up the new descriptor.
965 * -# libusb_close() will remove a file descriptor from the poll set. There
966 * are all kinds of race conditions that could arise here, so it is
967 * important that nobody is doing event handling at this time.
969 * libusbx handles these issues internally, so application developers do not
970 * have to stop their event handlers while opening/closing devices. Here's how
971 * it works, focusing on the libusb_close() situation first:
973 * -# During initialization, libusbx opens an internal pipe, and it adds the read
974 * end of this pipe to the set of file descriptors to be polled.
975 * -# During libusb_close(), libusbx writes some dummy data on this control pipe.
976 * This immediately interrupts the event handler. libusbx also records
977 * internally that it is trying to interrupt event handlers for this
978 * high-priority event.
979 * -# At this point, some of the functions described above start behaving
980 * differently:
981 * - libusb_event_handling_ok() starts returning 1, indicating that it is NOT
982 * OK for event handling to continue.
983 * - libusb_try_lock_events() starts returning 1, indicating that another
984 * thread holds the event handling lock, even if the lock is uncontended.
985 * - libusb_event_handler_active() starts returning 1, indicating that
986 * another thread is doing event handling, even if that is not true.
987 * -# The above changes in behaviour result in the event handler stopping and
988 * giving up the events lock very quickly, giving the high-priority
989 * libusb_close() operation a "free ride" to acquire the events lock. All
990 * threads that are competing to do event handling become event waiters.
991 * -# With the events lock held inside libusb_close(), libusbx can safely remove
992 * a file descriptor from the poll set, in the safety of knowledge that
993 * nobody is polling those descriptors or trying to access the poll set.
994 * -# After obtaining the events lock, the close operation completes very
995 * quickly (usually a matter of milliseconds) and then immediately releases
996 * the events lock.
997 * -# At the same time, the behaviour of libusb_event_handling_ok() and friends
998 * reverts to the original, documented behaviour.
999 * -# The release of the events lock causes the threads that are waiting for
1000 * events to be woken up and to start competing to become event handlers
1001 * again. One of them will succeed; it will then re-obtain the list of poll
1002 * descriptors, and USB I/O will then continue as normal.
1004 * libusb_open() is similar, and is actually a more simplistic case. Upon a
1005 * call to libusb_open():
1007 * -# The device is opened and a file descriptor is added to the poll set.
1008 * -# libusbx sends some dummy data on the control pipe, and records that it
1009 * is trying to modify the poll descriptor set.
1010 * -# The event handler is interrupted, and the same behaviour change as for
1011 * libusb_close() takes effect, causing all event handling threads to become
1012 * event waiters.
1013 * -# The libusb_open() implementation takes its free ride to the events lock.
1014 * -# Happy that it has successfully paused the events handler, libusb_open()
1015 * releases the events lock.
1016 * -# The event waiter threads are all woken up and compete to become event
1017 * handlers again. The one that succeeds will obtain the list of poll
1018 * descriptors again, which will include the addition of the new device.
1020 * \subsection concl Closing remarks
1022 * The above may seem a little complicated, but hopefully I have made it clear
1023 * why such complications are necessary. Also, do not forget that this only
1024 * applies to applications that take libusbx's file descriptors and integrate
1025 * them into their own polling loops.
1027 * You may decide that it is OK for your multi-threaded application to ignore
1028 * some of the rules and locks detailed above, because you don't think that
1029 * two threads can ever be polling the descriptors at the same time. If that
1030 * is the case, then that's good news for you because you don't have to worry.
1031 * But be careful here; remember that the synchronous I/O functions do event
1032 * handling internally. If you have one thread doing event handling in a loop
1033 * (without implementing the rules and locking semantics documented above)
1034 * and another trying to send a synchronous USB transfer, you will end up with
1035 * two threads monitoring the same descriptors, and the above-described
1036 * undesirable behaviour occuring. The solution is for your polling thread to
1037 * play by the rules; the synchronous I/O functions do so, and this will result
1038 * in them getting along in perfect harmony.
1040 * If you do have a dedicated thread doing event handling, it is perfectly
1041 * legal for it to take the event handling lock for long periods of time. Any
1042 * synchronous I/O functions you call from other threads will transparently
1043 * fall back to the "event waiters" mechanism detailed above. The only
1044 * consideration that your event handling thread must apply is the one related
1045 * to libusb_event_handling_ok(): you must call this before every poll(), and
1046 * give up the events lock if instructed.
1049 int usbi_io_init(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1051 int r;
1053 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock, NULL);
1054 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->pollfds_lock, NULL);
1055 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock, NULL);
1056 usbi_mutex_init_recursive(&ctx->events_lock, NULL);
1057 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->event_waiters_lock, NULL);
1058 usbi_cond_init(&ctx->event_waiters_cond, NULL);
1059 list_init(&ctx->flying_transfers);
1060 list_init(&ctx->pollfds);
1062 /* FIXME should use an eventfd on kernels that support it */
1063 r = usbi_pipe(ctx->ctrl_pipe);
1064 if (r < 0) {
1065 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1066 goto err;
1069 r = usbi_add_pollfd(ctx, ctx->ctrl_pipe[0], POLLIN);
1070 if (r < 0)
1071 goto err_close_pipe;
1073 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1074 ctx->timerfd = timerfd_create(usbi_backend->get_timerfd_clockid(),
1075 TFD_NONBLOCK);
1076 if (ctx->timerfd >= 0) {
1077 usbi_dbg("using timerfd for timeouts");
1078 r = usbi_add_pollfd(ctx, ctx->timerfd, POLLIN);
1079 if (r < 0) {
1080 usbi_remove_pollfd(ctx, ctx->ctrl_pipe[0]);
1081 close(ctx->timerfd);
1082 goto err_close_pipe;
1084 } else {
1085 usbi_dbg("timerfd not available (code %d error %d)", ctx->timerfd, errno);
1086 ctx->timerfd = -1;
1088 #endif
1090 return 0;
1092 err_close_pipe:
1093 usbi_close(ctx->ctrl_pipe[0]);
1094 usbi_close(ctx->ctrl_pipe[1]);
1095 err:
1096 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1097 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
1098 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1099 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->events_lock);
1100 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1101 usbi_cond_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1102 return r;
1105 void usbi_io_exit(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1107 usbi_remove_pollfd(ctx, ctx->ctrl_pipe[0]);
1108 usbi_close(ctx->ctrl_pipe[0]);
1109 usbi_close(ctx->ctrl_pipe[1]);
1110 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1111 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx)) {
1112 usbi_remove_pollfd(ctx, ctx->timerfd);
1113 close(ctx->timerfd);
1115 #endif
1116 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1117 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
1118 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1119 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->events_lock);
1120 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1121 usbi_cond_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1124 static int calculate_timeout(struct usbi_transfer *transfer)
1126 int r;
1127 struct timespec current_time;
1128 unsigned int timeout =
1129 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(transfer)->timeout;
1131 if (!timeout)
1132 return 0;
1134 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &current_time);
1135 if (r < 0) {
1136 usbi_err(ITRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
1137 "failed to read monotonic clock, errno=%d", errno);
1138 return r;
1141 current_time.tv_sec += timeout / 1000;
1142 current_time.tv_nsec += (timeout % 1000) * 1000000;
1144 while (current_time.tv_nsec >= 1000000000) {
1145 current_time.tv_nsec -= 1000000000;
1146 current_time.tv_sec++;
1149 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&transfer->timeout, &current_time);
1150 return 0;
1153 /* add a transfer to the (timeout-sorted) active transfers list.
1154 * returns 1 if the transfer has a timeout and it is the timeout next to
1155 * expire */
1156 static int add_to_flying_list(struct usbi_transfer *transfer)
1158 struct usbi_transfer *cur;
1159 struct timeval *timeout = &transfer->timeout;
1160 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1161 int r = 0;
1162 int first = 1;
1164 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1166 /* if we have no other flying transfers, start the list with this one */
1167 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers)) {
1168 list_add(&transfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1169 goto out;
1172 /* if we have infinite timeout, append to end of list */
1173 if (!timerisset(timeout)) {
1174 list_add_tail(&transfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1175 /* first is irrelevant in this case */
1176 goto out;
1179 /* otherwise, find appropriate place in list */
1180 list_for_each_entry(cur, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
1181 /* find first timeout that occurs after the transfer in question */
1182 struct timeval *cur_tv = &cur->timeout;
1184 if (!timerisset(cur_tv) || (cur_tv->tv_sec > timeout->tv_sec) ||
1185 (cur_tv->tv_sec == timeout->tv_sec &&
1186 cur_tv->tv_usec > timeout->tv_usec)) {
1187 list_add_tail(&transfer->list, &cur->list);
1188 goto out;
1190 first = 0;
1192 /* first is 0 at this stage (list not empty) */
1194 /* otherwise we need to be inserted at the end */
1195 list_add_tail(&transfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1196 out:
1197 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1198 if (first && usbi_using_timerfd(ctx) && timerisset(timeout)) {
1199 /* if this transfer has the lowest timeout of all active transfers,
1200 * rearm the timerfd with this transfer's timeout */
1201 const struct itimerspec it = { {0, 0},
1202 { timeout->tv_sec, timeout->tv_usec * 1000 } };
1203 usbi_dbg("arm timerfd for timeout in %dms (first in line)",
1204 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(transfer)->timeout);
1205 r = timerfd_settime(ctx->timerfd, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, &it, NULL);
1206 if (r < 0) {
1207 usbi_warn(ctx, "failed to arm first timerfd (errno %d)", errno);
1208 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1211 #else
1212 UNUSED(first);
1213 #endif
1215 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1216 return r;
1219 /** \ingroup asyncio
1220 * Allocate a libusbx transfer with a specified number of isochronous packet
1221 * descriptors. The returned transfer is pre-initialized for you. When the new
1222 * transfer is no longer needed, it should be freed with
1223 * libusb_free_transfer().
1225 * Transfers intended for non-isochronous endpoints (e.g. control, bulk,
1226 * interrupt) should specify an iso_packets count of zero.
1228 * For transfers intended for isochronous endpoints, specify an appropriate
1229 * number of packet descriptors to be allocated as part of the transfer.
1230 * The returned transfer is not specially initialized for isochronous I/O;
1231 * you are still required to set the
1232 * \ref libusb_transfer::num_iso_packets "num_iso_packets" and
1233 * \ref libusb_transfer::type "type" fields accordingly.
1235 * It is safe to allocate a transfer with some isochronous packets and then
1236 * use it on a non-isochronous endpoint. If you do this, ensure that at time
1237 * of submission, num_iso_packets is 0 and that type is set appropriately.
1239 * \param iso_packets number of isochronous packet descriptors to allocate
1240 * \returns a newly allocated transfer, or NULL on error
1242 DEFAULT_VISIBILITY
1243 struct libusb_transfer * LIBUSB_CALL libusb_alloc_transfer(
1244 int iso_packets)
1246 size_t os_alloc_size = usbi_backend->transfer_priv_size
1247 + (usbi_backend->add_iso_packet_size * iso_packets);
1248 size_t alloc_size = sizeof(struct usbi_transfer)
1249 + sizeof(struct libusb_transfer)
1250 + (sizeof(struct libusb_iso_packet_descriptor) * iso_packets)
1251 + os_alloc_size;
1252 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer = calloc(1, alloc_size);
1253 if (!itransfer)
1254 return NULL;
1256 itransfer->num_iso_packets = iso_packets;
1257 usbi_mutex_init(&itransfer->lock, NULL);
1258 return USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1261 /** \ingroup asyncio
1262 * Free a transfer structure. This should be called for all transfers
1263 * allocated with libusb_alloc_transfer().
1265 * If the \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER
1266 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER" flag is set and the transfer buffer is
1267 * non-NULL, this function will also free the transfer buffer using the
1268 * standard system memory allocator (e.g. free()).
1270 * It is legal to call this function with a NULL transfer. In this case,
1271 * the function will simply return safely.
1273 * It is not legal to free an active transfer (one which has been submitted
1274 * and has not yet completed).
1276 * \param transfer the transfer to free
1278 void API_EXPORTED libusb_free_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1280 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
1281 if (!transfer)
1282 return;
1284 if (transfer->flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER && transfer->buffer)
1285 free(transfer->buffer);
1287 itransfer = LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1288 usbi_mutex_destroy(&itransfer->lock);
1289 free(itransfer);
1292 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1293 static int disarm_timerfd(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1295 const struct itimerspec disarm_timer = { { 0, 0 }, { 0, 0 } };
1296 int r;
1298 usbi_dbg("");
1299 r = timerfd_settime(ctx->timerfd, 0, &disarm_timer, NULL);
1300 if (r < 0)
1301 return LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1302 else
1303 return 0;
1306 /* iterates through the flying transfers, and rearms the timerfd based on the
1307 * next upcoming timeout.
1308 * must be called with flying_list locked.
1309 * returns 0 if there was no timeout to arm, 1 if the next timeout was armed,
1310 * or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
1312 static int arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1314 struct usbi_transfer *transfer;
1316 list_for_each_entry(transfer, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
1317 struct timeval *cur_tv = &transfer->timeout;
1319 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, then we have no
1320 * arming to do */
1321 if (!timerisset(cur_tv))
1322 goto disarm;
1324 /* act on first transfer that is not already cancelled */
1325 if (!(transfer->flags & USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT)) {
1326 int r;
1327 const struct itimerspec it = { {0, 0},
1328 { cur_tv->tv_sec, cur_tv->tv_usec * 1000 } };
1329 usbi_dbg("next timeout originally %dms", USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(transfer)->timeout);
1330 r = timerfd_settime(ctx->timerfd, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, &it, NULL);
1331 if (r < 0)
1332 return LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1333 return 1;
1337 disarm:
1338 return disarm_timerfd(ctx);
1340 #else
1341 static int arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1343 (void)ctx;
1344 return 0;
1346 #endif
1348 /** \ingroup asyncio
1349 * Submit a transfer. This function will fire off the USB transfer and then
1350 * return immediately.
1352 * \param transfer the transfer to submit
1353 * \returns 0 on success
1354 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected
1355 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY if the transfer has already been submitted.
1356 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the transfer flags are not supported
1357 * by the operating system.
1358 * \returns another LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure
1360 int API_EXPORTED libusb_submit_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1362 struct libusb_context *ctx = TRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1363 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1364 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1365 int r;
1366 int updated_fds;
1368 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1369 itransfer->transferred = 0;
1370 itransfer->flags = 0;
1371 r = calculate_timeout(itransfer);
1372 if (r < 0) {
1373 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1374 goto out;
1377 r = add_to_flying_list(itransfer);
1378 if (r)
1379 goto out;
1380 r = usbi_backend->submit_transfer(itransfer);
1381 if (r) {
1382 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1383 list_del(&itransfer->list);
1384 arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1385 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1388 out:
1389 updated_fds = (itransfer->flags & USBI_TRANSFER_UPDATED_FDS);
1390 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1391 if (updated_fds)
1392 usbi_fd_notification(ctx);
1393 return r;
1396 /** \ingroup asyncio
1397 * Asynchronously cancel a previously submitted transfer.
1398 * This function returns immediately, but this does not indicate cancellation
1399 * is complete. Your callback function will be invoked at some later time
1400 * with a transfer status of
1401 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED
1402 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED."
1404 * \param transfer the transfer to cancel
1405 * \returns 0 on success
1406 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the transfer is already complete or
1407 * cancelled.
1408 * \returns a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
1410 int API_EXPORTED libusb_cancel_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1412 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1413 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1414 int r;
1416 usbi_dbg("");
1417 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1418 r = usbi_backend->cancel_transfer(itransfer);
1419 if (r < 0) {
1420 if (r != LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND &&
1421 r != LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE)
1422 usbi_err(TRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
1423 "cancel transfer failed error %d", r);
1424 else
1425 usbi_dbg("cancel transfer failed error %d", r);
1427 if (r == LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE)
1428 itransfer->flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_DEVICE_DISAPPEARED;
1431 itransfer->flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_CANCELLING;
1433 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1434 return r;
1437 /* Handle completion of a transfer (completion might be an error condition).
1438 * This will invoke the user-supplied callback function, which may end up
1439 * freeing the transfer. Therefore you cannot use the transfer structure
1440 * after calling this function, and you should free all backend-specific
1441 * data before calling it.
1442 * Do not call this function with the usbi_transfer lock held. User-specified
1443 * callback functions may attempt to directly resubmit the transfer, which
1444 * will attempt to take the lock. */
1445 int usbi_handle_transfer_completion(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer,
1446 enum libusb_transfer_status status)
1448 struct libusb_transfer *transfer =
1449 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1450 struct libusb_context *ctx = TRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1451 uint8_t flags;
1452 int r = 0;
1454 /* FIXME: could be more intelligent with the timerfd here. we don't need
1455 * to disarm the timerfd if there was no timer running, and we only need
1456 * to rearm the timerfd if the transfer that expired was the one with
1457 * the shortest timeout. */
1459 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1460 list_del(&itransfer->list);
1461 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx))
1462 r = arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1463 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1464 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx) && (r < 0))
1465 return r;
1467 if (status == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED
1468 && transfer->flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK) {
1469 int rqlen = transfer->length;
1470 if (transfer->type == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_CONTROL)
1471 rqlen -= LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE;
1472 if (rqlen != itransfer->transferred) {
1473 usbi_dbg("interpreting short transfer as error");
1474 status = LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR;
1478 flags = transfer->flags;
1479 transfer->status = status;
1480 transfer->actual_length = itransfer->transferred;
1481 usbi_dbg("transfer %p has callback %p", transfer, transfer->callback);
1482 if (transfer->callback)
1483 transfer->callback(transfer);
1484 /* transfer might have been freed by the above call, do not use from
1485 * this point. */
1486 if (flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER)
1487 libusb_free_transfer(transfer);
1488 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1489 usbi_cond_broadcast(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1490 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1491 return 0;
1494 /* Similar to usbi_handle_transfer_completion() but exclusively for transfers
1495 * that were asynchronously cancelled. The same concerns w.r.t. freeing of
1496 * transfers exist here.
1497 * Do not call this function with the usbi_transfer lock held. User-specified
1498 * callback functions may attempt to directly resubmit the transfer, which
1499 * will attempt to take the lock. */
1500 int usbi_handle_transfer_cancellation(struct usbi_transfer *transfer)
1502 /* if the URB was cancelled due to timeout, report timeout to the user */
1503 if (transfer->flags & USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT) {
1504 usbi_dbg("detected timeout cancellation");
1505 return usbi_handle_transfer_completion(transfer, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT);
1508 /* otherwise its a normal async cancel */
1509 return usbi_handle_transfer_completion(transfer, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED);
1512 /** \ingroup poll
1513 * Attempt to acquire the event handling lock. This lock is used to ensure that
1514 * only one thread is monitoring libusbx event sources at any one time.
1516 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1517 * which calls poll() or select() on libusbx's file descriptors directly.
1518 * If you stick to libusbx's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1519 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1520 * locking.
1522 * While holding this lock, you are trusted to actually be handling events.
1523 * If you are no longer handling events, you must call libusb_unlock_events()
1524 * as soon as possible.
1526 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1527 * \returns 0 if the lock was obtained successfully
1528 * \returns 1 if the lock was not obtained (i.e. another thread holds the lock)
1529 * \see \ref mtasync
1531 int API_EXPORTED libusb_try_lock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1533 int r;
1534 unsigned int ru;
1535 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1537 /* is someone else waiting to modify poll fds? if so, don't let this thread
1538 * start event handling */
1539 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1540 ru = ctx->pollfd_modify;
1541 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1542 if (ru) {
1543 usbi_dbg("someone else is modifying poll fds");
1544 return 1;
1547 r = usbi_mutex_trylock(&ctx->events_lock);
1548 if (r)
1549 return 1;
1551 ctx->event_handler_active = 1;
1552 return 0;
1555 /** \ingroup poll
1556 * Acquire the event handling lock, blocking until successful acquisition if
1557 * it is contended. This lock is used to ensure that only one thread is
1558 * monitoring libusbx event sources at any one time.
1560 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1561 * which calls poll() or select() on libusbx's file descriptors directly.
1562 * If you stick to libusbx's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1563 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1564 * locking.
1566 * While holding this lock, you are trusted to actually be handling events.
1567 * If you are no longer handling events, you must call libusb_unlock_events()
1568 * as soon as possible.
1570 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1571 * \see \ref mtasync
1573 void API_EXPORTED libusb_lock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1575 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1576 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->events_lock);
1577 ctx->event_handler_active = 1;
1580 /** \ingroup poll
1581 * Release the lock previously acquired with libusb_try_lock_events() or
1582 * libusb_lock_events(). Releasing this lock will wake up any threads blocked
1583 * on libusb_wait_for_event().
1585 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1586 * \see \ref mtasync
1588 void API_EXPORTED libusb_unlock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1590 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1591 ctx->event_handler_active = 0;
1592 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->events_lock);
1594 /* FIXME: perhaps we should be a bit more efficient by not broadcasting
1595 * the availability of the events lock when we are modifying pollfds
1596 * (check ctx->pollfd_modify)? */
1597 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1598 usbi_cond_broadcast(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1599 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1602 /** \ingroup poll
1603 * Determine if it is still OK for this thread to be doing event handling.
1605 * Sometimes, libusbx needs to temporarily pause all event handlers, and this
1606 * is the function you should use before polling file descriptors to see if
1607 * this is the case.
1609 * If this function instructs your thread to give up the events lock, you
1610 * should just continue the usual logic that is documented in \ref mtasync.
1611 * On the next iteration, your thread will fail to obtain the events lock,
1612 * and will hence become an event waiter.
1614 * This function should be called while the events lock is held: you don't
1615 * need to worry about the results of this function if your thread is not
1616 * the current event handler.
1618 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1619 * \returns 1 if event handling can start or continue
1620 * \returns 0 if this thread must give up the events lock
1621 * \see \ref fullstory "Multi-threaded I/O: the full story"
1623 int API_EXPORTED libusb_event_handling_ok(libusb_context *ctx)
1625 unsigned int r;
1626 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1628 /* is someone else waiting to modify poll fds? if so, don't let this thread
1629 * continue event handling */
1630 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1631 r = ctx->pollfd_modify;
1632 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1633 if (r) {
1634 usbi_dbg("someone else is modifying poll fds");
1635 return 0;
1638 return 1;
1642 /** \ingroup poll
1643 * Determine if an active thread is handling events (i.e. if anyone is holding
1644 * the event handling lock).
1646 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1647 * \returns 1 if a thread is handling events
1648 * \returns 0 if there are no threads currently handling events
1649 * \see \ref mtasync
1651 int API_EXPORTED libusb_event_handler_active(libusb_context *ctx)
1653 unsigned int r;
1654 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1656 /* is someone else waiting to modify poll fds? if so, don't let this thread
1657 * start event handling -- indicate that event handling is happening */
1658 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1659 r = ctx->pollfd_modify;
1660 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfd_modify_lock);
1661 if (r) {
1662 usbi_dbg("someone else is modifying poll fds");
1663 return 1;
1666 return ctx->event_handler_active;
1669 /** \ingroup poll
1670 * Acquire the event waiters lock. This lock is designed to be obtained under
1671 * the situation where you want to be aware when events are completed, but
1672 * some other thread is event handling so calling libusb_handle_events() is not
1673 * allowed.
1675 * You then obtain this lock, re-check that another thread is still handling
1676 * events, then call libusb_wait_for_event().
1678 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1679 * which calls poll() or select() on libusbx's file descriptors directly,
1680 * <b>and</b> may potentially be handling events from 2 threads simultaenously.
1681 * If you stick to libusbx's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1682 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1683 * locking.
1685 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1686 * \see \ref mtasync
1688 void API_EXPORTED libusb_lock_event_waiters(libusb_context *ctx)
1690 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1691 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1694 /** \ingroup poll
1695 * Release the event waiters lock.
1696 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1697 * \see \ref mtasync
1699 void API_EXPORTED libusb_unlock_event_waiters(libusb_context *ctx)
1701 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1702 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1705 /** \ingroup poll
1706 * Wait for another thread to signal completion of an event. Must be called
1707 * with the event waiters lock held, see libusb_lock_event_waiters().
1709 * This function will block until any of the following conditions are met:
1710 * -# The timeout expires
1711 * -# A transfer completes
1712 * -# A thread releases the event handling lock through libusb_unlock_events()
1714 * Condition 1 is obvious. Condition 2 unblocks your thread <em>after</em>
1715 * the callback for the transfer has completed. Condition 3 is important
1716 * because it means that the thread that was previously handling events is no
1717 * longer doing so, so if any events are to complete, another thread needs to
1718 * step up and start event handling.
1720 * This function releases the event waiters lock before putting your thread
1721 * to sleep, and reacquires the lock as it is being woken up.
1723 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1724 * \param tv maximum timeout for this blocking function. A NULL value
1725 * indicates unlimited timeout.
1726 * \returns 0 after a transfer completes or another thread stops event handling
1727 * \returns 1 if the timeout expired
1728 * \see \ref mtasync
1730 int API_EXPORTED libusb_wait_for_event(libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv)
1732 struct timespec timeout;
1733 int r;
1735 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1736 if (tv == NULL) {
1737 usbi_cond_wait(&ctx->event_waiters_cond, &ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1738 return 0;
1741 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_REALTIME, &timeout);
1742 if (r < 0) {
1743 usbi_err(ctx, "failed to read realtime clock, error %d", errno);
1744 return LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1747 timeout.tv_sec += tv->tv_sec;
1748 timeout.tv_nsec += tv->tv_usec * 1000;
1749 while (timeout.tv_nsec >= 1000000000) {
1750 timeout.tv_nsec -= 1000000000;
1751 timeout.tv_sec++;
1754 r = usbi_cond_timedwait(&ctx->event_waiters_cond,
1755 &ctx->event_waiters_lock, &timeout);
1756 return (r == ETIMEDOUT);
1759 static void handle_timeout(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1761 struct libusb_transfer *transfer =
1762 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1763 int r;
1765 itransfer->flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT;
1766 r = libusb_cancel_transfer(transfer);
1767 if (r < 0)
1768 usbi_warn(TRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
1769 "async cancel failed %d errno=%d", r, errno);
1772 static int handle_timeouts_locked(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1774 int r;
1775 struct timespec systime_ts;
1776 struct timeval systime;
1777 struct usbi_transfer *transfer;
1779 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers))
1780 return 0;
1782 /* get current time */
1783 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &systime_ts);
1784 if (r < 0)
1785 return r;
1787 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&systime, &systime_ts);
1789 /* iterate through flying transfers list, finding all transfers that
1790 * have expired timeouts */
1791 list_for_each_entry(transfer, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
1792 struct timeval *cur_tv = &transfer->timeout;
1794 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, we're all done */
1795 if (!timerisset(cur_tv))
1796 return 0;
1798 /* ignore timeouts we've already handled */
1799 if (transfer->flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))
1800 continue;
1802 /* if transfer has non-expired timeout, nothing more to do */
1803 if ((cur_tv->tv_sec > systime.tv_sec) ||
1804 (cur_tv->tv_sec == systime.tv_sec &&
1805 cur_tv->tv_usec > systime.tv_usec))
1806 return 0;
1808 /* otherwise, we've got an expired timeout to handle */
1809 handle_timeout(transfer);
1811 return 0;
1814 static int handle_timeouts(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1816 int r;
1817 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1818 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1819 r = handle_timeouts_locked(ctx);
1820 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1821 return r;
1824 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1825 static int handle_timerfd_trigger(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1827 int r;
1829 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1831 /* process the timeout that just happened */
1832 r = handle_timeouts_locked(ctx);
1833 if (r < 0)
1834 goto out;
1836 /* arm for next timeout*/
1837 r = arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1839 out:
1840 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1841 return r;
1843 #endif
1845 /* do the actual event handling. assumes that no other thread is concurrently
1846 * doing the same thing. */
1847 static int handle_events(struct libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv)
1849 int r;
1850 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd;
1851 POLL_NFDS_TYPE nfds = 0;
1852 struct pollfd *fds = NULL;
1853 int i = -1;
1854 int timeout_ms;
1856 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
1857 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->pollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd)
1858 nfds++;
1860 /* TODO: malloc when number of fd's changes, not on every poll */
1861 if (nfds != 0)
1862 fds = malloc(sizeof(*fds) * nfds);
1863 if (!fds) {
1864 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
1865 return LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM;
1868 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->pollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd) {
1869 struct libusb_pollfd *pollfd = &ipollfd->pollfd;
1870 int fd = pollfd->fd;
1871 i++;
1872 fds[i].fd = fd;
1873 fds[i].events = pollfd->events;
1874 fds[i].revents = 0;
1876 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
1878 timeout_ms = (int)(tv->tv_sec * 1000) + (tv->tv_usec / 1000);
1880 /* round up to next millisecond */
1881 if (tv->tv_usec % 1000)
1882 timeout_ms++;
1884 usbi_dbg("poll() %d fds with timeout in %dms", nfds, timeout_ms);
1885 r = usbi_poll(fds, nfds, timeout_ms);
1886 usbi_dbg("poll() returned %d", r);
1887 if (r == 0) {
1888 free(fds);
1889 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
1890 } else if (r == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
1891 free(fds);
1892 return LIBUSB_ERROR_INTERRUPTED;
1893 } else if (r < 0) {
1894 free(fds);
1895 usbi_err(ctx, "poll failed %d err=%d\n", r, errno);
1896 return LIBUSB_ERROR_IO;
1899 /* fd[0] is always the ctrl pipe */
1900 if (fds[0].revents) {
1901 /* another thread wanted to interrupt event handling, and it succeeded!
1902 * handle any other events that cropped up at the same time, and
1903 * simply return */
1904 usbi_dbg("caught a fish on the control pipe");
1906 if (r == 1) {
1907 r = 0;
1908 goto handled;
1909 } else {
1910 /* prevent OS backend from trying to handle events on ctrl pipe */
1911 fds[0].revents = 0;
1912 r--;
1916 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1917 /* on timerfd configurations, fds[1] is the timerfd */
1918 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx) && fds[1].revents) {
1919 /* timerfd indicates that a timeout has expired */
1920 int ret;
1921 usbi_dbg("timerfd triggered");
1923 ret = handle_timerfd_trigger(ctx);
1924 if (ret < 0) {
1925 /* return error code */
1926 r = ret;
1927 goto handled;
1928 } else if (r == 1) {
1929 /* no more active file descriptors, nothing more to do */
1930 r = 0;
1931 goto handled;
1932 } else {
1933 /* more events pending...
1934 * prevent OS backend from trying to handle events on timerfd */
1935 fds[1].revents = 0;
1936 r--;
1939 #endif
1941 r = usbi_backend->handle_events(ctx, fds, nfds, r);
1942 if (r)
1943 usbi_err(ctx, "backend handle_events failed with error %d", r);
1945 handled:
1946 free(fds);
1947 return r;
1950 /* returns the smallest of:
1951 * 1. timeout of next URB
1952 * 2. user-supplied timeout
1953 * returns 1 if there is an already-expired timeout, otherwise returns 0
1954 * and populates out
1956 static int get_next_timeout(libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv,
1957 struct timeval *out)
1959 struct timeval timeout;
1960 int r = libusb_get_next_timeout(ctx, &timeout);
1961 if (r) {
1962 /* timeout already expired? */
1963 if (!timerisset(&timeout))
1964 return 1;
1966 /* choose the smallest of next URB timeout or user specified timeout */
1967 if (timercmp(&timeout, tv, <))
1968 *out = timeout;
1969 else
1970 *out = *tv;
1971 } else {
1972 *out = *tv;
1974 return 0;
1977 /** \ingroup poll
1978 * Handle any pending events.
1980 * libusbx determines "pending events" by checking if any timeouts have expired
1981 * and by checking the set of file descriptors for activity.
1983 * If a zero timeval is passed, this function will handle any already-pending
1984 * events and then immediately return in non-blocking style.
1986 * If a non-zero timeval is passed and no events are currently pending, this
1987 * function will block waiting for events to handle up until the specified
1988 * timeout. If an event arrives or a signal is raised, this function will
1989 * return early.
1991 * If the parameter completed is not NULL then <em>after obtaining the event
1992 * handling lock</em> this function will return immediately if the integer
1993 * pointed to is not 0. This allows for race free waiting for the completion
1994 * of a specific transfer.
1996 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1997 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or an all zero
1998 * timeval struct for non-blocking mode
1999 * \param completed pointer to completion integer to check, or NULL
2000 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2001 * \see \ref mtasync
2003 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(libusb_context *ctx,
2004 struct timeval *tv, int *completed)
2006 int r;
2007 struct timeval poll_timeout;
2009 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2010 r = get_next_timeout(ctx, tv, &poll_timeout);
2011 if (r) {
2012 /* timeout already expired */
2013 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2016 retry:
2017 if (libusb_try_lock_events(ctx) == 0) {
2018 if (completed == NULL || !*completed) {
2019 /* we obtained the event lock: do our own event handling */
2020 usbi_dbg("doing our own event handling");
2021 r = handle_events(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2023 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
2024 return r;
2027 /* another thread is doing event handling. wait for thread events that
2028 * notify event completion. */
2029 libusb_lock_event_waiters(ctx);
2031 if (completed && *completed)
2032 goto already_done;
2034 if (!libusb_event_handler_active(ctx)) {
2035 /* we hit a race: whoever was event handling earlier finished in the
2036 * time it took us to reach this point. try the cycle again. */
2037 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
2038 usbi_dbg("event handler was active but went away, retrying");
2039 goto retry;
2042 usbi_dbg("another thread is doing event handling");
2043 r = libusb_wait_for_event(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2045 already_done:
2046 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
2048 if (r < 0)
2049 return r;
2050 else if (r == 1)
2051 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2052 else
2053 return 0;
2056 /** \ingroup poll
2057 * Handle any pending events
2059 * Like libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(), but without the completed
2060 * parameter, calling this function is equivalent to calling
2061 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() with a NULL completed parameter.
2063 * This function is kept primarily for backwards compatibility.
2064 * All new code should call libusb_handle_events_completed() or
2065 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() to avoid race conditions.
2067 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2068 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or an all zero
2069 * timeval struct for non-blocking mode
2070 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2072 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_timeout(libusb_context *ctx,
2073 struct timeval *tv)
2075 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, tv, NULL);
2078 /** \ingroup poll
2079 * Handle any pending events in blocking mode. There is currently a timeout
2080 * hardcoded at 60 seconds but we plan to make it unlimited in future. For
2081 * finer control over whether this function is blocking or non-blocking, or
2082 * for control over the timeout, use libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed()
2083 * instead.
2085 * This function is kept primarily for backwards compatibility.
2086 * All new code should call libusb_handle_events_completed() or
2087 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() to avoid race conditions.
2089 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2090 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2092 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events(libusb_context *ctx)
2094 struct timeval tv;
2095 tv.tv_sec = 60;
2096 tv.tv_usec = 0;
2097 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, &tv, NULL);
2100 /** \ingroup poll
2101 * Handle any pending events in blocking mode.
2103 * Like libusb_handle_events(), with the addition of a completed parameter
2104 * to allow for race free waiting for the completion of a specific transfer.
2106 * See libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() for details on the completed
2107 * parameter.
2109 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2110 * \param completed pointer to completion integer to check, or NULL
2111 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2112 * \see \ref mtasync
2114 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_completed(libusb_context *ctx,
2115 int *completed)
2117 struct timeval tv;
2118 tv.tv_sec = 60;
2119 tv.tv_usec = 0;
2120 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, &tv, completed);
2123 /** \ingroup poll
2124 * Handle any pending events by polling file descriptors, without checking if
2125 * any other threads are already doing so. Must be called with the event lock
2126 * held, see libusb_lock_events().
2128 * This function is designed to be called under the situation where you have
2129 * taken the event lock and are calling poll()/select() directly on libusbx's
2130 * file descriptors (as opposed to using libusb_handle_events() or similar).
2131 * You detect events on libusbx's descriptors, so you then call this function
2132 * with a zero timeout value (while still holding the event lock).
2134 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2135 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or zero for
2136 * non-blocking mode
2137 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2138 * \see \ref mtasync
2140 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_locked(libusb_context *ctx,
2141 struct timeval *tv)
2143 int r;
2144 struct timeval poll_timeout;
2146 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2147 r = get_next_timeout(ctx, tv, &poll_timeout);
2148 if (r) {
2149 /* timeout already expired */
2150 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2153 return handle_events(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2156 /** \ingroup poll
2157 * Determines whether your application must apply special timing considerations
2158 * when monitoring libusbx's file descriptors.
2160 * This function is only useful for applications which retrieve and poll
2161 * libusbx's file descriptors in their own main loop (\ref pollmain).
2163 * Ordinarily, libusbx's event handler needs to be called into at specific
2164 * moments in time (in addition to times when there is activity on the file
2165 * descriptor set). The usual approach is to use libusb_get_next_timeout()
2166 * to learn about when the next timeout occurs, and to adjust your
2167 * poll()/select() timeout accordingly so that you can make a call into the
2168 * library at that time.
2170 * Some platforms supported by libusbx do not come with this baggage - any
2171 * events relevant to timing will be represented by activity on the file
2172 * descriptor set, and libusb_get_next_timeout() will always return 0.
2173 * This function allows you to detect whether you are running on such a
2174 * platform.
2176 * Since v1.0.5.
2178 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2179 * \returns 0 if you must call into libusbx at times determined by
2180 * libusb_get_next_timeout(), or 1 if all timeout events are handled internally
2181 * or through regular activity on the file descriptors.
2182 * \see \ref pollmain "Polling libusbx file descriptors for event handling"
2184 int API_EXPORTED libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts(libusb_context *ctx)
2186 #if defined(USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE)
2187 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2188 return usbi_using_timerfd(ctx);
2189 #else
2190 (void)ctx;
2191 return 0;
2192 #endif
2195 /** \ingroup poll
2196 * Determine the next internal timeout that libusbx needs to handle. You only
2197 * need to use this function if you are calling poll() or select() or similar
2198 * on libusbx's file descriptors yourself - you do not need to use it if you
2199 * are calling libusb_handle_events() or a variant directly.
2201 * You should call this function in your main loop in order to determine how
2202 * long to wait for select() or poll() to return results. libusbx needs to be
2203 * called into at this timeout, so you should use it as an upper bound on
2204 * your select() or poll() call.
2206 * When the timeout has expired, call into libusb_handle_events_timeout()
2207 * (perhaps in non-blocking mode) so that libusbx can handle the timeout.
2209 * This function may return 1 (success) and an all-zero timeval. If this is
2210 * the case, it indicates that libusbx has a timeout that has already expired
2211 * so you should call libusb_handle_events_timeout() or similar immediately.
2212 * A return code of 0 indicates that there are no pending timeouts.
2214 * On some platforms, this function will always returns 0 (no pending
2215 * timeouts). See \ref polltime.
2217 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2218 * \param tv output location for a relative time against the current
2219 * clock in which libusbx must be called into in order to process timeout events
2220 * \returns 0 if there are no pending timeouts, 1 if a timeout was returned,
2221 * or LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER on failure
2223 int API_EXPORTED libusb_get_next_timeout(libusb_context *ctx,
2224 struct timeval *tv)
2226 struct usbi_transfer *transfer;
2227 struct timespec cur_ts;
2228 struct timeval cur_tv;
2229 struct timeval *next_timeout;
2230 int r;
2231 int found = 0;
2233 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2234 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx))
2235 return 0;
2237 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2238 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers)) {
2239 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2240 usbi_dbg("no URBs, no timeout!");
2241 return 0;
2244 /* find next transfer which hasn't already been processed as timed out */
2245 list_for_each_entry(transfer, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
2246 if (transfer->flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))
2247 continue;
2249 /* no timeout for this transfer? */
2250 if (!timerisset(&transfer->timeout))
2251 continue;
2253 found = 1;
2254 break;
2256 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2258 if (!found) {
2259 usbi_dbg("no URB with timeout or all handled by OS; no timeout!");
2260 return 0;
2263 next_timeout = &transfer->timeout;
2265 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &cur_ts);
2266 if (r < 0) {
2267 usbi_err(ctx, "failed to read monotonic clock, errno=%d", errno);
2268 return 0;
2270 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&cur_tv, &cur_ts);
2272 if (!timercmp(&cur_tv, next_timeout, <)) {
2273 usbi_dbg("first timeout already expired");
2274 timerclear(tv);
2275 } else {
2276 timersub(next_timeout, &cur_tv, tv);
2277 usbi_dbg("next timeout in %d.%06ds", tv->tv_sec, tv->tv_usec);
2280 return 1;
2283 /** \ingroup poll
2284 * Register notification functions for file descriptor additions/removals.
2285 * These functions will be invoked for every new or removed file descriptor
2286 * that libusbx uses as an event source.
2288 * To remove notifiers, pass NULL values for the function pointers.
2290 * Note that file descriptors may have been added even before you register
2291 * these notifiers (e.g. at libusb_init() time).
2293 * Additionally, note that the removal notifier may be called during
2294 * libusb_exit() (e.g. when it is closing file descriptors that were opened
2295 * and added to the poll set at libusb_init() time). If you don't want this,
2296 * remove the notifiers immediately before calling libusb_exit().
2298 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2299 * \param added_cb pointer to function for addition notifications
2300 * \param removed_cb pointer to function for removal notifications
2301 * \param user_data User data to be passed back to callbacks (useful for
2302 * passing context information)
2304 void API_EXPORTED libusb_set_pollfd_notifiers(libusb_context *ctx,
2305 libusb_pollfd_added_cb added_cb, libusb_pollfd_removed_cb removed_cb,
2306 void *user_data)
2308 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2309 ctx->fd_added_cb = added_cb;
2310 ctx->fd_removed_cb = removed_cb;
2311 ctx->fd_cb_user_data = user_data;
2314 /* Add a file descriptor to the list of file descriptors to be monitored.
2315 * events should be specified as a bitmask of events passed to poll(), e.g.
2316 * POLLIN and/or POLLOUT. */
2317 int usbi_add_pollfd(struct libusb_context *ctx, int fd, short events)
2319 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd = malloc(sizeof(*ipollfd));
2320 if (!ipollfd)
2321 return LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM;
2323 usbi_dbg("add fd %d events %d", fd, events);
2324 ipollfd->pollfd.fd = fd;
2325 ipollfd->pollfd.events = events;
2326 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2327 list_add_tail(&ipollfd->list, &ctx->pollfds);
2328 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2330 if (ctx->fd_added_cb)
2331 ctx->fd_added_cb(fd, events, ctx->fd_cb_user_data);
2332 return 0;
2335 /* Remove a file descriptor from the list of file descriptors to be polled. */
2336 void usbi_remove_pollfd(struct libusb_context *ctx, int fd)
2338 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd;
2339 int found = 0;
2341 usbi_dbg("remove fd %d", fd);
2342 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2343 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->pollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd)
2344 if (ipollfd->pollfd.fd == fd) {
2345 found = 1;
2346 break;
2349 if (!found) {
2350 usbi_dbg("couldn't find fd %d to remove", fd);
2351 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2352 return;
2355 list_del(&ipollfd->list);
2356 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2357 free(ipollfd);
2358 if (ctx->fd_removed_cb)
2359 ctx->fd_removed_cb(fd, ctx->fd_cb_user_data);
2362 /** \ingroup poll
2363 * Retrieve a list of file descriptors that should be polled by your main loop
2364 * as libusbx event sources.
2366 * The returned list is NULL-terminated and should be freed with free() when
2367 * done. The actual list contents must not be touched.
2369 * As file descriptors are a Unix-specific concept, this function is not
2370 * available on Windows and will always return NULL.
2372 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2373 * \returns a NULL-terminated list of libusb_pollfd structures
2374 * \returns NULL on error
2375 * \returns NULL on platforms where the functionality is not available
2377 DEFAULT_VISIBILITY
2378 const struct libusb_pollfd ** LIBUSB_CALL libusb_get_pollfds(
2379 libusb_context *ctx)
2381 #ifndef OS_WINDOWS
2382 struct libusb_pollfd **ret = NULL;
2383 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd;
2384 size_t i = 0;
2385 size_t cnt = 0;
2386 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2388 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2389 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->pollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd)
2390 cnt++;
2392 ret = calloc(cnt + 1, sizeof(struct libusb_pollfd *));
2393 if (!ret)
2394 goto out;
2396 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->pollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd)
2397 ret[i++] = (struct libusb_pollfd *) ipollfd;
2398 ret[cnt] = NULL;
2400 out:
2401 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->pollfds_lock);
2402 return (const struct libusb_pollfd **) ret;
2403 #else
2404 usbi_err(ctx, "external polling of libusbx's internal descriptors "\
2405 "is not yet supported on Windows platforms");
2406 return NULL;
2407 #endif
2410 /* Backends call this from handle_events to report disconnection of a device.
2411 * The transfers get cancelled appropriately.
2413 void usbi_handle_disconnect(struct libusb_device_handle *handle)
2415 struct usbi_transfer *cur;
2416 struct usbi_transfer *to_cancel;
2418 usbi_dbg("device %d.%d",
2419 handle->dev->bus_number, handle->dev->device_address);
2421 /* terminate all pending transfers with the LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE
2422 * status code.
2424 * this is a bit tricky because:
2425 * 1. we can't do transfer completion while holding flying_transfers_lock
2426 * 2. the transfers list can change underneath us - if we were to build a
2427 * list of transfers to complete (while holding look), the situation
2428 * might be different by the time we come to free them
2430 * so we resort to a loop-based approach as below
2431 * FIXME: is this still potentially racy?
2434 while (1) {
2435 usbi_mutex_lock(&HANDLE_CTX(handle)->flying_transfers_lock);
2436 to_cancel = NULL;
2437 list_for_each_entry(cur, &HANDLE_CTX(handle)->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer)
2438 if (USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(cur)->dev_handle == handle) {
2439 to_cancel = cur;
2440 break;
2442 usbi_mutex_unlock(&HANDLE_CTX(handle)->flying_transfers_lock);
2444 if (!to_cancel)
2445 break;
2447 usbi_backend->clear_transfer_priv(to_cancel);
2448 usbi_handle_transfer_completion(to_cancel, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE);