xemu/include/qemu/main-loop.h

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#ifndef QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
#define QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H

#include "block/aio.h"

#define SIG_IPI SIGUSR1

/**
 * qemu_init_main_loop: Set up the process so that it can run the main loop.
 *
 * This includes setting up signal handlers.  It should be called before
 * any other threads are created.  In addition, threads other than the
 * main one should block signals that are trapped by the main loop.
 * For simplicity, you can consider these signals to be safe: SIGUSR1,
 * SIGUSR2, thread signals (SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGSEGV, SIGBUS) and real-time
 * signals if available.  Remember that Windows in practice does not have
 * signals, though.
 *
 * In the case of QEMU tools, this will also start/initialize timers.
 */
int qemu_init_main_loop(Error **errp);

/**
 * main_loop_wait: Run one iteration of the main loop.
 *
 * If @nonblocking is true, poll for events, otherwise suspend until
 * one actually occurs.  The main loop usually consists of a loop that
 * repeatedly calls main_loop_wait(false).
 *
 * Main loop services include file descriptor callbacks, bottom halves
 * and timers (defined in qemu/timer.h).  Bottom halves are similar to timers
 * that execute immediately, but have a lower overhead and scheduling them
 * is wait-free, thread-safe and signal-safe.
 *
 * It is sometimes useful to put a whole program in a coroutine.  In this
 * case, the coroutine actually should be started from within the main loop,
 * so that the main loop can run whenever the coroutine yields.  To do this,
 * you can use a bottom half to enter the coroutine as soon as the main loop
 * starts:
 *
 *     void enter_co_bh(void *opaque) {
 *         QEMUCoroutine *co = opaque;
 *         qemu_coroutine_enter(co);
 *     }
 *
 *     ...
 *     QEMUCoroutine *co = qemu_coroutine_create(coroutine_entry, NULL);
 *     QEMUBH *start_bh = qemu_bh_new(enter_co_bh, co);
 *     qemu_bh_schedule(start_bh);
 *     while (...) {
 *         main_loop_wait(false);
 *     }
 *
 * (In the future we may provide a wrapper for this).
 *
 * @nonblocking: Whether the caller should block until an event occurs.
 */
void main_loop_wait(int nonblocking);

/**
 * qemu_get_aio_context: Return the main loop's AioContext
 */
AioContext *qemu_get_aio_context(void);

/**
 * qemu_notify_event: Force processing of pending events.
 *
 * Similar to signaling a condition variable, qemu_notify_event forces
 * main_loop_wait to look at pending events and exit.  The caller of
 * main_loop_wait will usually call it again very soon, so qemu_notify_event
 * also has the side effect of recalculating the sets of file descriptors
 * that the main loop waits for.
 *
 * Calling qemu_notify_event is rarely necessary, because main loop
 * services (bottom halves and timers) call it themselves.
 */
void qemu_notify_event(void);

#ifdef _WIN32
/* return TRUE if no sleep should be done afterwards */
typedef int PollingFunc(void *opaque);

/**
 * qemu_add_polling_cb: Register a Windows-specific polling callback
 *
 * Currently, under Windows some events are polled rather than waited for.
 * Polling callbacks do not ensure that @func is called timely, because
 * the main loop might wait for an arbitrarily long time.  If possible,
 * you should instead create a separate thread that does a blocking poll
 * and set a Win32 event object.  The event can then be passed to
 * qemu_add_wait_object.
 *
 * Polling callbacks really have nothing Windows specific in them, but
 * as they are a hack and are currently not necessary under POSIX systems,
 * they are only available when QEMU is running under Windows.
 *
 * @func: The function that does the polling, and returns 1 to force
 * immediate completion of main_loop_wait.
 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that is passed to @func.
 */
int qemu_add_polling_cb(PollingFunc *func, void *opaque);

/**
 * qemu_del_polling_cb: Unregister a Windows-specific polling callback
 *
 * This function removes a callback that was registered with
 * qemu_add_polling_cb.
 *
 * @func: The function that was passed to qemu_add_polling_cb.
 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that was passed to qemu_add_polling_cb.
 */
void qemu_del_polling_cb(PollingFunc *func, void *opaque);

/* Wait objects handling */
typedef void WaitObjectFunc(void *opaque);

/**
 * qemu_add_wait_object: Register a callback for a Windows handle
 *
 * Under Windows, the iohandler mechanism can only be used with sockets.
 * QEMU must use the WaitForMultipleObjects API to wait on other handles.
 * This function registers a #HANDLE with QEMU, so that it will be included
 * in the main loop's calls to WaitForMultipleObjects.  When the handle
 * is in a signaled state, QEMU will call @func.
 *
 * @handle: The Windows handle to be observed.
 * @func: A function to be called when @handle is in a signaled state.
 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that is passed to @func.
 */
int qemu_add_wait_object(HANDLE handle, WaitObjectFunc *func, void *opaque);

/**
 * qemu_del_wait_object: Unregister a callback for a Windows handle
 *
 * This function removes a callback that was registered with
 * qemu_add_wait_object.
 *
 * @func: The function that was passed to qemu_add_wait_object.
 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that was passed to qemu_add_wait_object.
 */
void qemu_del_wait_object(HANDLE handle, WaitObjectFunc *func, void *opaque);
#endif

/* async I/O support */

typedef void IOReadHandler(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size);

/**
 * IOCanReadHandler: Return the number of bytes that #IOReadHandler can accept
 *
 * This function reports how many bytes #IOReadHandler is prepared to accept.
 * #IOReadHandler may be invoked with up to this number of bytes.  If this
 * function returns 0 then #IOReadHandler is not invoked.
 *
 * This function is typically called from an event loop.  If the number of
 * bytes changes outside the event loop (e.g. because a vcpu thread drained the
 * buffer), then it is necessary to kick the event loop so that this function
 * is called again.  aio_notify() or qemu_notify_event() can be used to kick
 * the event loop.
 */
typedef int IOCanReadHandler(void *opaque);

/**
 * qemu_set_fd_handler: Register a file descriptor with the main loop
 *
 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever one of the
 * following conditions is true:
 *
 * 1) if @fd_write is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is writable;
 *
 * 2) if @fd_read is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is readable.
 *
 * The callbacks that are set up by qemu_set_fd_handler are level-triggered.
 * If @fd_read does not read from @fd, or @fd_write does not write to @fd
 * until its buffers are full, they will be called again on the next
 * iteration.
 *
 * @fd: The file descriptor to be observed.  Under Windows it must be
 * a #SOCKET.
 *
 * @fd_read: A level-triggered callback that is fired if @fd is readable
 * at the beginning of a main loop iteration, or if it becomes readable
 * during one.
 *
 * @fd_write: A level-triggered callback that is fired when @fd is writable
 * at the beginning of a main loop iteration, or if it becomes writable
 * during one.
 *
 * @opaque: A pointer-sized value that is passed to @fd_read and @fd_write.
 */
void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
                         IOHandler *fd_read,
                         IOHandler *fd_write,
                         void *opaque);


/**
 * event_notifier_set_handler: Register an EventNotifier with the main loop
 *
 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever the
 * #EventNotifier was set.
 *
 * @e: The #EventNotifier to be observed.
 *
 * @handler: A level-triggered callback that is fired when @e
 * has been set.  @e is passed to it as a parameter.
 */
void event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *e,
                                EventNotifierHandler *handler);

GSource *iohandler_get_g_source(void);
AioContext *iohandler_get_aio_context(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
/**
 * qemu_add_child_watch: Register a child process for reaping.
 *
 * Under POSIX systems, a parent process must read the exit status of
 * its child processes using waitpid, or the operating system will not
 * free some of the resources attached to that process.
 *
 * This function directs the QEMU main loop to observe a child process
 * and call waitpid as soon as it exits; the watch is then removed
 * automatically.  It is useful whenever QEMU forks a child process
 * but will find out about its termination by other means such as a
 * "broken pipe".
 *
 * @pid: The pid that QEMU should observe.
 */
int qemu_add_child_watch(pid_t pid);
#endif

/**
 * qemu_mutex_iothread_locked: Return lock status of the main loop mutex.
 *
 * The main loop mutex is the coarsest lock in QEMU, and as such it
 * must always be taken outside other locks.  This function helps
 * functions take different paths depending on whether the current
 * thread is running within the main loop mutex.
 */
bool qemu_mutex_iothread_locked(void);

/**
 * qemu_mutex_lock_iothread: Lock the main loop mutex.
 *
 * This function locks the main loop mutex.  The mutex is taken by
 * main() in vl.c and always taken except while waiting on
 * external events (such as with select).  The mutex should be taken
 * by threads other than the main loop thread when calling
 * qemu_bh_new(), qemu_set_fd_handler() and basically all other
 * functions documented in this file.
 *
 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_lock_iothread
 * is a no-op there.
 */
#define qemu_mutex_lock_iothread()                      \
    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl(__FILE__, __LINE__)
void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl(const char *file, int line);

/**
 * qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread: Unlock the main loop mutex.
 *
 * This function unlocks the main loop mutex.  The mutex is taken by
 * main() in vl.c and always taken except while waiting on
 * external events (such as with select).  The mutex should be unlocked
 * as soon as possible by threads other than the main loop thread,
 * because it prevents the main loop from processing callbacks,
 * including timers and bottom halves.
 *
 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread
 * is a no-op there.
 */
void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);

/*
 * qemu_cond_wait_iothread: Wait on condition for the main loop mutex
 *
 * This function atomically releases the main loop mutex and causes
 * the calling thread to block on the condition.
 */
void qemu_cond_wait_iothread(QemuCond *cond);

/*
 * qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread: like the previous, but with timeout
 */
void qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread(QemuCond *cond, int ms);

/* internal interfaces */

void qemu_fd_register(int fd);

QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh);

enum {
    MAIN_LOOP_POLL_FILL,
    MAIN_LOOP_POLL_ERR,
    MAIN_LOOP_POLL_OK,
};

typedef struct MainLoopPoll {
    int state;
    uint32_t timeout;
    GArray *pollfds;
} MainLoopPoll;

void main_loop_poll_add_notifier(Notifier *notify);
void main_loop_poll_remove_notifier(Notifier *notify);

#endif