qemu/include/qemu/main-loop.h
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   1/*
   2 * QEMU System Emulator
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
   5 *
   6 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   7 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   8 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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  10 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  11 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  12 *
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  14 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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  21 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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  23 */
  24
  25#ifndef QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
  26#define QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
  27
  28#include "block/aio.h"
  29
  30#define SIG_IPI SIGUSR1
  31
  32/**
  33 * qemu_init_main_loop: Set up the process so that it can run the main loop.
  34 *
  35 * This includes setting up signal handlers.  It should be called before
  36 * any other threads are created.  In addition, threads other than the
  37 * main one should block signals that are trapped by the main loop.
  38 * For simplicity, you can consider these signals to be safe: SIGUSR1,
  39 * SIGUSR2, thread signals (SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGSEGV, SIGBUS) and real-time
  40 * signals if available.  Remember that Windows in practice does not have
  41 * signals, though.
  42 *
  43 * In the case of QEMU tools, this will also start/initialize timers.
  44 */
  45int qemu_init_main_loop(Error **errp);
  46
  47/**
  48 * main_loop_wait: Run one iteration of the main loop.
  49 *
  50 * If @nonblocking is true, poll for events, otherwise suspend until
  51 * one actually occurs.  The main loop usually consists of a loop that
  52 * repeatedly calls main_loop_wait(false).
  53 *
  54 * Main loop services include file descriptor callbacks, bottom halves
  55 * and timers (defined in qemu-timer.h).  Bottom halves are similar to timers
  56 * that execute immediately, but have a lower overhead and scheduling them
  57 * is wait-free, thread-safe and signal-safe.
  58 *
  59 * It is sometimes useful to put a whole program in a coroutine.  In this
  60 * case, the coroutine actually should be started from within the main loop,
  61 * so that the main loop can run whenever the coroutine yields.  To do this,
  62 * you can use a bottom half to enter the coroutine as soon as the main loop
  63 * starts:
  64 *
  65 *     void enter_co_bh(void *opaque) {
  66 *         QEMUCoroutine *co = opaque;
  67 *         qemu_coroutine_enter(co);
  68 *     }
  69 *
  70 *     ...
  71 *     QEMUCoroutine *co = qemu_coroutine_create(coroutine_entry, NULL);
  72 *     QEMUBH *start_bh = qemu_bh_new(enter_co_bh, co);
  73 *     qemu_bh_schedule(start_bh);
  74 *     while (...) {
  75 *         main_loop_wait(false);
  76 *     }
  77 *
  78 * (In the future we may provide a wrapper for this).
  79 *
  80 * @nonblocking: Whether the caller should block until an event occurs.
  81 */
  82void main_loop_wait(int nonblocking);
  83
  84/**
  85 * qemu_get_aio_context: Return the main loop's AioContext
  86 */
  87AioContext *qemu_get_aio_context(void);
  88
  89/**
  90 * qemu_notify_event: Force processing of pending events.
  91 *
  92 * Similar to signaling a condition variable, qemu_notify_event forces
  93 * main_loop_wait to look at pending events and exit.  The caller of
  94 * main_loop_wait will usually call it again very soon, so qemu_notify_event
  95 * also has the side effect of recalculating the sets of file descriptors
  96 * that the main loop waits for.
  97 *
  98 * Calling qemu_notify_event is rarely necessary, because main loop
  99 * services (bottom halves and timers) call it themselves.
 100 */
 101void qemu_notify_event(void);
 102
 103#ifdef _WIN32
 104/* return TRUE if no sleep should be done afterwards */
 105typedef int PollingFunc(void *opaque);
 106
 107/**
 108 * qemu_add_polling_cb: Register a Windows-specific polling callback
 109 *
 110 * Currently, under Windows some events are polled rather than waited for.
 111 * Polling callbacks do not ensure that @func is called timely, because
 112 * the main loop might wait for an arbitrarily long time.  If possible,
 113 * you should instead create a separate thread that does a blocking poll
 114 * and set a Win32 event object.  The event can then be passed to
 115 * qemu_add_wait_object.
 116 *
 117 * Polling callbacks really have nothing Windows specific in them, but
 118 * as they are a hack and are currently not necessary under POSIX systems,
 119 * they are only available when QEMU is running under Windows.
 120 *
 121 * @func: The function that does the polling, and returns 1 to force
 122 * immediate completion of main_loop_wait.
 123 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that is passed to @func.
 124 */
 125int qemu_add_polling_cb(PollingFunc *func, void *opaque);
 126
 127/**
 128 * qemu_del_polling_cb: Unregister a Windows-specific polling callback
 129 *
 130 * This function removes a callback that was registered with
 131 * qemu_add_polling_cb.
 132 *
 133 * @func: The function that was passed to qemu_add_polling_cb.
 134 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that was passed to qemu_add_polling_cb.
 135 */
 136void qemu_del_polling_cb(PollingFunc *func, void *opaque);
 137
 138/* Wait objects handling */
 139typedef void WaitObjectFunc(void *opaque);
 140
 141/**
 142 * qemu_add_wait_object: Register a callback for a Windows handle
 143 *
 144 * Under Windows, the iohandler mechanism can only be used with sockets.
 145 * QEMU must use the WaitForMultipleObjects API to wait on other handles.
 146 * This function registers a #HANDLE with QEMU, so that it will be included
 147 * in the main loop's calls to WaitForMultipleObjects.  When the handle
 148 * is in a signaled state, QEMU will call @func.
 149 *
 150 * @handle: The Windows handle to be observed.
 151 * @func: A function to be called when @handle is in a signaled state.
 152 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that is passed to @func.
 153 */
 154int qemu_add_wait_object(HANDLE handle, WaitObjectFunc *func, void *opaque);
 155
 156/**
 157 * qemu_del_wait_object: Unregister a callback for a Windows handle
 158 *
 159 * This function removes a callback that was registered with
 160 * qemu_add_wait_object.
 161 *
 162 * @func: The function that was passed to qemu_add_wait_object.
 163 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that was passed to qemu_add_wait_object.
 164 */
 165void qemu_del_wait_object(HANDLE handle, WaitObjectFunc *func, void *opaque);
 166#endif
 167
 168/* async I/O support */
 169
 170typedef void IOReadHandler(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size);
 171
 172/**
 173 * IOCanReadHandler: Return the number of bytes that #IOReadHandler can accept
 174 *
 175 * This function reports how many bytes #IOReadHandler is prepared to accept.
 176 * #IOReadHandler may be invoked with up to this number of bytes.  If this
 177 * function returns 0 then #IOReadHandler is not invoked.
 178 *
 179 * This function is typically called from an event loop.  If the number of
 180 * bytes changes outside the event loop (e.g. because a vcpu thread drained the
 181 * buffer), then it is necessary to kick the event loop so that this function
 182 * is called again.  aio_notify() or qemu_notify_event() can be used to kick
 183 * the event loop.
 184 */
 185typedef int IOCanReadHandler(void *opaque);
 186
 187/**
 188 * qemu_set_fd_handler: Register a file descriptor with the main loop
 189 *
 190 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever one of the
 191 * following conditions is true:
 192 *
 193 * 1) if @fd_write is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is writable;
 194 *
 195 * 2) if @fd_read is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is readable.
 196 *
 197 * The callbacks that are set up by qemu_set_fd_handler are level-triggered.
 198 * If @fd_read does not read from @fd, or @fd_write does not write to @fd
 199 * until its buffers are full, they will be called again on the next
 200 * iteration.
 201 *
 202 * @fd: The file descriptor to be observed.  Under Windows it must be
 203 * a #SOCKET.
 204 *
 205 * @fd_read: A level-triggered callback that is fired if @fd is readable
 206 * at the beginning of a main loop iteration, or if it becomes readable
 207 * during one.
 208 *
 209 * @fd_write: A level-triggered callback that is fired when @fd is writable
 210 * at the beginning of a main loop iteration, or if it becomes writable
 211 * during one.
 212 *
 213 * @opaque: A pointer-sized value that is passed to @fd_read and @fd_write.
 214 */
 215void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
 216                         IOHandler *fd_read,
 217                         IOHandler *fd_write,
 218                         void *opaque);
 219
 220
 221/**
 222 * event_notifier_set_handler: Register an EventNotifier with the main loop
 223 *
 224 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever the
 225 * #EventNotifier was set.
 226 *
 227 * @e: The #EventNotifier to be observed.
 228 *
 229 * @handler: A level-triggered callback that is fired when @e
 230 * has been set.  @e is passed to it as a parameter.
 231 */
 232void event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier *e,
 233                                EventNotifierHandler *handler);
 234
 235GSource *iohandler_get_g_source(void);
 236AioContext *iohandler_get_aio_context(void);
 237#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 238/**
 239 * qemu_add_child_watch: Register a child process for reaping.
 240 *
 241 * Under POSIX systems, a parent process must read the exit status of
 242 * its child processes using waitpid, or the operating system will not
 243 * free some of the resources attached to that process.
 244 *
 245 * This function directs the QEMU main loop to observe a child process
 246 * and call waitpid as soon as it exits; the watch is then removed
 247 * automatically.  It is useful whenever QEMU forks a child process
 248 * but will find out about its termination by other means such as a
 249 * "broken pipe".
 250 *
 251 * @pid: The pid that QEMU should observe.
 252 */
 253int qemu_add_child_watch(pid_t pid);
 254#endif
 255
 256/**
 257 * qemu_mutex_iothread_locked: Return lock status of the main loop mutex.
 258 *
 259 * The main loop mutex is the coarsest lock in QEMU, and as such it
 260 * must always be taken outside other locks.  This function helps
 261 * functions take different paths depending on whether the current
 262 * thread is running within the main loop mutex.
 263 */
 264bool qemu_mutex_iothread_locked(void);
 265
 266/**
 267 * qemu_mutex_lock_iothread: Lock the main loop mutex.
 268 *
 269 * This function locks the main loop mutex.  The mutex is taken by
 270 * main() in vl.c and always taken except while waiting on
 271 * external events (such as with select).  The mutex should be taken
 272 * by threads other than the main loop thread when calling
 273 * qemu_bh_new(), qemu_set_fd_handler() and basically all other
 274 * functions documented in this file.
 275 *
 276 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_lock_iothread
 277 * is a no-op there.
 278 */
 279void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(void);
 280
 281/**
 282 * qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread: Unlock the main loop mutex.
 283 *
 284 * This function unlocks the main loop mutex.  The mutex is taken by
 285 * main() in vl.c and always taken except while waiting on
 286 * external events (such as with select).  The mutex should be unlocked
 287 * as soon as possible by threads other than the main loop thread,
 288 * because it prevents the main loop from processing callbacks,
 289 * including timers and bottom halves.
 290 *
 291 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread
 292 * is a no-op there.
 293 */
 294void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);
 295
 296/* internal interfaces */
 297
 298void qemu_fd_register(int fd);
 299
 300QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
 301void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh);
 302
 303#endif
 304