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 *
  13 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  14 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  15 *
  16 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  17 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  18 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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  21 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  22 * THE SOFTWARE.
  23 */
  24
  25#ifndef QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
  26#define QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H 1
  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, NULL);
  68 *     }
  69 *
  70 *     ...
  71 *     QEMUCoroutine *co = qemu_coroutine_create(coroutine_entry);
  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 */
  82int 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);
 171typedef int IOCanReadHandler(void *opaque);
 172
 173/**
 174 * qemu_set_fd_handler: Register a file descriptor with the main loop
 175 *
 176 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever one of the
 177 * following conditions is true:
 178 *
 179 * 1) if @fd_write is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is writable;
 180 *
 181 * 2) if @fd_read is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is readable.
 182 *
 183 * The callbacks that are set up by qemu_set_fd_handler are level-triggered.
 184 * If @fd_read does not read from @fd, or @fd_write does not write to @fd
 185 * until its buffers are full, they will be called again on the next
 186 * iteration.
 187 *
 188 * @fd: The file descriptor to be observed.  Under Windows it must be
 189 * a #SOCKET.
 190 *
 191 * @fd_read: A level-triggered callback that is fired if @fd is readable
 192 * at the beginning of a main loop iteration, or if it becomes readable
 193 * during one.
 194 *
 195 * @fd_write: A level-triggered callback that is fired when @fd is writable
 196 * at the beginning of a main loop iteration, or if it becomes writable
 197 * during one.
 198 *
 199 * @opaque: A pointer-sized value that is passed to @fd_read and @fd_write.
 200 */
 201void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
 202                         IOHandler *fd_read,
 203                         IOHandler *fd_write,
 204                         void *opaque);
 205
 206GSource *iohandler_get_g_source(void);
 207AioContext *iohandler_get_aio_context(void);
 208#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
 209/**
 210 * qemu_add_child_watch: Register a child process for reaping.
 211 *
 212 * Under POSIX systems, a parent process must read the exit status of
 213 * its child processes using waitpid, or the operating system will not
 214 * free some of the resources attached to that process.
 215 *
 216 * This function directs the QEMU main loop to observe a child process
 217 * and call waitpid as soon as it exits; the watch is then removed
 218 * automatically.  It is useful whenever QEMU forks a child process
 219 * but will find out about its termination by other means such as a
 220 * "broken pipe".
 221 *
 222 * @pid: The pid that QEMU should observe.
 223 */
 224int qemu_add_child_watch(pid_t pid);
 225#endif
 226
 227/**
 228 * qemu_mutex_iothread_locked: Return lock status of the main loop mutex.
 229 *
 230 * The main loop mutex is the coarsest lock in QEMU, and as such it
 231 * must always be taken outside other locks.  This function helps
 232 * functions take different paths depending on whether the current
 233 * thread is running within the main loop mutex.
 234 */
 235bool qemu_mutex_iothread_locked(void);
 236
 237/**
 238 * qemu_mutex_lock_iothread: Lock the main loop mutex.
 239 *
 240 * This function locks the main loop mutex.  The mutex is taken by
 241 * qemu_init_main_loop and always taken except while waiting on
 242 * external events (such as with select).  The mutex should be taken
 243 * by threads other than the main loop thread when calling
 244 * qemu_bh_new(), qemu_set_fd_handler() and basically all other
 245 * functions documented in this file.
 246 *
 247 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_lock_iothread
 248 * is a no-op there.
 249 */
 250void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(void);
 251
 252/**
 253 * qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread: Unlock the main loop mutex.
 254 *
 255 * This function unlocks the main loop mutex.  The mutex is taken by
 256 * qemu_init_main_loop and always taken except while waiting on
 257 * external events (such as with select).  The mutex should be unlocked
 258 * as soon as possible by threads other than the main loop thread,
 259 * because it prevents the main loop from processing callbacks,
 260 * including timers and bottom halves.
 261 *
 262 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread
 263 * is a no-op there.
 264 */
 265void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);
 266
 267/* internal interfaces */
 268
 269void qemu_fd_register(int fd);
 270
 271QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
 272void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh);
 273
 274#endif
 275