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25 #ifndef QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
26 #define QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
28 #include "block/aio.h"
30 #define SIG_IPI SIGUSR1
33 * qemu_init_main_loop: Set up the process so that it can run the main loop.
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
43 * In the case of QEMU tools, this will also start/initialize timers.
45 int qemu_init_main_loop(Error
**errp
);
48 * main_loop_wait: Run one iteration of the main loop.
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).
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.
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
65 * void enter_co_bh(void *opaque) {
66 * QEMUCoroutine *co = opaque;
67 * qemu_coroutine_enter(co);
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);
75 * main_loop_wait(false);
78 * (In the future we may provide a wrapper for this).
80 * @nonblocking: Whether the caller should block until an event occurs.
82 void main_loop_wait(int nonblocking
);
85 * qemu_get_aio_context: Return the main loop's AioContext
87 AioContext
*qemu_get_aio_context(void);
90 * qemu_notify_event: Force processing of pending events.
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.
98 * Calling qemu_notify_event is rarely necessary, because main loop
99 * services (bottom halves and timers) call it themselves.
101 void qemu_notify_event(void);
104 /* return TRUE if no sleep should be done afterwards */
105 typedef int PollingFunc(void *opaque
);
108 * qemu_add_polling_cb: Register a Windows-specific polling callback
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.
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.
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.
125 int qemu_add_polling_cb(PollingFunc
*func
, void *opaque
);
128 * qemu_del_polling_cb: Unregister a Windows-specific polling callback
130 * This function removes a callback that was registered with
131 * qemu_add_polling_cb.
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.
136 void qemu_del_polling_cb(PollingFunc
*func
, void *opaque
);
138 /* Wait objects handling */
139 typedef void WaitObjectFunc(void *opaque
);
142 * qemu_add_wait_object: Register a callback for a Windows handle
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.
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.
154 int qemu_add_wait_object(HANDLE handle
, WaitObjectFunc
*func
, void *opaque
);
157 * qemu_del_wait_object: Unregister a callback for a Windows handle
159 * This function removes a callback that was registered with
160 * qemu_add_wait_object.
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.
165 void qemu_del_wait_object(HANDLE handle
, WaitObjectFunc
*func
, void *opaque
);
168 /* async I/O support */
170 typedef void IOReadHandler(void *opaque
, const uint8_t *buf
, int size
);
173 * IOCanReadHandler: Return the number of bytes that #IOReadHandler can accept
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.
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
185 typedef int IOCanReadHandler(void *opaque
);
188 * qemu_set_fd_handler: Register a file descriptor with the main loop
190 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever one of the
191 * following conditions is true:
193 * 1) if @fd_write is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is writable;
195 * 2) if @fd_read is not %NULL, when the file descriptor is readable.
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
202 * @fd: The file descriptor to be observed. Under Windows it must be
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
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
213 * @opaque: A pointer-sized value that is passed to @fd_read and @fd_write.
215 void qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd
,
222 * event_notifier_set_handler: Register an EventNotifier with the main loop
224 * This function tells the main loop to wake up whenever the
225 * #EventNotifier was set.
227 * @e: The #EventNotifier to be observed.
229 * @handler: A level-triggered callback that is fired when @e
230 * has been set. @e is passed to it as a parameter.
232 void event_notifier_set_handler(EventNotifier
*e
,
233 EventNotifierHandler
*handler
);
235 GSource
*iohandler_get_g_source(void);
236 AioContext
*iohandler_get_aio_context(void);
239 * qemu_mutex_iothread_locked: Return lock status of the main loop mutex.
241 * The main loop mutex is the coarsest lock in QEMU, and as such it
242 * must always be taken outside other locks. This function helps
243 * functions take different paths depending on whether the current
244 * thread is running within the main loop mutex.
246 bool qemu_mutex_iothread_locked(void);
249 * qemu_mutex_lock_iothread: Lock the main loop mutex.
251 * This function locks the main loop mutex. The mutex is taken by
252 * main() in vl.c and always taken except while waiting on
253 * external events (such as with select). The mutex should be taken
254 * by threads other than the main loop thread when calling
255 * qemu_bh_new(), qemu_set_fd_handler() and basically all other
256 * functions documented in this file.
258 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_lock_iothread
261 #define qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() \
262 qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl(__FILE__, __LINE__)
263 void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread_impl(const char *file
, int line
);
266 * qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread: Unlock the main loop mutex.
268 * This function unlocks the main loop mutex. The mutex is taken by
269 * main() in vl.c and always taken except while waiting on
270 * external events (such as with select). The mutex should be unlocked
271 * as soon as possible by threads other than the main loop thread,
272 * because it prevents the main loop from processing callbacks,
273 * including timers and bottom halves.
275 * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread
278 void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);
281 * qemu_cond_wait_iothread: Wait on condition for the main loop mutex
283 * This function atomically releases the main loop mutex and causes
284 * the calling thread to block on the condition.
286 void qemu_cond_wait_iothread(QemuCond
*cond
);
289 * qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread: like the previous, but with timeout
291 void qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread(QemuCond
*cond
, int ms
);
293 /* internal interfaces */
295 void qemu_fd_register(int fd
);
297 #define qemu_bh_new(cb, opaque) \
298 qemu_bh_new_full((cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)))
299 QEMUBH
*qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc
*cb
, void *opaque
, const char *name
);
300 void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH
*bh
);
308 typedef struct MainLoopPoll
{
314 void main_loop_poll_add_notifier(Notifier
*notify
);
315 void main_loop_poll_remove_notifier(Notifier
*notify
);