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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd August 20, 2022 .Dt KQUEUE 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm kqueue_add_filteropts , kqueue_del_filteropts , .Nm kqfd_register , .Nm knote_fdclose , .Nm knlist_init , knlist_init_mtx , .Nm knlist_add , knlist_remove , knlist_empty , .Nm knlist_clear , knlist_delete , knlist_destroy , .Nm KNOTE_LOCKED , KNOTE_UNLOCKED .Nd "event delivery subsystem" .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/event.h .Ft int .Fn kqueue_add_filteropts "int filt" "struct filterops *filtops" .Ft int .Fn kqueue_del_filteropts "int filt" .Ft int .Fn kqfd_register "int fd" "struct kevent *kev" "struct thread *td" "int waitok" .Ft void .Fn knote_fdclose "struct thread *td" "int fd" .Ft void .Fo knlist_init .Fa "struct knlist *knl" .Fa "void *lock" .Fa "void \*[lp]*kl_lock\*[rp]\*[lp]void *\*[rp]" .Fa "void \*[lp]*kl_unlock\*[rp]\*[lp]void *\*[rp]" .Fa "int \*[lp]*kl_locked\*[rp]\*[lp]void *\*[rp]" .Fc .Ft void .Fn knlist_init_mtx "struct knlist *knl" "struct mtx *lock" .Ft void .Fn knlist_add "struct knlist *knl" "struct knote *kn" "int islocked" .Ft void .Fn knlist_remove "struct knlist *knl" "struct knote *kn" "int islocked" .Ft int .Fn knlist_empty "struct knlist *knl" .Ft void .Fn knlist_clear "struct knlist *knl" "int islocked" .Ft void .Fn knlist_delete "struct knlist *knl" "struct thread *td" "int islocked" .Ft void .Fn knlist_destroy "struct knlist *knl" .Ft void .Fn KNOTE_LOCKED "struct knlist *knl" "long hint" .Ft void .Fn KNOTE_UNLOCKED "struct knlist *knl" "long hint" .Sh DESCRIPTION The functions .Fn kqueue_add_filteropts and .Fn kqueue_del_filteropts allow for the addition and removal of a filter type. The filter is statically defined by the .Dv EVFILT_* macros. The function .Fn kqueue_add_filteropts will make .Fa filt available. The .Vt "struct filterops" has the following members: .Bl -tag -width ".Va f_attach" .It Va f_isfd If .Va f_isfd is set, .Va ident in .Vt "struct kevent" is taken to be a file descriptor. In this case, the .Vt knote passed into .Va f_attach will have the .Va kn_fp member initialized to the .Vt "struct file *" that represents the file descriptor. .It Va f_attach The .Va f_attach function will be called when attaching a .Vt knote to the object. The method should call .Fn knlist_add to add the .Vt knote to the list that was initialized with .Fn knlist_init . The call to .Fn knlist_add is only necessary if the object can have multiple .Vt knotes associated with it. If there is no .Vt knlist to call .Fn knlist_add with, the function .Va f_attach must clear the .Dv KN_DETACHED bit of .Va kn_status in the .Vt knote . The function shall return 0 on success, or appropriate error for the failure, such as when the object is being destroyed, or does not exist. During .Va f_attach , it is valid to change the .Va kn_fop pointer to a different pointer. This will change the .Va f_event and .Va f_detach functions called when processing the .Vt knote . .It Va f_detach The .Va f_detach function will be called to detach the .Vt knote if the .Vt knote has not already been detached by a call to .Fn knlist_remove or .Fn knlist_delete . The list .Fa lock will not be held when this function is called. .It Va f_event The .Va f_event function will be called to update the status of the .Vt knote . If the function returns 0, it will be assumed that the object is not ready (or no longer ready) to be woken up. The .Fa hint argument will be 0 when scanning .Vt knotes to see which are triggered. Otherwise, the .Fa hint argument will be the value passed to either .Dv KNOTE_LOCKED or .Dv KNOTE_UNLOCKED . The .Va kn_data value should be updated as necessary to reflect the current value, such as number of bytes available for reading, or buffer space available for writing. .Pp Locks .Em must not be acquired in .Va f_event . If a lock is required in .Va f_event , it must be obtained in the .Fa kl_lock function of the .Vt knlist that the .Va knote was added to. .El .Pp The function .Fn kqfd_register will register the .Vt kevent on the kqueue file descriptor .Fa fd . If it is safe to sleep, .Fa waitok should be set. .Pp The function .Fn knote_fdclose is used to delete all .Vt knotes associated with .Fa fd . Once returned, there will no longer be any .Vt knotes associated with the .Fa fd . The .Vt knotes removed will never be returned from a .Xr kevent 2 call, so if userland uses the .Vt knote to track resources, they will be leaked. The .Fn FILEDESC_LOCK lock must be held over the call to .Fn knote_fdclose so that file descriptors cannot be added or removed. .Pp The .Fn knlist_* family of functions are for managing .Vt knotes associated with an object. A .Vt knlist is not required, but is commonly used. If used, the .Vt knlist must be initialized with either .Fn knlist_init or .Fn knlist_init_mtx . The .Vt knlist structure may be embedded into the object structure. The .Fa lock will be held over .Va f_event calls. .Pp For the .Fn knlist_init function, if .Fa lock is .Dv NULL , a shared global lock will be used and the remaining arguments must be .Dv NULL . The function pointers .Fa kl_lock , kl_unlock and .Fa kl_locked will be used to manipulate the argument .Fa lock . If any of the function pointers are .Dv NULL , a function operating on .Dv MTX_DEF style .Xr mutex 9 locks will be used instead. .Pp The function .Fn knlist_init_mtx may be used to initialize a .Vt knlist when .Fa lock is a .Dv MTX_DEF style .Xr mutex 9 lock. .Pp The function .Fn knlist_empty returns true when there are no .Vt knotes on the list. The function requires that the .Fa lock be held when called. .Pp The function .Fn knlist_clear removes all .Vt knotes from the list. The .Fa islocked argument declares if the .Fa lock has been acquired. All .Vt knotes will have .Dv EV_ONESHOT set so that the .Vt knote will be returned and removed during the next scan. The .Va f_detach function will be called when the .Vt knote is deleted during the next scan. This function must not be used when .Va f_isfd is set in .Vt "struct filterops" , as the .Fa td argument of .Fn fdrop will be .Dv NULL . .Pp The function .Fn knlist_delete removes and deletes all .Vt knotes on the list. The function .Va f_detach will not be called, and the .Vt knote will not be returned on the next scan. Using this function could leak userland resources if a process uses the .Vt knote to track resources. .Pp Both the .Fn knlist_clear and .Fn knlist_delete functions may sleep. They also may release the .Fa lock to wait for other .Vt knotes to drain. .Pp The .Fn knlist_destroy function is used to destroy a .Vt knlist . There must be no .Vt knotes associated with the .Vt knlist .Po Fn knlist_empty returns true .Pc and no more .Vt knotes may be attached to the object. A .Vt knlist may be emptied by calling .Fn knlist_clear or .Fn knlist_delete . .Pp The macros .Fn KNOTE_LOCKED and .Fn KNOTE_UNLOCKED are used to notify .Vt knotes about events associated with the object. It will iterate over all .Vt knotes on the list calling the .Va f_event function associated with the .Vt knote . The macro .Fn KNOTE_LOCKED must be used if the lock associated with the .Fa knl is held. The function .Fn KNOTE_UNLOCKED will acquire the lock before iterating over the list of .Vt knotes . .Sh RETURN VALUES The function .Fn kqueue_add_filteropts will return zero on success, .Er EINVAL in the case of an invalid .Fa filt , or .Er EEXIST if the filter has already been installed. .Pp The function .Fn kqueue_del_filteropts will return zero on success, .Er EINVAL in the case of an invalid .Fa filt , or .Er EBUSY if the filter is still in use. .Pp The function .Fn kqfd_register will return zero on success, .Er EBADF if the file descriptor is not a kqueue, or any of the possible values returned by .Xr kevent 2 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kevent 2 , .Xr kqueue 2 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An John-Mark Gurney Aq Mt jmg@FreeBSD.org .