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27.Dd December 28, 2006
28.Dt KQUEUE 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm kqueue_add_filteropts , kqueue_del_filteropts ,
32.Nm kqfd_register ,
33.Nm knote_fdclose ,
34.Nm knlist_add , knlist_remove , knlist_remove_inevent , knlist_empty ,
35.Nm knlist_init , knlist_destroy , knlist_clear , knlist_delete ,
36.Nm KNOTE_LOCKED , KNOTE_UNLOCKED
37.Nd "event delivery subsystem"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/event.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn kqueue_add_filteropts "int filt" "struct filterops *filtops"
42.Ft int
43.Fn kqueue_del_filteropts "int filt"
44.Ft int
45.Fn kqfd_register "int fd" "struct kevent *kev" "struct thread *td" "int waitok"
46.Ft void
47.Fn knote_fdclose "struct thread *td" "int fd"
48.Ft void
49.Fn knlist_add "struct knlist *knl" "struct knote *kn" "int islocked"
50.Ft void
51.Fn knlist_remove "struct knlist *knl" "struct knote *kn" "int islocked"
52.Ft void
53.Fn knlist_remove_inevent "struct knlist *knl" "struct knote *kn"
54.Ft int
55.Fn knlist_empty "struct knlist *knl"
56.Ft void
57.Fo knlist_init
58.Fa "struct knlist *knl"
59.Fa "void *lock"
60.Fa "void \*[lp]*kl_lock\*[rp]\*[lp]void *\*[rp]"
61.Fa "void \*[lp]*kl_unlock\*[rp]\*[lp]void *\*[rp]"
62.Fa "int \*[lp]*kl_locked\*[rp]\*[lp]void *\*[rp]"
63.Fc
64.Ft void
65.Fn knlist_destroy "struct knlist *knl"
66.Ft void
67.Fn knlist_clear "struct knlist *knl" "int islocked"
68.Ft void
69.Fn knlist_delete "struct knlist *knl" "struct thread *td" "int islocked"
70.Ft void
71.Fn KNOTE_LOCKED "struct knlist *knl" "long hint"
72.Ft void
73.Fn KNOTE_UNLOCKED "struct knlist *knl" "long hint"
74.Sh DESCRIPTION
75The functions
76.Fn kqueue_add_filteropts
77and
78.Fn kqueue_del_filteropts
79allow for the addition and removal of a filter type.
80The filter is statically defined by the
81.Dv EVFILT_*
82macros.
83The function
84.Fn kqueue_add_filteropts
85will make
86.Fa filt
87available.
88The
89.Vt "struct filterops"
90has the following members:
91.Bl -tag -width ".Va f_attach"
92.It Va f_isfd
93If
94.Va f_isfd
95is set,
96.Va ident
97in
98.Vt "struct kevent"
99is taken to be a file descriptor.
100In this case, the
101.Vt knote
102passed into
103.Va f_attach
104will have the
105.Va kn_fp
106member initialized to the
107.Vt "struct file *"
108that represents the file descriptor.
109.It Va f_attach
110The
111.Va f_attach
112function will be called when attaching a
113.Vt knote
114to the object.
115The method should call
116.Fn knlist_add
117to add the
118.Vt knote
119to the list that was initialized with
120.Fn knlist_init .
121The call to
122.Fn knlist_add
123is only necessary if the object can have multiple
124.Vt knotes
125associated with it.
126If there is no
127.Vt knlist
128to call
129.Fn knlist_add
130with, the function
131.Va f_attach
132must clear the
133.Dv KN_DETACHED
134bit of
135.Va kn_status
136in the
137.Vt knote .
138The function shall return 0 on success, or appropriate error for the failure.
139During
140.Va f_attach ,
141it is valid to change the
142.Va kn_fops
143pointer to a different pointer.
144This will change the
145.Va f_event
146and
147.Va f_detach
148functions called when processing the
149.Vt knote .
150.It Va f_detach
151The
152.Va f_detach
153function will be called to detach the
154.Vt knote
155if the
156.Vt knote
157has not already been detached by a call to
158.Fn knlist_remove .
159.It Va f_event
160The
161.Va f_event
162function will be called to update the status of the
163.Vt knote .
164If the function returns 0, it will be assumed that the object is not
165ready (or no longer ready) to be woken up.
166The
167.Fa hint
168argument will be 0 when scanning
169.Vt knotes
170to see which are triggered.
171Otherwise, the
172.Fa hint
173argument will be the value passed to either
174.Dv KNOTE_LOCKED
175or
176.Dv KNOTE_UNLOCKED .
177The
178.Va kn_data
179value should be updated as necessary to reflect the current value, such as
180number of bytes available for reading, or buffer space available for writing.
181If the note needs to be removed,
182.Fn knlist_remove_inevent
183must be called.
184The function
185.Fn knlist_remove_inevent
186will remove the note from the list, the
187.Va f_detach
188function will not be called and the
189.Vt knote
190will not be returned as an event.
191.Pp
192Locks
193.Em must not
194be acquired in
195.Va f_event .
196If a lock is required in
197.Va f_event ,
198it must be obtained in the
199.Fa kl_lock
200function of the
201.Vt knlist
202that the
203.Va knote
204was added to.
205.El
206.Pp
207The function
208.Fn kqfd_register
209will register the
210.Vt kevent
211on the kqueue file descriptor
212.Fa fd .
213If it is safe to sleep,
214.Fa waitok
215should be set.
216.Pp
217The function
218.Fn knote_fdclose
219is used to delete all
220.Vt knotes
221associated with
222.Fa fd .
223Once returned, there will no longer be any
224.Vt knotes
225associated with the
226.Fa fd .
227The
228.Vt knotes
229removed will never be returned from a
230.Xr kevent 2
231call, so if userland uses the
232.Vt knote
233to track resources, they will be leaked.
234The
235.Fn FILEDESC_LOCK
236lock must be held over the call to
237.Fn knote_fdclose
238so that file descriptors cannot be added or removed.
239.Pp
240The
241.Fn knlist_*
242family of functions are for managing
243.Vt knotes
244associated with an object.
245A
246.Vt knlist
247is not required, but is commonly used.
248If used, the
249.Vt knlist
250must be initialized with the
251.Fn knlist_init
252function.
253If
254.Fa lock
255is
256.Dv NULL ,
257an internal lock will be used and the remaining arguments will be ignored.
258The
259.Fa kl_lock , kl_unlock
260and
261.Fa kl_locked
262functions will be used to manipulate a
263.Fa lock .
264If the argument is
265.Dv NULL ,
266default routines operating on
267.Vt "struct mtx *"
268will be used.
269The
270.Vt knlist
271structure may be embedded into the object structure.
272The
273.Fa lock
274will be held over calls to
275.Va f_event .
276If
277.Dv NULL
278is passed for the mutex, a private mutex will be used.
279The function
280.Fn knlist_empty
281requires that a
282.Fa lock
283be held.
284The function
285.Fn knlist_clear
286is used to remove all
287.Vt knotes
288associated with the list.
289The
290.Fa islocked
291argument declares if
292.Fa lock
293has been acquired.
294All
295.Vt knotes
296will be marked as detached, and
297.Dv EV_ONESHOT
298will be set so that the
299.Vt knote
300will be deleted after the next scan.
301The
302.Fn knlist_destroy
303function is used to destroy a
304.Vt knlist .
305There must be no
306.Vt knotes
307associated with the
308.Vt knlist
309.Fn ( knlist_empty
310returns true)
311and no more
312.Vt knotes
313may be attached to the object.
314A
315.Vt knlist
316may be emptied by calling
317.Fn knlist_clear .
318.Pp
319The macros
320.Fn KNOTE_LOCKED
321and
322.Fn KNOTE_UNLOCKED
323are used to notify
324.Vt knotes
325about events associated with the object.
326It will iterate over all
327.Vt knotes
328on the list calling the
329.Va f_event
330function associated with the
331.Vt knote .
332The macro
333.Fn KNOTE_LOCKED
334must be used if the lock associated with the
335.Fa knl
336passed in is held.
337The function
338.Fn KNOTE_UNLOCKED
339will acquire the lock before iterating over the list of
340.Vt knotes .
341.Sh RETURN VALUES
342The function
343.Fn kqueue_add_filteropts
344will return zero on success,
345.Er EINVAL
346in the case of an invalid
347.Fa filt ,
348or
349.Er EEXIST
350if the filter has already been installed.
351.Pp
352The function
353.Fn kqueue_del_filteropts
354will return zero on success,
355.Er EINVAL
356in the case of an invalid
357.Fa filt ,
358or
359.Er EBUSY
360if the filter is still in use.
361.Pp
362The function
363.Fn kqfd_register
364will return zero on success,
365.Er EBADF
366if the file descriptor is not a kqueue, or any of the possible values returned
367by
368.Xr kevent 2 .
369.Sh SEE ALSO
370.Xr kevent 2 ,
371.Xr kqueue 2
372.Sh AUTHORS
373This
374manual page was written by
375.An John-Mark Gurney Aq jmg@FreeBSD.org .
376