Nick Mathewson 0b4ab12251 Spell-check the the headers
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Niels Provos and Nick Mathewson
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
* derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
* OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
* IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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* NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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* 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.
*/
#ifndef _EVENT2_THREAD_H_
#define _EVENT2_THREAD_H_
/** @file thread.h
Functions for multi-threaded applications using Libevent.
When using a multi-threaded application in which multiple threads
add and delete events from a single event base, Libevent needs to
lock its data structures.
Like the memory-management function hooks, all of the threading functions
_must_ be set up before an event_base is created if you want the base to
use them.
A multi-threaded application must provide locking functions to
Libevent via evthread_set_locking_callback(). Libevent will invoke
this callback whenever a lock needs to be acquired or released.
The total number of locks employed by Libevent can be determined
via the evthread_num_locks() function. An application must provision
that many locks.
If the owner of an event base is waiting for events to happen,
Libevent may signal the thread via a special file descriptor to wake
up. To enable this feature, an application needs to provide a
thread identity function via evthread_set_id_callback().
*/
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#include <event-config.h>
/* combine (lock|unlock) with (read|write) */
#define EVTHREAD_LOCK 0x01
#define EVTHREAD_UNLOCK 0x02
#define EVTHREAD_WRITE 0x04
#define EVTHREAD_READ 0x08
/**
Sets the functions Libevent should use for allocating and freeing
locks. This needs to be called in addition to
evthread_set_locking_callback() before using Libevent in a
multi-threaded application.
Locks must be recursive. That is, it must be safe for a thread to
acquire a lock that it already holds.
@param alloc_fn function to be called when allocating a new lock
@param free_fn function to be called to a free a lock
*/
void evthread_set_lock_create_callbacks(
void *(*alloc_fn)(void), void (*free_fn)(void *));
/**
Sets the function Libevent should use for locking.
@param locking_fn the function that Libevent should invoke to acquire
or release a lock. mode has either EVTHREAD_LOCK or EVTHREAD_UNLOCK
set, and in addition, either EVTHREAD_WRITE or EVTHREAD_READ.
*/
void evthread_set_locking_callback(
void (*locking_fn)(int mode, void *lock));
/**
Sets the function for determining the thread id.
@param base the event base for which to set the id function
@param id_fn the identify function Libevent should invoke to
determine the identity of a thread.
*/
void evthread_set_id_callback(
unsigned long (*id_fn)(void));
/** Make sure it's safe to tell an event base to wake up from another thread.
@return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
*/
int evthread_make_base_notifiable(struct event_base *base);
#ifdef WIN32
/** Sets up Libevent for use with Windows builtin locking and thread ID
functions. Unavailable if Libevent is not built for Windows.
@return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
int evthread_use_windows_threads(void);
#endif
#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_PTHREADS
/** Sets up Libevent for use with Pthreads locking and thread ID functions.
Unavailable if Libevent is not build for use with pthreads. Requires
libraries to link against Libevent_pthreads as well as Libevent.
@return 0 on success, -1 on failure. */
int evthread_use_pthreads(void);
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* _EVENT2_THREAD_H_ */