libevent/include/event2/buffer.h

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#ifndef _EVENT2_BUFFER_H_
#define _EVENT2_BUFFER_H_

/** @file buffer.h

  Functions for buffering data for network sending or receiving.

  An evbuffer can be used for preparing data before sending it to
  the network or conversely for reading data from the network.
  Evbuffers try to avoid memory copies as much as possible.  As a
  result evbuffers can be used to pass data around without actually
  incurring the overhead of copying the data.

  A new evbuffer can be allocated with evbuffer_new(), and can be
  freed with evbuffer_free().

  There are several guide lines for using evbuffers.

  - if you already know how much data you are going to add as a result
    of calling evbuffer_add() multiple times, it makes sense to use
    evbuffer_expand() first to make sure that enough memory is allocated
    before hand.

  - evbuffer_add_buffer() adds the contents of one buffer to the other
    without incurring any unnecessary memory copies.

  - evbuffer_add() and evbuffer_add_buffer() do not mix very well:
    if you use them, you will wind up with fragmented memory in your
	buffer.

  As the contents of an evbuffer can be stored into multiple different
  memory blocks, it cannot be accessed directly.  Instead, evbuffer_pullup()
  can be used to force a specified number of bytes to be continuous. This
  will cause memory reallocation and memory copies if the data is split
  across multiple blocks.

 */

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#include <event-config.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
#include <sys/types.h>
#endif
#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_UIO_H
#include <sys/uio.h>
#endif
#include <event2/util.h>

struct evbuffer;

/** Points to a position within an evbuffer. Used when repeatedly searching
    through a buffer.  Calls to any function that modifies or re-packs the
    buffer contents may invalidate all evbuffer_ptrs for that buffer.  Do not
    modify these values except with evbuffer_ptr_set.
 */
struct evbuffer_ptr {
	ev_ssize_t pos;

	/* Do not alter the values of fields. */
	struct {
		void *chain;
		size_t pos_in_chain;
	} _internal;
};

/** Describes a single extent of memory inside an evbuffer.  Used for
    direct-access functions.

    @see evbuffer_reserve_space, evbuffer_commit_space, evbuffer_peek
 */
#ifdef _EVENT_HAVE_SYS_UIO_H
#define evbuffer_iovec iovec
/* Internal use -- defined only if we are using the native struct iovec */
#define _EVBUFFER_IOVEC_IS_NATIVE
#else
struct evbuffer_iovec {
	/** The start of the extent of memory. */
	void *iov_base;
	/** The length of the extent of memory. */
	size_t iov_len;
};
#endif

/**
  Allocate storage for a new evbuffer.

  @return a pointer to a newly allocated evbuffer struct, or NULL if an error
	occurred
 */
struct evbuffer *evbuffer_new(void);


/**
  Deallocate storage for an evbuffer.

  @param buf pointer to the evbuffer to be freed
 */
void evbuffer_free(struct evbuffer *buf);

/**
   Enable locking on an evbuffer so that it can safely be used by multiple
   threads at the same time.

   NOTE: when locking is enabled, the lock will be held when callbacks are
   invoked.  This could result in deadlock if you aren't careful.  Plan
   accordingly!

   @param buf An evbuffer to make lockable.
   @param lock A lock object, or NULL if we should allocate our own.
   @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int evbuffer_enable_locking(struct evbuffer *buf, void *lock);

/**
   Acquire the lock on an evbuffer.  Has no effect if locking was not enabled
   with evbuffer_enable_locking.
*/
void evbuffer_lock(struct evbuffer *buf);

/**
   Release the lock on an evbuffer.  Has no effect if locking was not enabled
   with evbuffer_enable_locking.
*/
void evbuffer_unlock(struct evbuffer *buf);

/**
  Returns the total number of bytes stored in the event buffer

  @param buf pointer to the evbuffer
  @return the number of bytes stored in the event buffer
*/
size_t evbuffer_get_length(const struct evbuffer *buf);

/**
   Returns the number of contiguous available bytes in the first buffer chain.

   This is useful when processing data that might be split into multiple
   chains, or that might all be in the first chain.  Calls to
   evbuffer_pullup() that cause reallocation and copying of data can thus be
   avoided.

   @param buf pointer to the evbuffer
   @return 0 if no data is available, otherwise the number of available bytes
     in the first buffer chain.
*/
size_t evbuffer_get_contiguous_space(const struct evbuffer *buf);

/**
  Expands the available space in an event buffer.

  Expands the available space in the event buffer to at least datlen, so that
  appending datlen additional bytes will not require any new allocations.

  @param buf the event buffer to be expanded
  @param datlen the new minimum length requirement
  @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
*/
int evbuffer_expand(struct evbuffer *buf, size_t datlen);

/**
   Reserves space in the last chain of an event buffer.

   Makes space available in the last chain of an event buffer that can
   be arbitrarily written to by a user.  The space does not become
   available for reading until it has been committed with
   evbuffer_commit_space().

   The space is made available as one or more extents, represented by
   an initial pointer and a length.  You can force the memory to be
   available as only one extent.  Allowing more, however, makes the
   function more efficient.

   Multiple subsequent calls to this function will make the same space
   available until evbuffer_commit_space() has been called.

   It is an error to do anything that moves around the buffer's internal
   memory structures before committing the space.

   NOTE: The code currently does not ever use more than two extents.
   This may change in future versions.

   @param buf the event buffer in which to reserve space.
   @param size how much space to make available, at minimum.  The
      total length of the extents may be greater than the requested
      length.
   @param vec an array of one or more evbuffer_iovec structures to
      hold pointers to the reserved extents of memory.
   @param n_vec The length of the vec array.  Must be at least 1.
   @return the number of provided extents, or -1 on error.
   @see evbuffer_commit_space
*/
int
evbuffer_reserve_space(struct evbuffer *buf, ev_ssize_t size,
    struct evbuffer_iovec *vec, int n_vecs);

/**
   Commits previously reserved space.

   Commits some of the space previously reserved with
   evbuffer_reserve_space().  It then becomes available for reading.

   This function may return an error if the pointer in the extents do
   not match those returned from evbuffer_reserve_space, or if data
   has been added to the buffer since the space was reserved.

   If you want to commit less data than you got reserved space for,
   modify the iov_len pointer of the buffer to a smaller value.  Note
   that you may have received more space than you requested if it was
   available!

   @param buf the event buffer in which to reserve space.
   @param vec one or two extents returned by evbuffer_reserve_space.
   @param n_vecs the number of extents.
   @return 0 on success, -1 on error
   @see evbuffer_reserve_space
*/
int evbuffer_commit_space(struct evbuffer *buf,
    struct evbuffer_iovec *vec, int n_vecs);

/**
  Append data to the end of an evbuffer.

  @param buf the event buffer to be appended to
  @param data pointer to the beginning of the data buffer
  @param datlen the number of bytes to be copied from the data buffer
  @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int evbuffer_add(struct evbuffer *buf, const void *data, size_t datlen);


/**
  Read data from an event buffer and drain the bytes read.

  @param buf the event buffer to be read from
  @param data the destination buffer to store the result
  @param datlen the maximum size of the destination buffer
  @return the number of bytes read, or -1 if we can't drain the buffer.
 */
int evbuffer_remove(struct evbuffer *buf, void *data, size_t datlen);

/**
  Read data from an event buffer, and leave the buffer unchanged.

  @param buf the event buffer to be read from
  @param data the destination buffer to store the result
  @param datlen the maximum size of the destination buffer
  @return the number of bytes read, or -1 if we can't drain the buffer.
 */
ev_ssize_t evbuffer_copyout(struct evbuffer *buf, void *data_out, size_t datlen);

/**
  Read data from an event buffer into another event buffer draining
  the bytes from the src buffer read.  This function avoids memcpy
  as possible.

  @param src the event buffer to be read from
  @param dst the destination event buffer to store the result into
  @param datlen the maximum numbers of bytes to transfer
  @return the number of bytes read
 */
int evbuffer_remove_buffer(struct evbuffer *src, struct evbuffer *dst,
    size_t datlen);

/** Used to tell evbuffer_readln what kind of line-ending to look for.
 */
enum evbuffer_eol_style {
	/** Any sequence of CR and LF characters is acceptable as an EOL. */
	EVBUFFER_EOL_ANY,
	/** An EOL is an LF, optionally preceded by a CR.  This style is
	 * most useful for implementing text-based internet protocols. */
	EVBUFFER_EOL_CRLF,
	/** An EOL is a CR followed by an LF. */
	EVBUFFER_EOL_CRLF_STRICT,
	/** An EOL is a LF. */
	EVBUFFER_EOL_LF
};

/**
 * Read a single line from an event buffer.
 *
 * Reads a line terminated by an EOL as determined by the evbuffer_eol_style
 * argument.  Returns a newly allocated nul-terminated string; the caller must
 * free the returned value.  The EOL is not included in the returned string.
 *
 * @param buffer the evbuffer to read from
 * @param n_read_out if non-NULL, points to a size_t that is set to the
 *       number of characters in the returned string.  This is useful for
 *       strings that can contain NUL characters.
 * @param eol_style the style of line-ending to use.
 * @return pointer to a single line, or NULL if an error occurred
 */
char *evbuffer_readln(struct evbuffer *buffer, size_t *n_read_out,
    enum evbuffer_eol_style eol_style);

/**
  Move data from one evbuffer into another evbuffer.

  This is a destructive add.  The data from one buffer moves into
  the other buffer.  However, no unnecessary memory copies occur.

  @param outbuf the output buffer
  @param inbuf the input buffer
  @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
 */
int evbuffer_add_buffer(struct evbuffer *outbuf, struct evbuffer *inbuf);


typedef void (*evbuffer_ref_cleanup_cb)(const void *data,
    size_t datalen, void *extra);

/**
  Reference memory into an evbuffer without copying.

  The memory needs to remain valid until all the added data has been
  read.  This function keeps just a reference to the memory without
  actually incurring the overhead of a copy.

  @param outbuf the output buffer
  @param data the memory to reference
  @param datlen how memory to reference
  @param cleanupfn callback to be invoked when the memory is no longer
	referenced
  @param extra optional argument to the cleanup callback
  @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
 */
int evbuffer_add_reference(struct evbuffer *outbuf,
    const void *data, size_t datlen,
    evbuffer_ref_cleanup_cb cleanupfn, void *extra);

/**
  Move data from a file into the evbuffer for writing to a socket.

  This function avoids unnecessary data copies between userland and
  kernel.  Where available, it uses sendfile or splice.

  The function owns the resulting file descriptor and will close it
  when finished transferring data.

  The results of using evbuffer_remove() or evbuffer_pullup() are
  undefined.

  @param outbuf the output buffer
  @param fd the file descriptor
  @param off the offset from which to read data
  @param length how much data to read
  @return 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred
*/

int evbuffer_add_file(struct evbuffer *output, int fd, off_t offset,
    off_t length);

/**
  Append a formatted string to the end of an evbuffer.

  @param buf the evbuffer that will be appended to
  @param fmt a format string
  @param ... arguments that will be passed to printf(3)
  @return The number of bytes added if successful, or -1 if an error occurred.

 */
int evbuffer_add_printf(struct evbuffer *buf, const char *fmt, ...)
#ifdef __GNUC__
  __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)))
#endif
;


/**
  Append a va_list formatted string to the end of an evbuffer.

  @param buf the evbuffer that will be appended to
  @param fmt a format string
  @param ap a varargs va_list argument array that will be passed to vprintf(3)
  @return The number of bytes added if successful, or -1 if an error occurred.
 */
int evbuffer_add_vprintf(struct evbuffer *buf, const char *fmt, va_list ap);


/**
  Remove a specified number of bytes data from the beginning of an evbuffer.

  @param buf the evbuffer to be drained
  @param len the number of bytes to drain from the beginning of the buffer
  @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int evbuffer_drain(struct evbuffer *buf, size_t len);


/**
  Write the contents of an evbuffer to a file descriptor.

  The evbuffer will be drained after the bytes have been successfully written.

  @param buffer the evbuffer to be written and drained
  @param fd the file descriptor to be written to
  @return the number of bytes written, or -1 if an error occurred
  @see evbuffer_read()
 */
int evbuffer_write(struct evbuffer *buffer, evutil_socket_t fd);

/**
  Write some of the contents of an evbuffer to a file descriptor.

  The evbuffer will be drained after the bytes have been successfully written.

  @param buffer the evbuffer to be written and drained
  @param fd the file descriptor to be written to
  @param howmuch the largest allowable number of bytes to write, or -1
	to write as many bytes as we can.
  @return the number of bytes written, or -1 if an error occurred
  @see evbuffer_read()
 */
int evbuffer_write_atmost(struct evbuffer *buffer, evutil_socket_t fd,
						  ev_ssize_t howmuch);

/**
  Read from a file descriptor and store the result in an evbuffer.

  @param buf the evbuffer to store the result
  @param fd the file descriptor to read from
  @param howmuch the number of bytes to be read
  @return the number of bytes read, or -1 if an error occurred
  @see evbuffer_write()
 */
int evbuffer_read(struct evbuffer *buffer, evutil_socket_t fd, int howmuch);

/**
   Search for a string within an evbuffer.

   @param buffer the evbuffer to be searched
   @param what the string to be searched for
   @param len the length of the search string
   @param start NULL or a pointer to a valid struct evbuffer_ptr.
   @return a struct evbuffer_ptr whose 'pos' field has the offset of the
     first occurrence of the string in the buffer after 'start'.  The 'pos'
     field of the result is -1 if the string was not found.
 */
struct evbuffer_ptr evbuffer_search(struct evbuffer *buffer, const char *what, size_t len, const struct evbuffer_ptr *start);

/**
   Search for a string within part of an evbuffer.

   @param buffer the evbuffer to be searched
   @param what the string to be searched for
   @param len the length of the search string
   @param start NULL or a pointer to a valid struct evbuffer_ptr that
     indicates where we should start searching.
   @param end NULL or a pointer to a valid struct evbuffer_ptr that
     indicates where we should stop searching.
   @return a struct evbuffer_ptr whose 'pos' field has the offset of the
     first occurrence of the string in the buffer after 'start'.  The 'pos'
     field of the result is -1 if the string was not found.
 */
struct evbuffer_ptr evbuffer_search_range(struct evbuffer *buffer, const char *what, size_t len, const struct evbuffer_ptr *start, const struct evbuffer_ptr *end);

enum evbuffer_ptr_how {
	/** Sets the pointer to the position; can be called on with an
	    uninitialized evbuffer_ptr. */
	EVBUFFER_PTR_SET,
	/** Advances the pointer by adding to the current position. */
	EVBUFFER_PTR_ADD
};

/**
   Sets the search pointer in the buffer to position.

   If evbuffer_ptr is not initialized.  This function can only be called
   with EVBUFFER_PTR_SET.

   @param buffer the evbuffer to be search
   @param ptr a pointer to a struct evbuffer_ptr
   @param position the position at which to start the next search
   @param how determines how the pointer should be manipulated.
   @returns 0 on success or -1 otherwise
*/
int
evbuffer_ptr_set(struct evbuffer *buffer, struct evbuffer_ptr *pos,
    size_t position, enum evbuffer_ptr_how how);

/**
   Search for an end-of-line string within an evbuffer.

   @param buffer the evbuffer to be searched
   @param start NULL or a pointer to a valid struct evbuffer_ptr to start
      searching at.
   @param eol_len_out If non-NULL, the pointed-to value will be set to
      the length of the end-of-line string.
   @param eol_style The kind of EOL to look for; see evbuffer_readln() for
      more information
   @return a struct evbuffer_ptr whose 'pos' field has the offset of the
     first occurrence EOL in the buffer after 'start'.  The 'pos'
     field of the result is -1 if the string was not found.
 */
struct evbuffer_ptr evbuffer_search_eol(struct evbuffer *buffer,
    struct evbuffer_ptr *start, size_t *eol_len_out,
    enum evbuffer_eol_style eol_style);

/** Structure passed to an evbuffer callback */
struct evbuffer_cb_info {
	/** The size of */
	size_t orig_size;
	size_t n_added;
	size_t n_deleted;
};

/** Function to peek at data inside an evbuffer without removing it or
    copying it out.

    Pointers to the data are returned by filling the 'vec_out' array
    with pointers to one or more extents of data inside the buffer.

    The total data in the extents that you get back may be more than
    you requested (if there is more data last extent than you asked
    for), or less (if you do not provide enough evbuffer_iovecs, or if
    the buffer does not have as much data as you asked to see).

    @param buffer the evbuffer to peek into,
    @param len the number of bytes to try to peek.  If negative, we
       will try to fill as much of vec_out as we can.
    @param start_at an evbuffer_ptr indicating the point at which we
       should start looking for data.  NULL means, "At the start of the
       buffer."
    @param vec_out an array of evbuffer_iovec
    @param n_vec the length of vec_out.  If 0, we only count how many
       extents would be necessary to point to the requested amount of
       data.
    @return The number of extents needed.  This may be less than n_vec
       if we didn't need all the evbuffer_iovecs we were given, or more
       than n_vec if we would need more to return all the data that was
       requested.
 */
int evbuffer_peek(struct evbuffer *buffer, ev_ssize_t len,
    struct evbuffer_ptr *start_at,
    struct evbuffer_iovec *vec_out, int n_vec);

/** Type definition for a callback that is invoked whenever data is added or
    removed from an evbuffer.

    An evbuffer may have one or more callbacks set at a time.  The order
    in which they are executed is undefined.

    A callback function may add more callbacks, or remove itself from the
    list of callbacks, or add or remove data from the buffer.  It may not
    remove another callback from the list.

    If a callback adds or removes data from the buffer or from another
    buffer, this can cause a recursive invocation of your callback or
    other callbacks.  If you ask for an infinite loop, you might just get
    one: watch out!

    @param buffer the buffer whose size has changed
    @param info a structure describing how the buffer changed.
    @param arg a pointer to user data
*/
typedef void (*evbuffer_cb_func)(struct evbuffer *buffer, const struct evbuffer_cb_info *info, void *arg);

struct evbuffer_cb_entry;
/** Add a new callback to an evbuffer.

  Subsequent calls to evbuffer_add_cb() add new callbacks.  To remove this
  callback, call evbuffer_remove_cb or evbuffer_remove_cb_entry.

  @param buffer the evbuffer to be monitored
  @param cb the callback function to invoke when the evbuffer is modified,
	or NULL to remove all callbacks.
  @param cbarg an argument to be provided to the callback function
  @return a handle to the callback on success, or NULL on failure.
 */
struct evbuffer_cb_entry *evbuffer_add_cb(struct evbuffer *buffer, evbuffer_cb_func cb, void *cbarg);

/** Remove a callback from an evbuffer, given a handle returned from
    evbuffer_add_cb.

    Calling this function invalidates the handle.

    @return 0 if a callback was removed, or -1 if no matching callback was
    found.
 */
int evbuffer_remove_cb_entry(struct evbuffer *buffer,
			     struct evbuffer_cb_entry *ent);

/** Remove a callback from an evbuffer, given the function and argument
    used to add it.

    @return 0 if a callback was removed, or -1 if no matching callback was
    found.
 */
int evbuffer_remove_cb(struct evbuffer *buffer, evbuffer_cb_func cb, void *cbarg);

/** If this flag is not set, then a callback is temporarily disabled, and
 * should not be invoked. */
#define EVBUFFER_CB_ENABLED 1

/** Change the flags that are set for a callback on a buffer by adding more.

    @param buffer the evbuffer that the callback is watching.
    @param cb the callback whose status we want to change.
    @param flags EVBUFFER_CB_ENABLED to re-enable the callback.
    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int evbuffer_cb_set_flags(struct evbuffer *buffer,
			  struct evbuffer_cb_entry *cb, ev_uint32_t flags);

/** Change the flags that are set for a callback on a buffer by removing some

    @param buffer the evbuffer that the callback is watching.
    @param cb the callback whose status we want to change.
    @param flags EVBUFFER_CB_ENABLED to disable the callback.
    @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int evbuffer_cb_clear_flags(struct evbuffer *buffer,
			  struct evbuffer_cb_entry *cb, ev_uint32_t flags);

#if 0
/** Postpone calling a given callback until unsuspend is called later.

    This is different from disabling the callback, since the callback will get
	invoked later if the buffer size changes between now and when we unsuspend
	it.

	@param the buffer that the callback is watching.
	@param cb the callback we want to suspend.
 */
void evbuffer_cb_suspend(struct evbuffer *buffer, struct evbuffer_cb_entry *cb);
/** Stop postponing a callback that we postponed with evbuffer_cb_suspend.

	If data was added to or removed from the buffer while the callback was
	suspended, the callback will get called once now.

	@param the buffer that the callback is watching.
	@param cb the callback we want to stop suspending.
 */
void evbuffer_cb_unsuspend(struct evbuffer *buffer, struct evbuffer_cb_entry *cb);
#endif

/**
  Makes the data at the begging of an evbuffer contiguous.

  @param buf the evbuffer to make contiguous
  @param size the number of bytes to make contiguous, or -1 to make the
	entire buffer contiguous.
  @return a pointer to the contiguous memory array
*/

unsigned char *evbuffer_pullup(struct evbuffer *buf, ev_ssize_t size);

/**
  Prepends data to the beginning of the evbuffer

  @param buf the evbuffer to which to prepend data
  @param data a pointer to the memory to prepend
  @param size the number of bytes to prepend
  @return 0 if successful, or -1 otherwise
*/

int evbuffer_prepend(struct evbuffer *buf, const void *data, size_t size);

/**
  Prepends all data from the src evbuffer to the beginning of the dst
  evbuffer.

  @param dst the evbuffer to which to prepend data
  @param src the evbuffer to prepend; it will be emptied as a result
  @return 0 if successful, or -1 otherwise
*/
int evbuffer_prepend_buffer(struct evbuffer *dst, struct evbuffer* src);

/**
   Prevent calls that modify an evbuffer from succeeding. A buffer may
   frozen at the front, at the back, or at both the front and the back.

   If the front of a buffer is frozen, operations that drain data from
   the front of the buffer, or that prepend data to the buffer, will
   fail until it is unfrozen.   If the back a buffer is frozen, operations
   that append data from the buffer will fail until it is unfrozen.

   @param buf The buffer to freeze
   @param at_front If true, we freeze the front of the buffer.  If false,
      we freeze the back.
   @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
*/
int evbuffer_freeze(struct evbuffer *buf, int at_front);
/**
   Re-enable calls that modify an evbuffer.

   @param buf The buffer to un-freeze
   @param at_front If true, we unfreeze the front of the buffer.  If false,
      we unfreeze the back.
   @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int evbuffer_unfreeze(struct evbuffer *buf, int at_front);

struct event_base;
/**
   Force all the callbacks on an evbuffer to be run, not immediately after
   the evbuffer is altered, but instead from inside the event loop.

   This can be used to serialize all the callbacks to a single thread
   of execution.
 */
int evbuffer_defer_callbacks(struct evbuffer *buffer, struct event_base *base);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* _EVENT2_BUFFER_H_ */