Add new functions to access backends by their features and to query the features of a backend.

svn:r842

ChangeLog

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ Changes in current version:
  o constify struct timeval * where possible
  o make event_get_supported_methods obey environment variables
  o support for edge-triggered events on epoll and kqueue backends: patch from Valery Kholodkov
+ o support for selecting event backends by their features, and for querying the features of a backend.
+ o change failing behavior of event_base_new_with_config: if a config is provided and no backend is selected, return NULL instead of aborting.
 
 
 Changes in 1.4.0:

WIN32-Code/win32.c

@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ struct eventop win32ops = {
 	win32_del,
 	win32_dispatch,
 	win32_dealloc,
-	0
+	0, /* doesn't need reinit */
+	0, /* No features supported. */
 };
 
 #define FD_SET_ALLOC_SIZE(n) ((sizeof(struct win_fd_set) + ((n)-1)*sizeof(SOCKET)))

devpoll.c

@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ struct eventop devpollops = {
 	devpoll_del,
 	devpoll_dispatch,
 	devpoll_dealloc,
-	1 /* need reinit */
+	1, /* need reinit */
+	EV_FEATURE_FDS|EV_FEATURE_O1,
 };
 
 #define NEVENT	32000

epoll.c

@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ struct eventop epollops = {
 	epoll_del,
 	epoll_dispatch,
 	epoll_dealloc,
-	1 /* need reinit */
+	1, /* need reinit */
+	EV_FEATURE_ET|EV_FEATURE_O1,
 };
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETFD

event-internal.h

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct eventop {
 	void (*dealloc)(struct event_base *, void *);
 	/* set if we need to reinitialize the event base */
 	int need_reinit;
+	enum event_method_feature features;
 };
 
 struct event_base {
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ struct event_config_entry {
 
 struct event_config {
 	TAILQ_HEAD(event_configq, event_config_entry) entries;
+
+	enum event_method_feature require_features;
 };
 
 /* Internal use only: Functions that might be missing from <sys/queue.h> */

event.c

@@ -219,7 +219,12 @@ event_is_method_disabled(const char *name)
 	for (i = 8; environment[i] != '\0'; ++i)
 		environment[i] = toupper(environment[i]);
 	return (getenv(environment) != NULL);
+}
 
+enum event_method_feature
+event_base_get_features(struct event_base *base)
+{
+	return base->evsel->features;
 }
 
 struct event_base *
@@ -250,6 +255,9 @@ event_base_new_with_config(struct event_config *cfg)
 			if (event_config_is_avoided_method(cfg,
 				eventops[i]->name))
 				continue;
+			if ((eventops[i]->features & cfg->require_features)
+				!= cfg->require_features)
+				continue;
 		}
 
 		/* also obey the environment variables */
@@ -261,8 +269,14 @@ event_base_new_with_config(struct event_config *cfg)
 		base->evbase = base->evsel->init(base);
 	}
 
-	if (base->evbase == NULL)
+	if (base->evbase == NULL) {
-		event_errx(1, "%s: no event mechanism available", __func__);
+		if (cfg == NULL)
+            event_errx(1, "%s: no event mechanism available", __func__);
+        else {
+			event_base_free(base);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (getenv("EVENT_SHOW_METHOD"))
 		event_msgx("libevent using: %s", base->evsel->name);
@@ -410,6 +424,7 @@ event_config_new(void)
 		return (NULL);
 
 	TAILQ_INIT(&cfg->entries);
+	cfg->require_features = 0;
 
 	return (cfg);
 }
@@ -450,6 +465,16 @@ event_config_avoid_method(struct event_config *cfg, const char *method)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+int
+event_config_require_features(struct event_config *cfg,
+                              enum event_method_feature features)
+{
+	if (!cfg)
+		return (-1);
+	cfg->require_features = features;
+	return (0);
+}
+
 int
 event_priority_init(int npriorities)
 {

include/event2/event.h

@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ int event_base_dispatch(struct event_base *);
  */
 const char *event_base_get_method(struct event_base *);
 
+/**
+ Return a bitmask of the features implemented by an event base.
+ */
+enum event_method_feature event_base_get_features(struct event_base *base);
+
 /**
    Gets all event notification mechanisms supported by libevent.
 
@@ -144,6 +149,43 @@ void event_config_free(struct event_config *cfg);
 */
 int event_config_avoid_method(struct event_config *cfg, const char *method);
 
+enum event_method_feature {
+    /* Require an event method that allows edge-triggered events with EV_ET. */
+    EV_FEATURE_ET = 0x01,
+    /* Require an event method where having one event triggered among
+     * many is [approximately] an O(1) operation. This excludes (for
+     * example) select and poll, which are approximately O(N) for N
+     * equal to the total number of possible events. */
+    EV_FEATURE_O1 = 0x02,
+    /* Require an event method that allows file descriptors as well as
+     * sockets. */
+    EV_FEATURE_FDS = 0x04,
+} event_method_feature;
+
+/**
+   Enters a required event method feature that the application demands.
+
+   Note that not every feature or combination of features is supported
+   on every platform.  Code that requests features should be prepared
+   to handle the case where event_base_new_with_config() returns NULL, as in:
+   <pre>
+     event_config_require_features(cfg, EV_FEATURE_ET);
+     base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg);
+     if (base == NULL) {
+       // We can't get edge-triggered behavior here.
+       event_config_require_features(cfg, 0);
+       base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg);
+     }
+   </pre>
+
+   @param cfg the event configuration object
+   @param feature a bitfield of one or more event_method_feature values.
+          Replaces values from previous calls to this function.
+   @return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
+*/
+int event_config_require_features(struct event_config *cfg,
+                                  enum event_method_feature feature);
+
 /**
   Initialize the event API.
 
@@ -152,7 +194,8 @@ int event_config_avoid_method(struct event_config *cfg, const char *method);
   can currently be used to avoid certain event notification mechanisms.
 
   @param cfg the event configuration object
-  @return an initialized event_base that can be used to registering events.
+  @return an initialized event_base that can be used to registering events,
+     or NULL if no event base can be created with the requested event_config.
   @see event_base_new(), event_base_free(), event_init(), event_assign()
 */
 struct event_base *event_base_new_with_config(struct event_config *cfg);

kqueue.c

@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ const struct eventop kqops = {
 	kq_del,
 	kq_dispatch,
 	kq_dealloc,
-	1 /* need reinit */
+	1 /* need reinit */,
+    EV_FEATURE_ET|EV_FEATURE_O1|EV_FEATURE_FDS,
 };
 
 static void *

poll.c

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ const struct eventop pollops = {
 	poll_del,
 	poll_dispatch,
 	poll_dealloc,
-    0
+    0, /* doesn't need_reinit */
+	EV_FEATURE_FDS,
 };
 
 static void *

select.c

@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ const struct eventop selectops = {
 	select_del,
 	select_dispatch,
 	select_dealloc,
-	0
+	0, /* doesn't need reinit. */
+	EV_FEATURE_FDS,
 };
 
 static int select_resize(struct selectop *sop, int fdsz);