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KQUEUE(9) FreeBSD Kernel Developer's Manual KQUEUE(9)
NAME
kqueue_add_filteropts, kqueue_del_filteropts, kqfd_register,
knote_fdclose, knlist_init, knlist_init_mtx, knlist_add, knlist_remove,
knlist_remove_inevent, knlist_empty, knlist_clear, knlist_delete,
knlist_destroy, KNOTE_LOCKED, KNOTE_UNLOCKED - event delivery subsystem
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/event.h>
int
kqueue_add_filteropts(int filt, struct filterops *filtops);
int
kqueue_del_filteropts(int filt);
int
kqfd_register(int fd, struct kevent *kev, struct thread *td, int waitok);
void
knote_fdclose(struct thread *td, int fd);
void
knlist_init(struct knlist *knl, void *lock, void (*kl_lock)(void *),
void (*kl_unlock)(void *), int (*kl_locked)(void *));
void
knlist_init_mtx(struct knlist *knl, struct mtx *lock);
void
knlist_add(struct knlist *knl, struct knote *kn, int islocked);
void
knlist_remove(struct knlist *knl, struct knote *kn, int islocked);
void
knlist_remove_inevent(struct knlist *knl, struct knote *kn);
int
knlist_empty(struct knlist *knl);
void
knlist_clear(struct knlist *knl, int islocked);
void
knlist_delete(struct knlist *knl, struct thread *td, int islocked);
void
knlist_destroy(struct knlist *knl);
void
KNOTE_LOCKED(struct knlist *knl, long hint);
void
KNOTE_UNLOCKED(struct knlist *knl, long hint);
DESCRIPTION
The functions kqueue_add_filteropts() and kqueue_del_filteropts() allow
have the kn_fp member initialized to the struct file * that
represents the file descriptor.
f_attach The f_attach function will be called when attaching a knote to
the object. The method should call knlist_add() to add the
knote to the list that was initialized with knlist_init(). The
call to knlist_add() is only necessary if the object can have
multiple knotes associated with it. If there is no knlist to
call knlist_add() with, the function f_attach must clear the
KN_DETACHED bit of kn_status in the 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 f_attach, it is valid to change the kn_fop pointer to a
different pointer. This will change the f_event and f_detach
functions called when processing the knote.
f_detach The f_detach function will be called to detach the knote if the
knote has not already been detached by a call to
knlist_remove(), knlist_remove_inevent() or knlist_delete().
The list lock will not be held when this function is called.
f_event The f_event function will be called to update the status of the
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
hint argument will be 0 when scanning knotes to see which are
triggered. Otherwise, the hint argument will be the value
passed to either KNOTE_LOCKED or KNOTE_UNLOCKED. The 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. If the note needs to be removed,
knlist_remove_inevent() must be called. The function
knlist_remove_inevent() will remove the note from the list, the
f_detach function will not be called and the knote will not be
returned as an event.
Locks must not be acquired in f_event. If a lock is required
in f_event, it must be obtained in the kl_lock function of the
knlist that the knote was added to.
The function kqfd_register() will register the kevent on the kqueue file
descriptor fd. If it is safe to sleep, waitok should be set.
The function knote_fdclose() is used to delete all knotes associated with
fd. Once returned, there will no longer be any knotes associated with
the fd. The knotes removed will never be returned from a kevent(2) call,
so if userland uses the knote to track resources, they will be leaked.
The FILEDESC_LOCK() lock must be held over the call to knote_fdclose() so
that file descriptors cannot be added or removed.
The knlist_*() family of functions are for managing knotes associated
with an object. A knlist is not required, but is commonly used. If
used, the knlist must be initialized with either knlist_init() or
knlist_init_mtx(). The knlist structure may be embedded into the object
structure. The lock will be held over f_event calls.
For the knlist_init() function, if lock is NULL, a shared global lock
will be used and the remaining arguments must be NULL. The function
pointers kl_lock, kl_unlock and kl_locked will be used to manipulate the
argument lock. If any of the function pointers are NULL, a function
The function knlist_clear() removes all knotes from the list. The
islocked argument declares if the lock has been acquired. All knotes
will have EV_ONESHOT set so that the knote will be returned and removed
during the next scan. The f_detach function will be called when the
knote is deleted during the next scan. This function must not be used
when f_isfd is set in struct filterops, as the td argument of fdrop()
will be NULL.
The function knlist_delete() removes and deletes all knotes on the list.
The function f_detach will not be called, and the knote will not be
returned on the next scan. Using this function could leak userland
resources if a process uses the knote to track resources.
Both the knlist_clear() and knlist_delete() functions may sleep. They
also may release the lock to wait for other knotes to drain.
The knlist_destroy() function is used to destroy a knlist. There must be
no knotes associated with the knlist (knlist_empty() returns true) and no
more knotes may be attached to the object. A knlist may be emptied by
calling knlist_clear() or knlist_delete().
The macros KNOTE_LOCKED() and KNOTE_UNLOCKED() are used to notify knotes
about events associated with the object. It will iterate over all knotes
on the list calling the f_event function associated with the knote. The
macro KNOTE_LOCKED() must be used if the lock associated with the knl is
held. The function KNOTE_UNLOCKED() will acquire the lock before
iterating over the list of knotes.
RETURN VALUES
The function kqueue_add_filteropts() will return zero on success, EINVAL
in the case of an invalid filt, or EEXIST if the filter has already been
installed.
The function kqueue_del_filteropts() will return zero on success, EINVAL
in the case of an invalid filt, or EBUSY if the filter is still in use.
The function kqfd_register() will return zero on success, EBADF if the
file descriptor is not a kqueue, or any of the possible values returned
by kevent(2).
SEE ALSO
kevent(2), kqueue(2)
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org>.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 August 20, 2022 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11