diff --git a/ev.3 b/ev.3 index 82d8e9b..d1a417a 100644 --- a/ev.3 +++ b/ev.3 @@ -1089,6 +1089,9 @@ descriptor even if the file descriptor number itself did not change. This is how one would do it normally anyway, the important point is that the libev application should not optimise around libev but should leave optimisations to libev. +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions" .IP "ev_io_init (ev_io *, callback, int fd, int events)" 4 .IX Item "ev_io_init (ev_io *, callback, int fd, int events)" .PD 0 @@ -1151,6 +1154,9 @@ on the current time, use something like this to adjust for this: The callback is guarenteed to be invoked only when its timeout has passed, but if multiple timers become ready during the same loop iteration then order of execution is undefined. +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_timer_init (ev_timer *, callback, ev_tstamp after, ev_tstamp repeat)" 4 .IX Item "ev_timer_init (ev_timer *, callback, ev_tstamp after, ev_tstamp repeat)" .PD 0 @@ -1271,6 +1277,9 @@ rules. As with timers, the callback is guarenteed to be invoked only when the time (\f(CW\*(C`at\*(C'\fR) has been passed, but if multiple periodic timers become ready during the same loop iteration then order of execution is undefined. +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_periodic_init (ev_periodic *, callback, ev_tstamp at, ev_tstamp interval, reschedule_cb)" 4 .IX Item "ev_periodic_init (ev_periodic *, callback, ev_tstamp at, ev_tstamp interval, reschedule_cb)" .PD 0 @@ -1431,6 +1440,9 @@ with the kernel (thus it coexists with your own signal handlers as long as you don't register any with libev). Similarly, when the last signal watcher for a signal is stopped libev will reset the signal handler to \&\s-1SIG_DFL\s0 (regardless of what it was set to before). +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_signal_init (ev_signal *, callback, int signum)" 4 .IX Item "ev_signal_init (ev_signal *, callback, int signum)" .PD 0 @@ -1447,6 +1459,9 @@ The signal the watcher watches out for. .IX Subsection "ev_child - watch out for process status changes" Child watchers trigger when your process receives a \s-1SIGCHLD\s0 in response to some child status changes (most typically when a child of yours dies). +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_child_init (ev_child *, callback, int pid)" 4 .IX Item "ev_child_init (ev_child *, callback, int pid)" .PD 0 @@ -1521,6 +1536,9 @@ semantics of \f(CW\*(C`ev_stat\*(C'\fR watchers, which means that libev sometime to fall back to regular polling again even with inotify, but changes are usually detected immediately, and if the file exists there will be no polling. +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_stat_init (ev_stat *, callback, const char *path, ev_tstamp interval)" 4 .IX Item "ev_stat_init (ev_stat *, callback, const char *path, ev_tstamp interval)" .PD 0 @@ -1609,6 +1627,9 @@ Apart from keeping your process non-blocking (which is a useful effect on its own sometimes), idle watchers are a good place to do \&\*(L"pseudo\-background processing\*(R", or delay processing stuff to after the event loop has handled all outstanding events. +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_idle_init (ev_signal *, callback)" 4 .IX Item "ev_idle_init (ev_signal *, callback)" Initialises and configures the idle watcher \- it has no parameters of any @@ -1683,6 +1704,9 @@ their job. As \f(CW\*(C`ev_check\*(C'\fR watchers are often used to embed other loops those other event loops might be in an unusable state until their \&\f(CW\*(C`ev_check\*(C'\fR watcher ran (always remind yourself to coexist peacefully with others). +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_prepare_init (ev_prepare *, callback)" 4 .IX Item "ev_prepare_init (ev_prepare *, callback)" .PD 0 @@ -1939,6 +1963,9 @@ create it, and if that fails, use the normal loop for everything: \& else \& loop_lo = loop_hi; .Ve +.PP +\fIWatcher-Specific Functions and Data Members\fR +.IX Subsection "Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members" .IP "ev_embed_init (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *embedded_loop)" 4 .IX Item "ev_embed_init (ev_embed *, callback, struct ev_loop *embedded_loop)" .PD 0 diff --git a/ev.html b/ev.html index 21f24d5..0299995 100644 --- a/ev.html +++ b/ev.html @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ - +
@@ -31,16 +31,41 @@ev_io
- is this file descriptor readable or writable?
+ev_timer
- relative and optionally repeating timeouts
+
+ev_periodic
- to cron or not to cron?
+
+ev_signal
- signal me when a signal gets signalled!
+
+ev_child
- watch out for process status changes
+
+ev_stat
- did the file attributes just change?
+
+ev_idle
- when you've got nothing better to do...
+
+ev_prepare
and ev_check
- customise your event loop!
+
+ev_embed
- when one backend isn't enough...
+
ev_timer
- relative and optionally repeating timeoutsev_periodic
- to cron or not to cron?ev_signal
- signal me when a signal gets signalled!ev_child
- watch out for process status changesev_stat
- did the file attributes just change?ev_idle
- when you've got nothing better to do...ev_prepare
and ev_check
- customise your event loop!ev_embed
- when one backend isn't enough...ev_fork
- the audacity to resume the event loop after a forkThe callback is guarenteed to be invoked only when its timeout has passed, but if multiple timers become ready during the same loop iteration then order of execution is undefined.
+ +As with timers, the callback is guarenteed to be invoked only when the
time (at
) has been passed, but if multiple periodic timers become ready
during the same loop iteration then order of execution is undefined.
SIGxxx
constants).
Child watchers trigger when your process receives a SIGCHLD in response to some child status changes (most typically when a child of yours dies).
+ +ev_stat
watchers, which means that libev sometimes nee
to fall back to regular polling again even with inotify, but changes are
usually detected immediately, and if the file exists there will be no
polling.
+
+ev_check
watchers are often used to embed other event
loops those other event loops might be in an unusable state until their
ev_check
watcher ran (always remind yourself to coexist peacefully with
others).
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+