X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apple/xnu.git/blobdiff_plain/b0d623f7f2ae71ed96e60569f61f9a9a27016e80..0a7de7458d150b5d4dffc935ba399be265ef0a1a:/bsd/man/man2/kqueue.2 diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/kqueue.2 b/bsd/man/man2/kqueue.2 index f7a12d523..d1a535542 100644 --- a/bsd/man/man2/kqueue.2 +++ b/bsd/man/man2/kqueue.2 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2016 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. .\" .\" @APPLE_LICENSE_HEADER_START@ .\" @@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ .Sh NAME .Nm kqueue , .Nm kevent , -and .Nm kevent64 +and +.Nm kevent_qos .Nd kernel event notification mechanism .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc @@ -68,21 +69,28 @@ and .Fn kevent "int kq" "const struct kevent *changelist" "int nchanges" "struct kevent *eventlist" "int nevents" "const struct timespec *timeout" .Ft int .Fn kevent64 "int kq" "const struct kevent64_s *changelist" "int nchanges" "struct kevent64_s *eventlist" "int nevents" "unsigned int flags" "const struct timespec *timeout" +.Ft int +.Fn kevent_qos "int kq" "const struct kevent_qos_s *changelist" "int nchanges" "struct kevent_qos_s *eventlist" "int nevents" "void *data_out" "size_t *data_available" "unsigned int flags" .Fn EV_SET "&kev" ident filter flags fflags data udata .Fn EV_SET64 "&kev" ident filter flags fflags data udata "ext[0]" "ext[1]" +.Fn EV_SET_QOS "&kev" ident filter flags qos udata fflags xflags data "ext[0]" "ext[1]" "ext[2]" "ext[3]" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn kqueue -system call -provides a generic method of notifying the user when an kernel +system call allocates a kqueue file descriptor. This file descriptor +provides a generic method of notifying the user when a kernel event (kevent) happens or a condition holds, based on the results of small pieces of kernel code termed filters. -A kevent is identified by an (ident, filter) pair and specifies -the interesting conditions to be notified about for that pair. -An (ident, filter) pair can only appear once in a given kqueue. -Subsequent attempts to register the same pair for a given kqueue +.Pp +A kevent is identified by an (ident, filter, and optional udata value) +tuple. It specifies the interesting conditions to be notified about +for that tuple. An (ident, filter, and optional udata value) tuple can +only appear once in a given kqueue. +Subsequent attempts to register the same tuple for a given kqueue will result in the replacement of the conditions being watched, not an addition. +Whether the udata value is considered as part of the tuple is controlled +by the EV_UDATA_SPECIFIC flag on the kevent. .Pp The filter identified in a kevent is executed upon the initial registration of that event in order to detect whether a preexisting @@ -112,9 +120,10 @@ The queue is not inherited by a child created with .Xr fork 2 . .Pp The -.Fn kevent -and +.Fn kevent, .Fn kevent64 +and +.Fn kevent_qos system calls are used to register events with the queue, and return any pending events to the user. @@ -122,9 +131,10 @@ The .Fa changelist argument is a pointer to an array of -.Va kevent -or +.Va kevent, .Va kevent64_s +or +.Va kevent_qos_s structures, as defined in .Aq Pa sys/event.h . All changes contained in the @@ -138,16 +148,28 @@ gives the size of The .Fa eventlist argument -is a pointer to an array of -.Va kevent -or +is a pointer to an array of out +.Va kevent, .Va kevent64_s +or +.Va kevent_qos_s structures. The .Fa nevents -argument -determines the size of +argument determines the size of .Fa eventlist . +If the KEVENT_FLAG_STACK_EVENTS flag is provided on the system call, +the eventlist array is filled in in stack order (starting in the +highest available index) instead of typical array order. +The +.Fa out_data +argument provides space for extra out data provided by specific filters. +The +.Fa data_available +argument's contents specified the space available in the data pool on input, +and contains the amount still remaining on output. +If the KEVENT_FLAG_STACK_DATA flag is specified on the system call, +the data is allocated from the pool in stack order instead of typical heap order. If .Fa timeout is a non-NULL pointer, it specifies a maximum interval to wait @@ -158,6 +180,13 @@ is a NULL pointer, both and .Fn kevent64 wait indefinitely. To effect a poll, the +.Fa flags +argument to +.Fn kevent64 +or +.Fn kevent_qos +can include the KEVENT_FLAG_IMMEDIATE value to indicate an +immediate timeout. Alternatively, the .Fa timeout argument should be non-NULL, pointing to a zero-valued .Va timespec @@ -174,12 +203,17 @@ structure. Similarly, .Fn EV_SET64 initializes a .Va kevent64_s +structure and +.Fn EV_SET_QOS +initializes a +.Va kevent_qos_s structure. .Pp The -.Va kevent -and +.Va kevent, .Va kevent64_s +and +.Va kevent_qos_s structures are defined as: .Bd -literal struct kevent { @@ -191,7 +225,6 @@ struct kevent { void *udata; /* opaque user data identifier */ }; - struct kevent64_s { uint64_t ident; /* identifier for this event */ int16_t filter; /* filter for event */ @@ -201,18 +234,31 @@ struct kevent64_s { uint64_t udata; /* opaque user data identifier */ uint64_t ext[2]; /* filter-specific extensions */ }; + +struct kevent_qos_s { + uint64_t ident; /* identifier for this event */ + int16_t filter; /* filter for event */ + uint16_t flags; /* general flags */ + uint32_t qos; /* quality of service when servicing event */ + uint64_t udata; /* opaque user data identifier */ + uint32_t fflags; /* filter-specific flags */ + uint32_t xflags; /* extra filter-specific flags */ + int64_t data; /* filter-specific data */ + uint64_t ext[4]; /* filter-specific extensions */ +}; .Ed .Pp ---- .Pp The fields of -.Fa struct kevent -and +.Fa struct kevent, .Fa struct kevent64_s +and +.Fa struct kevent_qos_s are: .Bl -tag -width XXXfilter .It ident -Value used to identify this event. +Value used to identify the source of the event. The exact interpretation is determined by the attached filter, but often is a file descriptor. .It filter @@ -225,7 +271,8 @@ Filter-specific flags. .It data Filter-specific data value. .It udata -Opaque user-defined value passed through the kernel unchanged. +Opaque user-defined value passed through the kernel unchanged. It can +optionally be part of the uniquing decision of the kevent system .El .Pp In addition, @@ -237,6 +284,16 @@ This field stores extensions for the event's filter. What type of extension depe what type of filter is being used. .El .Pp +In addition, +.Fa struct kevent_qos_s +contains: +.Bl -tag -width XXXfilter +.It xflags +Extra filter-specific flags. +.It ext[4] +The QoS variant provides twice as many extension values for filter-specific uses. +.El +.Pp ---- .Pp The @@ -250,15 +307,17 @@ in a duplicate entry. Adding an event automatically enables it, unless overridden by the EV_DISABLE flag. .It EV_ENABLE Permit -.Fn kevent -and +.Fn kevent, .Fn kevent64 +and +.Fn kevent_qos to return the event if it is triggered. .It EV_DISABLE Disable the event so -.Fn kevent -and +.Fn kevent, .Fn kevent64 +and +.Fn kevent_qos will not return it. The filter itself is not disabled. .It EV_DELETE Removes the event from the kqueue. Events which are attached to @@ -267,7 +326,7 @@ the descriptor. .It EV_RECEIPT This flag is useful for making bulk changes to a kqueue without draining any pending events. When passed as input, it forces EV_ERROR to always be returned. -When a filter is successfully added. The +When a filter is successfully added, the .Va data field will be zero. .It EV_ONESHOT @@ -281,6 +340,9 @@ instead of the current state. Note that some filters may automatically set this flag internally. .It EV_EOF Filters may set this flag to indicate filter-specific EOF condition. +.It EV_OOBAND +Read filter on socket may set this flag to indicate the presence of out of +band data on the descriptor. .It EV_ERROR See .Sx RETURN VALUES @@ -291,13 +353,15 @@ below. .Pp The predefined system filters are listed below. Arguments may be passed to and from the filter via the +.Va data, .Va fflags -and -.Va data +and optionally +.Va xflags fields in the -.Va kevent -or +.Va kevent, .Va kevent64_s +or +.Va kevent_qos_s structure. .Bl -tag -width EVFILT_MACHPORT .It EVFILT_READ @@ -325,10 +389,18 @@ flag in .Va fflags , and specifying the new low water mark in .Va data . +The derived per filter low water mark value is, however, bounded +by socket receive buffer's high and low water mark values. On return, .Va data contains the number of bytes of protocol data available to read. .Pp +The presence of EV_OOBAND in +.Va flags , +indicates the presence of out of band data on the socket +.Va data +equal to the potential number of OOB bytes availble to read. +.Pp If the read direction of the socket has shutdown, then the filter also sets EV_EOF in .Va flags , @@ -342,7 +414,7 @@ Returns when the file pointer is not at the end of file. contains the offset from current position to end of file, and may be negative. .It "Fifos, Pipes" -Returns when the there is data to read; +Returns when there is data to read; .Va data contains the number of bytes available. .Pp @@ -351,7 +423,32 @@ When the last writer disconnects, the filter will set EV_EOF in This may be cleared by passing in EV_CLEAR, at which point the filter will resume waiting for data to become available before returning. +.It "Device nodes" +Returns when there is data to read from the device; +.Va data +contains the number of bytes available. If the device does +not support returning number of bytes, it will not allow the +filter to be attached. However, if the NOTE_LOWAT flag is +specified and the +.Va data +field contains 1 on input, those devices will attach - but +cannot be relied upon to provide an accurate count of bytes +to be read on output. .El +.It Dv EVFILT_EXCEPT +Takes a descriptor as the identifier, and returns whenever one of the +specified exceptional conditions has occurred on the descriptor. Conditions +are specified in +.Va fflags . +Currently, this filter can be used to monitor the arrival of +out-of-band data on a socket descriptor using the filter flag +.Dv NOTE_OOB . +.Pp +If the read direction of the socket has shutdown, then the filter +also sets EV_EOF in +.Va flags , +and returns the socket error (if any) in +.Va fflags . .It EVFILT_WRITE Takes a file descriptor as the identifier, and returns whenever it is possible to write to the descriptor. For sockets, pipes @@ -418,11 +515,17 @@ The file referenced by the descriptor was renamed. Access to the file was revoked via .Xr revoke 2 or the underlying fileystem was unmounted. +.It NOTE_FUNLOCK +The file was unlocked by calling +.Xr flock 2 +or +.Xr close 2 .El .Pp On return, .Va fflags -contains the events which triggered the filter. +contains the filter-specific flags which are associated with +the triggered events seen by this filter. .It EVFILT_PROC Takes the process ID to monitor as the identifier and the events to watch for in @@ -433,6 +536,8 @@ The events to monitor are: .Bl -tag -width NOTE_SIGNAL .It NOTE_EXIT The process has exited. +.It NOTE_EXITSTATUS +The process has exited and its exit status is in filter specific data. Valid only on child processes and to be used along with NOTE_EXIT. .It NOTE_FORK The process created a child process via .Xr fork 2 @@ -448,7 +553,7 @@ or similar call. .It NOTE_REAP The process was reaped by the parent via .Xr wait 2 -or similar call. +or similar call. Deprecated, use NOTE_EXIT. .El .Pp On return, @@ -473,76 +578,82 @@ This filter automatically sets the EV_CLEAR flag internally. .It EVFILT_MACHPORT Takes the name of a mach port, or port set, in .Va ident -and waits until a message is received on the port or port set. When a message -is recieved, the size of the message is returned in -.Va data -and if +and waits until a message is enqueued on the port or port set. When a message +is detected, but not directly received by the kevent call, the name of the +specific port where the message is enqueued is returned in +.Va data . +If .Va fflags -is set to MACH_RCV_MSG, a pointer to the message is returned in ext[0]. +contains MACH_RCV_MSG, the ext[0] and ext[1] flags are assumed to contain +a pointer to the buffer where the message is to be received and the size +of the receive buffer, respectively. If MACH_RCV_MSG is specifed, yet the +buffer size in ext[1] is zero, The space for the buffer may be carved out +of the +.Va +data_out +area provided to +.Fn kevent_qos +if there is enough space remaining there. .It EVFILT_TIMER -Establishes an interval timer with the data -timer identified by -.Va ident . -When adding a timer, +Establishes an interval timer identified by +.Va ident +where .Va data -specifies the timeout period and +specifies the timeout period (in milliseconds). +.Pp .Va fflags -can be set to one of the following: -.Bl -tag -width NOTE_ABSOLUTE +can include one of the following flags to specify a different unit: +.Bl -tag -width NOTE_NSECONDS .It NOTE_SECONDS -data is in seconds +.Va data +is in seconds .It NOTE_USECONDS -data is in microseconds +.Va data +is in microseconds .It NOTE_NSECONDS -data is in nanoseconds -.It NOTE_ABSOLUTE -data is an absolute timeout -.El -.Pp -If fflags is not set, the default is milliseconds. The timer will be periodic unless EV_ONESHOT is specified. -On return, .Va data -contains the number of times the timeout has expired since the last call to -.Fn kevent -or -.Fn kevent64 . -This filter automatically sets the EV_CLEAR flag internally. -.It EVFILT_SESSION -Takes the audit session ID to monitor as the identifier and the events to watch for in -.Va fflags , -and returns when one or more of the requested session events occurs. -To monitor for events for any audit session the value AS_ANY_ASID -should be used as the identifier. With AS_ANY_ASID, as new audit -sessions are created they are included as if the were added -individually. The events to monitor are: -.Bl -tag -width NOTE_AS_UPDATE -.It NOTE_AS_START -A new audit session has started. -.It NOTE_AS_END -All the processes in the audit session have exited. -.It NOTE_AS_CLOSE -This audit session is no longer valid in the kernel. In other words, it -is now safe to dispose of any cached information about this session or -reuse its session ID for a new audit session. -.It NOTE_AS_UPDATE -The audit session information was updated. The audit session information is -considered immutable once initially set. If this becomes enforced in -the kernel then this event may no longer be needed and may become -obsolete. -.It NOTE_AS_ERR -This flag is returned if the system was unable to attach an event to a -new session when the audit session ID of AS_ANY_ASID -is used. This is usually due to resource limitations. +is in nanoseconds +.It NOTE_MACHTIME +.Va data +is in Mach absolute time units .El .Pp -On return, .Va fflags -contains the events which triggered the filter, -.Va ident -contains the audit session ID, and +can also include +.Dv NOTE_ABSOLUTE, +which establishes an +.Dv EV_ONESHOT +timer with an absolute deadline instead of an interval. +The absolute deadline is expressed in terms of +.Xr gettimeofday 2 . +With +.Dv NOTE_MACHTIME, +the deadline is expressed in terms of +.Fn mach_absolute_time . +.Pp +The timer can be coalesced with other timers to save power. The following flags can be set in +.Va fflags +to modify this behavior: +.Bl -tag -width NOTE_BACKGROUND +.It NOTE_CRITICAL +override default power-saving techniques to more strictly respect the leeway value +.It NOTE_BACKGROUND +apply more power-saving techniques to coalesce this timer with other timers +.It NOTE_LEEWAY +.Va ext[1] +holds user-supplied slop in deadline for timer coalescing. +.El +.Pp +The timer will be periodic unless +.Dv EV_ONESHOT +is specified. +On return, .Va data -contains the audit user ID. -This filter automatically sets the EV_CLEAR flag internally. +contains the number of times the timeout has expired since the last arming or last delivery of the timer event. +.Pp +This filter automatically sets the +.Dv EV_CLEAR +flag. .El .Pp ---- @@ -573,9 +684,10 @@ If there was an error creating the kernel event queue, a value of -1 is returned and errno set. .Pp The -.Fn kevent -and +.Fn kevent , .Fn kevent64 +and +.Fn kevent_qos system calls return the number of events placed in the .Fa eventlist , @@ -599,9 +711,10 @@ will be returned, and .Dv errno will be set to indicate the error condition. If the time limit expires, then -.Fn kevent -and +.Fn kevent , .Fn kevent64 +and +.Fn kevent_qos return 0. .Sh ERRORS The