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/*
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 * QEMU System Emulator
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 *
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 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
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 *
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 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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 *
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 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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 *
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 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
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 * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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 * THE SOFTWARE.
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 */
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#ifndef QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H
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#define QEMU_MAIN_LOOP_H 1
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#ifdef SIGRTMIN
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#define SIG_IPI (SIGRTMIN+4)
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#else
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#define SIG_IPI SIGUSR1
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#endif
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/**
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 * qemu_init_main_loop: Set up the process so that it can run the main loop.
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 *
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 * This includes setting up signal handlers.  It should be called before
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 * any other threads are created.  In addition, threads other than the
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 * main one should block signals that are trapped by the main loop.
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 * For simplicity, you can consider these signals to be safe: SIGUSR1,
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 * SIGUSR2, thread signals (SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGSEGV, SIGBUS) and real-time
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 * signals if available.  Remember that Windows in practice does not have
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 * signals, though.
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 * In the case of QEMU tools, this will also start/initialize timers.
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 */
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int qemu_init_main_loop(void);
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/**
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 * main_loop_init: Initializes main loop
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 *
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 * Internal (but shared for compatibility reasons) initialization routine
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 * for the main loop. This should not be used by applications directly,
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 * use qemu_init_main_loop() instead.
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 *
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 */
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int main_loop_init(void);
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/**
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 * main_loop_wait: Run one iteration of the main loop.
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 * If @nonblocking is true, poll for events, otherwise suspend until
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 * one actually occurs.  The main loop usually consists of a loop that
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 * repeatedly calls main_loop_wait(false).
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 * Main loop services include file descriptor callbacks, bottom halves
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 * and timers (defined in qemu-timer.h).  Bottom halves are similar to timers
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 * that execute immediately, but have a lower overhead and scheduling them
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 * is wait-free, thread-safe and signal-safe.
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 * It is sometimes useful to put a whole program in a coroutine.  In this
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 * case, the coroutine actually should be started from within the main loop,
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 * so that the main loop can run whenever the coroutine yields.  To do this,
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 * you can use a bottom half to enter the coroutine as soon as the main loop
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 * starts:
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 *     void enter_co_bh(void *opaque) {
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 *         QEMUCoroutine *co = opaque;
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 *         qemu_coroutine_enter(co, NULL);
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 *     }
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 *     QEMUCoroutine *co = qemu_coroutine_create(coroutine_entry);
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 *     QEMUBH *start_bh = qemu_bh_new(enter_co_bh, co);
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 *     qemu_bh_schedule(start_bh);
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 *     while (...) {
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 *         main_loop_wait(false);
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 *     }
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 * (In the future we may provide a wrapper for this).
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 * @nonblocking: Whether the caller should block until an event occurs.
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 */
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int main_loop_wait(int nonblocking);
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/**
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 * qemu_notify_event: Force processing of pending events.
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 * Similar to signaling a condition variable, qemu_notify_event forces
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 * main_loop_wait to look at pending events and exit.  The caller of
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 * main_loop_wait will usually call it again very soon, so qemu_notify_event
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 * also has the side effect of recalculating the sets of file descriptors
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 * that the main loop waits for.
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 * Calling qemu_notify_event is rarely necessary, because main loop
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 * services (bottom halves and timers) call it themselves.  One notable
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 * exception occurs when using qemu_set_fd_handler2 (see below).
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void qemu_notify_event(void);
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#ifdef _WIN32
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/* return TRUE if no sleep should be done afterwards */
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typedef int PollingFunc(void *opaque);
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/**
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 * qemu_add_polling_cb: Register a Windows-specific polling callback
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 * Currently, under Windows some events are polled rather than waited for.
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 * Polling callbacks do not ensure that @func is called timely, because
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 * the main loop might wait for an arbitrarily long time.  If possible,
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 * you should instead create a separate thread that does a blocking poll
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 * and set a Win32 event object.  The event can then be passed to
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 * qemu_add_wait_object.
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 * as they are a hack and are currently not necessary under POSIX systems,
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 * @func: The function that does the polling, and returns 1 to force
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 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that is passed to @func.
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int qemu_add_polling_cb(PollingFunc *func, void *opaque);
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 * @opaque: A pointer-size value that was passed to qemu_add_polling_cb.
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void qemu_del_polling_cb(PollingFunc *func, void *opaque);
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/* Wait objects handling */
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typedef void WaitObjectFunc(void *opaque);
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 * This function registers a #HANDLE with QEMU, so that it will be included
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int qemu_add_wait_object(HANDLE handle, WaitObjectFunc *func, void *opaque);
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void qemu_del_wait_object(HANDLE handle, WaitObjectFunc *func, void *opaque);
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/* async I/O support */
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typedef void IOReadHandler(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size);
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typedef int IOCanReadHandler(void *opaque);
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 * This is useful to avoid calling qemu_set_fd_handler2 every time the
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 * client becomes interested in reading (or dually, stops being interested).
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int qemu_set_fd_handler2(int fd,
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int qemu_set_fd_handler(int fd,
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typedef struct QEMUBH QEMUBH;
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void qemu_bh_delete(QEMUBH *bh);
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void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);
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void qemu_iohandler_fill(int *pnfds, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *xfds);
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void qemu_iohandler_poll(fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *xfds, int rc);
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void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh);
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int qemu_bh_poll(void);
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void qemu_bh_update_timeout(int *timeout);
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#endif