Libev is very configurable. In this manual the default configuration will be described, which supports multiple event loops. For more info -about various configuraiton options please have a look at the file +about various configuration options please have a look at the file README.embed in the libev distribution. If libev was configured without support for multiple event loops, then all functions taking an initial argument of name loop (which is always of type struct ev_loop *) @@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ not a problem.

ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))

Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar to the -realloc function). It is used to allocate and free memory (no surprises -here). If it returns zero when memory needs to be allocated, the library -might abort or take some potentially destructive action. The default is -your system realloc function.

+realloc C function, the semantics are identical). It is used to allocate +and free memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory +needs to be allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially +destructive action. The default is your system realloc function.

You could override this function in high-availability programs to, say, free some memory if it cannot allocate memory, to use a special allocator, or even to sleep a while and retry until some memory is available.

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ or even to sleep a while and retry until some memory is available.

as failed select, poll, epoll_wait). The message is a printable string indicating the system call or subsystem causing the problem. If this callback is set, then libev will expect it to remedy the sitution, no -matter what, when it returns. That is, libev will geenrally retry the +matter what, when it returns. That is, libev will generally retry the requested operation, or, if the condition doesn't go away, do bad stuff (such as abort).

@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ types of such loops, the default loop, which supports signals and child events, and dynamically created loops which do not.

If you use threads, a common model is to run the default event loop in your main thread (or in a separate thrad) and for each thread you -create, you also create another event loop. Libev itself does no lockign -whatsoever, so if you mix calls to different event loops, make sure you -lock (this is usually a bad idea, though, even if done right).

+create, you also create another event loop. Libev itself does no locking +whatsoever, so if you mix calls to the same event loop in different +threads, make sure you lock (this is usually a bad idea, though, even if +done correctly, because its hideous and inefficient).

struct ev_loop *ev_default_loop (unsigned int flags): -- cgit v1.2.3

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