Linux新增API:eventfd

Linux新增API:eventfd

进程间等待通知机制

eventfd API

• int eventfd(unsigned int initval, int flags);
  • 用来创建一个用于事件通知的eventfd对象
  • 返回值为一个int型fd，用来引用打开的对象
  • 打开的对象在内核中是一个64位无符号整型数据，初始化位initval
  • 计数器数据类型：typedef uint64_t eventfd_t
• flags：
  • EFD_CLOEXEC：类似于open的flags，fork子进程时不继承
  • EFD_NONBLOCK：一般会设置成非阻塞
  • EFD_SEMAPHORE：信号量语义的read，每次读操作，计时器值减1
• 内核实现：fs/eventfd.c

eventfd操作API

• read/eventfd_read
  • 读操作将64位的计数器置0
  • 如果有EFD_SEMAPHORE标记，计数器值减1
  • 如果计数器值为零，继续读的话，可能会阻塞或非阻塞
• write/eventfd_write
  • 设置计数器的值

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int fd_event, j;
	uint64_t u;
	ssize_t s;

	if (argc < 2)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Usge: %s <num>...\n", argv[0]);
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	fd_event = eventfd(0, 0);
	if (fd_event == -1)
			handle_error("eventfd");

	switch(fork())
	{
		case 0:
			sleep(1);
			for(j = 1; j< argc; j++)
			{
				printf("Child writing %s to fd_event\n", argv[j]);
				u = strtoull(argv[j], NULL, 0);
				/* strtoull() allows various bases */
				s = write(fd_event, &u, sizeof(uint64_t));
				if (s != sizeof(uint64_t))
					handle_error("write");
			}
			printf("Child completed write loop\n");
			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);

		default:
			//sleep(2);
			printf("Parent about to read\n");
			s = read(fd_event, &u, sizeof(uint64_t));\
			if (s != sizeof(uint64_t))
					handle_error("read");
			printf("Parent read %llu (0x%llu) from fd_event\n",
					(unsigned long long)u, (unsigned long long)u);
			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);

		case -1:
			handle_error("fork");
	}
	return 0;
}