libev中ev_loop结构体中宏定义的理解

libev源代码由于有各种宏定义，十分让人费解，作者这么写确实使得代码很简练，但也给读者的阅读带来了巨大的麻烦，下面将分析下ev_loop这个结构体的定义，加深对作者代码简化的理解，先上代码：

struct ev_loop
{
ev_tstamp ev_rt_now;
#define ev_rt_now ((loop)->ev_rt_now)
#define VAR(name,decl) decl;
#include "ev_vars.h"
#undef VAR
};
​

ev_loop是表示libev事件循环的结构体，我们看前两行就极其费解，首先定义了变量ev_tstamp ev_rt_now;其中，ev_tstamp为float的转义，这句没什么问题，即定义了一个float型变量ev_rt_now。然而作者紧接着就给来了一个相同的宏定义#define ev_rt_now ((loop)->ev_rt_now)，what a fuck!初读感觉写这代码的人真的脑抽了，定义的宏和上一行定义的变量名一模一样！这不会有问题？然而代码跑起来依然是好好的。那么这么定义会带来什么样的结果呢？作者又为什么要这么玩？首先，我们要理解一下宏定义的作用域，先看一个非常简单的例子：

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int x=11;
cout<<x<<endl;
#define x 13
cout<<x<<endl;
return 0;
}
//输出结果:
//11
//13

这是一个非常简单的例子，两个输出结果分别是11和13，现在就比较容易理解了，C语言标准中宏定义的作用域是，从定义位置开始，到其当前所在作用域结束，也就是说在宏定义#define x 13之前我们定义了变量x，并初始化为11，在第一次cout的时候宏定义未出现，所以预编译阶段x并不会被替换成13，而仍然是变量x，随后由于加入宏定义#define x 13，后面所有的x都会被替换为常量13。理解了这些，那么就比较容易理解了ev_loop的结构了，ev_loop的定义在ev.c文件中，首先定义了float成员变量ev_rt_now，由于此时宏定义#define ev_rt_now ((loop)->ev_rt_now)在其后面，故预编译并不会替换变量ev_rt_now，也就是对于结构体定义本身来说其和代码

struct ev_loop
{
ev_tstamp ev_rt_now;
#define VAR(name,decl) decl;
#include "ev_vars.h"
#undef VAR
};
​

的效果是一样的，宏定义并不会成为结构体成员，也不会替换其前面的结构体变量ev_rt_now。而在此之后，ev_rt_now都会被替换为((loop)->ev_rt_now)，那作者为什么要做这种替换呢，我们沿着ev.c的代码往下找，3097行可以找到如下代码：

ev_loop_new (unsigned int flags) EV_THROW
{
  EV_P = (struct ev_loop *)ev_malloc (sizeof (struct ev_loop));

  memset (EV_A, 0, sizeof (struct ev_loop));
  loop_init (EV_A_ flags);

  if (ev_backend (EV_A))
    return EV_A;

  ev_free (EV_A);
  return 0;
}

可以找到EV_P这个宏定义实际为 struct ev_loop *loop，而loop_init定义也在ev.c，其中部分代码如下：

loop_init (EV_P_ unsigned int flags) EV_THROW
{
  if (!backend)
    {
      origflags = flags;

#if EV_USE_REALTIME
      if (!have_realtime)
        {
          struct timespec ts;

          if (!clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts))
            have_realtime = 1;
        }
#endif

#if EV_USE_MONOTONIC
      if (!have_monotonic)
        {
          struct timespec ts;

          if (!clock_gettime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
            have_monotonic = 1;
        }
#endif

      /* pid check not overridable via env */
#ifndef _WIN32
      if (flags & EVFLAG_FORKCHECK)
        curpid = getpid ();
#endif

      if (!(flags & EVFLAG_NOENV)
          && !enable_secure ()
          && getenv ("LIBEV_FLAGS"))
        flags = atoi (getenv ("LIBEV_FLAGS"));

      ev_rt_now          = ev_time ();
      mn_now             = get_clock ();
      now_floor          = mn_now;
      rtmn_diff          = ev_rt_now - mn_now;

其中倒数第四行可以看到代码ev_rt_now = ev_time ()，看到这里，差不多明白了。也就是对于新建一个事务结构体struct ev_loop的实例（ev_loop_new函数来实现），需要分配内存、初始化其成员变量并返回指向该内存的指针，代码中这个指针变量名为loop（ struct ev_loop *loop），先分配内存（EV_P = (struct ev_loop *)ev_malloc (sizeof (struct ev_loop));），后续初始化其成员变量的话需要通过指针调用的方式来进行，若不加此宏定义，那么ev_rt_now = ev_time ()必须改为loop->ev_rt_now=ev_time ()，显然就不如之前的代码看起来简洁（不过我还是要说，简洁是简洁了，读起来是真累啊，%>_<%）。ev_loop结构体其他变量的调用也是这么实现的，变量定义在#ev_vars.h中，#include "ev_vars.h"在结构体中，故这里定义了结构体的其他成员变量，定义完ev_loop结构体后，紧跟着的一行代码是

#include "ev_wrap.h"

er_wrap.h的内容如下：

#ifndef EV_WRAP_H
#define EV_WRAP_H
#define acquire_cb ((loop)->acquire_cb)
#define activecnt ((loop)->activecnt)
#define anfdmax ((loop)->anfdmax)
#define anfds ((loop)->anfds)
#define async_pending ((loop)->async_pending)
#define asynccnt ((loop)->asynccnt)
#define asyncmax ((loop)->asyncmax)
#define asyncs ((loop)->asyncs)
#define backend ((loop)->backend)
#define backend_fd ((loop)->backend_fd)
#define backend_mintime ((loop)->backend_mintime)
#define backend_modify ((loop)->backend_modify)
#define backend_poll ((loop)->backend_poll)
#define checkcnt ((loop)->checkcnt)
#define checkmax ((loop)->checkmax)
#define checks ((loop)->checks)
#define cleanupcnt ((loop)->cleanupcnt)
#define cleanupmax ((loop)->cleanupmax)
#define cleanups ((loop)->cleanups)
#define curpid ((loop)->curpid)
#define epoll_epermcnt ((loop)->epoll_epermcnt)
#define epoll_epermmax ((loop)->epoll_epermmax)
#define epoll_eperms ((loop)->epoll_eperms)
#define epoll_eventmax ((loop)->epoll_eventmax)
#define epoll_events ((loop)->epoll_events)
#define evpipe ((loop)->evpipe)
#define fdchangecnt ((loop)->fdchangecnt)
#define fdchangemax ((loop)->fdchangemax)
#define fdchanges ((loop)->fdchanges)
#define forkcnt ((loop)->forkcnt)
#define forkmax ((loop)->forkmax)
#define forks ((loop)->forks)
#define fs_2625 ((loop)->fs_2625)
#define fs_fd ((loop)->fs_fd)
#define fs_hash ((loop)->fs_hash)
#define fs_w ((loop)->fs_w)
#define idleall ((loop)->idleall)
#define idlecnt ((loop)->idlecnt)
#define idlemax ((loop)->idlemax)
#define idles ((loop)->idles)
#define invoke_cb ((loop)->invoke_cb)
#define io_blocktime ((loop)->io_blocktime)
#define iocp ((loop)->iocp)
#define kqueue_changecnt ((loop)->kqueue_changecnt)
#define kqueue_changemax ((loop)->kqueue_changemax)
#define kqueue_changes ((loop)->kqueue_changes)
#define kqueue_eventmax ((loop)->kqueue_eventmax)
#define kqueue_events ((loop)->kqueue_events)
#define kqueue_fd_pid ((loop)->kqueue_fd_pid)
#define loop_count ((loop)->loop_count)
#define loop_depth ((loop)->loop_depth)
#define loop_done ((loop)->loop_done)
#define mn_now ((loop)->mn_now)
#define now_floor ((loop)->now_floor)
#define origflags ((loop)->origflags)
#define pending_w ((loop)->pending_w)
#define pendingcnt ((loop)->pendingcnt)
#define pendingmax ((loop)->pendingmax)
#define pendingpri ((loop)->pendingpri)
#define pendings ((loop)->pendings)
#define periodiccnt ((loop)->periodiccnt)
#define periodicmax ((loop)->periodicmax)
#define periodics ((loop)->periodics)
#define pipe_w ((loop)->pipe_w)
#define pipe_write_skipped ((loop)->pipe_write_skipped)
#define pipe_write_wanted ((loop)->pipe_write_wanted)
#define pollcnt ((loop)->pollcnt)
#define pollidxmax ((loop)->pollidxmax)
#define pollidxs ((loop)->pollidxs)
#define pollmax ((loop)->pollmax)
#define polls ((loop)->polls)
#define port_eventmax ((loop)->port_eventmax)
#define port_events ((loop)->port_events)
#define postfork ((loop)->postfork)
#define preparecnt ((loop)->preparecnt)
#define preparemax ((loop)->preparemax)
#define prepares ((loop)->prepares)
#define release_cb ((loop)->release_cb)
#define rfeedcnt ((loop)->rfeedcnt)
#define rfeedmax ((loop)->rfeedmax)
#define rfeeds ((loop)->rfeeds)
#define rtmn_diff ((loop)->rtmn_diff)
#define sig_pending ((loop)->sig_pending)
#define sigfd ((loop)->sigfd)
#define sigfd_set ((loop)->sigfd_set)
#define sigfd_w ((loop)->sigfd_w)
#define timeout_blocktime ((loop)->timeout_blocktime)
#define timercnt ((loop)->timercnt)
#define timermax ((loop)->timermax)
#define timers ((loop)->timers)
#define userdata ((loop)->userdata)
#define vec_eo ((loop)->vec_eo)
#define vec_max ((loop)->vec_max)
#define vec_ri ((loop)->vec_ri)
#define vec_ro ((loop)->vec_ro)
#define vec_wi ((loop)->vec_wi)
#define vec_wo ((loop)->vec_wo)
#else
#undef EV_WRAP_H
#undef acquire_cb
#undef activecnt
#undef anfdmax
#undef anfds
#undef async_pending
#undef asynccnt
#undef asyncmax
#undef asyncs
#undef backend
#undef backend_fd
#undef backend_mintime
#undef backend_modify
#undef backend_poll
#undef checkcnt
#undef checkmax
#undef checks
#undef cleanupcnt
#undef cleanupmax
#undef cleanups
#undef curpid
#undef epoll_epermcnt
#undef epoll_epermmax
#undef epoll_eperms
#undef epoll_eventmax
#undef epoll_events
#undef evpipe
#undef fdchangecnt
#undef fdchangemax
#undef fdchanges
#undef forkcnt
#undef forkmax
#undef forks
#undef fs_2625
#undef fs_fd
#undef fs_hash
#undef fs_w
#undef idleall
#undef idlecnt
#undef idlemax
#undef idles
#undef invoke_cb
#undef io_blocktime
#undef iocp
#undef kqueue_changecnt
#undef kqueue_changemax
#undef kqueue_changes
#undef kqueue_eventmax
#undef kqueue_events
#undef kqueue_fd_pid
#undef loop_count
#undef loop_depth
#undef loop_done
#undef mn_now
#undef now_floor
#undef origflags
#undef pending_w
#undef pendingcnt
#undef pendingmax
#undef pendingpri
#undef pendings
#undef periodiccnt
#undef periodicmax
#undef periodics
#undef pipe_w
#undef pipe_write_skipped
#undef pipe_write_wanted
#undef pollcnt
#undef pollidxmax
#undef pollidxs
#undef pollmax
#undef polls
#undef port_eventmax
#undef port_events
#undef postfork
#undef preparecnt
#undef preparemax
#undef prepares
#undef release_cb
#undef rfeedcnt
#undef rfeedmax
#undef rfeeds
#undef rtmn_diff
#undef sig_pending
#undef sigfd
#undef sigfd_set
#undef sigfd_w
#undef timeout_blocktime
#undef timercnt
#undef timermax
#undef timers
#undef userdata
#undef vec_eo
#undef vec_max
#undef vec_ri
#undef vec_ro
#undef vec_wi
#undef vec_wo
#endif

显然套路都是一样的，先定义结构体中的变量，保证结构体内的变量不会被宏定义替换，后加宏定义保证后面代码的简洁性。

     好啦，至此我们明白了整个ev_loop的结构，瞻仰下大神的精妙设计！但还是想奉劝一句，平时写代码最好不要这么玩，很容易出错的！！！很容易挨揍！！！

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