Thread Queue Group

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These functions provide simple zero-copy message queues for threads.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Functions
Eina_Thread_Queue *	eina_thread_queue_new (void)
	Creates a new thread queue.
void	eina_thread_queue_free (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq)
	Frees a thread queue.
void *	eina_thread_queue_send (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, int size, void **allocref)
	Allocates a message to send down a thread queue.
void	eina_thread_queue_send_done (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, void *allocref)
	Finishes sending the allocated message.
void *	eina_thread_queue_wait (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, void **allocref)
	Fetches a message from a thread queue.
void	eina_thread_queue_wait_done (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, void *allocref)
	Finishes fetching a message from a thread queue.
void *	eina_thread_queue_poll (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, void **allocref)
	Fetches a message from a thread queue, but return immediately if there is none with NULL.
int	eina_thread_queue_pending_get (const Eina_Thread_Queue *thq)
	Gets the number of messages on a queue as yet unfetched.
void	eina_thread_queue_parent_set (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, Eina_Thread_Queue *thq_parent)
	Sets the parent of a thread queue (make this one a child).
Eina_Thread_Queue *	eina_thread_queue_parent_get (const Eina_Thread_Queue *thq)
	Gets the parent of a thread queue.
void	eina_thread_queue_fd_set (Eina_Thread_Queue *thq, int fd)
	Sets a file descriptor to write a byte to on a message send.
int	eina_thread_queue_fd_get (const Eina_Thread_Queue *thq)
	Gets the file descriptor written to on message sends.
Typedefs
typedef struct _Eina_Thread_Queue	Eina_Thread_Queue
typedef struct _Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg	Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg
typedef struct _Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg_Sub	Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg_Sub

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Typedef Documentation

Eina_Thread_Queue

This is a uni-directional zero-copy thread message queue specifically designed with the idea of sending large volumes of messages with no copies from one thread to another (or from/to the mainloop). The idea is that a thread queue is created and then one or more threads send messages in one end and fetch messages on the other end. If you set a parent message queue to 1 or more queues, then this parent will wake up with a sub queue message, indicating which child queue woke up. This can be used to implement the ability to listen to multiple queues at once.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg

This is the minimal header of every message to be put into an Eina Thread Queue. Every message has at least this header at the start of the message data, with payload following. You would put this structure as the first struct member of every message type you have, like Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg_Sub does. Messages are always 8 byte aligned within message memory to ensure alignment of all types.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg_Sub

This is a special message type for Eina Thread Queues that have child queues. This is the only Message type for a parent message queue and it indicates which child queue was woken up with a new message to read. When this message is retrieved, the caller should then also fetch the message from the indicated child queue too.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

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Function Documentation

int eina_thread_queue_fd_get

(

const Eina_Thread_Queue *

thq

)

Gets the file descriptor written to on message sends.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to get the file descriptor of

Returns:

The file descriptor set (or -1 if none is set).

This returns the file descriptor set by eina_thread_queue_fd_set() and by default returns -1 (no fd set).

See also:

eina_thread_queue_fd_set()

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void eina_thread_queue_fd_set	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		int	fd
	)

Sets a file descriptor to write a byte to on a message send.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to set the file descriptor of
fd	The fd to set, or -1 to unset it

This sets a file descriptor to write to when a message is written to the thread queue. This can be used to glue a thread queue to something like an Ecore_Pipe that can wake up the mainloop and call a callback whenever data is available on the pipe. The number of bytes available will be the number of messages to fetch from the associated thread queue.

You should set this up before anything writes to or reads from this thread queue.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void eina_thread_queue_free

(

Eina_Thread_Queue *

thq

)

Frees a thread queue.

This frees a thread queue. It must no longer be in use by anything waiting on messages or sending them. Any pending messages will be freed without being processed by a listener.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to free

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

Eina_Thread_Queue* eina_thread_queue_new

(

void

)

Creates a new thread queue.

Returns:

A valid new thread queue, or NULL on failure

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

Eina_Thread_Queue* eina_thread_queue_parent_get

(

const Eina_Thread_Queue *

thq

)

Gets the parent of a thread queue.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to get the parent of

Returns:

The parent thread queue

This gets the parent set by eina_thread_queue_parent_get(). If no parent is set, NULL is returned.

See also:

eina_thread_queue_parent_set()

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void eina_thread_queue_parent_set	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq_parent
	)

Sets the parent of a thread queue (make this one a child).

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to alter the parent of
thq_parent	The new parent to set

This sets the parent queue where messages will be reported to. This is how you can listen to multiple queues at once - set multiple queues to have the same parent and then just wait on that one parent. This should be done before any messages are read from or written to the queue. To unset a parent, just set the parent to NULL.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

int eina_thread_queue_pending_get

(

const Eina_Thread_Queue *

thq

)

Gets the number of messages on a queue as yet unfetched.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to query for pending count

Returns:

The number of messages waiting to be fetched

This returns the number of messages waiting to be fetched with eina_thread_queue_wait() or eina_thread_queue_poll().

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void* eina_thread_queue_poll	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		void **	allocref
	)

Fetches a message from a thread queue, but return immediately if there is none with NULL.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to fetch the message from
allocref	A pointer to store a general reference handle for the message

Returns:

A pointer to the message data

This is the same as eina_thread_queue_wait(), but if no messages are available for reading, it immediately returns NULL to the caller, without waiting for a new message to arrive.

See also:

eina_thread_queue_wait()

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void* eina_thread_queue_send	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		int	size,
		void **	allocref
	)

Allocates a message to send down a thread queue.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to allocate the message on
size	The size, in bytes, of the message, including standard header
allocref	A pointer to store a general reference handle for the message

Returns:

A pointer to the message data to fill in

This allocates space for a new message on the message queue, but does not actually trigger the send. For that you will need to call eina_thread_queue_send_done() to complete the send and trigger the other side. Every message must at least be a Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg in size and have this structure as the first member (first N bytes) of the message.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void eina_thread_queue_send_done	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		void *	allocref
	)

Finishes sending the allocated message.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue the message was placed on
allocref	The allocref returned by eina_thread_queue_send()

This completes the send and triggers the thread queue to wake up any listeners.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void* eina_thread_queue_wait	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		void **	allocref
	)

Fetches a message from a thread queue.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue to fetch the message from
allocref	A pointer to store a general reference handle for the message

Returns:

A pointer to the message data

This will fetch the next message to read from the thread queue and return a pointer to it. The message is guaranteed to have an initial Eina_Thread_Queue_Msg member that will indicate size of the message as a whole. This function will wait, if no messages are available to read and block until a new message comes in, then return. When the message is finished with, the caller must use eina_thread_queue_wait_done() to indicate they are done.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0

void eina_thread_queue_wait_done	(	Eina_Thread_Queue *	thq,
		void *	allocref
	)

Finishes fetching a message from a thread queue.

Parameters:

thq	The thread queue the message was fetched from
allocref	The allocref returned by eina_thread_queue_wait()

This should be used after eina_thread_queue_wait() or eina_thread_queue_poll() to indicate the caller is done with the message.

Since (EFL) :

1.11

Since :

3.0