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1 //
2 // Copyright (c) 2026 Steve Gerbino
3 //
4 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
5 // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
6 //
7 // Official repository: https://github.com/cppalliance/corosio
8 //
9
10 #ifndef BOOST_COROSIO_NATIVE_DETAIL_EPOLL_EPOLL_SCHEDULER_HPP
11 #define BOOST_COROSIO_NATIVE_DETAIL_EPOLL_EPOLL_SCHEDULER_HPP
12
13 #include <boost/corosio/detail/platform.hpp>
14
15 #if BOOST_COROSIO_HAS_EPOLL
16
17 #include <boost/corosio/detail/config.hpp>
18 #include <boost/capy/ex/execution_context.hpp>
19
20 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/reactor/reactor_scheduler.hpp>
21
22 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/epoll/epoll_traits.hpp>
23 #include <boost/corosio/detail/timer_service.hpp>
24 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/make_err.hpp>
25 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_resolver_service.hpp>
26 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_signal_service.hpp>
27 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_stream_file_service.hpp>
28 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_random_access_file_service.hpp>
29
30 #include <boost/corosio/detail/except.hpp>
31
32 #include <atomic>
33 #include <chrono>
34 #include <cstdint>
35 #include <mutex>
36 #include <vector>
37
38 #include <errno.h>
39 #include <sys/epoll.h>
40 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
41 #include <sys/timerfd.h>
42 #include <unistd.h>
43
44 namespace boost::corosio::detail {
45
46 /** Linux scheduler using epoll for I/O multiplexing.
47
48 This scheduler implements the scheduler interface using Linux epoll
49 for efficient I/O event notification. It uses a single reactor model
50 where one thread runs epoll_wait while other threads
51 wait on a condition variable for handler work. This design provides:
52
53 - Handler parallelism: N posted handlers can execute on N threads
54 - No thundering herd: condition_variable wakes exactly one thread
55 - IOCP parity: Behavior matches Windows I/O completion port semantics
56
57 When threads call run(), they first try to execute queued handlers.
58 If the queue is empty and no reactor is running, one thread becomes
59 the reactor and runs epoll_wait. Other threads wait on a condition
60 variable until handlers are available.
61
62 @par Thread Safety
63 All public member functions are thread-safe.
64 */
65 class BOOST_COROSIO_DECL epoll_scheduler final : public reactor_scheduler
66 {
67 public:
68 /** Construct the scheduler.
69
70 Creates an epoll instance, eventfd for reactor interruption,
71 and timerfd for kernel-managed timer expiry.
72
73 @param ctx Reference to the owning execution_context.
74 @param concurrency_hint Hint for expected thread count (unused).
75 */
76 epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int concurrency_hint = -1);
77
78 /// Destroy the scheduler.
79 ~epoll_scheduler() override;
80
81 epoll_scheduler(epoll_scheduler const&) = delete;
82 epoll_scheduler& operator=(epoll_scheduler const&) = delete;
83
84 /// Shut down the scheduler, draining pending operations.
85 void shutdown() override;
86
87 /// Apply runtime configuration, resizing the event buffer.
88 void configure_reactor(
89 unsigned max_events,
90 unsigned budget_init,
91 unsigned budget_max,
92 unsigned unassisted) override;
93
94 /** Return the epoll file descriptor.
95
96 Used by socket services to register file descriptors
97 for I/O event notification.
98
99 @return The epoll file descriptor.
100 */
101 int epoll_fd() const noexcept
102 {
103 return epoll_fd_;
104 }
105
106 /** Register a descriptor for persistent monitoring.
107
108 The fd is registered once and stays registered until explicitly
109 deregistered. Events are dispatched via reactor_descriptor_state which
110 tracks pending read/write/connect operations.
111
112 @param fd The file descriptor to register.
113 @param desc Pointer to descriptor data (stored in epoll_event.data.ptr).
114 */
115 void register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const;
116
117 /** Deregister a persistently registered descriptor.
118
119 @param fd The file descriptor to deregister.
120 */
121 void deregister_descriptor(int fd) const;
122
123 private:
124 void
125 run_task(lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx,
126 long timeout_us) override;
127 void interrupt_reactor() const override;
128 void update_timerfd() const;
129
130 int epoll_fd_;
131 int event_fd_;
132 int timer_fd_;
133
134 // Edge-triggered eventfd state
135 mutable std::atomic<bool> eventfd_armed_{false};
136
137 // Set when the earliest timer changes; flushed before epoll_wait
138 mutable std::atomic<bool> timerfd_stale_{false};
139
140 // Event buffer sized from max_events_per_poll_ (set at construction,
141 // resized by configure_reactor via io_context_options).
142 std::vector<epoll_event> event_buffer_;
143 };
144
145 644x inline epoll_scheduler::epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int)
146 644x : epoll_fd_(-1)
147 644x , event_fd_(-1)
148 644x , timer_fd_(-1)
149 1288x , event_buffer_(max_events_per_poll_)
150 {
151 644x epoll_fd_ = ::epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
152 644x if (epoll_fd_ < 0)
153 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_create1");
154
155 644x event_fd_ = ::eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
156 644x if (event_fd_ < 0)
157 {
158 int errn = errno;
159 ::close(epoll_fd_);
160 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "eventfd");
161 }
162
163 644x timer_fd_ = ::timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK | TFD_CLOEXEC);
164 644x if (timer_fd_ < 0)
165 {
166 int errn = errno;
167 ::close(event_fd_);
168 ::close(epoll_fd_);
169 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "timerfd_create");
170 }
171
172 644x epoll_event ev{};
173 644x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
174 644x ev.data.ptr = nullptr;
175 644x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, event_fd_, &ev) < 0)
176 {
177 int errn = errno;
178 ::close(timer_fd_);
179 ::close(event_fd_);
180 ::close(epoll_fd_);
181 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "epoll_ctl");
182 }
183
184 644x epoll_event timer_ev{};
185 644x timer_ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
186 644x timer_ev.data.ptr = &timer_fd_;
187 644x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, timer_fd_, &timer_ev) < 0)
188 {
189 int errn = errno;
190 ::close(timer_fd_);
191 ::close(event_fd_);
192 ::close(epoll_fd_);
193 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "epoll_ctl (timerfd)");
194 }
195
196 644x timer_svc_ = &get_timer_service(ctx, *this);
197 644x timer_svc_->set_on_earliest_changed(
198 5448x timer_service::callback(this, [](void* p) {
199 4804x auto* self = static_cast<epoll_scheduler*>(p);
200 4804x self->timerfd_stale_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
201 4804x self->interrupt_reactor();
202 4804x }));
203
204 644x get_resolver_service(ctx, *this);
205 644x get_signal_service(ctx, *this);
206 644x get_stream_file_service(ctx, *this);
207 644x get_random_access_file_service(ctx, *this);
208
209 644x completed_ops_.push(&task_op_);
210 644x }
211
212 1288x inline epoll_scheduler::~epoll_scheduler()
213 {
214 644x if (timer_fd_ >= 0)
215 644x ::close(timer_fd_);
216 644x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
217 644x ::close(event_fd_);
218 644x if (epoll_fd_ >= 0)
219 644x ::close(epoll_fd_);
220 1288x }
221
222 inline void
223 644x epoll_scheduler::shutdown()
224 {
225 644x shutdown_drain();
226
227 644x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
228 644x interrupt_reactor();
229 644x }
230
231 inline void
232 10x epoll_scheduler::configure_reactor(
233 unsigned max_events,
234 unsigned budget_init,
235 unsigned budget_max,
236 unsigned unassisted)
237 {
238 10x reactor_scheduler::configure_reactor(
239 max_events, budget_init, budget_max, unassisted);
240 9x event_buffer_.resize(max_events_per_poll_);
241 9x }
242
243 inline void
244 9509x epoll_scheduler::register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const
245 {
246 9509x epoll_event ev{};
247 9509x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT | EPOLLET | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
248 9509x ev.data.ptr = desc;
249
250 9509x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) < 0)
251 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_ctl (register)");
252
253 9509x desc->registered_events = ev.events;
254 9509x desc->fd = fd;
255 9509x desc->scheduler_ = this;
256 9509x desc->mutex.set_enabled(!single_threaded_);
257 9509x desc->ready_events_.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
258
259 9509x conditionally_enabled_mutex::scoped_lock lock(desc->mutex);
260 9509x desc->impl_ref_.reset();
261 9509x desc->read_ready = false;
262 9509x desc->write_ready = false;
263 9509x }
264
265 inline void
266 9509x epoll_scheduler::deregister_descriptor(int fd) const
267 {
268 9509x ::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, nullptr);
269 9509x }
270
271 inline void
272 5951x epoll_scheduler::interrupt_reactor() const
273 {
274 5951x bool expected = false;
275 5951x if (eventfd_armed_.compare_exchange_strong(
276 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
277 std::memory_order_relaxed))
278 {
279 5567x std::uint64_t val = 1;
280 5567x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::write(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
281 }
282 5951x }
283
284 inline void
285 9564x epoll_scheduler::update_timerfd() const
286 {
287 9564x auto nearest = timer_svc_->nearest_expiry();
288
289 9564x itimerspec ts{};
290 9564x int flags = 0;
291
292 9564x if (nearest == timer_service::time_point::max())
293 {
294 // No timers — disarm by setting to 0 (relative)
295 }
296 else
297 {
298 9453x auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
299 9453x if (nearest <= now)
300 {
301 // Use 1ns instead of 0 — zero disarms the timerfd
302 329x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
303 }
304 else
305 {
306 9124x auto nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(
307 9124x nearest - now)
308 9124x .count();
309 9124x ts.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / 1000000000;
310 9124x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;
311 9124x if (ts.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && ts.it_value.tv_nsec == 0)
312 ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
313 }
314 }
315
316 9564x if (::timerfd_settime(timer_fd_, flags, &ts, nullptr) < 0)
317 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "timerfd_settime");
318 9564x }
319
320 inline void
321 39561x epoll_scheduler::run_task(
322 lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx, long timeout_us)
323 {
324 int timeout_ms;
325 39561x if (task_interrupted_)
326 25725x timeout_ms = 0;
327 13836x else if (timeout_us < 0)
328 13832x timeout_ms = -1;
329 else
330 4x timeout_ms = static_cast<int>((timeout_us + 999) / 1000);
331
332 39561x if (lock.owns_lock())
333 13836x lock.unlock();
334
335 39561x task_cleanup on_exit{this, &lock, ctx};
336
337 // Flush deferred timerfd programming before blocking
338 39561x if (timerfd_stale_.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
339 4781x update_timerfd();
340
341 39561x int nfds = ::epoll_wait(
342 epoll_fd_, event_buffer_.data(),
343 39561x static_cast<int>(event_buffer_.size()), timeout_ms);
344
345 39561x if (nfds < 0 && errno != EINTR)
346 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_wait");
347
348 39561x bool check_timers = false;
349 39561x op_queue local_ops;
350
351 89936x for (int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
352 {
353 50375x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == nullptr)
354 {
355 std::uint64_t val;
356 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
357 4923x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::read(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
358 4923x eventfd_armed_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
359 4923x continue;
360 4923x }
361
362 45452x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == &timer_fd_)
363 {
364 std::uint64_t expirations;
365 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
366 [[maybe_unused]] auto r =
367 4783x ::read(timer_fd_, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
368 4783x check_timers = true;
369 4783x continue;
370 4783x }
371
372 auto* desc =
373 40669x static_cast<reactor_descriptor_state*>(event_buffer_[i].data.ptr);
374 40669x desc->add_ready_events(event_buffer_[i].events);
375
376 40669x bool expected = false;
377 40669x if (desc->is_enqueued_.compare_exchange_strong(
378 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
379 std::memory_order_relaxed))
380 {
381 40669x local_ops.push(desc);
382 }
383 }
384
385 39561x if (check_timers)
386 {
387 4783x timer_svc_->process_expired();
388 4783x update_timerfd();
389 }
390
391 39561x lock.lock();
392
393 39561x if (!local_ops.empty())
394 25289x completed_ops_.splice(local_ops);
395 39561x }
396
397 } // namespace boost::corosio::detail
398
399 #endif // BOOST_COROSIO_HAS_EPOLL
400
401 #endif // BOOST_COROSIO_NATIVE_DETAIL_EPOLL_EPOLL_SCHEDULER_HPP
402