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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 356x inline epoll_scheduler::epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int)
146 356x : epoll_fd_(-1)
147 356x , event_fd_(-1)
148 356x , timer_fd_(-1)
149 712x , event_buffer_(max_events_per_poll_)
150 {
151 356x epoll_fd_ = ::epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
152 356x if (epoll_fd_ < 0)
153 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_create1");
154
155 356x event_fd_ = ::eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
156 356x 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 356x timer_fd_ = ::timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK | TFD_CLOEXEC);
164 356x 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 356x epoll_event ev{};
173 356x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
174 356x ev.data.ptr = nullptr;
175 356x 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 356x epoll_event timer_ev{};
185 356x timer_ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
186 356x timer_ev.data.ptr = &timer_fd_;
187 356x 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 356x timer_svc_ = &get_timer_service(ctx, *this);
197 356x timer_svc_->set_on_earliest_changed(
198 4757x timer_service::callback(this, [](void* p) {
199 4401x auto* self = static_cast<epoll_scheduler*>(p);
200 4401x self->timerfd_stale_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
201 4401x self->interrupt_reactor();
202 4401x }));
203
204 356x get_resolver_service(ctx, *this);
205 356x get_signal_service(ctx, *this);
206 356x get_stream_file_service(ctx, *this);
207 356x get_random_access_file_service(ctx, *this);
208
209 356x completed_ops_.push(&task_op_);
210 356x }
211
212 712x inline epoll_scheduler::~epoll_scheduler()
213 {
214 356x if (timer_fd_ >= 0)
215 356x ::close(timer_fd_);
216 356x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
217 356x ::close(event_fd_);
218 356x if (epoll_fd_ >= 0)
219 356x ::close(epoll_fd_);
220 712x }
221
222 inline void
223 356x epoll_scheduler::shutdown()
224 {
225 356x shutdown_drain();
226
227 356x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
228 356x interrupt_reactor();
229 356x }
230
231 inline void
232 epoll_scheduler::configure_reactor(
233 unsigned max_events,
234 unsigned budget_init,
235 unsigned budget_max,
236 unsigned unassisted)
237 {
238 reactor_scheduler::configure_reactor(
239 max_events, budget_init, budget_max, unassisted);
240 event_buffer_.resize(max_events_per_poll_);
241 }
242
243 inline void
244 8506x epoll_scheduler::register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const
245 {
246 8506x epoll_event ev{};
247 8506x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT | EPOLLET | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
248 8506x ev.data.ptr = desc;
249
250 8506x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) < 0)
251 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_ctl (register)");
252
253 8506x desc->registered_events = ev.events;
254 8506x desc->fd = fd;
255 8506x desc->scheduler_ = this;
256 8506x desc->mutex.set_enabled(!single_threaded_);
257 8506x desc->ready_events_.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
258
259 8506x conditionally_enabled_mutex::scoped_lock lock(desc->mutex);
260 8506x desc->impl_ref_.reset();
261 8506x desc->read_ready = false;
262 8506x desc->write_ready = false;
263 8506x }
264
265 inline void
266 8506x epoll_scheduler::deregister_descriptor(int fd) const
267 {
268 8506x ::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, nullptr);
269 8506x }
270
271 inline void
272 5059x epoll_scheduler::interrupt_reactor() const
273 {
274 5059x bool expected = false;
275 5059x if (eventfd_armed_.compare_exchange_strong(
276 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
277 std::memory_order_relaxed))
278 {
279 4842x std::uint64_t val = 1;
280 4842x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::write(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
281 }
282 5059x }
283
284 inline void
285 8761x epoll_scheduler::update_timerfd() const
286 {
287 8761x auto nearest = timer_svc_->nearest_expiry();
288
289 8761x itimerspec ts{};
290 8761x int flags = 0;
291
292 8761x if (nearest == timer_service::time_point::max())
293 {
294 // No timers — disarm by setting to 0 (relative)
295 }
296 else
297 {
298 8707x auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
299 8707x if (nearest <= now)
300 {
301 // Use 1ns instead of 0 — zero disarms the timerfd
302 306x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
303 }
304 else
305 {
306 8401x auto nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(
307 8401x nearest - now)
308 8401x .count();
309 8401x ts.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / 1000000000;
310 8401x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;
311 8401x if (ts.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && ts.it_value.tv_nsec == 0)
312 ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
313 }
314 }
315
316 8761x if (::timerfd_settime(timer_fd_, flags, &ts, nullptr) < 0)
317 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "timerfd_settime");
318 8761x }
319
320 inline void
321 48277x epoll_scheduler::run_task(
322 lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx, long timeout_us)
323 {
324 int timeout_ms;
325 48277x if (task_interrupted_)
326 35838x timeout_ms = 0;
327 12439x else if (timeout_us < 0)
328 12431x timeout_ms = -1;
329 else
330 8x timeout_ms = static_cast<int>((timeout_us + 999) / 1000);
331
332 48277x if (lock.owns_lock())
333 12439x lock.unlock();
334
335 48277x task_cleanup on_exit{this, &lock, ctx};
336
337 // Flush deferred timerfd programming before blocking
338 48277x if (timerfd_stale_.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
339 4379x update_timerfd();
340
341 48277x int nfds = ::epoll_wait(
342 epoll_fd_, event_buffer_.data(),
343 48277x static_cast<int>(event_buffer_.size()), timeout_ms);
344
345 48277x if (nfds < 0 && errno != EINTR)
346 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_wait");
347
348 48277x bool check_timers = false;
349 48277x op_queue local_ops;
350
351 111058x for (int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
352 {
353 62781x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == nullptr)
354 {
355 std::uint64_t val;
356 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
357 4486x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::read(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
358 4486x eventfd_armed_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
359 4486x continue;
360 4486x }
361
362 58295x 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 4382x ::read(timer_fd_, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
368 4382x check_timers = true;
369 4382x continue;
370 4382x }
371
372 auto* desc =
373 53913x static_cast<reactor_descriptor_state*>(event_buffer_[i].data.ptr);
374 53913x desc->add_ready_events(event_buffer_[i].events);
375
376 53913x bool expected = false;
377 53913x if (desc->is_enqueued_.compare_exchange_strong(
378 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
379 std::memory_order_relaxed))
380 {
381 53913x local_ops.push(desc);
382 }
383 }
384
385 48277x if (check_timers)
386 {
387 4382x timer_svc_->process_expired();
388 4382x update_timerfd();
389 }
390
391 48277x lock.lock();
392
393 48277x if (!local_ops.empty())
394 35296x completed_ops_.splice(local_ops);
395 48277x }
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