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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 646x inline epoll_scheduler::epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int)
146 646x : epoll_fd_(-1)
147 646x , event_fd_(-1)
148 646x , timer_fd_(-1)
149 1292x , event_buffer_(max_events_per_poll_)
150 {
151 646x epoll_fd_ = ::epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
152 646x if (epoll_fd_ < 0)
153 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_create1");
154
155 646x event_fd_ = ::eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
156 646x 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 646x timer_fd_ = ::timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK | TFD_CLOEXEC);
164 646x 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 646x epoll_event ev{};
173 646x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
174 646x ev.data.ptr = nullptr;
175 646x 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 646x epoll_event timer_ev{};
185 646x timer_ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
186 646x timer_ev.data.ptr = &timer_fd_;
187 646x 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 646x timer_svc_ = &get_timer_service(ctx, *this);
197 646x timer_svc_->set_on_earliest_changed(
198 5362x timer_service::callback(this, [](void* p) {
199 4716x auto* self = static_cast<epoll_scheduler*>(p);
200 4716x self->timerfd_stale_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
201 4716x self->interrupt_reactor();
202 4716x }));
203
204 646x get_resolver_service(ctx, *this);
205 646x get_signal_service(ctx, *this);
206 646x get_stream_file_service(ctx, *this);
207 646x get_random_access_file_service(ctx, *this);
208
209 646x completed_ops_.push(&task_op_);
210 646x }
211
212 1292x inline epoll_scheduler::~epoll_scheduler()
213 {
214 646x if (timer_fd_ >= 0)
215 646x ::close(timer_fd_);
216 646x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
217 646x ::close(event_fd_);
218 646x if (epoll_fd_ >= 0)
219 646x ::close(epoll_fd_);
220 1292x }
221
222 inline void
223 646x epoll_scheduler::shutdown()
224 {
225 646x shutdown_drain();
226
227 646x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
228 646x interrupt_reactor();
229 646x }
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 9333x epoll_scheduler::register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const
245 {
246 9333x epoll_event ev{};
247 9333x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT | EPOLLET | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
248 9333x ev.data.ptr = desc;
249
250 9333x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) < 0)
251 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_ctl (register)");
252
253 9333x desc->registered_events = ev.events;
254 9333x desc->fd = fd;
255 9333x desc->scheduler_ = this;
256 9333x desc->mutex.set_enabled(!single_threaded_);
257 9333x desc->ready_events_.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
258
259 9333x conditionally_enabled_mutex::scoped_lock lock(desc->mutex);
260 9333x desc->impl_ref_.reset();
261 9333x desc->read_ready = false;
262 9333x desc->write_ready = false;
263 9333x }
264
265 inline void
266 9333x epoll_scheduler::deregister_descriptor(int fd) const
267 {
268 9333x ::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, nullptr);
269 9333x }
270
271 inline void
272 5864x epoll_scheduler::interrupt_reactor() const
273 {
274 5864x bool expected = false;
275 5864x if (eventfd_armed_.compare_exchange_strong(
276 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
277 std::memory_order_relaxed))
278 {
279 5485x std::uint64_t val = 1;
280 5485x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::write(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
281 }
282 5864x }
283
284 inline void
285 9390x epoll_scheduler::update_timerfd() const
286 {
287 9390x auto nearest = timer_svc_->nearest_expiry();
288
289 9390x itimerspec ts{};
290 9390x int flags = 0;
291
292 9390x if (nearest == timer_service::time_point::max())
293 {
294 // No timers — disarm by setting to 0 (relative)
295 }
296 else
297 {
298 9279x auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
299 9279x if (nearest <= now)
300 {
301 // Use 1ns instead of 0 — zero disarms the timerfd
302 482x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
303 }
304 else
305 {
306 8797x auto nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(
307 8797x nearest - now)
308 8797x .count();
309 8797x ts.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / 1000000000;
310 8797x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;
311 8797x if (ts.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && ts.it_value.tv_nsec == 0)
312 ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
313 }
314 }
315
316 9390x if (::timerfd_settime(timer_fd_, flags, &ts, nullptr) < 0)
317 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "timerfd_settime");
318 9390x }
319
320 inline void
321 52020x epoll_scheduler::run_task(
322 lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx, long timeout_us)
323 {
324 int timeout_ms;
325 52020x if (task_interrupted_)
326 38694x timeout_ms = 0;
327 13326x else if (timeout_us < 0)
328 13323x timeout_ms = -1;
329 else
330 3x timeout_ms = static_cast<int>((timeout_us + 999) / 1000);
331
332 52020x if (lock.owns_lock())
333 13326x lock.unlock();
334
335 52020x task_cleanup on_exit{this, &lock, ctx};
336
337 // Flush deferred timerfd programming before blocking
338 52020x if (timerfd_stale_.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
339 4693x update_timerfd();
340
341 52020x int nfds = ::epoll_wait(
342 epoll_fd_, event_buffer_.data(),
343 52020x static_cast<int>(event_buffer_.size()), timeout_ms);
344
345 52020x if (nfds < 0 && errno != EINTR)
346 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_wait");
347
348 52020x bool check_timers = false;
349 52020x op_queue local_ops;
350
351 116420x for (int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
352 {
353 64400x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == nullptr)
354 {
355 std::uint64_t val;
356 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
357 4839x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::read(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
358 4839x eventfd_armed_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
359 4839x continue;
360 4839x }
361
362 59561x 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 4697x ::read(timer_fd_, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
368 4697x check_timers = true;
369 4697x continue;
370 4697x }
371
372 auto* desc =
373 54864x static_cast<reactor_descriptor_state*>(event_buffer_[i].data.ptr);
374 54864x desc->add_ready_events(event_buffer_[i].events);
375
376 54864x bool expected = false;
377 54864x if (desc->is_enqueued_.compare_exchange_strong(
378 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
379 std::memory_order_relaxed))
380 {
381 54864x local_ops.push(desc);
382 }
383 }
384
385 52020x if (check_timers)
386 {
387 4697x timer_svc_->process_expired();
388 4697x update_timerfd();
389 }
390
391 52020x lock.lock();
392
393 52020x if (!local_ops.empty())
394 38255x completed_ops_.splice(local_ops);
395 52020x }
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