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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 662x inline epoll_scheduler::epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int)
146 662x : epoll_fd_(-1)
147 662x , event_fd_(-1)
148 662x , timer_fd_(-1)
149 1324x , event_buffer_(max_events_per_poll_)
150 {
151 662x epoll_fd_ = ::epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
152 662x if (epoll_fd_ < 0)
153 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_create1");
154
155 662x event_fd_ = ::eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
156 662x 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 662x timer_fd_ = ::timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK | TFD_CLOEXEC);
164 662x 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 662x epoll_event ev{};
173 662x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
174 662x ev.data.ptr = nullptr;
175 662x 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 662x epoll_event timer_ev{};
185 662x timer_ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
186 662x timer_ev.data.ptr = &timer_fd_;
187 662x 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 662x timer_svc_ = &get_timer_service(ctx, *this);
197 662x timer_svc_->set_on_earliest_changed(
198 5552x timer_service::callback(this, [](void* p) {
199 4890x auto* self = static_cast<epoll_scheduler*>(p);
200 4890x self->timerfd_stale_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
201 4890x self->interrupt_reactor();
202 4890x }));
203
204 662x get_resolver_service(ctx, *this);
205 662x get_signal_service(ctx, *this);
206 662x get_stream_file_service(ctx, *this);
207 662x get_random_access_file_service(ctx, *this);
208
209 662x completed_ops_.push(&task_op_);
210 662x }
211
212 1324x inline epoll_scheduler::~epoll_scheduler()
213 {
214 662x if (timer_fd_ >= 0)
215 662x ::close(timer_fd_);
216 662x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
217 662x ::close(event_fd_);
218 662x if (epoll_fd_ >= 0)
219 662x ::close(epoll_fd_);
220 1324x }
221
222 inline void
223 662x epoll_scheduler::shutdown()
224 {
225 662x shutdown_drain();
226
227 662x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
228 662x interrupt_reactor();
229 662x }
230
231 inline void
232 8x epoll_scheduler::configure_reactor(
233 unsigned max_events,
234 unsigned budget_init,
235 unsigned budget_max,
236 unsigned unassisted)
237 {
238 8x reactor_scheduler::configure_reactor(
239 max_events, budget_init, budget_max, unassisted);
240 7x event_buffer_.resize(max_events_per_poll_);
241 7x }
242
243 inline void
244 11423x epoll_scheduler::register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const
245 {
246 11423x epoll_event ev{};
247 11423x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT | EPOLLET | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
248 11423x ev.data.ptr = desc;
249
250 11423x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) < 0)
251 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_ctl (register)");
252
253 11423x desc->registered_events = ev.events;
254 11423x desc->fd = fd;
255 11423x desc->scheduler_ = this;
256 11423x desc->mutex.set_enabled(!single_threaded_);
257 11423x desc->ready_events_.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
258
259 11423x conditionally_enabled_mutex::scoped_lock lock(desc->mutex);
260 11423x desc->impl_ref_.reset();
261 11423x desc->read_ready = false;
262 11423x desc->write_ready = false;
263 11423x }
264
265 inline void
266 11423x epoll_scheduler::deregister_descriptor(int fd) const
267 {
268 11423x ::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, nullptr);
269 11423x }
270
271 inline void
272 8562x epoll_scheduler::interrupt_reactor() const
273 {
274 8562x bool expected = false;
275 8562x if (eventfd_armed_.compare_exchange_strong(
276 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
277 std::memory_order_relaxed))
278 {
279 8143x std::uint64_t val = 1;
280 8143x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::write(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
281 }
282 8562x }
283
284 inline void
285 8998x epoll_scheduler::update_timerfd() const
286 {
287 8998x auto nearest = timer_svc_->nearest_expiry();
288
289 8998x itimerspec ts{};
290 8998x int flags = 0;
291
292 8998x if (nearest == timer_service::time_point::max())
293 {
294 // No timers — disarm by setting to 0 (relative)
295 }
296 else
297 {
298 8901x auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
299 8901x if (nearest <= now)
300 {
301 // Use 1ns instead of 0 — zero disarms the timerfd
302 120x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
303 }
304 else
305 {
306 8781x auto nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(
307 8781x nearest - now)
308 8781x .count();
309 8781x ts.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / 1000000000;
310 8781x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;
311 8781x if (ts.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && ts.it_value.tv_nsec == 0)
312 ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
313 }
314 }
315
316 8998x if (::timerfd_settime(timer_fd_, flags, &ts, nullptr) < 0)
317 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "timerfd_settime");
318 8998x }
319
320 inline void
321 55935x epoll_scheduler::run_task(
322 lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx, long timeout_us)
323 {
324 int timeout_ms;
325 55935x if (task_interrupted_)
326 41913x timeout_ms = 0;
327 14022x else if (timeout_us < 0)
328 14018x timeout_ms = -1;
329 else
330 4x timeout_ms = static_cast<int>((timeout_us + 999) / 1000);
331
332 55935x if (lock.owns_lock())
333 14022x lock.unlock();
334
335 55935x task_cleanup on_exit{this, &lock, ctx};
336
337 // Flush deferred timerfd programming before blocking
338 55935x if (timerfd_stale_.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
339 4866x update_timerfd();
340
341 55935x int nfds = ::epoll_wait(
342 epoll_fd_, event_buffer_.data(),
343 55935x static_cast<int>(event_buffer_.size()), timeout_ms);
344
345 55935x if (nfds < 0 && errno != EINTR)
346 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_wait");
347
348 55935x bool check_timers = false;
349 55935x op_queue local_ops;
350
351 120225x for (int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
352 {
353 64290x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == nullptr)
354 {
355 std::uint64_t val;
356 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
357 7481x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::read(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
358 7481x eventfd_armed_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
359 7481x continue;
360 7481x }
361
362 56809x 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 4132x ::read(timer_fd_, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
368 4132x check_timers = true;
369 4132x continue;
370 4132x }
371
372 auto* desc =
373 52677x static_cast<reactor_descriptor_state*>(event_buffer_[i].data.ptr);
374 52677x desc->add_ready_events(event_buffer_[i].events);
375
376 52677x bool expected = false;
377 52677x if (desc->is_enqueued_.compare_exchange_strong(
378 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
379 std::memory_order_relaxed))
380 {
381 52677x local_ops.push(desc);
382 }
383 }
384
385 55935x if (check_timers)
386 {
387 4132x timer_svc_->process_expired();
388 4132x update_timerfd();
389 }
390
391 55935x lock.lock();
392
393 55935x if (!local_ops.empty())
394 34782x completed_ops_.splice(local_ops);
395 55935x }
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