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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 373x inline epoll_scheduler::epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int)
146 373x : epoll_fd_(-1)
147 373x , event_fd_(-1)
148 373x , timer_fd_(-1)
149 746x , event_buffer_(max_events_per_poll_)
150 {
151 373x epoll_fd_ = ::epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
152 373x if (epoll_fd_ < 0)
153 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_create1");
154
155 373x event_fd_ = ::eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
156 373x 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 373x timer_fd_ = ::timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK | TFD_CLOEXEC);
164 373x 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 373x epoll_event ev{};
173 373x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
174 373x ev.data.ptr = nullptr;
175 373x 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 373x epoll_event timer_ev{};
185 373x timer_ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
186 373x timer_ev.data.ptr = &timer_fd_;
187 373x 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 373x timer_svc_ = &get_timer_service(ctx, *this);
197 373x timer_svc_->set_on_earliest_changed(
198 5383x timer_service::callback(this, [](void* p) {
199 5010x auto* self = static_cast<epoll_scheduler*>(p);
200 5010x self->timerfd_stale_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
201 5010x self->interrupt_reactor();
202 5010x }));
203
204 373x get_resolver_service(ctx, *this);
205 373x get_signal_service(ctx, *this);
206 373x get_stream_file_service(ctx, *this);
207 373x get_random_access_file_service(ctx, *this);
208
209 373x completed_ops_.push(&task_op_);
210 373x }
211
212 746x inline epoll_scheduler::~epoll_scheduler()
213 {
214 373x if (timer_fd_ >= 0)
215 373x ::close(timer_fd_);
216 373x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
217 373x ::close(event_fd_);
218 373x if (epoll_fd_ >= 0)
219 373x ::close(epoll_fd_);
220 746x }
221
222 inline void
223 373x epoll_scheduler::shutdown()
224 {
225 373x shutdown_drain();
226
227 373x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
228 373x interrupt_reactor();
229 373x }
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 9761x epoll_scheduler::register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const
245 {
246 9761x epoll_event ev{};
247 9761x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT | EPOLLET | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
248 9761x ev.data.ptr = desc;
249
250 9761x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) < 0)
251 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_ctl (register)");
252
253 9761x desc->registered_events = ev.events;
254 9761x desc->fd = fd;
255 9761x desc->scheduler_ = this;
256 9761x desc->mutex.set_enabled(!single_threaded_);
257 9761x desc->ready_events_.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
258
259 9761x conditionally_enabled_mutex::scoped_lock lock(desc->mutex);
260 9761x desc->impl_ref_.reset();
261 9761x desc->read_ready = false;
262 9761x desc->write_ready = false;
263 9761x }
264
265 inline void
266 9761x epoll_scheduler::deregister_descriptor(int fd) const
267 {
268 9761x ::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, nullptr);
269 9761x }
270
271 inline void
272 5706x epoll_scheduler::interrupt_reactor() const
273 {
274 5706x bool expected = false;
275 5706x if (eventfd_armed_.compare_exchange_strong(
276 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
277 std::memory_order_relaxed))
278 {
279 5469x std::uint64_t val = 1;
280 5469x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::write(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
281 }
282 5706x }
283
284 inline void
285 9979x epoll_scheduler::update_timerfd() const
286 {
287 9979x auto nearest = timer_svc_->nearest_expiry();
288
289 9979x itimerspec ts{};
290 9979x int flags = 0;
291
292 9979x if (nearest == timer_service::time_point::max())
293 {
294 // No timers — disarm by setting to 0 (relative)
295 }
296 else
297 {
298 9921x auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
299 9921x if (nearest <= now)
300 {
301 // Use 1ns instead of 0 — zero disarms the timerfd
302 388x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
303 }
304 else
305 {
306 9533x auto nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(
307 9533x nearest - now)
308 9533x .count();
309 9533x ts.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / 1000000000;
310 9533x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;
311 9533x if (ts.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && ts.it_value.tv_nsec == 0)
312 ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
313 }
314 }
315
316 9979x if (::timerfd_settime(timer_fd_, flags, &ts, nullptr) < 0)
317 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "timerfd_settime");
318 9979x }
319
320 inline void
321 57009x epoll_scheduler::run_task(
322 lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx, long timeout_us)
323 {
324 int timeout_ms;
325 57009x if (task_interrupted_)
326 43249x timeout_ms = 0;
327 13760x else if (timeout_us < 0)
328 13756x timeout_ms = -1;
329 else
330 4x timeout_ms = static_cast<int>((timeout_us + 999) / 1000);
331
332 57009x if (lock.owns_lock())
333 13760x lock.unlock();
334
335 57009x task_cleanup on_exit{this, &lock, ctx};
336
337 // Flush deferred timerfd programming before blocking
338 57009x if (timerfd_stale_.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
339 4988x update_timerfd();
340
341 57009x int nfds = ::epoll_wait(
342 epoll_fd_, event_buffer_.data(),
343 57009x static_cast<int>(event_buffer_.size()), timeout_ms);
344
345 57009x if (nfds < 0 && errno != EINTR)
346 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_wait");
347
348 57009x bool check_timers = false;
349 57009x op_queue local_ops;
350
351 131385x for (int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
352 {
353 74376x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == nullptr)
354 {
355 std::uint64_t val;
356 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
357 5096x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::read(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
358 5096x eventfd_armed_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
359 5096x continue;
360 5096x }
361
362 69280x 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 4991x ::read(timer_fd_, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
368 4991x check_timers = true;
369 4991x continue;
370 4991x }
371
372 auto* desc =
373 64289x static_cast<reactor_descriptor_state*>(event_buffer_[i].data.ptr);
374 64289x desc->add_ready_events(event_buffer_[i].events);
375
376 64289x bool expected = false;
377 64289x if (desc->is_enqueued_.compare_exchange_strong(
378 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
379 std::memory_order_relaxed))
380 {
381 64289x local_ops.push(desc);
382 }
383 }
384
385 57009x if (check_timers)
386 {
387 4991x timer_svc_->process_expired();
388 4991x update_timerfd();
389 }
390
391 57009x lock.lock();
392
393 57009x if (!local_ops.empty())
394 42707x completed_ops_.splice(local_ops);
395 57009x }
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