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1 //
2 // Copyright (c) 2026 Steve Gerbino
3 // Copyright (c) 2026 Michael Vandeberg
4 //
5 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
6 // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
7 //
8 // Official repository: https://github.com/cppalliance/corosio
9 //
10
11 #ifndef BOOST_COROSIO_NATIVE_DETAIL_EPOLL_EPOLL_SCHEDULER_HPP
12 #define BOOST_COROSIO_NATIVE_DETAIL_EPOLL_EPOLL_SCHEDULER_HPP
13
14 #include <boost/corosio/detail/platform.hpp>
15
16 #if BOOST_COROSIO_HAS_EPOLL
17
18 #include <boost/corosio/detail/config.hpp>
19 #include <boost/capy/ex/execution_context.hpp>
20
21 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/reactor/reactor_scheduler.hpp>
22 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/reactor/reactor_signal_pipe.hpp>
23
24 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/epoll/epoll_traits.hpp>
25 #include <boost/corosio/detail/timer_service.hpp>
26 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/make_err.hpp>
27 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_resolver_service.hpp>
28 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_signal_service.hpp>
29 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_stream_file_service.hpp>
30 #include <boost/corosio/native/detail/posix/posix_random_access_file_service.hpp>
31
32 #include <boost/corosio/detail/except.hpp>
33
34 #include <atomic>
35 #include <chrono>
36 #include <cstdint>
37 #include <mutex>
38 #include <vector>
39
40 #include <errno.h>
41 #include <sys/epoll.h>
42 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
43 #include <sys/timerfd.h>
44 #include <unistd.h>
45
46 namespace boost::corosio::detail {
47
48 /** Linux scheduler using epoll for I/O multiplexing.
49
50 This scheduler implements the scheduler interface using Linux epoll
51 for efficient I/O event notification. It uses a single reactor model
52 where one thread runs epoll_wait while other threads
53 wait on a condition variable for handler work. This design provides:
54
55 - Handler parallelism: N posted handlers can execute on N threads
56 - No thundering herd: condition_variable wakes exactly one thread
57 - IOCP parity: Behavior matches Windows I/O completion port semantics
58
59 When threads call run(), they first try to execute queued handlers.
60 If the queue is empty and no reactor is running, one thread becomes
61 the reactor and runs epoll_wait. Other threads wait on a condition
62 variable until handlers are available.
63
64 @par Thread Safety
65 All public member functions are thread-safe.
66 */
67 class BOOST_COROSIO_DECL epoll_scheduler final : public reactor_scheduler
68 {
69 public:
70 /** Construct the scheduler.
71
72 Creates an epoll instance, eventfd for reactor interruption,
73 and timerfd for kernel-managed timer expiry.
74
75 @param ctx Reference to the owning execution_context.
76 @param concurrency_hint Hint for expected thread count (unused).
77 */
78 epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int concurrency_hint = -1);
79
80 /// Destroy the scheduler.
81 ~epoll_scheduler() override;
82
83 epoll_scheduler(epoll_scheduler const&) = delete;
84 epoll_scheduler& operator=(epoll_scheduler const&) = delete;
85
86 /// Shut down the scheduler, draining pending operations.
87 void shutdown() override;
88
89 /// Apply runtime configuration, resizing the event buffer.
90 void configure_reactor(
91 unsigned max_events,
92 unsigned budget_init,
93 unsigned budget_max,
94 unsigned unassisted) override;
95
96 /** Return the epoll file descriptor.
97
98 Used by socket services to register file descriptors
99 for I/O event notification.
100
101 @return The epoll file descriptor.
102 */
103 int epoll_fd() const noexcept
104 {
105 return epoll_fd_;
106 }
107
108 /** Register a descriptor for persistent monitoring.
109
110 The fd is registered once and stays registered until explicitly
111 deregistered. Events are dispatched via reactor_descriptor_state which
112 tracks pending read/write/connect operations.
113
114 @param fd The file descriptor to register.
115 @param desc Pointer to descriptor data (stored in epoll_event.data.ptr).
116 */
117 void register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const;
118
119 /** Deregister a persistently registered descriptor.
120
121 @param fd The file descriptor to deregister.
122 */
123 void deregister_descriptor(int fd) const;
124
125 /// Watch the read end of the POSIX signal self-pipe (see scheduler.hpp).
126 41x void register_signal_reader(int read_fd) override
127 {
128 41x register_descriptor(read_fd, signal_pipe_reader_.arm());
129 41x }
130
131 private:
132 void
133 run_task(lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx,
134 long timeout_us) override;
135 void interrupt_reactor() const override;
136 void update_timerfd() const;
137
138 int epoll_fd_;
139 int event_fd_;
140 int timer_fd_;
141
142 // Watches the global signal self-pipe's read end (armed lazily by
143 // register_signal_reader on the first signal registration).
144 reactor_signal_pipe_reader signal_pipe_reader_;
145
146 // Edge-triggered eventfd state
147 mutable std::atomic<bool> eventfd_armed_{false};
148
149 // Set when the earliest timer changes; flushed before epoll_wait
150 mutable std::atomic<bool> timerfd_stale_{false};
151
152 // Event buffer sized from max_events_per_poll_ (set at construction,
153 // resized by configure_reactor via io_context_options).
154 std::vector<epoll_event> event_buffer_;
155 };
156
157 642x inline epoll_scheduler::epoll_scheduler(capy::execution_context& ctx, int)
158 642x : epoll_fd_(-1)
159 642x , event_fd_(-1)
160 642x , timer_fd_(-1)
161 1284x , event_buffer_(max_events_per_poll_)
162 {
163 642x epoll_fd_ = ::epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
164 642x if (epoll_fd_ < 0)
165 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_create1");
166
167 642x event_fd_ = ::eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
168 642x if (event_fd_ < 0)
169 {
170 int errn = errno;
171 ::close(epoll_fd_);
172 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "eventfd");
173 }
174
175 642x timer_fd_ = ::timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK | TFD_CLOEXEC);
176 642x if (timer_fd_ < 0)
177 {
178 int errn = errno;
179 ::close(event_fd_);
180 ::close(epoll_fd_);
181 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "timerfd_create");
182 }
183
184 642x epoll_event ev{};
185 642x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
186 642x ev.data.ptr = nullptr;
187 642x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, event_fd_, &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");
194 }
195
196 642x epoll_event timer_ev{};
197 642x timer_ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLERR;
198 642x timer_ev.data.ptr = &timer_fd_;
199 642x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, timer_fd_, &timer_ev) < 0)
200 {
201 int errn = errno;
202 ::close(timer_fd_);
203 ::close(event_fd_);
204 ::close(epoll_fd_);
205 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errn), "epoll_ctl (timerfd)");
206 }
207
208 642x timer_svc_ = &get_timer_service(ctx, *this);
209 642x timer_svc_->set_on_earliest_changed(
210 3488x timer_service::callback(this, [](void* p) {
211 2846x auto* self = static_cast<epoll_scheduler*>(p);
212 2846x self->timerfd_stale_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
213 2846x self->interrupt_reactor();
214 2846x }));
215
216 642x get_resolver_service(ctx, *this);
217 642x get_signal_service(ctx, *this);
218 642x get_stream_file_service(ctx, *this);
219 642x get_random_access_file_service(ctx, *this);
220
221 642x completed_ops_.push(&task_op_);
222 642x }
223
224 1284x inline epoll_scheduler::~epoll_scheduler()
225 {
226 642x if (timer_fd_ >= 0)
227 642x ::close(timer_fd_);
228 642x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
229 642x ::close(event_fd_);
230 642x if (epoll_fd_ >= 0)
231 642x ::close(epoll_fd_);
232 1284x }
233
234 inline void
235 642x epoll_scheduler::shutdown()
236 {
237 642x shutdown_drain();
238
239 642x if (event_fd_ >= 0)
240 642x interrupt_reactor();
241 642x }
242
243 inline void
244 16x epoll_scheduler::configure_reactor(
245 unsigned max_events,
246 unsigned budget_init,
247 unsigned budget_max,
248 unsigned unassisted)
249 {
250 16x reactor_scheduler::configure_reactor(
251 max_events, budget_init, budget_max, unassisted);
252 15x event_buffer_.resize(max_events_per_poll_);
253 15x }
254
255 inline void
256 4367x epoll_scheduler::register_descriptor(int fd, reactor_descriptor_state* desc) const
257 {
258 4367x epoll_event ev{};
259 4367x ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLOUT | EPOLLET | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
260 4367x ev.data.ptr = desc;
261
262 4367x if (::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) < 0)
263 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_ctl (register)");
264
265 4367x desc->registered_events = ev.events;
266 4367x desc->fd = fd;
267 4367x desc->scheduler_ = this;
268 4367x desc->mutex.set_enabled(reactor_io_locking_);
269 4367x desc->ready_events_.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
270
271 4367x conditionally_enabled_mutex::scoped_lock lock(desc->mutex);
272 4367x desc->impl_ref_.reset();
273 4367x desc->read_ready = false;
274 4367x desc->write_ready = false;
275 4367x }
276
277 inline void
278 4326x epoll_scheduler::deregister_descriptor(int fd) const
279 {
280 4326x ::epoll_ctl(epoll_fd_, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, nullptr);
281 4326x }
282
283 inline void
284 4011x epoll_scheduler::interrupt_reactor() const
285 {
286 4011x bool expected = false;
287 4011x if (eventfd_armed_.compare_exchange_strong(
288 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
289 std::memory_order_relaxed))
290 {
291 2979x std::uint64_t val = 1;
292 2979x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::write(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
293 }
294 4011x }
295
296 inline void
297 4351x epoll_scheduler::update_timerfd() const
298 {
299 4351x auto nearest = timer_svc_->nearest_expiry();
300
301 4351x itimerspec ts{};
302 4351x int flags = 0;
303
304 4351x if (nearest == timer_service::time_point::max())
305 {
306 // No timers — disarm by setting to 0 (relative)
307 }
308 else
309 {
310 4213x auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
311 4213x if (nearest <= now)
312 {
313 // Use 1ns instead of 0 — zero disarms the timerfd
314 524x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
315 }
316 else
317 {
318 3689x auto nsec = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(
319 3689x nearest - now)
320 3689x .count();
321 3689x ts.it_value.tv_sec = nsec / 1000000000;
322 3689x ts.it_value.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;
323 3689x if (ts.it_value.tv_sec == 0 && ts.it_value.tv_nsec == 0)
324 ts.it_value.tv_nsec = 1;
325 }
326 }
327
328 4351x if (::timerfd_settime(timer_fd_, flags, &ts, nullptr) < 0)
329 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "timerfd_settime");
330 4351x }
331
332 inline void
333 31256x epoll_scheduler::run_task(
334 lock_type& lock, context_type* ctx, long timeout_us)
335 {
336 int timeout_ms;
337 31256x if (task_interrupted_)
338 25285x timeout_ms = 0;
339 5971x else if (timeout_us < 0)
340 5967x timeout_ms = -1;
341 else
342 4x timeout_ms = static_cast<int>((timeout_us + 999) / 1000);
343
344 31256x if (lock.owns_lock())
345 5973x lock.unlock();
346
347 31256x task_cleanup on_exit{this, &lock, ctx};
348
349 // Flush deferred timerfd programming before blocking
350 31256x if (timerfd_stale_.exchange(false, std::memory_order_acquire))
351 2180x update_timerfd();
352
353 31256x int nfds = ::epoll_wait(
354 epoll_fd_, event_buffer_.data(),
355 31256x static_cast<int>(event_buffer_.size()), timeout_ms);
356
357 31256x if (nfds < 0 && errno != EINTR)
358 detail::throw_system_error(make_err(errno), "epoll_wait");
359
360 31256x bool check_timers = false;
361 31256x ready_queue local_ops;
362
363 72692x for (int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
364 {
365 41436x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == nullptr)
366 {
367 std::uint64_t val;
368 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
369 2337x [[maybe_unused]] auto r = ::read(event_fd_, &val, sizeof(val));
370 2337x eventfd_armed_.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
371 2337x continue;
372 2337x }
373
374 39099x if (event_buffer_[i].data.ptr == &timer_fd_)
375 {
376 std::uint64_t expirations;
377 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-unix.BlockInCriticalSection)
378 [[maybe_unused]] auto r =
379 2171x ::read(timer_fd_, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
380 2171x check_timers = true;
381 2171x continue;
382 2171x }
383
384 auto* desc =
385 36928x static_cast<reactor_descriptor_state*>(event_buffer_[i].data.ptr);
386 36928x desc->add_ready_events(event_buffer_[i].events);
387
388 36928x bool expected = false;
389 36928x if (desc->is_enqueued_.compare_exchange_strong(
390 expected, true, std::memory_order_release,
391 std::memory_order_relaxed))
392 {
393 36928x local_ops.push(desc);
394 }
395 }
396
397 31256x if (check_timers)
398 {
399 2171x timer_svc_->process_expired();
400 2171x update_timerfd();
401 }
402
403 31256x lock.lock();
404
405 31256x completed_ops_.splice(local_ops);
406 31256x }
407
408 } // namespace boost::corosio::detail
409
410 #endif // BOOST_COROSIO_HAS_EPOLL
411
412 #endif // BOOST_COROSIO_NATIVE_DETAIL_EPOLL_EPOLL_SCHEDULER_HPP
413