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3 * I/O functions for libusb
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27 * \page libusb_io Synchronous and asynchronous device I/O
29 * \section io_intro Introduction
31 * If you're using libusb in your application, you're probably wanting to
32 * perform I/O with devices - you want to perform USB data transfers.
34 * libusb offers two separate interfaces for device I/O. This page aims to
35 * introduce the two in order to help you decide which one is more suitable
36 * for your application. You can also choose to use both interfaces in your
37 * application by considering each transfer on a case-by-case basis.
39 * Once you have read through the following discussion, you should consult the
40 * detailed API documentation pages for the details:
41 * - \ref libusb_syncio
42 * - \ref libusb_asyncio
44 * \section theory Transfers at a logical level
46 * At a logical level, USB transfers typically happen in two parts. For
47 * example, when reading data from a endpoint:
48 * -# A request for data is sent to the device
49 * -# Some time later, the incoming data is received by the host
51 * or when writing data to an endpoint:
53 * -# The data is sent to the device
54 * -# Some time later, the host receives acknowledgement from the device that
55 * the data has been transferred.
57 * There may be an indefinite delay between the two steps. Consider a
58 * fictional USB input device with a button that the user can press. In order
59 * to determine when the button is pressed, you would likely submit a request
60 * to read data on a bulk or interrupt endpoint and wait for data to arrive.
61 * Data will arrive when the button is pressed by the user, which is
62 * potentially hours later.
64 * libusb offers both a synchronous and an asynchronous interface to performing
65 * USB transfers. The main difference is that the synchronous interface
66 * combines both steps indicated above into a single function call, whereas
67 * the asynchronous interface separates them.
69 * \section sync The synchronous interface
71 * The synchronous I/O interface allows you to perform a USB transfer with
72 * a single function call. When the function call returns, the transfer has
73 * completed and you can parse the results.
75 * If you have used libusb-0.1 before, this I/O style will seem familiar to
76 * you. libusb-0.1 only offered a synchronous interface.
78 * In our input device example, to read button presses you might write code
79 * in the following style:
81 unsigned char data[4];
83 int r = libusb_bulk_transfer(dev_handle, LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_IN, data, sizeof(data), &actual_length, 0);
84 if (r == 0 && actual_length == sizeof(data)) {
85 // results of the transaction can now be found in the data buffer
86 // parse them here and report button press
92 * The main advantage of this model is simplicity: you did everything with
93 * a single simple function call.
95 * However, this interface has its limitations. Your application will sleep
96 * inside libusb_bulk_transfer() until the transaction has completed. If it
97 * takes the user 3 hours to press the button, your application will be
98 * sleeping for that long. Execution will be tied up inside the library -
99 * the entire thread will be useless for that duration.
101 * Another issue is that by tying up the thread with that single transaction
102 * there is no possibility of performing I/O with multiple endpoints and/or
103 * multiple devices simultaneously, unless you resort to creating one thread
106 * Additionally, there is no opportunity to cancel the transfer after the
107 * request has been submitted.
109 * For details on how to use the synchronous API, see the
110 * \ref libusb_syncio "synchronous I/O API documentation" pages.
112 * \section async The asynchronous interface
114 * Asynchronous I/O is the most significant new feature in libusb-1.0.
115 * Although it is a more complex interface, it solves all the issues detailed
118 * Instead of providing which functions that block until the I/O has complete,
119 * libusb's asynchronous interface presents non-blocking functions which
120 * begin a transfer and then return immediately. Your application passes a
121 * callback function pointer to this non-blocking function, which libusb will
122 * call with the results of the transaction when it has completed.
124 * Transfers which have been submitted through the non-blocking functions
125 * can be cancelled with a separate function call.
127 * The non-blocking nature of this interface allows you to be simultaneously
128 * performing I/O to multiple endpoints on multiple devices, without having
131 * This added flexibility does come with some complications though:
132 * - In the interest of being a lightweight library, libusb does not create
133 * threads and can only operate when your application is calling into it. Your
134 * application must call into libusb from it's main loop when events are ready
135 * to be handled, or you must use some other scheme to allow libusb to
136 * undertake whatever work needs to be done.
137 * - libusb also needs to be called into at certain fixed points in time in
138 * order to accurately handle transfer timeouts.
139 * - Memory handling becomes more complex. You cannot use stack memory unless
140 * the function with that stack is guaranteed not to return until the transfer
141 * callback has finished executing.
142 * - You generally lose some linearity from your code flow because submitting
143 * the transfer request is done in a separate function from where the transfer
144 * results are handled. This becomes particularly obvious when you want to
145 * submit a second transfer based on the results of an earlier transfer.
147 * Internally, libusb's synchronous interface is expressed in terms of function
148 * calls to the asynchronous interface.
150 * For details on how to use the asynchronous API, see the
151 * \ref libusb_asyncio "asynchronous I/O API" documentation pages.
156 * \page libusb_packetoverflow Packets and overflows
158 * \section packets Packet abstraction
160 * The USB specifications describe how data is transmitted in packets, with
161 * constraints on packet size defined by endpoint descriptors. The host must
162 * not send data payloads larger than the endpoint's maximum packet size.
164 * libusb and the underlying OS abstract out the packet concept, allowing you
165 * to request transfers of any size. Internally, the request will be divided
166 * up into correctly-sized packets. You do not have to be concerned with
167 * packet sizes, but there is one exception when considering overflows.
169 * \section overflow Bulk/interrupt transfer overflows
171 * When requesting data on a bulk endpoint, libusb requires you to supply a
172 * buffer and the maximum number of bytes of data that libusb can put in that
173 * buffer. However, the size of the buffer is not communicated to the device -
174 * the device is just asked to send any amount of data.
176 * There is no problem if the device sends an amount of data that is less than
177 * or equal to the buffer size. libusb reports this condition to you through
178 * the \ref libusb_transfer::actual_length "libusb_transfer.actual_length"
181 * Problems may occur if the device attempts to send more data than can fit in
182 * the buffer. libusb reports LIBUSB_TRANSFER_OVERFLOW for this condition but
183 * other behaviour is largely undefined: actual_length may or may not be
184 * accurate, the chunk of data that can fit in the buffer (before overflow)
185 * may or may not have been transferred.
187 * Overflows are nasty, but can be avoided. Even though you were told to
188 * ignore packets above, think about the lower level details: each transfer is
189 * split into packets (typically small, with a maximum size of 512 bytes).
190 * Overflows can only happen if the final packet in an incoming data transfer
191 * is smaller than the actual packet that the device wants to transfer.
192 * Therefore, you will never see an overflow if your transfer buffer size is a
193 * multiple of the endpoint's packet size: the final packet will either
194 * fill up completely or will be only partially filled.
198 * @defgroup libusb_asyncio Asynchronous device I/O
200 * This page details libusb's asynchronous (non-blocking) API for USB device
201 * I/O. This interface is very powerful but is also quite complex - you will
202 * need to read this page carefully to understand the necessary considerations
203 * and issues surrounding use of this interface. Simplistic applications
204 * may wish to consider the \ref libusb_syncio "synchronous I/O API" instead.
206 * The asynchronous interface is built around the idea of separating transfer
207 * submission and handling of transfer completion (the synchronous model
208 * combines both of these into one). There may be a long delay between
209 * submission and completion, however the asynchronous submission function
210 * is non-blocking so will return control to your application during that
211 * potentially long delay.
213 * \section asyncabstraction Transfer abstraction
215 * For the asynchronous I/O, libusb implements the concept of a generic
216 * transfer entity for all types of I/O (control, bulk, interrupt,
217 * isochronous). The generic transfer object must be treated slightly
218 * differently depending on which type of I/O you are performing with it.
220 * This is represented by the public libusb_transfer structure type.
222 * \section asynctrf Asynchronous transfers
224 * We can view asynchronous I/O as a 5 step process:
225 * -# <b>Allocation</b>: allocate a libusb_transfer
226 * -# <b>Filling</b>: populate the libusb_transfer instance with information
227 * about the transfer you wish to perform
228 * -# <b>Submission</b>: ask libusb to submit the transfer
229 * -# <b>Completion handling</b>: examine transfer results in the
230 * libusb_transfer structure
231 * -# <b>Deallocation</b>: clean up resources
234 * \subsection asyncalloc Allocation
236 * This step involves allocating memory for a USB transfer. This is the
237 * generic transfer object mentioned above. At this stage, the transfer
238 * is "blank" with no details about what type of I/O it will be used for.
240 * Allocation is done with the libusb_alloc_transfer() function. You must use
241 * this function rather than allocating your own transfers.
243 * \subsection asyncfill Filling
245 * This step is where you take a previously allocated transfer and fill it
246 * with information to determine the message type and direction, data buffer,
247 * callback function, etc.
249 * You can either fill the required fields yourself or you can use the
250 * helper functions: libusb_fill_control_transfer(), libusb_fill_bulk_transfer()
251 * and libusb_fill_interrupt_transfer().
253 * \subsection asyncsubmit Submission
255 * When you have allocated a transfer and filled it, you can submit it using
256 * libusb_submit_transfer(). This function returns immediately but can be
257 * regarded as firing off the I/O request in the background.
259 * \subsection asynccomplete Completion handling
261 * After a transfer has been submitted, one of four things can happen to it:
263 * - The transfer completes (i.e. some data was transferred)
264 * - The transfer has a timeout and the timeout expires before all data is
266 * - The transfer fails due to an error
267 * - The transfer is cancelled
269 * Each of these will cause the user-specified transfer callback function to
270 * be invoked. It is up to the callback function to determine which of the
271 * above actually happened and to act accordingly.
273 * The user-specified callback is passed a pointer to the libusb_transfer
274 * structure which was used to setup and submit the transfer. At completion
275 * time, libusb has populated this structure with results of the transfer:
276 * success or failure reason, number of bytes of data transferred, etc. See
277 * the libusb_transfer structure documentation for more information.
279 * <b>Important Note</b>: The user-specified callback is called from an event
280 * handling context. It is therefore important that no calls are made into
281 * libusb that will attempt to perform any event handling. Examples of such
282 * functions are any listed in the \ref libusb_syncio "synchronous API" and any of
283 * the blocking functions that retrieve \ref libusb_desc "USB descriptors".
285 * \subsection Deallocation
287 * When a transfer has completed (i.e. the callback function has been invoked),
288 * you are advised to free the transfer (unless you wish to resubmit it, see
289 * below). Transfers are deallocated with libusb_free_transfer().
291 * It is undefined behaviour to free a transfer which has not completed.
293 * \section asyncresubmit Resubmission
295 * You may be wondering why allocation, filling, and submission are all
296 * separated above where they could reasonably be combined into a single
299 * The reason for separation is to allow you to resubmit transfers without
300 * having to allocate new ones every time. This is especially useful for
301 * common situations dealing with interrupt endpoints - you allocate one
302 * transfer, fill and submit it, and when it returns with results you just
303 * resubmit it for the next interrupt.
305 * \section asynccancel Cancellation
307 * Another advantage of using the asynchronous interface is that you have
308 * the ability to cancel transfers which have not yet completed. This is
309 * done by calling the libusb_cancel_transfer() function.
311 * libusb_cancel_transfer() is asynchronous/non-blocking in itself. When the
312 * cancellation actually completes, the transfer's callback function will
313 * be invoked, and the callback function should check the transfer status to
314 * determine that it was cancelled.
316 * Freeing the transfer after it has been cancelled but before cancellation
317 * has completed will result in undefined behaviour.
320 * When a transfer is cancelled, some of the data may have been transferred.
321 * libusb will communicate this to you in the transfer callback.
322 * <b>Do not assume that no data was transferred.</b>
324 * \section asyncpartial Partial data transfer resulting from cancellation
326 * As noted above, some of the data may have been transferred at the time a
327 * transfer is cancelled. It is helpful to see how this is possible if you
328 * consider a bulk transfer to an endpoint with a packet size of 64 bytes.
329 * Supposing you submit a 512-byte transfer to this endpoint, the operating
330 * system will divide this transfer up into 8 separate 64-byte frames that the
331 * host controller will schedule for the device to transfer data. If this
332 * transfer is cancelled while the device is transferring data, a subset of
333 * these frames may be descheduled from the host controller before the device
334 * has the opportunity to finish transferring data to the host.
336 * What your application should do with a partial data transfer is a policy
337 * decision; there is no single answer that satisfies the needs of every
338 * application. The data that was successfully transferred should be
339 * considered entirely valid, but your application must decide what to do with
340 * the remaining data that was not transferred. Some possible actions to take
342 * - Resubmit another transfer for the remaining data, possibly with a shorter
344 * - Discard the partially transferred data and report an error
346 * \section asynctimeout Timeouts
348 * When a transfer times out, libusb internally notes this and attempts to
349 * cancel the transfer. As noted in \ref asyncpartial "above", it is possible
350 * that some of the data may actually have been transferred. Your application
351 * should <b>always</b> check how much data was actually transferred once the
352 * transfer completes and act accordingly.
354 * \section bulk_overflows Overflows on device-to-host bulk/interrupt endpoints
356 * If your device does not have predictable transfer sizes (or it misbehaves),
357 * your application may submit a request for data on an IN endpoint which is
358 * smaller than the data that the device wishes to send. In some circumstances
359 * this will cause an overflow, which is a nasty condition to deal with. See
360 * the \ref libusb_packetoverflow page for discussion.
362 * \section asyncctrl Considerations for control transfers
364 * The <tt>libusb_transfer</tt> structure is generic and hence does not
365 * include specific fields for the control-specific setup packet structure.
367 * In order to perform a control transfer, you must place the 8-byte setup
368 * packet at the start of the data buffer. To simplify this, you could
369 * cast the buffer pointer to type struct libusb_control_setup, or you can
370 * use the helper function libusb_fill_control_setup().
372 * The wLength field placed in the setup packet must be the length you would
373 * expect to be sent in the setup packet: the length of the payload that
374 * follows (or the expected maximum number of bytes to receive). However,
375 * the length field of the libusb_transfer object must be the length of
376 * the data buffer - i.e. it should be wLength <em>plus</em> the size of
377 * the setup packet (LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE).
379 * If you use the helper functions, this is simplified for you:
380 * -# Allocate a buffer of size LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE plus the size of the
381 * data you are sending/requesting.
382 * -# Call libusb_fill_control_setup() on the data buffer, using the transfer
383 * request size as the wLength value (i.e. do not include the extra space you
384 * allocated for the control setup).
385 * -# If this is a host-to-device transfer, place the data to be transferred
386 * in the data buffer, starting at offset LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE.
387 * -# Call libusb_fill_control_transfer() to associate the data buffer with
388 * the transfer (and to set the remaining details such as callback and timeout).
389 * - Note that there is no parameter to set the length field of the transfer.
390 * The length is automatically inferred from the wLength field of the setup
392 * -# Submit the transfer.
394 * The multi-byte control setup fields (wValue, wIndex and wLength) must
395 * be given in little-endian byte order (the endianness of the USB bus).
396 * Endianness conversion is transparently handled by
397 * libusb_fill_control_setup() which is documented to accept host-endian
400 * Further considerations are needed when handling transfer completion in
401 * your callback function:
402 * - As you might expect, the setup packet will still be sitting at the start
403 * of the data buffer.
404 * - If this was a device-to-host transfer, the received data will be sitting
405 * at offset LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE into the buffer.
406 * - The actual_length field of the transfer structure is relative to the
407 * wLength of the setup packet, rather than the size of the data buffer. So,
408 * if your wLength was 4, your transfer's <tt>length</tt> was 12, then you
409 * should expect an <tt>actual_length</tt> of 4 to indicate that the data was
410 * transferred in entirety.
412 * To simplify parsing of setup packets and obtaining the data from the
413 * correct offset, you may wish to use the libusb_control_transfer_get_data()
414 * and libusb_control_transfer_get_setup() functions within your transfer
417 * Even though control endpoints do not halt, a completed control transfer
418 * may have a LIBUSB_TRANSFER_STALL status code. This indicates the control
419 * request was not supported.
421 * \section asyncintr Considerations for interrupt transfers
423 * All interrupt transfers are performed using the polling interval presented
424 * by the bInterval value of the endpoint descriptor.
426 * \section asynciso Considerations for isochronous transfers
428 * Isochronous transfers are more complicated than transfers to
429 * non-isochronous endpoints.
431 * To perform I/O to an isochronous endpoint, allocate the transfer by calling
432 * libusb_alloc_transfer() with an appropriate number of isochronous packets.
434 * During filling, set \ref libusb_transfer::type "type" to
435 * \ref libusb_transfer_type::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_ISOCHRONOUS
436 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_ISOCHRONOUS", and set
437 * \ref libusb_transfer::num_iso_packets "num_iso_packets" to a value less than
438 * or equal to the number of packets you requested during allocation.
439 * libusb_alloc_transfer() does not set either of these fields for you, given
440 * that you might not even use the transfer on an isochronous endpoint.
442 * Next, populate the length field for the first num_iso_packets entries in
443 * the \ref libusb_transfer::iso_packet_desc "iso_packet_desc" array. Section
444 * 5.6.3 of the USB2 specifications describe how the maximum isochronous
445 * packet length is determined by the wMaxPacketSize field in the endpoint
447 * Two functions can help you here:
449 * - libusb_get_max_iso_packet_size() is an easy way to determine the max
450 * packet size for an isochronous endpoint. Note that the maximum packet
451 * size is actually the maximum number of bytes that can be transmitted in
452 * a single microframe, therefore this function multiplies the maximum number
453 * of bytes per transaction by the number of transaction opportunities per
455 * - libusb_set_iso_packet_lengths() assigns the same length to all packets
456 * within a transfer, which is usually what you want.
458 * For outgoing transfers, you'll obviously fill the buffer and populate the
459 * packet descriptors in hope that all the data gets transferred. For incoming
460 * transfers, you must ensure the buffer has sufficient capacity for
461 * the situation where all packets transfer the full amount of requested data.
463 * Completion handling requires some extra consideration. The
464 * \ref libusb_transfer::actual_length "actual_length" field of the transfer
465 * is meaningless and should not be examined; instead you must refer to the
466 * \ref libusb_iso_packet_descriptor::actual_length "actual_length" field of
467 * each individual packet.
469 * The \ref libusb_transfer::status "status" field of the transfer is also a
471 * - If the packets were submitted and the isochronous data microframes
472 * completed normally, status will have value
473 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED
474 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED". Note that bus errors and software-incurred
475 * delays are not counted as transfer errors; the transfer.status field may
476 * indicate COMPLETED even if some or all of the packets failed. Refer to
477 * the \ref libusb_iso_packet_descriptor::status "status" field of each
478 * individual packet to determine packet failures.
479 * - The status field will have value
480 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR
481 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR" only when serious errors were encountered.
482 * - Other transfer status codes occur with normal behaviour.
484 * The data for each packet will be found at an offset into the buffer that
485 * can be calculated as if each prior packet completed in full. The
486 * libusb_get_iso_packet_buffer() and libusb_get_iso_packet_buffer_simple()
487 * functions may help you here.
489 * \section asynclimits Transfer length limitations
491 * Some operating systems may impose limits on the length of the transfer data
492 * buffer or, in the case of isochronous transfers, the length of individual
493 * isochronous packets. Such limits can be difficult for libusb to detect, so
494 * in most cases the library will simply try and submit the transfer as set up
495 * by you. If the transfer fails to submit because it is too large,
496 * libusb_submit_transfer() will return
497 * \ref libusb_error::LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM "LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM".
499 * The following are known limits for control transfer lengths. Note that this
500 * length includes the 8-byte setup packet.
501 * - Linux (4,096 bytes)
502 * - Windows (4,096 bytes)
504 * \section asyncmem Memory caveats
506 * In most circumstances, it is not safe to use stack memory for transfer
507 * buffers. This is because the function that fired off the asynchronous
508 * transfer may return before libusb has finished using the buffer, and when
509 * the function returns it's stack gets destroyed. This is true for both
510 * host-to-device and device-to-host transfers.
512 * The only case in which it is safe to use stack memory is where you can
513 * guarantee that the function owning the stack space for the buffer does not
514 * return until after the transfer's callback function has completed. In every
515 * other case, you need to use heap memory instead.
517 * \section asyncflags Fine control
519 * Through using this asynchronous interface, you may find yourself repeating
520 * a few simple operations many times. You can apply a bitwise OR of certain
521 * flags to a transfer to simplify certain things:
522 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK
523 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK" results in transfers which transferred
524 * less than the requested amount of data being marked with status
525 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR"
526 * (they would normally be regarded as COMPLETED)
527 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER
528 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER" allows you to ask libusb to free the transfer
529 * buffer when freeing the transfer.
530 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER
531 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER" causes libusb to automatically free the
532 * transfer after the transfer callback returns.
534 * \section asyncevent Event handling
536 * An asynchronous model requires that libusb perform work at various
537 * points in time - namely processing the results of previously-submitted
538 * transfers and invoking the user-supplied callback function.
540 * This gives rise to the libusb_handle_events() function which your
541 * application must call into when libusb has work do to. This gives libusb
542 * the opportunity to reap pending transfers, invoke callbacks, etc.
545 * All event handling is performed by whichever thread calls the
546 * libusb_handle_events() function. libusb does not invoke any callbacks
547 * outside of this context. Consequently, any callbacks will be run on the
548 * thread that calls the libusb_handle_events() function.
550 * When to call the libusb_handle_events() function depends on which model
551 * your application decides to use. The 2 different approaches:
553 * -# Repeatedly call libusb_handle_events() in blocking mode from a dedicated
555 * -# Integrate libusb with your application's main event loop. libusb
556 * exposes a set of file descriptors which allow you to do this.
558 * The first approach has the big advantage that it will also work on Windows
559 * were libusb' poll API for select / poll integration is not available. So
560 * if you want to support Windows and use the async API, you must use this
561 * approach, see the \ref eventthread "Using an event handling thread" section
564 * If you prefer a single threaded approach with a single central event loop,
565 * see the \ref libusb_poll "polling and timing" section for how to integrate libusb
566 * into your application's main event loop.
568 * \section eventthread Using an event handling thread
570 * Lets begin with stating the obvious: If you're going to use a separate
571 * thread for libusb event handling, your callback functions MUST be
574 * Other then that doing event handling from a separate thread, is mostly
575 * simple. You can use an event thread function as follows:
577 void *event_thread_func(void *ctx)
579 while (event_thread_run)
580 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
586 * There is one caveat though, stopping this thread requires setting the
587 * event_thread_run variable to 0, and after that libusb_handle_events() needs
588 * to return control to event_thread_func. But unless some event happens,
589 * libusb_handle_events() will not return.
591 * There are 2 different ways of dealing with this, depending on if your
592 * application uses libusb' \ref libusb_hotplug "hotplug" support or not.
594 * Applications which do not use hotplug support, should not start the event
595 * thread until after their first call to libusb_open(), and should stop the
596 * thread when closing the last open device as follows:
598 void my_close_handle(libusb_device_handle *dev_handle)
601 event_thread_run = 0;
603 libusb_close(dev_handle); // This wakes up libusb_handle_events()
606 pthread_join(event_thread);
612 * Applications using hotplug support should start the thread at program init,
613 * after having successfully called libusb_hotplug_register_callback(), and
614 * should stop the thread at program exit as follows:
616 void my_libusb_exit(void)
618 event_thread_run = 0;
619 libusb_hotplug_deregister_callback(ctx, hotplug_cb_handle); // This wakes up libusb_handle_events()
620 pthread_join(event_thread);
627 * @defgroup libusb_poll Polling and timing
629 * This page documents libusb's functions for polling events and timing.
630 * These functions are only necessary for users of the
631 * \ref libusb_asyncio "asynchronous API". If you are only using the simpler
632 * \ref libusb_syncio "synchronous API" then you do not need to ever call these
635 * The justification for the functionality described here has already been
636 * discussed in the \ref asyncevent "event handling" section of the
637 * asynchronous API documentation. In summary, libusb does not create internal
638 * threads for event processing and hence relies on your application calling
639 * into libusb at certain points in time so that pending events can be handled.
641 * Your main loop is probably already calling poll() or select() or a
642 * variant on a set of file descriptors for other event sources (e.g. keyboard
643 * button presses, mouse movements, network sockets, etc). You then add
644 * libusb's file descriptors to your poll()/select() calls, and when activity
645 * is detected on such descriptors you know it is time to call
646 * libusb_handle_events().
648 * There is one final event handling complication. libusb supports
649 * asynchronous transfers which time out after a specified time period.
651 * On some platforms a timerfd is used, so the timeout handling is just another
652 * fd, on other platforms this requires that libusb is called into at or after
653 * the timeout to handle it. So, in addition to considering libusb's file
654 * descriptors in your main event loop, you must also consider that libusb
655 * sometimes needs to be called into at fixed points in time even when there
656 * is no file descriptor activity, see \ref polltime details.
658 * In order to know precisely when libusb needs to be called into, libusb
659 * offers you a set of pollable file descriptors and information about when
660 * the next timeout expires.
662 * If you are using the asynchronous I/O API, you must take one of the two
663 * following options, otherwise your I/O will not complete.
665 * \section pollsimple The simple option
667 * If your application revolves solely around libusb and does not need to
668 * handle other event sources, you can have a program structure as follows:
671 // find and open device
672 // maybe fire off some initial async I/O
674 while (user_has_not_requested_exit)
675 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
680 * With such a simple main loop, you do not have to worry about managing
681 * sets of file descriptors or handling timeouts. libusb_handle_events() will
682 * handle those details internally.
684 * \section libusb_pollmain The more advanced option
686 * \note This functionality is currently only available on Unix-like platforms.
687 * On Windows, libusb_get_pollfds() simply returns NULL. Applications which
688 * want to support Windows are advised to use an \ref eventthread
689 * "event handling thread" instead.
691 * In more advanced applications, you will already have a main loop which
692 * is monitoring other event sources: network sockets, X11 events, mouse
693 * movements, etc. Through exposing a set of file descriptors, libusb is
694 * designed to cleanly integrate into such main loops.
696 * In addition to polling file descriptors for the other event sources, you
697 * take a set of file descriptors from libusb and monitor those too. When you
698 * detect activity on libusb's file descriptors, you call
699 * libusb_handle_events_timeout() in non-blocking mode.
701 * What's more, libusb may also need to handle events at specific moments in
702 * time. No file descriptor activity is generated at these times, so your
703 * own application needs to be continually aware of when the next one of these
704 * moments occurs (through calling libusb_get_next_timeout()), and then it
705 * needs to call libusb_handle_events_timeout() in non-blocking mode when
706 * these moments occur. This means that you need to adjust your
707 * poll()/select() timeout accordingly.
709 * libusb provides you with a set of file descriptors to poll and expects you
710 * to poll all of them, treating them as a single entity. The meaning of each
711 * file descriptor in the set is an internal implementation detail,
712 * platform-dependent and may vary from release to release. Don't try and
713 * interpret the meaning of the file descriptors, just do as libusb indicates,
714 * polling all of them at once.
716 * In pseudo-code, you want something that looks like:
720 libusb_get_pollfds(ctx)
721 while (user has not requested application exit) {
722 libusb_get_next_timeout(ctx);
723 poll(on libusb file descriptors plus any other event sources of interest,
724 using a timeout no larger than the value libusb just suggested)
725 if (poll() indicated activity on libusb file descriptors)
726 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
727 if (time has elapsed to or beyond the libusb timeout)
728 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
729 // handle events from other sources here
735 * \subsection polltime Notes on time-based events
737 * The above complication with having to track time and call into libusb at
738 * specific moments is a bit of a headache. For maximum compatibility, you do
739 * need to write your main loop as above, but you may decide that you can
740 * restrict the supported platforms of your application and get away with
741 * a more simplistic scheme.
743 * These time-based event complications are \b not required on the following
746 * - Linux, provided that the following version requirements are satisfied:
747 * - Linux v2.6.27 or newer, compiled with timerfd support
748 * - glibc v2.9 or newer
749 * - libusb v1.0.5 or newer
751 * Under these configurations, libusb_get_next_timeout() will \em always return
752 * 0, so your main loop can be simplified to:
756 libusb_get_pollfds(ctx)
757 while (user has not requested application exit) {
758 poll(on libusb file descriptors plus any other event sources of interest,
759 using any timeout that you like)
760 if (poll() indicated activity on libusb file descriptors)
761 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
762 // handle events from other sources here
768 * Do remember that if you simplify your main loop to the above, you will
769 * lose compatibility with some platforms (including legacy Linux platforms,
770 * and <em>any future platforms supported by libusb which may have time-based
771 * event requirements</em>). The resultant problems will likely appear as
772 * strange bugs in your application.
774 * You can use the libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts() function to do a runtime
775 * check to see if it is safe to ignore the time-based event complications.
776 * If your application has taken the shortcut of ignoring libusb's next timeout
777 * in your main loop, then you are advised to check the return value of
778 * libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts() during application startup, and to abort
779 * if the platform does suffer from these timing complications.
781 * \subsection fdsetchange Changes in the file descriptor set
783 * The set of file descriptors that libusb uses as event sources may change
784 * during the life of your application. Rather than having to repeatedly
785 * call libusb_get_pollfds(), you can set up notification functions for when
786 * the file descriptor set changes using libusb_set_pollfd_notifiers().
788 * \subsection mtissues Multi-threaded considerations
790 * Unfortunately, the situation is complicated further when multiple threads
791 * come into play. If two threads are monitoring the same file descriptors,
792 * the fact that only one thread will be woken up when an event occurs causes
795 * The events lock, event waiters lock, and libusb_handle_events_locked()
796 * entities are added to solve these problems. You do not need to be concerned
797 * with these entities otherwise.
799 * See the extra documentation: \ref libusb_mtasync
802 /** \page libusb_mtasync Multi-threaded applications and asynchronous I/O
804 * libusb is a thread-safe library, but extra considerations must be applied
805 * to applications which interact with libusb from multiple threads.
807 * The underlying issue that must be addressed is that all libusb I/O
808 * revolves around monitoring file descriptors through the poll()/select()
809 * system calls. This is directly exposed at the
810 * \ref libusb_asyncio "asynchronous interface" but it is important to note that the
811 * \ref libusb_syncio "synchronous interface" is implemented on top of the
812 * asynchronous interface, therefore the same considerations apply.
814 * The issue is that if two or more threads are concurrently calling poll()
815 * or select() on libusb's file descriptors then only one of those threads
816 * will be woken up when an event arrives. The others will be completely
817 * oblivious that anything has happened.
819 * Consider the following pseudo-code, which submits an asynchronous transfer
820 * then waits for its completion. This style is one way you could implement a
821 * synchronous interface on top of the asynchronous interface (and libusb
822 * does something similar, albeit more advanced due to the complications
823 * explained on this page).
826 void cb(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
828 int *completed = transfer->user_data;
833 struct libusb_transfer *transfer;
834 unsigned char buffer[LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE] __attribute__ ((aligned (2)));
837 transfer = libusb_alloc_transfer(0);
838 libusb_fill_control_setup(buffer,
839 LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_VENDOR | LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_OUT, 0x04, 0x01, 0, 0);
840 libusb_fill_control_transfer(transfer, dev, buffer, cb, &completed, 1000);
841 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
844 poll(libusb file descriptors, 120*1000);
845 if (poll indicates activity)
846 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
848 printf("completed!");
853 * Here we are <em>serializing</em> completion of an asynchronous event
854 * against a condition - the condition being completion of a specific transfer.
855 * The poll() loop has a long timeout to minimize CPU usage during situations
856 * when nothing is happening (it could reasonably be unlimited).
858 * If this is the only thread that is polling libusb's file descriptors, there
859 * is no problem: there is no danger that another thread will swallow up the
860 * event that we are interested in. On the other hand, if there is another
861 * thread polling the same descriptors, there is a chance that it will receive
862 * the event that we were interested in. In this situation, <tt>myfunc()</tt>
863 * will only realise that the transfer has completed on the next iteration of
864 * the loop, <em>up to 120 seconds later.</em> Clearly a two-minute delay is
865 * undesirable, and don't even think about using short timeouts to circumvent
868 * The solution here is to ensure that no two threads are ever polling the
869 * file descriptors at the same time. A naive implementation of this would
870 * impact the capabilities of the library, so libusb offers the scheme
871 * documented below to ensure no loss of functionality.
873 * Before we go any further, it is worth mentioning that all libusb-wrapped
874 * event handling procedures fully adhere to the scheme documented below.
875 * This includes libusb_handle_events() and its variants, and all the
876 * synchronous I/O functions - libusb hides this headache from you.
878 * \section Using libusb_handle_events() from multiple threads
880 * Even when only using libusb_handle_events() and synchronous I/O functions,
881 * you can still have a race condition. You might be tempted to solve the
882 * above with libusb_handle_events() like so:
885 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
888 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
890 printf("completed!");
893 * This however has a race between the checking of completed and
894 * libusb_handle_events() acquiring the events lock, so another thread
895 * could have completed the transfer, resulting in this thread hanging
896 * until either a timeout or another event occurs. See also commit
897 * 6696512aade99bb15d6792af90ae329af270eba6 which fixes this in the
898 * synchronous API implementation of libusb.
900 * Fixing this race requires checking the variable completed only after
901 * taking the event lock, which defeats the concept of just calling
902 * libusb_handle_events() without worrying about locking. This is why
903 * libusb-1.0.9 introduces the new libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed()
904 * and libusb_handle_events_completed() functions, which handles doing the
905 * completion check for you after they have acquired the lock:
908 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
911 libusb_handle_events_completed(ctx, &completed);
913 printf("completed!");
916 * This nicely fixes the race in our example. Note that if all you want to
917 * do is submit a single transfer and wait for its completion, then using
918 * one of the synchronous I/O functions is much easier.
921 * The `completed` variable must be modified while holding the event lock,
922 * otherwise a race condition can still exist. It is simplest to do so from
923 * within the transfer callback as shown above.
925 * \section eventlock The events lock
927 * The problem is when we consider the fact that libusb exposes file
928 * descriptors to allow for you to integrate asynchronous USB I/O into
929 * existing main loops, effectively allowing you to do some work behind
930 * libusb's back. If you do take libusb's file descriptors and pass them to
931 * poll()/select() yourself, you need to be aware of the associated issues.
933 * The first concept to be introduced is the events lock. The events lock
934 * is used to serialize threads that want to handle events, such that only
935 * one thread is handling events at any one time.
937 * You must take the events lock before polling libusb file descriptors,
938 * using libusb_lock_events(). You must release the lock as soon as you have
939 * aborted your poll()/select() loop, using libusb_unlock_events().
941 * \section threadwait Letting other threads do the work for you
943 * Although the events lock is a critical part of the solution, it is not
944 * enough on it's own. You might wonder if the following is sufficient...
946 libusb_lock_events(ctx);
948 poll(libusb file descriptors, 120*1000);
949 if (poll indicates activity)
950 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
952 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
954 * ...and the answer is that it is not. This is because the transfer in the
955 * code shown above may take a long time (say 30 seconds) to complete, and
956 * the lock is not released until the transfer is completed.
958 * Another thread with similar code that wants to do event handling may be
959 * working with a transfer that completes after a few milliseconds. Despite
960 * having such a quick completion time, the other thread cannot check that
961 * status of its transfer until the code above has finished (30 seconds later)
962 * due to contention on the lock.
964 * To solve this, libusb offers you a mechanism to determine when another
965 * thread is handling events. It also offers a mechanism to block your thread
966 * until the event handling thread has completed an event (and this mechanism
967 * does not involve polling of file descriptors).
969 * After determining that another thread is currently handling events, you
970 * obtain the <em>event waiters</em> lock using libusb_lock_event_waiters().
971 * You then re-check that some other thread is still handling events, and if
972 * so, you call libusb_wait_for_event().
974 * libusb_wait_for_event() puts your application to sleep until an event
975 * occurs, or until a thread releases the events lock. When either of these
976 * things happen, your thread is woken up, and should re-check the condition
977 * it was waiting on. It should also re-check that another thread is handling
978 * events, and if not, it should start handling events itself.
980 * This looks like the following, as pseudo-code:
983 if (libusb_try_lock_events(ctx) == 0) {
984 // we obtained the event lock: do our own event handling
986 if (!libusb_event_handling_ok(ctx)) {
987 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
990 poll(libusb file descriptors, 120*1000);
991 if (poll indicates activity)
992 libusb_handle_events_locked(ctx, 0);
994 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
996 // another thread is doing event handling. wait for it to signal us that
997 // an event has completed
998 libusb_lock_event_waiters(ctx);
1000 while (!completed) {
1001 // now that we have the event waiters lock, double check that another
1002 // thread is still handling events for us. (it may have ceased handling
1003 // events in the time it took us to reach this point)
1004 if (!libusb_event_handler_active(ctx)) {
1005 // whoever was handling events is no longer doing so, try again
1006 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
1010 libusb_wait_for_event(ctx, NULL);
1012 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
1014 printf("completed!\n");
1017 * A naive look at the above code may suggest that this can only support
1018 * one event waiter (hence a total of 2 competing threads, the other doing
1019 * event handling), because the event waiter seems to have taken the event
1020 * waiters lock while waiting for an event. However, the system does support
1021 * multiple event waiters, because libusb_wait_for_event() actually drops
1022 * the lock while waiting, and reacquires it before continuing.
1024 * We have now implemented code which can dynamically handle situations where
1025 * nobody is handling events (so we should do it ourselves), and it can also
1026 * handle situations where another thread is doing event handling (so we can
1027 * piggyback onto them). It is also equipped to handle a combination of
1028 * the two, for example, another thread is doing event handling, but for
1029 * whatever reason it stops doing so before our condition is met, so we take
1030 * over the event handling.
1032 * Four functions were introduced in the above pseudo-code. Their importance
1033 * should be apparent from the code shown above.
1034 * -# libusb_try_lock_events() is a non-blocking function which attempts
1035 * to acquire the events lock but returns a failure code if it is contended.
1036 * -# libusb_event_handling_ok() checks that libusb is still happy for your
1037 * thread to be performing event handling. Sometimes, libusb needs to
1038 * interrupt the event handler, and this is how you can check if you have
1039 * been interrupted. If this function returns 0, the correct behaviour is
1040 * for you to give up the event handling lock, and then to repeat the cycle.
1041 * The following libusb_try_lock_events() will fail, so you will become an
1042 * events waiter. For more information on this, read \ref fullstory below.
1043 * -# libusb_handle_events_locked() is a variant of
1044 * libusb_handle_events_timeout() that you can call while holding the
1045 * events lock. libusb_handle_events_timeout() itself implements similar
1046 * logic to the above, so be sure not to call it when you are
1047 * "working behind libusb's back", as is the case here.
1048 * -# libusb_event_handler_active() determines if someone is currently
1049 * holding the events lock
1051 * You might be wondering why there is no function to wake up all threads
1052 * blocked on libusb_wait_for_event(). This is because libusb can do this
1053 * internally: it will wake up all such threads when someone calls
1054 * libusb_unlock_events() or when a transfer completes (at the point after its
1055 * callback has returned).
1057 * \subsection fullstory The full story
1059 * The above explanation should be enough to get you going, but if you're
1060 * really thinking through the issues then you may be left with some more
1061 * questions regarding libusb's internals. If you're curious, read on, and if
1062 * not, skip to the next section to avoid confusing yourself!
1064 * The immediate question that may spring to mind is: what if one thread
1065 * modifies the set of file descriptors that need to be polled while another
1066 * thread is doing event handling?
1068 * There are 2 situations in which this may happen.
1069 * -# libusb_open() will add another file descriptor to the poll set,
1070 * therefore it is desirable to interrupt the event handler so that it
1071 * restarts, picking up the new descriptor.
1072 * -# libusb_close() will remove a file descriptor from the poll set. There
1073 * are all kinds of race conditions that could arise here, so it is
1074 * important that nobody is doing event handling at this time.
1076 * libusb handles these issues internally, so application developers do not
1077 * have to stop their event handlers while opening/closing devices. Here's how
1078 * it works, focusing on the libusb_close() situation first:
1080 * -# During initialization, libusb opens an internal pipe, and it adds the read
1081 * end of this pipe to the set of file descriptors to be polled.
1082 * -# During libusb_close(), libusb writes some dummy data on this event pipe.
1083 * This immediately interrupts the event handler. libusb also records
1084 * internally that it is trying to interrupt event handlers for this
1085 * high-priority event.
1086 * -# At this point, some of the functions described above start behaving
1088 * - libusb_event_handling_ok() starts returning 1, indicating that it is NOT
1089 * OK for event handling to continue.
1090 * - libusb_try_lock_events() starts returning 1, indicating that another
1091 * thread holds the event handling lock, even if the lock is uncontended.
1092 * - libusb_event_handler_active() starts returning 1, indicating that
1093 * another thread is doing event handling, even if that is not true.
1094 * -# The above changes in behaviour result in the event handler stopping and
1095 * giving up the events lock very quickly, giving the high-priority
1096 * libusb_close() operation a "free ride" to acquire the events lock. All
1097 * threads that are competing to do event handling become event waiters.
1098 * -# With the events lock held inside libusb_close(), libusb can safely remove
1099 * a file descriptor from the poll set, in the safety of knowledge that
1100 * nobody is polling those descriptors or trying to access the poll set.
1101 * -# After obtaining the events lock, the close operation completes very
1102 * quickly (usually a matter of milliseconds) and then immediately releases
1104 * -# At the same time, the behaviour of libusb_event_handling_ok() and friends
1105 * reverts to the original, documented behaviour.
1106 * -# The release of the events lock causes the threads that are waiting for
1107 * events to be woken up and to start competing to become event handlers
1108 * again. One of them will succeed; it will then re-obtain the list of poll
1109 * descriptors, and USB I/O will then continue as normal.
1111 * libusb_open() is similar, and is actually a more simplistic case. Upon a
1112 * call to libusb_open():
1114 * -# The device is opened and a file descriptor is added to the poll set.
1115 * -# libusb sends some dummy data on the event pipe, and records that it
1116 * is trying to modify the poll descriptor set.
1117 * -# The event handler is interrupted, and the same behaviour change as for
1118 * libusb_close() takes effect, causing all event handling threads to become
1120 * -# The libusb_open() implementation takes its free ride to the events lock.
1121 * -# Happy that it has successfully paused the events handler, libusb_open()
1122 * releases the events lock.
1123 * -# The event waiter threads are all woken up and compete to become event
1124 * handlers again. The one that succeeds will obtain the list of poll
1125 * descriptors again, which will include the addition of the new device.
1127 * \subsection concl Closing remarks
1129 * The above may seem a little complicated, but hopefully I have made it clear
1130 * why such complications are necessary. Also, do not forget that this only
1131 * applies to applications that take libusb's file descriptors and integrate
1132 * them into their own polling loops.
1134 * You may decide that it is OK for your multi-threaded application to ignore
1135 * some of the rules and locks detailed above, because you don't think that
1136 * two threads can ever be polling the descriptors at the same time. If that
1137 * is the case, then that's good news for you because you don't have to worry.
1138 * But be careful here; remember that the synchronous I/O functions do event
1139 * handling internally. If you have one thread doing event handling in a loop
1140 * (without implementing the rules and locking semantics documented above)
1141 * and another trying to send a synchronous USB transfer, you will end up with
1142 * two threads monitoring the same descriptors, and the above-described
1143 * undesirable behaviour occurring. The solution is for your polling thread to
1144 * play by the rules; the synchronous I/O functions do so, and this will result
1145 * in them getting along in perfect harmony.
1147 * If you do have a dedicated thread doing event handling, it is perfectly
1148 * legal for it to take the event handling lock for long periods of time. Any
1149 * synchronous I/O functions you call from other threads will transparently
1150 * fall back to the "event waiters" mechanism detailed above. The only
1151 * consideration that your event handling thread must apply is the one related
1152 * to libusb_event_handling_ok(): you must call this before every poll(), and
1153 * give up the events lock if instructed.
1156 int usbi_io_init(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1160 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1161 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->events_lock);
1162 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1163 usbi_cond_init(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1164 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1165 usbi_tls_key_create(&ctx->event_handling_key);
1166 list_init(&ctx->flying_transfers);
1167 list_init(&ctx->event_sources);
1168 list_init(&ctx->removed_event_sources);
1169 list_init(&ctx->hotplug_msgs);
1170 list_init(&ctx->completed_transfers);
1172 r = usbi_create_event(&ctx->event);
1176 r = usbi_add_event_source(ctx, USBI_EVENT_OS_HANDLE(&ctx->event), USBI_EVENT_POLL_EVENTS);
1178 goto err_destroy_event;
1180 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
1181 r = usbi_create_timer(&ctx->timer);
1183 usbi_dbg(ctx, "using timer for timeouts");
1184 r = usbi_add_event_source(ctx, USBI_TIMER_OS_HANDLE(&ctx->timer), USBI_TIMER_POLL_EVENTS);
1186 goto err_destroy_timer;
1188 usbi_dbg(ctx, "timer not available for timeouts");
1194 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
1196 usbi_destroy_timer(&ctx->timer);
1197 usbi_remove_event_source(ctx, USBI_EVENT_OS_HANDLE(&ctx->event));
1200 usbi_destroy_event(&ctx->event);
1202 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1203 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->events_lock);
1204 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1205 usbi_cond_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1206 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1207 usbi_tls_key_delete(ctx->event_handling_key);
1211 static void cleanup_removed_event_sources(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1213 struct usbi_event_source *ievent_source, *tmp;
1215 for_each_removed_event_source_safe(ctx, ievent_source, tmp) {
1216 list_del(&ievent_source->list);
1217 free(ievent_source);
1221 void usbi_io_exit(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1223 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
1224 if (usbi_using_timer(ctx)) {
1225 usbi_remove_event_source(ctx, USBI_TIMER_OS_HANDLE(&ctx->timer));
1226 usbi_destroy_timer(&ctx->timer);
1229 usbi_remove_event_source(ctx, USBI_EVENT_OS_HANDLE(&ctx->event));
1230 usbi_destroy_event(&ctx->event);
1231 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1232 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->events_lock);
1233 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1234 usbi_cond_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1235 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1236 usbi_tls_key_delete(ctx->event_handling_key);
1237 cleanup_removed_event_sources(ctx);
1238 free(ctx->event_data);
1241 static void calculate_timeout(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1243 unsigned int timeout =
1244 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer)->timeout;
1247 TIMESPEC_CLEAR(&itransfer->timeout);
1251 usbi_get_monotonic_time(&itransfer->timeout);
1253 itransfer->timeout.tv_sec += timeout / 1000U;
1254 itransfer->timeout.tv_nsec += (timeout % 1000U) * 1000000L;
1255 if (itransfer->timeout.tv_nsec >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
1256 ++itransfer->timeout.tv_sec;
1257 itransfer->timeout.tv_nsec -= NSEC_PER_SEC;
1261 /** \ingroup libusb_asyncio
1262 * Allocate a libusb transfer with a specified number of isochronous packet
1263 * descriptors. The returned transfer is pre-initialized for you. When the new
1264 * transfer is no longer needed, it should be freed with
1265 * libusb_free_transfer().
1267 * Transfers intended for non-isochronous endpoints (e.g. control, bulk,
1268 * interrupt) should specify an iso_packets count of zero.
1270 * For transfers intended for isochronous endpoints, specify an appropriate
1271 * number of packet descriptors to be allocated as part of the transfer.
1272 * The returned transfer is not specially initialized for isochronous I/O;
1273 * you are still required to set the
1274 * \ref libusb_transfer::num_iso_packets "num_iso_packets" and
1275 * \ref libusb_transfer::type "type" fields accordingly.
1277 * It is safe to allocate a transfer with some isochronous packets and then
1278 * use it on a non-isochronous endpoint. If you do this, ensure that at time
1279 * of submission, num_iso_packets is 0 and that type is set appropriately.
1281 * \param iso_packets number of isochronous packet descriptors to allocate. Must be non-negative.
1282 * \returns a newly allocated transfer, or NULL on error
1285 struct libusb_transfer * LIBUSB_CALL libusb_alloc_transfer(
1291 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
1292 struct libusb_transfer *transfer;
1294 assert(iso_packets >= 0);
1295 if (iso_packets < 0)
1298 priv_size = PTR_ALIGN(usbi_backend.transfer_priv_size);
1299 alloc_size = priv_size
1300 + sizeof(struct usbi_transfer)
1301 + sizeof(struct libusb_transfer)
1302 + (sizeof(struct libusb_iso_packet_descriptor) * (size_t)iso_packets);
1303 ptr = calloc(1, alloc_size);
1307 itransfer = (struct usbi_transfer *)(ptr + priv_size);
1308 itransfer->num_iso_packets = iso_packets;
1309 itransfer->priv = ptr;
1310 usbi_mutex_init(&itransfer->lock);
1311 transfer = USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1315 /** \ingroup libusb_asyncio
1316 * Free a transfer structure. This should be called for all transfers
1317 * allocated with libusb_alloc_transfer().
1319 * If the \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER
1320 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER" flag is set and the transfer buffer is
1321 * non-NULL, this function will also free the transfer buffer using the
1322 * standard system memory allocator (e.g. free()).
1324 * It is legal to call this function with a NULL transfer. In this case,
1325 * the function will simply return safely.
1327 * It is not legal to free an active transfer (one which has been submitted
1328 * and has not yet completed).
1330 * \param transfer the transfer to free
1332 void API_EXPORTED libusb_free_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1334 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
1341 usbi_dbg(TRANSFER_CTX(transfer), "transfer %p", transfer);
1342 if (transfer->flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER)
1343 free(transfer->buffer);
1345 itransfer = LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1346 usbi_mutex_destroy(&itransfer->lock);
1348 priv_size = PTR_ALIGN(usbi_backend.transfer_priv_size);
1349 ptr = (unsigned char *)itransfer - priv_size;
1350 assert(ptr == itransfer->priv);
1354 /* iterates through the flying transfers, and rearms the timer based on the
1355 * next upcoming timeout.
1356 * must be called with flying_list locked.
1357 * returns 0 on success or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
1359 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
1360 static int arm_timer_for_next_timeout(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1362 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
1364 if (!usbi_using_timer(ctx))
1367 for_each_transfer(ctx, itransfer) {
1368 struct timespec *cur_ts = &itransfer->timeout;
1370 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, then we have no
1372 if (!TIMESPEC_IS_SET(cur_ts))
1375 /* act on first transfer that has not already been handled */
1376 if (!(itransfer->timeout_flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT_HANDLED | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))) {
1377 usbi_dbg(ctx, "next timeout originally %ums", USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer)->timeout);
1378 return usbi_arm_timer(&ctx->timer, cur_ts);
1382 usbi_dbg(ctx, "no timeouts, disarming timer");
1383 return usbi_disarm_timer(&ctx->timer);
1386 static inline int arm_timer_for_next_timeout(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1393 /* add a transfer to the (timeout-sorted) active transfers list.
1394 * This function will return non 0 if fails to update the timer,
1395 * in which case the transfer is *not* on the flying_transfers list. */
1396 static int add_to_flying_list(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1398 struct usbi_transfer *cur;
1399 struct timespec *timeout = &itransfer->timeout;
1400 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(itransfer);
1404 calculate_timeout(itransfer);
1406 /* if we have no other flying transfers, start the list with this one */
1407 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers)) {
1408 list_add(&itransfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1412 /* if we have infinite timeout, append to end of list */
1413 if (!TIMESPEC_IS_SET(timeout)) {
1414 list_add_tail(&itransfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1415 /* first is irrelevant in this case */
1419 /* otherwise, find appropriate place in list */
1420 for_each_transfer(ctx, cur) {
1421 /* find first timeout that occurs after the transfer in question */
1422 struct timespec *cur_ts = &cur->timeout;
1424 if (!TIMESPEC_IS_SET(cur_ts) || TIMESPEC_CMP(cur_ts, timeout, >)) {
1425 list_add_tail(&itransfer->list, &cur->list);
1430 /* first is 0 at this stage (list not empty) */
1432 /* otherwise we need to be inserted at the end */
1433 list_add_tail(&itransfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1435 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
1436 if (first && usbi_using_timer(ctx) && TIMESPEC_IS_SET(timeout)) {
1437 /* if this transfer has the lowest timeout of all active transfers,
1438 * rearm the timer with this transfer's timeout */
1439 usbi_dbg(ctx, "arm timer for timeout in %ums (first in line)",
1440 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer)->timeout);
1441 r = usbi_arm_timer(&ctx->timer, timeout);
1448 list_del(&itransfer->list);
1453 /* remove a transfer from the active transfers list.
1454 * This function will *always* remove the transfer from the
1455 * flying_transfers list. It will return a LIBUSB_ERROR code
1456 * if it fails to update the timer for the next timeout. */
1457 static int remove_from_flying_list(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1459 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(itransfer);
1463 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1464 rearm_timer = (TIMESPEC_IS_SET(&itransfer->timeout) &&
1465 list_first_entry(&ctx->flying_transfers, struct usbi_transfer, list) == itransfer);
1466 list_del(&itransfer->list);
1468 r = arm_timer_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1469 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1474 /** \ingroup libusb_asyncio
1475 * Submit a transfer. This function will fire off the USB transfer and then
1476 * return immediately.
1478 * \param transfer the transfer to submit
1479 * \returns 0 on success
1480 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected
1481 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY if the transfer has already been submitted.
1482 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the transfer flags are not supported
1483 * by the operating system.
1484 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if the transfer size is larger than
1485 * the operating system and/or hardware can support (see \ref asynclimits)
1486 * \returns another LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure
1488 int API_EXPORTED libusb_submit_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1490 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1491 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1492 struct libusb_context *ctx = TRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1495 usbi_dbg(ctx, "transfer %p", transfer);
1498 * Important note on locking, this function takes / releases locks
1499 * in the following order:
1500 * take flying_transfers_lock
1501 * take itransfer->lock
1503 * add to flying_transfers list
1504 * release flying_transfers_lock
1506 * release itransfer->lock
1508 * take flying_transfers_lock
1509 * remove from flying_transfers list
1510 * release flying_transfers_lock
1512 * Note that it takes locks in the order a-b and then releases them
1513 * in the same order a-b. This is somewhat unusual but not wrong,
1514 * release order is not important as long as *all* locks are released
1515 * before re-acquiring any locks.
1517 * This means that the ordering of first releasing itransfer->lock
1518 * and then re-acquiring the flying_transfers_list on error is
1519 * important and must not be changed!
1521 * This is done this way because when we take both locks we must always
1522 * take flying_transfers_lock first to avoid ab-ba style deadlocks with
1523 * the timeout handling and usbi_handle_disconnect paths.
1525 * And we cannot release itransfer->lock before the submission is
1526 * complete otherwise timeout handling for transfers with short
1527 * timeouts may run before submission.
1529 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1530 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1531 if (itransfer->state_flags & USBI_TRANSFER_IN_FLIGHT) {
1532 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1533 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1534 return LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY;
1536 itransfer->transferred = 0;
1537 itransfer->state_flags = 0;
1538 itransfer->timeout_flags = 0;
1539 r = add_to_flying_list(itransfer);
1541 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1542 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1546 * We must release the flying transfers lock here, because with
1547 * some backends the submit_transfer method is synchronous.
1549 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1551 r = usbi_backend.submit_transfer(itransfer);
1552 if (r == LIBUSB_SUCCESS) {
1553 itransfer->state_flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_IN_FLIGHT;
1554 /* keep a reference to this device */
1555 libusb_ref_device(transfer->dev_handle->dev);
1557 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1559 if (r != LIBUSB_SUCCESS)
1560 remove_from_flying_list(itransfer);
1565 /** \ingroup libusb_asyncio
1566 * Asynchronously cancel a previously submitted transfer.
1567 * This function returns immediately, but this does not indicate cancellation
1568 * is complete. Your callback function will be invoked at some later time
1569 * with a transfer status of
1570 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED
1571 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED."
1573 * \param transfer the transfer to cancel
1574 * \returns 0 on success
1575 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the transfer is not in progress,
1576 * already complete, or already cancelled.
1577 * \returns a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
1579 int API_EXPORTED libusb_cancel_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1581 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1582 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1583 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(itransfer);
1586 usbi_dbg(ctx, "transfer %p", transfer );
1587 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1588 if (!(itransfer->state_flags & USBI_TRANSFER_IN_FLIGHT)
1589 || (itransfer->state_flags & USBI_TRANSFER_CANCELLING)) {
1590 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND;
1593 r = usbi_backend.cancel_transfer(itransfer);
1595 if (r != LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND &&
1596 r != LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE)
1597 usbi_err(ctx, "cancel transfer failed error %d", r);
1599 usbi_dbg(ctx, "cancel transfer failed error %d", r);
1601 if (r == LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE)
1602 itransfer->state_flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_DEVICE_DISAPPEARED;
1605 itransfer->state_flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_CANCELLING;
1608 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1612 /** \ingroup libusb_asyncio
1613 * Set a transfers bulk stream id. Note users are advised to use
1614 * libusb_fill_bulk_stream_transfer() instead of calling this function
1617 * Since version 1.0.19, \ref LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000103
1619 * \param transfer the transfer to set the stream id for
1620 * \param stream_id the stream id to set
1621 * \see libusb_alloc_streams()
1623 void API_EXPORTED libusb_transfer_set_stream_id(
1624 struct libusb_transfer *transfer, uint32_t stream_id)
1626 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1627 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1629 itransfer->stream_id = stream_id;
1632 /** \ingroup libusb_asyncio
1633 * Get a transfers bulk stream id.
1635 * Since version 1.0.19, \ref LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000103
1637 * \param transfer the transfer to get the stream id for
1638 * \returns the stream id for the transfer
1640 uint32_t API_EXPORTED libusb_transfer_get_stream_id(
1641 struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1643 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1644 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1646 return itransfer->stream_id;
1649 /* Handle completion of a transfer (completion might be an error condition).
1650 * This will invoke the user-supplied callback function, which may end up
1651 * freeing the transfer. Therefore you cannot use the transfer structure
1652 * after calling this function, and you should free all backend-specific
1653 * data before calling it.
1654 * Do not call this function with the usbi_transfer lock held. User-specified
1655 * callback functions may attempt to directly resubmit the transfer, which
1656 * will attempt to take the lock. */
1657 int usbi_handle_transfer_completion(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer,
1658 enum libusb_transfer_status status)
1660 struct libusb_transfer *transfer =
1661 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1662 struct libusb_device_handle *dev_handle = transfer->dev_handle;
1663 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(itransfer);
1667 r = remove_from_flying_list(itransfer);
1669 usbi_err(ctx, "failed to set timer for next timeout");
1671 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1672 itransfer->state_flags &= ~USBI_TRANSFER_IN_FLIGHT;
1673 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1675 if (status == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED
1676 && transfer->flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK) {
1677 int rqlen = transfer->length;
1678 if (transfer->type == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_CONTROL)
1679 rqlen -= LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE;
1680 if (rqlen != itransfer->transferred) {
1681 usbi_dbg(ctx, "interpreting short transfer as error");
1682 status = LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR;
1686 flags = transfer->flags;
1687 transfer->status = status;
1688 transfer->actual_length = itransfer->transferred;
1689 usbi_dbg(ctx, "transfer %p has callback %p", transfer, transfer->callback);
1690 if (transfer->callback)
1691 transfer->callback(transfer);
1692 /* transfer might have been freed by the above call, do not use from
1694 if (flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER)
1695 libusb_free_transfer(transfer);
1696 libusb_unref_device(dev_handle->dev);
1700 /* Similar to usbi_handle_transfer_completion() but exclusively for transfers
1701 * that were asynchronously cancelled. The same concerns w.r.t. freeing of
1702 * transfers exist here.
1703 * Do not call this function with the usbi_transfer lock held. User-specified
1704 * callback functions may attempt to directly resubmit the transfer, which
1705 * will attempt to take the lock. */
1706 int usbi_handle_transfer_cancellation(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1708 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(itransfer);
1711 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1712 timed_out = itransfer->timeout_flags & USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT;
1713 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1715 /* if the URB was cancelled due to timeout, report timeout to the user */
1717 usbi_dbg(ctx, "detected timeout cancellation");
1718 return usbi_handle_transfer_completion(itransfer, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT);
1721 /* otherwise its a normal async cancel */
1722 return usbi_handle_transfer_completion(itransfer, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED);
1725 /* Add a completed transfer to the completed_transfers list of the
1726 * context and signal the event. The backend's handle_transfer_completion()
1727 * function will be called the next time an event handler runs. */
1728 void usbi_signal_transfer_completion(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1730 libusb_device_handle *dev_handle = USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer)->dev_handle;
1733 struct libusb_context *ctx = HANDLE_CTX(dev_handle);
1734 unsigned int event_flags;
1736 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1737 event_flags = ctx->event_flags;
1738 ctx->event_flags |= USBI_EVENT_TRANSFER_COMPLETED;
1739 list_add_tail(&itransfer->completed_list, &ctx->completed_transfers);
1741 usbi_signal_event(&ctx->event);
1742 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1746 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1747 * Attempt to acquire the event handling lock. This lock is used to ensure that
1748 * only one thread is monitoring libusb event sources at any one time.
1750 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1751 * which calls poll() or select() on libusb's file descriptors directly.
1752 * If you stick to libusb's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1753 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1756 * While holding this lock, you are trusted to actually be handling events.
1757 * If you are no longer handling events, you must call libusb_unlock_events()
1758 * as soon as possible.
1760 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1761 * \returns 0 if the lock was obtained successfully
1762 * \returns 1 if the lock was not obtained (i.e. another thread holds the lock)
1763 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1765 int API_EXPORTED libusb_try_lock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1770 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1772 /* is someone else waiting to close a device? if so, don't let this thread
1773 * start event handling */
1774 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1775 ru = ctx->device_close;
1776 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1778 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone else is closing a device");
1782 r = usbi_mutex_trylock(&ctx->events_lock);
1786 ctx->event_handler_active = 1;
1790 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1791 * Acquire the event handling lock, blocking until successful acquisition if
1792 * it is contended. This lock is used to ensure that only one thread is
1793 * monitoring libusb event sources at any one time.
1795 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1796 * which calls poll() or select() on libusb's file descriptors directly.
1797 * If you stick to libusb's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1798 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1801 * While holding this lock, you are trusted to actually be handling events.
1802 * If you are no longer handling events, you must call libusb_unlock_events()
1803 * as soon as possible.
1805 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1806 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1808 void API_EXPORTED libusb_lock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1810 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1811 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->events_lock);
1812 ctx->event_handler_active = 1;
1815 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1816 * Release the lock previously acquired with libusb_try_lock_events() or
1817 * libusb_lock_events(). Releasing this lock will wake up any threads blocked
1818 * on libusb_wait_for_event().
1820 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1821 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1823 void API_EXPORTED libusb_unlock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1825 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1826 ctx->event_handler_active = 0;
1827 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->events_lock);
1829 /* FIXME: perhaps we should be a bit more efficient by not broadcasting
1830 * the availability of the events lock when we are modifying pollfds
1831 * (check ctx->device_close)? */
1832 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1833 usbi_cond_broadcast(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1834 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1837 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1838 * Determine if it is still OK for this thread to be doing event handling.
1840 * Sometimes, libusb needs to temporarily pause all event handlers, and this
1841 * is the function you should use before polling file descriptors to see if
1844 * If this function instructs your thread to give up the events lock, you
1845 * should just continue the usual logic that is documented in \ref libusb_mtasync.
1846 * On the next iteration, your thread will fail to obtain the events lock,
1847 * and will hence become an event waiter.
1849 * This function should be called while the events lock is held: you don't
1850 * need to worry about the results of this function if your thread is not
1851 * the current event handler.
1853 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1854 * \returns 1 if event handling can start or continue
1855 * \returns 0 if this thread must give up the events lock
1856 * \ref fullstory "Multi-threaded I/O: the full story"
1858 int API_EXPORTED libusb_event_handling_ok(libusb_context *ctx)
1862 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1864 /* is someone else waiting to close a device? if so, don't let this thread
1865 * continue event handling */
1866 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1867 r = ctx->device_close;
1868 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1870 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone else is closing a device");
1878 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1879 * Determine if an active thread is handling events (i.e. if anyone is holding
1880 * the event handling lock).
1882 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1883 * \returns 1 if a thread is handling events
1884 * \returns 0 if there are no threads currently handling events
1885 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1887 int API_EXPORTED libusb_event_handler_active(libusb_context *ctx)
1891 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1893 /* is someone else waiting to close a device? if so, don't let this thread
1894 * start event handling -- indicate that event handling is happening */
1895 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1896 r = ctx->device_close;
1897 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1899 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone else is closing a device");
1903 return ctx->event_handler_active;
1906 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1907 * Interrupt any active thread that is handling events. This is mainly useful
1908 * for interrupting a dedicated event handling thread when an application
1909 * wishes to call libusb_exit().
1911 * Since version 1.0.21, \ref LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000105
1913 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1914 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1916 void API_EXPORTED libusb_interrupt_event_handler(libusb_context *ctx)
1918 unsigned int event_flags;
1922 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1923 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1925 event_flags = ctx->event_flags;
1926 ctx->event_flags |= USBI_EVENT_USER_INTERRUPT;
1928 usbi_signal_event(&ctx->event);
1930 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1933 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1934 * Acquire the event waiters lock. This lock is designed to be obtained under
1935 * the situation where you want to be aware when events are completed, but
1936 * some other thread is event handling so calling libusb_handle_events() is not
1939 * You then obtain this lock, re-check that another thread is still handling
1940 * events, then call libusb_wait_for_event().
1942 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1943 * which calls poll() or select() on libusb's file descriptors directly,
1944 * <b>and</b> may potentially be handling events from 2 threads simultaneously.
1945 * If you stick to libusb's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1946 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1949 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1950 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1952 void API_EXPORTED libusb_lock_event_waiters(libusb_context *ctx)
1954 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1955 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1958 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1959 * Release the event waiters lock.
1960 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1961 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1963 void API_EXPORTED libusb_unlock_event_waiters(libusb_context *ctx)
1965 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
1966 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1969 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
1970 * Wait for another thread to signal completion of an event. Must be called
1971 * with the event waiters lock held, see libusb_lock_event_waiters().
1973 * This function will block until any of the following conditions are met:
1974 * -# The timeout expires
1975 * -# A transfer completes
1976 * -# A thread releases the event handling lock through libusb_unlock_events()
1978 * Condition 1 is obvious. Condition 2 unblocks your thread <em>after</em>
1979 * the callback for the transfer has completed. Condition 3 is important
1980 * because it means that the thread that was previously handling events is no
1981 * longer doing so, so if any events are to complete, another thread needs to
1982 * step up and start event handling.
1984 * This function releases the event waiters lock before putting your thread
1985 * to sleep, and reacquires the lock as it is being woken up.
1987 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1988 * \param tv maximum timeout for this blocking function. A NULL value
1989 * indicates unlimited timeout.
1990 * \returns 0 after a transfer completes or another thread stops event handling
1991 * \returns 1 if the timeout expired
1992 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if timeval is invalid
1993 * \ref libusb_mtasync
1995 int API_EXPORTED libusb_wait_for_event(libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv)
1999 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2001 usbi_cond_wait(&ctx->event_waiters_cond, &ctx->event_waiters_lock);
2005 if (!TIMEVAL_IS_VALID(tv))
2006 return LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM;
2008 r = usbi_cond_timedwait(&ctx->event_waiters_cond,
2009 &ctx->event_waiters_lock, tv);
2011 return r == LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT;
2016 static void handle_timeout(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
2018 struct libusb_transfer *transfer =
2019 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
2022 itransfer->timeout_flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT_HANDLED;
2023 r = libusb_cancel_transfer(transfer);
2024 if (r == LIBUSB_SUCCESS)
2025 itransfer->timeout_flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT;
2027 usbi_warn(TRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
2028 "async cancel failed %d", r);
2031 static void handle_timeouts_locked(struct libusb_context *ctx)
2033 struct timespec systime;
2034 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
2036 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers))
2039 /* get current time */
2040 usbi_get_monotonic_time(&systime);
2042 /* iterate through flying transfers list, finding all transfers that
2043 * have expired timeouts */
2044 for_each_transfer(ctx, itransfer) {
2045 struct timespec *cur_ts = &itransfer->timeout;
2047 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, we're all done */
2048 if (!TIMESPEC_IS_SET(cur_ts))
2051 /* ignore timeouts we've already handled */
2052 if (itransfer->timeout_flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT_HANDLED | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))
2055 /* if transfer has non-expired timeout, nothing more to do */
2056 if (TIMESPEC_CMP(cur_ts, &systime, >))
2059 /* otherwise, we've got an expired timeout to handle */
2060 handle_timeout(itransfer);
2064 static void handle_timeouts(struct libusb_context *ctx)
2066 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2067 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2068 handle_timeouts_locked(ctx);
2069 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2072 static int handle_event_trigger(struct libusb_context *ctx)
2074 struct list_head hotplug_msgs;
2075 int hotplug_event = 0;
2078 usbi_dbg(ctx, "event triggered");
2080 list_init(&hotplug_msgs);
2082 /* take the the event data lock while processing events */
2083 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2085 /* check if someone modified the event sources */
2086 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_EVENT_SOURCES_MODIFIED)
2087 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone updated the event sources");
2089 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_USER_INTERRUPT) {
2090 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone purposefully interrupted");
2091 ctx->event_flags &= ~USBI_EVENT_USER_INTERRUPT;
2094 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_HOTPLUG_CB_DEREGISTERED) {
2095 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone unregistered a hotplug cb");
2096 ctx->event_flags &= ~USBI_EVENT_HOTPLUG_CB_DEREGISTERED;
2100 /* check if someone is closing a device */
2101 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_DEVICE_CLOSE)
2102 usbi_dbg(ctx, "someone is closing a device");
2104 /* check for any pending hotplug messages */
2105 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_HOTPLUG_MSG_PENDING) {
2106 usbi_dbg(ctx, "hotplug message received");
2107 ctx->event_flags &= ~USBI_EVENT_HOTPLUG_MSG_PENDING;
2109 assert(!list_empty(&ctx->hotplug_msgs));
2110 list_cut(&hotplug_msgs, &ctx->hotplug_msgs);
2113 /* complete any pending transfers */
2114 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_TRANSFER_COMPLETED) {
2115 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer, *tmp;
2116 struct list_head completed_transfers;
2118 assert(!list_empty(&ctx->completed_transfers));
2119 list_cut(&completed_transfers, &ctx->completed_transfers);
2120 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2122 __for_each_completed_transfer_safe(&completed_transfers, itransfer, tmp) {
2123 list_del(&itransfer->completed_list);
2124 r = usbi_backend.handle_transfer_completion(itransfer);
2126 usbi_err(ctx, "backend handle_transfer_completion failed with error %d", r);
2131 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2132 if (!list_empty(&completed_transfers)) {
2133 /* an error occurred, put the remaining transfers back on the list */
2134 list_splice_front(&completed_transfers, &ctx->completed_transfers);
2135 } else if (list_empty(&ctx->completed_transfers)) {
2136 ctx->event_flags &= ~USBI_EVENT_TRANSFER_COMPLETED;
2140 /* if no further pending events, clear the event */
2141 if (!ctx->event_flags)
2142 usbi_clear_event(&ctx->event);
2144 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2146 /* process the hotplug events, if any */
2148 usbi_hotplug_process(ctx, &hotplug_msgs);
2153 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
2154 static int handle_timer_trigger(struct libusb_context *ctx)
2158 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2160 /* process the timeout that just happened */
2161 handle_timeouts_locked(ctx);
2163 /* arm for next timeout */
2164 r = arm_timer_for_next_timeout(ctx);
2166 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2172 /* do the actual event handling. assumes that no other thread is concurrently
2173 * doing the same thing. */
2174 static int handle_events(struct libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv)
2176 struct usbi_reported_events reported_events;
2179 /* prevent attempts to recursively handle events (e.g. calling into
2180 * libusb_handle_events() from within a hotplug or transfer callback) */
2181 if (usbi_handling_events(ctx))
2182 return LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY;
2184 /* only reallocate the event source data when the list of event sources has
2185 * been modified since the last handle_events(), otherwise reuse them to
2186 * save the additional overhead */
2187 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2188 if (ctx->event_flags & USBI_EVENT_EVENT_SOURCES_MODIFIED) {
2189 usbi_dbg(ctx, "event sources modified, reallocating event data");
2191 /* free anything removed since we last ran */
2192 cleanup_removed_event_sources(ctx);
2194 r = usbi_alloc_event_data(ctx);
2196 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2200 /* reset the flag now that we have the updated list */
2201 ctx->event_flags &= ~USBI_EVENT_EVENT_SOURCES_MODIFIED;
2203 /* if no further pending events, clear the event so that we do
2204 * not immediately return from the wait function */
2205 if (!ctx->event_flags)
2206 usbi_clear_event(&ctx->event);
2208 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2210 timeout_ms = (int)(tv->tv_sec * 1000) + (tv->tv_usec / 1000);
2212 /* round up to next millisecond */
2213 if (tv->tv_usec % 1000)
2216 reported_events.event_bits = 0;
2218 usbi_start_event_handling(ctx);
2220 r = usbi_wait_for_events(ctx, &reported_events, timeout_ms);
2221 if (r != LIBUSB_SUCCESS) {
2222 if (r == LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT) {
2223 handle_timeouts(ctx);
2229 if (reported_events.event_triggered) {
2230 r = handle_event_trigger(ctx);
2232 /* return error code */
2237 #ifdef HAVE_OS_TIMER
2238 if (reported_events.timer_triggered) {
2239 r = handle_timer_trigger(ctx);
2241 /* return error code */
2247 if (!reported_events.num_ready)
2250 r = usbi_backend.handle_events(ctx, reported_events.event_data,
2251 reported_events.event_data_count, reported_events.num_ready);
2253 usbi_err(ctx, "backend handle_events failed with error %d", r);
2256 usbi_end_event_handling(ctx);
2260 /* returns the smallest of:
2261 * 1. timeout of next URB
2262 * 2. user-supplied timeout
2263 * returns 1 if there is an already-expired timeout, otherwise returns 0
2266 static int get_next_timeout(libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv,
2267 struct timeval *out)
2269 struct timeval timeout;
2270 int r = libusb_get_next_timeout(ctx, &timeout);
2272 /* timeout already expired? */
2273 if (!timerisset(&timeout))
2276 /* choose the smallest of next URB timeout or user specified timeout */
2277 if (timercmp(&timeout, tv, <))
2287 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2288 * Handle any pending events.
2290 * libusb determines "pending events" by checking if any timeouts have expired
2291 * and by checking the set of file descriptors for activity.
2293 * If a zero timeval is passed, this function will handle any already-pending
2294 * events and then immediately return in non-blocking style.
2296 * If a non-zero timeval is passed and no events are currently pending, this
2297 * function will block waiting for events to handle up until the specified
2298 * timeout. If an event arrives or a signal is raised, this function will
2301 * If the parameter completed is not NULL then <em>after obtaining the event
2302 * handling lock</em> this function will return immediately if the integer
2303 * pointed to is not 0. This allows for race free waiting for the completion
2304 * of a specific transfer.
2306 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2307 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or an all zero
2308 * timeval struct for non-blocking mode
2309 * \param completed pointer to completion integer to check, or NULL
2310 * \returns 0 on success
2311 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if timeval is invalid
2312 * \returns another LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure
2313 * \ref libusb_mtasync
2315 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(libusb_context *ctx,
2316 struct timeval *tv, int *completed)
2319 struct timeval poll_timeout;
2321 if (!TIMEVAL_IS_VALID(tv))
2322 return LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM;
2324 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2325 r = get_next_timeout(ctx, tv, &poll_timeout);
2327 /* timeout already expired */
2328 handle_timeouts(ctx);
2333 if (libusb_try_lock_events(ctx) == 0) {
2334 if (completed == NULL || !*completed) {
2335 /* we obtained the event lock: do our own event handling */
2336 usbi_dbg(ctx, "doing our own event handling");
2337 r = handle_events(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2339 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
2343 /* another thread is doing event handling. wait for thread events that
2344 * notify event completion. */
2345 libusb_lock_event_waiters(ctx);
2347 if (completed && *completed)
2350 if (!libusb_event_handler_active(ctx)) {
2351 /* we hit a race: whoever was event handling earlier finished in the
2352 * time it took us to reach this point. try the cycle again. */
2353 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
2354 usbi_dbg(ctx, "event handler was active but went away, retrying");
2358 usbi_dbg(ctx, "another thread is doing event handling");
2359 r = libusb_wait_for_event(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2362 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
2367 handle_timeouts(ctx);
2371 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2372 * Handle any pending events
2374 * Like libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(), but without the completed
2375 * parameter, calling this function is equivalent to calling
2376 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() with a NULL completed parameter.
2378 * This function is kept primarily for backwards compatibility.
2379 * All new code should call libusb_handle_events_completed() or
2380 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() to avoid race conditions.
2382 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2383 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or an all zero
2384 * timeval struct for non-blocking mode
2385 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2387 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_timeout(libusb_context *ctx,
2390 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, tv, NULL);
2393 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2394 * Handle any pending events in blocking mode. There is currently a timeout
2395 * hard-coded at 60 seconds but we plan to make it unlimited in future. For
2396 * finer control over whether this function is blocking or non-blocking, or
2397 * for control over the timeout, use libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed()
2400 * This function is kept primarily for backwards compatibility.
2401 * All new code should call libusb_handle_events_completed() or
2402 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() to avoid race conditions.
2404 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2405 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2407 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events(libusb_context *ctx)
2412 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, &tv, NULL);
2415 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2416 * Handle any pending events in blocking mode.
2418 * Like libusb_handle_events(), with the addition of a completed parameter
2419 * to allow for race free waiting for the completion of a specific transfer.
2421 * See libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() for details on the completed
2424 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2425 * \param completed pointer to completion integer to check, or NULL
2426 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2427 * \ref libusb_mtasync
2429 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_completed(libusb_context *ctx,
2435 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, &tv, completed);
2438 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2439 * Handle any pending events by polling file descriptors, without checking if
2440 * any other threads are already doing so. Must be called with the event lock
2441 * held, see libusb_lock_events().
2443 * This function is designed to be called under the situation where you have
2444 * taken the event lock and are calling poll()/select() directly on libusb's
2445 * file descriptors (as opposed to using libusb_handle_events() or similar).
2446 * You detect events on libusb's descriptors, so you then call this function
2447 * with a zero timeout value (while still holding the event lock).
2449 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2450 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or zero for
2452 * \returns 0 on success
2453 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if timeval is invalid
2454 * \returns another LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure
2455 * \ref libusb_mtasync
2457 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_locked(libusb_context *ctx,
2461 struct timeval poll_timeout;
2463 if (!TIMEVAL_IS_VALID(tv))
2464 return LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM;
2466 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2467 r = get_next_timeout(ctx, tv, &poll_timeout);
2469 /* timeout already expired */
2470 handle_timeouts(ctx);
2474 return handle_events(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2477 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2478 * Determines whether your application must apply special timing considerations
2479 * when monitoring libusb's file descriptors.
2481 * This function is only useful for applications which retrieve and poll
2482 * libusb's file descriptors in their own main loop (\ref libusb_pollmain).
2484 * Ordinarily, libusb's event handler needs to be called into at specific
2485 * moments in time (in addition to times when there is activity on the file
2486 * descriptor set). The usual approach is to use libusb_get_next_timeout()
2487 * to learn about when the next timeout occurs, and to adjust your
2488 * poll()/select() timeout accordingly so that you can make a call into the
2489 * library at that time.
2491 * Some platforms supported by libusb do not come with this baggage - any
2492 * events relevant to timing will be represented by activity on the file
2493 * descriptor set, and libusb_get_next_timeout() will always return 0.
2494 * This function allows you to detect whether you are running on such a
2499 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2500 * \returns 0 if you must call into libusb at times determined by
2501 * libusb_get_next_timeout(), or 1 if all timeout events are handled internally
2502 * or through regular activity on the file descriptors.
2503 * \ref libusb_pollmain "Polling libusb file descriptors for event handling"
2505 int API_EXPORTED libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts(libusb_context *ctx)
2507 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2508 return usbi_using_timer(ctx);
2511 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2512 * Determine the next internal timeout that libusb needs to handle. You only
2513 * need to use this function if you are calling poll() or select() or similar
2514 * on libusb's file descriptors yourself - you do not need to use it if you
2515 * are calling libusb_handle_events() or a variant directly.
2517 * You should call this function in your main loop in order to determine how
2518 * long to wait for select() or poll() to return results. libusb needs to be
2519 * called into at this timeout, so you should use it as an upper bound on
2520 * your select() or poll() call.
2522 * When the timeout has expired, call into libusb_handle_events_timeout()
2523 * (perhaps in non-blocking mode) so that libusb can handle the timeout.
2525 * This function may return 1 (success) and an all-zero timeval. If this is
2526 * the case, it indicates that libusb has a timeout that has already expired
2527 * so you should call libusb_handle_events_timeout() or similar immediately.
2528 * A return code of 0 indicates that there are no pending timeouts.
2530 * On some platforms, this function will always returns 0 (no pending
2531 * timeouts). See \ref polltime.
2533 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2534 * \param tv output location for a relative time against the current
2535 * clock in which libusb must be called into in order to process timeout events
2536 * \returns 0 if there are no pending timeouts, 1 if a timeout was returned,
2537 * or LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER on failure
2539 int API_EXPORTED libusb_get_next_timeout(libusb_context *ctx,
2542 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
2543 struct timespec systime;
2544 struct timespec next_timeout = { 0, 0 };
2546 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2547 if (usbi_using_timer(ctx))
2550 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2551 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers)) {
2552 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2553 usbi_dbg(ctx, "no URBs, no timeout!");
2557 /* find next transfer which hasn't already been processed as timed out */
2558 for_each_transfer(ctx, itransfer) {
2559 if (itransfer->timeout_flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT_HANDLED | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))
2562 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, we're done looking */
2563 if (!TIMESPEC_IS_SET(&itransfer->timeout))
2566 next_timeout = itransfer->timeout;
2569 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2571 if (!TIMESPEC_IS_SET(&next_timeout)) {
2572 usbi_dbg(ctx, "no URB with timeout or all handled by OS; no timeout!");
2576 usbi_get_monotonic_time(&systime);
2578 if (!TIMESPEC_CMP(&systime, &next_timeout, <)) {
2579 usbi_dbg(ctx, "first timeout already expired");
2582 TIMESPEC_SUB(&next_timeout, &systime, &next_timeout);
2583 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(tv, &next_timeout);
2584 usbi_dbg(ctx, "next timeout in %ld.%06lds", (long)tv->tv_sec, (long)tv->tv_usec);
2590 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2591 * Register notification functions for file descriptor additions/removals.
2592 * These functions will be invoked for every new or removed file descriptor
2593 * that libusb uses as an event source.
2595 * To remove notifiers, pass NULL values for the function pointers.
2597 * Note that file descriptors may have been added even before you register
2598 * these notifiers (e.g. at libusb_init() time).
2600 * Additionally, note that the removal notifier may be called during
2601 * libusb_exit() (e.g. when it is closing file descriptors that were opened
2602 * and added to the poll set at libusb_init() time). If you don't want this,
2603 * remove the notifiers immediately before calling libusb_exit().
2605 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2606 * \param added_cb pointer to function for addition notifications
2607 * \param removed_cb pointer to function for removal notifications
2608 * \param user_data User data to be passed back to callbacks (useful for
2609 * passing context information)
2611 void API_EXPORTED libusb_set_pollfd_notifiers(libusb_context *ctx,
2612 libusb_pollfd_added_cb added_cb, libusb_pollfd_removed_cb removed_cb,
2615 #if !defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
2616 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2617 ctx->fd_added_cb = added_cb;
2618 ctx->fd_removed_cb = removed_cb;
2619 ctx->fd_cb_user_data = user_data;
2621 usbi_err(ctx, "external polling of libusb's internal event sources " \
2622 "is not yet supported on Windows");
2630 * Interrupt the iteration of the event handling thread, so that it picks
2631 * up the event source change. Callers of this function must hold the event_data_lock.
2633 static void usbi_event_source_notification(struct libusb_context *ctx)
2635 unsigned int event_flags;
2637 /* Record that there is a new poll fd.
2638 * Only signal an event if there are no prior pending events. */
2639 event_flags = ctx->event_flags;
2640 ctx->event_flags |= USBI_EVENT_EVENT_SOURCES_MODIFIED;
2642 usbi_signal_event(&ctx->event);
2645 /* Add an event source to the list of event sources to be monitored.
2646 * poll_events should be specified as a bitmask of events passed to poll(), e.g.
2647 * POLLIN and/or POLLOUT. */
2648 int usbi_add_event_source(struct libusb_context *ctx, usbi_os_handle_t os_handle, short poll_events)
2650 struct usbi_event_source *ievent_source = malloc(sizeof(*ievent_source));
2653 return LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM;
2655 usbi_dbg(ctx, "add " USBI_OS_HANDLE_FORMAT_STRING " events %d", os_handle, poll_events);
2656 ievent_source->data.os_handle = os_handle;
2657 ievent_source->data.poll_events = poll_events;
2658 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2659 list_add_tail(&ievent_source->list, &ctx->event_sources);
2660 usbi_event_source_notification(ctx);
2661 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2663 #if !defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
2664 if (ctx->fd_added_cb)
2665 ctx->fd_added_cb(os_handle, poll_events, ctx->fd_cb_user_data);
2671 /* Remove an event source from the list of event sources to be monitored. */
2672 void usbi_remove_event_source(struct libusb_context *ctx, usbi_os_handle_t os_handle)
2674 struct usbi_event_source *ievent_source;
2677 usbi_dbg(ctx, "remove " USBI_OS_HANDLE_FORMAT_STRING, os_handle);
2678 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2679 for_each_event_source(ctx, ievent_source) {
2680 if (ievent_source->data.os_handle == os_handle) {
2687 usbi_dbg(ctx, "couldn't find " USBI_OS_HANDLE_FORMAT_STRING " to remove", os_handle);
2688 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2692 list_del(&ievent_source->list);
2693 list_add_tail(&ievent_source->list, &ctx->removed_event_sources);
2694 usbi_event_source_notification(ctx);
2695 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2697 #if !defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
2698 if (ctx->fd_removed_cb)
2699 ctx->fd_removed_cb(os_handle, ctx->fd_cb_user_data);
2703 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2704 * Retrieve a list of file descriptors that should be polled by your main loop
2705 * as libusb event sources.
2707 * The returned list is NULL-terminated and should be freed with libusb_free_pollfds()
2708 * when done. The actual list contents must not be touched.
2710 * As file descriptors are a Unix-specific concept, this function is not
2711 * available on Windows and will always return NULL.
2713 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2714 * \returns a NULL-terminated list of libusb_pollfd structures
2715 * \returns NULL on error
2716 * \returns NULL on platforms where the functionality is not available
2719 const struct libusb_pollfd ** LIBUSB_CALL libusb_get_pollfds(
2720 libusb_context *ctx)
2722 #if !defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
2723 struct libusb_pollfd **ret = NULL;
2724 struct usbi_event_source *ievent_source;
2727 static_assert(sizeof(struct usbi_event_source_data) == sizeof(struct libusb_pollfd),
2728 "mismatch between usbi_event_source_data and libusb_pollfd sizes");
2730 ctx = usbi_get_context(ctx);
2732 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2735 for_each_event_source(ctx, ievent_source)
2738 ret = calloc(i + 1, sizeof(struct libusb_pollfd *));
2743 for_each_event_source(ctx, ievent_source)
2744 ret[i++] = (struct libusb_pollfd *)ievent_source;
2747 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2748 return (const struct libusb_pollfd **)ret;
2750 usbi_err(ctx, "external polling of libusb's internal event sources " \
2751 "is not yet supported on Windows");
2756 /** \ingroup libusb_poll
2757 * Free a list of libusb_pollfd structures. This should be called for all
2758 * pollfd lists allocated with libusb_get_pollfds().
2760 * Since version 1.0.20, \ref LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000104
2762 * It is legal to call this function with a NULL pollfd list. In this case,
2763 * the function will simply do nothing.
2765 * \param pollfds the list of libusb_pollfd structures to free
2767 void API_EXPORTED libusb_free_pollfds(const struct libusb_pollfd **pollfds)
2769 #if !defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
2770 free((void *)pollfds);
2776 /* Backends may call this from handle_events to report disconnection of a
2777 * device. This function ensures transfers get cancelled appropriately.
2778 * Callers of this function must hold the events_lock.
2780 void usbi_handle_disconnect(struct libusb_device_handle *dev_handle)
2782 struct libusb_context *ctx = HANDLE_CTX(dev_handle);
2783 struct usbi_transfer *cur;
2784 struct usbi_transfer *to_cancel;
2786 usbi_dbg(ctx, "device %d.%d",
2787 dev_handle->dev->bus_number, dev_handle->dev->device_address);
2789 /* terminate all pending transfers with the LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE
2792 * when we find a transfer for this device on the list, there are two
2793 * possible scenarios:
2794 * 1. the transfer is currently in-flight, in which case we terminate the
2796 * 2. the transfer has been added to the flying transfer list by
2797 * libusb_submit_transfer, has failed to submit and
2798 * libusb_submit_transfer is waiting for us to release the
2799 * flying_transfers_lock to remove it, so we ignore it
2804 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2805 for_each_transfer(ctx, cur) {
2806 if (USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(cur)->dev_handle == dev_handle) {
2807 usbi_mutex_lock(&cur->lock);
2808 if (cur->state_flags & USBI_TRANSFER_IN_FLIGHT)
2810 usbi_mutex_unlock(&cur->lock);
2816 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2821 usbi_dbg(ctx, "cancelling transfer %p from disconnect",
2822 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(to_cancel));
2824 usbi_mutex_lock(&to_cancel->lock);
2825 usbi_backend.clear_transfer_priv(to_cancel);
2826 usbi_mutex_unlock(&to_cancel->lock);
2827 usbi_handle_transfer_completion(to_cancel, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE);