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33 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
36 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
37 #include <sys/timerfd.h>
44 * \page io Synchronous and asynchronous device I/O
46 * \section io_intro Introduction
48 * If you're using libusb in your application, you're probably wanting to
49 * perform I/O with devices - you want to perform USB data transfers.
51 * libusb offers two separate interfaces for device I/O. This page aims to
52 * introduce the two in order to help you decide which one is more suitable
53 * for your application. You can also choose to use both interfaces in your
54 * application by considering each transfer on a case-by-case basis.
56 * Once you have read through the following discussion, you should consult the
57 * detailed API documentation pages for the details:
61 * \section theory Transfers at a logical level
63 * At a logical level, USB transfers typically happen in two parts. For
64 * example, when reading data from a endpoint:
65 * -# A request for data is sent to the device
66 * -# Some time later, the incoming data is received by the host
68 * or when writing data to an endpoint:
70 * -# The data is sent to the device
71 * -# Some time later, the host receives acknowledgement from the device that
72 * the data has been transferred.
74 * There may be an indefinite delay between the two steps. Consider a
75 * fictional USB input device with a button that the user can press. In order
76 * to determine when the button is pressed, you would likely submit a request
77 * to read data on a bulk or interrupt endpoint and wait for data to arrive.
78 * Data will arrive when the button is pressed by the user, which is
79 * potentially hours later.
81 * libusb offers both a synchronous and an asynchronous interface to performing
82 * USB transfers. The main difference is that the synchronous interface
83 * combines both steps indicated above into a single function call, whereas
84 * the asynchronous interface separates them.
86 * \section sync The synchronous interface
88 * The synchronous I/O interface allows you to perform a USB transfer with
89 * a single function call. When the function call returns, the transfer has
90 * completed and you can parse the results.
92 * If you have used the libusb-0.1 before, this I/O style will seem familar to
93 * you. libusb-0.1 only offered a synchronous interface.
95 * In our input device example, to read button presses you might write code
96 * in the following style:
98 unsigned char data[4];
100 int r = libusb_bulk_transfer(handle, LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_IN, data, sizeof(data), &actual_length, 0);
101 if (r == 0 && actual_length == sizeof(data)) {
102 // results of the transaction can now be found in the data buffer
103 // parse them here and report button press
109 * The main advantage of this model is simplicity: you did everything with
110 * a single simple function call.
112 * However, this interface has its limitations. Your application will sleep
113 * inside libusb_bulk_transfer() until the transaction has completed. If it
114 * takes the user 3 hours to press the button, your application will be
115 * sleeping for that long. Execution will be tied up inside the library -
116 * the entire thread will be useless for that duration.
118 * Another issue is that by tieing up the thread with that single transaction
119 * there is no possibility of performing I/O with multiple endpoints and/or
120 * multiple devices simultaneously, unless you resort to creating one thread
123 * Additionally, there is no opportunity to cancel the transfer after the
124 * request has been submitted.
126 * For details on how to use the synchronous API, see the
127 * \ref syncio "synchronous I/O API documentation" pages.
129 * \section async The asynchronous interface
131 * Asynchronous I/O is the most significant new feature in libusb-1.0.
132 * Although it is a more complex interface, it solves all the issues detailed
135 * Instead of providing which functions that block until the I/O has complete,
136 * libusb's asynchronous interface presents non-blocking functions which
137 * begin a transfer and then return immediately. Your application passes a
138 * callback function pointer to this non-blocking function, which libusb will
139 * call with the results of the transaction when it has completed.
141 * Transfers which have been submitted through the non-blocking functions
142 * can be cancelled with a separate function call.
144 * The non-blocking nature of this interface allows you to be simultaneously
145 * performing I/O to multiple endpoints on multiple devices, without having
148 * This added flexibility does come with some complications though:
149 * - In the interest of being a lightweight library, libusb does not create
150 * threads and can only operate when your application is calling into it. Your
151 * application must call into libusb from it's main loop when events are ready
152 * to be handled, or you must use some other scheme to allow libusb to
153 * undertake whatever work needs to be done.
154 * - libusb also needs to be called into at certain fixed points in time in
155 * order to accurately handle transfer timeouts.
156 * - Memory handling becomes more complex. You cannot use stack memory unless
157 * the function with that stack is guaranteed not to return until the transfer
158 * callback has finished executing.
159 * - You generally lose some linearity from your code flow because submitting
160 * the transfer request is done in a separate function from where the transfer
161 * results are handled. This becomes particularly obvious when you want to
162 * submit a second transfer based on the results of an earlier transfer.
164 * Internally, libusb's synchronous interface is expressed in terms of function
165 * calls to the asynchronous interface.
167 * For details on how to use the asynchronous API, see the
168 * \ref asyncio "asynchronous I/O API" documentation pages.
173 * \page packetoverflow Packets and overflows
175 * \section packets Packet abstraction
177 * The USB specifications describe how data is transmitted in packets, with
178 * constraints on packet size defined by endpoint descriptors. The host must
179 * not send data payloads larger than the endpoint's maximum packet size.
181 * libusb and the underlying OS abstract out the packet concept, allowing you
182 * to request transfers of any size. Internally, the request will be divided
183 * up into correctly-sized packets. You do not have to be concerned with
184 * packet sizes, but there is one exception when considering overflows.
186 * \section overflow Bulk/interrupt transfer overflows
188 * When requesting data on a bulk endpoint, libusb requires you to supply a
189 * buffer and the maximum number of bytes of data that libusb can put in that
190 * buffer. However, the size of the buffer is not communicated to the device -
191 * the device is just asked to send any amount of data.
193 * There is no problem if the device sends an amount of data that is less than
194 * or equal to the buffer size. libusb reports this condition to you through
195 * the \ref libusb_transfer::actual_length "libusb_transfer.actual_length"
198 * Problems may occur if the device attempts to send more data than can fit in
199 * the buffer. libusb reports LIBUSB_TRANSFER_OVERFLOW for this condition but
200 * other behaviour is largely undefined: actual_length may or may not be
201 * accurate, the chunk of data that can fit in the buffer (before overflow)
202 * may or may not have been transferred.
204 * Overflows are nasty, but can be avoided. Even though you were told to
205 * ignore packets above, think about the lower level details: each transfer is
206 * split into packets (typically small, with a maximum size of 512 bytes).
207 * Overflows can only happen if the final packet in an incoming data transfer
208 * is smaller than the actual packet that the device wants to transfer.
209 * Therefore, you will never see an overflow if your transfer buffer size is a
210 * multiple of the endpoint's packet size: the final packet will either
211 * fill up completely or will be only partially filled.
215 * @defgroup asyncio Asynchronous device I/O
217 * This page details libusb's asynchronous (non-blocking) API for USB device
218 * I/O. This interface is very powerful but is also quite complex - you will
219 * need to read this page carefully to understand the necessary considerations
220 * and issues surrounding use of this interface. Simplistic applications
221 * may wish to consider the \ref syncio "synchronous I/O API" instead.
223 * The asynchronous interface is built around the idea of separating transfer
224 * submission and handling of transfer completion (the synchronous model
225 * combines both of these into one). There may be a long delay between
226 * submission and completion, however the asynchronous submission function
227 * is non-blocking so will return control to your application during that
228 * potentially long delay.
230 * \section asyncabstraction Transfer abstraction
232 * For the asynchronous I/O, libusb implements the concept of a generic
233 * transfer entity for all types of I/O (control, bulk, interrupt,
234 * isochronous). The generic transfer object must be treated slightly
235 * differently depending on which type of I/O you are performing with it.
237 * This is represented by the public libusb_transfer structure type.
239 * \section asynctrf Asynchronous transfers
241 * We can view asynchronous I/O as a 5 step process:
242 * -# <b>Allocation</b>: allocate a libusb_transfer
243 * -# <b>Filling</b>: populate the libusb_transfer instance with information
244 * about the transfer you wish to perform
245 * -# <b>Submission</b>: ask libusb to submit the transfer
246 * -# <b>Completion handling</b>: examine transfer results in the
247 * libusb_transfer structure
248 * -# <b>Deallocation</b>: clean up resources
251 * \subsection asyncalloc Allocation
253 * This step involves allocating memory for a USB transfer. This is the
254 * generic transfer object mentioned above. At this stage, the transfer
255 * is "blank" with no details about what type of I/O it will be used for.
257 * Allocation is done with the libusb_alloc_transfer() function. You must use
258 * this function rather than allocating your own transfers.
260 * \subsection asyncfill Filling
262 * This step is where you take a previously allocated transfer and fill it
263 * with information to determine the message type and direction, data buffer,
264 * callback function, etc.
266 * You can either fill the required fields yourself or you can use the
267 * helper functions: libusb_fill_control_transfer(), libusb_fill_bulk_transfer()
268 * and libusb_fill_interrupt_transfer().
270 * \subsection asyncsubmit Submission
272 * When you have allocated a transfer and filled it, you can submit it using
273 * libusb_submit_transfer(). This function returns immediately but can be
274 * regarded as firing off the I/O request in the background.
276 * \subsection asynccomplete Completion handling
278 * After a transfer has been submitted, one of four things can happen to it:
280 * - The transfer completes (i.e. some data was transferred)
281 * - The transfer has a timeout and the timeout expires before all data is
283 * - The transfer fails due to an error
284 * - The transfer is cancelled
286 * Each of these will cause the user-specified transfer callback function to
287 * be invoked. It is up to the callback function to determine which of the
288 * above actually happened and to act accordingly.
290 * The user-specified callback is passed a pointer to the libusb_transfer
291 * structure which was used to setup and submit the transfer. At completion
292 * time, libusb has populated this structure with results of the transfer:
293 * success or failure reason, number of bytes of data transferred, etc. See
294 * the libusb_transfer structure documentation for more information.
296 * \subsection Deallocation
298 * When a transfer has completed (i.e. the callback function has been invoked),
299 * you are advised to free the transfer (unless you wish to resubmit it, see
300 * below). Transfers are deallocated with libusb_free_transfer().
302 * It is undefined behaviour to free a transfer which has not completed.
304 * \section asyncresubmit Resubmission
306 * You may be wondering why allocation, filling, and submission are all
307 * separated above where they could reasonably be combined into a single
310 * The reason for separation is to allow you to resubmit transfers without
311 * having to allocate new ones every time. This is especially useful for
312 * common situations dealing with interrupt endpoints - you allocate one
313 * transfer, fill and submit it, and when it returns with results you just
314 * resubmit it for the next interrupt.
316 * \section asynccancel Cancellation
318 * Another advantage of using the asynchronous interface is that you have
319 * the ability to cancel transfers which have not yet completed. This is
320 * done by calling the libusb_cancel_transfer() function.
322 * libusb_cancel_transfer() is asynchronous/non-blocking in itself. When the
323 * cancellation actually completes, the transfer's callback function will
324 * be invoked, and the callback function should check the transfer status to
325 * determine that it was cancelled.
327 * Freeing the transfer after it has been cancelled but before cancellation
328 * has completed will result in undefined behaviour.
330 * When a transfer is cancelled, some of the data may have been transferred.
331 * libusb will communicate this to you in the transfer callback. Do not assume
332 * that no data was transferred.
334 * \section bulk_overflows Overflows on device-to-host bulk/interrupt endpoints
336 * If your device does not have predictable transfer sizes (or it misbehaves),
337 * your application may submit a request for data on an IN endpoint which is
338 * smaller than the data that the device wishes to send. In some circumstances
339 * this will cause an overflow, which is a nasty condition to deal with. See
340 * the \ref packetoverflow page for discussion.
342 * \section asyncctrl Considerations for control transfers
344 * The <tt>libusb_transfer</tt> structure is generic and hence does not
345 * include specific fields for the control-specific setup packet structure.
347 * In order to perform a control transfer, you must place the 8-byte setup
348 * packet at the start of the data buffer. To simplify this, you could
349 * cast the buffer pointer to type struct libusb_control_setup, or you can
350 * use the helper function libusb_fill_control_setup().
352 * The wLength field placed in the setup packet must be the length you would
353 * expect to be sent in the setup packet: the length of the payload that
354 * follows (or the expected maximum number of bytes to receive). However,
355 * the length field of the libusb_transfer object must be the length of
356 * the data buffer - i.e. it should be wLength <em>plus</em> the size of
357 * the setup packet (LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE).
359 * If you use the helper functions, this is simplified for you:
360 * -# Allocate a buffer of size LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE plus the size of the
361 * data you are sending/requesting.
362 * -# Call libusb_fill_control_setup() on the data buffer, using the transfer
363 * request size as the wLength value (i.e. do not include the extra space you
364 * allocated for the control setup).
365 * -# If this is a host-to-device transfer, place the data to be transferred
366 * in the data buffer, starting at offset LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE.
367 * -# Call libusb_fill_control_transfer() to associate the data buffer with
368 * the transfer (and to set the remaining details such as callback and timeout).
369 * - Note that there is no parameter to set the length field of the transfer.
370 * The length is automatically inferred from the wLength field of the setup
372 * -# Submit the transfer.
374 * The multi-byte control setup fields (wValue, wIndex and wLength) must
375 * be given in little-endian byte order (the endianness of the USB bus).
376 * Endianness conversion is transparently handled by
377 * libusb_fill_control_setup() which is documented to accept host-endian
380 * Further considerations are needed when handling transfer completion in
381 * your callback function:
382 * - As you might expect, the setup packet will still be sitting at the start
383 * of the data buffer.
384 * - If this was a device-to-host transfer, the received data will be sitting
385 * at offset LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE into the buffer.
386 * - The actual_length field of the transfer structure is relative to the
387 * wLength of the setup packet, rather than the size of the data buffer. So,
388 * if your wLength was 4, your transfer's <tt>length</tt> was 12, then you
389 * should expect an <tt>actual_length</tt> of 4 to indicate that the data was
390 * transferred in entirity.
392 * To simplify parsing of setup packets and obtaining the data from the
393 * correct offset, you may wish to use the libusb_control_transfer_get_data()
394 * and libusb_control_transfer_get_setup() functions within your transfer
397 * Even though control endpoints do not halt, a completed control transfer
398 * may have a LIBUSB_TRANSFER_STALL status code. This indicates the control
399 * request was not supported.
401 * \section asyncintr Considerations for interrupt transfers
403 * All interrupt transfers are performed using the polling interval presented
404 * by the bInterval value of the endpoint descriptor.
406 * \section asynciso Considerations for isochronous transfers
408 * Isochronous transfers are more complicated than transfers to
409 * non-isochronous endpoints.
411 * To perform I/O to an isochronous endpoint, allocate the transfer by calling
412 * libusb_alloc_transfer() with an appropriate number of isochronous packets.
414 * During filling, set \ref libusb_transfer::type "type" to
415 * \ref libusb_transfer_type::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_ISOCHRONOUS
416 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_ISOCHRONOUS", and set
417 * \ref libusb_transfer::num_iso_packets "num_iso_packets" to a value less than
418 * or equal to the number of packets you requested during allocation.
419 * libusb_alloc_transfer() does not set either of these fields for you, given
420 * that you might not even use the transfer on an isochronous endpoint.
422 * Next, populate the length field for the first num_iso_packets entries in
423 * the \ref libusb_transfer::iso_packet_desc "iso_packet_desc" array. Section
424 * 5.6.3 of the USB2 specifications describe how the maximum isochronous
425 * packet length is determined by the wMaxPacketSize field in the endpoint
427 * Two functions can help you here:
429 * - libusb_get_max_iso_packet_size() is an easy way to determine the max
430 * packet size for an isochronous endpoint. Note that the maximum packet
431 * size is actually the maximum number of bytes that can be transmitted in
432 * a single microframe, therefore this function multiplies the maximum number
433 * of bytes per transaction by the number of transaction opportunities per
435 * - libusb_set_iso_packet_lengths() assigns the same length to all packets
436 * within a transfer, which is usually what you want.
438 * For outgoing transfers, you'll obviously fill the buffer and populate the
439 * packet descriptors in hope that all the data gets transferred. For incoming
440 * transfers, you must ensure the buffer has sufficient capacity for
441 * the situation where all packets transfer the full amount of requested data.
443 * Completion handling requires some extra consideration. The
444 * \ref libusb_transfer::actual_length "actual_length" field of the transfer
445 * is meaningless and should not be examined; instead you must refer to the
446 * \ref libusb_iso_packet_descriptor::actual_length "actual_length" field of
447 * each individual packet.
449 * The \ref libusb_transfer::status "status" field of the transfer is also a
451 * - If the packets were submitted and the isochronous data microframes
452 * completed normally, status will have value
453 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED
454 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED". Note that bus errors and software-incurred
455 * delays are not counted as transfer errors; the transfer.status field may
456 * indicate COMPLETED even if some or all of the packets failed. Refer to
457 * the \ref libusb_iso_packet_descriptor::status "status" field of each
458 * individual packet to determine packet failures.
459 * - The status field will have value
460 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR
461 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR" only when serious errors were encountered.
462 * - Other transfer status codes occur with normal behaviour.
464 * The data for each packet will be found at an offset into the buffer that
465 * can be calculated as if each prior packet completed in full. The
466 * libusb_get_iso_packet_buffer() and libusb_get_iso_packet_buffer_simple()
467 * functions may help you here.
469 * \section asyncmem Memory caveats
471 * In most circumstances, it is not safe to use stack memory for transfer
472 * buffers. This is because the function that fired off the asynchronous
473 * transfer may return before libusb has finished using the buffer, and when
474 * the function returns it's stack gets destroyed. This is true for both
475 * host-to-device and device-to-host transfers.
477 * The only case in which it is safe to use stack memory is where you can
478 * guarantee that the function owning the stack space for the buffer does not
479 * return until after the transfer's callback function has completed. In every
480 * other case, you need to use heap memory instead.
482 * \section asyncflags Fine control
484 * Through using this asynchronous interface, you may find yourself repeating
485 * a few simple operations many times. You can apply a bitwise OR of certain
486 * flags to a transfer to simplify certain things:
487 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK
488 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK" results in transfers which transferred
489 * less than the requested amount of data being marked with status
490 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR"
491 * (they would normally be regarded as COMPLETED)
492 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER
493 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER" allows you to ask libusb to free the transfer
494 * buffer when freeing the transfer.
495 * - \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER
496 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER" causes libusb to automatically free the
497 * transfer after the transfer callback returns.
499 * \section asyncevent Event handling
501 * An asynchronous model requires that libusb perform work at various
502 * points in time - namely processing the results of previously-submitted
503 * transfers and invoking the user-supplied callback function.
505 * This gives rise to the libusb_handle_events() function which your
506 * application must call into when libusb has work do to. This gives libusb
507 * the opportunity to reap pending transfers, invoke callbacks, etc.
509 * There are 2 different approaches to dealing with libusb_handle_events:
511 * -# Repeatedly call libusb_handle_events() in blocking mode from a dedicated
513 * -# Integrate libusb with your application's main event loop. libusb
514 * exposes a set of file descriptors which allow you to do this.
516 * The first approach has the big advantage that it will also work on Windows
517 * were libusb' poll API for select / poll integration is not available. So
518 * if you want to support Windows and use the async API, you must use this
519 * approach, see the \ref eventthread "Using an event handling thread" section
522 * If you prefer a single threaded approach with a single central event loop,
523 * see the \ref poll "polling and timing" section for how to integrate libusb
524 * into your application's main event loop.
526 * \section eventthread Using an event handling thread
528 * Lets begin with stating the obvious: If you're going to use a separate
529 * thread for libusb event handling, your callback functions MUST be
532 * Other then that doing event handling from a separate thread, is mostly
533 * simple. You can use an event thread function as follows:
535 void *event_thread_func(void *ctx)
537 while (event_thread_run)
538 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
544 * There is one caveat though, stopping this thread requires setting the
545 * event_thread_run variable to 0, and after that libusb_handle_events() needs
546 * to return control to event_thread_func. But unless some event happens,
547 * libusb_handle_events() will not return.
549 * There are 2 different ways of dealing with this, depending on if your
550 * application uses libusb' \ref hotplug "hotplug" support or not.
552 * Applications which do not use hotplug support, should not start the event
553 * thread until after their first call to libusb_open(), and should stop the
554 * thread when closing the last open device as follows:
556 void my_close_handle(libusb_device_handle *handle)
559 event_thread_run = 0;
561 libusb_close(handle); // This wakes up libusb_handle_events()
564 pthread_join(event_thread);
570 * Applications using hotplug support should start the thread at program init,
571 * after having successfully called libusb_hotplug_register_callback(), and
572 * should stop the thread at program exit as follows:
574 void my_libusb_exit(void)
576 event_thread_run = 0;
577 libusb_hotplug_deregister_callback(ctx, hotplug_cb_handle); // This wakes up libusb_handle_events()
578 pthread_join(event_thread);
585 * @defgroup poll Polling and timing
587 * This page documents libusb's functions for polling events and timing.
588 * These functions are only necessary for users of the
589 * \ref asyncio "asynchronous API". If you are only using the simpler
590 * \ref syncio "synchronous API" then you do not need to ever call these
593 * The justification for the functionality described here has already been
594 * discussed in the \ref asyncevent "event handling" section of the
595 * asynchronous API documentation. In summary, libusb does not create internal
596 * threads for event processing and hence relies on your application calling
597 * into libusb at certain points in time so that pending events can be handled.
599 * Your main loop is probably already calling poll() or select() or a
600 * variant on a set of file descriptors for other event sources (e.g. keyboard
601 * button presses, mouse movements, network sockets, etc). You then add
602 * libusb's file descriptors to your poll()/select() calls, and when activity
603 * is detected on such descriptors you know it is time to call
604 * libusb_handle_events().
606 * There is one final event handling complication. libusb supports
607 * asynchronous transfers which time out after a specified time period.
609 * On some platforms a timerfd is used, so the timeout handling is just another
610 * fd, on other platforms this requires that libusb is called into at or after
611 * the timeout to handle it. So, in addition to considering libusb's file
612 * descriptors in your main event loop, you must also consider that libusb
613 * sometimes needs to be called into at fixed points in time even when there
614 * is no file descriptor activity, see \ref polltime details.
616 * In order to know precisely when libusb needs to be called into, libusb
617 * offers you a set of pollable file descriptors and information about when
618 * the next timeout expires.
620 * If you are using the asynchronous I/O API, you must take one of the two
621 * following options, otherwise your I/O will not complete.
623 * \section pollsimple The simple option
625 * If your application revolves solely around libusb and does not need to
626 * handle other event sources, you can have a program structure as follows:
629 // find and open device
630 // maybe fire off some initial async I/O
632 while (user_has_not_requested_exit)
633 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
638 * With such a simple main loop, you do not have to worry about managing
639 * sets of file descriptors or handling timeouts. libusb_handle_events() will
640 * handle those details internally.
642 * \section pollmain The more advanced option
644 * \note This functionality is currently only available on Unix-like platforms.
645 * On Windows, libusb_get_pollfds() simply returns NULL. Applications which
646 * want to support Windows are advised to use an \ref eventthread
647 * "event handling thread" instead.
649 * In more advanced applications, you will already have a main loop which
650 * is monitoring other event sources: network sockets, X11 events, mouse
651 * movements, etc. Through exposing a set of file descriptors, libusb is
652 * designed to cleanly integrate into such main loops.
654 * In addition to polling file descriptors for the other event sources, you
655 * take a set of file descriptors from libusb and monitor those too. When you
656 * detect activity on libusb's file descriptors, you call
657 * libusb_handle_events_timeout() in non-blocking mode.
659 * What's more, libusb may also need to handle events at specific moments in
660 * time. No file descriptor activity is generated at these times, so your
661 * own application needs to be continually aware of when the next one of these
662 * moments occurs (through calling libusb_get_next_timeout()), and then it
663 * needs to call libusb_handle_events_timeout() in non-blocking mode when
664 * these moments occur. This means that you need to adjust your
665 * poll()/select() timeout accordingly.
667 * libusb provides you with a set of file descriptors to poll and expects you
668 * to poll all of them, treating them as a single entity. The meaning of each
669 * file descriptor in the set is an internal implementation detail,
670 * platform-dependent and may vary from release to release. Don't try and
671 * interpret the meaning of the file descriptors, just do as libusb indicates,
672 * polling all of them at once.
674 * In pseudo-code, you want something that looks like:
678 libusb_get_pollfds(ctx)
679 while (user has not requested application exit) {
680 libusb_get_next_timeout(ctx);
681 poll(on libusb file descriptors plus any other event sources of interest,
682 using a timeout no larger than the value libusb just suggested)
683 if (poll() indicated activity on libusb file descriptors)
684 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
685 if (time has elapsed to or beyond the libusb timeout)
686 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
687 // handle events from other sources here
693 * \subsection polltime Notes on time-based events
695 * The above complication with having to track time and call into libusb at
696 * specific moments is a bit of a headache. For maximum compatibility, you do
697 * need to write your main loop as above, but you may decide that you can
698 * restrict the supported platforms of your application and get away with
699 * a more simplistic scheme.
701 * These time-based event complications are \b not required on the following
704 * - Linux, provided that the following version requirements are satisfied:
705 * - Linux v2.6.27 or newer, compiled with timerfd support
706 * - glibc v2.9 or newer
707 * - libusb v1.0.5 or newer
709 * Under these configurations, libusb_get_next_timeout() will \em always return
710 * 0, so your main loop can be simplified to:
714 libusb_get_pollfds(ctx)
715 while (user has not requested application exit) {
716 poll(on libusb file descriptors plus any other event sources of interest,
717 using any timeout that you like)
718 if (poll() indicated activity on libusb file descriptors)
719 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
720 // handle events from other sources here
726 * Do remember that if you simplify your main loop to the above, you will
727 * lose compatibility with some platforms (including legacy Linux platforms,
728 * and <em>any future platforms supported by libusb which may have time-based
729 * event requirements</em>). The resultant problems will likely appear as
730 * strange bugs in your application.
732 * You can use the libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts() function to do a runtime
733 * check to see if it is safe to ignore the time-based event complications.
734 * If your application has taken the shortcut of ignoring libusb's next timeout
735 * in your main loop, then you are advised to check the return value of
736 * libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts() during application startup, and to abort
737 * if the platform does suffer from these timing complications.
739 * \subsection fdsetchange Changes in the file descriptor set
741 * The set of file descriptors that libusb uses as event sources may change
742 * during the life of your application. Rather than having to repeatedly
743 * call libusb_get_pollfds(), you can set up notification functions for when
744 * the file descriptor set changes using libusb_set_pollfd_notifiers().
746 * \subsection mtissues Multi-threaded considerations
748 * Unfortunately, the situation is complicated further when multiple threads
749 * come into play. If two threads are monitoring the same file descriptors,
750 * the fact that only one thread will be woken up when an event occurs causes
753 * The events lock, event waiters lock, and libusb_handle_events_locked()
754 * entities are added to solve these problems. You do not need to be concerned
755 * with these entities otherwise.
757 * See the extra documentation: \ref mtasync
760 /** \page mtasync Multi-threaded applications and asynchronous I/O
762 * libusb is a thread-safe library, but extra considerations must be applied
763 * to applications which interact with libusb from multiple threads.
765 * The underlying issue that must be addressed is that all libusb I/O
766 * revolves around monitoring file descriptors through the poll()/select()
767 * system calls. This is directly exposed at the
768 * \ref asyncio "asynchronous interface" but it is important to note that the
769 * \ref syncio "synchronous interface" is implemented on top of the
770 * asynchonrous interface, therefore the same considerations apply.
772 * The issue is that if two or more threads are concurrently calling poll()
773 * or select() on libusb's file descriptors then only one of those threads
774 * will be woken up when an event arrives. The others will be completely
775 * oblivious that anything has happened.
777 * Consider the following pseudo-code, which submits an asynchronous transfer
778 * then waits for its completion. This style is one way you could implement a
779 * synchronous interface on top of the asynchronous interface (and libusb
780 * does something similar, albeit more advanced due to the complications
781 * explained on this page).
784 void cb(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
786 int *completed = transfer->user_data;
791 struct libusb_transfer *transfer;
792 unsigned char buffer[LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE] __attribute__ ((aligned (2)));
795 transfer = libusb_alloc_transfer(0);
796 libusb_fill_control_setup(buffer,
797 LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_VENDOR | LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_OUT, 0x04, 0x01, 0, 0);
798 libusb_fill_control_transfer(transfer, dev, buffer, cb, &completed, 1000);
799 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
802 poll(libusb file descriptors, 120*1000);
803 if (poll indicates activity)
804 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
806 printf("completed!");
811 * Here we are <em>serializing</em> completion of an asynchronous event
812 * against a condition - the condition being completion of a specific transfer.
813 * The poll() loop has a long timeout to minimize CPU usage during situations
814 * when nothing is happening (it could reasonably be unlimited).
816 * If this is the only thread that is polling libusb's file descriptors, there
817 * is no problem: there is no danger that another thread will swallow up the
818 * event that we are interested in. On the other hand, if there is another
819 * thread polling the same descriptors, there is a chance that it will receive
820 * the event that we were interested in. In this situation, <tt>myfunc()</tt>
821 * will only realise that the transfer has completed on the next iteration of
822 * the loop, <em>up to 120 seconds later.</em> Clearly a two-minute delay is
823 * undesirable, and don't even think about using short timeouts to circumvent
826 * The solution here is to ensure that no two threads are ever polling the
827 * file descriptors at the same time. A naive implementation of this would
828 * impact the capabilities of the library, so libusb offers the scheme
829 * documented below to ensure no loss of functionality.
831 * Before we go any further, it is worth mentioning that all libusb-wrapped
832 * event handling procedures fully adhere to the scheme documented below.
833 * This includes libusb_handle_events() and its variants, and all the
834 * synchronous I/O functions - libusb hides this headache from you.
836 * \section Using libusb_handle_events() from multiple threads
838 * Even when only using libusb_handle_events() and synchronous I/O functions,
839 * you can still have a race condition. You might be tempted to solve the
840 * above with libusb_handle_events() like so:
843 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
846 libusb_handle_events(ctx);
848 printf("completed!");
851 * This however has a race between the checking of completed and
852 * libusb_handle_events() acquiring the events lock, so another thread
853 * could have completed the transfer, resulting in this thread hanging
854 * until either a timeout or another event occurs. See also commit
855 * 6696512aade99bb15d6792af90ae329af270eba6 which fixes this in the
856 * synchronous API implementation of libusb.
858 * Fixing this race requires checking the variable completed only after
859 * taking the event lock, which defeats the concept of just calling
860 * libusb_handle_events() without worrying about locking. This is why
861 * libusb-1.0.9 introduces the new libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed()
862 * and libusb_handle_events_completed() functions, which handles doing the
863 * completion check for you after they have acquired the lock:
866 libusb_submit_transfer(transfer);
869 libusb_handle_events_completed(ctx, &completed);
871 printf("completed!");
874 * This nicely fixes the race in our example. Note that if all you want to
875 * do is submit a single transfer and wait for its completion, then using
876 * one of the synchronous I/O functions is much easier.
878 * \section eventlock The events lock
880 * The problem is when we consider the fact that libusb exposes file
881 * descriptors to allow for you to integrate asynchronous USB I/O into
882 * existing main loops, effectively allowing you to do some work behind
883 * libusb's back. If you do take libusb's file descriptors and pass them to
884 * poll()/select() yourself, you need to be aware of the associated issues.
886 * The first concept to be introduced is the events lock. The events lock
887 * is used to serialize threads that want to handle events, such that only
888 * one thread is handling events at any one time.
890 * You must take the events lock before polling libusb file descriptors,
891 * using libusb_lock_events(). You must release the lock as soon as you have
892 * aborted your poll()/select() loop, using libusb_unlock_events().
894 * \section threadwait Letting other threads do the work for you
896 * Although the events lock is a critical part of the solution, it is not
897 * enough on it's own. You might wonder if the following is sufficient...
899 libusb_lock_events(ctx);
901 poll(libusb file descriptors, 120*1000);
902 if (poll indicates activity)
903 libusb_handle_events_timeout(ctx, &zero_tv);
905 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
907 * ...and the answer is that it is not. This is because the transfer in the
908 * code shown above may take a long time (say 30 seconds) to complete, and
909 * the lock is not released until the transfer is completed.
911 * Another thread with similar code that wants to do event handling may be
912 * working with a transfer that completes after a few milliseconds. Despite
913 * having such a quick completion time, the other thread cannot check that
914 * status of its transfer until the code above has finished (30 seconds later)
915 * due to contention on the lock.
917 * To solve this, libusb offers you a mechanism to determine when another
918 * thread is handling events. It also offers a mechanism to block your thread
919 * until the event handling thread has completed an event (and this mechanism
920 * does not involve polling of file descriptors).
922 * After determining that another thread is currently handling events, you
923 * obtain the <em>event waiters</em> lock using libusb_lock_event_waiters().
924 * You then re-check that some other thread is still handling events, and if
925 * so, you call libusb_wait_for_event().
927 * libusb_wait_for_event() puts your application to sleep until an event
928 * occurs, or until a thread releases the events lock. When either of these
929 * things happen, your thread is woken up, and should re-check the condition
930 * it was waiting on. It should also re-check that another thread is handling
931 * events, and if not, it should start handling events itself.
933 * This looks like the following, as pseudo-code:
936 if (libusb_try_lock_events(ctx) == 0) {
937 // we obtained the event lock: do our own event handling
939 if (!libusb_event_handling_ok(ctx)) {
940 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
943 poll(libusb file descriptors, 120*1000);
944 if (poll indicates activity)
945 libusb_handle_events_locked(ctx, 0);
947 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
949 // another thread is doing event handling. wait for it to signal us that
950 // an event has completed
951 libusb_lock_event_waiters(ctx);
954 // now that we have the event waiters lock, double check that another
955 // thread is still handling events for us. (it may have ceased handling
956 // events in the time it took us to reach this point)
957 if (!libusb_event_handler_active(ctx)) {
958 // whoever was handling events is no longer doing so, try again
959 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
963 libusb_wait_for_event(ctx, NULL);
965 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
967 printf("completed!\n");
970 * A naive look at the above code may suggest that this can only support
971 * one event waiter (hence a total of 2 competing threads, the other doing
972 * event handling), because the event waiter seems to have taken the event
973 * waiters lock while waiting for an event. However, the system does support
974 * multiple event waiters, because libusb_wait_for_event() actually drops
975 * the lock while waiting, and reaquires it before continuing.
977 * We have now implemented code which can dynamically handle situations where
978 * nobody is handling events (so we should do it ourselves), and it can also
979 * handle situations where another thread is doing event handling (so we can
980 * piggyback onto them). It is also equipped to handle a combination of
981 * the two, for example, another thread is doing event handling, but for
982 * whatever reason it stops doing so before our condition is met, so we take
983 * over the event handling.
985 * Four functions were introduced in the above pseudo-code. Their importance
986 * should be apparent from the code shown above.
987 * -# libusb_try_lock_events() is a non-blocking function which attempts
988 * to acquire the events lock but returns a failure code if it is contended.
989 * -# libusb_event_handling_ok() checks that libusb is still happy for your
990 * thread to be performing event handling. Sometimes, libusb needs to
991 * interrupt the event handler, and this is how you can check if you have
992 * been interrupted. If this function returns 0, the correct behaviour is
993 * for you to give up the event handling lock, and then to repeat the cycle.
994 * The following libusb_try_lock_events() will fail, so you will become an
995 * events waiter. For more information on this, read \ref fullstory below.
996 * -# libusb_handle_events_locked() is a variant of
997 * libusb_handle_events_timeout() that you can call while holding the
998 * events lock. libusb_handle_events_timeout() itself implements similar
999 * logic to the above, so be sure not to call it when you are
1000 * "working behind libusb's back", as is the case here.
1001 * -# libusb_event_handler_active() determines if someone is currently
1002 * holding the events lock
1004 * You might be wondering why there is no function to wake up all threads
1005 * blocked on libusb_wait_for_event(). This is because libusb can do this
1006 * internally: it will wake up all such threads when someone calls
1007 * libusb_unlock_events() or when a transfer completes (at the point after its
1008 * callback has returned).
1010 * \subsection fullstory The full story
1012 * The above explanation should be enough to get you going, but if you're
1013 * really thinking through the issues then you may be left with some more
1014 * questions regarding libusb's internals. If you're curious, read on, and if
1015 * not, skip to the next section to avoid confusing yourself!
1017 * The immediate question that may spring to mind is: what if one thread
1018 * modifies the set of file descriptors that need to be polled while another
1019 * thread is doing event handling?
1021 * There are 2 situations in which this may happen.
1022 * -# libusb_open() will add another file descriptor to the poll set,
1023 * therefore it is desirable to interrupt the event handler so that it
1024 * restarts, picking up the new descriptor.
1025 * -# libusb_close() will remove a file descriptor from the poll set. There
1026 * are all kinds of race conditions that could arise here, so it is
1027 * important that nobody is doing event handling at this time.
1029 * libusb handles these issues internally, so application developers do not
1030 * have to stop their event handlers while opening/closing devices. Here's how
1031 * it works, focusing on the libusb_close() situation first:
1033 * -# During initialization, libusb opens an internal pipe, and it adds the read
1034 * end of this pipe to the set of file descriptors to be polled.
1035 * -# During libusb_close(), libusb writes some dummy data on this event pipe.
1036 * This immediately interrupts the event handler. libusb also records
1037 * internally that it is trying to interrupt event handlers for this
1038 * high-priority event.
1039 * -# At this point, some of the functions described above start behaving
1041 * - libusb_event_handling_ok() starts returning 1, indicating that it is NOT
1042 * OK for event handling to continue.
1043 * - libusb_try_lock_events() starts returning 1, indicating that another
1044 * thread holds the event handling lock, even if the lock is uncontended.
1045 * - libusb_event_handler_active() starts returning 1, indicating that
1046 * another thread is doing event handling, even if that is not true.
1047 * -# The above changes in behaviour result in the event handler stopping and
1048 * giving up the events lock very quickly, giving the high-priority
1049 * libusb_close() operation a "free ride" to acquire the events lock. All
1050 * threads that are competing to do event handling become event waiters.
1051 * -# With the events lock held inside libusb_close(), libusb can safely remove
1052 * a file descriptor from the poll set, in the safety of knowledge that
1053 * nobody is polling those descriptors or trying to access the poll set.
1054 * -# After obtaining the events lock, the close operation completes very
1055 * quickly (usually a matter of milliseconds) and then immediately releases
1057 * -# At the same time, the behaviour of libusb_event_handling_ok() and friends
1058 * reverts to the original, documented behaviour.
1059 * -# The release of the events lock causes the threads that are waiting for
1060 * events to be woken up and to start competing to become event handlers
1061 * again. One of them will succeed; it will then re-obtain the list of poll
1062 * descriptors, and USB I/O will then continue as normal.
1064 * libusb_open() is similar, and is actually a more simplistic case. Upon a
1065 * call to libusb_open():
1067 * -# The device is opened and a file descriptor is added to the poll set.
1068 * -# libusb sends some dummy data on the event pipe, and records that it
1069 * is trying to modify the poll descriptor set.
1070 * -# The event handler is interrupted, and the same behaviour change as for
1071 * libusb_close() takes effect, causing all event handling threads to become
1073 * -# The libusb_open() implementation takes its free ride to the events lock.
1074 * -# Happy that it has successfully paused the events handler, libusb_open()
1075 * releases the events lock.
1076 * -# The event waiter threads are all woken up and compete to become event
1077 * handlers again. The one that succeeds will obtain the list of poll
1078 * descriptors again, which will include the addition of the new device.
1080 * \subsection concl Closing remarks
1082 * The above may seem a little complicated, but hopefully I have made it clear
1083 * why such complications are necessary. Also, do not forget that this only
1084 * applies to applications that take libusb's file descriptors and integrate
1085 * them into their own polling loops.
1087 * You may decide that it is OK for your multi-threaded application to ignore
1088 * some of the rules and locks detailed above, because you don't think that
1089 * two threads can ever be polling the descriptors at the same time. If that
1090 * is the case, then that's good news for you because you don't have to worry.
1091 * But be careful here; remember that the synchronous I/O functions do event
1092 * handling internally. If you have one thread doing event handling in a loop
1093 * (without implementing the rules and locking semantics documented above)
1094 * and another trying to send a synchronous USB transfer, you will end up with
1095 * two threads monitoring the same descriptors, and the above-described
1096 * undesirable behaviour occuring. The solution is for your polling thread to
1097 * play by the rules; the synchronous I/O functions do so, and this will result
1098 * in them getting along in perfect harmony.
1100 * If you do have a dedicated thread doing event handling, it is perfectly
1101 * legal for it to take the event handling lock for long periods of time. Any
1102 * synchronous I/O functions you call from other threads will transparently
1103 * fall back to the "event waiters" mechanism detailed above. The only
1104 * consideration that your event handling thread must apply is the one related
1105 * to libusb_event_handling_ok(): you must call this before every poll(), and
1106 * give up the events lock if instructed.
1109 int usbi_io_init(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1113 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock, NULL);
1114 usbi_mutex_init_recursive(&ctx->events_lock, NULL);
1115 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->event_waiters_lock, NULL);
1116 usbi_cond_init(&ctx->event_waiters_cond, NULL);
1117 usbi_mutex_init(&ctx->event_data_lock, NULL);
1118 list_init(&ctx->flying_transfers);
1119 list_init(&ctx->ipollfds);
1120 list_init(&ctx->hotplug_msgs);
1122 /* FIXME should use an eventfd on kernels that support it */
1123 r = usbi_pipe(ctx->event_pipe);
1125 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1129 r = usbi_add_pollfd(ctx, ctx->event_pipe[0], POLLIN);
1131 goto err_close_pipe;
1133 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1134 ctx->timerfd = timerfd_create(usbi_backend->get_timerfd_clockid(),
1136 if (ctx->timerfd >= 0) {
1137 usbi_dbg("using timerfd for timeouts");
1138 r = usbi_add_pollfd(ctx, ctx->timerfd, POLLIN);
1140 goto err_close_timerfd;
1142 usbi_dbg("timerfd not available (code %d error %d)", ctx->timerfd, errno);
1149 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1151 close(ctx->timerfd);
1152 usbi_remove_pollfd(ctx, ctx->event_pipe[0]);
1155 usbi_close(ctx->event_pipe[0]);
1156 usbi_close(ctx->event_pipe[1]);
1158 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1159 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->events_lock);
1160 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1161 usbi_cond_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1162 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1166 void usbi_io_exit(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1168 usbi_remove_pollfd(ctx, ctx->event_pipe[0]);
1169 usbi_close(ctx->event_pipe[0]);
1170 usbi_close(ctx->event_pipe[1]);
1171 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1172 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx)) {
1173 usbi_remove_pollfd(ctx, ctx->timerfd);
1174 close(ctx->timerfd);
1177 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1178 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->events_lock);
1179 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1180 usbi_cond_destroy(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1181 usbi_mutex_destroy(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1186 static int calculate_timeout(struct usbi_transfer *transfer)
1189 struct timespec current_time;
1190 unsigned int timeout =
1191 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(transfer)->timeout;
1196 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ¤t_time);
1198 usbi_err(ITRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
1199 "failed to read monotonic clock, errno=%d", errno);
1203 current_time.tv_sec += timeout / 1000;
1204 current_time.tv_nsec += (timeout % 1000) * 1000000;
1206 while (current_time.tv_nsec >= 1000000000) {
1207 current_time.tv_nsec -= 1000000000;
1208 current_time.tv_sec++;
1211 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&transfer->timeout, ¤t_time);
1215 /* add a transfer to the (timeout-sorted) active transfers list.
1216 * Callers of this function must hold the flying_transfers_lock.
1217 * This function *always* adds the transfer to the flying_transfers list,
1218 * it will return non 0 if it fails to update the timer, but even then the
1219 * transfer is added to the flying_transfers list. */
1220 static int add_to_flying_list(struct usbi_transfer *transfer)
1222 struct usbi_transfer *cur;
1223 struct timeval *timeout = &transfer->timeout;
1224 struct libusb_context *ctx = ITRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1228 /* if we have no other flying transfers, start the list with this one */
1229 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers)) {
1230 list_add(&transfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1234 /* if we have infinite timeout, append to end of list */
1235 if (!timerisset(timeout)) {
1236 list_add_tail(&transfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1237 /* first is irrelevant in this case */
1241 /* otherwise, find appropriate place in list */
1242 list_for_each_entry(cur, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
1243 /* find first timeout that occurs after the transfer in question */
1244 struct timeval *cur_tv = &cur->timeout;
1246 if (!timerisset(cur_tv) || (cur_tv->tv_sec > timeout->tv_sec) ||
1247 (cur_tv->tv_sec == timeout->tv_sec &&
1248 cur_tv->tv_usec > timeout->tv_usec)) {
1249 list_add_tail(&transfer->list, &cur->list);
1254 /* first is 0 at this stage (list not empty) */
1256 /* otherwise we need to be inserted at the end */
1257 list_add_tail(&transfer->list, &ctx->flying_transfers);
1259 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1260 if (first && usbi_using_timerfd(ctx) && timerisset(timeout)) {
1261 /* if this transfer has the lowest timeout of all active transfers,
1262 * rearm the timerfd with this transfer's timeout */
1263 const struct itimerspec it = { {0, 0},
1264 { timeout->tv_sec, timeout->tv_usec * 1000 } };
1265 usbi_dbg("arm timerfd for timeout in %dms (first in line)",
1266 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(transfer)->timeout);
1267 r = timerfd_settime(ctx->timerfd, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, &it, NULL);
1269 usbi_warn(ctx, "failed to arm first timerfd (errno %d)", errno);
1270 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1280 /** \ingroup asyncio
1281 * Allocate a libusb transfer with a specified number of isochronous packet
1282 * descriptors. The returned transfer is pre-initialized for you. When the new
1283 * transfer is no longer needed, it should be freed with
1284 * libusb_free_transfer().
1286 * Transfers intended for non-isochronous endpoints (e.g. control, bulk,
1287 * interrupt) should specify an iso_packets count of zero.
1289 * For transfers intended for isochronous endpoints, specify an appropriate
1290 * number of packet descriptors to be allocated as part of the transfer.
1291 * The returned transfer is not specially initialized for isochronous I/O;
1292 * you are still required to set the
1293 * \ref libusb_transfer::num_iso_packets "num_iso_packets" and
1294 * \ref libusb_transfer::type "type" fields accordingly.
1296 * It is safe to allocate a transfer with some isochronous packets and then
1297 * use it on a non-isochronous endpoint. If you do this, ensure that at time
1298 * of submission, num_iso_packets is 0 and that type is set appropriately.
1300 * \param iso_packets number of isochronous packet descriptors to allocate
1301 * \returns a newly allocated transfer, or NULL on error
1304 struct libusb_transfer * LIBUSB_CALL libusb_alloc_transfer(
1307 size_t os_alloc_size = usbi_backend->transfer_priv_size
1308 + (usbi_backend->add_iso_packet_size * iso_packets);
1309 size_t alloc_size = sizeof(struct usbi_transfer)
1310 + sizeof(struct libusb_transfer)
1311 + (sizeof(struct libusb_iso_packet_descriptor) * iso_packets)
1313 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer = calloc(1, alloc_size);
1317 itransfer->num_iso_packets = iso_packets;
1318 usbi_mutex_init(&itransfer->lock, NULL);
1319 return USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1322 /** \ingroup asyncio
1323 * Free a transfer structure. This should be called for all transfers
1324 * allocated with libusb_alloc_transfer().
1326 * If the \ref libusb_transfer_flags::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER
1327 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER" flag is set and the transfer buffer is
1328 * non-NULL, this function will also free the transfer buffer using the
1329 * standard system memory allocator (e.g. free()).
1331 * It is legal to call this function with a NULL transfer. In this case,
1332 * the function will simply return safely.
1334 * It is not legal to free an active transfer (one which has been submitted
1335 * and has not yet completed).
1337 * \param transfer the transfer to free
1339 void API_EXPORTED libusb_free_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1341 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer;
1345 if (transfer->flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER && transfer->buffer)
1346 free(transfer->buffer);
1348 itransfer = LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1349 usbi_mutex_destroy(&itransfer->lock);
1353 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1354 static int disarm_timerfd(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1356 const struct itimerspec disarm_timer = { { 0, 0 }, { 0, 0 } };
1360 r = timerfd_settime(ctx->timerfd, 0, &disarm_timer, NULL);
1362 return LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1367 /* iterates through the flying transfers, and rearms the timerfd based on the
1368 * next upcoming timeout.
1369 * must be called with flying_list locked.
1370 * returns 0 if there was no timeout to arm, 1 if the next timeout was armed,
1371 * or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure.
1373 static int arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1375 struct usbi_transfer *transfer;
1377 list_for_each_entry(transfer, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
1378 struct timeval *cur_tv = &transfer->timeout;
1380 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, then we have no
1382 if (!timerisset(cur_tv))
1385 /* act on first transfer that is not already cancelled */
1386 if (!(transfer->flags & USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT)) {
1388 const struct itimerspec it = { {0, 0},
1389 { cur_tv->tv_sec, cur_tv->tv_usec * 1000 } };
1390 usbi_dbg("next timeout originally %dms", USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(transfer)->timeout);
1391 r = timerfd_settime(ctx->timerfd, TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME, &it, NULL);
1393 return LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1399 return disarm_timerfd(ctx);
1402 static int arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1409 /** \ingroup asyncio
1410 * Submit a transfer. This function will fire off the USB transfer and then
1411 * return immediately.
1413 * \param transfer the transfer to submit
1414 * \returns 0 on success
1415 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE if the device has been disconnected
1416 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY if the transfer has already been submitted.
1417 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED if the transfer flags are not supported
1418 * by the operating system.
1419 * \returns another LIBUSB_ERROR code on other failure
1421 int API_EXPORTED libusb_submit_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1423 struct libusb_context *ctx = TRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1424 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1425 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1428 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1429 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1430 itransfer->transferred = 0;
1431 itransfer->flags = 0;
1432 r = calculate_timeout(itransfer);
1434 r = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1438 r = add_to_flying_list(itransfer);
1439 if (r == LIBUSB_SUCCESS) {
1440 r = usbi_backend->submit_transfer(itransfer);
1442 if (r != LIBUSB_SUCCESS) {
1443 list_del(&itransfer->list);
1444 arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1446 /* keep a reference to this device */
1447 libusb_ref_device(transfer->dev_handle->dev);
1450 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1451 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1455 /** \ingroup asyncio
1456 * Asynchronously cancel a previously submitted transfer.
1457 * This function returns immediately, but this does not indicate cancellation
1458 * is complete. Your callback function will be invoked at some later time
1459 * with a transfer status of
1460 * \ref libusb_transfer_status::LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED
1461 * "LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED."
1463 * \param transfer the transfer to cancel
1464 * \returns 0 on success
1465 * \returns LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the transfer is already complete or
1467 * \returns a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
1469 int API_EXPORTED libusb_cancel_transfer(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1471 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1472 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1476 usbi_mutex_lock(&itransfer->lock);
1477 r = usbi_backend->cancel_transfer(itransfer);
1479 if (r != LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND &&
1480 r != LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE)
1481 usbi_err(TRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
1482 "cancel transfer failed error %d", r);
1484 usbi_dbg("cancel transfer failed error %d", r);
1486 if (r == LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE)
1487 itransfer->flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_DEVICE_DISAPPEARED;
1490 itransfer->flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_CANCELLING;
1492 usbi_mutex_unlock(&itransfer->lock);
1496 /** \ingroup asyncio
1497 * Set a transfers bulk stream id. Note users are advised to use
1498 * libusb_fill_bulk_stream_transfer() instead of calling this function
1501 * Since version 1.0.19, \ref LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000103
1503 * \param transfer the transfer to set the stream id for
1504 * \param stream_id the stream id to set
1505 * \see libusb_alloc_streams()
1507 void API_EXPORTED libusb_transfer_set_stream_id(
1508 struct libusb_transfer *transfer, uint32_t stream_id)
1510 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1511 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1513 itransfer->stream_id = stream_id;
1516 /** \ingroup asyncio
1517 * Get a transfers bulk stream id.
1519 * Since version 1.0.19, \ref LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000103
1521 * \param transfer the transfer to get the stream id for
1522 * \returns the stream id for the transfer
1524 uint32_t API_EXPORTED libusb_transfer_get_stream_id(
1525 struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
1527 struct usbi_transfer *itransfer =
1528 LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TO_USBI_TRANSFER(transfer);
1530 return itransfer->stream_id;
1533 /* Handle completion of a transfer (completion might be an error condition).
1534 * This will invoke the user-supplied callback function, which may end up
1535 * freeing the transfer. Therefore you cannot use the transfer structure
1536 * after calling this function, and you should free all backend-specific
1537 * data before calling it.
1538 * Do not call this function with the usbi_transfer lock held. User-specified
1539 * callback functions may attempt to directly resubmit the transfer, which
1540 * will attempt to take the lock. */
1541 int usbi_handle_transfer_completion(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer,
1542 enum libusb_transfer_status status)
1544 struct libusb_transfer *transfer =
1545 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1546 struct libusb_context *ctx = TRANSFER_CTX(transfer);
1547 struct libusb_device_handle *handle = transfer->dev_handle;
1551 /* FIXME: could be more intelligent with the timerfd here. we don't need
1552 * to disarm the timerfd if there was no timer running, and we only need
1553 * to rearm the timerfd if the transfer that expired was the one with
1554 * the shortest timeout. */
1556 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1557 list_del(&itransfer->list);
1558 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx))
1559 r = arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1560 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1561 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx) && (r < 0))
1564 if (status == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED
1565 && transfer->flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_SHORT_NOT_OK) {
1566 int rqlen = transfer->length;
1567 if (transfer->type == LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TYPE_CONTROL)
1568 rqlen -= LIBUSB_CONTROL_SETUP_SIZE;
1569 if (rqlen != itransfer->transferred) {
1570 usbi_dbg("interpreting short transfer as error");
1571 status = LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR;
1575 flags = transfer->flags;
1576 transfer->status = status;
1577 transfer->actual_length = itransfer->transferred;
1578 usbi_dbg("transfer %p has callback %p", transfer, transfer->callback);
1579 if (transfer->callback)
1580 transfer->callback(transfer);
1581 /* transfer might have been freed by the above call, do not use from
1583 if (flags & LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_TRANSFER)
1584 libusb_free_transfer(transfer);
1585 libusb_unref_device(handle->dev);
1589 /* Similar to usbi_handle_transfer_completion() but exclusively for transfers
1590 * that were asynchronously cancelled. The same concerns w.r.t. freeing of
1591 * transfers exist here.
1592 * Do not call this function with the usbi_transfer lock held. User-specified
1593 * callback functions may attempt to directly resubmit the transfer, which
1594 * will attempt to take the lock. */
1595 int usbi_handle_transfer_cancellation(struct usbi_transfer *transfer)
1597 /* if the URB was cancelled due to timeout, report timeout to the user */
1598 if (transfer->flags & USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT) {
1599 usbi_dbg("detected timeout cancellation");
1600 return usbi_handle_transfer_completion(transfer, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT);
1603 /* otherwise its a normal async cancel */
1604 return usbi_handle_transfer_completion(transfer, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED);
1608 * Attempt to acquire the event handling lock. This lock is used to ensure that
1609 * only one thread is monitoring libusb event sources at any one time.
1611 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1612 * which calls poll() or select() on libusb's file descriptors directly.
1613 * If you stick to libusb's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1614 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1617 * While holding this lock, you are trusted to actually be handling events.
1618 * If you are no longer handling events, you must call libusb_unlock_events()
1619 * as soon as possible.
1621 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1622 * \returns 0 if the lock was obtained successfully
1623 * \returns 1 if the lock was not obtained (i.e. another thread holds the lock)
1626 int API_EXPORTED libusb_try_lock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1630 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1632 /* is someone else waiting to close a device? if so, don't let this thread
1633 * start event handling */
1634 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1635 ru = ctx->device_close;
1636 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1638 usbi_dbg("someone else is closing a device");
1642 r = usbi_mutex_trylock(&ctx->events_lock);
1646 ctx->event_handler_active = 1;
1651 * Acquire the event handling lock, blocking until successful acquisition if
1652 * it is contended. This lock is used to ensure that only one thread is
1653 * monitoring libusb event sources at any one time.
1655 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1656 * which calls poll() or select() on libusb's file descriptors directly.
1657 * If you stick to libusb's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1658 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1661 * While holding this lock, you are trusted to actually be handling events.
1662 * If you are no longer handling events, you must call libusb_unlock_events()
1663 * as soon as possible.
1665 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1668 void API_EXPORTED libusb_lock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1670 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1671 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->events_lock);
1672 ctx->event_handler_active = 1;
1676 * Release the lock previously acquired with libusb_try_lock_events() or
1677 * libusb_lock_events(). Releasing this lock will wake up any threads blocked
1678 * on libusb_wait_for_event().
1680 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1683 void API_EXPORTED libusb_unlock_events(libusb_context *ctx)
1685 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1686 ctx->event_handler_active = 0;
1687 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->events_lock);
1689 /* FIXME: perhaps we should be a bit more efficient by not broadcasting
1690 * the availability of the events lock when we are modifying pollfds
1691 * (check ctx->device_close)? */
1692 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1693 usbi_cond_broadcast(&ctx->event_waiters_cond);
1694 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1698 * Determine if it is still OK for this thread to be doing event handling.
1700 * Sometimes, libusb needs to temporarily pause all event handlers, and this
1701 * is the function you should use before polling file descriptors to see if
1704 * If this function instructs your thread to give up the events lock, you
1705 * should just continue the usual logic that is documented in \ref mtasync.
1706 * On the next iteration, your thread will fail to obtain the events lock,
1707 * and will hence become an event waiter.
1709 * This function should be called while the events lock is held: you don't
1710 * need to worry about the results of this function if your thread is not
1711 * the current event handler.
1713 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1714 * \returns 1 if event handling can start or continue
1715 * \returns 0 if this thread must give up the events lock
1716 * \ref fullstory "Multi-threaded I/O: the full story"
1718 int API_EXPORTED libusb_event_handling_ok(libusb_context *ctx)
1721 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1723 /* is someone else waiting to close a device? if so, don't let this thread
1724 * continue event handling */
1725 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1726 r = ctx->device_close;
1727 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1729 usbi_dbg("someone else is closing a device");
1738 * Determine if an active thread is handling events (i.e. if anyone is holding
1739 * the event handling lock).
1741 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1742 * \returns 1 if a thread is handling events
1743 * \returns 0 if there are no threads currently handling events
1746 int API_EXPORTED libusb_event_handler_active(libusb_context *ctx)
1749 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1751 /* is someone else waiting to close a device? if so, don't let this thread
1752 * start event handling -- indicate that event handling is happening */
1753 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1754 r = ctx->device_close;
1755 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1757 usbi_dbg("someone else is closing a device");
1761 return ctx->event_handler_active;
1765 * Acquire the event waiters lock. This lock is designed to be obtained under
1766 * the situation where you want to be aware when events are completed, but
1767 * some other thread is event handling so calling libusb_handle_events() is not
1770 * You then obtain this lock, re-check that another thread is still handling
1771 * events, then call libusb_wait_for_event().
1773 * You only need to use this lock if you are developing an application
1774 * which calls poll() or select() on libusb's file descriptors directly,
1775 * <b>and</b> may potentially be handling events from 2 threads simultaenously.
1776 * If you stick to libusb's event handling loop functions (e.g.
1777 * libusb_handle_events()) then you do not need to be concerned with this
1780 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1783 void API_EXPORTED libusb_lock_event_waiters(libusb_context *ctx)
1785 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1786 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1790 * Release the event waiters lock.
1791 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1794 void API_EXPORTED libusb_unlock_event_waiters(libusb_context *ctx)
1796 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1797 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1801 * Wait for another thread to signal completion of an event. Must be called
1802 * with the event waiters lock held, see libusb_lock_event_waiters().
1804 * This function will block until any of the following conditions are met:
1805 * -# The timeout expires
1806 * -# A transfer completes
1807 * -# A thread releases the event handling lock through libusb_unlock_events()
1809 * Condition 1 is obvious. Condition 2 unblocks your thread <em>after</em>
1810 * the callback for the transfer has completed. Condition 3 is important
1811 * because it means that the thread that was previously handling events is no
1812 * longer doing so, so if any events are to complete, another thread needs to
1813 * step up and start event handling.
1815 * This function releases the event waiters lock before putting your thread
1816 * to sleep, and reacquires the lock as it is being woken up.
1818 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
1819 * \param tv maximum timeout for this blocking function. A NULL value
1820 * indicates unlimited timeout.
1821 * \returns 0 after a transfer completes or another thread stops event handling
1822 * \returns 1 if the timeout expired
1825 int API_EXPORTED libusb_wait_for_event(libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv)
1827 struct timespec timeout;
1830 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1832 usbi_cond_wait(&ctx->event_waiters_cond, &ctx->event_waiters_lock);
1836 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_REALTIME, &timeout);
1838 usbi_err(ctx, "failed to read realtime clock, error %d", errno);
1839 return LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
1842 timeout.tv_sec += tv->tv_sec;
1843 timeout.tv_nsec += tv->tv_usec * 1000;
1844 while (timeout.tv_nsec >= 1000000000) {
1845 timeout.tv_nsec -= 1000000000;
1849 r = usbi_cond_timedwait(&ctx->event_waiters_cond,
1850 &ctx->event_waiters_lock, &timeout);
1851 return (r == ETIMEDOUT);
1854 static void handle_timeout(struct usbi_transfer *itransfer)
1856 struct libusb_transfer *transfer =
1857 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(itransfer);
1860 itransfer->flags |= USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT;
1861 r = libusb_cancel_transfer(transfer);
1863 usbi_warn(TRANSFER_CTX(transfer),
1864 "async cancel failed %d errno=%d", r, errno);
1867 static int handle_timeouts_locked(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1870 struct timespec systime_ts;
1871 struct timeval systime;
1872 struct usbi_transfer *transfer;
1874 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers))
1877 /* get current time */
1878 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &systime_ts);
1882 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&systime, &systime_ts);
1884 /* iterate through flying transfers list, finding all transfers that
1885 * have expired timeouts */
1886 list_for_each_entry(transfer, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
1887 struct timeval *cur_tv = &transfer->timeout;
1889 /* if we've reached transfers of infinite timeout, we're all done */
1890 if (!timerisset(cur_tv))
1893 /* ignore timeouts we've already handled */
1894 if (transfer->flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))
1897 /* if transfer has non-expired timeout, nothing more to do */
1898 if ((cur_tv->tv_sec > systime.tv_sec) ||
1899 (cur_tv->tv_sec == systime.tv_sec &&
1900 cur_tv->tv_usec > systime.tv_usec))
1903 /* otherwise, we've got an expired timeout to handle */
1904 handle_timeout(transfer);
1909 static int handle_timeouts(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1912 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
1913 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1914 r = handle_timeouts_locked(ctx);
1915 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1919 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
1920 static int handle_timerfd_trigger(struct libusb_context *ctx)
1924 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1926 /* process the timeout that just happened */
1927 r = handle_timeouts_locked(ctx);
1931 /* arm for next timeout*/
1932 r = arm_timerfd_for_next_timeout(ctx);
1935 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
1940 /* do the actual event handling. assumes that no other thread is concurrently
1941 * doing the same thing. */
1942 static int handle_events(struct libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv)
1945 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd;
1946 POLL_NFDS_TYPE nfds = 0;
1947 POLL_NFDS_TYPE internal_nfds;
1948 struct pollfd *fds = NULL;
1953 /* there are certain fds that libusb uses internally, currently:
1958 * the backend will never need to attempt to handle events on these fds, so
1959 * we determine how many fds are in use internally for this context and when
1960 * handle_events() is called in the backend, the pollfd list and count will
1961 * be adjusted to skip over these internal fds */
1962 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx))
1967 /* only reallocate the poll fds when the list of poll fds has been modified
1968 * since the last poll, otherwise reuse them to save the additional overhead */
1969 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1970 if (ctx->pollfds_modified) {
1971 usbi_dbg("poll fds modified, reallocating");
1975 ctx->pollfds = NULL;
1978 /* sanity check - it is invalid for a context to have fewer than the
1979 * required internal fds (memory corruption?) */
1980 assert(ctx->pollfds_cnt >= internal_nfds);
1982 ctx->pollfds = calloc(ctx->pollfds_cnt, sizeof(*ctx->pollfds));
1983 if (!ctx->pollfds) {
1984 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
1985 return LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM;
1988 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->ipollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd) {
1989 struct libusb_pollfd *pollfd = &ipollfd->pollfd;
1991 ctx->pollfds[i].fd = pollfd->fd;
1992 ctx->pollfds[i].events = pollfd->events;
1995 /* reset the flag now that we have the updated list */
1996 ctx->pollfds_modified = 0;
1998 /* if no further pending events, clear the event pipe so that we do
1999 * not immediately return from poll */
2000 if (!usbi_pending_events(ctx))
2001 usbi_clear_event(ctx);
2004 nfds = ctx->pollfds_cnt;
2005 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2007 timeout_ms = (int)(tv->tv_sec * 1000) + (tv->tv_usec / 1000);
2009 /* round up to next millisecond */
2010 if (tv->tv_usec % 1000)
2014 usbi_dbg("poll() %d fds with timeout in %dms", nfds, timeout_ms);
2015 r = usbi_poll(fds, nfds, timeout_ms);
2016 usbi_dbg("poll() returned %d", r);
2018 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2019 else if (r == -1 && errno == EINTR)
2020 return LIBUSB_ERROR_INTERRUPTED;
2022 usbi_err(ctx, "poll failed %d err=%d\n", r, errno);
2023 return LIBUSB_ERROR_IO;
2028 /* fds[0] is always the event pipe */
2029 if (fds[0].revents) {
2030 libusb_hotplug_message *message = NULL;
2032 usbi_dbg("caught a fish on the event pipe");
2034 /* take the the event data lock while processing events */
2035 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2037 /* check if someone added a new poll fd */
2038 if (ctx->pollfds_modified)
2039 usbi_dbg("someone updated the poll fds");
2041 /* check if someone is closing a device */
2042 if (ctx->device_close)
2043 usbi_dbg("someone is closing a device");
2045 /* check for any pending hotplug messages */
2046 if (!list_empty(&ctx->hotplug_msgs)) {
2047 usbi_dbg("hotplug message received");
2049 message = list_first_entry(&ctx->hotplug_msgs, libusb_hotplug_message, list);
2050 list_del(&message->list);
2053 /* if no further pending events, clear the event pipe */
2054 if (!usbi_pending_events(ctx))
2055 usbi_clear_event(ctx);
2057 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2059 /* process the hotplug message, if any */
2061 usbi_hotplug_match(ctx, message->device, message->event);
2063 /* the device left, dereference the device */
2064 if (LIBUSB_HOTPLUG_EVENT_DEVICE_LEFT == message->event)
2065 libusb_unref_device(message->device);
2074 #ifdef USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE
2075 /* on timerfd configurations, fds[1] is the timerfd */
2076 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx) && fds[1].revents) {
2077 /* timerfd indicates that a timeout has expired */
2079 usbi_dbg("timerfd triggered");
2082 ret = handle_timerfd_trigger(ctx);
2084 /* return error code */
2094 r = usbi_backend->handle_events(ctx, fds + internal_nfds, nfds - internal_nfds, r);
2096 usbi_err(ctx, "backend handle_events failed with error %d", r);
2099 if (r == 0 && special_event) {
2107 /* returns the smallest of:
2108 * 1. timeout of next URB
2109 * 2. user-supplied timeout
2110 * returns 1 if there is an already-expired timeout, otherwise returns 0
2113 static int get_next_timeout(libusb_context *ctx, struct timeval *tv,
2114 struct timeval *out)
2116 struct timeval timeout;
2117 int r = libusb_get_next_timeout(ctx, &timeout);
2119 /* timeout already expired? */
2120 if (!timerisset(&timeout))
2123 /* choose the smallest of next URB timeout or user specified timeout */
2124 if (timercmp(&timeout, tv, <))
2135 * Handle any pending events.
2137 * libusb determines "pending events" by checking if any timeouts have expired
2138 * and by checking the set of file descriptors for activity.
2140 * If a zero timeval is passed, this function will handle any already-pending
2141 * events and then immediately return in non-blocking style.
2143 * If a non-zero timeval is passed and no events are currently pending, this
2144 * function will block waiting for events to handle up until the specified
2145 * timeout. If an event arrives or a signal is raised, this function will
2148 * If the parameter completed is not NULL then <em>after obtaining the event
2149 * handling lock</em> this function will return immediately if the integer
2150 * pointed to is not 0. This allows for race free waiting for the completion
2151 * of a specific transfer.
2153 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2154 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or an all zero
2155 * timeval struct for non-blocking mode
2156 * \param completed pointer to completion integer to check, or NULL
2157 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2160 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(libusb_context *ctx,
2161 struct timeval *tv, int *completed)
2164 struct timeval poll_timeout;
2166 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2167 r = get_next_timeout(ctx, tv, &poll_timeout);
2169 /* timeout already expired */
2170 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2174 if (libusb_try_lock_events(ctx) == 0) {
2175 if (completed == NULL || !*completed) {
2176 /* we obtained the event lock: do our own event handling */
2177 usbi_dbg("doing our own event handling");
2178 r = handle_events(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2180 libusb_unlock_events(ctx);
2184 /* another thread is doing event handling. wait for thread events that
2185 * notify event completion. */
2186 libusb_lock_event_waiters(ctx);
2188 if (completed && *completed)
2191 if (!libusb_event_handler_active(ctx)) {
2192 /* we hit a race: whoever was event handling earlier finished in the
2193 * time it took us to reach this point. try the cycle again. */
2194 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
2195 usbi_dbg("event handler was active but went away, retrying");
2199 usbi_dbg("another thread is doing event handling");
2200 r = libusb_wait_for_event(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2203 libusb_unlock_event_waiters(ctx);
2208 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2214 * Handle any pending events
2216 * Like libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(), but without the completed
2217 * parameter, calling this function is equivalent to calling
2218 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() with a NULL completed parameter.
2220 * This function is kept primarily for backwards compatibility.
2221 * All new code should call libusb_handle_events_completed() or
2222 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() to avoid race conditions.
2224 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2225 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or an all zero
2226 * timeval struct for non-blocking mode
2227 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2229 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_timeout(libusb_context *ctx,
2232 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, tv, NULL);
2236 * Handle any pending events in blocking mode. There is currently a timeout
2237 * hardcoded at 60 seconds but we plan to make it unlimited in future. For
2238 * finer control over whether this function is blocking or non-blocking, or
2239 * for control over the timeout, use libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed()
2242 * This function is kept primarily for backwards compatibility.
2243 * All new code should call libusb_handle_events_completed() or
2244 * libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() to avoid race conditions.
2246 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2247 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2249 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events(libusb_context *ctx)
2254 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, &tv, NULL);
2258 * Handle any pending events in blocking mode.
2260 * Like libusb_handle_events(), with the addition of a completed parameter
2261 * to allow for race free waiting for the completion of a specific transfer.
2263 * See libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed() for details on the completed
2266 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2267 * \param completed pointer to completion integer to check, or NULL
2268 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2271 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_completed(libusb_context *ctx,
2277 return libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed(ctx, &tv, completed);
2281 * Handle any pending events by polling file descriptors, without checking if
2282 * any other threads are already doing so. Must be called with the event lock
2283 * held, see libusb_lock_events().
2285 * This function is designed to be called under the situation where you have
2286 * taken the event lock and are calling poll()/select() directly on libusb's
2287 * file descriptors (as opposed to using libusb_handle_events() or similar).
2288 * You detect events on libusb's descriptors, so you then call this function
2289 * with a zero timeout value (while still holding the event lock).
2291 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2292 * \param tv the maximum time to block waiting for events, or zero for
2294 * \returns 0 on success, or a LIBUSB_ERROR code on failure
2297 int API_EXPORTED libusb_handle_events_locked(libusb_context *ctx,
2301 struct timeval poll_timeout;
2303 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2304 r = get_next_timeout(ctx, tv, &poll_timeout);
2306 /* timeout already expired */
2307 return handle_timeouts(ctx);
2310 return handle_events(ctx, &poll_timeout);
2314 * Determines whether your application must apply special timing considerations
2315 * when monitoring libusb's file descriptors.
2317 * This function is only useful for applications which retrieve and poll
2318 * libusb's file descriptors in their own main loop (\ref pollmain).
2320 * Ordinarily, libusb's event handler needs to be called into at specific
2321 * moments in time (in addition to times when there is activity on the file
2322 * descriptor set). The usual approach is to use libusb_get_next_timeout()
2323 * to learn about when the next timeout occurs, and to adjust your
2324 * poll()/select() timeout accordingly so that you can make a call into the
2325 * library at that time.
2327 * Some platforms supported by libusb do not come with this baggage - any
2328 * events relevant to timing will be represented by activity on the file
2329 * descriptor set, and libusb_get_next_timeout() will always return 0.
2330 * This function allows you to detect whether you are running on such a
2335 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2336 * \returns 0 if you must call into libusb at times determined by
2337 * libusb_get_next_timeout(), or 1 if all timeout events are handled internally
2338 * or through regular activity on the file descriptors.
2339 * \ref pollmain "Polling libusb file descriptors for event handling"
2341 int API_EXPORTED libusb_pollfds_handle_timeouts(libusb_context *ctx)
2343 #if defined(USBI_TIMERFD_AVAILABLE)
2344 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2345 return usbi_using_timerfd(ctx);
2353 * Determine the next internal timeout that libusb needs to handle. You only
2354 * need to use this function if you are calling poll() or select() or similar
2355 * on libusb's file descriptors yourself - you do not need to use it if you
2356 * are calling libusb_handle_events() or a variant directly.
2358 * You should call this function in your main loop in order to determine how
2359 * long to wait for select() or poll() to return results. libusb needs to be
2360 * called into at this timeout, so you should use it as an upper bound on
2361 * your select() or poll() call.
2363 * When the timeout has expired, call into libusb_handle_events_timeout()
2364 * (perhaps in non-blocking mode) so that libusb can handle the timeout.
2366 * This function may return 1 (success) and an all-zero timeval. If this is
2367 * the case, it indicates that libusb has a timeout that has already expired
2368 * so you should call libusb_handle_events_timeout() or similar immediately.
2369 * A return code of 0 indicates that there are no pending timeouts.
2371 * On some platforms, this function will always returns 0 (no pending
2372 * timeouts). See \ref polltime.
2374 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2375 * \param tv output location for a relative time against the current
2376 * clock in which libusb must be called into in order to process timeout events
2377 * \returns 0 if there are no pending timeouts, 1 if a timeout was returned,
2378 * or LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER on failure
2380 int API_EXPORTED libusb_get_next_timeout(libusb_context *ctx,
2383 struct usbi_transfer *transfer;
2384 struct timespec cur_ts;
2385 struct timeval cur_tv;
2386 struct timeval *next_timeout;
2390 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2391 if (usbi_using_timerfd(ctx))
2394 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2395 if (list_empty(&ctx->flying_transfers)) {
2396 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2397 usbi_dbg("no URBs, no timeout!");
2401 /* find next transfer which hasn't already been processed as timed out */
2402 list_for_each_entry(transfer, &ctx->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer) {
2403 if (transfer->flags & (USBI_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT | USBI_TRANSFER_OS_HANDLES_TIMEOUT))
2406 /* no timeout for this transfer? */
2407 if (!timerisset(&transfer->timeout))
2413 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->flying_transfers_lock);
2416 usbi_dbg("no URB with timeout or all handled by OS; no timeout!");
2420 next_timeout = &transfer->timeout;
2422 r = usbi_backend->clock_gettime(USBI_CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &cur_ts);
2424 usbi_err(ctx, "failed to read monotonic clock, errno=%d", errno);
2427 TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&cur_tv, &cur_ts);
2429 if (!timercmp(&cur_tv, next_timeout, <)) {
2430 usbi_dbg("first timeout already expired");
2433 timersub(next_timeout, &cur_tv, tv);
2434 usbi_dbg("next timeout in %d.%06ds", tv->tv_sec, tv->tv_usec);
2441 * Register notification functions for file descriptor additions/removals.
2442 * These functions will be invoked for every new or removed file descriptor
2443 * that libusb uses as an event source.
2445 * To remove notifiers, pass NULL values for the function pointers.
2447 * Note that file descriptors may have been added even before you register
2448 * these notifiers (e.g. at libusb_init() time).
2450 * Additionally, note that the removal notifier may be called during
2451 * libusb_exit() (e.g. when it is closing file descriptors that were opened
2452 * and added to the poll set at libusb_init() time). If you don't want this,
2453 * remove the notifiers immediately before calling libusb_exit().
2455 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2456 * \param added_cb pointer to function for addition notifications
2457 * \param removed_cb pointer to function for removal notifications
2458 * \param user_data User data to be passed back to callbacks (useful for
2459 * passing context information)
2461 void API_EXPORTED libusb_set_pollfd_notifiers(libusb_context *ctx,
2462 libusb_pollfd_added_cb added_cb, libusb_pollfd_removed_cb removed_cb,
2465 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2466 ctx->fd_added_cb = added_cb;
2467 ctx->fd_removed_cb = removed_cb;
2468 ctx->fd_cb_user_data = user_data;
2472 * Interrupt the iteration of the event handling thread, so that it picks
2473 * up the fd change. Callers of this function must hold the event_data_lock.
2475 static void usbi_fd_notification(struct libusb_context *ctx)
2479 /* Record that there is a new poll fd.
2480 * Only signal an event if there are no prior pending events. */
2481 pending_events = usbi_pending_events(ctx);
2482 ctx->pollfds_modified = 1;
2483 if (!pending_events)
2484 usbi_signal_event(ctx);
2487 /* Add a file descriptor to the list of file descriptors to be monitored.
2488 * events should be specified as a bitmask of events passed to poll(), e.g.
2489 * POLLIN and/or POLLOUT. */
2490 int usbi_add_pollfd(struct libusb_context *ctx, int fd, short events)
2492 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd = malloc(sizeof(*ipollfd));
2494 return LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM;
2496 usbi_dbg("add fd %d events %d", fd, events);
2497 ipollfd->pollfd.fd = fd;
2498 ipollfd->pollfd.events = events;
2499 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2500 list_add_tail(&ipollfd->list, &ctx->ipollfds);
2502 usbi_fd_notification(ctx);
2503 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2505 if (ctx->fd_added_cb)
2506 ctx->fd_added_cb(fd, events, ctx->fd_cb_user_data);
2510 /* Remove a file descriptor from the list of file descriptors to be polled. */
2511 void usbi_remove_pollfd(struct libusb_context *ctx, int fd)
2513 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd;
2516 usbi_dbg("remove fd %d", fd);
2517 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2518 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->ipollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd)
2519 if (ipollfd->pollfd.fd == fd) {
2525 usbi_dbg("couldn't find fd %d to remove", fd);
2526 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2530 list_del(&ipollfd->list);
2532 usbi_fd_notification(ctx);
2533 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2535 if (ctx->fd_removed_cb)
2536 ctx->fd_removed_cb(fd, ctx->fd_cb_user_data);
2540 * Retrieve a list of file descriptors that should be polled by your main loop
2541 * as libusb event sources.
2543 * The returned list is NULL-terminated and should be freed with free() when
2544 * done. The actual list contents must not be touched.
2546 * As file descriptors are a Unix-specific concept, this function is not
2547 * available on Windows and will always return NULL.
2549 * \param ctx the context to operate on, or NULL for the default context
2550 * \returns a NULL-terminated list of libusb_pollfd structures
2551 * \returns NULL on error
2552 * \returns NULL on platforms where the functionality is not available
2555 const struct libusb_pollfd ** LIBUSB_CALL libusb_get_pollfds(
2556 libusb_context *ctx)
2559 struct libusb_pollfd **ret = NULL;
2560 struct usbi_pollfd *ipollfd;
2562 USBI_GET_CONTEXT(ctx);
2564 usbi_mutex_lock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2566 ret = calloc(ctx->pollfds_cnt + 1, sizeof(struct libusb_pollfd *));
2570 list_for_each_entry(ipollfd, &ctx->ipollfds, list, struct usbi_pollfd)
2571 ret[i++] = (struct libusb_pollfd *) ipollfd;
2572 ret[ctx->pollfds_cnt] = NULL;
2575 usbi_mutex_unlock(&ctx->event_data_lock);
2576 return (const struct libusb_pollfd **) ret;
2578 usbi_err(ctx, "external polling of libusb's internal descriptors "\
2579 "is not yet supported on Windows platforms");
2584 /* Backends may call this from handle_events to report disconnection of a
2585 * device. This function ensures transfers get cancelled appropriately.
2586 * Callers of this function must hold the events_lock.
2588 void usbi_handle_disconnect(struct libusb_device_handle *handle)
2590 struct usbi_transfer *cur;
2591 struct usbi_transfer *to_cancel;
2593 usbi_dbg("device %d.%d",
2594 handle->dev->bus_number, handle->dev->device_address);
2596 /* terminate all pending transfers with the LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE
2599 * this is a bit tricky because:
2600 * 1. we can't do transfer completion while holding flying_transfers_lock
2601 * because the completion handler may try to re-submit the transfer
2602 * 2. the transfers list can change underneath us - if we were to build a
2603 * list of transfers to complete (while holding lock), the situation
2604 * might be different by the time we come to free them
2606 * so we resort to a loop-based approach as below
2608 * This is safe because transfers are only removed from the
2609 * flying_transfer list by usbi_handle_transfer_completion and
2610 * libusb_close, both of which hold the events_lock while doing so,
2611 * so usbi_handle_disconnect cannot be running at the same time.
2613 * Note that libusb_submit_transfer also removes the transfer from
2614 * the flying_transfer list on submission failure, but it keeps the
2615 * flying_transfer list locked between addition and removal, so
2616 * usbi_handle_disconnect never sees such transfers.
2620 usbi_mutex_lock(&HANDLE_CTX(handle)->flying_transfers_lock);
2622 list_for_each_entry(cur, &HANDLE_CTX(handle)->flying_transfers, list, struct usbi_transfer)
2623 if (USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(cur)->dev_handle == handle) {
2627 usbi_mutex_unlock(&HANDLE_CTX(handle)->flying_transfers_lock);
2632 usbi_dbg("cancelling transfer %p from disconnect",
2633 USBI_TRANSFER_TO_LIBUSB_TRANSFER(to_cancel));
2635 usbi_backend->clear_transfer_priv(to_cancel);
2636 usbi_handle_transfer_completion(to_cancel, LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE);