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38POSIX optionally offers support for a monotonic clock source. EV 38POSIX optionally offers support for a monotonic clock source. EV
39can take advantage of this clock source to detect time jumps 39can take advantage of this clock source to detect time jumps
40reliably. Unfortunately, some systems are bound to be broken, so you can 40reliably. Unfortunately, some systems are bound to be broken, so you can
41disable this here: you can completely disable the detection and use of 41disable this here: you can completely disable the detection and use of
42the monotonic clock by answering 'n' here. Support for this clock type 42the monotonic clock by answering 'n' here. Support for this clock type
43will otherwise be autodetected at both compile- and runtime. 43will otherwise be autodetected at both compile- and runtime. (this setting
44currently affects the use of nanosleep over select as well).
44 45
45EOF 46EOF
46 47
47$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_MONOTONIC=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable optional support for CLOCK_MONOTONIC (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/)); 48$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_MONOTONIC=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable optional support for CLOCK_MONOTONIC (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/));
48 49
65print <<EOF; 66print <<EOF;
66 67
67*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 68*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
68 69
69 70
71Another useful bit of functionality is the Linux eventfd, which is useful
72for faster signal handling (don't care) and intra-thread communications
73(mostly useful for embedding). Kernel support for this will be probed at
74runtime, but your libc must contain the necessary wrapper. Glibc 2.7 and
75later should have this wrapper.
76
77EOF
78
79$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_EVENTFD=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable linux eventfd support (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/eventfd.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
80
81print <<EOF;
82
83*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
84
85
70EV can use various backends with various portability issue. The select 86EV can use various backends with various portability issue. The select
71backend is the most portable and makes for a good fallback, but it can be 87backend is the most portable and makes for a good fallback, but it can be
72limited to a low number of file descriptors and/or might not compile. If 88limited to a low number of file descriptors and/or might not compile. If
73you have problems with compiling ev_select.c, you might try to play around 89you have problems with compiling ev_select.c, you might try to play around
74with disabling it here, or forcing it to use the fd_set provided by your 90with disabling it here, or forcing it to use the fd_set provided by your
116print <<EOF; 132print <<EOF;
117 133
118*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 134*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
119 135
120 136
121EV by default uses select, which makes it hard to write efficient servers, 137Select and poll make it hard to write efficient servers, especially if the
122especially if the number of active connections is much lower than the open 138number of active connections is much lower than the watched ones. GNU/Linux
123ones. GNU/Linux systems have a more scalable method called "epoll", which 139systems have a more scalable method called "epoll", which EV can use. For
124EV can use. For this to work, both your kernel and glibc have to support 140this to work, both your kernel and glibc have to support epoll, but if you
125epoll, but if you can compile it, the detection will be done at runtime, 141can compile it, the detection will be done at runtime, and EV will safely
126and EV will safely fall back to using select when epoll isn't available. 142fall back to using select when epoll isn't available. If unsure, accept
127If unsure, accept the default. 143the default.
128 144
129EOF 145EOF
130 146
131$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_EPOLL=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable epoll backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/epoll.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/)); 147$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_EPOLL=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable epoll backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/epoll.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
132 148
137 153
138Similarly to the epoll backend above, EV can take advantage of kqueue on 154Similarly to the epoll backend above, EV can take advantage of kqueue on
139many BSD systems. Support for kqueue will be detected at runtime, with a 155many BSD systems. Support for kqueue will be detected at runtime, with a
140safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used. 156safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used.
141 157
142Note that kqueue is broken on most operating systems, so it defaults to 158Note that kqueue is broken on most operating systems, so by default it
143'n' on most platforms that claim to support it. Here is what we know: 159won't be used on many platforms, but you can still create your own event
160loop with qkueue backend.
144 161
145OS X: completely, utterly broken on at least <= 10.5. 162Here is what we know:
163
164NetBSD: partially working in at least 3.1. Yeah! :)
146FreeBSD: broken on at least <= 6.2-STABLE, 165FreeBSD: broken on at least 6.2-STABLE,
147 sockets and pipes *might* work, ptys definitely don't. 166 sockets *likely* work, ptys definitely don't.
148NetBSD: reports indicate that it likely WORKS. Yeah! :)
149OpenBSD: reports indicate that it likely doesn't work 167OpenBSD: reports indicate that it likely doesn't work
150 (similar problems as on FreeBSD). 168 (similar problems as on FreeBSD).
169OS X: completely, utterly broken on at least < 10.5.
151 170
152EOF 171EOF
153 172
154my $can_kqueue = $^O =~ /netbsd/i && -e "/usr/include/sys/event.h"; 173my $can_kqueue = -e "/usr/include/sys/event.h";
155 174
156$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_KQUEUE=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable kqueue backend (y/n)?", $can_kqueue ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/)); 175$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_KQUEUE=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable kqueue backend (y/n)?", $can_kqueue ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
157 176
158print <<EOF; 177print <<EOF;
159 178
160*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 179*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
161 180
162 181
163Similarly to the kqueue backend above, EV can take advantage of the 182Similarly to the kqueue backend above, EV can take advantage of the
164solaris 10 port interface. Support for port will be detected at runtime, 183solaris 10 event port interface. Support for event ports will be detected
165with a safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used. 184at runtime, with a safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used.
166 185
167EOF 186EOF
168 187
169$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_PORT=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable port backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/port.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/)); 188$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_PORT=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable event port backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/port.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
170 189
171print <<EOF; 190print <<EOF;
172 191
173*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 192*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
174 193
182 201
183$SOLARIS_LIBS = $^O =~ /solaris/ ? " -lsocket -lnsl" : ""; 202$SOLARIS_LIBS = $^O =~ /solaris/ ? " -lsocket -lnsl" : "";
184 203
185$LIBS = prompt "Extra libraries for pthread_atfork and clock_gettime?", "-lpthread -lrt$SOLARIS_LIBS"; 204$LIBS = prompt "Extra libraries for pthread_atfork and clock_gettime?", "-lpthread -lrt$SOLARIS_LIBS";
186 205
206
207print <<EOF;
208
209*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
210
211
212A backend of a different kind is the Linux inotify(7) interface, which can
213be used to speed up (and reduce resource consumption) of stat watchers. If
214you have it, it is usually a good idea to enable it.
215
216EOF
217
218my $can_inotify = -e "/usr/include/sys/inotify.h";
219
220$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_INOTIFY=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable inotify support (y/n)?", $can_inotify ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
187 221
188print <<EOF; 222print <<EOF;
189 223
190*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 224*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
191 225
201 SUFFIX => '.gz', 235 SUFFIX => '.gz',
202 }, 236 },
203 depend => { 237 depend => {
204 "EV.c" => "EV/EVAPI.h " 238 "EV.c" => "EV/EVAPI.h "
205 . "libev/ev.c libev/ev.h libev/ev_epoll.c libev/ev_select.c libev/ev_kqueue.c libev/ev_poll.c " 239 . "libev/ev.c libev/ev.h libev/ev_epoll.c libev/ev_select.c libev/ev_kqueue.c libev/ev_poll.c "
206 . "libev/event.h libev/event.c evdns.h evdns.c libev/ev_vars.h libev/ev_wrap.h", 240 . "libev/ev_vars.h libev/ev_wrap.h",
207 }, 241 },
208 INC => "-Ilibev", 242 INC => "-Ilibev",
209 DEFINE => "$DEFINE", 243 DEFINE => "$DEFINE",
210 NAME => "EV", 244 NAME => "EV",
211 LIBS => [$LIBS], 245 LIBS => [$LIBS],
213 @anyevent, 247 @anyevent,
214 }, 248 },
215 VERSION_FROM => "EV.pm", 249 VERSION_FROM => "EV.pm",
216 PM => { 250 PM => {
217 'EV.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV.pm', 251 'EV.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV.pm',
218 'EV/DNS.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/DNS.pm',
219 'EV/EVAPI.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/EVAPI.h', 252 'EV/EVAPI.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/EVAPI.h',
220 'EV/MakeMaker.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/MakeMaker.pm', 253 'EV/MakeMaker.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/MakeMaker.pm',
221 'libev/ev.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/ev.h', 254 'libev/ev.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/ev.h',
222 }, 255 },
223); 256);

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