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8634 epoll fails to wake on certain edge-triggered conditions
8635 epoll should not emit POLLNVAL
8636 recursive epoll should emit EPOLLRDNORM
Reviewed by: Jerry Jelinek <jerry.jelinek@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Reviewed by: Igor Kozhukhov <igor@dilos.org>
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   7 .TH CHPOLL 9E "May 7, 2008"
   8 .SH NAME
   9 chpoll \- poll entry point for a non-STREAMS character driver
  10 .SH SYNOPSIS
  11 .LP
  12 .nf
  13 #include <sys/types.h>
  14 #include <sys/poll.h>
  15 #include <sys/ddi.h>
  16 #include <sys/sunddi.h>
  17 
  18 
  19 
  20 \fBint prefix\fR\fBchpoll\fR(\fBdev_t\fR \fIdev\fR, \fBshort\fR \fIevents\fR, \fBint\fR \fIanyyet\fR,
  21      \fBshort *\fR\fIreventsp\fR, \fBstruct pollhead **\fR\fIphpp\fR);
  22 .fi
  23 
  24 .SH INTERFACE LEVEL
  25 .LP
  26 This entry point is optional. Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
  27 .SH PARAMETERS


 165 .RE
 166 
 167 .SH DESCRIPTION
 168 .LP
 169 The \fBchpoll()\fR entry point routine is used by non-STREAMS character device
 170 drivers that wish to support polling. The driver must implement the polling
 171 discipline itself. The following rules must be followed when implementing the
 172 polling discipline:
 173 .RS +4
 174 .TP
 175 1.
 176 Implement the following algorithm when the \fBchpoll()\fR entry point is
 177 called:
 178 .sp
 179 .in +2
 180 .nf
 181 if (specified_events_are_satisfied_now) {
 182       *reventsp = satisfied_events & events;
 183 } else {
 184       *reventsp = 0;
 185       if (!anyyet)
 186             *phpp = &my_local_pollhead_structure;
 187 }


 188 return (0);
 189 .fi
 190 .in -2
 191 













 192 .RE
 193 .RS +4
 194 .TP
 195 2.
 196 Allocate an instance of the \fBpollhead\fR structure. This instance may be
 197 tied to the per-minor data structure defined by the driver. The \fBpollhead\fR
 198 structure should be treated as a "black box" by the driver. Initialize the
 199 \fBpollhead\fR structure by filling it with zeroes. The size of this structure
 200 is guaranteed to remain the same across releases.
 201 .RE
 202 .RS +4
 203 .TP
 204 3.
 205 Call the \fBpollwakeup()\fR function with \fBevents\fR listed above whenever
 206 pollable \fBevents\fR which the driver should monitor occur. This function can
 207 be called with multiple events at one time. The \fBpollwakup()\fR can be called
 208 regardless of whether or not the \fBchpoll()\fR entry is called; it should be
 209 called every time the driver detects the pollable event. The driver must not
 210 hold any mutex across the call to \fBpollwakeup\fR(9F) that is acquired in its
 211 \fBchpoll()\fR entry point, or a deadlock may result.  Note that if


 235 
 236       state = ddi_get_soft_state(mydriver_softstate, minor);
 237 
 238       pollwakeup(&state->mydriver_pollhd, POLLERR);
 239       pollhead_clean(&state->mydriver_pollhd);
 240       ...
 241 .fi
 242 .in -2
 243 
 244 This step is necessary to inform other kernel subsystems that the memory
 245 associated with the \fBpollhead\fR is about to be deallocated by the
 246 \fBclose\fR(9E) entry point.
 247 
 248 .RE
 249 .SH RETURN VALUES
 250 .LP
 251 \fBchpoll()\fR should return \fB0\fR for success, or the appropriate error
 252 number.
 253 .SH SEE ALSO
 254 .LP
 255 \fBpoll\fR(2), \fBnochpoll\fR(9F), \fBpollwakeup\fR(9F)
 256 .sp
 257 .LP
 258 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
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   3 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
   4 .\" Copyright 2017 Joyent, Inc
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   6 .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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   8 .TH CHPOLL 9E "Jan 18, 2017"
   9 .SH NAME
  10 chpoll \- poll entry point for a non-STREAMS character driver
  11 .SH SYNOPSIS
  12 .LP
  13 .nf
  14 #include <sys/types.h>
  15 #include <sys/poll.h>
  16 #include <sys/ddi.h>
  17 #include <sys/sunddi.h>
  18 
  19 
  20 
  21 \fBint prefix\fR\fBchpoll\fR(\fBdev_t\fR \fIdev\fR, \fBshort\fR \fIevents\fR, \fBint\fR \fIanyyet\fR,
  22      \fBshort *\fR\fIreventsp\fR, \fBstruct pollhead **\fR\fIphpp\fR);
  23 .fi
  24 
  25 .SH INTERFACE LEVEL
  26 .LP
  27 This entry point is optional. Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
  28 .SH PARAMETERS


 166 .RE
 167 
 168 .SH DESCRIPTION
 169 .LP
 170 The \fBchpoll()\fR entry point routine is used by non-STREAMS character device
 171 drivers that wish to support polling. The driver must implement the polling
 172 discipline itself. The following rules must be followed when implementing the
 173 polling discipline:
 174 .RS +4
 175 .TP
 176 1.
 177 Implement the following algorithm when the \fBchpoll()\fR entry point is
 178 called:
 179 .sp
 180 .in +2
 181 .nf
 182 if (specified_events_are_satisfied_now) {
 183       *reventsp = satisfied_events & events;
 184 } else {
 185       *reventsp = 0;


 186 }
 187 if ((*reventsp == 0 && !anyyet) || (events & POLLET))
 188       *phpp = &my_local_pollhead_structure;
 189 return (0);
 190 .fi
 191 .in -2
 192 
 193 Note: Prior to the integration of \fBepoll\fR(5), which included
 194 edge-triggering via the \fBPOLLET\fR flag, standard chpoll mechanisms would
 195 only provide a pollhead in \fBphpp\fR if there were no matching events.
 196 Edge-triggered polling requires that \fBpollwakeup()\fR always be called for a
 197 resource, so if \fBPOLLET\fR is set in the \fBevents\fR of interest, the chpoll
 198 method must yield a pollhead and prepare to issue \fBpollwakeup()\fR calls on
 199 it.
 200 
 201 Drivers which are not wired up to make \fBpollwakeup()\fR calls on a pollhead
 202 when their status changes should emit one from their \fBchpoll\fR routine.
 203 This will exclude the resource from caching by pollers, since it cannot alert
 204 them to new events without \fBpollwakeup()\fR notification.
 205 
 206 .RE
 207 .RS +4
 208 .TP
 209 2.
 210 Allocate an instance of the \fBpollhead\fR structure. This instance may be
 211 tied to the per-minor data structure defined by the driver. The \fBpollhead\fR
 212 structure should be treated as a "black box" by the driver. Initialize the
 213 \fBpollhead\fR structure by filling it with zeroes. The size of this structure
 214 is guaranteed to remain the same across releases.
 215 .RE
 216 .RS +4
 217 .TP
 218 3.
 219 Call the \fBpollwakeup()\fR function with \fBevents\fR listed above whenever
 220 pollable \fBevents\fR which the driver should monitor occur. This function can
 221 be called with multiple events at one time. The \fBpollwakup()\fR can be called
 222 regardless of whether or not the \fBchpoll()\fR entry is called; it should be
 223 called every time the driver detects the pollable event. The driver must not
 224 hold any mutex across the call to \fBpollwakeup\fR(9F) that is acquired in its
 225 \fBchpoll()\fR entry point, or a deadlock may result.  Note that if


 249 
 250       state = ddi_get_soft_state(mydriver_softstate, minor);
 251 
 252       pollwakeup(&state->mydriver_pollhd, POLLERR);
 253       pollhead_clean(&state->mydriver_pollhd);
 254       ...
 255 .fi
 256 .in -2
 257 
 258 This step is necessary to inform other kernel subsystems that the memory
 259 associated with the \fBpollhead\fR is about to be deallocated by the
 260 \fBclose\fR(9E) entry point.
 261 
 262 .RE
 263 .SH RETURN VALUES
 264 .LP
 265 \fBchpoll()\fR should return \fB0\fR for success, or the appropriate error
 266 number.
 267 .SH SEE ALSO
 268 .LP
 269 \fBpoll\fR(2), \fBepoll\fR(5), \fBnochpoll\fR(9F), \fBpollwakeup\fR(9F)
 270 .sp
 271 .LP
 272 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR