poll.h

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/*-
 * Copyright (c) 1997 Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org>
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#ifndef _SYS_POLL_H_
#define _SYS_POLL_H_

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/*
 * This file is intended to be compatible with the traditional poll.h.
 */

// In Visual Studio 2008, winsock2.h defines all of these already
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1400)
/*
 * This structure is passed as an array to poll(2).
 */
struct pollfd {
        int     fd;             /* which file descriptor to poll */
        short   events;         /* events we are interested in */
        short   revents;        /* events found on return */
};

/*
 * Requestable events.  If poll(2) finds any of these set, they are
 * copied to revents on return.
 * XXX Note that FreeBSD doesn't make much distinction between POLLPRI
 * and POLLRDBAND since none of the file types have distinct priority
 * bands - and only some have an urgent "mode".
 * XXX Note POLLIN isn't really supported in true SVSV terms.  Under SYSV
 * POLLIN includes all of normal, band and urgent data.  Most poll handlers
 * on FreeBSD only treat it as "normal" data.
 */
#define POLLIN          0x0001          /* any readable data available */
#define POLLPRI         0x0002          /* OOB/Urgent readable data */
#define POLLOUT         0x0004          /* file descriptor is writeable */
#define POLLRDNORM      0x0040          /* non-OOB/URG data available */
#define POLLWRNORM      POLLOUT         /* no write type differentiation */
#define POLLRDBAND      0x0080          /* OOB/Urgent readable data */
#define POLLWRBAND      0x0100          /* OOB/Urgent data can be written */

/*
 * These events are set if they occur regardless of whether they were
 * requested.
 */
#define POLLERR         0x0008          /* some poll error occurred */
#define POLLHUP         0x0010          /* file descriptor was "hung up" */
#define POLLNVAL        0x0020          /* requested events "invalid" */
#endif

#define POLLSTANDARD    (POLLIN|POLLPRI|POLLOUT|POLLRDNORM|POLLRDBAND|\
                         POLLWRBAND|POLLERR|POLLHUP|POLLNVAL)

/*
 * FreeBSD extensions: polling on a regular file might return one
 * of these events (currently only supported on UFS).
 */
#define POLLEXTEND      0x0200          /* file may have been extended */
#define POLLATTRIB      0x0400          /* file attributes may have changed */
#define POLLNLINK       0x0800          /* (un)link/rename may have happened */
#define POLLWRITE       0x1000          /* file's contents may have changed */

/*
 * Request that poll() wait forever.
 * XXX in SYSV, this is defined in stropts.h, which is not included
 * by poll.h.
 */
#define INFTIM          (-1)

#ifndef KERNEL

/* #include <sys/cdefs.h> */

/*
 * XXX logically, poll() should be declared in <poll.h>, but SVR4 at
 * least has it here in <sys/poll.h>.
 * XXX poll() has "unsigned long" nfds on SVR4, not unsigned as on the
 * other BSDs.
 */
int     poll (struct pollfd *_pfd, unsigned _nfds, int _timeout);

#endif /* !KERNEL */

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* !_SYS_POLL_H_ */