io: io_close_other()

[ccan] / ccan / io / io.h

diff --git a/ccan/io/io.h b/ccan/io/io.h
index df0764bd17e1ff7f50633ffe91a45de4c02c6a22..558a8769e1428355c254af670790d01f5ccda09e 100644 (file)
--- a/ccan/io/io.h
+++ b/ccan/io/io.h
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ bool io_timeout_(struct io_conn *conn, struct timespec ts,
  * to have two connections for the same fd, and use one for read
  * operations and one for write.
  *
- * Returning io_close() on one will close both fds!
+ * You must io_close() both of them to close the fd.
  *
  * Example:
  *     static void setup_read_write(int fd,
@@ -495,6 +495,24 @@ struct io_plan io_close_(void);
  */
 struct io_plan io_close_cb(struct io_conn *, void *unused);
 
+/**
+ * io_close_other - close different connection next time around the I/O loop.
+ * @conn: the connection to close.
+ *
+ * This is used to force a different connection to close: no more I/O will
+ * happen on @conn, even if it's pending.
+ *
+ * It's a bug to use this on the current connection!
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * static void stop_connection(struct io_conn *conn)
+ * {
+ *     printf("forcing stop on connection\n");
+ *     io_close_other(conn);
+ * }
+ */
+void io_close_other(struct io_conn *conn);
+
 /**
  * io_loop - process fds until all closed on io_break.
  *