io: io_always, and zero-length operations support.

[ccan] / ccan / io / io.h

diff --git a/ccan/io/io.h b/ccan/io/io.h
index 558a8769e1428355c254af670790d01f5ccda09e..bcdb11fdd0e0c1f1e9a08aac55a13e0afe888d92 100644 (file)
--- a/ccan/io/io.h
+++ b/ccan/io/io.h
@@ -290,6 +290,29 @@ struct io_plan io_write_partial_(const void *data, size_t *len,
                                 struct io_plan (*cb)(struct io_conn *, void*),
                                 void *arg);
 
+/**
+ * io_always - plan to immediately call next callback.
+ * @cb: function to call.
+ * @arg: @cb argument
+ *
+ * Sometimes it's neater to plan a callback rather than call it directly;
+ * for example, if you only need to read data for one path and not another.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * static void start_conn_with_nothing(int fd)
+ * {
+ *     // Silly example: close on next time around loop.
+ *     io_new_conn(fd, io_always(io_close_cb, NULL));
+ * }
+ */
+#define io_always(cb, arg)                                             \
+       io_debug(io_always_(typesafe_cb_preargs(struct io_plan, void *, \
+                                               (cb), (arg),            \
+                                               struct io_conn *),      \
+                           (arg)))
+struct io_plan io_always_(struct io_plan (*cb)(struct io_conn *, void *),
+                         void *arg);
+
 /**
  * io_connect - plan to connect to a listening socket.
  * @fd: file descriptor.