.\" ************************************************************************** .\" * _ _ ____ _ .\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | .\" * / __| | | | |_) | | .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * .\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, , et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms .\" * are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html. .\" * .\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell .\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is .\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. .\" * .\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY .\" * KIND, either express or implied. .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .TH curl_multi_wakeup 3 "November 05, 2020" "libcurl 7.74.0" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_multi_wakeup - wakes up a sleeping curl_multi_poll call .SH SYNOPSIS #include CURLMcode curl_multi_wakeup(CURLM *multi_handle); .ad .SH DESCRIPTION This function can be called from any thread and it wakes up a sleeping \fIcurl_multi_poll(3)\fP call that is currently (or will be) waiting for activity or a timeout. If the function is called when there is no \fIcurl_multi_poll(3)\fP call, it will cause the next call to return immediately. Calling this function only guarantees to wake up the current (or the next if there is no current) \fIcurl_multi_poll(3)\fP call, which means it is possible that multiple calls to this function will wake up the same waiting operation. This function has no effect on \fIcurl_multi_wait(3)\fP calls. .SH RETURN VALUE CURLMcode type, general libcurl multi interface error code. .SH AVAILABILITY Added in 7.68.0 .SH EXAMPLE .nf CURL *easy_handle; CURLM *multi_handle; /* add the individual easy handle */ curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, easy_handle); /* this is thread 1 */ do { CURLMcode mc; int numfds; mc = curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running); if(mc == CURLM_OK) { /* wait for activity, timeout or wakeup */ mc = curl_multi_poll(multi_handle, NULL, 0, 10000, &numfds); } if(time_to_die()) exit(1); } while(still_running); curl_multi_remove_handle(multi_handle, easy_handle); /* this is thread 2 */ if(something makes us decide to stop thread 1) { set_something_to_signal_thread_1_to_exit(); curl_multi_wakeup(multi_handle); } .fi .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR curl_multi_poll "(3), " curl_multi_wait "(3)"