IXP_SERVERLOOP(3)

💅 IXP_SERVERLOOP — bestie, it's the ixp_serverloop(3) page 🌀

okay so real talk, this is ixp_serverloop and IxpServer from the ixp.h header, straight outta the libixp manual. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're gonna get into it.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the whole vibe, no cap:

#include <ixp.h>

int ixp_serverloop(IxpServer *srv);

typedef struct IxpServer IxpServer;
struct IxpServer {
        IxpConn*        conn;
        IxpMutex        lk;
        IxpTimer*       timer;
        void            (*preselect)(IxpServer*);
        void*           aux;
        int             running;
        int             maxfd;
        fd_set          rd;
}

look at that struct. it's giving main character energy, honestly 👑. every field exactly where it belongs — conn, lk, timer, that preselect function pointer, aux, running, maxfd, and the rd file descriptor set. iconic. periodt.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so ixp_serverloop() is literally the main loop of the server — you call it and it just… enters. that's it. that's the vibe. it lives there ✨.

the way it works is it keeps going until one of two things happens:

• srv->running becomes false — bestie said "we're done here" 💅
• select(2) comes back with an error that is not EINTR — like, EINTR is fine, that's just a little interruption, we forgive it, we keep going 🫶. anything else? that's a wrap.

ngl, EINTR is the only error we're chill about. every other select(2) error ends the whole loop. so like… handle your business 😭

🦋 RETURN VALUE 🦋

• 0 — the loop exited normally. slay. everything's fine 💖
• 1 — the loop exited on error. not slay. go check what happened 🔥

and if you need the deets on what went wrong, you can inspect errno(3), or look at the return value of ixp_errbuf(3). iykyk 👀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ixp_listen(3) — go read it, bestie 🎀
• ixp_settimer(3) — also go read it, fr fr ⭐

that's the whole page, angel 💜. libixp Manual, dated 2012 Dec — yes, she's an elder millennial manually, but the energy is forever young. go forth and ixp_serverloop() responsibly 🧚‍♀️🎀