.. _migration_010_100:

libuv 0.10 -> 1.0.0 migration guide

===================================

Some APIs changed quite a bit throughout the 1.0.0 development process. Here

is a migration guide for the most significant changes that happened after 0.10

was released.

Loop initialization and closing

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In libuv 0.10 (and previous versions), loops were created with `uv_loop_new`, which

allocated memory for a new loop and initialized it; and destroyed with `uv_loop_delete`,

which destroyed the loop and freed the memory. Starting with 1.0, those are deprecated

and the user is responsible for allocating the memory and then initializing the loop.

libuv 0.10

::

    uv_loop_t* loop = uv_loop_new();

    ...

    uv_loop_delete(loop);

libuv 1.0

::

    uv_loop_t* loop = malloc(sizeof *loop);

    uv_loop_init(loop);

    ...

    uv_loop_close(loop);

    free(loop);

.. note::

    Error handling was omitted for brevity. Check the documentation for :c:func:`uv_loop_init`

    and :c:func:`uv_loop_close`.

Error handling

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Error handling had a major overhaul in libuv 1.0. In general, functions and status parameters

would get 0 for success and -1 for failure on libuv 0.10, and the user had to use `uv_last_error`

to fetch the error code, which was a positive number.

In 1.0, functions and status parameters contain the actual error code, which is 0 for success, or

a negative number in case of error.

libuv 0.10

::

    ... assume 'server' is a TCP server which is already listening

    r = uv_listen((uv_stream_t*) server, 511, NULL);

    if (r == -1) {

      uv_err_t err = uv_last_error(uv_default_loop());

      /* err.code contains UV_EADDRINUSE */

    }

libuv 1.0

::

    ... assume 'server' is a TCP server which is already listening

    r = uv_listen((uv_stream_t*) server, 511, NULL);

    if (r < 0) {

      /* r contains UV_EADDRINUSE */

    }

Threadpool changes

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In libuv 0.10 Unix used a threadpool which defaulted to 4 threads, while Windows used the

`QueueUserWorkItem` API, which uses a Windows internal threadpool, which defaults to 512

threads per process.

In 1.0, we unified both implementations, so Windows now uses the same implementation Unix

does. The threadpool size can be set by exporting the ``UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE`` environment

variable. See :c:ref:`threadpool`.

Allocation callback API change

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In libuv 0.10 the callback had to return a filled :c:type:`uv_buf_t` by value:

::

    uv_buf_t alloc_cb(uv_handle_t* handle, size_t size) {

        return uv_buf_init(malloc(size), size);

    }

In libuv 1.0 a pointer to a buffer is passed to the callback, which the user

needs to fill:

::

    void alloc_cb(uv_handle_t* handle, size_t size, uv_buf_t* buf) {

        buf->base = malloc(size);

        buf->len = size;

    }

Unification of IPv4 / IPv6 APIs

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

libuv 1.0 unified the IPv4 and IPv6 APIS. There is no longer a `uv_tcp_bind` and `uv_tcp_bind6`

duality, there is only :c:func:`uv_tcp_bind` now.

IPv4 functions took ``struct sockaddr_in`` structures by value, and IPv6 functions took

``struct sockaddr_in6``. Now functions take a ``struct sockaddr*`` (note it's a pointer).

It can be stack allocated.

libuv 0.10

::

    struct sockaddr_in addr = uv_ip4_addr("0.0.0.0", 1234);

    ...

    uv_tcp_bind(&server, addr)

libuv 1.0

::

    struct sockaddr_in addr;

    uv_ip4_addr("0.0.0.0", 1234, &addr)

    ...

    uv_tcp_bind(&server, (const struct sockaddr*) &addr, 0);

The IPv4 and IPv6 struct creating functions (:c:func:`uv_ip4_addr` and :c:func:`uv_ip6_addr`)

have also changed, make sure you check the documentation.

..note::

    This change applies to all functions that made a distinction between IPv4 and IPv6

    addresses.

Streams / UDP  data receive callback API change

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The streams and UDP data receive callbacks now get a pointer to a :c:type:`uv_buf_t` buffer,

not a structure by value.

libuv 0.10

::

    void on_read(uv_stream_t* handle,

                 ssize_t nread,

                 uv_buf_t buf) {

        ...

    }

    void recv_cb(uv_udp_t* handle,

                 ssize_t nread,

                 uv_buf_t buf,

                 struct sockaddr* addr,

                 unsigned flags) {

        ...

    }

libuv 1.0

::

    void on_read(uv_stream_t* handle,

                 ssize_t nread,

                 const uv_buf_t* buf) {

        ...

    }

    void recv_cb(uv_udp_t* handle,

                 ssize_t nread,

                 const uv_buf_t* buf,

                 const struct sockaddr* addr,

                 unsigned flags) {

        ...

    }

Receiving handles over pipes API change

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In libuv 0.10 (and earlier versions) the `uv_read2_start` function was used to start reading

data on a pipe, which could also result in the reception of handles over it. The callback

for such function looked like this:

::

    void on_read(uv_pipe_t* pipe,

                 ssize_t nread,

                 uv_buf_t buf,

                 uv_handle_type pending) {

        ...

    }

In libuv 1.0, `uv_read2_start` was removed, and the user needs to check if there are pending

handles using :c:func:`uv_pipe_pending_count` and :c:func:`uv_pipe_pending_type` while in

the read callback:

::

    void on_read(uv_stream_t* handle,

                 ssize_t nread,

                 const uv_buf_t* buf) {

        ...

        while (uv_pipe_pending_count((uv_pipe_t*) handle) != 0) {

            pending = uv_pipe_pending_type((uv_pipe_t*) handle);

            ...

        }

        ...

    }

Extracting the file descriptor out of a handle

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

While it wasn't supported by the API, users often accessed the libuv internals in

order to get access to the file descriptor of a TCP handle, for example.

::

    fd = handle->io_watcher.fd;

This is now properly exposed through the :c:func:`uv_fileno` function.

uv_fs_readdir rename and API change

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`uv_fs_readdir` returned a list of strings in the `req->ptr` field upon completion in

libuv 0.10. In 1.0, this function got renamed to :c:func:`uv_fs_scandir`, since it's

actually implemented using ``scandir(3)``.

In addition, instead of allocating a full list strings, the user is able to get one

result at a time by using the :c:func:`uv_fs_scandir_next` function. This function

does not need to make a roundtrip to the threadpool, because libuv will keep the

list of *dents* returned by ``scandir(3)`` around.