# F-Stack Microthread APP Guide F-Stack is an open source network framework based on DPDK. F-Stack has integrated the microthread framework in [SPP_RPC](https://github.com/Tencent/MSEC/tree/master/spp_rpc/src/sync_frame/micro_thread) of MSEC. Applications only need to focus on the service logic. APPs can obtain high-performance asynchronous service server with synchronous programming. ## How does F-Stack support microthread? Microthread framework is in `app/micro_thread` directory. ### New module `ff_hook.cpp` `ff_hook.h` Hook operation of Network IO interface , the transformation of the ff socket, in order to distinguish from regular file descriptor. First, define network interface functions. void ff_hook_new_fd(int fd); bool ff_hook_find_fd(int fd); void ff_hook_free_fd(int fd); int ff_hook_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol); int ff_hook_close(int fd); int ff_hook_connect(int fd, const struct sockaddr *address, socklen_t addrlen_len); ssize_t ff_hook_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbyte); ssize_t ff_hook_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbyte); ssize_t ff_hook_sendto(int fd, const void *message, size_t length, int flags, const struct sockaddr *dest_addr, socklen_t dest_len); ssize_t ff_hook_recvfrom(int fd, void *buffer, size_t length, int flags, struct sockaddr *address, socklen_t *address_len); ssize_t ff_hook_recv(int fd, void *buffer, size_t length, int flags); ssize_t ff_hook_send(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbyte, int flags); int ff_hook_setsockopt(int fd, int level, int option_name, const void *option_value, socklen_t option_len); int ff_hook_ioctl(int fd, int cmd, void *arg); int ff_hook_fcntl(int fd, int cmd, void *arg); int ff_hook_listen(int fd, int backlog); int ff_hook_bind(int fd, const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen); int ff_hook_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen); Re-implement the network interface with FF API to replace the System network interface. Take socket () as an example, use ff_socket instead of real_socket, and return the F-Stack file descriptor. Other APIs refers to module code. int ff_hook_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol) { if (!ff_hook_active() || (AF_INET != domain) || (SOCK_STREAM != type && SOCK_DGRAM != type)) { return mt_real_func(socket)(domain, type, protocol); } int fd = ff_socket(domain, type, protocol); if (fd >= 0) { fd |= 1 << FF_FD_BITS; } return fd; } ### Replace module `epoll_proxy.cpp` with `kqueue_proxy.cpp` Replace read/write event of epoll with ff_kqueue, ff_event interface. ### Other modifications `Makefile` 1. Add F-Stack development library, libfstack.a 2. Microthread framework library libmt.a has already included libfstack.a ## Guide of microthread framework usage `echo.cpp` is the demo of microthread framework. Simply refer to source code, interfaces are easy to use. First initialize F-Stack microthread framework, next enter the interface of your own service logic and call microthread API provided by F-Stack for network operation. This will allow synchronous programming with asynchronous execution. Main code is showed below. void echo(void *arg) { int ret; int *p = (int *)arg; int clt_fd = *p; delete p; char buf[64 * 1024]; while (true) { ret = mt_recv(clt_fd, (void *)buf, 64 * 1024, 0, -1); if (ret < 0) { printf("recv from client error\n"); break; } ret = mt_send(clt_fd, (void *)buf, ret, 0, 1000); if (ret < 0) { //printf("send data to client error\n"); break; } } close(clt_fd); } int echo_server() { struct sockaddr_in addr; addr.sin_family = AF_INET; addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; addr.sin_port = htons(80); int fd = create_tcp_sock(); if (fd < 0) { fprintf(stderr, "create listen socket failed\n"); return -1; } if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) { close(fd); fprintf(stderr, "bind failed [%m]\n"); return -1; } if (listen(fd, 1024) < 0) { close(fd); fprintf(stderr, "listen failed [%m]\n"); return -1; } int clt_fd = 0; int *p; while (true) { struct sockaddr_in client_addr; int addr_len = sizeof(client_addr); clt_fd = mt_accept(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&client_addr, (socklen_t*)&addr_len, -1); if (clt_fd < 0) { mt_sleep(1); continue; } if (set_fd_nonblock(clt_fd) == -1) { fprintf(stderr, "set clt_fd nonblock failed [%m]\n"); break; } p = new int(clt_fd); mt_start_thread((void *)echo, (void *)p); } return 0; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { mt_init_frame("./config.ini", argc, argv); echo_server(); }