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diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/processing/jobs/callback_job.h b/src/libstrongswan/processing/jobs/callback_job.h
index 3e92b01c0..6f2e39eb8 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/processing/jobs/callback_job.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/processing/jobs/callback_job.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Tobias Brunner
* Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Martin Willi
* Copyright (C) 2011 revosec AG
* Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
@@ -27,33 +28,6 @@ typedef struct callback_job_t callback_job_t;
#include <library.h>
#include <processing/jobs/job.h>
-
-typedef enum job_requeue_t job_requeue_t;
-
-/**
- * Job requeueing policy.
- *
- * The job requeueing policy defines how a job is handled when the callback
- * function returns.
- */
-enum job_requeue_t {
-
- /**
- * Do not requeue job, destroy it
- */
- JOB_REQUEUE_NONE,
-
- /**
- * Reque the job fairly, meaning it has to requeue as any other job
- */
- JOB_REQUEUE_FAIR,
-
- /**
- * Reexecute the job directly, without the need of requeueing it
- */
- JOB_REQUEUE_DIRECT,
-};
-
/**
* The callback function to use for the callback job.
*
@@ -73,11 +47,22 @@ typedef job_requeue_t (*callback_job_cb_t)(void *data);
* to supply to the constructor.
*
* @param data param supplied to job
- * @return requeing policy how to requeue the job
*/
typedef void (*callback_job_cleanup_t)(void *data);
/**
+ * Cancellation function to use for the callback job.
+ *
+ * Optional function to be called when a job has to be canceled.
+ *
+ * See job_t.cancel() for details on the return value.
+ *
+ * @param data param supplied to job
+ * @return TRUE if canceled, FALSE to explicitly cancel the thread
+ */
+typedef bool (*callback_job_cancel_t)(void *data);
+
+/**
* Class representing an callback Job.
*
* This is a special job which allows a simple callback function to
@@ -91,14 +76,6 @@ struct callback_job_t {
*/
job_t job;
- /**
- * Cancel the job's thread and wait for its termination.
- *
- * This only works reliably for jobs that always use JOB_REQUEUE_FAIR or
- * JOB_REQUEUE_DIRECT, otherwise the job may already be destroyed when
- * cancel is called.
- */
- void (*cancel)(callback_job_t *this);
};
/**
@@ -106,19 +83,20 @@ struct callback_job_t {
*
* The cleanup function is called when the job gets destroyed to destroy
* the associated data.
- * If parent is not NULL, the specified job gets an association. Whenever
- * the parent gets cancelled (or runs out), all of its children are cancelled,
- * too.
+ *
+ * The cancel function is optional and should only be provided if the callback
+ * function calls potentially blocking functions and/or always returns
+ * JOB_REQUEUE_DIRECT.
*
* @param cb callback to call from the processor
* @param data user data to supply to callback
* @param cleanup destructor for data on destruction, or NULL
- * @param parent parent of this job
+ * @param cancel function to cancel the job, or NULL
* @return callback_job_t object
*/
callback_job_t *callback_job_create(callback_job_cb_t cb, void *data,
callback_job_cleanup_t cleanup,
- callback_job_t *parent);
+ callback_job_cancel_t cancel);
/**
* Creates a callback job, with priority.
@@ -128,12 +106,12 @@ callback_job_t *callback_job_create(callback_job_cb_t cb, void *data,
* @param cb callback to call from the processor
* @param data user data to supply to callback
* @param cleanup destructor for data on destruction, or NULL
- * @param parent parent of this job
+ * @param cancel function to cancel the job, or NULL
* @param prio job priority
* @return callback_job_t object
*/
callback_job_t *callback_job_create_with_prio(callback_job_cb_t cb, void *data,
- callback_job_cleanup_t cleanup, callback_job_t *parent,
- job_priority_t prio);
+ callback_job_cleanup_t cleanup, callback_job_cancel_t cancel,
+ job_priority_t prio);
#endif /** CALLBACK_JOB_H_ @}*/