Add convenience macros for user-triggered events

Signed-off-by: Philip Prindeville <philipp@redfish-solutions.com>
Closes: #647 (picked)

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/event2/event.h b/include/event2/event.h
index af56c9ed..a95b5b9d 100644
--- a/include/event2/event.h
+++ b/include/event2/event.h
@@ -963,11 +963,13 @@ int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
 /**
    @name evtimer_* macros
 
-    Aliases for working with one-shot timer events */
+   Aliases for working with one-shot timer events
+   If you need EV_PERSIST timer use event_*() functions.
+ */
 /**@{*/
 #define evtimer_assign(ev, b, cb, arg) \
 	event_assign((ev), (b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
-#define evtimer_new(b, cb, arg)	       event_new((b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
+#define evtimer_new(b, cb, arg)		event_new((b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
 #define evtimer_add(ev, tv)		event_add((ev), (tv))
 #define evtimer_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
 #define evtimer_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending((ev), EV_TIMEOUT, (tv))
@@ -991,6 +993,20 @@ int event_base_got_break(struct event_base *);
 /**@}*/
 
 /**
+   @name evuser_* macros
+
+   Aliases for working with user-triggered events
+   If you need EV_PERSIST event use event_*() functions.
+ */
+/**@{*/
+#define evuser_new(b, cb, arg)		event_new((b), -1, 0, (cb), (arg))
+#define evuser_del(ev)			event_del(ev)
+#define evuser_pending(ev, tv)		event_pending((ev), 0, (tv))
+#define evuser_initialized(ev)		event_initialized(ev)
+#define evuser_trigger(ev)		event_active((ev), 0, 0)
+/**@}*/
+
+/**
    A callback function for an event.
 
    It receives three arguments: