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Asynchronous Programming in Rust

By : Carl Fredrik Samson
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Book Image

Asynchronous Programming in Rust

5 (2)
By: Carl Fredrik Samson

Overview of this book

Step into the world of asynchronous programming with confidence by conquering the challenges of unclear concepts with this hands-on guide. Using functional examples, this book simplifies the trickiest concepts, exploring goroutines, fibers, futures, and callbacks to help you navigate the vast Rust async ecosystem with ease. You’ll start by building a solid foundation in asynchronous programming and explore diverse strategies for modeling program flow. The book then guides you through concepts like epoll, coroutines, green threads, and callbacks using practical examples. The final section focuses on Rust, examining futures, generators, and the reactor-executor pattern. You’ll apply your knowledge to create your own runtime, solidifying expertise in this dynamic domain. Throughout the book, you’ll not only gain proficiency in Rust's async features but also see how Rust models asynchronous program flow. By the end of the book, you'll possess the knowledge and practical skills needed to actively contribute to the Rust async ecosystem.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1:Asynchronous Programming Fundamentals
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Part 2:Event Queues and Green Threads
8
Part 3:Futures and async/await in Rust

The Poll module

If you haven’t written or copied the code we presented in the Design and introduction to epoll section, it’s time to do it now. We’ll implement all the functions where we just had todo!() earlier.

We start by implementing the methods on our Poll struct. First up is opening the impl Poll block and implementing the new function:

ch04/a-epoll/src/poll.rs

impl Poll {
    pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
        let res = unsafe { ffi::epoll_create(1) };
        if res < 0 {
            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
        }
        Ok(Self {
            registry: Registry { raw_fd: res },
      ...