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-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/.may_include11
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch.h114
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.c141
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h50
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h33
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_core.c260
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.c70
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h51
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_new.c176
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h108
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/include.am27
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.md14
-rw-r--r--src/lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h80
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diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/.may_include b/src/lib/dispatch/.may_include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..884f4c0dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/.may_include
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+orconfig.h
+
+ext/tor_queue.h
+
+lib/cc/*.h
+lib/container/*.h
+lib/dispatch/*.h
+lib/intmath/*.h
+lib/log/*.h
+lib/malloc/*.h
+lib/testsupport/*.h \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch.h b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c7c4833c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+#ifndef TOR_DISPATCH_H
+#define TOR_DISPATCH_H
+
+#include "lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h"
+
+/**
+ * \file dispatch.h
+ * \brief Low-level APIs for message-passing system.
+ *
+ * This module implements message dispatch based on a set of short integer
+ * identifiers. For a higher-level interface, see pubsub.h.
+ *
+ * Each message is represented as a generic msg_t object, and is discriminated
+ * by its message_id_t. Messages are delivered by a dispatch_t object, which
+ * delivers each message to its recipients by a configured "channel".
+ *
+ * A "channel" is a means of delivering messages. Every message_id_t must
+ * be associated with exactly one channel, identified by channel_id_t.
+ * When a channel receives messages, a callback is invoked to either process
+ * the messages immediately, or to cause them to be processed later.
+ *
+ * Every message_id_t has zero or more associated receiver functions set up in
+ * the dispatch_t object. Once the dispatch_t object is created, receivers
+ * can be enabled or disabled [TODO], but not added or removed.
+ *
+ * Every message_id_t has an associated datatype, identified by a
+ * msg_type_id_t. These datatypes can be associated with functions to
+ * (for example) free them, or format them for debugging.
+ *
+ * To setup a dispatch_t object, first create a dispatch_cfg_t object, and
+ * configure messages with their types, channels, and receivers. Then, use
+ * dispatch_new() with that dispatch_cfg_t to create the dispatch_t object.
+ *
+ * (We use a two-phase contruction procedure here to enable better static
+ * reasoning about publish/subscribe relationships.)
+ *
+ * Once you have a dispatch_t, you can queue messages on it with
+ * dispatch_send*(), and cause those messages to be delivered with
+ * dispatch_flush().
+ **/
+
+/**
+ * A "dispatcher" is the highest-level object; it handles making sure that
+ * messages are received and delivered properly. Only the mainloop
+ * should handle this type directly.
+ */
+typedef struct dispatch_t dispatch_t;
+
+struct dispatch_cfg_t;
+
+dispatch_t *dispatch_new(const struct dispatch_cfg_t *cfg);
+
+/**
+ * Free a dispatcher. Tor does this at exit.
+ */
+#define dispatch_free(d) \
+ FREE_AND_NULL(dispatch_t, dispatch_free_, (d))
+
+void dispatch_free_(dispatch_t *);
+
+int dispatch_send(dispatch_t *d,
+ subsys_id_t sender,
+ channel_id_t channel,
+ message_id_t msg,
+ msg_type_id_t type,
+ msg_aux_data_t auxdata);
+
+int dispatch_send_msg(dispatch_t *d, msg_t *m);
+
+int dispatch_send_msg_unchecked(dispatch_t *d, msg_t *m);
+
+/* Flush up to <b>max_msgs</b> currently pending messages from the
+ * dispatcher. Messages that are not pending when this function are
+ * called, are not flushed by this call. Return 0 on success, -1 on
+ * unrecoverable error.
+ */
+int dispatch_flush(dispatch_t *, channel_id_t chan, int max_msgs);
+
+/**
+ * Function callback type used to alert some other module when a channel's
+ * queue changes from empty to nonempty.
+ *
+ * Ex 1: To cause messages to be processed immediately on-stack, this callback
+ * should invoke dispatch_flush() directly.
+ *
+ * Ex 2: To cause messages to be processed very soon, from the event queue,
+ * this callback should schedule an event callback to run dispatch_flush().
+ *
+ * Ex 3: To cause messages to be processed periodically, this function should
+ * do nothing, and a periodic event should invoke dispatch_flush().
+ **/
+typedef void (*dispatch_alertfn_t)(struct dispatch_t *,
+ channel_id_t, void *);
+
+int dispatch_set_alert_fn(dispatch_t *d, channel_id_t chan,
+ dispatch_alertfn_t fn, void *userdata);
+
+#define dispatch_free_msg(d,msg) \
+ STMT_BEGIN { \
+ msg_t **msg_tmp_ptr__ = &(msg); \
+ dispatch_free_msg_((d), *msg_tmp_ptr__); \
+ *msg_tmp_ptr__= NULL; \
+ } STMT_END
+void dispatch_free_msg_(const dispatch_t *d, msg_t *msg);
+
+char *dispatch_fmt_msg_data(const dispatch_t *d, const msg_t *msg);
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_DISPATCH_H) */
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.c b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a54188dcaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file dispatch_cfg.c
+ * \brief Create and configure a dispatch_cfg_t.
+ *
+ * A dispatch_cfg_t object is used to configure a set of messages and
+ * associated information before creating a dispatch_t.
+ */
+
+#define DISPATCH_PRIVATE
+
+#include "orconfig.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h"
+
+#include "lib/container/smartlist.h"
+#include "lib/malloc/malloc.h"
+
+/**
+ * Create and return a new dispatch_cfg_t.
+ **/
+dispatch_cfg_t *
+dcfg_new(void)
+{
+ dispatch_cfg_t *cfg = tor_malloc(sizeof(dispatch_cfg_t));
+ cfg->type_by_msg = smartlist_new();
+ cfg->chan_by_msg = smartlist_new();
+ cfg->fns_by_type = smartlist_new();
+ cfg->recv_by_msg = smartlist_new();
+ return cfg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Associate a message with a datatype. Return 0 on success, -1 if a
+ * different type was previously associated with the message ID.
+ **/
+int
+dcfg_msg_set_type(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, message_id_t msg,
+ msg_type_id_t type)
+{
+ smartlist_grow(cfg->type_by_msg, msg+1);
+ msg_type_id_t *oldval = smartlist_get(cfg->type_by_msg, msg);
+ if (oldval != NULL && *oldval != type) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (!oldval)
+ smartlist_set(cfg->type_by_msg, msg, tor_memdup(&type, sizeof(type)));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Associate a message with a channel. Return 0 on success, -1 if a
+ * different channel was previously associated with the message ID.
+ **/
+int
+dcfg_msg_set_chan(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, message_id_t msg,
+ channel_id_t chan)
+{
+ smartlist_grow(cfg->chan_by_msg, msg+1);
+ channel_id_t *oldval = smartlist_get(cfg->chan_by_msg, msg);
+ if (oldval != NULL && *oldval != chan) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (!oldval)
+ smartlist_set(cfg->chan_by_msg, msg, tor_memdup(&chan, sizeof(chan)));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Associate a set of functions with a datatype. Return 0 on success, -1 if
+ * different functions were previously associated with the type.
+ **/
+int
+dcfg_type_set_fns(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, msg_type_id_t type,
+ const dispatch_typefns_t *fns)
+{
+ smartlist_grow(cfg->fns_by_type, type+1);
+ dispatch_typefns_t *oldfns = smartlist_get(cfg->fns_by_type, type);
+ if (oldfns && (oldfns->free_fn != fns->free_fn ||
+ oldfns->fmt_fn != fns->fmt_fn))
+ return -1;
+ if (!oldfns)
+ smartlist_set(cfg->fns_by_type, type, tor_memdup(fns, sizeof(*fns)));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Associate a receiver with a message ID. Multiple receivers may be
+ * associated with a single messasge ID.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, on failure.
+ **/
+int
+dcfg_add_recv(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, message_id_t msg,
+ subsys_id_t sys, recv_fn_t fn)
+{
+ smartlist_grow(cfg->recv_by_msg, msg+1);
+ smartlist_t *receivers = smartlist_get(cfg->recv_by_msg, msg);
+ if (!receivers) {
+ receivers = smartlist_new();
+ smartlist_set(cfg->recv_by_msg, msg, receivers);
+ }
+
+ dispatch_rcv_t *rcv = tor_malloc(sizeof(dispatch_rcv_t));
+ rcv->sys = sys;
+ rcv->enabled = true;
+ rcv->fn = fn;
+ smartlist_add(receivers, (void*)rcv);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/** Helper: release all storage held by <b>cfg</b>. */
+void
+dcfg_free_(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg)
+{
+ if (!cfg)
+ return;
+
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH(cfg->type_by_msg, msg_type_id_t *, id, tor_free(id));
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH(cfg->chan_by_msg, channel_id_t *, id, tor_free(id));
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH(cfg->fns_by_type, dispatch_typefns_t *, f, tor_free(f));
+ smartlist_free(cfg->type_by_msg);
+ smartlist_free(cfg->chan_by_msg);
+ smartlist_free(cfg->fns_by_type);
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(cfg->recv_by_msg, smartlist_t *, receivers) {
+ if (!receivers)
+ continue;
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH(receivers, dispatch_rcv_t *, rcv, tor_free(rcv));
+ smartlist_free(receivers);
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(receivers);
+ smartlist_free(cfg->recv_by_msg);
+
+ tor_free(cfg);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4f1948eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+#ifndef TOR_DISPATCH_CFG_H
+#define TOR_DISPATCH_CFG_H
+
+/**
+ * @file dispatch_cfg.h
+ * @brief Header for distpach_cfg.c
+ **/
+
+#include "lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h"
+#include "lib/testsupport/testsupport.h"
+
+/**
+ * A "dispatch_cfg" is the configuration used to set up a dispatcher.
+ * It is created and accessed with a set of dcfg_* functions, and then
+ * used with dispatcher_new() to make the dispatcher.
+ */
+typedef struct dispatch_cfg_t dispatch_cfg_t;
+
+dispatch_cfg_t *dcfg_new(void);
+
+int dcfg_msg_set_type(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, message_id_t msg,
+ msg_type_id_t type);
+
+int dcfg_msg_set_chan(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, message_id_t msg,
+ channel_id_t chan);
+
+int dcfg_type_set_fns(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, msg_type_id_t type,
+ const dispatch_typefns_t *fns);
+
+int dcfg_add_recv(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg, message_id_t msg,
+ subsys_id_t sys, recv_fn_t fn);
+
+/** Free a dispatch_cfg_t. */
+#define dcfg_free(cfg) \
+ FREE_AND_NULL(dispatch_cfg_t, dcfg_free_, (cfg))
+
+void dcfg_free_(dispatch_cfg_t *cfg);
+
+#ifdef DISPATCH_NEW_PRIVATE
+struct smartlist_t;
+STATIC int max_in_u16_sl(const struct smartlist_t *sl, int dflt);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_DISPATCH_CFG_H) */
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c99adf2f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * @file dispatch_cfg_st.h
+ * @brief Declarations for dispatch-configuration types.
+ **/
+
+#ifndef TOR_DISPATCH_CFG_ST_H
+#define TOR_DISPATCH_CFG_ST_H
+
+struct smartlist_t;
+
+/** Information needed to create a dispatcher, but in a less efficient, more
+ * mutable format.
+ *
+ * Nearly everybody should use the \refdir{lib/pubsub} module to configure
+ * dispatchers, instead of using this. */
+struct dispatch_cfg_t {
+ /** A list of msg_type_id_t (cast to void*), indexed by msg_t. */
+ struct smartlist_t *type_by_msg;
+ /** A list of channel_id_t (cast to void*), indexed by msg_t. */
+ struct smartlist_t *chan_by_msg;
+ /** A list of dispatch_rcv_t, indexed by msg_type_id_t. */
+ struct smartlist_t *fns_by_type;
+ /** A list of dispatch_typefns_t, indexed by msg_t. */
+ struct smartlist_t *recv_by_msg;
+};
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_DISPATCH_CFG_ST_H) */
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_core.c b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d51c876a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file dispatch_core.c
+ * \brief Core module for sending and receiving messages.
+ */
+
+#define DISPATCH_PRIVATE
+#include "orconfig.h"
+
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h"
+
+#include "lib/malloc/malloc.h"
+#include "lib/log/util_bug.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+/**
+ * Use <b>d</b> to drop all storage held for <b>msg</b>.
+ *
+ * (We need the dispatcher so we know how to free the auxiliary data.)
+ **/
+void
+dispatch_free_msg_(const dispatch_t *d, msg_t *msg)
+{
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ d->typefns[msg->type].free_fn(msg->aux_data__);
+ tor_free(msg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Format the auxiliary data held by msg.
+ **/
+char *
+dispatch_fmt_msg_data(const dispatch_t *d, const msg_t *msg)
+{
+ if (!msg)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return d->typefns[msg->type].fmt_fn(msg->aux_data__);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Release all storage held by <b>d</b>.
+ **/
+void
+dispatch_free_(dispatch_t *d)
+{
+ if (d == NULL)
+ return;
+
+ size_t n_queues = d->n_queues;
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n_queues; ++i) {
+ msg_t *m, *mtmp;
+ TOR_SIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(m, &d->queues[i].queue, next, mtmp) {
+ dispatch_free_msg(d, m);
+ }
+ }
+
+ size_t n_msgs = d->n_msgs;
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n_msgs; ++i) {
+ tor_free(d->table[i]);
+ }
+ tor_free(d->table);
+ tor_free(d->typefns);
+ tor_free(d->queues);
+
+ // This is the only time we will treat d->cfg as non-const.
+ //dispatch_cfg_free_((dispatch_items_t *) d->cfg);
+
+ tor_free(d);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Tell the dispatcher to call <b>fn</b> with <b>userdata</b> whenever
+ * <b>chan</b> becomes nonempty. Return 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ **/
+int
+dispatch_set_alert_fn(dispatch_t *d, channel_id_t chan,
+ dispatch_alertfn_t fn, void *userdata)
+{
+ if (BUG(chan >= d->n_queues))
+ return -1;
+
+ dqueue_t *q = &d->queues[chan];
+ q->alert_fn = fn;
+ q->alert_fn_arg = userdata;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send a message on the appropriate channel notifying that channel if
+ * necessary.
+ *
+ * This function takes ownership of the auxiliary data; it can't be static or
+ * stack-allocated, and the caller is not allowed to use it afterwards.
+ *
+ * This function does not check the various vields of the message object for
+ * consistency.
+ **/
+int
+dispatch_send(dispatch_t *d,
+ subsys_id_t sender,
+ channel_id_t channel,
+ message_id_t msg,
+ msg_type_id_t type,
+ msg_aux_data_t auxdata)
+{
+ if (!d->table[msg]) {
+ /* Fast path: nobody wants this data. */
+
+ d->typefns[type].free_fn(auxdata);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ msg_t *m = tor_malloc(sizeof(msg_t));
+
+ m->sender = sender;
+ m->channel = channel;
+ m->msg = msg;
+ m->type = type;
+ memcpy(&m->aux_data__, &auxdata, sizeof(msg_aux_data_t));
+
+ return dispatch_send_msg(d, m);
+}
+
+int
+dispatch_send_msg(dispatch_t *d, msg_t *m)
+{
+ if (BUG(!d))
+ goto err;
+ if (BUG(!m))
+ goto err;
+ if (BUG(m->channel >= d->n_queues))
+ goto err;
+ if (BUG(m->msg >= d->n_msgs))
+ goto err;
+
+ dtbl_entry_t *ent = d->table[m->msg];
+ if (ent) {
+ if (BUG(m->type != ent->type))
+ goto err;
+ if (BUG(m->channel != ent->channel))
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ return dispatch_send_msg_unchecked(d, m);
+ err:
+ /* Probably it isn't safe to free m, since type could be wrong. */
+ return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send a message on the appropriate queue, notifying that queue if necessary.
+ *
+ * This function takes ownership of the message object and its auxiliary data;
+ * it can't be static or stack-allocated, and the caller isn't allowed to use
+ * it afterwards.
+ *
+ * This function does not check the various fields of the message object for
+ * consistency, and can crash if they are out of range. Only functions that
+ * have already constructed the message in a safe way, or checked it for
+ * correctness themselves, should call this function.
+ **/
+int
+dispatch_send_msg_unchecked(dispatch_t *d, msg_t *m)
+{
+ /* Find the right queue. */
+ dqueue_t *q = &d->queues[m->channel];
+ bool was_empty = TOR_SIMPLEQ_EMPTY(&q->queue);
+
+ /* Append the message. */
+ TOR_SIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&q->queue, m, next);
+
+ if (debug_logging_enabled()) {
+ char *arg = dispatch_fmt_msg_data(d, m);
+ log_debug(LD_MESG,
+ "Queued: %s (%s) from %s, on %s.",
+ get_message_id_name(m->msg),
+ arg,
+ get_subsys_id_name(m->sender),
+ get_channel_id_name(m->channel));
+ tor_free(arg);
+ }
+
+ /* If we just made the queue nonempty for the first time, call the alert
+ * function. */
+ if (was_empty) {
+ q->alert_fn(d, m->channel, q->alert_fn_arg);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run all of the callbacks on <b>d</b> associated with <b>m</b>.
+ **/
+static void
+dispatcher_run_msg_cbs(const dispatch_t *d, msg_t *m)
+{
+ tor_assert(m->msg <= d->n_msgs);
+ dtbl_entry_t *ent = d->table[m->msg];
+ int n_fns = ent->n_fns;
+
+ if (debug_logging_enabled()) {
+ char *arg = dispatch_fmt_msg_data(d, m);
+ log_debug(LD_MESG,
+ "Delivering: %s (%s) from %s, on %s:",
+ get_message_id_name(m->msg),
+ arg,
+ get_subsys_id_name(m->sender),
+ get_channel_id_name(m->channel));
+ tor_free(arg);
+ }
+
+ int i;
+ for (i=0; i < n_fns; ++i) {
+ if (ent->rcv[i].enabled) {
+ log_debug(LD_MESG, " Delivering to %s.",
+ get_subsys_id_name(ent->rcv[i].sys));
+ ent->rcv[i].fn(m);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run up to <b>max_msgs</b> callbacks for messages on the channel <b>ch</b>
+ * on the given dispatcher. Return 0 on success or recoverable failure,
+ * -1 on unrecoverable error.
+ **/
+int
+dispatch_flush(dispatch_t *d, channel_id_t ch, int max_msgs)
+{
+ if (BUG(ch >= d->n_queues))
+ return 0;
+
+ int n_flushed = 0;
+ dqueue_t *q = &d->queues[ch];
+
+ while (n_flushed < max_msgs) {
+ msg_t *m = TOR_SIMPLEQ_FIRST(&q->queue);
+ if (!m)
+ break;
+ TOR_SIMPLEQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&q->queue, next);
+ dispatcher_run_msg_cbs(d, m);
+ dispatch_free_msg(d, m);
+ ++n_flushed;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.c b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb49343712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * @file dispatch_naming.c
+ * @brief Name-to-ID maps for our message dispatch system.
+ **/
+
+#include "orconfig.h"
+
+#include "lib/cc/compat_compiler.h"
+
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h"
+
+#include "lib/container/namemap.h"
+#include "lib/container/namemap_st.h"
+
+#include "lib/log/util_bug.h"
+#include "lib/log/log.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/** Global namemap for message IDs. */
+static namemap_t message_id_map = NAMEMAP_INIT();
+/** Global namemap for subsystem IDs. */
+static namemap_t subsys_id_map = NAMEMAP_INIT();
+/** Global namemap for channel IDs. */
+static namemap_t channel_id_map = NAMEMAP_INIT();
+/** Global namemap for message type IDs. */
+static namemap_t msg_type_id_map = NAMEMAP_INIT();
+
+void
+dispatch_naming_init(void)
+{
+}
+
+#ifndef COCCI
+/* Helper macro: declare functions to map IDs to and from names for a given
+ * type in a namemap_t.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_ID_MAP_FNS(type) \
+ type##_id_t \
+ get_##type##_id(const char *name) \
+ { \
+ unsigned u = namemap_get_or_create_id(&type##_id_map, name); \
+ tor_assert(u != NAMEMAP_ERR); \
+ tor_assert(u != ERROR_ID); \
+ return (type##_id_t) u; \
+ } \
+ const char * \
+ get_##type##_id_name(type##_id_t id) \
+ { \
+ return namemap_fmt_name(&type##_id_map, id); \
+ } \
+ size_t \
+ get_num_##type##_ids(void) \
+ { \
+ return namemap_get_size(&type##_id_map); \
+ } \
+ EAT_SEMICOLON
+#endif /* !defined(COCCI) */
+
+DECLARE_ID_MAP_FNS(message);
+DECLARE_ID_MAP_FNS(channel);
+DECLARE_ID_MAP_FNS(subsys);
+DECLARE_ID_MAP_FNS(msg_type);
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72206d3ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * @file dispatch_naming.h
+ * @brief Header for dispatch_naming.c
+ **/
+
+#ifndef TOR_DISPATCH_NAMING_H
+#define TOR_DISPATCH_NAMING_H
+
+#include "lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/**
+ * Return an existing channel ID by name, allocating the channel ID if
+ * if necessary. Returns ERROR_ID if we have run out of
+ * channels
+ */
+channel_id_t get_channel_id(const char *);
+/**
+ * Return the name corresponding to a given channel ID.
+ **/
+const char *get_channel_id_name(channel_id_t);
+/**
+ * Return the total number of _named_ channel IDs.
+ **/
+size_t get_num_channel_ids(void);
+
+/* As above, but for messages. */
+message_id_t get_message_id(const char *);
+const char *get_message_id_name(message_id_t);
+size_t get_num_message_ids(void);
+
+/* As above, but for subsystems */
+subsys_id_t get_subsys_id(const char *);
+const char *get_subsys_id_name(subsys_id_t);
+size_t get_num_subsys_ids(void);
+
+/* As above, but for types. Note that types additionally must be
+ * "defined", if any message is to use them. */
+msg_type_id_t get_msg_type_id(const char *);
+const char *get_msg_type_id_name(msg_type_id_t);
+size_t get_num_msg_type_ids(void);
+
+void dispatch_naming_init(void);
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_DISPATCH_NAMING_H) */
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_new.c b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_new.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1dbb1c4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_new.c
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file dispatch_new.c
+ * \brief Code to construct a dispatch_t from a dispatch_cfg_t.
+ **/
+
+#define DISPATCH_NEW_PRIVATE
+#define DISPATCH_PRIVATE
+#include "orconfig.h"
+
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h"
+#include "lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h"
+
+#include "lib/cc/ctassert.h"
+#include "lib/intmath/cmp.h"
+#include "lib/malloc/malloc.h"
+#include "lib/log/util_bug.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+/** Given a smartlist full of (possibly NULL) pointers to uint16_t values,
+ * return the largest value, or dflt if the list is empty. */
+STATIC int
+max_in_u16_sl(const smartlist_t *sl, int dflt)
+{
+ uint16_t *maxptr = NULL;
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(sl, uint16_t *, u) {
+ if (!maxptr)
+ maxptr = u;
+ else if (u && *u > *maxptr)
+ maxptr = u;
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(u);
+
+ return maxptr ? *maxptr : dflt;
+}
+
+/* The above function is only safe to call if we are sure that channel_id_t
+ * and msg_type_id_t are really uint16_t. They should be so defined in
+ * msgtypes.h, but let's be extra cautious.
+ */
+CTASSERT(sizeof(uint16_t) == sizeof(msg_type_id_t));
+CTASSERT(sizeof(uint16_t) == sizeof(channel_id_t));
+
+/** Helper: Format an unformattable message auxiliary data item: just return a
+* copy of the string <>. */
+static char *
+type_fmt_nop(msg_aux_data_t arg)
+{
+ (void)arg;
+ return tor_strdup("<>");
+}
+
+/** Helper: Free an unfreeable message auxiliary data item: do nothing. */
+static void
+type_free_nop(msg_aux_data_t arg)
+{
+ (void)arg;
+}
+
+/** Type functions to use when no type functions are provided. */
+static dispatch_typefns_t nop_typefns = {
+ .free_fn = type_free_nop,
+ .fmt_fn = type_fmt_nop
+};
+
+/**
+ * Alert function to use when none is configured: do nothing.
+ **/
+static void
+alert_fn_nop(dispatch_t *d, channel_id_t ch, void *arg)
+{
+ (void)d;
+ (void)ch;
+ (void)arg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Given a list of recvfn_t, create and return a new dtbl_entry_t mapping
+ * to each of those functions.
+ **/
+static dtbl_entry_t *
+dtbl_entry_from_lst(smartlist_t *receivers)
+{
+ if (!receivers)
+ return NULL;
+
+ size_t n_recv = smartlist_len(receivers);
+ dtbl_entry_t *ent;
+ ent = tor_malloc_zero(offsetof(dtbl_entry_t, rcv) +
+ sizeof(dispatch_rcv_t) * n_recv);
+
+ ent->n_fns = n_recv;
+
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(receivers, const dispatch_rcv_t *, rcv) {
+ memcpy(&ent->rcv[rcv_sl_idx], rcv, sizeof(*rcv));
+ if (rcv->enabled) {
+ ++ent->n_enabled;
+ }
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(rcv);
+
+ return ent;
+}
+
+/** Create and return a new dispatcher from a given dispatch_cfg_t. */
+dispatch_t *
+dispatch_new(const dispatch_cfg_t *cfg)
+{
+ dispatch_t *d = tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(dispatch_t));
+
+ /* Any message that has a type or a receiver counts towards our messages */
+ const size_t n_msgs = MAX(smartlist_len(cfg->type_by_msg),
+ smartlist_len(cfg->recv_by_msg)) + 1;
+
+ /* Any channel that any message has counts towards the number of channels. */
+ const size_t n_chans = (size_t)
+ MAX(1, max_in_u16_sl(cfg->chan_by_msg,0)) + 1;
+
+ /* Any type that a message has, or that has functions, counts towards
+ * the number of types. */
+ const size_t n_types = (size_t) MAX(max_in_u16_sl(cfg->type_by_msg,0),
+ smartlist_len(cfg->fns_by_type)) + 1;
+
+ d->n_msgs = n_msgs;
+ d->n_queues = n_chans;
+ d->n_types = n_types;
+
+ /* Initialize the array of type-functions. */
+ d->typefns = tor_calloc(n_types, sizeof(dispatch_typefns_t));
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < n_types; ++i) {
+ /* Default to no-op for everything... */
+ memcpy(&d->typefns[i], &nop_typefns, sizeof(dispatch_typefns_t));
+ }
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(cfg->fns_by_type, dispatch_typefns_t *, fns) {
+ /* Set the functions if they are provided. */
+ if (fns) {
+ if (fns->free_fn)
+ d->typefns[fns_sl_idx].free_fn = fns->free_fn;
+ if (fns->fmt_fn)
+ d->typefns[fns_sl_idx].fmt_fn = fns->fmt_fn;
+ }
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(fns);
+
+ /* Initialize the message queues: one for each channel. */
+ d->queues = tor_calloc(d->n_queues, sizeof(dqueue_t));
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < d->n_queues; ++i) {
+ TOR_SIMPLEQ_INIT(&d->queues[i].queue);
+ d->queues[i].alert_fn = alert_fn_nop;
+ }
+
+ /* Build the dispatch tables mapping message IDs to receivers. */
+ d->table = tor_calloc(d->n_msgs, sizeof(dtbl_entry_t *));
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(cfg->recv_by_msg, smartlist_t *, rcv) {
+ d->table[rcv_sl_idx] = dtbl_entry_from_lst(rcv);
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(rcv);
+
+ /* Fill in the empty entries in the dispatch tables:
+ * types and channels for each message. */
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(cfg->type_by_msg, msg_type_id_t *, type) {
+ if (d->table[type_sl_idx])
+ d->table[type_sl_idx]->type = *type;
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(type);
+
+ SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(cfg->chan_by_msg, channel_id_t *, chan) {
+ if (d->table[chan_sl_idx])
+ d->table[chan_sl_idx]->channel = *chan;
+ } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(chan);
+
+ return d;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad5b4efc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file dispatch_st.h
+ *
+ * \brief private structures used for the dispatcher module
+ */
+
+#ifndef TOR_DISPATCH_ST_H
+#define TOR_DISPATCH_ST_H
+
+#ifdef DISPATCH_PRIVATE
+
+#include "lib/container/smartlist.h"
+
+/**
+ * Information about the recipient of a message.
+ **/
+typedef struct dispatch_rcv_t {
+ /** The subsystem receiving a message. */
+ subsys_id_t sys;
+ /** True iff this recipient is enabled. */
+ bool enabled;
+ /** The function that will handle the message. */
+ recv_fn_t fn;
+} dispatch_rcv_t;
+
+/**
+ * Information used by a dispatcher to handle and dispatch a single message
+ * ID. It maps that message ID to its type, channel, and list of receiver
+ * functions.
+ *
+ * This structure is used when the dispatcher is running.
+ **/
+typedef struct dtbl_entry_t {
+ /** The number of enabled non-stub subscribers for this message.
+ *
+ * Note that for now, this will be the same as <b>n_fns</b>, since there is
+ * no way to turn these subscribers on an off yet. */
+ uint16_t n_enabled;
+ /** The channel that handles this message. */
+ channel_id_t channel;
+ /** The associated C type for this message. */
+ msg_type_id_t type;
+ /**
+ * The number of functions pointers for subscribers that receive this
+ * message, in rcv. */
+ uint16_t n_fns;
+ /**
+ * The recipients for this message.
+ */
+ dispatch_rcv_t rcv[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
+} dtbl_entry_t;
+
+/**
+ * A queue of messages for a given channel, used by a live dispatcher.
+ */
+typedef struct dqueue_t {
+ /** The queue of messages itself. */
+ TOR_SIMPLEQ_HEAD( , msg_t) queue;
+ /** A function to be called when the queue becomes nonempty. */
+ dispatch_alertfn_t alert_fn;
+ /** An argument for the alert_fn. */
+ void *alert_fn_arg;
+} dqueue_t ;
+
+/**
+ * A single dispatcher for cross-module messages.
+ */
+struct dispatch_t {
+ /**
+ * The length of <b>table</b>: the number of message IDs that this
+ * dispatcher can handle.
+ */
+ size_t n_msgs;
+ /**
+ * The length of <b>queues</b>: the number of channels that this dispatcher
+ * has configured.
+ */
+ size_t n_queues;
+ /**
+ * The length of <b>typefns</b>: the number of C type IDs that this
+ * dispatcher has configured.
+ */
+ size_t n_types;
+ /**
+ * An array of message queues, indexed by channel ID.
+ */
+ dqueue_t *queues;
+ /**
+ * An array of entries about how to handle particular message types, indexed
+ * by message ID.
+ */
+ dtbl_entry_t **table;
+ /**
+ * An array of function tables for manipulating types, index by message
+ * type ID.
+ **/
+ dispatch_typefns_t *typefns;
+};
+
+#endif /* defined(DISPATCH_PRIVATE) */
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_DISPATCH_ST_H) */
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/include.am b/src/lib/dispatch/include.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a0e0dfd90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/include.am
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+noinst_LIBRARIES += src/lib/libtor-dispatch.a
+
+if UNITTESTS_ENABLED
+noinst_LIBRARIES += src/lib/libtor-dispatch-testing.a
+endif
+
+# ADD_C_FILE: INSERT SOURCES HERE.
+src_lib_libtor_dispatch_a_SOURCES = \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.c \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_core.c \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.c \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_new.c
+
+src_lib_libtor_dispatch_testing_a_SOURCES = \
+ $(src_lib_libtor_dispatch_a_SOURCES)
+src_lib_libtor_dispatch_testing_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(TEST_CPPFLAGS)
+src_lib_libtor_dispatch_testing_a_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(TEST_CFLAGS)
+
+# ADD_C_FILE: INSERT HEADERS HERE.
+noinst_HEADERS += \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch.h \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg.h \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_cfg_st.h \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_naming.h \
+ src/lib/dispatch/dispatch_st.h \
+ src/lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.md b/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..153ca50080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/lib_dispatch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@dir /lib/dispatch
+@brief lib/dispatch: In-process message delivery.
+
+This module provides a general in-process "message dispatch" system in which
+typed messages are sent on channels. The dispatch.h header has far more
+information.
+
+It is used by by \refdir{lib/pubsub} to implement our general
+inter-module publish/subscribe system.
+
+This is not a fancy multi-threaded many-to-many dispatcher as you may be used
+to from more sophisticated architectures: this dispatcher is intended only
+for use in improving Tor's architecture.
+
diff --git a/src/lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h b/src/lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01d969dcb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dispatch/msgtypes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2001, Matej Pfajfar.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2020, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file msgtypes.h
+ * \brief Types used for messages in the dispatcher code.
+ **/
+
+#ifndef TOR_DISPATCH_MSGTYPES_H
+#define TOR_DISPATCH_MSGTYPES_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "ext/tor_queue.h"
+
+/**
+ * These types are aliases for subsystems, channels, and message IDs.
+ **/
+typedef uint16_t subsys_id_t;
+typedef uint16_t channel_id_t;
+typedef uint16_t message_id_t;
+
+/**
+ * This identifies a C type that can be sent along with a message.
+ **/
+typedef uint16_t msg_type_id_t;
+
+/**
+ * An ID value returned for *_type_t when none exists.
+ */
+#define ERROR_ID 65535
+
+/**
+ * Auxiliary (untyped) data sent along with a message.
+ *
+ * We define this as a union of a pointer and a u64, so that the integer
+ * types will have the same range across platforms.
+ **/
+typedef union {
+ void *ptr;
+ uint64_t u64;
+} msg_aux_data_t;
+
+/**
+ * Structure of a received message.
+ **/
+typedef struct msg_t {
+ TOR_SIMPLEQ_ENTRY(msg_t) next;
+ subsys_id_t sender;
+ channel_id_t channel;
+ message_id_t msg;
+ /** We could omit this field, since it is implicit in the message type, but
+ * IMO let's leave it in for safety. */
+ msg_type_id_t type;
+ /** Untyped auxiliary data. You shouldn't have to mess with this
+ * directly. */
+ msg_aux_data_t aux_data__;
+} msg_t;
+
+/**
+ * A function that a subscriber uses to receive a message.
+ **/
+typedef void (*recv_fn_t)(const msg_t *m);
+
+/**
+ * Table of functions to use for a given C type. Any omitted (NULL) functions
+ * will be treated as no-ops.
+ **/
+typedef struct dispatch_typefns_t {
+ /** Release storage held for the auxiliary data of this type. */
+ void (*free_fn)(msg_aux_data_t);
+ /** Format and return a newly allocated string describing the contents
+ * of this data element. */
+ char *(*fmt_fn)(msg_aux_data_t);
+} dispatch_typefns_t;
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_DISPATCH_MSGTYPES_H) */