docs: mark ares_process() as deprecated

We don't want people using ares_process() anymore due to issues/limitations
in select().  Lets also remove the example and reword the manpage.

Authored-By: Brad House (@bradh352)
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Brad House 3 months ago
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.\"
.TH ARES_PROCESS 3 "25 July 1998"
.SH NAME
ares_process \- Process events for name resolution
ares_process_fd, ares_process \- Process events for name resolution
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <ares.h>
void ares_process_fd(ares_channel_t *\fIchannel\fP,
ares_socket_t \fIread_fd\fP,
ares_socket_t \fIwrite_fd\fP)
void ares_process(ares_channel_t *\fIchannel\fP,
fd_set *\fIread_fds\fP,
fd_set *\fIwrite_fds\fP)
void ares_process_fd(ares_channel_t *\fIchannel\fP,
ares_socket_t \fIread_fd\fP,
ares_socket_t \fIwrite_fd\fP)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBares_process(3)\fP function handles input/output events and timeouts
The \fBares_process_fd(3)\fP function handles input/output events and timeouts
associated with queries pending on the name service channel identified by
.IR channel .
The file descriptor sets pointed to by \fIread_fds\fP and \fIwrite_fds\fP
should have file descriptors set in them according to whether the file
descriptors specified by \fIares_fds(3)\fP are ready for reading and writing.
(The easiest way to determine this information is to invoke \fBselect(3)\fP
with a timeout no greater than the timeout given by \fIares_timeout(3)\fP).
\fIchannel\fP. The file descriptor passed in \fIread_fd\fP and \fIwrite_fd\fP
indicate if the file descriptor has been notified of a read event or write
event, respectively. If a notification has not occurred, use
\fIARES_SOCKET_BAD\fP.
The \fBares_process(3)\fP function will invoke callbacks for pending queries
if they complete successfully or fail.
This function is typically used with the \fIARES_OPT_SOCK_STATE_CB\fP option.
\fBares_process_fd(3)\fP works the same way but acts and operates only on the
specific file descriptors (sockets) you pass in to the function. Use
ARES_SOCKET_BAD for "no action". This function is provided to allow users of
c-ares to avoid \fIselect(3)\fP in their applications and within c-ares.
\fBares_timeout(3)\fP should be used to retrieve the desired timeout, and when
the timeout expires, the integrator must call \fBares_process_fd(3)\fP with
both sockets set to \fIARES_SOCKET_BAD\fP. There is no need to do this if
events are also delivered for any file descriptors as timeout processing
will automatically be handled by any call to \fBares_process_fd(3)\fP.
To only process possible timeout conditions without a socket event occurring,
one may pass NULL as the values for both \fIread_fds\fP and \fIwrite_fds\fP for
\fBares_process(3)\fP, or ARES_SOCKET_BAD for both \fIread_fd\fP and
\fIwrite_fd\fP for \fBares_process_fd(3)\fP.
.SH EXAMPLE
The following code fragment waits for all pending queries on a channel
to complete:
The \fBares_process(3)\fP function works in the same manner, except it works
on \fIfd_sets\fP as is used by \fBselect(3)\fP and retrieved by
\fBares_fds(3)\fP. This method is deprecated and should not be used in modern
applications due to known limitations to the \fBselect(3)\fP implementation.
.nf
int nfds, count;
fd_set readers, writers;
struct timeval tv, *tvp;
while (1) {
FD_ZERO(&readers);
FD_ZERO(&writers);
nfds = ares_fds(channel, &readers, &writers);
if (nfds == 0)
break;
tvp = ares_timeout(channel, NULL, &tv);
count = select(nfds, &readers, &writers, NULL, tvp);
ares_process(channel, &readers, &writers);
}
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ares_fds (3),
.BR ares_timeout (3)
.BR ares_timeout (3),
.BR ares_init_options (3)
with \fIARES_OPT_EVENT_THREAD\fP or \fIARES_OPT_SOCK_STATE_CB\fP

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