event loop: New abstraction layer with refactored time/signal API

- Add event loop abstraction module under src/nvim/event. The
  src/nvim/event/loop module replaces src/nvim/os/event
- Remove direct dependency on libuv signal/timer API and use the new abstraction
  instead.
- Replace all references to uv_default_loop() by &loop.uv, a new global variable
  that wraps libuv main event loop but allows the event loop functions to be
  reused in other contexts.

38 files changed, 499 insertions, 338 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index ad5bac1898..4448859b64 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,15 +30,17 @@ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_DIR}/api)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_DIR}/api/private)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_DIR}/msgpack_rpc)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_DIR}/tui)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_DIR}/event)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR})
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR}/os)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR}/api)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR}/api/private)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR}/msgpack_rpc)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR}/tui)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_INCLUDES_DIR}/event)
 
 file(GLOB NEOVIM_SOURCES *.c os/*.c api/*.c api/private/*.c msgpack_rpc/*.c
-  tui/*.c)
+  tui/*.c event/*.c)
 file(GLOB_RECURSE NEOVIM_HEADERS *.h)
 file(GLOB UNIT_TEST_FIXTURES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/unit/fixtures/*.c)
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/edit.c b/src/nvim/edit.c
index dd82b06158..390d62210b 100644
--- a/src/nvim/edit.c
+++ b/src/nvim/edit.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #include "nvim/terminal.h"
 #include "nvim/undo.h"
 #include "nvim/window.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
 
@@ -601,15 +601,15 @@ edit (
      * Get a character for Insert mode.  Ignore K_IGNORE.
      */
     lastc = c;                          /* remember previous char for CTRL-D */
-    event_enable_deferred();
+    loop_enable_deferred_events(&loop);
     do {
       c = safe_vgetc();
     } while (c == K_IGNORE);
-    event_disable_deferred();
+    loop_disable_deferred_events(&loop);
 
     if (c == K_EVENT) {
       c = lastc;
-      event_process();
+      loop_process_event(&loop);
       continue;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.c b/src/nvim/eval.c
index 7da5cfb731..4173acefd9 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
 #include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
 #include "nvim/api/vim.h"
 #include "nvim/os/dl.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 
 #define DICT_MAXNEST 100        /* maximum nesting of lists and dicts */
 
@@ -10966,7 +10966,7 @@ static void f_jobwait(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
   if (!disable_job_defer++) {
     // process any pending job events in the deferred queue, but only do this if
     // deferred is not disabled(at the top-level `jobwait()` call)
-    event_process();
+    loop_process_event(&loop);
   }
   // For each item in the input list append an integer to the output list. -3
   // is used to represent an invalid job id, -2 is for a interrupted job and
@@ -11026,7 +11026,7 @@ static void f_jobwait(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
   }
 
   // poll to ensure any pending callbacks from the last job are invoked
-  event_poll(0);
+  loop_poll_events(&loop, 0);
 
   for (listitem_T *arg = args->lv_first; arg != NULL; arg = arg->li_next) {
     Job *job = NULL;
@@ -20347,7 +20347,7 @@ static inline void push_job_event(Job *job, ufunc_T *callback,
   event_data->data = job_data(job);
   event_data->callback = callback;
   event_data->type = type;
-  event_push((Event) {
+  loop_push_event(&loop, (Event) {
     .handler = on_job_event,
     .data = event_data
   }, !disable_job_defer);
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/loop.c b/src/nvim/event/loop.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c467ae8b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/event/loop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "event/loop.c.generated.h"
+#endif
+
+
+void loop_init(Loop *loop, void *data)
+{
+  uv_loop_init(&loop->uv);
+  loop->uv.data = loop;
+  loop->deferred_events = kl_init(Event);
+  loop->immediate_events = kl_init(Event);
+}
+
+void loop_poll_events(Loop *loop, int ms)
+{
+  static int recursive = 0;
+
+  if (recursive++) {
+    abort();  // Should not re-enter uv_run
+  }
+
+  bool wait = true;
+  uv_timer_t timer;
+
+  if (ms > 0) {
+    uv_timer_init(&loop->uv, &timer);
+    // Use a repeating timeout of ms milliseconds to make sure
+    // we do not block indefinitely for I/O.
+    uv_timer_start(&timer, timer_cb, (uint64_t)ms, (uint64_t)ms);
+  } else if (ms == 0) {
+    // For ms == 0, we need to do a non-blocking event poll by
+    // setting the run mode to UV_RUN_NOWAIT.
+    wait = false;
+  }
+
+  if (wait) {
+    loop_run_once(loop);
+  } else {
+    loop_run_nowait(loop);
+  }
+
+  if (ms > 0) {
+    // Ensure the timer handle is closed and run the event loop
+    // once more to let libuv perform it's cleanup
+    uv_timer_stop(&timer);
+    uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&timer, NULL);
+    loop_run_nowait(loop);
+  }
+
+  recursive--;  // Can re-enter uv_run now
+  process_events_from(loop->immediate_events);
+}
+
+bool loop_has_deferred_events(Loop *loop)
+{
+  return loop->deferred_events_allowed && !kl_empty(loop->deferred_events);
+}
+
+void loop_enable_deferred_events(Loop *loop)
+{
+  ++loop->deferred_events_allowed;
+}
+
+void loop_disable_deferred_events(Loop *loop)
+{
+  --loop->deferred_events_allowed;
+}
+
+// Queue an event
+void loop_push_event(Loop *loop, Event event, bool deferred)
+{
+  // Sometimes libuv will run pending callbacks(timer for example) before
+  // blocking for a poll. If this happens and the callback pushes a event to one
+  // of the queues, the event would only be processed after the poll
+  // returns(user hits a key for example). To avoid this scenario, we call
+  // uv_stop when a event is enqueued.
+  loop_stop(loop);
+  kl_push(Event, deferred ? loop->deferred_events : loop->immediate_events,
+      event);
+}
+
+void loop_process_event(Loop *loop)
+{
+  process_events_from(loop->deferred_events);
+}
+
+
+void loop_run(Loop *loop)
+{
+  uv_run(&loop->uv, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+void loop_run_once(Loop *loop)
+{
+  uv_run(&loop->uv, UV_RUN_ONCE);
+}
+
+void loop_run_nowait(Loop *loop)
+{
+  uv_run(&loop->uv, UV_RUN_NOWAIT);
+}
+
+void loop_stop(Loop *loop)
+{
+  uv_stop(&loop->uv);
+}
+
+void loop_close(Loop *loop)
+{
+  do {
+    uv_run(&loop->uv, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+  } while (uv_loop_close(&loop->uv));
+}
+
+void loop_process_all_events(Loop *loop)
+{
+  process_events_from(loop->immediate_events);
+  process_events_from(loop->deferred_events);
+}
+
+static void process_events_from(klist_t(Event) *queue)
+{
+  while (!kl_empty(queue)) {
+    Event event = kl_shift(Event, queue);
+    event.handler(event);
+  }
+}
+
+static void timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/event.h b/src/nvim/event/loop.h
index db02b38c7f..e5a890dddb 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/event.h
+++ b/src/nvim/event/loop.h
@@ -1,20 +1,40 @@
-#ifndef NVIM_OS_EVENT_H
-#define NVIM_OS_EVENT_H
+#ifndef NVIM_EVENT_LOOP_H
+#define NVIM_EVENT_LOOP_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 
-#include "nvim/os/event_defs.h"
-#include "nvim/os/job_defs.h"
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "nvim/lib/klist.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
 
+typedef struct event Event;
+typedef void (*event_handler)(Event event);
+
+struct event {
+  void *data;
+  event_handler handler;
+};
+
+typedef void * WatcherPtr;
+
+#define _noop(x)
+KLIST_INIT(WatcherPtr, WatcherPtr, _noop)
+KLIST_INIT(Event, Event, _noop)
+
+typedef struct loop {
+  uv_loop_t uv;
+  klist_t(Event) *deferred_events, *immediate_events;
+  int deferred_events_allowed;
+} Loop;
+
 // Poll for events until a condition or timeout
-#define event_poll_until(timeout, condition)                                 \
+#define LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(loop, timeout, condition)                     \
   do {                                                                       \
     int remaining = timeout;                                                 \
     uint64_t before = (remaining > 0) ? os_hrtime() : 0;                     \
     while (!(condition)) {                                                   \
-      event_poll(remaining);                                                 \
+      loop_poll_events(loop, remaining);                                     \
       if (remaining == 0) {                                                  \
         break;                                                               \
       } else if (remaining > 0) {                                            \
@@ -29,7 +49,7 @@
   } while (0)
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
-# include "os/event.h.generated.h"
+# include "event/loop.h.generated.h"
 #endif
 
-#endif  // NVIM_OS_EVENT_H
+#endif  // NVIM_EVENT_LOOP_H
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/signal.c b/src/nvim/event/signal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63133b4f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/event/signal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+#include "nvim/event/signal.h"
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "event/signal.c.generated.h"
+#endif
+
+
+void signal_watcher_init(Loop *loop, SignalWatcher *watcher, void *data)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(2)
+{
+  uv_signal_init(&loop->uv, &watcher->uv);
+  watcher->uv.data = watcher;
+  watcher->data = data;
+  watcher->cb = NULL;
+}
+
+void signal_watcher_start(SignalWatcher *watcher, signal_cb cb, int signum)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+{
+  watcher->cb = cb;
+  uv_signal_start(&watcher->uv, signal_watcher_cb, signum);
+}
+
+void signal_watcher_stop(SignalWatcher *watcher)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+{
+  uv_signal_stop(&watcher->uv);
+}
+
+void signal_watcher_close(SignalWatcher *watcher, signal_close_cb cb)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1)
+{
+  watcher->close_cb = cb;
+  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&watcher->uv, close_cb);
+}
+
+static void signal_watcher_cb(uv_signal_t *handle, int signum)
+{
+  SignalWatcher *watcher = handle->data;
+  watcher->cb(watcher, signum, watcher->data);
+}
+
+static void close_cb(uv_handle_t *handle)
+{
+  SignalWatcher *watcher = handle->data;
+  if (watcher->close_cb) {
+    watcher->close_cb(watcher, watcher->data);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/signal.h b/src/nvim/event/signal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c269fa9d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/event/signal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef NVIM_EVENT_SIGNAL_H
+#define NVIM_EVENT_SIGNAL_H
+
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+
+typedef struct signal_watcher SignalWatcher;
+typedef void (*signal_cb)(SignalWatcher *watcher, int signum, void *data);
+typedef void (*signal_close_cb)(SignalWatcher *watcher, void *data);
+
+struct signal_watcher {
+  uv_signal_t uv;
+  void *data;
+  signal_cb cb;
+  signal_close_cb close_cb;
+};
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "event/signal.h.generated.h"
+#endif
+#endif  // NVIM_EVENT_SIGNAL_H
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/time.c b/src/nvim/event/time.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce33cdfc10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/event/time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+#include "nvim/event/time.h"
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "event/time.c.generated.h"
+#endif
+
+
+void time_watcher_init(Loop *loop, TimeWatcher *watcher, void *data)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(2)
+{
+  uv_timer_init(&loop->uv, &watcher->uv);
+  watcher->uv.data = watcher;
+  watcher->data = data;
+}
+
+void time_watcher_start(TimeWatcher *watcher, time_cb cb, uint64_t timeout,
+    uint64_t repeat)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+{
+  watcher->cb = cb;
+  uv_timer_start(&watcher->uv, time_watcher_cb, timeout, repeat);
+}
+
+void time_watcher_stop(TimeWatcher *watcher)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+{
+  uv_timer_stop(&watcher->uv);
+}
+
+void time_watcher_close(TimeWatcher *watcher, time_cb cb)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1)
+{
+  watcher->close_cb = cb;
+  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&watcher->uv, close_cb);
+}
+
+static void time_watcher_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
+  FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
+{
+  TimeWatcher *watcher = handle->data;
+  watcher->cb(watcher, watcher->data);
+}
+
+static void close_cb(uv_handle_t *handle)
+{
+  TimeWatcher *watcher = handle->data;
+  if (watcher->close_cb) {
+    watcher->close_cb(watcher, watcher->data);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/time.h b/src/nvim/event/time.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee50e53d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nvim/event/time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef NVIM_EVENT_TIME_H
+#define NVIM_EVENT_TIME_H
+
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+
+typedef struct time_watcher TimeWatcher;
+typedef void (*time_cb)(TimeWatcher *watcher, void *data);
+
+struct time_watcher {
+  uv_timer_t uv;
+  void *data;
+  time_cb cb, close_cb;
+};
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "event/time.h.generated.h"
+#endif
+#endif  // NVIM_EVENT_TIME_H
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_getln.c b/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
index 3af035a6e3..785db1dbd1 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_getln.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 #include "nvim/window.h"
 #include "nvim/ui.h"
 #include "nvim/os/os.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 
 /*
  * Variables shared between getcmdline(), redrawcmdline() and others.
@@ -298,14 +298,14 @@ getcmdline (
 
     /* Get a character.  Ignore K_IGNORE, it should not do anything, such
      * as stop completion. */
-    event_enable_deferred();
+    loop_enable_deferred_events(&loop);
     do {
       c = safe_vgetc();
     } while (c == K_IGNORE);
-    event_disable_deferred();
+    loop_disable_deferred_events(&loop);
 
     if (c == K_EVENT) {
-      event_process();
+      loop_process_event(&loop);
       continue;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/getchar.c b/src/nvim/getchar.c
index 864aa6a622..bbeef376b0 100644
--- a/src/nvim/getchar.c
+++ b/src/nvim/getchar.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include "nvim/strings.h"
 #include "nvim/ui.h"
 #include "nvim/undo.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
 #include "nvim/os/os.h"
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/globals.h b/src/nvim/globals.h
index 1d93900a94..c7164ef1f1 100644
--- a/src/nvim/globals.h
+++ b/src/nvim/globals.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "nvim/menu.h"
 #include "nvim/syntax_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/types.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 
 /*
  * definition of global variables
@@ -1216,6 +1217,7 @@ EXTERN char *ignoredp;
 
 // If a msgpack-rpc channel should be started over stdin/stdout
 EXTERN bool embedded_mode INIT(= false);
+EXTERN Loop loop;
 
 /// Used to track the status of external functions.
 /// Currently only used for iconv().
diff --git a/src/nvim/main.c b/src/nvim/main.c
index 50c16c51d6..ca55469730 100644
--- a/src/nvim/main.c
+++ b/src/nvim/main.c
@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
 #include "nvim/os/os.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/signal.h"
+#include "nvim/os/job.h"
+#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/defs.h"
 #include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/helpers.h"
+#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.h"
+#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.h"
 #include "nvim/api/private/defs.h"
 #include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
 #include "nvim/api/private/handle.h"
@@ -133,6 +137,42 @@ static const char *err_extra_cmd =
   N_("Too many \"+command\", \"-c command\" or \"--cmd command\" arguments");
 
 
+void event_init(void)
+{
+  loop_init(&loop, NULL);
+  // early msgpack-rpc initialization
+  msgpack_rpc_init_method_table();
+  msgpack_rpc_helpers_init();
+  // Initialize input events
+  input_init();
+  // Timer to wake the event loop if a timeout argument is passed to
+  // `event_poll`
+  // Signals
+  signal_init();
+  job_init();
+  // finish mspgack-rpc initialization
+  channel_init();
+  server_init();
+  terminal_init();
+}
+
+void event_teardown(void)
+{
+  if (!loop.deferred_events) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  loop_process_all_events(&loop);
+  input_stop();
+  channel_teardown();
+  job_teardown();
+  server_teardown();
+  signal_teardown();
+  terminal_teardown();
+
+  loop_close(&loop);
+}
+
 /// Performs early initialization.
 ///
 /// Needed for unit tests. Must be called after `time_init()`.
diff --git a/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.c b/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.c
index 2a81b4f160..3932fa1f36 100644
--- a/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.c
+++ b/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "nvim/api/vim.h"
 #include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.h"
 #include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/remote_ui.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/wstream.h"
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Object channel_send_call(uint64_t id,
   ChannelCallFrame frame = {request_id, false, false, NIL};
   kv_push(ChannelCallFrame *, channel->call_stack, &frame);
   channel->pending_requests++;
-  event_poll_until(-1, frame.returned);
+  LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(&loop, -1, frame.returned);
   (void)kv_pop(channel->call_stack);
   channel->pending_requests--;
 
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static void handle_request(Channel *channel, msgpack_object *request)
   event_data->args = args;
   event_data->request_id = request_id;
   incref(channel);
-  event_push((Event) {
+  loop_push_event(&loop, (Event) {
     .handler = on_request_event,
     .data = event_data
   }, defer);
@@ -648,7 +648,8 @@ static void close_channel(Channel *channel)
     if (handle) {
       uv_close(handle, close_cb);
     } else {
-      event_push((Event) { .handler = on_stdio_close, .data = channel }, false);
+      loop_push_event(&loop,
+          (Event) { .handler = on_stdio_close, .data = channel }, false);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.c b/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.c
index 388b5a04cf..1a78b3498f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.c
+++ b/src/nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.c
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ int server_start(const char *endpoint)
 
   if (server_type == kServerTypeTcp) {
     // Listen on tcp address/port
-    uv_tcp_init(uv_default_loop(), &server->socket.tcp.handle);
+    uv_tcp_init(&loop.uv, &server->socket.tcp.handle);
     result = uv_tcp_bind(&server->socket.tcp.handle,
                          (const struct sockaddr *)&server->socket.tcp.addr,
                          0);
     stream = (uv_stream_t *)&server->socket.tcp.handle;
   } else {
     // Listen on named pipe or unix socket
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &server->socket.pipe.handle, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &server->socket.pipe.handle, 0);
     result = uv_pipe_bind(&server->socket.pipe.handle, server->addr);
     stream = (uv_stream_t *)&server->socket.pipe.handle;
   }
@@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ static void connection_cb(uv_stream_t *server, int status)
 
   if (srv->type == kServerTypeTcp) {
     client = xmalloc(sizeof(uv_tcp_t));
-    uv_tcp_init(uv_default_loop(), (uv_tcp_t *)client);
+    uv_tcp_init(&loop.uv, (uv_tcp_t *)client);
   } else {
     client = xmalloc(sizeof(uv_pipe_t));
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), (uv_pipe_t *)client, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, (uv_pipe_t *)client, 0);
   }
 
   result = uv_accept(server, client);
diff --git a/src/nvim/normal.c b/src/nvim/normal.c
index 92734e404a..b66bc31b74 100644
--- a/src/nvim/normal.c
+++ b/src/nvim/normal.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #include "nvim/mouse.h"
 #include "nvim/undo.h"
 #include "nvim/window.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
 
 /*
@@ -487,12 +487,12 @@ normal_cmd (
   /*
    * Get the command character from the user.
    */
-  event_enable_deferred();
+  loop_enable_deferred_events(&loop);
   c = safe_vgetc();
-  event_disable_deferred();
+  loop_disable_deferred_events(&loop);
 
   if (c == K_EVENT) {
-    event_process();
+    loop_process_event(&loop);
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/event.c b/src/nvim/os/event.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 56874b495d..0000000000
--- a/src/nvim/os/event.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <uv.h>
-
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
-#include "nvim/os/input.h"
-#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/defs.h"
-#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/channel.h"
-#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/server.h"
-#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/helpers.h"
-#include "nvim/os/signal.h"
-#include "nvim/os/rstream.h"
-#include "nvim/os/wstream.h"
-#include "nvim/os/job.h"
-#include "nvim/vim.h"
-#include "nvim/memory.h"
-#include "nvim/misc2.h"
-#include "nvim/ui.h"
-#include "nvim/screen.h"
-#include "nvim/terminal.h"
-
-#include "nvim/lib/klist.h"
-
-// event will be cleaned up after it gets processed
-#define _destroy_event(x)  // do nothing
-KLIST_INIT(Event, Event, _destroy_event)
-
-#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
-# include "os/event.c.generated.h"
-#endif
-// deferred_events:  Events that should be processed as the K_EVENT special key
-// immediate_events: Events that should be processed after exiting libuv event
-//                   loop(to avoid recursion), but before returning from
-//                   `event_poll`
-static klist_t(Event) *deferred_events = NULL, *immediate_events = NULL;
-static int deferred_events_allowed = 0;
-
-void event_init(void)
-{
-  // Initialize the event queues
-  deferred_events = kl_init(Event);
-  immediate_events = kl_init(Event);
-  // early msgpack-rpc initialization
-  msgpack_rpc_init_method_table();
-  msgpack_rpc_helpers_init();
-  // Initialize input events
-  input_init();
-  // Timer to wake the event loop if a timeout argument is passed to
-  // `event_poll`
-  // Signals
-  signal_init();
-  // Jobs
-  job_init();
-  // finish mspgack-rpc initialization
-  channel_init();
-  server_init();
-  terminal_init();
-}
-
-void event_teardown(void)
-{
-  if (!deferred_events) {
-    // Not initialized(possibly a --version invocation)
-    return;
-  }
-
-  process_events_from(immediate_events);
-  process_events_from(deferred_events);
-  input_stop();
-  channel_teardown();
-  job_teardown();
-  server_teardown();
-  signal_teardown();
-  terminal_teardown();
-
-  // this last `uv_run` will return after all handles are stopped, it will
-  // also take care of finishing any uv_close calls made by other *_teardown
-  // functions.
-  do {
-    uv_run(uv_default_loop(), UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
-  } while (uv_loop_close(uv_default_loop()));
-}
-
-// Wait for some event
-void event_poll(int ms)
-{
-  static int recursive = 0;
-
-  if (recursive++) {
-    abort();  // Should not re-enter uv_run
-  }
-
-  uv_run_mode run_mode = UV_RUN_ONCE;
-  uv_timer_t timer;
-
-  if (ms > 0) {
-    uv_timer_init(uv_default_loop(), &timer);
-    // Use a repeating timeout of ms milliseconds to make sure
-    // we do not block indefinitely for I/O.
-    uv_timer_start(&timer, timer_cb, (uint64_t)ms, (uint64_t)ms);
-  } else if (ms == 0) {
-    // For ms == 0, we need to do a non-blocking event poll by
-    // setting the run mode to UV_RUN_NOWAIT.
-    run_mode = UV_RUN_NOWAIT;
-  }
-
-  loop(run_mode);
-
-  if (ms > 0) {
-    // Ensure the timer handle is closed and run the event loop
-    // once more to let libuv perform it's cleanup
-    uv_timer_stop(&timer);
-    uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&timer, NULL);
-    loop(UV_RUN_NOWAIT);
-  }
-
-  recursive--;  // Can re-enter uv_run now
-
-  // In case this is run before event_init, don't process any events.
-  if (immediate_events) {
-    process_events_from(immediate_events);
-  }
-}
-
-bool event_has_deferred(void)
-{
-  return deferred_events_allowed && !kl_empty(deferred_events);
-}
-
-void event_enable_deferred(void)
-{
-  ++deferred_events_allowed;
-}
-
-void event_disable_deferred(void)
-{
-  --deferred_events_allowed;
-}
-
-// Queue an event
-void event_push(Event event, bool deferred)
-{
-  // Sometimes libuv will run pending callbacks(timer for example) before
-  // blocking for a poll. If this happens and the callback pushes a event to one
-  // of the queues, the event would only be processed after the poll
-  // returns(user hits a key for example). To avoid this scenario, we call
-  // uv_stop when a event is enqueued.
-  uv_stop(uv_default_loop());
-  kl_push(Event, deferred ? deferred_events : immediate_events, event);
-}
-
-void event_process(void)
-{
-  process_events_from(deferred_events);
-}
-
-static void process_events_from(klist_t(Event) *queue)
-{
-  while (!kl_empty(queue)) {
-    Event event = kl_shift(Event, queue);
-    event.handler(event);
-  }
-}
-
-static void timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
-{
-}
-
-static void loop(uv_run_mode run_mode)
-{
-  DLOG("Enter event loop");
-  uv_run(uv_default_loop(), run_mode);
-  DLOG("Exit event loop");
-}
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/event_defs.h b/src/nvim/os/event_defs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dd9403d9f..0000000000
--- a/src/nvim/os/event_defs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef NVIM_OS_EVENT_DEFS_H
-#define NVIM_OS_EVENT_DEFS_H
-
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-#include "nvim/os/job_defs.h"
-#include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
-
-typedef struct event Event;
-typedef void (*event_handler)(Event event);
-
-struct event {
-  void *data;
-  event_handler handler;
-};
-
-#endif  // NVIM_OS_EVENT_DEFS_H
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/input.c b/src/nvim/os/input.c
index 726335bd9a..1449c56d59 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/input.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/input.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "nvim/api/private/defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream.h"
 #include "nvim/ascii.h"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int os_inchar(uint8_t *buf, int maxlen, int ms, int tb_change_cnt)
   }
 
   // If there are deferred events, return the keys directly
-  if (event_has_deferred()) {
+  if (loop_has_deferred_events(&loop)) {
     return push_event_key(buf, maxlen);
   }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ bool os_char_avail(void)
 void os_breakcheck(void)
 {
   if (!disable_breakcheck && !got_int) {
-    event_poll(0);
+    loop_poll_events(&loop, 0);
   }
 }
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static bool input_poll(int ms)
     prof_inchar_enter();
   }
 
-  event_poll_until(ms, input_ready() || input_eof);
+  LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(&loop, ms, input_ready() || input_eof);
 
   if (do_profiling == PROF_YES && ms) {
     prof_inchar_exit();
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static bool input_ready(void)
 {
   return typebuf_was_filled ||                 // API call filled typeahead
          rbuffer_size(input_buffer) ||         // Input buffer filled
-         event_has_deferred();                 // Events must be processed
+         loop_has_deferred_events(&loop);      // Events must be processed
 }
 
 // Exit because of an input read error.
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/job.c b/src/nvim/os/job.c
index f9bde21361..7e90994fb3 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/job.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/job.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <uv.h>
 
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+#include "nvim/event/time.h"
+#include "nvim/event/signal.h"
 #include "nvim/os/uv_helpers.h"
 #include "nvim/os/job.h"
 #include "nvim/os/job_defs.h"
@@ -12,8 +15,6 @@
 #include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/wstream.h"
 #include "nvim/os/wstream_defs.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
 #include "nvim/vim.h"
 #include "nvim/memory.h"
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@
 
 Job *table[MAX_RUNNING_JOBS] = {NULL};
 size_t stop_requests = 0;
-uv_timer_t job_stop_timer;
-uv_signal_t schld;
+TimeWatcher job_stop_timer;
+SignalWatcher schld;
 
 // Some helpers shared in this module
 
@@ -59,9 +60,9 @@ uv_signal_t schld;
 void job_init(void)
 {
   uv_disable_stdio_inheritance();
-  uv_timer_init(uv_default_loop(), &job_stop_timer);
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &schld);
-  uv_signal_start(&schld, chld_handler, SIGCHLD);
+  time_watcher_init(&loop, &job_stop_timer, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &schld, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_start(&schld, chld_handler, SIGCHLD);
 }
 
 /// Releases job control resources and terminates running jobs
@@ -78,11 +79,11 @@ void job_teardown(void)
   }
 
   // Wait until all jobs are closed
-  event_poll_until(-1, !stop_requests);
-  uv_signal_stop(&schld);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&schld, NULL);
+  LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(&loop, -1, !stop_requests);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&schld);
+  signal_watcher_close(&schld, NULL);
   // Close the timer
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&job_stop_timer, NULL);
+  time_watcher_close(&job_stop_timer, NULL);
 }
 
 /// Tries to start a new job.
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ Job *job_start(JobOptions opts, int *status)
       uv_close((uv_handle_t *)job->proc_stderr, close_cb);
     }
     process_close(job);
-    event_poll(0);
+    loop_poll_events(&loop, 0);
     // Manually invoke the close_cb to free the job resources
     *status = -1;
     return NULL;
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ void job_stop(Job *job)
     // When there's at least one stop request pending, start a timer that
     // will periodically check if a signal should be send to a to the job
     DLOG("Starting job kill timer");
-    uv_timer_start(&job_stop_timer, job_stop_timer_cb, 100, 100);
+    time_watcher_start(&job_stop_timer, job_stop_timer_cb, 100, 100);
   }
 }
 
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ int job_wait(Job *job, int ms) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
   // Increase refcount to stop the job from being freed before we have a
   // chance to get the status.
   job->refcount++;
-  event_poll_until(ms,
+  LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(&loop, ms,
       // Until...
       got_int ||                // interrupted by the user
       job->refcount == 1);  // job exited
@@ -259,9 +260,9 @@ int job_wait(Job *job, int ms) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
     if (ms == -1) {
       // We can only return, if all streams/handles are closed and the job
       // exited.
-      event_poll_until(-1, job->refcount == 1);
+      LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(&loop, -1, job->refcount == 1);
     } else {
-      event_poll(0);
+      loop_poll_events(&loop, 0);
     }
   }
 
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ JobOptions *job_opts(Job *job)
 
 /// Iterates the table, sending SIGTERM to stopped jobs and SIGKILL to those
 /// that didn't die from SIGTERM after a while(exit_timeout is 0).
-static void job_stop_timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
+static void job_stop_timer_cb(TimeWatcher *watcher, void *data)
 {
   Job *job;
   uint64_t now = os_hrtime();
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ static void job_exited(Event event)
   process_close(job);
 }
 
-static void chld_handler(uv_signal_t *handle, int signum)
+static void chld_handler(SignalWatcher *watcher, int signum, void *data)
 {
   int stat = 0;
   int pid;
@@ -458,7 +459,8 @@ static void chld_handler(uv_signal_t *handle, int signum)
         // don't enqueue more events when exiting
         process_close(job);
       } else {
-        event_push((Event) {.handler = job_exited, .data = job}, false);
+        loop_push_event(&loop,
+            (Event) {.handler = job_exited, .data = job}, false);
       }
       break;
     }
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/job.h b/src/nvim/os/job.h
index e0ca615626..ed102666d0 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/job.h
+++ b/src/nvim/os/job.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event_defs.h"
+#include "nvim/os/job_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/wstream.h"
 #include "nvim/os/wstream_defs.h"
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/job_private.h b/src/nvim/os/job_private.h
index 983106d918..b90f2d0171 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/job_private.h
+++ b/src/nvim/os/job_private.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <uv.h>
 
+#include "nvim/event/time.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/wstream_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/pipe_process.h"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ struct job {
 
 extern Job *table[];
 extern size_t stop_requests;
-extern uv_timer_t job_stop_timer;
+extern TimeWatcher job_stop_timer;
 
 static inline bool process_spawn(Job *job)
 {
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ static inline void job_exit_callback(Job *job)
   if (stop_requests && !--stop_requests) {
     // Stop the timer if no more stop requests are pending
     DLOG("Stopping job kill timer");
-    uv_timer_stop(&job_stop_timer);
+    time_watcher_stop(&job_stop_timer);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/pipe_process.c b/src/nvim/os/pipe_process.c
index 2ac305e967..9980cf7c56 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/pipe_process.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/pipe_process.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "nvim/os/job_private.h"
 #include "nvim/os/pipe_process.h"
 #include "nvim/memory.h"
+#include "nvim/vim.h"
+#include "nvim/globals.h"
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
 # include "os/pipe_process.c.generated.h"
@@ -46,19 +48,19 @@ void pipe_process_init(Job *job)
   handle_set_job((uv_handle_t *)&pipeproc->proc, job);
 
   if (job->opts.writable) {
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &pipeproc->proc_stdin, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &pipeproc->proc_stdin, 0);
     pipeproc->stdio[0].flags = UV_CREATE_PIPE | UV_READABLE_PIPE;
     pipeproc->stdio[0].data.stream = (uv_stream_t *)&pipeproc->proc_stdin;
   }
 
   if (job->opts.stdout_cb) {
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &pipeproc->proc_stdout, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &pipeproc->proc_stdout, 0);
     pipeproc->stdio[1].flags = UV_CREATE_PIPE | UV_WRITABLE_PIPE;
     pipeproc->stdio[1].data.stream = (uv_stream_t *)&pipeproc->proc_stdout;
   }
 
   if (job->opts.stderr_cb) {
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &pipeproc->proc_stderr, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &pipeproc->proc_stderr, 0);
     pipeproc->stdio[2].flags = UV_CREATE_PIPE | UV_WRITABLE_PIPE;
     pipeproc->stdio[2].data.stream = (uv_stream_t *)&pipeproc->proc_stderr;
   }
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ bool pipe_process_spawn(Job *job)
 {
   UvProcess *pipeproc = job->process;
 
-  if (uv_spawn(uv_default_loop(), &pipeproc->proc, &pipeproc->proc_opts) != 0) {
+  if (uv_spawn(&loop.uv, &pipeproc->proc, &pipeproc->proc_opts) != 0) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/pty_process.c b/src/nvim/os/pty_process.c
index ff0bcfb6de..ca74ebfddd 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/pty_process.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/pty_process.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "nvim/os/job_private.h"
 #include "nvim/os/pty_process.h"
 #include "nvim/memory.h"
+#include "nvim/vim.h"
+#include "nvim/globals.h"
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
 # include "os/pty_process.c.generated.h"
@@ -43,17 +45,17 @@ void pty_process_init(Job *job) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
   ptyproc->tty_fd = -1;
 
   if (job->opts.writable) {
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &ptyproc->proc_stdin, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &ptyproc->proc_stdin, 0);
     ptyproc->proc_stdin.data = NULL;
   }
 
   if (job->opts.stdout_cb) {
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &ptyproc->proc_stdout, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &ptyproc->proc_stdout, 0);
     ptyproc->proc_stdout.data = NULL;
   }
 
   if (job->opts.stderr_cb) {
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), &ptyproc->proc_stderr, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, &ptyproc->proc_stderr, 0);
     ptyproc->proc_stderr.data = NULL;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/rstream.c b/src/nvim/os/rstream.c
index af84288f0f..dd91c2777e 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/rstream.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/rstream.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void rstream_set_file(RStream *rstream, uv_file file)
     // in chunks of rstream->buffer_size, giving time for other events to
     // be processed between reads.
     rstream->fread_idle = xmalloc(sizeof(uv_idle_t));
-    uv_idle_init(uv_default_loop(), rstream->fread_idle);
+    uv_idle_init(&loop.uv, rstream->fread_idle);
     rstream->fread_idle->data = NULL;
     handle_set_rstream((uv_handle_t *)rstream->fread_idle, rstream);
   } else {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void rstream_set_file(RStream *rstream, uv_file file)
     assert(rstream->file_type == UV_NAMED_PIPE
         || rstream->file_type == UV_TTY);
     rstream->stream = xmalloc(sizeof(uv_pipe_t));
-    uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), (uv_pipe_t *)rstream->stream, 0);
+    uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, (uv_pipe_t *)rstream->stream, 0);
     uv_pipe_open((uv_pipe_t *)rstream->stream, file);
     rstream->stream->data = NULL;
     handle_set_rstream((uv_handle_t *)rstream->stream, rstream);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static void fread_idle_cb(uv_idle_t *handle)
 
   // Synchronous read
   uv_fs_read(
-      uv_default_loop(),
+      &loop.uv,
       &req,
       rstream->fd,
       &rstream->uvbuf,
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/rstream.h b/src/nvim/os/rstream.h
index 3e24724573..7da77b33fa 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/rstream.h
+++ b/src/nvim/os/rstream.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <uv.h>
-#include "nvim/os/event_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream_defs.h"
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/shell.c b/src/nvim/os/shell.c
index 48174533a6..9c0d5fca67 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/shell.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/shell.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "nvim/ascii.h"
 #include "nvim/lib/kvec.h"
 #include "nvim/log.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/job.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream.h"
 #include "nvim/os/shell.h"
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/signal.c b/src/nvim/os/signal.c
index f824543003..6de3435c4c 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/signal.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/signal.c
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
 #include "nvim/memory.h"
 #include "nvim/misc1.h"
 #include "nvim/misc2.h"
+#include "nvim/event/signal.h"
 #include "nvim/os/signal.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 
-static uv_signal_t spipe, shup, squit, sterm;
+static SignalWatcher spipe, shup, squit, sterm;
 #ifdef SIGPWR
-static uv_signal_t spwr;
+static SignalWatcher spwr;
 #endif
 
 static bool rejecting_deadly;
@@ -27,40 +28,40 @@ static bool rejecting_deadly;
 
 void signal_init(void)
 {
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &spipe);
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &shup);
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &squit);
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &sterm);
-  uv_signal_start(&spipe, signal_cb, SIGPIPE);
-  uv_signal_start(&shup, signal_cb, SIGHUP);
-  uv_signal_start(&squit, signal_cb, SIGQUIT);
-  uv_signal_start(&sterm, signal_cb, SIGTERM);
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &spipe, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &shup, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &squit, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &sterm, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_start(&spipe, on_signal, SIGPIPE);
+  signal_watcher_start(&shup, on_signal, SIGHUP);
+  signal_watcher_start(&squit, on_signal, SIGQUIT);
+  signal_watcher_start(&sterm, on_signal, SIGTERM);
 #ifdef SIGPWR
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &spwr);
-  uv_signal_start(&spwr, signal_cb, SIGPWR);
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &spwr, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_start(&spwr, on_signal, SIGPWR);
 #endif
 }
 
 void signal_teardown(void)
 {
   signal_stop();
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&spipe, NULL);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&shup, NULL);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&squit, NULL);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&sterm, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_close(&spipe, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_close(&shup, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_close(&squit, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_close(&sterm, NULL);
 #ifdef SIGPWR
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&spwr, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_close(&spwr, NULL);
 #endif
 }
 
 void signal_stop(void)
 {
-  uv_signal_stop(&spipe);
-  uv_signal_stop(&shup);
-  uv_signal_stop(&squit);
-  uv_signal_stop(&sterm);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&spipe);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&shup);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&squit);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&sterm);
 #ifdef SIGPWR
-  uv_signal_stop(&spwr);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&spwr);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -111,10 +112,10 @@ static void deadly_signal(int signum)
   preserve_exit();
 }
 
-static void signal_cb(uv_signal_t *handle, int signum)
+static void on_signal(SignalWatcher *handle, int signum, void *data)
 {
   assert(signum >= 0);
-  event_push((Event) {
+  loop_push_event(&loop, (Event) {
     .handler = on_signal_event,
     .data = (void *)(uintptr_t)signum
   }, false);
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/signal.h b/src/nvim/os/signal.h
index 927437b2db..5d8cc6f661 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/signal.h
+++ b/src/nvim/os/signal.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef NVIM_OS_SIGNAL_H
 #define NVIM_OS_SIGNAL_H
 
-#include "nvim/os/event_defs.h"
-
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
 # include "os/signal.h.generated.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/time.c b/src/nvim/os/time.c
index 590dfba797..6b5d4359db 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/time.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/time.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <uv.h>
 
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/vim.h"
 
 static uv_mutex_t delay_mutex;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void os_delay(uint64_t milliseconds, bool ignoreinput)
     if (milliseconds > INT_MAX) {
       milliseconds = INT_MAX;
     }
-    event_poll_until((int)milliseconds, got_int);
+    LOOP_POLL_EVENTS_UNTIL(&loop, (int)milliseconds, got_int);
   } else {
     os_microdelay(milliseconds * 1000);
   }
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/wstream.c b/src/nvim/os/wstream.c
index 73896c381d..7f5191947a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/wstream.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/wstream.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void wstream_set_file(WStream *wstream, uv_file file)
   assert(uv_guess_handle(file) == UV_NAMED_PIPE ||
          uv_guess_handle(file) == UV_TTY);
   wstream->stream = xmalloc(sizeof(uv_pipe_t));
-  uv_pipe_init(uv_default_loop(), (uv_pipe_t *)wstream->stream, 0);
+  uv_pipe_init(&loop.uv, (uv_pipe_t *)wstream->stream, 0);
   uv_pipe_open((uv_pipe_t *)wstream->stream, file);
   wstream->stream->data = NULL;
   handle_set_wstream((uv_handle_t *)wstream->stream, wstream);
diff --git a/src/nvim/os_unix.c b/src/nvim/os_unix.c
index ccd0073db1..f568f5a7f1 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os_unix.c
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@
 #include "nvim/types.h"
 #include "nvim/os/os.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
 #include "nvim/os/shell.h"
 #include "nvim/os/signal.h"
 #include "nvim/os/job.h"
 #include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/helpers.h"
-#include "nvim/msgpack_rpc/defs.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STROPTS_H
 # include <stropts.h>
diff --git a/src/nvim/terminal.c b/src/nvim/terminal.c
index 9ce050ed7a..47fef692db 100644
--- a/src/nvim/terminal.c
+++ b/src/nvim/terminal.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
 #include "nvim/ex_cmds.h"
 #include "nvim/window.h"
 #include "nvim/fileio.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+#include "nvim/event/time.h"
 #include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
 
 #ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
 // of data.
 #define REFRESH_DELAY 10
 
-static uv_timer_t refresh_timer;
+static TimeWatcher refresh_timer;
 static bool refresh_pending = false;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ static VTermColor default_vt_bg_rgb;
 void terminal_init(void)
 {
   invalidated_terminals = pmap_new(ptr_t)();
-  uv_timer_init(uv_default_loop(), &refresh_timer);
+  time_watcher_init(&loop, &refresh_timer, NULL);
 
   // initialize a rgb->color index map for cterm attributes(VTermScreenCell
   // only has RGB information and we need color indexes for terminal UIs)
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ void terminal_init(void)
 
 void terminal_teardown(void)
 {
-  uv_timer_stop(&refresh_timer);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&refresh_timer, NULL);
+  time_watcher_stop(&refresh_timer);
+  time_watcher_close(&refresh_timer, NULL);
   pmap_free(ptr_t)(invalidated_terminals);
   map_free(int, int)(color_indexes);
 }
@@ -353,13 +354,13 @@ void terminal_enter(bool process_deferred)
 
   while (term->buf == curbuf) {
     if (process_deferred) {
-      event_enable_deferred();
+      loop_enable_deferred_events(&loop);
     }
 
     c = safe_vgetc();
 
     if (process_deferred) {
-      event_disable_deferred();
+      loop_disable_deferred_events(&loop);
     }
 
     switch (c) {
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ void terminal_enter(bool process_deferred)
         break;
 
       case K_EVENT:
-        event_process();
+        loop_process_event(&loop);
         break;
 
       case Ctrl_N:
@@ -877,16 +878,16 @@ static void invalidate_terminal(Terminal *term, int start_row, int end_row)
 
   pmap_put(ptr_t)(invalidated_terminals, term, NULL);
   if (!refresh_pending) {
-    uv_timer_start(&refresh_timer, refresh_timer_cb, REFRESH_DELAY, 0);
+    time_watcher_start(&refresh_timer, refresh_timer_cb, REFRESH_DELAY, 0);
     refresh_pending = true;
   }
 }
 
 // libuv timer callback. This will enqueue on_refresh to be processed as an
 // event.
-static void refresh_timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
+static void refresh_timer_cb(TimeWatcher *watcher, void *data)
 {
-  event_push((Event) {.handler = on_refresh}, false);
+  loop_push_event(&loop, (Event) {.handler = on_refresh}, false);
   refresh_pending = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/tui/term_input.inl b/src/nvim/tui/term_input.inl
index efdcf0a41e..331a0a89e0 100644
--- a/src/nvim/tui/term_input.inl
+++ b/src/nvim/tui/term_input.inl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "nvim/os/os.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
 #include "nvim/os/rstream.h"
+#include "nvim/event/time.h"
 
 #define PASTETOGGLE_KEY "<f37>"
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ struct term_input {
   int in_fd;
   bool paste_enabled;
   TermKey *tk;
-  uv_timer_t timer_handle;
+  TimeWatcher timer_handle;
   RBuffer *read_buffer;
   RStream *read_stream;
 };
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ static TermKeyResult tk_getkey(TermKey *tk, TermKeyKey *key, bool force)
   return force ? termkey_getkey_force(tk, key) : termkey_getkey(tk, key);
 }
 
-static void timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle);
+static void timer_cb(TimeWatcher *watcher, void *data);
 
 static int get_key_code_timeout(void)
 {
@@ -147,17 +148,16 @@ static void tk_getkeys(TermInput *input, bool force)
 
   if (ms > 0) {
     // Stop the current timer if already running
-    uv_timer_stop(&input->timer_handle);
-    uv_timer_start(&input->timer_handle, timer_cb, (uint32_t)ms, 0);
+    time_watcher_stop(&input->timer_handle);
+    time_watcher_start(&input->timer_handle, timer_cb, (uint32_t)ms, 0);
   } else {
     tk_getkeys(input, true);
   }
 }
 
-
-static void timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle)
+static void timer_cb(TimeWatcher *watcher, void *data)
 {
-  tk_getkeys(handle->data, true);
+  tk_getkeys(data, true);
 }
 
 static bool handle_bracketed_paste(TermInput *input)
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ static TermInput *term_input_new(void)
   rstream_set_file(rv->read_stream, rv->in_fd);
   rstream_start(rv->read_stream);
   // initialize a timer handle for handling ESC with libtermkey
-  uv_timer_init(uv_default_loop(), &rv->timer_handle);
-  rv->timer_handle.data = rv;
+  time_watcher_init(&loop, &rv->timer_handle, rv);
   // Set the pastetoggle option to a special key that will be sent when
   // \e[20{0,1}~/ are received
   Error err = ERROR_INIT;
@@ -300,12 +299,13 @@ static TermInput *term_input_new(void)
 
 static void term_input_destroy(TermInput *input)
 {
-  uv_timer_stop(&input->timer_handle);
+  time_watcher_stop(&input->timer_handle);
+  time_watcher_close(&input->timer_handle, NULL);
   rstream_stop(input->read_stream);
   rstream_free(input->read_stream);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&input->timer_handle, NULL);
   termkey_destroy(input->tk);
-  event_poll(0);  // Run once to remove references to input/timer handles
+  // Run once to remove references to input/timer handles
+  loop_poll_events(&loop, 0);
   xfree(input);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/tui/tui.c b/src/nvim/tui/tui.c
index fe29dbd961..a12ee880d6 100644
--- a/src/nvim/tui/tui.c
+++ b/src/nvim/tui/tui.c
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #include "nvim/memory.h"
 #include "nvim/api/vim.h"
 #include "nvim/api/private/helpers.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
+#include "nvim/event/signal.h"
 #include "nvim/tui/tui.h"
 #include "nvim/strings.h"
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ typedef struct {
   uv_loop_t *write_loop;
   unibi_term *ut;
   uv_tty_t output_handle;
-  uv_signal_t winch_handle;
+  SignalWatcher winch_handle;
   Rect scroll_region;
   kvec_t(Rect) invalid_regions;
   int row, col;
@@ -132,9 +133,8 @@ UI *tui_start(void)
   update_size(ui);
 
   // listen for SIGWINCH
-  uv_signal_init(uv_default_loop(), &data->winch_handle);
-  uv_signal_start(&data->winch_handle, sigwinch_cb, SIGWINCH);
-  data->winch_handle.data = ui;
+  signal_watcher_init(&loop, &data->winch_handle, ui);
+  signal_watcher_start(&data->winch_handle, sigwinch_cb, SIGWINCH);
 
   ui->stop = tui_stop;
   ui->rgb = os_getenv("NVIM_TUI_ENABLE_TRUE_COLOR") != NULL;
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ static void tui_stop(UI *ui)
   TUIData *data = ui->data;
   // Destroy common stuff
   kv_destroy(data->invalid_regions);
-  uv_signal_stop(&data->winch_handle);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&data->winch_handle, NULL);
+  signal_watcher_stop(&data->winch_handle);
+  signal_watcher_close(&data->winch_handle, NULL);
   // Destroy input stuff
   term_input_destroy(data->input);
   // Destroy output stuff
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ static void try_resize(Event ev)
   ui_refresh();
 }
 
-static void sigwinch_cb(uv_signal_t *handle, int signum)
+static void sigwinch_cb(SignalWatcher *watcher, int signum, void *data)
 {
   // Queue the event because resizing can result in recursive event_poll calls
   // FIXME(blueyed): TUI does not resize properly when not deferred. Why? #2322
-  event_push((Event) {
-    .data = handle->data,
+  loop_push_event(&loop, (Event) {
+    .data = data,
     .handler = try_resize
   }, true);
 }
diff --git a/src/nvim/ui.c b/src/nvim/ui.c
index 088055777a..dc2bc0898c 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ui.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ui.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "nvim/normal.h"
 #include "nvim/option.h"
 #include "nvim/os_unix.h"
-#include "nvim/os/event.h"
+#include "nvim/event/loop.h"
 #include "nvim/os/time.h"
 #include "nvim/os/input.h"
 #include "nvim/os/signal.h"
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void ui_detach(UI *ui)
 
   ui_count--;
   // schedule a refresh
-  event_push((Event) { .handler = refresh }, false);
+  loop_push_event(&loop, (Event) { .handler = refresh }, false);
 }
 
 void ui_clear(void)
diff --git a/test/unit/os/fs_spec.lua b/test/unit/os/fs_spec.lua
index 3d5c6bc885..2ffffb907f 100644
--- a/test/unit/os/fs_spec.lua
+++ b/test/unit/os/fs_spec.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require('bit')
 cimport('unistd.h')
 cimport('./src/nvim/os/shell.h')
 cimport('./src/nvim/option_defs.h')
-cimport('./src/nvim/os/event.h')
+cimport('./src/nvim/main.h')
 cimport('./src/nvim/fileio.h')
 local fs = cimport('./src/nvim/os/os.h')
 cppimport('sys/stat.h')
diff --git a/test/unit/os/shell_spec.lua b/test/unit/os/shell_spec.lua
index 91d807da0b..91123bfd58 100644
--- a/test/unit/os/shell_spec.lua
+++ b/test/unit/os/shell_spec.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local helpers = require('test.unit.helpers')
 local shell = helpers.cimport(
   './src/nvim/os/shell.h',
   './src/nvim/option_defs.h',
-  './src/nvim/os/event.h',
+  './src/nvim/main.h',
   './src/nvim/misc1.h'
 )
 local ffi, eq, neq = helpers.ffi, helpers.eq, helpers.neq