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6		6
7	use AnyEvent;	7	use AnyEvent;
8	use AnyEvent::Fork::Pool;	8	use AnyEvent::Fork::Pool;
9	# use AnyEvent::Fork is not needed	9	# use AnyEvent::Fork is not needed
10		10
11	# all parameters with default values	11	# all possible parameters shown, with default values
12	my $pool = AnyEvent::Fork	12	my $pool = AnyEvent::Fork
13	->new	13	->new
14	->require ("MyWorker")	14	->require ("MyWorker")
15	->AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run (	15	->AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run (
16	"MyWorker::run", # the worker function	16	"MyWorker::run", # the worker function
17		17
18	# pool management	18	# pool management
19	max => 4, # absolute maximum # of processes	19	max => 4, # absolute maximum # of processes
20	idle => 2, # minimum # of idle processes	20	idle => 0, # minimum # of idle processes
21	load => 2, # queue at most this number of jobs per process	21	load => 2, # queue at most this number of jobs per process
22	start => 0.1, # wait this many seconds before starting a new process	22	start => 0.1, # wait this many seconds before starting a new process
23	stop => 1, # wait this many seconds before stopping an idle process	23	stop => 10, # wait this many seconds before stopping an idle process
24	on_destroy => (my $finish = AE::cv), # called when object is destroyed	24	on_destroy => (my $finish = AE::cv), # called when object is destroyed
25		25
26	# parameters passed to AnyEvent::Fork::RPC	26	# parameters passed to AnyEvent::Fork::RPC
27	async => 0,	27	async => 0,
28	on_error => sub { die "FATAL: $_[0]\n" },	28	on_error => sub { die "FATAL: $_[0]\n" },
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41		41
42	$finish->recv;	42	$finish->recv;
43		43
44	=head1 DESCRIPTION	44	=head1 DESCRIPTION
45		45
46	This module uses processes created via L<AnyEvent::Fork> and the RPC	46	This module uses processes created via L<AnyEvent::Fork> (or
47	protocol implement in L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> to create a load-balanced	47	L<AnyEvent::Fork::Remote>) and the RPC protocol implement in
48	pool of processes that handles jobs.	48	L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> to create a load-balanced pool of processes that
		49	handles jobs.
49		50
50	Understanding of L<AnyEvent::Fork> is helpful but not critical to be able	51	Understanding of L<AnyEvent::Fork> is helpful but not critical to be able
51	to use this module, but a thorough understanding of L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>	52	to use this module, but a thorough understanding of L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>
52	is, as it defines the actual API that needs to be implemented in the	53	is, as it defines the actual API that needs to be implemented in the
53	children.	54	worker processes.
54
55	=head1 EXAMPLES
56		55
57	=head1 PARENT USAGE	56	=head1 PARENT USAGE
		57
		58	To create a pool, you first have to create a L<AnyEvent::Fork> object -
		59	this object becomes your template process. Whenever a new worker process
		60	is needed, it is forked from this template process. Then you need to
		61	"hand off" this template process to the C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool> module by
		62	calling its run method on it:
		63
		64	my $template = AnyEvent::Fork
		65	->new
		66	->require ("SomeModule", "MyWorkerModule");
		67
		68	my $pool = $template->AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run ("MyWorkerModule::myfunction");
		69
		70	The pool "object" is not a regular Perl object, but a code reference that
		71	you can call and that works roughly like calling the worker function
		72	directly, except that it returns nothing but instead you need to specify a
		73	callback to be invoked once results are in:
		74
		75	$pool->(1, 2, 3, sub { warn "myfunction(1,2,3) returned @_" });
58		76
59	=over 4	77	=over 4
60		78
61	=cut	79	=cut
62		80
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68		86
69	use Guard ();	87	use Guard ();
70	use Array::Heap ();	88	use Array::Heap ();
71		89
72	use AnyEvent;	90	use AnyEvent;
		91	# explicit version on next line, as some cpan-testers test with the 0.1 version,
		92	# ignoring dependencies, and this line will at least give a clear indication of that.
73	use AnyEvent::Fork; # we don't actually depend on it, this is for convenience	93	use AnyEvent::Fork 0.6; # we don't actually depend on it, this is for convenience
74	use AnyEvent::Fork::RPC;	94	use AnyEvent::Fork::RPC;
75		95
76	# these are used for the first and last argument of events	96	# these are used for the first and last argument of events
77	# in the hope of not colliding. yes, I don't like it either,	97	# in the hope of not colliding. yes, I don't like it either,
78	# but didn't come up with an obviously better alternative.	98	# but didn't come up with an obviously better alternative.
79	my $magic0 = ':t6Z@HK1N%Dx@_7?=~-7NQgWDdAs6a,jFN=wLO0jD1%P';	99	my $magic0 = ':t6Z@HK1N%Dx@_7?=~-7NQgWDdAs6a,jFN=wLO0jD1%P';
80	my $magic1 = '<~53rexz.U`!]X[A235^"fyEoiTF\T~oH1l/N6+Djep9b~bI9`\1x%B~vWO1q*';	100	my $magic1 = '<~53rexz.U`!]X[A235^"fyEoiTF\T~oH1l/N6+Djep9b~bI9`\1x%B~vWO1q*';
81		101
82	our $VERSION = 0.1;	102	our $VERSION = 1.1;
83		103
84	=item my $pool = AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run $fork, $function, [key => value...]	104	=item my $pool = AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run $fork, $function, [key => value...]
85		105
86	The traditional way to call it. But it is way cooler to call it in the	106	The traditional way to call the pool creation function. But it is way
87	following way:	107	cooler to call it in the following way:
88		108
89	=item my $pool = $fork->AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run ($function, [key => value...])	109	=item my $pool = $fork->AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run ($function, [key => value...])
90		110
91	Creates a new pool object with the specified C<$function> as function	111	Creates a new pool object with the specified C<$function> as function
92	(name) to call for each request. The pool uses the C<$fork> object as the	112	(name) to call for each request. The pool uses the C<$fork> object as the
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105		125
106	The pool consists of a certain number of worker processes. These options	126	The pool consists of a certain number of worker processes. These options
107	decide how many of these processes exist and when they are started and	127	decide how many of these processes exist and when they are started and
108	stopped.	128	stopped.
109		129
		130	The worker pool is dynamically resized, according to (perceived :)
		131	load. The minimum size is given by the C<idle> parameter and the maximum
		132	size is given by the C<max> parameter. A new worker is started every
		133	C<start> seconds at most, and an idle worker is stopped at most every
		134	C<stop> second.
		135
		136	You can specify the amount of jobs sent to a worker concurrently using the
		137	C<load> parameter.
		138
110	=over 4	139	=over 4
111		140
112	=item idle => $count (default: 0)	141	=item idle => $count (default: 0)
113		142
114	The minimum amount of idle processes in the pool - when there are fewer	143	The minimum amount of idle processes in the pool - when there are fewer
115	than this many idle workers, C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool> will try to start new	144	than this many idle workers, C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool> will try to start new
116	ones, subject to C<max> and C<start>.	145	ones, subject to the limits set by C<max> and C<start>.
117		146
118	This is also the initial/minimum amount of workers in the pool. The	147	This is also the initial amount of workers in the pool. The default of
119	default of zero means that the pool starts empty and can shrink back to	148	zero means that the pool starts empty and can shrink back to zero workers
120	zero workers over time.	149	over time.
121		150
122	=item max => $count (default: 4)	151	=item max => $count (default: 4)
123		152
124	The maximum number of processes in the pool, in addition to the template	153	The maximum number of processes in the pool, in addition to the template
125	process. C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool> will never create more than this number	154	process. C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool> will never have more than this number of
126	of worker processes, although there can be more temporarily when a worker	155	worker processes, although there can be more temporarily when a worker is
127	is shut down and hasn't exited yet.	156	shut down and hasn't exited yet.
128		157
129	=item load => $count (default: 2)	158	=item load => $count (default: 2)
130		159
131	The maximum number of concurrent jobs sent to a single worker	160	The maximum number of concurrent jobs sent to a single worker process.
132	process. Worker processes that handle this number of jobs already are
133	called "busy".
134		161
135	Jobs that cannot be sent to a worker immediately (because all workers are	162	Jobs that cannot be sent to a worker immediately (because all workers are
136	busy) will be queued until a worker is available.	163	busy) will be queued until a worker is available.
137		164
		165	Setting this low improves latency. For example, at C<1>, every job that
		166	is sent to a worker is sent to a completely idle worker that doesn't run
		167	any other jobs. The downside is that throughput is reduced - a worker that
		168	finishes a job needs to wait for a new job from the parent.
		169
		170	The default of C<2> is usually a good compromise.
		171
138	=item start => $seconds (default: 0.1)	172	=item start => $seconds (default: 0.1)
139		173
140	When a job is queued and all workers are busy, a timer is started. If the	174	When there are fewer than C<idle> workers (or all workers are completely
141	timer elapses and there are still jobs that cannot be queued to a worker,	175	busy), then a timer is started. If the timer elapses and there are still
142	a new worker is started.	176	jobs that cannot be queued to a worker, a new worker is started.
143		177
144	This configurs the time that all workers must be busy before a new worker	178	This sets the minimum time that all workers must be busy before a new
145	is started. Or, put differently, the minimum delay betwene starting new	179	worker is started. Or, put differently, the minimum delay between starting
146	workers.	180	new workers.
147		181
148	The delay is zero by default, which means new workers will be started	182	The delay is small by default, which means new workers will be started
149	without delay.	183	relatively quickly. A delay of C<0> is possible, and ensures that the pool
		184	will grow as quickly as possible under load.
150		185
		186	Non-zero values are useful to avoid "exploding" a pool because a lot of
		187	jobs are queued in an instant.
		188
		189	Higher values are often useful to improve efficiency at the cost of
		190	latency - when fewer processes can do the job over time, starting more and
		191	more is not necessarily going to help.
		192
151	=item stop => $seconds (default: 1)	193	=item stop => $seconds (default: 10)
152		194
153	When a worker has no jobs to execute it becomes idle. An idle worker that	195	When a worker has no jobs to execute it becomes idle. An idle worker that
154	hasn't executed a job within this amount of time will be stopped, unless	196	hasn't executed a job within this amount of time will be stopped, unless
155	the other parameters say otherwise.	197	the other parameters say otherwise.
156		198
		199	Setting this to a very high value means that workers stay around longer,
		200	even when they have nothing to do, which can be good as they don't have to
		201	be started on the netx load spike again.
		202
		203	Setting this to a lower value can be useful to avoid memory or simply
		204	process table wastage.
		205
		206	Usually, setting this to a time longer than the time between load spikes
		207	is best - if you expect a lot of requests every minute and little work
		208	in between, setting this to longer than a minute avoids having to stop
		209	and start workers. On the other hand, you have to ask yourself if letting
		210	workers run idle is a good use of your resources. Try to find a good
		211	balance between resource usage of your workers and the time to start new
		212	workers - the processes created by L<AnyEvent::Fork> itself is fats at
		213	creating workers while not using much memory for them, so most of the
		214	overhead is likely from your own code.
		215
157	=item on_destroy => $callback->() (default: none)	216	=item on_destroy => $callback->() (default: none)
158		217
159	When a pool object goes out of scope, it will still handle all outstanding	218	When a pool object goes out of scope, the outstanding requests are still
160	jobs. After that, it will destroy all workers (and also the template	219	handled till completion. Only after handling all jobs will the workers
161	process if it isn't referenced otherwise).	220	be destroyed (and also the template process if it isn't referenced
		221	otherwise).
		222
		223	To find out when a pool I<really> has finished its work, you can set this
		224	callback, which will be called when the pool has been destroyed.
162		225
163	=back	226	=back
164		227
165	=item Template Process	228	=item AnyEvent::Fork::RPC Parameters
166		229
167	The worker processes are all forked from a single template	230	These parameters are all passed more or less directly to
168	process. Ideally, all modules and all cdoe used by the worker, as well as	231	L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>. They are only briefly mentioned here, for
169	any shared data structures should be loaded into the template process, to	232	their full documentation please refer to the L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>
170	take advantage of data sharing via fork.	233	documentation. Also, the default values mentioned here are only documented
171		234	as a best effort - the L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> documentation is binding.
172	You can create your own template process by creating a L<AnyEvent::Fork>
173	object yourself and passing it as the C<template> parameter, but
174	C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool> can create one for you, including some standard
175	options.
176		235
177	=over 4	236	=over 4
178		237
179	=item template => $fork (default: C<< AnyEvent::Fork->new >>)
180
181	The template process to use, if you want to create your own.
182
183	=item require => \@modules (default: C<[]>)
184
185	The modules in this list will be laoded into the template process.
186
187	=item eval => "# perl code to execute in template" (default: none)
188
189	This is a perl string that is evaluated after creating the template
190	process and after requiring the modules. It can do whatever it wants to
191	configure the process, but it must not do anything that would keep a later
192	fork from working (so must not create event handlers or (real) threads for
193	example).
194
195	=back
196
197	=item AnyEvent::Fork::RPC Parameters
198
199	These parameters are all passed directly to L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>. They
200	are only briefly mentioned here, for their full documentation
201	please refer to the L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> documentation. Also, the
202	default values mentioned here are only documented as a best effort -
203	L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> documentation is binding.
204
205	=over 4
206
207	=item async => $boolean (default: 0)	238	=item async => $boolean (default: 0)
208		239
209	Whether to sue the synchronous or asynchronous RPC backend.	240	Whether to use the synchronous or asynchronous RPC backend.
210		241
211	=item on_error => $callback->($message) (default: die with message)	242	=item on_error => $callback->($message) (default: die with message)
212		243
213	The callback to call on any (fatal) errors.	244	The callback to call on any (fatal) errors.
214		245
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235		266
236	my $max = $arg{max} \|\| 4;	267	my $max = $arg{max} \|\| 4;
237	my $idle = $arg{idle} \|\| 0,	268	my $idle = $arg{idle} \|\| 0,
238	my $load = $arg{load} \|\| 2,	269	my $load = $arg{load} \|\| 2,
239	my $start = $arg{start} \|\| 0.1,	270	my $start = $arg{start} \|\| 0.1,
240	my $stop = $arg{stop} \|\| 1,	271	my $stop = $arg{stop} \|\| 10,
241	my $on_event = $arg{on_event} \|\| sub { },	272	my $on_event = $arg{on_event} \|\| sub { },
242	my $on_destroy = $arg{on_destroy};	273	my $on_destroy = $arg{on_destroy};
243		274
244	my @rpc = (	275	my @rpc = (
245	async => $arg{async},	276	async => $arg{async},
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258		289
259	$template	290	$template
260	->require ("AnyEvent::Fork::RPC::" . ($arg{async} ? "Async" : "Sync"))	291	->require ("AnyEvent::Fork::RPC::" . ($arg{async} ? "Async" : "Sync"))
261	->eval ('	292	->eval ('
262	my ($magic0, $magic1) = @_;	293	my ($magic0, $magic1) = @_;
263	sub AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::quit() {	294	sub AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::retire() {
264	AnyEvent::Fork::RPC::on_event $magic0, "quit", $magic1;	295	AnyEvent::Fork::RPC::event $magic0, "quit", $magic1;
265	}	296	}
266	', $magic0, $magic1)	297	', $magic0, $magic1)
267	->eval ($arg{eval});	298	;
268		299
269	$start_worker = sub {	300	$start_worker = sub {
270	my $proc = [0, 0, undef]; # load, index, rpc	301	my $proc = [0, 0, undef]; # load, index, rpc
271		302
272	$proc->[2] = $template	303	$proc->[2] = $template
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298	$proc->[0]	329	$proc->[0]
299	or --$nidle;	330	or --$nidle;
300		331
301	Array::Heap::splice_heap_idx @pool, $proc->[1]	332	Array::Heap::splice_heap_idx @pool, $proc->[1]
302	if defined $proc->[1];	333	if defined $proc->[1];
		334
		335	@$proc = 0; # tell others to leave it be
303	};	336	};
304		337
305	$want_start = sub {	338	$want_start = sub {
306	undef $stop_w;	339	undef $stop_w;
307		340
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326	};	359	};
327		360
328	$scheduler = sub {	361	$scheduler = sub {
329	if (@queue) {	362	if (@queue) {
330	while (@queue) {	363	while (@queue) {
		364	@pool or $start_worker->();
		365
331	my $proc = $pool[0];	366	my $proc = $pool[0];
332		367
333	if ($proc->[0] < $load) {	368	if ($proc->[0] < $load) {
334	# found free worker, increase load	369	# found free worker, increase load
335	unless ($proc->[0]++) {	370	unless ($proc->[0]++) {
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353	or $want_stop->();	388	or $want_stop->();
354		389
355	Array::Heap::adjust_heap_idx @pool, $proc->[1]	390	Array::Heap::adjust_heap_idx @pool, $proc->[1]
356	if defined $proc->[1];	391	if defined $proc->[1];
357		392
		393	&$ocb;
		394
358	$scheduler->();	395	$scheduler->();
359
360	&$ocb;
361	});	396	});
362	} else {	397	} else {
363	$want_start->()	398	$want_start->()
364	unless @pool >= $max;	399	unless @pool >= $max;
365		400
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397		432
398	=item $pool->(..., $cb->(...))	433	=item $pool->(..., $cb->(...))
399		434
400	Call the RPC function of a worker with the given arguments, and when the	435	Call the RPC function of a worker with the given arguments, and when the
401	worker is done, call the C<$cb> with the results, just like calling the	436	worker is done, call the C<$cb> with the results, just like calling the
402	L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> object directly.	437	RPC object durectly - see the L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> documentation for
		438	details on the RPC API.
403		439
404	If there is no free worker, the call will be queued.	440	If there is no free worker, the call will be queued until a worker becomes
		441	available.
405		442
406	Note that there can be considerable time between calling this method and	443	Note that there can be considerable time between calling this method and
407	the call actually being executed. During this time, the parameters passed	444	the call actually being executed. During this time, the parameters passed
408	to this function are effectively read-only - modifying them after the call	445	to this function are effectively read-only - modifying them after the call
409	and before the callback is invoked causes undefined behaviour.	446	and before the callback is invoked causes undefined behaviour.
410		447
411	=cut	448	=cut
412		449
		450	=item $cpus = AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::ncpu [$default_cpus]
		451
		452	=item ($cpus, $eus) = AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::ncpu [$default_cpus]
		453
		454	Tries to detect the number of CPUs (C<$cpus> often called cpu cores
		455	nowadays) and execution units (C<$eus>) which include e.g. extra
		456	hyperthreaded units). When C<$cpus> cannot be determined reliably,
		457	C<$default_cpus> is returned for both values, or C<1> if it is missing.
		458
		459	For normal CPU bound uses, it is wise to have as many worker processes
		460	as CPUs in the system (C<$cpus>), if nothing else uses the CPU. Using
		461	hyperthreading is usually detrimental to performance, but in those rare
		462	cases where that really helps it might be beneficial to use more workers
		463	(C<$eus>).
		464
		465	Currently, F</proc/cpuinfo> is parsed on GNU/Linux systems for both
		466	C<$cpus> and C<$eu>, and on {Free,Net,Open}BSD, F<sysctl -n hw.ncpu> is
		467	used for C<$cpus>.
		468
		469	Example: create a worker pool with as many workers as cpu cores, or C<2>,
		470	if the actual number could not be determined.
		471
		472	$fork->AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run ("myworker::function",
		473	max => (scalar AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::ncpu 2),
		474	);
		475
		476	=cut
		477
		478	BEGIN {
		479	if ($^O eq "linux") {
		480	*ncpu = sub(;$) {
		481	my ($cpus, $eus);
		482
		483	if (open my $fh, "<", "/proc/cpuinfo") {
		484	my %id;
		485
		486	while (<$fh>) {
		487	if (/^core id\s:\s(\d+)/) {
		488	++$eus;
		489	undef $id{$1};
		490	}
		491	}
		492
		493	$cpus = scalar keys %id;
		494	} else {
		495	$cpus = $eus = @_ ? shift : 1;
		496	}
		497	wantarray ? ($cpus, $eus) : $cpus
		498	};
		499	} elsif ($^O eq "freebsd" \|\| $^O eq "netbsd" \|\| $^O eq "openbsd") {
		500	*ncpu = sub(;$) {
		501	my $cpus = qx<sysctl -n hw.ncpu> * 1
		502	\|\| (@_ ? shift : 1);
		503	wantarray ? ($cpus, $cpus) : $cpus
		504	};
		505	} else {
		506	*ncpu = sub(;$) {
		507	my $cpus = @_ ? shift : 1;
		508	wantarray ? ($cpus, $cpus) : $cpus
		509	};
		510	}
		511	}
		512
413	=back	513	=back
414		514
		515	=head1 CHILD USAGE
		516
		517	In addition to the L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> API, this module implements one
		518	more child-side function:
		519
		520	=over 4
		521
		522	=item AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::retire ()
		523
		524	This function sends an event to the parent process to request retirement:
		525	the worker is removed from the pool and no new jobs will be sent to it,
		526	but it has to handle the jobs that are already queued.
		527
		528	The parentheses are part of the syntax: the function usually isn't defined
		529	when you compile your code (because that happens I<before> handing the
		530	template process over to C<AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::run>, so you need the
		531	empty parentheses to tell Perl that the function is indeed a function.
		532
		533	Retiring a worker can be useful to gracefully shut it down when the worker
		534	deems this useful. For example, after executing a job, one could check
		535	the process size or the number of jobs handled so far, and if either is
		536	too high, the worker could ask to get retired, to avoid memory leaks to
		537	accumulate.
		538
		539	Example: retire a worker after it has handled roughly 100 requests.
		540
		541	my $count = 0;
		542
		543	sub my::worker {
		544
		545	++$count == 100
		546	and AnyEvent::Fork::Pool::retire ();
		547
		548	... normal code goes here
		549	}
		550
		551	=back
		552
		553	=head1 POOL PARAMETERS RECIPES
		554
		555	This section describes some recipes for pool paramaters. These are mostly
		556	meant for the synchronous RPC backend, as the asynchronous RPC backend
		557	changes the rules considerably, making workers themselves responsible for
		558	their scheduling.
		559
		560	=over 4
		561
		562	=item low latency - set load = 1
		563
		564	If you need a deterministic low latency, you should set the C<load>
		565	parameter to C<1>. This ensures that never more than one job is sent to
		566	each worker. This avoids having to wait for a previous job to finish.
		567
		568	This makes most sense with the synchronous (default) backend, as the
		569	asynchronous backend can handle multiple requests concurrently.
		570
		571	=item lowest latency - set load = 1 and idle = max
		572
		573	To achieve the lowest latency, you additionally should disable any dynamic
		574	resizing of the pool by setting C<idle> to the same value as C<max>.
		575
		576	=item high throughput, cpu bound jobs - set load >= 2, max = #cpus
		577
		578	To get high throughput with cpu-bound jobs, you should set the maximum
		579	pool size to the number of cpus in your system, and C<load> to at least
		580	C<2>, to make sure there can be another job waiting for the worker when it
		581	has finished one.
		582
		583	The value of C<2> for C<load> is the minimum value that I<can> achieve
		584	100% throughput, but if your parent process itself is sometimes busy, you
		585	might need higher values. Also there is a limit on the amount of data that
		586	can be "in flight" to the worker, so if you send big blobs of data to your
		587	worker, C<load> might have much less of an effect.
		588
		589	=item high throughput, I/O bound jobs - set load >= 2, max = 1, or very high
		590
		591	When your jobs are I/O bound, using more workers usually boils down to
		592	higher throughput, depending very much on your actual workload - sometimes
		593	having only one worker is best, for example, when you read or write big
		594	files at maixmum speed, as a second worker will increase seek times.
		595
		596	=back
		597
		598	=head1 EXCEPTIONS
		599
		600	The same "policy" as with L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC> applies - exceptins will
		601	not be caught, and exceptions in both worker and in callbacks causes
		602	undesirable or undefined behaviour.
		603
415	=head1 SEE ALSO	604	=head1 SEE ALSO
416		605
417	L<AnyEvent::Fork>, to create the processes in the first place.	606	L<AnyEvent::Fork>, to create the processes in the first place.
		607
		608	L<AnyEvent::Fork::Remote>, likewise, but helpful for remote processes.
418		609
419	L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>, which implements the RPC protocol and API.	610	L<AnyEvent::Fork::RPC>, which implements the RPC protocol and API.
420		611
421	=head1 AUTHOR AND CONTACT INFORMATION	612	=head1 AUTHOR AND CONTACT INFORMATION
422		613

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