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340 | =head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS |
340 | =head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS |
341 | |
341 | |
342 | You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status. |
342 | You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status. |
343 | |
343 | |
344 | The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it |
344 | The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it |
345 | watches for any child process exit). The watcher will trigger as often |
345 | watches for any child process exit). The watcher will triggered only when |
346 | as status change for the child are received. This works by installing a |
346 | the child process has finished and an exit status is available, not on |
347 | signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>. The callback will be called with the pid |
347 | any trace events (stopped/continued). |
348 | and exit status (as returned by waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, |
348 | |
349 | you I<can> rely on child watcher callback arguments. |
349 | The callback will be called with the pid and exit status (as returned by |
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350 | waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, you I<can> rely on child watcher |
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351 | callback arguments. |
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352 | |
|
|
353 | This watcher type works by installing a signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>, |
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354 | and since it cannot be shared, nothing else should use SIGCHLD or reap |
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355 | random child processes (waiting for specific child processes, e.g. inside |
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356 | C<system>, is just fine). |
350 | |
357 | |
351 | There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them |
358 | There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them |
352 | I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could |
359 | I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could |
353 | have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore). |
360 | have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore). |
354 | |
361 | |
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818 | =item L<AnyEvent::IGS> |
825 | =item L<AnyEvent::IGS> |
819 | |
826 | |
820 | A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by |
827 | A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by |
821 | L<App::IGS>). |
828 | L<App::IGS>). |
822 | |
829 | |
823 | =item L<Net::IRC3> |
830 | =item L<AnyEvent::IRC> |
824 | |
831 | |
825 | AnyEvent based IRC client module family. |
832 | AnyEvent based IRC client module family (replacing the older Net::IRC3). |
826 | |
833 | |
827 | =item L<Net::XMPP2> |
834 | =item L<Net::XMPP2> |
828 | |
835 | |
829 | AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family. |
836 | AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family. |
830 | |
837 | |
… | |
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850 | =cut |
857 | =cut |
851 | |
858 | |
852 | package AnyEvent; |
859 | package AnyEvent; |
853 | |
860 | |
854 | no warnings; |
861 | no warnings; |
855 | use strict; |
862 | use strict qw(vars subs); |
856 | |
863 | |
857 | use Carp; |
864 | use Carp; |
858 | |
865 | |
859 | our $VERSION = 4.233; |
866 | our $VERSION = 4.341; |
860 | our $MODEL; |
867 | our $MODEL; |
861 | |
868 | |
862 | our $AUTOLOAD; |
869 | our $AUTOLOAD; |
863 | our @ISA; |
870 | our @ISA; |
864 | |
871 | |
… | |
… | |
997 | # to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually |
1004 | # to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually |
998 | # allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one). |
1005 | # allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one). |
999 | sub _dupfh($$$$) { |
1006 | sub _dupfh($$$$) { |
1000 | my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_; |
1007 | my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_; |
1001 | |
1008 | |
1002 | require Fcntl; |
|
|
1003 | |
|
|
1004 | # cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't |
1009 | # cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't |
1005 | my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<") |
1010 | my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<") |
1006 | : $poll eq "w" ? ($w, ">") |
1011 | : $poll eq "w" ? ($w, ">") |
1007 | : Carp::croak "AnyEvent->io requires poll set to either 'r' or 'w'"; |
1012 | : Carp::croak "AnyEvent->io requires poll set to either 'r' or 'w'"; |
1008 | |
1013 | |
… | |
… | |
1021 | BEGIN { |
1026 | BEGIN { |
1022 | if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); time (); 1") { |
1027 | if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); time (); 1") { |
1023 | *_time = \&Time::HiRes::time; |
1028 | *_time = \&Time::HiRes::time; |
1024 | # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())... |
1029 | # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())... |
1025 | } else { |
1030 | } else { |
1026 | *_time = \&CORE::time; # epic fail |
1031 | *_time = sub { time }; # epic fail |
1027 | } |
1032 | } |
1028 | } |
1033 | } |
1029 | |
1034 | |
1030 | sub time { _time } |
1035 | sub time { _time } |
1031 | sub now { _time } |
1036 | sub now { _time } |
… | |
… | |
1036 | bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, AnyEvent::CondVar:: |
1041 | bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, AnyEvent::CondVar:: |
1037 | } |
1042 | } |
1038 | |
1043 | |
1039 | # default implementation for ->signal |
1044 | # default implementation for ->signal |
1040 | |
1045 | |
1041 | our %SIG_CB; |
1046 | our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO); |
|
|
1047 | |
|
|
1048 | sub _signal_exec { |
|
|
1049 | while (%SIG_EV) { |
|
|
1050 | sysread $SIGPIPE_R, my $dummy, 4; |
|
|
1051 | for (keys %SIG_EV) { |
|
|
1052 | delete $SIG_EV{$_}; |
|
|
1053 | $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} }; |
|
|
1054 | } |
|
|
1055 | } |
|
|
1056 | } |
1042 | |
1057 | |
1043 | sub signal { |
1058 | sub signal { |
1044 | my (undef, %arg) = @_; |
1059 | my (undef, %arg) = @_; |
1045 | |
1060 | |
|
|
1061 | unless ($SIGPIPE_R) { |
|
|
1062 | if (AnyEvent::WIN32) { |
|
|
1063 | ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe (); |
|
|
1064 | AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R) if $SIGPIPE_R; |
|
|
1065 | AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case |
|
|
1066 | } else { |
|
|
1067 | pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W; |
|
|
1068 | require Fcntl; |
|
|
1069 | fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R; |
|
|
1070 | fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case |
|
|
1071 | } |
|
|
1072 | |
|
|
1073 | $SIGPIPE_R |
|
|
1074 | or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n"; |
|
|
1075 | |
|
|
1076 | $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec); |
|
|
1077 | } |
|
|
1078 | |
1046 | my $signal = uc $arg{signal} |
1079 | my $signal = uc $arg{signal} |
1047 | or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing"; |
1080 | or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing"; |
1048 | |
1081 | |
1049 | $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; |
1082 | $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; |
1050 | $SIG{$signal} ||= sub { |
1083 | $SIG{$signal} ||= sub { |
1051 | $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} || {} }; |
1084 | syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV; |
|
|
1085 | undef $SIG_EV{$signal}; |
1052 | }; |
1086 | }; |
1053 | |
1087 | |
1054 | bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal" |
1088 | bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal" |
1055 | } |
1089 | } |
1056 | |
1090 | |
… | |
… | |
1175 | |
1209 | |
1176 | # undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4 |
1210 | # undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4 |
1177 | *broadcast = \&send; |
1211 | *broadcast = \&send; |
1178 | *wait = \&_wait; |
1212 | *wait = \&_wait; |
1179 | |
1213 | |
|
|
1214 | =head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING |
|
|
1215 | |
|
|
1216 | In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the |
|
|
1217 | caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also |
|
|
1218 | the C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> environment variable, below) provides strict |
|
|
1219 | checking of all AnyEvent methods, however, which is highly useful during |
|
|
1220 | development. |
|
|
1221 | |
|
|
1222 | As for exception handling (i.e. runtime errors and exceptions thrown while |
|
|
1223 | executing a callback), this is not only highly event-loop specific, but |
|
|
1224 | also not in any way wrapped by this module, as this is the job of the main |
|
|
1225 | program. |
|
|
1226 | |
|
|
1227 | The pure perl event loop simply re-throws the exception (usually |
|
|
1228 | within C<< condvar->recv >>), the L<Event> and L<EV> modules call C<< |
|
|
1229 | $Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and |
|
|
1230 | so on. |
|
|
1231 | |
|
|
1232 | =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES |
|
|
1233 | |
|
|
1234 | The following environment variables are used by this module or its |
|
|
1235 | submodules: |
|
|
1236 | |
|
|
1237 | =over 4 |
|
|
1238 | |
|
|
1239 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> |
|
|
1240 | |
|
|
1241 | By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal |
|
|
1242 | conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more |
|
|
1243 | talkative. |
|
|
1244 | |
|
|
1245 | When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected |
|
|
1246 | conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by |
|
|
1247 | C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>. |
|
|
1248 | |
|
|
1249 | When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event |
|
|
1250 | model it chooses. |
|
|
1251 | |
|
|
1252 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> |
|
|
1253 | |
|
|
1254 | AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough |
|
|
1255 | argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value |
|
|
1256 | will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly |
|
|
1257 | check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems |
|
|
1258 | it will croak. |
|
|
1259 | |
|
|
1260 | In other words, enables "strict" mode. |
|
|
1261 | |
|
|
1262 | Unlike C<use strict>, it is definitely recommended ot keep it off in |
|
|
1263 | production. Keeping C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while |
|
|
1264 | developing programs can be very useful, however. |
|
|
1265 | |
|
|
1266 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL> |
|
|
1267 | |
|
|
1268 | This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before |
|
|
1269 | auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting |
|
|
1270 | entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended |
|
|
1271 | and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful, |
|
|
1272 | used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with |
|
|
1273 | auto detection and -probing. |
|
|
1274 | |
|
|
1275 | This functionality might change in future versions. |
|
|
1276 | |
|
|
1277 | For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you |
|
|
1278 | could start your program like this: |
|
|
1279 | |
|
|
1280 | PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ... |
|
|
1281 | |
|
|
1282 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS> |
|
|
1283 | |
|
|
1284 | Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences |
|
|
1285 | for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result |
|
|
1286 | of auto probing). |
|
|
1287 | |
|
|
1288 | Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families, |
|
|
1289 | current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be |
|
|
1290 | used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the |
|
|
1291 | list. |
|
|
1292 | |
|
|
1293 | This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks |
|
|
1294 | against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely |
|
|
1295 | small, as the program has to handle conenction and other failures anyways. |
|
|
1296 | |
|
|
1297 | Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6, |
|
|
1298 | but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4> |
|
|
1299 | - only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6 |
|
|
1300 | addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or |
|
|
1301 | IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4. |
|
|
1302 | |
|
|
1303 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0> |
|
|
1304 | |
|
|
1305 | Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension |
|
|
1306 | for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but |
|
|
1307 | some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by |
|
|
1308 | default. |
|
|
1309 | |
|
|
1310 | Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce |
|
|
1311 | EDNS0 in its DNS requests. |
|
|
1312 | |
|
|
1313 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS> |
|
|
1314 | |
|
|
1315 | The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call> |
|
|
1316 | will create in parallel. |
|
|
1317 | |
|
|
1318 | =back |
|
|
1319 | |
1180 | =head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE |
1320 | =head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE |
1181 | |
1321 | |
1182 | This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in |
1322 | This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in |
1183 | a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to |
1323 | a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to |
1184 | provide AnyEvent compatibility. |
1324 | provide AnyEvent compatibility. |
… | |
… | |
1217 | |
1357 | |
1218 | I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to |
1358 | I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to |
1219 | condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will |
1359 | condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will |
1220 | C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must |
1360 | C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must |
1221 | not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense. |
1361 | not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense. |
1222 | |
|
|
1223 | =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES |
|
|
1224 | |
|
|
1225 | The following environment variables are used by this module: |
|
|
1226 | |
|
|
1227 | =over 4 |
|
|
1228 | |
|
|
1229 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> |
|
|
1230 | |
|
|
1231 | By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal |
|
|
1232 | conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more |
|
|
1233 | talkative. |
|
|
1234 | |
|
|
1235 | When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected |
|
|
1236 | conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by |
|
|
1237 | C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>. |
|
|
1238 | |
|
|
1239 | When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event |
|
|
1240 | model it chooses. |
|
|
1241 | |
|
|
1242 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> |
|
|
1243 | |
|
|
1244 | AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough |
|
|
1245 | argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value |
|
|
1246 | will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly |
|
|
1247 | check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems |
|
|
1248 | it will croak. |
|
|
1249 | |
|
|
1250 | In other words, enables "strict" mode. |
|
|
1251 | |
|
|
1252 | Unlike C<use strict> it is definitely recommended ot keep it off in |
|
|
1253 | production. |
|
|
1254 | |
|
|
1255 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL> |
|
|
1256 | |
|
|
1257 | This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before |
|
|
1258 | auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting |
|
|
1259 | entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended |
|
|
1260 | and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful, |
|
|
1261 | used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with |
|
|
1262 | auto detection and -probing. |
|
|
1263 | |
|
|
1264 | This functionality might change in future versions. |
|
|
1265 | |
|
|
1266 | For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you |
|
|
1267 | could start your program like this: |
|
|
1268 | |
|
|
1269 | PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ... |
|
|
1270 | |
|
|
1271 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS> |
|
|
1272 | |
|
|
1273 | Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences |
|
|
1274 | for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result |
|
|
1275 | of auto probing). |
|
|
1276 | |
|
|
1277 | Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families, |
|
|
1278 | current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be |
|
|
1279 | used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the |
|
|
1280 | list. |
|
|
1281 | |
|
|
1282 | This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks |
|
|
1283 | against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely |
|
|
1284 | small, as the program has to handle connection errors already- |
|
|
1285 | |
|
|
1286 | Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6, |
|
|
1287 | but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4> |
|
|
1288 | - only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6 |
|
|
1289 | addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or |
|
|
1290 | IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4. |
|
|
1291 | |
|
|
1292 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0> |
|
|
1293 | |
|
|
1294 | Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension |
|
|
1295 | for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but |
|
|
1296 | some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by |
|
|
1297 | default. |
|
|
1298 | |
|
|
1299 | Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce |
|
|
1300 | EDNS0 in its DNS requests. |
|
|
1301 | |
|
|
1302 | =item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS> |
|
|
1303 | |
|
|
1304 | The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call> |
|
|
1305 | will create in parallel. |
|
|
1306 | |
|
|
1307 | =back |
|
|
1308 | |
1362 | |
1309 | =head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM |
1363 | =head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM |
1310 | |
1364 | |
1311 | The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer |
1365 | The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer |
1312 | to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the |
1366 | to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the |
… | |
… | |
1506 | watcher. |
1560 | watcher. |
1507 | |
1561 | |
1508 | =head3 Results |
1562 | =head3 Results |
1509 | |
1563 | |
1510 | name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment |
1564 | name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment |
1511 | EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface |
1565 | EV/EV 400000 224 0.47 0.35 0.27 EV native interface |
1512 | EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers |
1566 | EV/Any 100000 224 2.88 0.34 0.27 EV + AnyEvent watchers |
1513 | CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal |
1567 | CoroEV/Any 100000 224 2.85 0.35 0.28 coroutines + Coro::Signal |
1514 | Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation |
1568 | Perl/Any 100000 452 4.13 0.73 0.95 pure perl implementation |
1515 | Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface |
1569 | Event/Event 16000 517 32.20 31.80 0.81 Event native interface |
1516 | Event/Any 16000 590 35.75 31.42 1.08 Event + AnyEvent watchers |
1570 | Event/Any 16000 590 35.85 31.55 1.06 Event + AnyEvent watchers |
1517 | Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour |
1571 | Glib/Any 16000 1357 102.33 12.31 51.00 quadratic behaviour |
1518 | Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers |
1572 | Tk/Any 2000 1860 27.20 66.31 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers |
1519 | POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event |
1573 | POE/Event 2000 6328 109.99 751.67 14.02 via POE::Loop::Event |
1520 | POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select |
1574 | POE/Select 2000 6027 94.54 809.13 579.80 via POE::Loop::Select |
1521 | |
1575 | |
1522 | =head3 Discussion |
1576 | =head3 Discussion |
1523 | |
1577 | |
1524 | The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very |
1578 | The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very |
1525 | well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one) |
1579 | well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one) |
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1727 | watchers, as the management overhead dominates. |
1781 | watchers, as the management overhead dominates. |
1728 | |
1782 | |
1729 | =back |
1783 | =back |
1730 | |
1784 | |
1731 | |
1785 | |
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1786 | =head1 SIGNALS |
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1787 | |
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1788 | AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals: |
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1789 | |
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1790 | =over 4 |
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1791 | |
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1792 | =item SIGCHLD |
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1793 | |
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1794 | A handler for C<SIGCHLD> is installed by AnyEvent's child watcher |
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1795 | emulation for event loops that do not support them natively. Also, some |
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1796 | event loops install a similar handler. |
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1797 | |
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1798 | =item SIGPIPE |
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1799 | |
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1800 | A no-op handler is installed for C<SIGPIPE> when C<$SIG{PIPE}> is C<undef> |
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1801 | when AnyEvent gets loaded. |
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1802 | |
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1803 | The rationale for this is that AnyEvent users usually do not really depend |
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1804 | on SIGPIPE delivery (which is purely an optimisation for shell use, or |
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1805 | badly-written programs), but C<SIGPIPE> can cause spurious and rare |
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1806 | program exits as a lot of people do not expect C<SIGPIPE> when writing to |
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1807 | some random socket. |
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1808 | |
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1809 | The rationale for installing a no-op handler as opposed to ignoring it is |
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1810 | that this way, the handler will be restored to defaults on exec. |
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1811 | |
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1812 | Feel free to install your own handler, or reset it to defaults. |
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1813 | |
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1814 | =back |
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1815 | |
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1816 | =cut |
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1817 | |
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1818 | $SIG{PIPE} = sub { } |
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1819 | unless defined $SIG{PIPE}; |
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1820 | |
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1821 | |
1732 | =head1 FORK |
1822 | =head1 FORK |
1733 | |
1823 | |
1734 | Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are |
1824 | Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are |
1735 | because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> |
1825 | because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> |
1736 | calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware. |
1826 | calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware. |