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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3AnyEvent - events independent of event loop implementation 3AnyEvent - the DBI of event loop programming
4 4
5EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Qt and POE are various supported 5EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Irssi, rxvt-unicode, IO::Async, Qt
6event loops. 6and POE are various supported event loops/environments.
7 7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS 8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9 9
10 use AnyEvent; 10 use AnyEvent;
11 11
47 47
48There is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC 48There is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC
49channel, too. 49channel, too.
50 50
51See the AnyEvent project page at the B<Schmorpforge Ta-Sa Software 51See the AnyEvent project page at the B<Schmorpforge Ta-Sa Software
52Respository>, at L<http://anyevent.schmorp.de>, for more info. 52Repository>, at L<http://anyevent.schmorp.de>, for more info.
53 53
54=head1 WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS MODULE (OR NOT) 54=head1 WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS MODULE (OR NOT)
55 55
56Glib, POE, IO::Async, Event... CPAN offers event models by the dozen 56Glib, POE, IO::Async, Event... CPAN offers event models by the dozen
57nowadays. So what is different about AnyEvent? 57nowadays. So what is different about AnyEvent?
181my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are 181my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are
182declared. 182declared.
183 183
184=head2 I/O WATCHERS 184=head2 I/O WATCHERS
185 185
186 $w = AnyEvent->io (
187 fh => <filehandle_or_fileno>,
188 poll => <"r" or "w">,
189 cb => <callback>,
190 );
191
186You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method 192You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method
187with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments: 193with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:
188 194
189C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (or a naked file descriptor) to watch 195C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (or a naked file descriptor) to watch
190for events (AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file 196for events (AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file
219 undef $w; 225 undef $w;
220 }); 226 });
221 227
222=head2 TIME WATCHERS 228=head2 TIME WATCHERS
223 229
230 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => <seconds>, cb => <callback>);
231
232 $w = AnyEvent->timer (
233 after => <fractional_seconds>,
234 interval => <fractional_seconds>,
235 cb => <callback>,
236 );
237
224You can create a time watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->timer >> 238You can create a time watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->timer >>
225method with the following mandatory arguments: 239method with the following mandatory arguments:
226 240
227C<after> specifies after how many seconds (fractional values are 241C<after> specifies after how many seconds (fractional values are
228supported) the callback should be invoked. C<cb> is the callback to invoke 242supported) the callback should be invoked. C<cb> is the callback to invoke
355 369
356=back 370=back
357 371
358=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS 372=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS
359 373
374 $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => <uppercase_signal_name>, cb => <callback>);
375
360You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal 376You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal
361I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl 377I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl
362callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs. 378callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs.
363 379
364Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and 380Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
383 my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 }); 399 my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 });
384 400
385=head3 Signal Races, Delays and Workarounds 401=head3 Signal Races, Delays and Workarounds
386 402
387Many event loops (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt, IO::Async) do not support attaching 403Many event loops (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt, IO::Async) do not support attaching
388callbacks to signals in a generic way, which is a pity, as you cannot do 404callbacks to signals in a generic way, which is a pity, as you cannot
389race-free signal handling in perl. AnyEvent will try to do it's best, but 405do race-free signal handling in perl, requiring C libraries for
406this. AnyEvent will try to do it's best, which means in some cases,
390in some cases, signals will be delayed. The maximum time a signal might 407signals will be delayed. The maximum time a signal might be delayed is
391be delayed is specified in C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> (default: 10 408specified in C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> (default: 10 seconds). This
392seconds). This variable can be changed only before the first signal 409variable can be changed only before the first signal watcher is created,
393watcher is created, and should be left alone otherwise. Higher values 410and should be left alone otherwise. This variable determines how often
411AnyEvent polls for signals (in case a wake-up was missed). Higher values
394will cause fewer spurious wake-ups, which is better for power and CPU 412will cause fewer spurious wake-ups, which is better for power and CPU
413saving.
414
395saving. All these problems can be avoided by installing the optional 415All these problems can be avoided by installing the optional
396L<Async::Interrupt> module. This will not work with inherently broken 416L<Async::Interrupt> module, which works with most event loops. It will not
397event loops such as L<Event> or L<Event::Lib> (and not with L<POE> 417work with inherently broken event loops such as L<Event> or L<Event::Lib>
398currently, as POE does it's own workaround with one-second latency). With 418(and not with L<POE> currently, as POE does it's own workaround with
399those, you just have to suffer the delays. 419one-second latency). For those, you just have to suffer the delays.
400 420
401=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS 421=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS
422
423 $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => <process id>, cb => <callback>);
402 424
403You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status. 425You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status.
404 426
405The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (one some backends, 427The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (one some backends,
406using C<0> watches for any child process exit, on others this will 428using C<0> watches for any child process exit, on others this will
455 # do something else, then wait for process exit 477 # do something else, then wait for process exit
456 $done->recv; 478 $done->recv;
457 479
458=head2 IDLE WATCHERS 480=head2 IDLE WATCHERS
459 481
482 $w = AnyEvent->idle (cb => <callback>);
483
460Sometimes there is a need to do something, but it is not so important 484Sometimes there is a need to do something, but it is not so important
461to do it instantly, but only when there is nothing better to do. This 485to do it instantly, but only when there is nothing better to do. This
462"nothing better to do" is usually defined to be "no other events need 486"nothing better to do" is usually defined to be "no other events need
463attention by the event loop". 487attention by the event loop".
464 488
490 }); 514 });
491 }); 515 });
492 516
493=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES 517=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES
494 518
519 $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
520
521 $cv->send (<list>);
522 my @res = $cv->recv;
523
495If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them 524If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them
496require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that 525require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that
497will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks. 526will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.
498 527
499AnyEvent is slightly different: it expects somebody else to run the event 528AnyEvent is slightly different: it expects somebody else to run the event
761=item $cb = $cv->cb ($cb->($cv)) 790=item $cb = $cv->cb ($cb->($cv))
762 791
763This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally 792This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally
764replaces it before doing so. 793replaces it before doing so.
765 794
766The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when 795The callback will be called when the condition becomes (or already was)
767C<send> or C<croak> are called, with the only argument being the condition 796"true", i.e. when C<send> or C<croak> are called (or were called), with
768variable itself. Calling C<recv> inside the callback or at any later time 797the only argument being the condition variable itself. Calling C<recv>
769is guaranteed not to block. 798inside the callback or at any later time is guaranteed not to block.
770 799
771=back 800=back
772 801
773=head1 SUPPORTED EVENT LOOPS/BACKENDS 802=head1 SUPPORTED EVENT LOOPS/BACKENDS
774 803
777=over 4 806=over 4
778 807
779=item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found. 808=item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found.
780 809
781EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in 810EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in
782use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will try Event, and, failing 811use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will fall back to its own
783that, will fall back to its own pure-perl implementation, which is 812pure-perl implementation, which is available everywhere as it comes with
784available everywhere as it comes with AnyEvent itself. 813AnyEvent itself.
785 814
786 AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice). 815 AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice).
787 AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches.
788 AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable. 816 AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable.
789 817
790=item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used. 818=item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used.
791 819
792These will be used when they are currently loaded when the first watcher 820These will be used when they are currently loaded when the first watcher
793is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using 821is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using
794them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend 822them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend
795when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to 823when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to
796create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program. 824create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program.
797 825
826 AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches.
798 AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable. 827 AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable.
799 AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken. 828 AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken.
800 AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse. 829 AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse.
801 AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations. 830 AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations.
802 AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi. 831 AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi.
1086 1115
1087BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense } 1116BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
1088 1117
1089use Carp (); 1118use Carp ();
1090 1119
1091our $VERSION = 4.86; 1120our $VERSION = '5.0';
1092our $MODEL; 1121our $MODEL;
1093 1122
1094our $AUTOLOAD; 1123our $AUTOLOAD;
1095our @ISA; 1124our @ISA;
1096 1125
1122 $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6"; 1151 $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6";
1123} 1152}
1124 1153
1125my @models = ( 1154my @models = (
1126 [EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV:: , 1], 1155 [EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV:: , 1],
1127 [Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::, 1],
1128 [AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: , 1], 1156 [AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: , 1],
1129 # everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed 1157 # everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed
1130 # as the pureperl backend should work everywhere 1158 # as the pureperl backend should work everywhere
1131 # and is usually faster 1159 # and is usually faster
1160 [Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::, 1],
1132 [Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib:: , 1], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers 1161 [Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib:: , 1], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers
1133 [Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy 1162 [Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy
1134 [Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package 1163 [Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package
1135 [Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles 1164 [Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles
1136 [Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program 1165 [Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program
1139 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 1168 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
1140 # IO::Async is just too broken - we would need workarounds for its 1169 # IO::Async is just too broken - we would need workarounds for its
1141 # byzantine signal and broken child handling, among others. 1170 # byzantine signal and broken child handling, among others.
1142 # IO::Async is rather hard to detect, as it doesn't have any 1171 # IO::Async is rather hard to detect, as it doesn't have any
1143 # obvious default class. 1172 # obvious default class.
1144# [0, IO::Async:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program 1173 [IO::Async:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1145# [0, IO::Async::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program 1174 [IO::Async::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1146# [0, IO::Async::Notifier:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program 1175 [IO::Async::Notifier:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1176 [AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1147); 1177);
1148 1178
1149our %method = map +($_ => 1), 1179our %method = map +($_ => 1),
1150 qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar one_event DESTROY); 1180 qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar one_event DESTROY);
1151 1181
1258 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases 1288 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases
1259 1289
1260 ($fh2, $rw) 1290 ($fh2, $rw)
1261} 1291}
1262 1292
1293=head1 SIMPLIFIED AE API
1294
1295Starting with version 5.0, AnyEvent officially supports a second, much
1296simpler, API that is designed to reduce the calling, typing and memory
1297overhead.
1298
1299See the L<AE> manpage for details.
1300
1301=cut
1302
1303package AE;
1304
1305our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
1306
1307sub io($$$) {
1308 AnyEvent->io (fh => $_[0], poll => $_[1] ? "w" : "r", cb => $_[2])
1309}
1310
1311sub timer($$$) {
1312 AnyEvent->timer (after => $_[0], interval => $_[1], cb => $_[2])
1313}
1314
1315sub signal($$) {
1316 AnyEvent->signal (signal => $_[0], cb => $_[1])
1317}
1318
1319sub child($$) {
1320 AnyEvent->child (pid => $_[0], cb => $_[1])
1321}
1322
1323sub idle($) {
1324 AnyEvent->idle (cb => $_[0])
1325}
1326
1327sub cv(;&) {
1328 AnyEvent->condvar (@_ ? (cb => $_[0]) : ())
1329}
1330
1331sub now() {
1332 AnyEvent->now
1333}
1334
1335sub now_update() {
1336 AnyEvent->now_update
1337}
1338
1339sub time() {
1340 AnyEvent->time
1341}
1342
1263package AnyEvent::Base; 1343package AnyEvent::Base;
1264 1344
1265# default implementations for many methods 1345# default implementations for many methods
1266 1346
1267sub _time { 1347sub _time {
1289} 1369}
1290 1370
1291# default implementation for ->signal 1371# default implementation for ->signal
1292 1372
1293our $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT; 1373our $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
1374
1375sub _have_async_interrupt() {
1376 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT = 1*(!$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT}
1377 && eval "use Async::Interrupt 1.0 (); 1")
1378 unless defined $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
1379
1380 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1381}
1382
1294our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO); 1383our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO);
1295our (%SIG_ASY, %SIG_ASY_W); 1384our (%SIG_ASY, %SIG_ASY_W);
1296our ($SIG_COUNT, $SIG_TW); 1385our ($SIG_COUNT, $SIG_TW);
1297 1386
1298sub _signal_exec { 1387sub _signal_exec {
1306 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} }; 1395 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
1307 } 1396 }
1308 } 1397 }
1309} 1398}
1310 1399
1311# install a dumym wakeupw atcher to reduce signal catching latency 1400# install a dummy wakeup watcher to reduce signal catching latency
1312sub _sig_add() { 1401sub _sig_add() {
1313 unless ($SIG_COUNT++) { 1402 unless ($SIG_COUNT++) {
1314 # try to align timer on a full-second boundary, if possible 1403 # try to align timer on a full-second boundary, if possible
1315 my $NOW = AnyEvent->now; 1404 my $NOW = AE::now;
1316 1405
1317 $SIG_TW = AnyEvent->timer ( 1406 $SIG_TW = AE::timer
1318 after => $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY - ($NOW - int $NOW), 1407 $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY - ($NOW - int $NOW),
1319 interval => $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY, 1408 $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY,
1320 cb => sub { }, # just for the PERL_ASYNC_CHECK 1409 sub { } # just for the PERL_ASYNC_CHECK
1321 ); 1410 ;
1322 } 1411 }
1323} 1412}
1324 1413
1325sub _sig_del { 1414sub _sig_del {
1326 undef $SIG_TW 1415 undef $SIG_TW
1327 unless --$SIG_COUNT; 1416 unless --$SIG_COUNT;
1328} 1417}
1329 1418
1419our $_sig_name_init; $_sig_name_init = sub {
1420 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading
1421 undef $_sig_name_init;
1422
1423 if (_have_async_interrupt) {
1424 *sig2num = \&Async::Interrupt::sig2num;
1425 *sig2name = \&Async::Interrupt::sig2name;
1426 } else {
1427 require Config;
1428
1429 my %signame2num;
1430 @signame2num{ split ' ', $Config::Config{sig_name} }
1431 = split ' ', $Config::Config{sig_num};
1432
1433 my @signum2name;
1434 @signum2name[values %signame2num] = keys %signame2num;
1435
1436 *sig2num = sub($) {
1437 $_[0] > 0 ? shift : $signame2num{+shift}
1438 };
1439 *sig2name = sub ($) {
1440 $_[0] > 0 ? $signum2name[+shift] : shift
1441 };
1442 }
1443 };
1444 die if $@;
1445};
1446
1447sub sig2num ($) { &$_sig_name_init; &sig2num }
1448sub sig2name($) { &$_sig_name_init; &sig2name }
1449
1330sub _signal { 1450sub signal {
1451 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1452 # probe for availability of Async::Interrupt
1453 if (_have_async_interrupt) {
1454 warn "AnyEvent: using Async::Interrupt for race-free signal handling.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
1455
1456 $SIGPIPE_R = new Async::Interrupt::EventPipe;
1457 $SIG_IO = AE::io $SIGPIPE_R->fileno, 0, \&_signal_exec;
1458
1459 } else {
1460 warn "AnyEvent: using emulated perl signal handling with latency timer.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
1461
1462 require Fcntl;
1463
1464 if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
1465 require AnyEvent::Util;
1466
1467 ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
1468 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R, 1) if $SIGPIPE_R;
1469 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W, 1) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1470 } else {
1471 pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
1472 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
1473 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1474
1475 # not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
1476 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1477 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1478 }
1479
1480 $SIGPIPE_R
1481 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
1482
1483 $SIG_IO = AE::io $SIGPIPE_R, 0, \&_signal_exec;
1484 }
1485
1486 *signal = sub {
1331 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1487 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1332 1488
1333 my $signal = uc $arg{signal} 1489 my $signal = uc $arg{signal}
1334 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing"; 1490 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing";
1335 1491
1336 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1337
1338 if ($HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT) { 1492 if ($HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT) {
1339 # async::interrupt 1493 # async::interrupt
1340 1494
1341 $SIG_ASY{$signal} ||= do { 1495 $signal = sig2num $signal;
1342 my $asy = new Async::Interrupt 1496 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1497
1498 $SIG_ASY{$signal} ||= new Async::Interrupt
1343 cb => sub { undef $SIG_EV{$signal} }, 1499 cb => sub { undef $SIG_EV{$signal} },
1344 signal => $signal, 1500 signal => $signal,
1345 pipe => [$SIGPIPE_R->filenos], 1501 pipe => [$SIGPIPE_R->filenos],
1502 pipe_autodrain => 0,
1503 ;
1504
1505 } else {
1506 # pure perl
1507
1508 # AE::Util has been loaded in signal
1509 $signal = sig2name $signal;
1510 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1511
1512 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub {
1513 local $!;
1514 syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV;
1515 undef $SIG_EV{$signal};
1516 };
1517
1518 # can't do signal processing without introducing races in pure perl,
1519 # so limit the signal latency.
1520 _sig_add;
1346 ; 1521 }
1347 $asy->pipe_autodrain (0);
1348 1522
1349 $asy 1523 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
1350 }; 1524 };
1351 1525
1352 } else { 1526 *AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY = sub {
1353 # pure perl 1527 my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1354 1528
1355 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub { 1529 _sig_del;
1356 local $!; 1530
1357 syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV; 1531 delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
1532
1533 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1534 ? delete $SIG_ASY{$signal}
1535 : # delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
1536 # print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
1537 # instead of getting the default action.
1358 undef $SIG_EV{$signal}; 1538 undef $SIG{$signal}
1539 unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
1359 }; 1540 };
1360
1361 # can't do signal processing without introducing races in pure perl,
1362 # so limit the signal latency.
1363 _sig_add;
1364 } 1541 };
1365 1542 die if $@;
1366 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
1367}
1368
1369sub signal {
1370 # probe for availability of Async::Interrupt
1371 if (!$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT} && eval "use Async::Interrupt 0.6 (); 1") {
1372 warn "AnyEvent: using Async::Interrupt for race-free signal handling.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
1373
1374 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT = 1;
1375 $SIGPIPE_R = new Async::Interrupt::EventPipe;
1376 $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R->fileno, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
1377
1378 } else {
1379 warn "AnyEvent: using emulated perl signal handling with latency timer.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
1380
1381 require Fcntl;
1382
1383 if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
1384 require AnyEvent::Util;
1385
1386 ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
1387 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R) if $SIGPIPE_R;
1388 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1389 } else {
1390 pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
1391 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
1392 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1393
1394 # not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
1395 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1396 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1397 }
1398
1399 $SIGPIPE_R
1400 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
1401
1402 $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
1403 }
1404
1405 *signal = \&_signal;
1406 &signal 1543 &signal
1407}
1408
1409sub AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY {
1410 my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1411
1412 _sig_del;
1413
1414 delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
1415
1416 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1417 ? delete $SIG_ASY{$signal}
1418 : # delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
1419 # print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
1420 # instead of getting the default action.
1421 undef $SIG{$signal}
1422 unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
1423} 1544}
1424 1545
1425# default implementation for ->child 1546# default implementation for ->child
1426 1547
1427our %PID_CB; 1548our %PID_CB;
1456 $WNOHANG ||= $^O =~ /^(?:openbsd|netbsd|linux|freebsd|cygwin|MSWin32)$/ 1577 $WNOHANG ||= $^O =~ /^(?:openbsd|netbsd|linux|freebsd|cygwin|MSWin32)$/
1457 ? 1 1578 ? 1
1458 : eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1; 1579 : eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;
1459 1580
1460 unless ($CHLD_W) { 1581 unless ($CHLD_W) {
1461 $CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld); 1582 $CHLD_W = AE::signal CHLD => \&_sigchld;
1462 # child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round 1583 # child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round
1463 &_sigchld; 1584 &_sigchld;
1464 } 1585 }
1465 1586
1466 bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::child" 1587 bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::child"
1492 # never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher, 1613 # never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher,
1493 # within some limits 1614 # within some limits
1494 $w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001; 1615 $w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001;
1495 $w = 5 if $w > 5; 1616 $w = 5 if $w > 5;
1496 1617
1497 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $w, cb => $rcb); 1618 $w = AE::timer $w, 0, $rcb;
1498 } else { 1619 } else {
1499 # clean up... 1620 # clean up...
1500 undef $w; 1621 undef $w;
1501 undef $rcb; 1622 undef $rcb;
1502 } 1623 }
1503 }; 1624 };
1504 1625
1505 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 0.05, cb => $rcb); 1626 $w = AE::timer 0.05, 0, $rcb;
1506 1627
1507 bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle" 1628 bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle"
1508} 1629}
1509 1630
1510sub AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY { 1631sub AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY {
1564 Carp::croak $_[0]{_ae_croak} if $_[0]{_ae_croak}; 1685 Carp::croak $_[0]{_ae_croak} if $_[0]{_ae_croak};
1565 wantarray ? @{ $_[0]{_ae_sent} } : $_[0]{_ae_sent}[0] 1686 wantarray ? @{ $_[0]{_ae_sent} } : $_[0]{_ae_sent}[0]
1566} 1687}
1567 1688
1568sub cb { 1689sub cb {
1569 $_[0]{_ae_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1; 1690 my $cv = shift;
1691
1692 @_
1693 and $cv->{_ae_cb} = shift
1694 and $cv->{_ae_sent}
1695 and (delete $cv->{_ae_cb})->($cv);
1696
1570 $_[0]{_ae_cb} 1697 $cv->{_ae_cb}
1571} 1698}
1572 1699
1573sub begin { 1700sub begin {
1574 ++$_[0]{_ae_counter}; 1701 ++$_[0]{_ae_counter};
1575 $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1; 1702 $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
1934through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero 2061through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero
1935timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable, 2062timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable,
1936which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again. 2063which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again.
1937 2064
1938Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent 2065Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent
1939distribution. 2066distribution. It uses the L<AE> interface, which makes a real difference
2067for the EV and Perl backends only.
1940 2068
1941=head3 Explanation of the columns 2069=head3 Explanation of the columns
1942 2070
1943I<watcher> is the number of event watchers created/destroyed. Since 2071I<watcher> is the number of event watchers created/destroyed. Since
1944different event models feature vastly different performances, each event 2072different event models feature vastly different performances, each event
1965watcher. 2093watcher.
1966 2094
1967=head3 Results 2095=head3 Results
1968 2096
1969 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment 2097 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment
1970 EV/EV 400000 224 0.47 0.35 0.27 EV native interface 2098 EV/EV 100000 223 0.47 0.43 0.27 EV native interface
1971 EV/Any 100000 224 2.88 0.34 0.27 EV + AnyEvent watchers 2099 EV/Any 100000 223 0.48 0.42 0.26 EV + AnyEvent watchers
1972 CoroEV/Any 100000 224 2.85 0.35 0.28 coroutines + Coro::Signal 2100 Coro::EV/Any 100000 223 0.47 0.42 0.26 coroutines + Coro::Signal
1973 Perl/Any 100000 452 4.13 0.73 0.95 pure perl implementation 2101 Perl/Any 100000 431 2.70 0.74 0.92 pure perl implementation
1974 Event/Event 16000 517 32.20 31.80 0.81 Event native interface 2102 Event/Event 16000 516 31.16 31.84 0.82 Event native interface
1975 Event/Any 16000 590 35.85 31.55 1.06 Event + AnyEvent watchers 2103 Event/Any 16000 1203 42.61 34.79 1.80 Event + AnyEvent watchers
1976 IOAsync/Any 16000 989 38.10 32.77 11.13 via IO::Async::Loop::IO_Poll 2104 IOAsync/Any 16000 1911 41.92 27.45 16.81 via IO::Async::Loop::IO_Poll
1977 IOAsync/Any 16000 990 37.59 29.50 10.61 via IO::Async::Loop::Epoll 2105 IOAsync/Any 16000 1726 40.69 26.37 15.25 via IO::Async::Loop::Epoll
1978 Glib/Any 16000 1357 102.33 12.31 51.00 quadratic behaviour 2106 Glib/Any 16000 1118 89.00 12.57 51.17 quadratic behaviour
1979 Tk/Any 2000 1860 27.20 66.31 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers 2107 Tk/Any 2000 1346 20.96 10.75 8.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers
1980 POE/Event 2000 6328 109.99 751.67 14.02 via POE::Loop::Event 2108 POE/Any 2000 6951 108.97 795.32 14.24 via POE::Loop::Event
1981 POE/Select 2000 6027 94.54 809.13 579.80 via POE::Loop::Select 2109 POE/Any 2000 6648 94.79 774.40 575.51 via POE::Loop::Select
1982 2110
1983=head3 Discussion 2111=head3 Discussion
1984 2112
1985The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very 2113The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very
1986well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one) 2114well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)
1998benchmark machine, handling an event takes roughly 1600 CPU cycles with 2126benchmark machine, handling an event takes roughly 1600 CPU cycles with
1999EV, 3100 CPU cycles with AnyEvent's pure perl loop and almost 3000000 CPU 2127EV, 3100 CPU cycles with AnyEvent's pure perl loop and almost 3000000 CPU
2000cycles with POE. 2128cycles with POE.
2001 2129
2002C<EV> is the sole leader regarding speed and memory use, which are both 2130C<EV> is the sole leader regarding speed and memory use, which are both
2003maximal/minimal, respectively. Even when going through AnyEvent, it uses 2131maximal/minimal, respectively. When using the L<AE> API there is zero
2132overhead (when going through the AnyEvent API create is about 5-6 times
2133slower, with other times being equal, so still uses far less memory than
2004far less memory than any other event loop and is still faster than Event 2134any other event loop and is still faster than Event natively).
2005natively.
2006 2135
2007The pure perl implementation is hit in a few sweet spots (both the 2136The pure perl implementation is hit in a few sweet spots (both the
2008constant timeout and the use of a single fd hit optimisations in the perl 2137constant timeout and the use of a single fd hit optimisations in the perl
2009interpreter and the backend itself). Nevertheless this shows that it 2138interpreter and the backend itself). Nevertheless this shows that it
2010adds very little overhead in itself. Like any select-based backend its 2139adds very little overhead in itself. Like any select-based backend its
2084In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100 2213In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100
2085(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many 2214(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many
2086connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time. 2215connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time.
2087 2216
2088Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent 2217Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent
2089distribution. 2218distribution. It uses the L<AE> interface, which makes a real difference
2219for the EV and Perl backends only.
2090 2220
2091=head3 Explanation of the columns 2221=head3 Explanation of the columns
2092 2222
2093I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as 2223I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as
2094each server has a read and write socket end). 2224each server has a read and write socket end).
2102a new one that moves the timeout into the future. 2232a new one that moves the timeout into the future.
2103 2233
2104=head3 Results 2234=head3 Results
2105 2235
2106 name sockets create request 2236 name sockets create request
2107 EV 20000 69.01 11.16 2237 EV 20000 62.66 7.99
2108 Perl 20000 73.32 35.87 2238 Perl 20000 68.32 32.64
2109 IOAsync 20000 157.00 98.14 epoll 2239 IOAsync 20000 174.06 101.15 epoll
2110 IOAsync 20000 159.31 616.06 poll 2240 IOAsync 20000 174.67 610.84 poll
2111 Event 20000 212.62 257.32 2241 Event 20000 202.69 242.91
2112 Glib 20000 651.16 1896.30 2242 Glib 20000 557.01 1689.52
2113 POE 20000 349.67 12317.24 uses POE::Loop::Event 2243 POE 20000 341.54 12086.32 uses POE::Loop::Event
2114 2244
2115=head3 Discussion 2245=head3 Discussion
2116 2246
2117This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the 2247This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the
2118particular event loop. 2248particular event loop.

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