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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use BDB; 7 use BDB;
8 8
9 my $env = db_env_create;
10
11 mkdir "bdtest", 0700;
12 db_env_open
13 $env,
14 "bdtest",
15 BDB::INIT_LOCK | BDB::INIT_LOG | BDB::INIT_MPOOL
16 | BDB::INIT_TXN | BDB::RECOVER | BDB::USE_ENVIRON | BDB::CREATE,
17 0600;
18
19 $env->set_flags (BDB::AUTO_COMMIT | BDB::TXN_NOSYNC, 1);
20
21 my $db = db_create $env;
22 db_open $db, undef, "table", undef, BDB::BTREE, BDB::AUTO_COMMIT | BDB::CREATE
23 | BDB::READ_UNCOMMITTED, 0600;
24 db_put $db, undef, "key", "data", 0, sub {
25 db_del $db, undef, "key";
26 };
27 db_sync $db;
28
29 # when you also use Coro, management is easy:
30 use Coro::BDB;
31
32 # automatic event loop integration with AnyEvent:
33 use AnyEvent::BDB;
34
35 # automatic result processing with EV:
36 my $WATCHER = EV::io BDB::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&BDB::poll_cb;
37
38 # with Glib:
39 add_watch Glib::IO BDB::poll_fileno,
40 in => sub { BDB::poll_cb; 1 };
41
42 # or simply flush manually
43 BDB::flush;
44
45
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 46=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 47
11=head2 EXAMPLE 48See the BerkeleyDB documentation (L<http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/index.html>).
49The BDB API is very similar to the C API (the translation has been very faithful).
50
51See also the example sections in the document below and possibly the eg/
52subdirectory of the BDB distribution. Last not least see the IO::AIO
53documentation, as that module uses almost the same asynchronous request
54model as this module.
55
56I know this is woefully inadequate documentation. Send a patch!
57
12 58
13=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 59=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
14 60
15Every request method creates a request. which is a C data structure not 61Every request method creates a request. which is a C data structure not
16directly visible to Perl. 62directly visible to Perl.
57 103
58=cut 104=cut
59 105
60package BDB; 106package BDB;
61 107
62no warnings; 108use common::sense;
63use strict 'vars';
64 109
65use base 'Exporter'; 110use base 'Exporter';
66 111
112our $VERSION;
113
67BEGIN { 114BEGIN {
68 our $VERSION = '0.1'; 115 $VERSION = '1.91';
69 116
70 our @BDB_REQ = qw( 117 our @BDB_REQ = qw(
71 db_env_create db_env_open db_env_close 118 db_env_open db_env_close db_env_txn_checkpoint db_env_lock_detect
119 db_env_memp_sync db_env_memp_trickle db_env_dbrename db_env_dbremove
120 db_env_log_archive db_env_reset_lsn
72 db_create db_open db_close db_compact db_sync db_put db_get db_pget 121 db_open db_close db_compact db_sync db_verify db_upgrade
122 db_put db_exists db_get db_pget db_del db_key_range
73 db_txn_commit db_txn_abort 123 db_txn_commit db_txn_abort db_txn_finish
124 db_c_close db_c_count db_c_put db_c_get db_c_pget db_c_del
125 db_sequence_open db_sequence_close
126 db_sequence_get db_sequence_remove
74 ); 127 );
75 our @EXPORT = (@BDB_REQ, qw(dbreq_pri dbreq_nice)); 128 our @EXPORT = (@BDB_REQ, qw(dbreq_pri dbreq_nice db_env_create db_create));
129 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
76 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 130 poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
77 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 131 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
78 nreqs nready npending nthreads 132 nreqs nready npending nthreads
79 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs); 133 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
134 );
80 135
81 require XSLoader; 136 require XSLoader;
82 XSLoader::load ("BDB", $VERSION); 137 XSLoader::load ("BDB", $VERSION);
83} 138}
84 139
140=head1 BERKELEYDB FUNCTIONS
141
142All of these are functions. The create functions simply return a new
143object and never block. All the remaining functions take an optional
144callback as last argument. If it is missing, then the function will be
145executed synchronously. In both cases, C<$!> will reflect the return value
146of the function.
147
148BDB functions that cannot block (mostly functions that manipulate
149settings) are method calls on the relevant objects, so the rule of thumb
150is: if it's a method, it's not blocking, if it's a function, it takes a
151callback as last argument.
152
153In the following, C<$int> signifies an integer return value,
154C<bdb_filename> is a "filename" (octets on unix, madness on windows),
155C<U32> is an unsigned 32 bit integer, C<int> is some integer, C<NV> is a
156floating point value.
157
158Most C<SV *> types are generic perl scalars (for input and output of data
159values).
160
161The various C<DB_ENV> etc. arguments are handles return by
162C<db_env_create>, C<db_create>, C<txn_begin> and so on. If they have an
163appended C<_ornull> this means they are optional and you can pass C<undef>
164for them, resulting a NULL pointer on the C level.
165
166The C<SV *callback> is the optional callback function to call when the
167request is completed. This last callback argument is special: the callback
168is simply the last argument passed. If there are "optional" arguments
169before the callback they can be left out. The callback itself can be left
170out or specified as C<undef>, in which case the function will be executed
171synchronously.
172
173For example, C<db_env_txn_checkpoint> usually is called with all integer
174arguments zero. These can be left out, so all of these specify a call
175to C<< DB_ENV->txn_checkpoint >>, to be executed asynchronously with a
176callback to be called:
177
178 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, 0, sub { };
179 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, sub { };
180 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, sub { };
181
182While these all specify a call to C<< DB_ENV->txn_checkpoint >> to be
183executed synchronously:
184
185 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, 0, undef;
186 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, 0;
187 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0;
188
189=head2 BDB functions
190
191Functions in the BDB namespace, exported by default:
192
193 $env = db_env_create (U32 env_flags = 0)
194 flags: RPCCLIENT
195
196 db_env_open (DB_ENV *env, bdb_filename db_home, U32 open_flags, int mode, SV *callback = 0)
197 open_flags: INIT_CDB INIT_LOCK INIT_LOG INIT_MPOOL INIT_REP INIT_TXN RECOVER RECOVER_FATAL USE_ENVIRON USE_ENVIRON_ROOT CREATE LOCKDOWN PRIVATE REGISTER SYSTEM_MEM
198 db_env_close (DB_ENV *env, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
199 db_env_txn_checkpoint (DB_ENV *env, U32 kbyte = 0, U32 min = 0, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
200 flags: FORCE
201 db_env_lock_detect (DB_ENV *env, U32 flags = 0, U32 atype = DB_LOCK_DEFAULT, SV *dummy = 0, SV *callback = 0)
202 atype: LOCK_DEFAULT LOCK_EXPIRE LOCK_MAXLOCKS LOCK_MAXWRITE LOCK_MINLOCKS LOCK_MINWRITE LOCK_OLDEST LOCK_RANDOM LOCK_YOUNGEST
203 db_env_memp_sync (DB_ENV *env, SV *dummy = 0, SV *callback = 0)
204 db_env_memp_trickle (DB_ENV *env, int percent, SV *dummy = 0, SV *callback = 0)
205 db_env_dbremove (DB_ENV *env, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
206 db_env_dbrename (DB_ENV *env, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database, bdb_filename newname, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
207 db_env_log_archive (DB_ENV *env, SV *listp, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
208 db_env_lsn_reset (DB_ENV *env, bdb_filename db, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
209
210 $db = db_create (DB_ENV *env = 0, U32 flags = 0)
211 flags: XA_CREATE
212
213 db_open (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database, int type, U32 flags, int mode, SV *callback = 0)
214 flags: AUTO_COMMIT CREATE EXCL MULTIVERSION NOMMAP RDONLY READ_UNCOMMITTED THREAD TRUNCATE
215 db_close (DB *db, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
216 flags: DB_NOSYNC
217 db_verify (DB *db, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database = 0, SV *dummy = 0, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
218 db_upgrade (DB *db, bdb_filename file, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
219 db_compact (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn = 0, SV *start = 0, SV *stop = 0, SV *unused1 = 0, U32 flags = DB_FREE_SPACE, SV *unused2 = 0, SV *callback = 0)
220 flags: FREELIST_ONLY FREE_SPACE
221 db_sync (DB *db, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
222 db_key_range (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *key_range, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
223 db_put (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
224 flags: APPEND NODUPDATA NOOVERWRITE
225 db_exists (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0) (v4.6)
226 db_get (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
227 flags: CONSUME CONSUME_WAIT GET_BOTH SET_RECNO MULTIPLE READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED RMW
228 db_pget (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *pkey, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
229 flags: CONSUME CONSUME_WAIT GET_BOTH SET_RECNO MULTIPLE READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED RMW
230 db_del (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
231 db_txn_commit (DB_TXN *txn, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
232 flags: TXN_NOSYNC TXN_SYNC
233 db_txn_abort (DB_TXN *txn, SV *callback = 0)
234
235 db_c_close (DBC *dbc, SV *callback = 0)
236 db_c_count (DBC *dbc, SV *count, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
237 db_c_put (DBC *dbc, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
238 flags: AFTER BEFORE CURRENT KEYFIRST KEYLAST NODUPDATA
239 db_c_get (DBC *dbc, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
240 flags: CURRENT FIRST GET_BOTH GET_BOTH_RANGE GET_RECNO JOIN_ITEM LAST NEXT NEXT_DUP NEXT_NODUP PREV PREV_DUP PREV_NODUP SET SET_RANGE SET_RECNO READ_UNCOMMITTED MULTIPLE MULTIPLE_KEY RMW
241 db_c_pget (DBC *dbc, SV *key, SV *pkey, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
242 db_c_del (DBC *dbc, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
243
244 db_sequence_open (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, SV *key, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
245 flags: CREATE EXCL
246 db_sequence_close (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
247 db_sequence_get (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, int delta, SV *seq_value, U32 flags = DB_TXN_NOSYNC, SV *callback = 0)
248 flags: TXN_NOSYNC
249 db_sequence_remove (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid = 0, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
250 flags: TXN_NOSYNC
251
252=head3 db_txn_finish (DB_TXN *txn, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = 0)
253
254This is not actually a Berkeley DB function but a BDB module
255extension. The background for this exytension is: It is very annoying to
256have to check every single BDB function for error returns and provide a
257codepath out of your transaction. While the BDB module still makes this
258possible, it contains the following extensions:
259
260When a transaction-protected function returns any operating system
261error (errno > 0), BDB will set the C<TXN_DEADLOCK> flag on the
262transaction. This flag is also set by Berkeley DB functions themselves
263when an operation fails with LOCK_DEADLOCK, and it causes all further
264operations on that transaction (including C<db_txn_commit>) to fail.
265
266The C<db_txn_finish> request will look at this flag, and, if it is set,
267will automatically call C<db_txn_abort> (setting errno to C<LOCK_DEADLOCK>
268if it isn't set to something else yet). If it isn't set, it will call
269C<db_txn_commit> and return the error normally.
270
271How to use this? Easy: just write your transaction normally:
272
273 my $txn = $db_env->txn_begin;
274 db_get $db, $txn, "key", my $data;
275 db_put $db, $txn, "key", $data + 1 unless $! == BDB::NOTFOUND;
276 db_txn_finish $txn;
277 die "transaction failed" if $!;
278
279That is, handle only the expected errors. If something unexpected happens
280(EIO, LOCK_NOTGRANTED or a deadlock in either db_get or db_put), then the remaining
281requests (db_put in this case) will simply be skipped (they will fail with
282LOCK_DEADLOCK) and the transaction will be aborted.
283
284You can use the C<< $txn->failed >> method to check wether a transaction
285has failed in this way and abort further processing (excluding
286C<db_txn_finish>).
287
288
289=head2 DB_ENV/database environment methods
290
291Methods available on DB_ENV/$env handles:
292
293 DESTROY (DB_ENV_ornull *env)
294 CODE:
295 if (env)
296 env->close (env, 0);
297
298 $int = $env->set_data_dir (const char *dir)
299 $int = $env->set_tmp_dir (const char *dir)
300 $int = $env->set_lg_dir (const char *dir)
301 $int = $env->set_shm_key (long shm_key)
302 $int = $env->set_cachesize (U32 gbytes, U32 bytes, int ncache = 0)
303 $int = $env->set_flags (U32 flags, int onoff = 1)
304 $int = $env->log_set_config (U32 flags, int onoff = 1) (v4.7)
305 $int = $env->set_intermediate_dir_mode (const char *modestring) (v4.7)
306 $env->set_errfile (FILE *errfile = 0)
307 $env->set_msgfile (FILE *msgfile = 0)
308 $int = $env->set_verbose (U32 which, int onoff = 1)
309 $int = $env->set_encrypt (const char *password, U32 flags = 0)
310 $int = $env->set_timeout (NV timeout_seconds, U32 flags = SET_TXN_TIMEOUT)
311 $int = $env->set_mp_max_openfd (int maxopenfd);
312 $int = $env->set_mp_max_write (int maxwrite, int maxwrite_sleep);
313 $int = $env->set_mp_mmapsize (int mmapsize_mb)
314 $int = $env->set_lk_detect (U32 detect = DB_LOCK_DEFAULT)
315 $int = $env->set_lk_max_lockers (U32 max)
316 $int = $env->set_lk_max_locks (U32 max)
317 $int = $env->set_lk_max_objects (U32 max)
318 $int = $env->set_lg_bsize (U32 max)
319 $int = $env->set_lg_max (U32 max)
320 $int = $env->mutex_set_increment (U32 increment)
321 $int = $env->mutex_set_tas_spins (U32 tas_spins)
322 $int = $env->mutex_set_max (U32 max)
323 $int = $env->mutex_set_align (U32 align)
324
325 $txn = $env->txn_begin (DB_TXN_ornull *parent = 0, U32 flags = 0)
326 flags: READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED TXN_NOSYNC TXN_NOWAIT TXN_SNAPSHOT TXN_SYNC TXN_WAIT TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC
327 $txn = $env->cdsgroup_begin; (v4.5)
328
329=head3 Example:
330
331 use AnyEvent;
332 use BDB;
333
334 our $FH; open $FH, "<&=" . BDB::poll_fileno;
335 our $WATCHER = AnyEvent->io (fh => $FH, poll => 'r', cb => \&BDB::poll_cb);
336
337 BDB::min_parallel 8;
338
339 my $env = db_env_create;
340
341 mkdir "bdtest", 0700;
342 db_env_open
343 $env,
344 "bdtest",
345 BDB::INIT_LOCK | BDB::INIT_LOG | BDB::INIT_MPOOL | BDB::INIT_TXN | BDB::RECOVER | BDB::USE_ENVIRON | BDB::CREATE,
346 0600;
347
348 $env->set_flags (BDB::AUTO_COMMIT | BDB::TXN_NOSYNC, 1);
349
350
351=head2 DB/database methods
352
353Methods available on DB/$db handles:
354
355 DESTROY (DB_ornull *db)
356 CODE:
357 if (db)
358 {
359 SV *env = (SV *)db->app_private;
360 db->close (db, 0);
361 SvREFCNT_dec (env);
362 }
363
364 $int = $db->set_cachesize (U32 gbytes, U32 bytes, int ncache = 0)
365 $int = $db->set_flags (U32 flags)
366 flags: CHKSUM ENCRYPT TXN_NOT_DURABLE
367 Btree: DUP DUPSORT RECNUM REVSPLITOFF
368 Hash: DUP DUPSORT
369 Queue: INORDER
370 Recno: RENUMBER SNAPSHOT
371
372 $int = $db->set_encrypt (const char *password, U32 flags)
373 $int = $db->set_lorder (int lorder)
374 $int = $db->set_bt_minkey (U32 minkey)
375 $int = $db->set_re_delim (int delim)
376 $int = $db->set_re_pad (int re_pad)
377 $int = $db->set_re_source (char *source)
378 $int = $db->set_re_len (U32 re_len)
379 $int = $db->set_h_ffactor (U32 h_ffactor)
380 $int = $db->set_h_nelem (U32 h_nelem)
381 $int = $db->set_q_extentsize (U32 extentsize)
382
383 $dbc = $db->cursor (DB_TXN_ornull *txn = 0, U32 flags = 0)
384 flags: READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED WRITECURSOR TXN_SNAPSHOT
385 $seq = $db->sequence (U32 flags = 0)
386
387=head3 Example:
388
389 my $db = db_create $env;
390 db_open $db, undef, "table", undef, BDB::BTREE, BDB::AUTO_COMMIT | BDB::CREATE | BDB::READ_UNCOMMITTED, 0600;
391
392 for (1..1000) {
393 db_put $db, undef, "key $_", "data $_";
394
395 db_key_range $db, undef, "key $_", my $keyrange;
396 my ($lt, $eq, $gt) = @$keyrange;
397 }
398
399 db_del $db, undef, "key $_" for 1..1000;
400
401 db_sync $db;
402
403
404=head2 DB_TXN/transaction methods
405
406Methods available on DB_TXN/$txn handles:
407
408 DESTROY (DB_TXN_ornull *txn)
409 CODE:
410 if (txn)
411 txn->abort (txn);
412
413 $int = $txn->set_timeout (NV timeout_seconds, U32 flags = SET_TXN_TIMEOUT)
414 flags: SET_LOCK_TIMEOUT SET_TXN_TIMEOUT
415
416 $bool = $txn->failed
417 # see db_txn_finish documentation, above
418
419
420=head2 DBC/cursor methods
421
422Methods available on DBC/$dbc handles:
423
424 DESTROY (DBC_ornull *dbc)
425 CODE:
426 if (dbc)
427 dbc->c_close (dbc);
428
429 $int = $cursor->set_priority ($priority = PRIORITY_*) (v4.6)
430
431=head3 Example:
432
433 my $c = $db->cursor;
434
435 for (;;) {
436 db_c_get $c, my $key, my $data, BDB::NEXT;
437 warn "<$!,$key,$data>";
438 last if $!;
439 }
440
441 db_c_close $c;
442
443
444=head2 DB_SEQUENCE/sequence methods
445
446Methods available on DB_SEQUENCE/$seq handles:
447
448 DESTROY (DB_SEQUENCE_ornull *seq)
449 CODE:
450 if (seq)
451 seq->close (seq, 0);
452
453 $int = $seq->initial_value (db_seq_t value)
454 $int = $seq->set_cachesize (U32 size)
455 $int = $seq->set_flags (U32 flags)
456 flags: SEQ_DEC SEQ_INC SEQ_WRAP
457 $int = $seq->set_range (db_seq_t min, db_seq_t max)
458
459=head3 Example:
460
461 my $seq = $db->sequence;
462
463 db_sequence_open $seq, undef, "seq", BDB::CREATE;
464 db_sequence_get $seq, undef, 1, my $value;
465
466
85=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 467=head1 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
86 468
87=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 469=head2 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
88 470
89=over 4 471=over 4
472
473=item $msg = BDB::strerror [$errno]
474
475Returns the string corresponding to the given errno value. If no argument
476is given, use C<$!>.
477
478Note that the BDB module also patches the C<$!> variable directly, so you
479should be able to get a bdb error string by simply stringifying C<$!>.
90 480
91=item $fileno = BDB::poll_fileno 481=item $fileno = BDB::poll_fileno
92 482
93Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 483Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
94polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 484polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
133interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in 523interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
134time. 524time.
135 525
136For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine. 526For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
137 527
138Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 528Example: Install an EV watcher that automatically calls
139BDB::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 529BDB::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
140program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 530program get the CPU sometimes even under high load.
141 531
142 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb 532 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
143 BDB::max_poll_time 0.1; 533 BDB::max_poll_time 0.1;
144 534
145 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 535 my $bdb_poll = EV::io BDB::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&BDB::poll_cb);
146 Event->io (fd => BDB::poll_fileno,
147 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
148 cb => &BDB::poll_cb);
149 536
150=item BDB::poll_wait 537=item BDB::poll_wait
151 538
152If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result 539If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
153phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply 540phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
165 552
166 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb 553 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb
167 554
168=item BDB::flush 555=item BDB::flush
169 556
170Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 557Wait till all outstanding BDB requests have been handled.
171 558
172Strictly equivalent to: 559Strictly equivalent to:
173 560
174 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb 561 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb
175 while BDB::nreqs; 562 while BDB::nreqs;
176 563
564=back
565
566=head2 VERSION CHECKING
567
568BerkeleyDB comes in various versions, many of them have minor
569incompatibilities. This means that traditional "at least version x.x"
570checks are often not sufficient.
571
572Example: set the log_autoremove option in a way compatible with <v4.7 and
573v4.7. Note the use of & on the constants to avoid triggering a compiletime
574bug when the symbol isn't available.
575
576 $DB_ENV->set_flags (&BDB::LOG_AUTOREMOVE ) if BDB::VERSION v0, v4.7;
577 $DB_ENV->log_set_config (&BDB::LOG_AUTO_REMOVE) if BDB::VERSION v4.7;
578
579=over 4
580
581=item BDB::VERSION
582
583The C<BDB::VERSION> function, when called without arguments, returns the
584Berkeley DB version as a v-string (usually with 3 components). You should
585use C<lt> and C<ge> operators exclusively to make comparisons.
586
587Example: check for at least version 4.7.
588
589 BDB::VERSION ge v4.7 or die;
590
591=item BDB::VERSION min-version
592
593Returns true if the BDB version is at least the given version (specified
594as a v-string), false otherwise.
595
596Example: check for at least version 4.5.
597
598 BDB::VERSION v4.7 or die;
599
600=item BDB::VERSION min-version, max-version
601
602Returns true of the BDB version is at least version C<min-version> (specify C<undef> or C<v0> for any minimum version)
603and less then C<max-version>.
604
605Example: check wether version is strictly less then v4.7.
606
607 BDB::VERSION v0, v4.7
608 or die "version 4.7 is not yet supported";
609
610=back
611
612=cut
613
614sub VERSION {
615 # I was dumb enough to override the VERSION method here, so let's try
616 # to fix it up.
617
618 if ($_[0] eq __PACKAGE__) {
619 $VERSION
620 } else {
621 if (@_ > 0) {
622 return undef if VERSION_v lt $_[0];
623 if (@_ > 1) {
624 return undef if VERSION_v ge $_[1];
625 }
626 }
627
628 VERSION_v
629 }
630}
631
177=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 632=head2 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
633
634=over 4
178 635
179=item BDB::min_parallel $nthreads 636=item BDB::min_parallel $nthreads
180 637
181Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 638Set the minimum number of BDB threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
182default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 639default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
183concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 640concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
184however, is unlimited). 641however, is unlimited).
185 642
186BDB starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 643BDB starts threads only on demand, when an BDB request is queued and
187no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can 644no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
188create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything 645create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
189is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread. 646is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
190 647
191It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 648It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
196Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 653Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
197module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 654module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
198 655
199=item BDB::max_parallel $nthreads 656=item BDB::max_parallel $nthreads
200 657
201Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the 658Sets the maximum number of BDB threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
202specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills 659specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
203them. This function blocks until the limit is reached. 660them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
204 661
205While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed 662While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
206until the number of threads has been increased again. 663until the number of threads has been increased again.
241 698
242You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 699You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
243C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 700C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
244as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 701as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
245 702
246=item BDB::set_sync_prepare $cb 703=item $old_cb = BDB::set_sync_prepare $cb
247 704
248Sets a callback that is called whenever a request is created without an 705Sets a callback that is called whenever a request is created without an
249explicit callback. It has to return two code references. The first is used 706explicit callback. It has to return two code references. The first is used
250as the request callback, and the second is called to wait until the first 707as the request callback (it should save the return status), and the second
251callback has been called. The default implementation works like this: 708is called to wait until the first callback has been called (it must set
709C<$!> to the return status).
710
711This mechanism can be used to include BDB into other event mechanisms,
712such as L<Coro::BDB>.
713
714To allow other, callback-based, events to be executed while callback-less
715ones are run, you could use this sync prepare function:
252 716
253 sub { 717 sub {
254 my $status; 718 my $status;
255 ( 719 (
256 sub { $status = $! }, 720 sub { $status = $! },
257 sub { BDB::poll while !defined $status; $! = $status }, 721 sub { BDB::poll while !defined $status; $! = $status },
258 ) 722 )
259 } 723 }
260 724
725It works by polling for results till the request has finished and then
726sets C<$!> to the return value. This means that if you don't use a
727callback, BDB would simply fall back to synchronous operations.
728
729By default, or if the sync prepare function is set to C<undef>, is to
730execute callback-less BDB requests in the foreground thread, setting C<$!>
731to the return value, without polling for other events.
732
261=back 733=back
262 734
263=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 735=head2 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
264 736
265=over 4 737=over 4
266 738
267=item BDB::nreqs 739=item BDB::nreqs
268 740
286 758
287=back 759=back
288 760
289=cut 761=cut
290 762
291set_sync_prepare { 763set_sync_prepare (undef);
292 my $status;
293 (
294 sub {
295 $status = $!;
296 },
297 sub {
298 BDB::poll while !defined $status;
299 $! = $status;
300 },
301 )
302};
303 764
304min_parallel 8; 765min_parallel 8;
305 766
306END { flush } 767END { flush }
307 768
3081; 7691;
309 770
771=head1 COMMON PITFALLS
772
773=head2 Unexpected Crashes
774
775Remember that, by default, BDB will execute requests in parallel, in
776somewhat random order. That means that it is easy to run a C<db_get>
777request on the same database as a concurrent C<db_close> request, leading
778to a crash, silent data corruption, eventually the next world war on
779terrorism.
780
781If you only ever use foreground requests (without a callback), this will
782not be an issue (unless you use threads).
783
784=head2 Unexpected Freezes or Deadlocks
785
786Remember that, by default, BDB will execute requests in parallel, which
787easily leads to deadlocks (even concurrent put's on the same database can
788deadlock).
789
790You either need to run deadlock detection (and handle the resulting
791errors), or make sure only one process ever updates the database, ine one
792thread, e.g. by using only foreground requests (without a callback).
793
310=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 794=head1 FORK BEHAVIOUR
311 795
312This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 796This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
313 797
314Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 798Before the fork, BDB enters a quiescent state where no requests
315can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 799can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
316the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 800the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
317request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue 801request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
318(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the 802(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
319parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the 803parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
320parent process has been reached again. 804parent process has been reached again.
321 805
322In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 806In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
323not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 807not been called, while the child will act as if BDB has not been used
324yet. 808yet.
325 809
810Win32 note: there is no fork on win32, and perls emulation of it is too
811broken to be supported, so do not use BDB in a windows pseudo-fork, better
812yet, switch to a more capable platform.
813
326=head2 MEMORY USAGE 814=head1 MEMORY USAGE
327 815
328Per-request usage: 816Per-request usage:
329 817
330Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200 818Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
331bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 819bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
332a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 820a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
333scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 821scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
334will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 822will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
335 823
336This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 824This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
337problem. 825problem.
338 826
339Per-thread usage: 827Per-thread usage:
340 828
341In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 829In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
342temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data 830temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
343structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS). 831structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
344 832
833=head1 WIN32 FILENAMES/DATABASE NAME MESS
834
835Perl on Win32 supports only ASCII filenames (the reason is that it abuses
836an internal flag to store wether a filename is Unicode or ANSI, but that
837flag is used for somethign else in the perl core, so there is no way to
838detect wether a filename is ANSI or Unicode-encoded). The BDB module
839tries to work around this issue by assuming that the filename is an ANSI
840filename and BDB was built for unicode support.
841
345=head1 KNOWN BUGS 842=head1 KNOWN BUGS
346 843
347Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 844Known bugs will be fixed in the next release, except:
845
846 If you use a transaction in any request, and the request returns
847 with an operating system error or DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED, the internal
848 TXN_DEADLOCK flag will be set on the transaction. See C<db_txn_finish>,
849 above.
348 850
349=head1 SEE ALSO 851=head1 SEE ALSO
350 852
351L<Coro::AIO>. 853L<AnyEvent::BDB> (event loop integration), L<Coro::BDB> (more natural
854syntax), L<IO::AIO> (nice to have).
352 855
353=head1 AUTHOR 856=head1 AUTHOR
354 857
355 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 858 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
356 http://home.schmorp.de/ 859 http://home.schmorp.de/

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