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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 intergration 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
11See the eg/ directory in the distribution and the berkeleydb C 48See the BerkeleyDB documentation (L<http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/index.html>).
12documentation. This is inadequate, but the only sources of documentation 49The BDB API is very similar to the C API (the translation has been very faithful).
13known for this module so far.
14 50
15=head2 EXAMPLE 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
16 58
17=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 59=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
18 60
19Every 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
20directly visible to Perl. 62directly visible to Perl.
67use strict 'vars'; 109use strict 'vars';
68 110
69use base 'Exporter'; 111use base 'Exporter';
70 112
71BEGIN { 113BEGIN {
72 our $VERSION = '0.5'; 114 our $VERSION = '1.6';
73 115
74 our @BDB_REQ = qw( 116 our @BDB_REQ = qw(
75 db_env_open db_env_close db_env_txn_checkpoint db_env_lock_detect 117 db_env_open db_env_close db_env_txn_checkpoint db_env_lock_detect
76 db_env_memp_sync db_env_memp_trickle 118 db_env_memp_sync db_env_memp_trickle db_env_dbrename db_env_dbremove
77 db_open db_close db_compact db_sync db_put db_get db_pget db_del db_key_range 119 db_open db_close db_compact db_sync db_upgrade
120 db_put db_get db_pget db_del db_key_range
78 db_txn_commit db_txn_abort 121 db_txn_commit db_txn_abort db_txn_finish
79 db_c_close db_c_count db_c_put db_c_get db_c_pget db_c_del 122 db_c_close db_c_count db_c_put db_c_get db_c_pget db_c_del
80 db_sequence_open db_sequence_close 123 db_sequence_open db_sequence_close
81 db_sequence_get db_sequence_remove 124 db_sequence_get db_sequence_remove
82 ); 125 );
83 our @EXPORT = (@BDB_REQ, qw(dbreq_pri dbreq_nice db_env_create db_create)); 126 our @EXPORT = (@BDB_REQ, qw(dbreq_pri dbreq_nice db_env_create db_create));
90 133
91 require XSLoader; 134 require XSLoader;
92 XSLoader::load ("BDB", $VERSION); 135 XSLoader::load ("BDB", $VERSION);
93} 136}
94 137
138=head2 WIN32 FILENAMES/DATABASE NAME MESS
139
140Perl on Win32 supports only ASCII filenames (the reason is that it abuses
141an internal flag to store wether a filename is Unicode or ANSI, but that
142flag is used for somethign else in the perl core, so there is no way to
143detect wether a filename is ANSI or Unicode-encoded). The BDB module
144tries to work around this issue by assuming that the filename is an ANSI
145filename and BDB was built for unicode support.
146
147=head2 BERKELEYDB FUNCTIONS
148
149All of these are functions. The create functions simply return a new
150object and never block. All the remaining functions take an optional
151callback as last argument. If it is missing, then the function will be
152executed synchronously. In both cases, C<$!> will reflect the return value
153of the function.
154
155BDB functions that cannot block (mostly functions that manipulate
156settings) are method calls on the relevant objects, so the rule of thumb
157is: if it's a method, it's not blocking, if it's a function, it takes a
158callback as last argument.
159
160In the following, C<$int> signifies an integer return value,
161C<bdb_filename> is a "filename" (octets on unix, madness on windows),
162C<U32> is an unsigned 32 bit integer, C<int> is some integer, C<NV> is a
163floating point value.
164
165Most C<SV *> types are generic perl scalars (for input and output of data
166values).
167
168The various C<DB_ENV> etc. arguments are handles return by
169C<db_env_create>, C<db_create>, C<txn_begin> and so on. If they have an
170appended C<_ornull> this means they are optional and you can pass C<undef>
171for them, resulting a NULL pointer on the C level.
172
173The C<SV *callback> is the optional callback function to call when the
174request is completed. This last callback argument is special: the callback
175is simply the last argument passed. If there are "optional" arguments
176before the callback they can be left out. The callback itself can be left
177out or specified as C<undef>, in which case the function will be executed
178synchronously.
179
180For example, C<db_env_txn_checkpoint> usually is called with all integer
181arguments zero. These can be left out, so all of these specify a call
182to C<< DB_ENV->txn_checkpoint >>, to be executed asynchronously with a
183callback to be called:
184
185 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, 0, sub { };
186 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, sub { };
187 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, sub { };
188
189While these all specify a call to C<< DB_ENV->txn_checkpoint >> to be
190executed synchronously:
191
192 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, 0, undef;
193 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0, 0, 0;
194 db_env_txn_checkpoint $db_env, 0;
195
196=head3 BDB functions
197
198Functions in the BDB namespace, exported by default:
199
200 $env = db_env_create (U32 env_flags = 0)
201 flags: RPCCLIENT
202
203 db_env_open (DB_ENV *env, bdb_filename db_home, U32 open_flags, int mode, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
204 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
205 db_env_close (DB_ENV *env, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
206 db_env_txn_checkpoint (DB_ENV *env, U32 kbyte = 0, U32 min = 0, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
207 flags: FORCE
208 db_env_lock_detect (DB_ENV *env, U32 flags = 0, U32 atype = DB_LOCK_DEFAULT, SV *dummy = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
209 atype: LOCK_DEFAULT LOCK_EXPIRE LOCK_MAXLOCKS LOCK_MAXWRITE LOCK_MINLOCKS LOCK_MINWRITE LOCK_OLDEST LOCK_RANDOM LOCK_YOUNGEST
210 db_env_memp_sync (DB_ENV *env, SV *dummy = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
211 db_env_memp_trickle (DB_ENV *env, int percent, SV *dummy = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
212 db_env_dbremove (DB_ENV *env, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
213 db_env_dbrename (DB_ENV *env, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database, bdb_filename newname, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
214
215 $db = db_create (DB_ENV *env = 0, U32 flags = 0)
216 flags: XA_CREATE
217
218 db_open (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, bdb_filename file, bdb_filename database, int type, U32 flags, int mode, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
219 flags: AUTO_COMMIT CREATE EXCL MULTIVERSION NOMMAP RDONLY READ_UNCOMMITTED THREAD TRUNCATE
220 db_close (DB *db, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
221 flags: DB_NOSYNC
222 db_upgrade (DB *db, bdb_filename file, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
223 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 = &PL_sv_undef)
224 flags: FREELIST_ONLY FREE_SPACE
225 db_sync (DB *db, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
226 db_key_range (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *key_range, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
227 db_put (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
228 flags: APPEND NODUPDATA NOOVERWRITE
229 db_get (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
230 flags: CONSUME CONSUME_WAIT GET_BOTH SET_RECNO MULTIPLE READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED RMW
231 db_pget (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, SV *pkey, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
232 flags: CONSUME CONSUME_WAIT GET_BOTH SET_RECNO MULTIPLE READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED RMW
233 db_del (DB *db, DB_TXN_ornull *txn, SV *key, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
234 db_txn_commit (DB_TXN *txn, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
235 flags: TXN_NOSYNC TXN_SYNC
236 db_txn_abort (DB_TXN *txn, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
237
238 db_c_close (DBC *dbc, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
239 db_c_count (DBC *dbc, SV *count, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
240 db_c_put (DBC *dbc, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
241 flags: AFTER BEFORE CURRENT KEYFIRST KEYLAST NODUPDATA
242 db_c_get (DBC *dbc, SV *key, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
243 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
244 db_c_pget (DBC *dbc, SV *key, SV *pkey, SV *data, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
245 db_c_del (DBC *dbc, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
246
247 db_sequence_open (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, SV *key, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
248 flags: CREATE EXCL
249 db_sequence_close (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
250 db_sequence_get (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid, int delta, SV *seq_value, U32 flags = DB_TXN_NOSYNC, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
251 flags: TXN_NOSYNC
252 db_sequence_remove (DB_SEQUENCE *seq, DB_TXN_ornull *txnid = 0, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
253 flags: TXN_NOSYNC
254
255=head4 db_txn_finish (DB_TXN *txn, U32 flags = 0, SV *callback = &PL_sv_undef)
256
257This is not actually a Berkeley DB function but a BDB module
258extension. The background for this exytension is: It is very annoying to
259have to check every single BDB function for error returns and provide a
260codepath out of your transaction. While the BDB module still makes this
261possible, it contains the following extensions:
262
263When a transaction-protected function returns any operating system
264error (errno > 0), BDB will set the C<TXN_DEADLOCK> flag on the
265transaction. This flag is also set by Berkeley DB functions themselves
266when an operation fails with LOCK_DEADLOCK, and it causes all further
267operations on that transaction (including C<db_txn_commit>) to fail.
268
269The C<db_txn_finish> request will look at this flag, and, if it is set,
270will automatically call C<db_txn_abort> (setting errno to C<LOCK_DEADLOCK>
271if it isn't set to something else yet). If it isn't set, it will call
272C<db_txn_commit> and return the error normally.
273
274How to use this? Easy: just write your transaction normally:
275
276 my $txn = $db_env->txn_begin;
277 db_get $db, $txn, "key", my $data;
278 db_put $db, $txn, "key", $data + 1 unless $! == BDB::NOTFOUND;
279 db_txn_finish $txn;
280 die "transaction failed" if $!;
281
282That is, handle only the expected errors. If something unexpected happens
283(EIO, LOCK_NOTGRANTED or a deadlock in either db_get or db_put), then the remaining
284requests (db_put in this case) will simply be skipped (they will fail with
285LOCK_DEADLOCK) and the transaction will be aborted.
286
287You can use the C<< $txn->failed >> method to check wether a transaction
288has failed in this way and abort further processing (excluding
289C<db_txn_finish>).
290
291=head3 DB_ENV/database environment methods
292
293Methods available on DB_ENV/$env handles:
294
295 DESTROY (DB_ENV_ornull *env)
296 CODE:
297 if (env)
298 env->close (env, 0);
299
300 $int = $env->set_data_dir (const char *dir)
301 $int = $env->set_tmp_dir (const char *dir)
302 $int = $env->set_lg_dir (const char *dir)
303 $int = $env->set_shm_key (long shm_key)
304 $int = $env->set_cachesize (U32 gbytes, U32 bytes, int ncache = 0)
305 $int = $env->set_flags (U32 flags, int onoff = 1)
306 $int = $env->log_set_config (U32 flags, int onoff = 1) [v4.7]
307 $int = $env->set_intermediate_dir_mode (const char *modestring) [v4.7]
308 $env->set_errfile (FILE *errfile = 0)
309 $env->set_msgfile (FILE *msgfile = 0)
310 $int = $env->set_verbose (U32 which, int onoff = 1)
311 $int = $env->set_encrypt (const char *password, U32 flags = 0)
312 $int = $env->set_timeout (NV timeout_seconds, U32 flags = SET_TXN_TIMEOUT)
313 $int = $env->set_mp_max_openfd (int maxopenfd);
314 $int = $env->set_mp_max_write (int maxwrite, int maxwrite_sleep);
315 $int = $env->set_mp_mmapsize (int mmapsize_mb)
316 $int = $env->set_lk_detect (U32 detect = DB_LOCK_DEFAULT)
317 $int = $env->set_lk_max_lockers (U32 max)
318 $int = $env->set_lk_max_locks (U32 max)
319 $int = $env->set_lk_max_objects (U32 max)
320 $int = $env->set_lg_bsize (U32 max)
321 $int = $env->set_lg_max (U32 max)
322 $int = $env->mutex_set_increment (U32 increment)
323 $int = $env->mutex_set_tas_spins (U32 tas_spins)
324 $int = $env->mutex_set_max (U32 max)
325 $int = $env->mutex_set_align (U32 align)
326
327 $txn = $env->txn_begin (DB_TXN_ornull *parent = 0, U32 flags = 0)
328 flags: READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED TXN_NOSYNC TXN_NOWAIT TXN_SNAPSHOT TXN_SYNC TXN_WAIT TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC
329
330=head4 Example:
331
332 use AnyEvent;
333 use BDB;
334
335 our $FH; open $FH, "<&=" . BDB::poll_fileno;
336 our $WATCHER = AnyEvent->io (fh => $FH, poll => 'r', cb => \&BDB::poll_cb);
337
338 BDB::min_parallel 8;
339
340 my $env = db_env_create;
341
342 mkdir "bdtest", 0700;
343 db_env_open
344 $env,
345 "bdtest",
346 BDB::INIT_LOCK | BDB::INIT_LOG | BDB::INIT_MPOOL | BDB::INIT_TXN | BDB::RECOVER | BDB::USE_ENVIRON | BDB::CREATE,
347 0600;
348
349 $env->set_flags (BDB::AUTO_COMMIT | BDB::TXN_NOSYNC, 1);
350
351
352=head3 DB/database methods
353
354Methods available on DB/$db handles:
355
356 DESTROY (DB_ornull *db)
357 CODE:
358 if (db)
359 {
360 SV *env = (SV *)db->app_private;
361 db->close (db, 0);
362 SvREFCNT_dec (env);
363 }
364
365 $int = $db->set_cachesize (U32 gbytes, U32 bytes, int ncache = 0)
366 $int = $db->set_flags (U32 flags)
367 flags: CHKSUM ENCRYPT TXN_NOT_DURABLE
368 Btree: DUP DUPSORT RECNUM REVSPLITOFF
369 Hash: DUP DUPSORT
370 Queue: INORDER
371 Recno: RENUMBER SNAPSHOT
372
373 $int = $db->set_encrypt (const char *password, U32 flags)
374 $int = $db->set_lorder (int lorder)
375 $int = $db->set_bt_minkey (U32 minkey)
376 $int = $db->set_re_delim (int delim)
377 $int = $db->set_re_pad (int re_pad)
378 $int = $db->set_re_source (char *source)
379 $int = $db->set_re_len (U32 re_len)
380 $int = $db->set_h_ffactor (U32 h_ffactor)
381 $int = $db->set_h_nelem (U32 h_nelem)
382 $int = $db->set_q_extentsize (U32 extentsize)
383
384 $dbc = $db->cursor (DB_TXN_ornull *txn = 0, U32 flags = 0)
385 flags: READ_COMMITTED READ_UNCOMMITTED WRITECURSOR TXN_SNAPSHOT
386 $seq = $db->sequence (U32 flags = 0)
387
388=head4 Example:
389
390 my $db = db_create $env;
391 db_open $db, undef, "table", undef, BDB::BTREE, BDB::AUTO_COMMIT | BDB::CREATE | BDB::READ_UNCOMMITTED, 0600;
392
393 for (1..1000) {
394 db_put $db, undef, "key $_", "data $_";
395
396 db_key_range $db, undef, "key $_", my $keyrange;
397 my ($lt, $eq, $gt) = @$keyrange;
398 }
399
400 db_del $db, undef, "key $_" for 1..1000;
401
402 db_sync $db;
403
404
405=head3 DB_TXN/transaction methods
406
407Methods available on DB_TXN/$txn handles:
408
409 DESTROY (DB_TXN_ornull *txn)
410 CODE:
411 if (txn)
412 txn->abort (txn);
413
414 $int = $txn->set_timeout (NV timeout_seconds, U32 flags = SET_TXN_TIMEOUT)
415 flags: SET_LOCK_TIMEOUT SET_TXN_TIMEOUT
416
417 $bool = $txn->failed
418 # see db_txn_finish documentation, above
419
420
421=head3 DBC/cursor methods
422
423Methods available on DBC/$dbc handles:
424
425 DESTROY (DBC_ornull *dbc)
426 CODE:
427 if (dbc)
428 dbc->c_close (dbc);
429
430 $int = $cursor->set_priority ($priority = PRIORITY_*)
431
432=head4 Example:
433
434 my $c = $db->cursor;
435
436 for (;;) {
437 db_c_get $c, my $key, my $data, BDB::NEXT;
438 warn "<$!,$key,$data>";
439 last if $!;
440 }
441
442 db_c_close $c;
443
444
445=head3 DB_SEQUENCE/sequence methods
446
447Methods available on DB_SEQUENCE/$seq handles:
448
449 DESTROY (DB_SEQUENCE_ornull *seq)
450 CODE:
451 if (seq)
452 seq->close (seq, 0);
453
454 $int = $seq->initial_value (db_seq_t value)
455 $int = $seq->set_cachesize (U32 size)
456 $int = $seq->set_flags (U32 flags)
457 flags: SEQ_DEC SEQ_INC SEQ_WRAP
458 $int = $seq->set_range (db_seq_t min, db_seq_t max)
459
460=head4 Example:
461
462 my $seq = $db->sequence;
463
464 db_sequence_open $seq, undef, "seq", BDB::CREATE;
465 db_sequence_get $seq, undef, 1, my $value;
466
467
95=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 468=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
96 469
97=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 470=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
98 471
99=over 4 472=over 4
473
474=item $msg = BDB::strerror [$errno]
475
476Returns the string corresponding to the given errno value. If no argument
477is given, use C<$!>.
478
479Note that the BDB module also patches the C<$!> variable directly, so you
480should be able to get a bdb error string by simply stringifying C<$!>.
100 481
101=item $fileno = BDB::poll_fileno 482=item $fileno = BDB::poll_fileno
102 483
103Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 484Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
104polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 485polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
143interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in 524interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
144time. 525time.
145 526
146For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine. 527For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
147 528
148Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 529Example: Install an EV watcher that automatically calls
149BDB::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 530BDB::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
150program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 531program get the CPU sometimes even under high load.
151 532
152 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb 533 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
153 BDB::max_poll_time 0.1; 534 BDB::max_poll_time 0.1;
154 535
155 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 536 my $bdb_poll = EV::io BDB::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&BDB::poll_cb);
156 Event->io (fd => BDB::poll_fileno,
157 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
158 cb => &BDB::poll_cb);
159 537
160=item BDB::poll_wait 538=item BDB::poll_wait
161 539
162If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result 540If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
163phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply 541phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
175 553
176 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb 554 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb
177 555
178=item BDB::flush 556=item BDB::flush
179 557
180Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 558Wait till all outstanding BDB requests have been handled.
181 559
182Strictly equivalent to: 560Strictly equivalent to:
183 561
184 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb 562 BDB::poll_wait, BDB::poll_cb
185 while BDB::nreqs; 563 while BDB::nreqs;
186 564
187=back 565=back
188 566
567=head3 VERSION CHECKING
568
569BerkeleyDB comes in various versions, many of them have minor
570incompatibilities. This means that traditional "at least version x.x"
571checks are often not sufficient.
572
573Example: set the log_autoremove option in a way compatible with <v.47 and
574v4.7. Note the use of & on the constants to avoid triggering a compiletime
575bug when the symbol isn't available.
576
577 $DB_ENV->set_flags (&BDB::LOG_AUTOREMOVE ) if BDB::VERSION v0, v4.7;
578 $DB_ENV->log_set_config (&BDB::LOG_AUTO_REMOVE) if BDB::VERSION v4.7;
579
580=over 4
581
582=item BDB::VERSION
583
584The C<BDB::VERSION> function, when called without arguments, returns the
585Berkeley DB version as a v-string (usually with 3 components). You should
586use C<lt> and C<ge> operators exclusively to make comparisons.
587
588Example: check for at least version 4.7.
589
590 BDB::VERSION ge v4.7 or die;
591
592=item BDB::VERSION min-version
593
594Returns true if the BDB version is at least the given version (specified
595as a v-string), false otherwise.
596
597Example: check for at least version 4.5.
598
599 BDB::VERSION v4.7 or die;
600
601=item BDB::VERSION min-version, max-version
602
603Returns true of the BDB version is at least version C<min-version> (specify C<undef> or C<v0> for any minimum version)
604and less then C<max-version>.
605
606Example: check wether version is strictly less then v4.7.
607
608 BDB::VERSION v0, v4.7
609 or die "version 4.7 is not yet supported";
610
611=back
612
613=cut
614
615sub VERSION {
616 if (@_ > 0) {
617 return undef if VERSION_v lt $_[0];
618 if (@_ > 1) {
619 return undef if VERSION_v ge $_[1];
620 }
621 }
622
623 VERSION_v
624}
625
189=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 626=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
190 627
191=over 4 628=over 4
192 629
193=item BDB::min_parallel $nthreads 630=item BDB::min_parallel $nthreads
194 631
195Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 632Set the minimum number of BDB threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
196default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 633default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
197concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 634concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
198however, is unlimited). 635however, is unlimited).
199 636
200BDB starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 637BDB starts threads only on demand, when an BDB request is queued and
201no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can 638no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
202create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything 639create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
203is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread. 640is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
204 641
205It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 642It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
210Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 647Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
211module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 648module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
212 649
213=item BDB::max_parallel $nthreads 650=item BDB::max_parallel $nthreads
214 651
215Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the 652Sets the maximum number of BDB threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
216specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills 653specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
217them. This function blocks until the limit is reached. 654them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
218 655
219While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed 656While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
220until the number of threads has been increased again. 657until the number of threads has been increased again.
259 696
260=item BDB::set_sync_prepare $cb 697=item BDB::set_sync_prepare $cb
261 698
262Sets a callback that is called whenever a request is created without an 699Sets a callback that is called whenever a request is created without an
263explicit callback. It has to return two code references. The first is used 700explicit callback. It has to return two code references. The first is used
264as the request callback, and the second is called to wait until the first 701as the request callback (it should save the return status), and the second
702is called to wait until the first callback has been called (it must set
703C<$!> to the return status).
704
705This mechanism can be used to include BDB into other event mechanisms,
706such as L<AnyEvent::BDB> or L<Coro::BDB>.
707
265callback has been called. The default implementation works like this: 708The default implementation works like this:
266 709
267 sub { 710 sub {
268 my $status; 711 my $status;
269 ( 712 (
270 sub { $status = $! }, 713 sub { $status = $! },
271 sub { BDB::poll while !defined $status; $! = $status }, 714 sub { BDB::poll while !defined $status; $! = $status },
272 ) 715 )
273 } 716 }
717
718It simply blocks the process till the request has finished and then sets
719C<$!> to the return value. This means that if you don't use a callback,
720BDB will simply fall back to synchronous operations.
274 721
275=back 722=back
276 723
277=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 724=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
278 725
323 770
324=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 771=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
325 772
326This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 773This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
327 774
328Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 775Before the fork, BDB enters a quiescent state where no requests
329can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 776can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
330the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 777the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
331request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue 778request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
332(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the 779(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
333parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the 780parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
334parent process has been reached again. 781parent process has been reached again.
335 782
336In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 783In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
337not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 784not been called, while the child will act as if BDB has not been used
338yet. 785yet.
786
787Win32 note: there is no fork on win32, and perls emulation of it is too
788broken to be supported, so do not use BDB in a windows pseudo-fork, better
789yet, switch to a more capable platform.
339 790
340=head2 MEMORY USAGE 791=head2 MEMORY USAGE
341 792
342Per-request usage: 793Per-request usage:
343 794
345bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 796bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
346a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 797a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
347scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 798scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
348will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 799will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
349 800
350This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 801This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
351problem. 802problem.
352 803
353Per-thread usage: 804Per-thread usage:
354 805
355In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 806In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
356temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data 807temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
357structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS). 808structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
358 809
359=head1 KNOWN BUGS 810=head1 KNOWN BUGS
360 811
361Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 812Known bugs will be fixed in the next release, except:
813
814 If you use a transaction in any request, and the request returns
815 with an operating system error or DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED, the internal
816 TXN_DEADLOCK flag will be set on the transaction. See C<db_txn_finish>,
817 above.
362 818
363=head1 SEE ALSO 819=head1 SEE ALSO
364 820
365L<Coro::AIO>. 821L<AnyEvent::BDB> (event loop integration), L<Coro::BDB> (more natural
822syntax), L<IO::AIO> (nice to have).
366 823
367=head1 AUTHOR 824=head1 AUTHOR
368 825
369 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 826 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
370 http://home.schmorp.de/ 827 http://home.schmorp.de/

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