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3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output 3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_;
11 ...
12 };
13
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 };
19
20 # Event
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24
25 # Glib/Gtk2
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28
29 # Tk
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32
33 # Danga::Socket
34 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
8 37
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 38=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 39
11This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 40This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12operating system supports. 41operating system supports.
19not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
20for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
21remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
22 51
23Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
24currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
25 54C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
26=head2 API NOTES 55C<aio_> functions) recursively.
27
28All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
29with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
30and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be
31a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall
32return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which
33usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has
34been executed asynchronously.
35
36All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor.
37
38The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason
39is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working
40directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you
41never change the current working directory.
42
43=over 4
44 56
45=cut 57=cut
46 58
47package IO::AIO; 59package IO::AIO;
48 60
61no warnings;
62
49use base 'Exporter'; 63use base 'Exporter';
50 64
51use Fcntl (); 65use Fcntl ();
52 66
53BEGIN { 67BEGIN {
54 $VERSION = 0.2; 68 $VERSION = 1.1;
55 69
56 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
57 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 71 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);
58 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel nreqs); 72 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
59 73
60 require XSLoader; 74 require XSLoader;
61 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 75 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
62} 76}
63 77
64=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 78=head1 FUNCTIONS
65 79
66Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 80=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
67C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
68(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
69 81
70It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some linux 82All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
71kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 83with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
72parallelity => MUCH higher latency). 84and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
85which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
86the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
87perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
88syscall has been executed asynchronously.
73 89
74Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 90All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
75module automatically starts a single async thread. 91internally until the request has finished.
76 92
77=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 93The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason
94for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the current
95working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure
96that you never change the current working directory.
78 97
79Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 98=over 4
80the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
81function blocks until the limit is reached.
82
83This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
84that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
85
86Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
87
88=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
89
90Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be
91polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event
92or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call
93C<poll_cb> to check the results.
94
95See C<poll_cb> for an example.
96
97=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
98
99Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
100regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
101when no events are outstanding.
102
103You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.:
104
105 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
106 poll => 'r', async => 1,
107 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
108
109=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
110
111Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
112select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
113for some requests to finish).
114
115See C<nreqs> for an example.
116
117=item IO::AIO::nreqs
118
119Returns the number of requests currently outstanding.
120
121Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
122
123 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
124 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
125 99
126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 100=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback
127 101
128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 102Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129created filehandle for the file. 103created filehandle for the file.
130 104
131The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 105The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
132for an explanation. 106for an explanation.
133 107
134The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 108The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
135list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 109list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
110
111Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
112didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
113except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
114and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
136 115
137Example: 116Example:
138 117
139 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 118 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
140 if ($_[0]) { 119 if ($_[0]) {
147 126
148=item aio_close $fh, $callback 127=item aio_close $fh, $callback
149 128
150Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 129Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
151code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 130code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
152filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 131filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
153the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 132time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
154or just let filehandles go out of scope. 133C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
134
135This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
136therefore best to avoid this function.
155 137
156=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 138=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback
157 139
158=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 140=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback
159 141
160Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 142Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
161into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 143into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
162callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 144callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
163like the syscall). 145like the syscall).
164 146
165Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 147Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
166offset C<0> within the scalar: 148offset C<0> within the scalar:
167 149
168 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 150 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
169 $_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; 151 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
170 print "read <$buffer>\n"; 152 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
171 }; 153 };
172 154
173=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 155=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback
174 156
175Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
176the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
177C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
178
179readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 157C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
180subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 158subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
181argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 159argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
182C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 160C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
183whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 161whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
184and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 162and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
185(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 163(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
186file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 164file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
165
166If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
167emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
187 168
188=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 169=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback
189 170
190=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 171=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback
191 172
220=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 201=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback
221 202
222Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 203Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
223callback with the fdatasync result code. 204callback with the fdatasync result code.
224 205
206If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
207detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
208
209=back
210
211=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
212
213=over 4
214
215=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
216
217Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
218polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
219select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
220to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
221
222See C<poll_cb> for an example.
223
224=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
225
226Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
227regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
228when no events are outstanding.
229
230Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
231IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
232
233 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
234 poll => 'r', async => 1,
235 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
236
237=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
238
239Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
240C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
241for some requests to finish).
242
243See C<nreqs> for an example.
244
245=item IO::AIO::nreqs
246
247Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
248callback has not been invoked yet).
249
250Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
251
252 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
253 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
254
255=item IO::AIO::flush
256
257Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
258
259Strictly equivalent to:
260
261 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
262 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
263
264=item IO::AIO::poll
265
266Waits until some requests have been handled.
267
268Strictly equivalent to:
269
270 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
271 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
272
273=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
274
275Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is
276C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
277(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
278
279It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
280kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
281parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
282threads should be fine.
283
284Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this
285module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change,
286and is currently 4).
287
288=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
289
290Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than
291the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
292function blocks until the limit is reached.
293
294This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
295that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
296
297Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
298
299=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
300
301Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
302try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
303some requests have been handled.
304
305The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
306queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set
307this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
308
309Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
310
311=back
312
225=cut 313=cut
226 314
227# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 315# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
228sub _fd2fh { 316sub _fd2fh {
229 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 317 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
230 318
231 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 319 # try to generate nice filehandles
232 local *AIO_FH; 320 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
233 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 321 local *$sym;
322
323 open *$sym, "+<&$_[0]" # usually under any unix
324 or open *$sym, "<&$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
325 or open *$sym, ">&$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
234 or return undef; 326 or return undef;
235 327
236 *AIO_FH 328 *$sym
237} 329}
238 330
239min_parallel 4; 331min_parallel 4;
240 332
241END { 333END {
242 max_parallel 0; 334 max_parallel 0;
243} 335}
244 336
2451; 3371;
246 338
247=back
248
249=head1 BUGS
250
251 - could be optimized to use more semaphores instead of filehandles.
252
253=head1 SEE ALSO 339=head1 SEE ALSO
254 340
255L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 341L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
256 342
257=head1 AUTHOR 343=head1 AUTHOR

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