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15 15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 18 };
19 19
20 # AnyEvent
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23
20 # Event 24 # Event
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 26 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 28
25 # Glib/Gtk2 29 # Glib/Gtk2
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 32
29 # Tk 33 # Tk
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 # Danga::Socket
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40
32 41
33=head1 DESCRIPTION 42=head1 DESCRIPTION
34 43
35This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
36operating system supports. 45operating system supports.
43not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
44for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 53for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
45remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
46 55
47Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 56Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
48currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
59C<aio_> functions) recursively.
49 60
50=cut 61=cut
51 62
52package IO::AIO; 63package IO::AIO;
53 64
65no warnings;
66
54use base 'Exporter'; 67use base 'Exporter';
55 68
56use Fcntl (); 69use Fcntl ();
57 70
58BEGIN { 71BEGIN {
59 $VERSION = 0.2; 72 $VERSION = '1.8';
60 73
61 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 74 @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
75 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
62 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 76 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move);
63 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 77 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel
78 max_outstanding nreqs);
64 79
65 require XSLoader; 80 require XSLoader;
66 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 81 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
67} 82}
68 83
70 85
71=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 86=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
72 87
73All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 88All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
74with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 89with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
75and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 90and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
76a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 91which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
77return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 92the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
78usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 93perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
79been executed asynchronously. 94syscall has been executed asynchronously.
80 95
81All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 96All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
97internally until the request has finished.
82 98
83The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 99The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
84is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 100encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
85directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 101request is being executed, the current working directory could have
102changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
86never change the current working directory. 103current working directory.
104
105To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
106always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
107etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
108your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
109environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
110use something else.
87 111
88=over 4 112=over 4
89 113
90=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 114=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
91 115
92Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 116Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
93created filehandle for the file. 117created filehandle for the file.
94 118
95The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 119The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
96for an explanation. 120for an explanation.
97 121
98The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 122The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
99list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 123list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
124
125Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
126didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
127except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
128and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
100 129
101Example: 130Example:
102 131
103 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 132 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
104 if ($_[0]) { 133 if ($_[0]) {
107 } else { 136 } else {
108 die "open failed: $!\n"; 137 die "open failed: $!\n";
109 } 138 }
110 }; 139 };
111 140
112=item aio_close $fh, $callback 141=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
113 142
114Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 143Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
115code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 144code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
116filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 145filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
117the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 146time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
118or just let filehandles go out of scope. 147C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
119 148
149This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
150therefore best to avoid this function.
151
120=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 152=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
121 153
122=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 154=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
123 155
124Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 156Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
125into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 157into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
126callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 158callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
127like the syscall). 159like the syscall).
128 160
161The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
162is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
163necessary/optional hardware is installed).
164
129Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 165Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
130offset C<0> within the scalar: 166offset C<0> within the scalar:
131 167
132 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 168 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
133 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 169 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
134 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 170 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
135 }; 171 };
136 172
173=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
174
175[EXPERIMENTAL]
176
177Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or destination)
178from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
179
180This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
181rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
182and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
183followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
184order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
185
186If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
187possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
188errors are being ignored.
189
190=cut
191
192sub aio_move($$$) {
193 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
194
195 aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
196 if ($_[0] && $! == Errno::EXDEV) {
197 aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
198 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
199 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
200
201 aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
202 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
203 aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
204 close $src_fh;
205
206 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
207 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
208 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
209 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
210 close $dst_fh;
211
212 aio_unlink $src, sub {
213 $cb->($_[0]);
214 };
215 } else {
216 my $errno = $!;
217 aio_unlink $dst, sub {
218 $! = $errno;
219 $cb->(-1);
220 };
221 }
222 };
223 } else {
224 $cb->(-1);
225 }
226 },
227
228 } else {
229 $cb->(-1);
230 }
231 };
232 } else {
233 $cb->($_[0]);
234 }
235 };
236}
237
238=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
239
240Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
241reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
242file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
243than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
244other.
245
246This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
247zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
248socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
249
250If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
251emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
252regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
253
254Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
255C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
256bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
257provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
258value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
259read.
260
137=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 261=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
138 262
139Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
140the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
141C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
142
143readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 263C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
144subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 264subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
145argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 265argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
146C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 266C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
147whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 267whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
148and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 268and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
149(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 269(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
150file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 270file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
151 271
272If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
273emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
274
152=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 275=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
153 276
154=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 277=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
155 278
156Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 279Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
157be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 280be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
158or C<-s _> etc... 281or C<-s _> etc...
159 282
169 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 292 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
170 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 293 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
171 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 294 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
172 }; 295 };
173 296
174=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 297=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
175 298
176Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 299Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
177result code. 300result code.
178 301
302=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
303
304Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
305the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
306
307=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
308
309Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
310the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
311
312=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
313
314Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
315rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
316
317=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
318
319Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
320result code.
321
322=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
323
324Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
325directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
326sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
327
328The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
329with the filenames.
330
331=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
332
333Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the
334entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse
335into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else).
336
337C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many
338aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding
339aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a
340suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).
341
342On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
343two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
344
345Example:
346
347 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
348 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
349 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
350 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
351 };
352
353Implementation notes.
354
355The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
356
357After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
358directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the
359link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if
360>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be
361assumed.
362
363Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a
364non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every
365entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often
366faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without
367reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds,
368it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which
369will be checked seperately).
370
371If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the
372entries is assumed to be non-directories.
373
374=cut
375
376sub aio_scandir($$$) {
377 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
378
379 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;
380
381 # stat once
382 aio_stat $path, sub {
383 return $cb->() if $_[0];
384 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
385
386 # read the directory entries
387 aio_readdir $path, sub {
388 my $entries = shift
389 or return $cb->();
390
391 # stat the dir another time
392 aio_stat $path, sub {
393 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
394
395 my $ndirs;
396
397 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
398 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) {
399 $ndirs = -1;
400 } else {
401 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
402 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
403 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
404 or return $cb->([], $entries);
405 }
406
407 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
408 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
409 $entries = [map $_->[0],
410 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
411 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
412 @$entries];
413
414 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
415
416 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
417 my $nreq = 0;
418
419 $schedcb = sub {
420 if (@$entries) {
421 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
422 my $ent = pop @$entries;
423 $nreq++;
424 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
425 }
426 } elsif (!$nreq) {
427 # finished
428 undef $statcb;
429 undef $schedcb;
430 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
431 undef $cb;
432 }
433 };
434 $statcb = sub {
435 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
436
437 if ($status < 0) {
438 $nreq--;
439 push @nondirs, $entry;
440 &$schedcb;
441 } else {
442 # need to check for real directory
443 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
444 $nreq--;
445
446 if (-d _) {
447 push @dirs, $entry;
448
449 if (!--$ndirs) {
450 push @nondirs, @$entries;
451 $entries = [];
452 }
453 } else {
454 push @nondirs, $entry;
455 }
456
457 &$schedcb;
458 }
459 }
460 };
461
462 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
463 };
464 };
465 };
466}
467
179=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 468=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
180 469
181Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 470Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
182with the fsync result code. 471with the fsync result code.
183 472
184=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 473=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
185 474
186Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 475Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
187callback with the fdatasync result code. 476callback with the fdatasync result code.
188 477
478If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
479detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
480
189=back 481=back
190 482
191=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 483=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
192 484
193=over 4 485=over 4
194 486
195=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 487=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
196 488
197Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be 489Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
198polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event 490polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
199or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call 491select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
200C<poll_cb> to check the results. 492to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
201 493
202See C<poll_cb> for an example. 494See C<poll_cb> for an example.
203 495
204=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 496=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
205 497
206Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 498Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
207regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 499regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
208when no events are outstanding. 500when no events are outstanding.
209 501
210You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.: 502Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
503IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
211 504
212 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 505 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
213 poll => 'r', async => 1, 506 poll => 'r', async => 1,
214 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 507 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
215 508
216=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 509=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
217 510
218Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 511Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
219select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 512C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
220for some requests to finish). 513for some requests to finish).
221 514
222See C<nreqs> for an example. 515See C<nreqs> for an example.
223 516
224=item IO::AIO::nreqs 517=item IO::AIO::nreqs
225 518
226Returns the number of requests currently outstanding. 519Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
520callback has not been invoked yet).
227 521
228Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 522Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
229 523
230 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 524 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
231 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 525 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
232 526
527=item IO::AIO::flush
528
529Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
530
531Strictly equivalent to:
532
533 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
534 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
535
536=item IO::AIO::poll
537
538Waits until some requests have been handled.
539
540Strictly equivalent to:
541
542 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
543 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
544
233=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 545=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
234 546
235Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 547Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default
236C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 548is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time
237(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 549(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
550
551IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
552no free thread exists.
238 553
239It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 554It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
240kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 555kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
241parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 556parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
242threads should be fine. 557threads should be fine.
243 558
244Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 559Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
245module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 560module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
246and is currently 4).
247 561
248=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 562=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
249 563
250Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 564Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
251the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 565specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
252function blocks until the limit is reached. 566them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
567
568While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
569until the number of threads has been increased again.
253 570
254This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 571This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
255that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 572that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
256 573
257Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 574Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
261Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 578Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
262try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 579try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
263some requests have been handled. 580some requests have been handled.
264 581
265The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 582The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
266queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 583queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
267this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. 584this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
268 585
269Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 586Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
270 587
271=back 588=back
274 591
275# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 592# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
276sub _fd2fh { 593sub _fd2fh {
277 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 594 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
278 595
279 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 596 # try to generate nice filehandles
280 local *AIO_FH; 597 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
281 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 598 local *$sym;
599
600 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
601 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
602 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
282 or return undef; 603 or return undef;
283 604
284 *AIO_FH 605 *$sym
285} 606}
286 607
287min_parallel 4; 608min_parallel 4;
288 609
289END { 610END {
290 max_parallel 0; 611 max_parallel 0;
291} 612}
292 613
2931; 6141;
294 615
616=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
617
618Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
619can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
620the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
621request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
622queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
623the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
624parent process has been reached again.
625
295=head1 SEE ALSO 626=head1 SEE ALSO
296 627
297L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 628L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
298 629
299=head1 AUTHOR 630=head1 AUTHOR

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