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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 # Event 20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
24 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 36 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 38
25 # Glib/Gtk2 39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 42
29 # Tk 43 # Tk integration
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32 46
33 # Danga::Socket 47 # Danga::Socket integration
34 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36 50
37
38=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
39 52
40This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41operating system supports. 54operating system supports.
42 55
43Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
44and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
45perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 58in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
46pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
47aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal
49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway.
51 65
52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)
53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
54C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
55C<aio_> functions) recursively. 69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
70
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl.
75
76If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
77object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
78which saves a bit of memory.
79
80The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
81are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
82
83During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
84in order:
85
86=over 4
87
88=item ready
89
90Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
91waiting for a thread to execute it.
92
93=item execute
94
95A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
96executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
97
98=item pending
99
100The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
101
102While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
103processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
104(or another function with the same effect).
105
106=item result
107
108The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
109
110The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
111calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
112any groups they are contained in.
113
114=item done
115
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
117(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error).
56 120
57=cut 121=cut
58 122
59package IO::AIO; 123package IO::AIO;
60 124
61no warnings; 125no warnings;
126use strict 'vars';
62 127
63use base 'Exporter'; 128use base 'Exporter';
64 129
65use Fcntl ();
66
67BEGIN { 130BEGIN {
68 $VERSION = 1.6; 131 our $VERSION = '2.0';
69 132
70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
71 aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_symlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
72 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
136 aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending);
140
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
73 142
74 require XSLoader; 143 require XSLoader;
75 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
76} 145}
77 146
78=head1 FUNCTIONS 147=head1 FUNCTIONS
79 148
80=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
88syscall has been executed asynchronously. 157syscall has been executed asynchronously.
89 158
90All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
91internally until the request has finished. 160internally until the request has finished.
92 161
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164
93The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
94encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
95request is being executed, the current working directory could have 167request is being executed, the current working directory could have
96changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
97current working directory. 169current working directory.
103environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
104use something else. 176use something else.
105 177
106=over 4 178=over 4
107 179
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181
182Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
183C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
184
185The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
186and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
187first.
188
189The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
190functions.
191
192Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
193higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
194open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
195
196 aioreq_pri -3;
197 aio_open ..., sub {
198 return unless $_[0];
199
200 aioreq_pri -2;
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ...
203 };
204 };
205
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative.
210
108=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
109 212
110Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 213Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
111created filehandle for the file. 214created filehandle for the file.
112 215
113The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 216The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
130 } else { 233 } else {
131 die "open failed: $!\n"; 234 die "open failed: $!\n";
132 } 235 }
133 }; 236 };
134 237
135=item aio_close $fh, $callback 238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
136 239
137Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
138code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
139filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another 242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
140time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls 243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
141C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope. 244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
142 245
143This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
144therefore best to avoid this function. 247therefore best to avoid this function.
145 248
146=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
147 250
148=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
149 252
150Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
151into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
152callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
153like the syscall). 256like the syscall).
162 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
163 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
164 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
165 }; 268 };
166 269
167=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback 270=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
168 271
169Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 272Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
170reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 273reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
171file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 274file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
172than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 275than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
185bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 288bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
186provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 289provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
187value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 290value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
188read. 291read.
189 292
190=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 293=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
191 294
192C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 295C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
193subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 296subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
194argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 297argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
195C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 298C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
199file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 302file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
200 303
201If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 304If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
202emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 305emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
203 306
204=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 307=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
205 308
206=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 309=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
207 310
208Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 311Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
209be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 312be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
210or C<-s _> etc... 313or C<-s _> etc...
211 314
221 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 324 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
222 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 325 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
223 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 326 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
224 }; 327 };
225 328
226=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 329=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
227 330
228Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 331Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
229result code. 332result code.
230 333
334=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
335
336Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
337
338The only portable (POSIX) way of calling this function is:
339
340 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
341
342=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
343
344Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
345the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
346
347=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
348
349Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
350the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
351
352=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
353
354Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
355rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
356
231=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback 357=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
232 358
233Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 359Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
234result code. 360result code.
235 361
236=item aio_readdir $pathname $callback 362=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
237 363
238Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 364Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
239directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 365directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
240sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 366sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
241 367
242The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 368The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
243with the filenames. 369with the filenames.
244 370
371=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
372
373Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
374destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
375the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
376
377This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with
378mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
379C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
380uid/gid, in that order.
381
382If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
383possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
384errors are being ignored.
385
386=cut
387
388sub aio_copy($$;$) {
389 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
390
391 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
392 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
393
394 aioreq_pri $pri;
395 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
396 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
397 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
398
399 aioreq_pri $pri;
400 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
401 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
402 aioreq_pri $pri;
403 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
404 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
405 $grp->result (0);
406 close $src_fh;
407
408 # those should not normally block. should. should.
409 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
410 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
411 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
412 close $dst_fh;
413 } else {
414 $grp->result (-1);
415 close $src_fh;
416 close $dst_fh;
417
418 aioreq $pri;
419 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
420 }
421 };
422 } else {
423 $grp->result (-1);
424 }
425 },
426
427 } else {
428 $grp->result (-1);
429 }
430 };
431
432 $grp
433}
434
435=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
436
437Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
438destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
439the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
440
441This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
442rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
443that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
444
445=cut
446
447sub aio_move($$;$) {
448 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
449
450 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
451 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
452
453 aioreq_pri $pri;
454 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
455 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
456 aioreq_pri $pri;
457 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
458 $grp->result ($_[0]);
459
460 if (!$_[0]) {
461 aioreq_pri $pri;
462 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
463 }
464 };
465 } else {
466 $grp->result ($_[0]);
467 }
468 };
469
470 $grp
471}
472
473=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
474
475Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
476efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
477names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
478recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
479
480C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
481C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
482this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
483will be chosen (currently 4).
484
485On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
486two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
487
488Example:
489
490 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
491 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
492 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
493 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
494 };
495
496Implementation notes.
497
498The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
499
500After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
501directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
502isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
503entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
504of subdirectories will be assumed.
505
506Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
507a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
508else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
509likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
510is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
511seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
512filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
513data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
514
515If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
516rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
517
518This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
519fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
520
521It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
522as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
523directory counting heuristic.
524
525=cut
526
527sub aio_scandir($$$) {
528 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
529
530 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
531
532 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
533
534 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
535
536 # stat once
537 aioreq_pri $pri;
538 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
539 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
540 my $now = time;
541 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
542
543 # read the directory entries
544 aioreq_pri $pri;
545 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
546 my $entries = shift
547 or return $grp->result ();
548
549 # stat the dir another time
550 aioreq_pri $pri;
551 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
552 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
553
554 my $ndirs;
555
556 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
557 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
558 $ndirs = -1;
559 } else {
560 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
561 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
562 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
563 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
564 }
565
566 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
567 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
568 $entries = [map $_->[0],
569 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
570 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
571 @$entries];
572
573 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
574
575 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
576 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
577 };
578
579 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
580 feed $statgrp sub {
581 return unless @$entries;
582 my $entry = pop @$entries;
583
584 aioreq_pri $pri;
585 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
586 if ($_[0] < 0) {
587 push @nondirs, $entry;
588 } else {
589 # need to check for real directory
590 aioreq_pri $pri;
591 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
592 if (-d _) {
593 push @dirs, $entry;
594
595 unless (--$ndirs) {
596 push @nondirs, @$entries;
597 feed $statgrp;
598 }
599 } else {
600 push @nondirs, $entry;
601 }
602 }
603 }
604 };
605 };
606 };
607 };
608 };
609
610 $grp
611}
612
245=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 613=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
246 614
247Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 615Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
248with the fsync result code. 616with the fsync result code.
249 617
250=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 618=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
251 619
252Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 620Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
253callback with the fdatasync result code. 621callback with the fdatasync result code.
254 622
255If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 623If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
256detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 624detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
625
626=item aio_group $callback->(...)
627
628This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
629container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
630many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
631and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
632
633Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
634for more info.
635
636Example:
637
638 my $grp = aio_group sub {
639 print "all stats done\n";
640 };
641
642 add $grp
643 (aio_stat ...),
644 (aio_stat ...),
645 ...;
646
647=item aio_nop $callback->()
648
649This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
650side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
651that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
652code.
653
654While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
655phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
656be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
657entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
658latency.
659
660=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
661
662Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
663the request workers to sleep for the given time.
664
665While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
666like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
667immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
668except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
669
670=back
671
672=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
673
674All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
675called in non-void context.
676
677=over 4
678
679=item cancel $req
680
681Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
682when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
683entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
684untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
685stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
686
687=item cb $req $callback->(...)
688
689Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
690
691=back
692
693=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
694
695This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
696objects of this class, too.
697
698A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
699aio requests.
700
701You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
702callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
703C<done> state:
704
705 my $grp = aio_group sub {
706 print "all requests are done\n";
707 };
708
709You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
710C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
711
712 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
713
714 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
715 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
716
717 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
718 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
719 $grp->result ("ok");
720 };
721 };
722
723This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
724C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
725
726=over 4
727
728=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
729C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
730
731=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
732only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
733
734=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
735
736=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
737any later time).
738
739=back
740
741Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
742will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
743C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
744exist.
745
746That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
747in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
748group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
749itself finish.
750
751=over 4
752
753=item add $grp ...
754
755=item $grp->add (...)
756
757Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
758be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
759dependencies.
760
761Returns all its arguments.
762
763=item $grp->cancel_subs
764
765Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
766itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
767
768=item $grp->result (...)
769
770Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
771subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value
772of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
773no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
774
775=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
776
777Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
778when the argument is missing.
779
780Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
781the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
782default (0).
783
784Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
785before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
786
787=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
788
789Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
790generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
791although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
792this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
793example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
794requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
795
796To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
797instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
798feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
799below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
800requests.
801
802The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
803not impose any limits).
804
805If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
806automatically removed from the group.
807
808If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
809
810Example:
811
812 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
813
814 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
815 limit $grp 4;
816 feed $grp sub {
817 my $file = pop @files
818 or return;
819
820 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
821 };
822
823=item limit $grp $num
824
825Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
826the group contains less than this many requests.
827
828Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
257 829
258=back 830=back
259 831
260=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 832=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
261 833
274 846
275Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 847Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
276regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 848regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
277when no events are outstanding. 849when no events are outstanding.
278 850
851If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
852will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
853
279Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 854Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
280IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 855IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
281 856
282 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 857 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
283 poll => 'r', async => 1, 858 poll => 'r', async => 1,
284 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 859 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
285 860
861=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests
862
863Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests
864at a time.
865
866Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is
867not fast enough to process all requests in time.
868
869Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
870IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
871program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
872
873 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
874 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
875 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });
876
286=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 877=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
287 878
288Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 879Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
289C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 880C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
290for some requests to finish). 881for some requests to finish).
291 882
292See C<nreqs> for an example. 883See C<nreqs> for an example.
293 884
294=item IO::AIO::nreqs 885=item IO::AIO::nreqs
295 886
296Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 887Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
297callback has not been invoked yet). 888states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
298 889
299Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 890Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
300 891
301 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 892 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
302 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 893 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
303 894
895=item IO::AIO::nready
896
897Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
898executed).
899
900=item IO::AIO::npending
901
902Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
903but not yet processed by poll_cb).
904
304=item IO::AIO::flush 905=item IO::AIO::flush
305 906
306Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 907Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
307 908
308Strictly equivalent to: 909Strictly equivalent to:
319 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 920 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
320 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 921 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
321 922
322=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 923=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
323 924
324Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 925Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
325is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 926default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
326(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 927concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
928however, is unlimited).
327 929
328IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 930IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
329no free thread exists. 931no free thread exists.
330 932
331It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 933It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
332kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 934Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
333parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 935(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
334threads should be fine. 936versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
335 937
336Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 938Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
337module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 939module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
338 940
339=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 941=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
348This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 950This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
349that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 951that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
350 952
351Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 953Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
352 954
353=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 955=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
956
957This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
958blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
959use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
354 960
355Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 961Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
356try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 962to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
357some requests have been handled. 963C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
964function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
358 965
359The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 966The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
360queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 967number of outstanding requests.
361this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
362 968
363Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 969You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
970C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
971as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
364 972
365=back 973=back
366 974
367=cut 975=cut
368 976
380 or return undef; 988 or return undef;
381 989
382 *$sym 990 *$sym
383} 991}
384 992
385min_parallel 4; 993min_parallel 8;
386 994
387END { 995END {
388 max_parallel 0; 996 flush;
389} 997};
390 998
3911; 9991;
392 1000
393=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1001=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1002
1003This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
394 1004
395Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1005Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
396can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1006can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
397the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1007the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
398request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1008request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
399queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1009(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
400the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1010parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
401parent process has been reached again. 1011parent process has been reached again.
402 1012
1013In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1014not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1015yet.
1016
1017=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1018
1019Per-request usage:
1020
1021Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1022bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1023a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1024scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1025will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1026
1027This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1028problem.
1029
1030Per-thread usage:
1031
1032In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1033temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1034structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1035
1036=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1037
1038Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1039
403=head1 SEE ALSO 1040=head1 SEE ALSO
404 1041
405L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1042L<Coro::AIO>.
406 1043
407=head1 AUTHOR 1044=head1 AUTHOR
408 1045
409 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1046 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
410 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1047 http://home.schmorp.de/

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