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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_; 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11 ... 12 ...
12 }; 13 };
13 14
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 15 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15 16
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26 27
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29 30
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
35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36 poll => 'r',
37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
38
39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
42
43 # Tk integration
44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
46
47 # Danga::Socket integration
48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
51=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
52 32
53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
55 52
56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
58in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
65 62
66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
70 109
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72 111
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore 155Request 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 156(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 157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error). 158result in a runtime error).
120 159
160=back
161
121=cut 162=cut
122 163
123package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
124 165
125no warnings; 166use Carp ();
126use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
127 169
128use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
129 171
130BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
131 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.93';
132 174
133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync aio_fsync
136 aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod); 178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
183 aio_statvfs);
184
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 185 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 186 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending); 187 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
188 nreqs nready npending nthreads
189 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
190 sendfile fadvise madvise
191 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
192
193 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
140 194
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 195 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
142 196
143 require XSLoader; 197 require XSLoader;
144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 198 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
145} 199}
146 200
147=head1 FUNCTIONS 201=head1 FUNCTIONS
148 202
203=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
204
205This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
206for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
207documentation.
208
209 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
210 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
211 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
212 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
216 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
217 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
218 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
219 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
220 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
221 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
222 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
223 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
224 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
225 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
227 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
228 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
230 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
231 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
232 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
233 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
234 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
235 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
236 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
237 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
238 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
239 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
240 aio_sync $callback->($status)
241 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
242 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
244 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
245 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
246 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
247 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
248 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
249 aio_group $callback->(...)
250 aio_nop $callback->()
251
252 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
253 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
254
255 IO::AIO::poll_wait
256 IO::AIO::poll_cb
257 IO::AIO::poll
258 IO::AIO::flush
259 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
260 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
261 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
262 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
263 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
264 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
265 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
266 IO::AIO::nreqs
267 IO::AIO::nready
268 IO::AIO::npending
269
270 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
271 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
272 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
273 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
274 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
275 IO::AIO::munlockall
276
149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 277=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
150 278
151All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 279All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
152with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 280with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
153and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 281and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 282which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
155the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 283the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
156perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 284perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
157syscall has been executed asynchronously. 285syscall has been executed asynchronously.
158 286
159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 287All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished. 288internally until the request has finished.
161 289
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 290All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 291further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164 292
165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 293The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 294encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
167request is being executed, the current working directory could have 295request is being executed, the current working directory could have
168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 296changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
169current working directory. 297current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
298paths.
170 299
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 300To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 301in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
173etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 302tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
174your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 303your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 304environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else. 305use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
306
307This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
308handles correctly whether it is set or not.
177 309
178=over 4 310=over 4
179 311
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 312=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181 313
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 333 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ... 334 ...
203 }; 335 };
204 }; 336 };
205 337
338
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 339=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207 340
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 341Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative. 342priority, so the effect is cumulative.
343
210 344
211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 345=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
212 346
213Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 347Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
214created filehandle for the file. 348created filehandle for the file.
220list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 354list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
221 355
222Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 356Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
223didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 357didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
224except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 358except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
225and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 359and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
360by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
361change the umask.
226 362
227Example: 363Example:
228 364
229 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 365 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
230 if ($_[0]) { 366 if ($_[0]) {
231 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 367 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
232 ... 368 ...
233 } else { 369 } else {
234 die "open failed: $!\n"; 370 die "open failed: $!\n";
235 } 371 }
236 }; 372 };
237 373
374In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
375C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
376following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
377your system are, as usual, C<0>):
378
379C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
380C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
381C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
382
383
238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 384=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
239 385
240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 386Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 387code.
242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
245 388
246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 389Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
247therefore best to avoid this function. 390closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
391
392Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
393use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
394(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
395
396Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
397free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
398
399=cut
248 400
249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 401=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
250 402
251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 403=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
252 404
253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 405Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 406C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 407and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
256like the syscall). 408error, just like the syscall).
409
410C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
411offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
412
413If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
414be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
415changed by these calls.
416
417If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
418C<$data>.
419
420If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
421C<$data>.
257 422
258The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 423The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
259is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 424is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
260necessary/optional hardware is installed). 425the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
261 426
262Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 427Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
263offset C<0> within the scalar: 428offset C<0> within the scalar:
264 429
265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 430 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 431 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 432 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
268 }; 433 };
269 434
435
270=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 436=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
271 437
272Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 438Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
273reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 439reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
274file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 440file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
275than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 441than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
276other. 442other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
443move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
277 444
445Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
446are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
447read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
448number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
449C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
450
451Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
452C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
453the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
454the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
455into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
456fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
457data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
458the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
459resource usage.
460
278This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 461This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
279zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 462provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
280socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 463a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
281 464
282If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 465If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
283emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 466C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
467C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
284regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 468type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
285 469
286Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 470As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
287C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 471together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
288bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 472on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
289provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 473in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
290value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 474so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
291read. 475fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
476
292 477
293=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 478=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
294 479
295C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 480C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
296subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 481subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
302file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 487file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
303 488
304If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 489If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
305emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 490emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
306 491
492
307=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 493=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
308 494
309=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 495=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
310 496
311Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 497Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
316for an explanation. 502for an explanation.
317 503
318Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 504Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
319error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 505error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
320unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 506unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
507
508To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
509following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
510be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
511behaviour).
512
513C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
514C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
515C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
321 516
322Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 517Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
323 518
324 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 519 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
325 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 520 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
326 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 521 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
327 }; 522 };
328 523
524
525=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
526
527Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
528whether a file handle or path was passed.
529
530On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
531members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
532C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
533is passed.
534
535The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
536C<ST_NOSUID>.
537
538The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
539their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
540not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
541C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
542C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
543
544Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
545
546 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
547 my $f = $_[0]
548 or die "statvfs: $!";
549
550 use Data::Dumper;
551 say Dumper $f;
552 };
553
554 # result:
555 {
556 bsize => 1024,
557 bfree => 4333064312,
558 blocks => 10253828096,
559 files => 2050765568,
560 flag => 4096,
561 favail => 2042092649,
562 bavail => 4333064312,
563 ffree => 2042092649,
564 namemax => 255,
565 frsize => 1024,
566 fsid => 1810
567 }
568
569
570=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
571
572Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
573and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
574syscalls support them.
575
576When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
577utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
578otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
579
580Examples:
581
582 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
583 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
584 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
585 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
586
587
588=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
589
590Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
591or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
592
593Examples:
594
595 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
596 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
597 # same as above:
598 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
599
600
601=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
602
603Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
604
605
606=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
607
608Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
609
610
329=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 611=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
330 612
331Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 613Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
332result code. 614result code.
333 615
616
334=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 617=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
335 618
619[EXPERIMENTAL]
620
336Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2): the only 621Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
337portable value for C<$mode> is C<S_IFIFO> ored with permissions, and C<0> 622
338for C<$dev>. 623The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
624
625 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
626
627See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
628and functions.
339 629
340=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 630=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
341 631
342Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 632Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
343the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 633the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
344 634
635
345=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 636=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
346 637
347Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 638Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
348the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 639the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
349 640
641
642=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
643
644Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
645the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
646callback.
647
648
649=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
650
651Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
652C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories.
653
654This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
655directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
656
657
350=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 658=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
351 659
352Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 660Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
353rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 661rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
354 662
663
664=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
665
666Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
667the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
668request is executed, so do not change your umask.
669
670
355=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 671=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
356 672
357Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 673Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
358result code. 674result code.
675
359 676
360=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 677=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
361 678
362Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 679Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
363directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 680directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
364sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 681sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
365 682
366The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 683The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
367with the filenames. 684array-ref with the filenames.
685
686
687=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
688
689Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
690behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
691C<undef>.
692
693The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
694flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
695
696=over 4
697
698=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
699
700When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
701names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
702C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
703entry in more detail.
704
705C<$name> is the name of the entry.
706
707C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
708
709C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
710C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
711C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
712
713C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
714know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
715scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
716
717C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
718bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
719systems that do not deliver the inode information.
720
721=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
722
723When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
724likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
725you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
726while avoiding to stat() each entry.
727
728If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
729to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
730beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
731short names are tried first.
732
733=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
734
735When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
736suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
737all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
738be fastest.
739
740If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
741the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
742
743=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
744
745This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
746is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
747C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
748C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
749
750=back
751
752
753=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
754
755This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
756memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
757
758=cut
759
760sub aio_load($$;$) {
761 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
762 my $data = \$_[1];
763
764 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
765 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
766
767 aioreq_pri $pri;
768 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
769 my $fh = shift
770 or return $grp->result (-1);
771
772 aioreq_pri $pri;
773 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
774 $grp->result ($_[0]);
775 };
776 };
777
778 $grp
779}
368 780
369=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 781=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
370 782
371Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 783Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
372destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 784destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
373the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 785a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
374 786
375This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 787This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
376mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 788mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
377C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 789C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
378uid/gid, in that order. 790uid/gid, in that order.
379 791
380If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 792If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
390 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 802 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
391 803
392 aioreq_pri $pri; 804 aioreq_pri $pri;
393 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 805 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
394 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 806 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
395 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 807 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
396 808
397 aioreq_pri $pri; 809 aioreq_pri $pri;
398 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 810 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
399 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 811 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
400 aioreq_pri $pri; 812 aioreq_pri $pri;
401 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 813 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
402 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 814 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
403 $grp->result (0); 815 $grp->result (0);
404 close $src_fh; 816 close $src_fh;
405 817
406 # those should not normally block. should. should. 818 my $ch = sub {
819 aioreq_pri $pri;
820 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
821 aioreq_pri $pri;
822 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
823 aioreq_pri $pri;
824 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
825 }
826 };
827 };
828
829 aioreq_pri $pri;
830 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
831 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
832 aioreq_pri $pri;
407 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst; 833 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
408 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh; 834 } else {
409 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh; 835 $ch->();
836 }
410 close $dst_fh; 837 };
411 } else { 838 } else {
412 $grp->result (-1); 839 $grp->result (-1);
413 close $src_fh; 840 close $src_fh;
414 close $dst_fh; 841 close $dst_fh;
415 842
432 859
433=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 860=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
434 861
435Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 862Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
436destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 863destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
437the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 864a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
438 865
439This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 866This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
440rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 867rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
441that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 868that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
442 869
443=cut 870=cut
444 871
445sub aio_move($$;$) { 872sub aio_move($$;$) {
446 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 873 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
453 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 880 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
454 aioreq_pri $pri; 881 aioreq_pri $pri;
455 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 882 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
456 $grp->result ($_[0]); 883 $grp->result ($_[0]);
457 884
458 if (!$_[0]) { 885 unless ($_[0]) {
459 aioreq_pri $pri; 886 aioreq_pri $pri;
460 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 887 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
461 } 888 }
462 }; 889 };
463 } else { 890 } else {
493 920
494Implementation notes. 921Implementation notes.
495 922
496The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 923The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
497 924
925If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
926find directories.
927
498After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 928Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
499directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 929of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
500isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 930match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
501entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 931how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
502of subdirectories will be assumed. 932number of subdirectories will be assumed.
503 933
504Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 934Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
505a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 935currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
506else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 936entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
507likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 937in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
508is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 938entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
509seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 939seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
510filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 940filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
511data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 941data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
942the filetype information on readdir.
512 943
513If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 944If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
514rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 945rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
515 946
516This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 947This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
520as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 951as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
521directory counting heuristic. 952directory counting heuristic.
522 953
523=cut 954=cut
524 955
525sub aio_scandir($$$) { 956sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
526 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 957 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
527 958
528 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 959 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
529 960
530 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 961 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
538 my $now = time; 969 my $now = time;
539 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 970 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
540 971
541 # read the directory entries 972 # read the directory entries
542 aioreq_pri $pri; 973 aioreq_pri $pri;
543 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 974 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
544 my $entries = shift 975 my $entries = shift
545 or return $grp->result (); 976 or return $grp->result ();
546 977
547 # stat the dir another time 978 # stat the dir another time
548 aioreq_pri $pri; 979 aioreq_pri $pri;
554 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 985 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
555 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 986 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
556 $ndirs = -1; 987 $ndirs = -1;
557 } else { 988 } else {
558 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 989 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
559 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 990 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
560 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 991 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
561 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 992 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
562 } 993 }
563 994
564 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
565 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
566 $entries = [map $_->[0],
567 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
568 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
569 @$entries];
570
571 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 995 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
572 996
573 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 997 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
574 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 998 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
575 }; 999 };
576 1000
577 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1001 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
578 feed $statgrp sub { 1002 feed $statgrp sub {
579 return unless @$entries; 1003 return unless @$entries;
580 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1004 my $entry = shift @$entries;
581 1005
582 aioreq_pri $pri; 1006 aioreq_pri $pri;
583 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1007 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
584 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1008 if ($_[0] < 0) {
585 push @nondirs, $entry; 1009 push @nondirs, $entry;
606 }; 1030 };
607 1031
608 $grp 1032 $grp
609} 1033}
610 1034
1035=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1036
1037Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1038status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1039uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1040everything else.
1041
1042=cut
1043
1044sub aio_rmtree;
1045sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1046 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1047
1048 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1049 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1050
1051 aioreq_pri $pri;
1052 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1053 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1054
1055 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1056 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1057 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1058 };
1059 };
1060
1061 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1062 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1063
1064 add $grp $dirgrp;
1065 };
1066
1067 $grp
1068}
1069
1070=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1071
1072Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1073
611=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1074=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
612 1075
613Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1076Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
614with the fsync result code. 1077with the fsync result code.
615 1078
618Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1081Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
619callback with the fdatasync result code. 1082callback with the fdatasync result code.
620 1083
621If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1084If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
622detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1085detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1086
1087=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1088
1089Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1090to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1091sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1092ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1093
1094C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1095C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1096C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1097manpage for details.
1098
1099=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1100
1101This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1102composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1103(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1104specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1105written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1106not just directories.
1107
1108Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1109C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1110
1111Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1112
1113=cut
1114
1115sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1116 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1117
1118 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1119 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1120
1121 aioreq_pri $pri;
1122 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1123 my ($fh) = @_;
1124 if ($fh) {
1125 aioreq_pri $pri;
1126 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1127 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1128
1129 aioreq_pri $pri;
1130 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1131 };
1132 } else {
1133 $grp->result (-1);
1134 }
1135 };
1136
1137 $grp
1138}
1139
1140=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1141
1142This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1143scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1144scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1145scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1146it).
1147
1148It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1149area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1150later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1151is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1152a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1153C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1154
1155=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1156
1157This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1158scalars.
1159
1160It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1161range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1162as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1163C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1164C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1165writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1166
1167=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1168
1169This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1170scalars.
1171
1172It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1173and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1174
1175If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1176
1177On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1178and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1179
1180Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1181documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1182
1183Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1184C<$data> gets destroyed.
1185
1186 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1187 my $data;
1188 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1189 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1190
1191=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1192
1193Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1194C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1195
1196On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1197and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1198
1199Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1200documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1201
1202Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1203
1204 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
623 1205
624=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1206=item aio_group $callback->(...)
625 1207
626This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1208This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
627container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1209container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
677=item cancel $req 1259=item cancel $req
678 1260
679Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1261Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
680when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1262when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
681entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1263entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
682untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1264untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
683stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1265currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1266will not be freed prematurely.
684 1267
685=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1268=item cb $req $callback->(...)
686 1269
687Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1270Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
688 1271
739Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1322Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
740will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1323will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
741C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1324C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
742exist. 1325exist.
743 1326
744That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1327That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
745in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1328(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
746group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1329the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
747itself finish. 1330further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1331finished will the the group itself finish.
748 1332
749=over 4 1333=over 4
750 1334
751=item add $grp ... 1335=item add $grp ...
752 1336
761=item $grp->cancel_subs 1345=item $grp->cancel_subs
762 1346
763Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1347Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
764itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1348itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
765 1349
1350The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1351group).
1352
766=item $grp->result (...) 1353=item $grp->result (...)
767 1354
768Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1355Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
769subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1356subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
770of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1357of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
771no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1358no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
772 1359
773=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1360=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
774 1361
785=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1372=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
786 1373
787Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1374Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
788generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1375generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
789although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1376although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
790this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1377this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
791example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1378C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
792requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1379delaying any later requests for a long time.
793 1380
794To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1381To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
795instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1382instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
796feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1383feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
797below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1384below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
801not impose any limits). 1388not impose any limits).
802 1389
803If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1390If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
804automatically removed from the group. 1391automatically removed from the group.
805 1392
806If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1393If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1394C<2> automatically.
807 1395
808Example: 1396Example:
809 1397
810 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1398 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
811 1399
823Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1411Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
824the group contains less than this many requests. 1412the group contains less than this many requests.
825 1413
826Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1414Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
827 1415
1416The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1417automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1418
828=back 1419=back
829 1420
830=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1421=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
831 1422
1423=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1424
832=over 4 1425=over 4
833 1426
834=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1427=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
835 1428
836Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1429Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
837polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1430polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
838select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1431select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
839to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1432you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
840 1433
841See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1434See C<poll_cb> for an example.
842 1435
843=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1436=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
844 1437
845Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1438Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
846regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1439this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
847when no events are outstanding. 1440were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1441reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1442events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1443C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
848 1444
849If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1445If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
850will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1446will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1447do anything special to have it called later.
1448
1449Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1450ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1451a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1452available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1453over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1454requests.
851 1455
852Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1456Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
853IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1457IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1458SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
854 1459
855 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1460 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
856 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1461 poll => 'r', async => 1,
857 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1462 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
858 1463
859=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests 1464=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
860 1465
861Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests 1466If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
862at a time. 1467phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1468does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1469synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
863 1470
864Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is 1471See C<nreqs> for an example.
865not fast enough to process all requests in time. 1472
1473=item IO::AIO::poll
1474
1475Waits until some requests have been handled.
1476
1477Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1478equivalent to:
1479
1480 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1481
1482=item IO::AIO::flush
1483
1484Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1485
1486Strictly equivalent to:
1487
1488 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1489 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1490
1491=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1492
1493=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1494
1495These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1496that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1497the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1498C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1499of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
1500
1501Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1502syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1503callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1504not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1505
1506Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1507interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1508time.
1509
1510For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
866 1511
867Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1512Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
868IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 1513IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
869program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 1514program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
870 1515
1516 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
1517 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1518
1519 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
871 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1520 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
872 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1521 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
873 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 }); 1522 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
874 1523
875=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1524=back
876 1525
877Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1526=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
878C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
879for some requests to finish).
880 1527
881See C<nreqs> for an example. 1528=over
882
883=item IO::AIO::nreqs
884
885Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
886states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
887
888Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
889
890 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
891 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
892
893=item IO::AIO::nready
894
895Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
896executed).
897
898=item IO::AIO::npending
899
900Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
901but not yet processed by poll_cb).
902
903=item IO::AIO::flush
904
905Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
906
907Strictly equivalent to:
908
909 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
910 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
911
912=item IO::AIO::poll
913
914Waits until some requests have been handled.
915
916Strictly equivalent to:
917
918 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
919 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
920 1529
921=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1530=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
922 1531
923Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1532Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
924default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1533default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
925concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 1534concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
926however, is unlimited). 1535however, is unlimited).
927 1536
928IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1537IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
929no free thread exists. 1538no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1539create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1540is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
930 1541
931It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 1542It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
932Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads 1543Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
933(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 1544(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
934versions, 4-32 threads should be fine. 1545versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
948This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1559This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
949that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1560that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
950 1561
951Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1562Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
952 1563
1564=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1565
1566Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1567(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1568timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1569C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1570exit.
1571
1572This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1573to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1574under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1575
1576The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1577creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1578want to use larger values.
1579
1580=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1581
1582Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1583allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1584
953=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1585=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1586
1587Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1588you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1589C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1590C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1591longer exceeded.
1592
1593In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1594used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
954 1595
955This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1596This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
956blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1597blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
957use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1598use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
958 1599
959Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1600It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
960to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1601a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
961C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
962function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
963 1602
964The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1603 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
965number of outstanding requests.
966 1604
967You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1605 for my $path (...) {
968C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1606 aio_stat $path , ...;
969as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1607 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1608 }
1609
1610 IO::AIO::flush;
1611
1612The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1613as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1614some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1615number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1616
1617The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1618practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
970 1619
971=back 1620=back
972 1621
1622=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1623
1624=over
1625
1626=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1627
1628Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1629states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1630
1631Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1632
1633 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1634 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1635
1636=item IO::AIO::nready
1637
1638Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1639executed).
1640
1641=item IO::AIO::npending
1642
1643Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1644but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1645
1646=back
1647
1648=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1649
1650IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1651asynchronous.
1652
1653=over 4
1654
1655=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1656
1657Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1658but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1659likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1660operations).
1661
1662Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1663
1664=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1665
1666Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1667manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1668avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1669C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1670C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1671
1672On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1673ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1674
1675=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1676
1677Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1678manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1679avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1680C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1681
1682On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1683ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1684
1685=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1686
1687Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1688$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1689constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1690C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1691
1692On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1693ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1694
1695=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1696
1697Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1698given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1699
1700The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1701change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1702or searching it with regexes and so on.
1703
1704Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1705
1706The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1707when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1708C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1709
1710This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1711page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1712
1713The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1714filesize.
1715
1716C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1717C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1718
1719C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1720C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1721not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1722(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1723constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1724C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1725C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1726
1727If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1728
1729C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1730a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1731
1732Example:
1733
1734 use Digest::MD5;
1735 use IO::AIO;
1736
1737 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1738 or die "$!";
1739
1740 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1741 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1742
1743 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1744
1745=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1746
1747Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1748
1749=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1750
1751Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1752C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1753
1754=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1755
1756Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1757
1758On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1759ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1760
1761=back
1762
973=cut 1763=cut
974 1764
975# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
976sub _fd2fh {
977 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
978
979 # try to generate nice filehandles
980 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
981 local *$sym;
982
983 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
984 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
985 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
986 or return undef;
987
988 *$sym
989}
990
991min_parallel 8; 1765min_parallel 8;
992 1766
993END { 1767END { flush }
994 flush;
995};
996 1768
9971; 17691;
998 1770
1771=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1772
1773It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1774automatically into many event loops:
1775
1776 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1777 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1778
1779You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1780some examples of how to do this:
1781
1782 # EV integration
1783 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1784
1785 # Event integration
1786 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1787 poll => 'r',
1788 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1789
1790 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1791 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1792 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1793
1794 # Tk integration
1795 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1796 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1797
1798 # Danga::Socket integration
1799 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1800 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1801
999=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1802=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1000 1803
1001This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1804Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1805considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1806fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1807with defined behaviour in perl. IO::AIO uses pthreads, so this applies,
1808but many other extensions and (for inexplicable reasons) perl itself often
1809is linked against pthreads, so this limitation applies.
1002 1810
1003Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1811Some operating systems have extensions that allow safe use of fork, and
1004can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1812this module should do "the right thing" on those, and tries on others. At
1005the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1813the time of this writing (2011) only GNU/Linux supports these extensions
1006request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue 1814to POSIX.
1007(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1008parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1009parent process has been reached again.
1010
1011In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1012not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1013yet.
1014 1815
1015=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1816=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1016 1817
1017Per-request usage: 1818Per-request usage:
1018 1819
1020bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1821bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1021a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1822a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1022scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 1823scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1023will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1824will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1024 1825
1025This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1826This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1026problem. 1827problem.
1027 1828
1028Per-thread usage: 1829Per-thread usage:
1029 1830
1030In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 1831In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1035 1836
1036Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1837Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1037 1838
1038=head1 SEE ALSO 1839=head1 SEE ALSO
1039 1840
1040L<Coro::AIO>. 1841L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1842more natural syntax.
1041 1843
1042=head1 AUTHOR 1844=head1 AUTHOR
1043 1845
1044 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1846 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1045 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1847 http://home.schmorp.de/

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