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63use base 'Exporter'; 63use base 'Exporter';
64 64
65use Fcntl (); 65use Fcntl ();
66 66
67BEGIN { 67BEGIN {
68 $VERSION = 1.5; 68 $VERSION = 1.6;
69 69
70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
71 aio_rmdir aio_symlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 71 aio_rmdir aio_symlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);
72 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 72 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
73 73
175This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 175This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
176zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 176zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
177socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 177socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
178 178
179If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 179If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
180emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any filehandles regardless of 180emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
181the limitations of the OS. 181regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
182 182
183Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 183Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
184C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 184C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
185bytes have been read form C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 185bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
186provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the return 186provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
187value (the value provided to the callback) equals C<$length> one can 187value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
188assume that C<$length> bytes have been read. 188read.
189 189
190=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 190=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback
191 191
192C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 192C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
193subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 193subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>

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