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63use base 'Exporter'; 63use base 'Exporter';
64 64
65use Fcntl (); 65use Fcntl ();
66 66
67BEGIN { 67BEGIN {
68 $VERSION = 1.1; 68 $VERSION = 1.3;
69
69 70
70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 71 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
71 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 72 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); 73 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
73 74
74 require XSLoader; 75 require XSLoader;
75 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 76 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
76} 77}
88syscall has been executed asynchronously. 89syscall has been executed asynchronously.
89 90
90All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 91All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
91internally until the request has finished. 92internally until the request has finished.
92 93
93The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 94The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
94for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the current 95encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
95working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure 96request is being executed, the current working directory could have
96that you never change the current working directory. 97changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
98current working directory.
99
100To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
101always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
102etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
103your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
104environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
105use something else.
97 106
98=over 4 107=over 4
99 108
100=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 109=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback
101 110
142Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 151Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
143into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 152into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
144callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 153callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
145like the syscall). 154like the syscall).
146 155
156The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
157is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
158necessary/optional hardware is installed).
159
147Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 160Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
148offset C<0> within the scalar: 161offset C<0> within the scalar:
149 162
150 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 163 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
151 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 164 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
152 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 165 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
153 }; 166 };
154 167
155=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 168=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback
156
157Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
158the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS
159isn't Linux) the status will be C<-1> and C<$!> is set to C<ENOSYS>.
160 169
161C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 170C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
162subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 171subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
163argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 172argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
164C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 173C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
165whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 174whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
166and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 175and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
167(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the 176(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
168file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 177file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
169 178
179If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
180emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
181
170=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 182=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback
171 183
172=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 184=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback
173 185
174Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 186Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
192=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 204=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback
193 205
194Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 206Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
195result code. 207result code.
196 208
209=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback
210
211Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
212result code.
213
197=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 214=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback
198 215
199Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 216Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
200with the fsync result code. 217with the fsync result code.
201 218
202=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 219=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback
203 220
204Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 221Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
205callback with the fdatasync result code. Might set C<$!> to C<ENOSYS> if 222callback with the fdatasync result code.
206C<fdatasync> is not available. 223
224If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
225detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
207 226
208=back 227=back
209 228
210=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 229=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
211 230
317 336
318 # try to generate nice filehandles 337 # try to generate nice filehandles
319 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]"; 338 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
320 local *$sym; 339 local *$sym;
321 340
322 open *$sym, "+<&$_[0]" # usually under any unix 341 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
323 or open *$sym, "<&$_[0]" # cygwin needs this 342 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
324 or open *$sym, ">&$_[0]" # cygwin needs this 343 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
325 or return undef; 344 or return undef;
326 345
327 *$sym 346 *$sym
328} 347}
329 348
333 max_parallel 0; 352 max_parallel 0;
334} 353}
335 354
3361; 3551;
337 356
357=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
358
359Before the fork IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests can be
360added in other threads and no results will be processed. After the fork
361the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues request/result
362processing, while the child clears the request/result queue and starts the
363same number of threads as were in use by the parent.
364
338=head1 SEE ALSO 365=head1 SEE ALSO
339 366
340L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 367L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
341 368
342=head1 AUTHOR 369=head1 AUTHOR

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