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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_rmdir aio_symlink 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
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: $!";
341 354
3421; 3551;
343 356
344=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 357=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
345 358
346IO::AIO handles all outstanding AIO requests before the fork, destroys all 359Before the fork IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests can be
347AIO threads, and recreates them in both the parent and the child after the 360added in other threads and no results will be processed. After the fork
348fork. 361the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues request/result
349 362processing, while the child clears the request/result queue and starts the
363same number of threads as were in use by the parent.
350 364
351=head1 SEE ALSO 365=head1 SEE ALSO
352 366
353L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 367L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
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