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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
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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
53	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
55		36
56	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program	37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
57	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation	38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
58	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This	39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
59	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even	40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
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61	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are	42	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
62	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster	43	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
63	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations	44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
64	concurrently.	45	concurrently.
65		46
66	While this works on all types of file descriptors (for example sockets),	47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
67	using these functions on file descriptors that support nonblocking	48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
68	operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient. Use an event	49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
69	loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally	50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
70	fit into such an event loop itself.	51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
71		52
72	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
73	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
74	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
75	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio	56	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
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77	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
78	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
79	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
80	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
81		62
82	Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)	63	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
83	threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate	64	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
84	locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or	65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
85	never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
86		67
87	=head2 EXAMPLE	68	=head2 EXAMPLE
88		69
89	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads	70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
90	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:	71	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
91		72
92	use Fcntl;	73	use Fcntl;
93	use Event;	74	use EV;
94	use IO::AIO;	75	use IO::AIO;
95		76
96	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event	77	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
97	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	78	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
98	poll => 'r',
99	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
100		79
101	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	80	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
102	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	81	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
103	my $fh = $_[0]	82	my $fh = shift
104	or die "error while opening: $!";	83	or die "error while opening: $!";
105		84
106	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking	85	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
107	my $size = -s $fh;	86	my $size = -s $fh;
108		87
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116		95
117	# file contents now in $contents	96	# file contents now in $contents
118	print $contents;	97	print $contents;
119		98
120	# exit event loop and program	99	# exit event loop and program
121	Event::unloop;	100	EV::unloop;
122	};	101	};
123	};	102	};
124		103
125	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	104	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
126	# check for sockets etc. etc.	105	# check for sockets etc. etc.
127		106
128	# process events as long as there are some:	107	# process events as long as there are some:
129	Event::loop;	108	EV::loop;
130		109
131	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	110	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
132		111
133	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	112	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
134	directly visible to Perl.	113	directly visible to Perl.
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176	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore	155	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
177	(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
178	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or	157	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
179	result in a runtime error).	158	result in a runtime error).
180		159
		160	=back
		161
181	=cut	162	=cut
182		163
183	package IO::AIO;	164	package IO::AIO;
184		165
185	no warnings;	166	use Carp ();
186	use strict 'vars';	167
		168	use common::sense;
187		169
188	use base 'Exporter';	170	use base 'Exporter';
189		171
190	BEGIN {	172	BEGIN {
191	our $VERSION = '2.1';	173	our $VERSION = '4.0';
192		174
193	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
194	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
195	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move	177	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
196	aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);	178	aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
		179	aio_pathsync aio_readahead
		180	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		181	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		182	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		183	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		184	aio_statvfs);
		185
197	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	186	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
198	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	187	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
199	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	188	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
200	nreqs nready npending nthreads	189	nreqs nready npending nthreads
201	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);	190	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		191	sendfile fadvise madvise
		192	mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
		193
		194	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
202		195
203	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	196	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
204		197
205	require XSLoader;	198	require XSLoader;
206	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	199	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
207	}	200	}
208		201
209	=head1 FUNCTIONS	202	=head1 FUNCTIONS
210		203
		204	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		205
		206	This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
		207	for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		208	documentation.
		209
		210	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		211	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		212	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		213	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		214	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		215	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		216	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		217	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		218	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		219	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		220	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		221	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		222	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		228	aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
		229	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		232	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		233	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		234	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		235	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		236	aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		237	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		238	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		239	aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		240	aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		241	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		242	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		243	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		244	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		245	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		246	aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		247	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_group $callback->(...)
		252	aio_nop $callback->()
		253
		254	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		255	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		256
		257	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		258	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		259	IO::AIO::poll
		260	IO::AIO::flush
		261	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		262	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		263	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		264	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		265	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		266	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		267	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		268	IO::AIO::nreqs
		269	IO::AIO::nready
		270	IO::AIO::npending
		271
		272	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		273	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		274	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		275	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		276	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		277	IO::AIO::munlockall
		278
211	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	279	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
212		280
213	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	281	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
214	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	282	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
215	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	283	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
216	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	284	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
217	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	285	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
218	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	286	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
219	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	287	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
220		288
221	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	289	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
222	internally until the request has finished.	290	internally until the request has finished.
223		291
224	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	292	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
225	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	293	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
226		294
227	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	295	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
228	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	296	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
229	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	297	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
230	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	298	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
231	current working directory.	299	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		300	paths.
232		301
233	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	302	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
234	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	303	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
235	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	304	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
236	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	305	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
237	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	306	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
238	use something else.	307	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		308
		309	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		310	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
239		311
240	=over 4	312	=over 4
241		313
242	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	314	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
243		315
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263	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {	335	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
264	...	336	...
265	};	337	};
266	};	338	};
267		339
		340
268	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust	341	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
269		342
270	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current	343	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
271	priority, so effects are cumulative.	344	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		345
272		346
273	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	347	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
274		348
275	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	349	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
276	created filehandle for the file.	350	created filehandle for the file.
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282	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	356	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
283		357
284	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	358	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
285	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	359	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
286	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	360	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
287	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	361	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		362	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		363	change the umask.
288		364
289	Example:	365	Example:
290		366
291	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	367	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
292	if ($_[0]) {	368	if ($_[0]) {
293	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	369	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
294	...	370	...
295	} else {	371	} else {
296	die "open failed: $!\n";	372	die "open failed: $!\n";
297	}	373	}
298	};	374	};
299		375
		376	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		377	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		378	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		379	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		380
		381	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		382	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		383	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		384
		385
300	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	386	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
301		387
302	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	388	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
303	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	389	code.
304	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
305	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
306	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
307		390
308	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	391	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
309	therefore best to avoid this function.	392	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		393
		394	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		395	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		396	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		397
		398	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		399	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		400
		401	=cut
310		402
311	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	403	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
312		404
313	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	405	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
314		406
315	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	407	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
316	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	408	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
317	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	409	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
318	like the syscall).	410	error, just like the syscall).
		411
		412	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		413	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		414
		415	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		416	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		417	changed by these calls.
		418
		419	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		420	C<$data>.
		421
		422	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		423	C<$data>.
319		424
320	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	425	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
321	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	426	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
322	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	427	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
323		428
324	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	429	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
325	offset C<0> within the scalar:	430	offset C<0> within the scalar:
326		431
327	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	432	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
328	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	433	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
329	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	434	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
330	};	435	};
331		436
		437
332	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	438	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
333		439
334	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	440	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
335	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	441	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
336	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	442	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
337	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	443	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
338	other.	444	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		445	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
339		446
		447	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		448	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		449	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		450	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		451	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		452
		453	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		454	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		455	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		456	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		457	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		458	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		459	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		460	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		461	resource usage.
		462
340	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	463	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
341	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	464	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
342	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	465	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
343		466
344	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	467	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
345	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	468	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		469	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
346	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	470	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
347		471
348	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	472	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
349	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	473	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
350	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	474	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
351	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	475	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
352	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	476	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
353	read.	477	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
		478
354		479
355	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	480	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
356		481
357	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	482	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
358	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	483	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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364	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	489	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
365		490
366	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	491	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
367	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	492	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
368		493
		494
369	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	495	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
370		496
371	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	497	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
372		498
373	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	499	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
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378	for an explanation.	504	for an explanation.
379		505
380	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	506	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
381	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	507	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
382	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	508	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		509
		510	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		511	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		512	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		513	behaviour).
		514
		515	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		516	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		517	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
383		518
384	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	519	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
385		520
386	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	521	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
387	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	522	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
388	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	523	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
389	};	524	};
390		525
		526
		527	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		528
		529	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		530	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		531
		532	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		533	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		534	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		535	is passed.
		536
		537	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		538	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		539
		540	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		541	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		542	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		543	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		544	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		545
		546	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		547
		548	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		549	my $f = $_[0]
		550	or die "statvfs: $!";
		551
		552	use Data::Dumper;
		553	say Dumper $f;
		554	};
		555
		556	# result:
		557	{
		558	bsize => 1024,
		559	bfree => 4333064312,
		560	blocks => 10253828096,
		561	files => 2050765568,
		562	flag => 4096,
		563	favail => 2042092649,
		564	bavail => 4333064312,
		565	ffree => 2042092649,
		566	namemax => 255,
		567	frsize => 1024,
		568	fsid => 1810
		569	}
		570
		571
		572	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		573
		574	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		575	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		576	syscalls support them.
		577
		578	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		579	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		580	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		581
		582	Examples:
		583
		584	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		585	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		586	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		587	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		588
		589
		590	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		591
		592	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		593	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		594
		595	Examples:
		596
		597	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		598	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		599	# same as above:
		600	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		601
		602
		603	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		604
		605	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		606
		607
		608	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		609
		610	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		611
		612
391	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	613	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
392		614
393	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	615	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
394	result code.	616	result code.
395		617
		618
396	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	619	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
397		620
398	[EXPERIMENTAL]	621	[EXPERIMENTAL]
399		622
400	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	623	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
401		624
402	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	625	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
403		626
404	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	627	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		628
		629	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		630	and functions.
405		631
406	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	632	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
407		633
408	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	634	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
409	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	635	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
410		636
		637
411	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	638	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
412		639
413	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	640	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
414	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	641	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
415		642
		643
		644	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		645
		646	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		647	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		648	callback.
		649
		650
		651	=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
		652
		653	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		654	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
		655	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		656
		657	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		658	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		659
		660
416	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	661	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
417		662
418	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	663	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
419	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	664	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
420		665
		666
		667	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		668
		669	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		670	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		671	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		672
		673
421	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	674	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
422		675
423	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	676	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
424	result code.	677	result code.
		678
425		679
426	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	680	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
427		681
428	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	682	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
429	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	683	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
430	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	684	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
431		685
432	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	686	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
433	with the filenames.	687	array-ref with the filenames.
		688
		689
		690	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		691
		692	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
		693	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		694	C<undef>.
		695
		696	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		697	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		698
		699	=over 4
		700
		701	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		702
		703	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
		704	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		705	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		706	entry in more detail.
		707
		708	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		709
		710	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		711
		712	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		713	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		714	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		715
		716	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		717	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		718	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		719
		720	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		721	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		722	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		723
		724	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		725
		726	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		727	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		728	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		729	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		730
		731	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		732	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		733	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		734	short names are tried first.
		735
		736	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		737
		738	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		739	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		740	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		741	be fastest.
		742
		743	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		744	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		745
		746	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		747
		748	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		749	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		750	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
		751	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		752
		753	=back
		754
		755
		756	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		757
		758	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		759	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		760
		761	=cut
		762
		763	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		764	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		765	my $data = \$_[1];
		766
		767	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		768	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		769
		770	aioreq_pri $pri;
		771	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		772	my $fh = shift
		773	or return $grp->result (-1);
		774
		775	aioreq_pri $pri;
		776	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		777	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		778	};
		779	};
		780
		781	$grp
		782	}
434		783
435	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	784	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
436		785
437	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	786	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
438	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	787	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
439	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	788	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
440		789
441	This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with	790	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
442	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	791	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
443	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	792	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
444	uid/gid, in that order.	793	uid/gid, in that order.
445		794
446	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if	795	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
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456	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	805	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
457		806
458	aioreq_pri $pri;	807	aioreq_pri $pri;
459	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	808	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
460	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	809	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
461	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	810	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
462		811
463	aioreq_pri $pri;	812	aioreq_pri $pri;
464	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	813	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
465	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	814	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
466	aioreq_pri $pri;	815	aioreq_pri $pri;
467	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	816	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
468	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	817	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
469	$grp->result (0);	818	$grp->result (0);
470	close $src_fh;	819	close $src_fh;
471		820
472	# those should not normally block. should. should.	821	my $ch = sub {
		822	aioreq_pri $pri;
		823	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		824	aioreq_pri $pri;
		825	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		826	aioreq_pri $pri;
		827	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		828	}
		829	};
		830	};
		831
		832	aioreq_pri $pri;
		833	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		834	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		835	aioreq_pri $pri;
473	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;	836	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
474	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;	837	} else {
475	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;	838	$ch->();
		839	}
476	close $dst_fh;	840	};
477	} else {	841	} else {
478	$grp->result (-1);	842	$grp->result (-1);
479	close $src_fh;	843	close $src_fh;
480	close $dst_fh;	844	close $dst_fh;
481		845
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498		862
499	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	863	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
500		864
501	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	865	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
502	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	866	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
503	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	867	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
504		868
505	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If	869	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
506	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	870	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
507	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.	871	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
508		872
509	=cut	873	=cut
510		874
511	sub aio_move($$;$) {	875	sub aio_move($$;$) {
512	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	876	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
…		…
519	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	883	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
520	aioreq_pri $pri;	884	aioreq_pri $pri;
521	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	885	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
522	$grp->result ($_[0]);	886	$grp->result ($_[0]);
523		887
524	if (!$_[0]) {	888	unless ($_[0]) {
525	aioreq_pri $pri;	889	aioreq_pri $pri;
526	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	890	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
527	}	891	}
528	};	892	};
529	} else {	893	} else {
…		…
559		923
560	Implementation notes.	924	Implementation notes.
561		925
562	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	926	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
563		927
		928	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		929	find directories.
		930
564	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	931	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
565	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	932	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
566	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	933	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
567	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	934	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
568	of subdirectories will be assumed.	935	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
569		936
570	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	937	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
571	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	938	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
572	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	939	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
573	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	940	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
574	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	941	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
575	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	942	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
576	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	943	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
577	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	944	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		945	the filetype information on readdir.
578		946
579	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	947	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
580	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	948	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
581		949
582	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	950	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
586	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	954	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
587	directory counting heuristic.	955	directory counting heuristic.
588		956
589	=cut	957	=cut
590		958
591	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	959	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
592	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	960	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
593		961
594	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	962	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
595		963
596	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	964	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
…		…
604	my $now = time;	972	my $now = time;
605	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	973	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
606		974
607	# read the directory entries	975	# read the directory entries
608	aioreq_pri $pri;	976	aioreq_pri $pri;
609	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	977	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
610	my $entries = shift	978	my $entries = shift
611	or return $grp->result ();	979	or return $grp->result ();
612		980
613	# stat the dir another time	981	# stat the dir another time
614	aioreq_pri $pri;	982	aioreq_pri $pri;
…		…
620	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	988	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
621	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	989	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
622	$ndirs = -1;	990	$ndirs = -1;
623	} else {	991	} else {
624	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	992	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
625	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	993	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
626	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	994	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
627	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	995	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
628	}	996	}
629		997
630	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
631	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
632	$entries = [map $_->[0],
633	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
634	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
635	@$entries];
636
637	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	998	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
638		999
639	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1000	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
640	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1001	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
641	};	1002	};
642		1003
643	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1004	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
644	feed $statgrp sub {	1005	feed $statgrp sub {
645	return unless @$entries;	1006	return unless @$entries;
646	my $entry = pop @$entries;	1007	my $entry = shift @$entries;
647		1008
648	aioreq_pri $pri;	1009	aioreq_pri $pri;
649	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1010	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
650	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1011	if ($_[0] < 0) {
651	push @nondirs, $entry;	1012	push @nondirs, $entry;
…		…
672	};	1033	};
673		1034
674	$grp	1035	$grp
675	}	1036	}
676		1037
		1038	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		1039
		1040	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		1041	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		1042	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		1043	everything else.
		1044
		1045	=cut
		1046
		1047	sub aio_rmtree;
		1048	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		1049	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1050
		1051	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1052	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1053
		1054	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1055	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		1056	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		1057
		1058	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		1059	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		1060	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1061	};
		1062	};
		1063
		1064	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		1065	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		1066
		1067	add $grp $dirgrp;
		1068	};
		1069
		1070	$grp
		1071	}
		1072
		1073	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		1074
		1075	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		1076
677	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1077	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
678		1078
679	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	1079	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
680	with the fsync result code.	1080	with the fsync result code.
681		1081
…		…
684	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1084	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
685	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1085	callback with the fdatasync result code.
686		1086
687	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1087	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
688	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1088	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1089
		1090	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1091
		1092	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1093	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1094	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1095	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1096
		1097	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1098
		1099	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1100	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1101	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1102	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1103
		1104	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1105	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1106	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1107	manpage for details.
		1108
		1109	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		1110
		1111	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		1112	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		1113	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		1114	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		1115	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		1116	not just directories.
		1117
		1118	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1119	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		1120
		1121	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		1122
		1123	=cut
		1124
		1125	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		1126	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1127
		1128	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1129	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1130
		1131	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1132	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		1133	my ($fh) = @_;
		1134	if ($fh) {
		1135	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1136	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		1137	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1138
		1139	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1140	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		1141	};
		1142	} else {
		1143	$grp->result (-1);
		1144	}
		1145	};
		1146
		1147	$grp
		1148	}
		1149
		1150	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1151
		1152	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1153	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1154	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1155	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1156	it).
		1157
		1158	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1159	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1160	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1161	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1162	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1163	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1164
		1165	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1166
		1167	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1168	scalars.
		1169
		1170	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1171	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1172	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1173	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1174	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
		1175	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1176
		1177	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1178
		1179	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1180	scalars.
		1181
		1182	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1183	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1184
		1185	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1186
		1187	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1188	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1189
		1190	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1191	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1192
		1193	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1194	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1195
		1196	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1197	my $data;
		1198	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1199	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1200
		1201	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1202
		1203	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1204	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1205
		1206	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1207	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1208
		1209	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1210	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1211
		1212	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1213
		1214	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
689		1215
690	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1216	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
691		1217
692	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1218	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
693	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1219	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
743	=item cancel $req	1269	=item cancel $req
744		1270
745	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1271	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
746	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1272	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
747	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1273	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
748	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1274	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
749	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1275	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1276	will not be freed prematurely.
750		1277
751	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1278	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
752		1279
753	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1280	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
754		1281
…		…
805	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1332	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
806	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1333	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
807	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1334	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
808	exist.	1335	exist.
809		1336
810	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1337	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
811	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1338	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
812	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1339	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
813	itself finish.	1340	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1341	finished will the the group itself finish.
814		1342
815	=over 4	1343	=over 4
816		1344
817	=item add $grp ...	1345	=item add $grp ...
818		1346
…		…
827	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1355	=item $grp->cancel_subs
828		1356
829	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1357	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
830	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1358	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
831		1359
		1360	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1361	group).
		1362
832	=item $grp->result (...)	1363	=item $grp->result (...)
833		1364
834	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1365	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
835	subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value	1366	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
836	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1367	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
837	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.	1368	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
838		1369
839	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])	1370	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
840		1371
…		…
851	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1382	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
852		1383
853	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1384	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
854	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1385	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
855	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1386	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
856	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1387	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
857	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1388	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
858	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1389	delaying any later requests for a long time.
859		1390
860	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1391	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
861	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1392	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
862	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1393	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
863	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1394	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
867	not impose any limits).	1398	not impose any limits).
868		1399
869	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1400	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
870	automatically removed from the group.	1401	automatically removed from the group.
871		1402
872	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1403	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1404	C<2> automatically.
873		1405
874	Example:	1406	Example:
875		1407
876	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1408	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
877		1409
…		…
889	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1421	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
890	the group contains less than this many requests.	1422	the group contains less than this many requests.
891		1423
892	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1424	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
893		1425
		1426	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1427	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1428
894	=back	1429	=back
895		1430
896	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1431	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
897		1432
898	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION	1433	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
…		…
900	=over 4	1435	=over 4
901		1436
902	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1437	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
903		1438
904	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1439	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
905	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1440	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
906	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1441	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
907	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1442	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
908		1443
909	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1444	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
910		1445
911	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1446	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
912		1447
913	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1448	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
914	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1449	this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
915	when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on	1450	were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
916	the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.	1451	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
		1452	events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
		1453	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
917		1454
918	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1455	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
919	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.	1456	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1457	do anything special to have it called later.
		1458
		1459	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1460	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1461	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1462	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1463	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1464	requests.
920		1465
921	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1466	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
922	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1467	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1468	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
923		1469
924	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1470	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
925	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1471	poll => 'r', async => 1,
926	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1472	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1473
		1474	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1475
		1476	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
		1477	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
		1478	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
		1479	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
		1480
		1481	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1482
		1483	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1484
		1485	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1486
		1487	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1488	equivalent to:
		1489
		1490	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1491
		1492	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1493
		1494	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1495
		1496	Strictly equivalent to:
		1497
		1498	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1499	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
927		1500
928	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1501	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
929		1502
930	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1503	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
931		1504
…		…
933	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively	1506	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
934	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in	1507	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
935	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount	1508	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
936	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).	1509	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
937		1510
		1511	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1512	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1513	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1514	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1515
938	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of	1516	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
939	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in	1517	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
940	time.	1518	time.
941		1519
942	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.	1520	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
943		1521
944	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1522	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
945	IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the	1523	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
946	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.	1524	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
947		1525
948	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb	1526	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
949	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;	1527	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
950		1528
951	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1529	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
952	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1530	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
953	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1531	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
954	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1532	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
955		1533
956	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1534	=back
957
958	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
959	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously
960	wait for some requests to finish).
961
962	See C<nreqs> for an example.
963
964	=item IO::AIO::poll
965
966	Waits until some requests have been handled.
967
968	Strictly equivalent to:
969
970	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
971	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
972
973	=item IO::AIO::flush
974
975	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
976
977	Strictly equivalent to:
978
979	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
980	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
981		1535
982	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1536	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
		1537
		1538	=over
983		1539
984	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1540	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
985		1541
986	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current	1542	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
987	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	1543	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
…		…
1015		1571
1016	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1572	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1017		1573
1018	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	1574	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1019		1575
1020	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	1576	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1021	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	1577	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1022	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	1578	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1023	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	1579	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1580	exit.
1024		1581
1025	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	1582	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1026	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	1583	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1027	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	1584	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1028		1585
1029	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	1586	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1030	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	1587	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1031	want to use larger values.	1588	want to use larger values.
1032		1589
		1590	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1591
		1592	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1593	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1594
1033	=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1595	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1596
		1597	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		1598	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		1599	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1600	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1601	longer exceeded.
		1602
		1603	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		1604	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1034		1605
1035	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	1606	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1036	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	1607	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1037	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	1608	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1038		1609
1039	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1610	It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1040	to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	1611	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1041	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1042	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1043		1612
1044	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	1613	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1045	number of outstanding requests.
1046		1614
1047	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	1615	for my $path (...) {
1048	C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	1616	aio_stat $path , ...;
1049	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	1617	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1618	}
		1619
		1620	IO::AIO::flush;
		1621
		1622	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1623	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1624	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1625	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1626
		1627	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1628	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
		1629
		1630	=back
1050		1631
1051	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	1632	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1633
		1634	=over
1052		1635
1053	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1636	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1054		1637
1055	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending	1638	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1056	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).	1639	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
…		…
1070	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,	1653	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1071	but not yet processed by poll_cb).	1654	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1072		1655
1073	=back	1656	=back
1074		1657
		1658	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1659
		1660	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1661	asynchronous.
		1662
		1663	=over 4
		1664
		1665	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1666
		1667	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1668	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1669	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1670	operations).
		1671
		1672	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		1673
		1674	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1675
		1676	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		1677	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1678	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1679	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		1680	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		1681
		1682	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		1683	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		1684
		1685	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		1686
		1687	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		1688	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1689	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1690	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		1691
		1692	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		1693	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		1694
		1695	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		1696
		1697	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		1698	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		1699	constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		1700	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		1701
		1702	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		1703	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		1704
		1705	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		1706
		1707	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		1708	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
		1709
		1710	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		1711	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		1712	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		1713
		1714	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		1715
		1716	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		1717	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		1718	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		1719
		1720	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		1721	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		1722
		1723	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		1724	filesize.
		1725
		1726	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		1727	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		1728
		1729	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		1730	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
		1731	not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
		1732	(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
		1733	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		1734	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
		1735	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
		1736
		1737	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		1738
		1739	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		1740	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		1741
		1742	Example:
		1743
		1744	use Digest::MD5;
		1745	use IO::AIO;
		1746
		1747	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		1748	or die "$!";
		1749
		1750	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		1751	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		1752
		1753	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		1754
		1755	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		1756
		1757	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		1758
		1759	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		1760
		1761	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		1762	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		1763
		1764	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		1765
		1766	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		1767
		1768	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		1769	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		1770
		1771	=back
		1772
1075	=cut	1773	=cut
1076		1774
1077	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1078	sub _fd2fh {
1079	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1080
1081	# try to generate nice filehandles
1082	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1083	local *$sym;
1084
1085	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1086	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1087	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1088	or return undef;
1089
1090	*$sym
1091	}
1092
1093	min_parallel 8;	1775	min_parallel 8;
1094		1776
1095	END {	1777	END { flush }
1096	min_parallel 1;
1097	flush;
1098	};
1099		1778
1100	1;	1779	1;
1101		1780
		1781	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1782
		1783	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		1784	automatically into many event loops:
		1785
		1786	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		1787	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		1788
		1789	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		1790	some examples of how to do this:
		1791
		1792	# EV integration
		1793	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1794
		1795	# Event integration
		1796	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1797	poll => 'r',
		1798	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1799
		1800	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		1801	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1802	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		1803
		1804	# Tk integration
		1805	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		1806	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1807
		1808	# Danga::Socket integration
		1809	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		1810	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1811
1102	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1812	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1103		1813
1104	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1814	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		1815	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		1816	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		1817	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		1818	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		1819	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		1820	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1105		1821
1106	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1822	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1107	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1823	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1108	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1824	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1109	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1110	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1111	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1112	parent process has been reached again.
1113		1825
1114	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	1826	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1115	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	1827	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1116	yet.	1828	child:
		1829
		1830	=over 4
		1831
		1832	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		1833
		1834	Abondons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		1835	data structures. This is not an operation suppported by any standards, but
		1836	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		1837
		1838	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		1839	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		1840	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		1841	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		1842
		1843	=back
1117		1844
1118	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	1845	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1119		1846
1120	Per-request usage:	1847	Per-request usage:
1121		1848
…		…
1123	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly	1850	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1124	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl	1851	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1125	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and	1852	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1126	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.	1853	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1127		1854
1128	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	1855	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1129	problem.	1856	problem.
1130		1857
1131	Per-thread usage:	1858	Per-thread usage:
1132		1859
1133	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for	1860	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
…		…
1138		1865
1139	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.	1866	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1140		1867
1141	=head1 SEE ALSO	1868	=head1 SEE ALSO
1142		1869
1143	L<Coro::AIO>.	1870	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1871	more natural syntax.
1144		1872
1145	=head1 AUTHOR	1873	=head1 AUTHOR
1146		1874
1147	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1875	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1148	http://home.schmorp.de/	1876	http://home.schmorp.de/

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