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3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output 3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_;
11 ...
12 };
13
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 };
19
20 # AnyEvent
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23
24 # Event
25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
26 poll => 'r',
27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28
29 # Glib/Gtk2
30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32
33 # Tk
34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 # Danga::Socket
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40
8 41
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 42=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 43
11This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12operating system supports. 45operating system supports.
19not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
20for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 53for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
21remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
22 55
23Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 56Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
24currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
59C<aio_> functions) recursively.
25 60
26=cut 61=cut
27 62
28package IO::AIO; 63package IO::AIO;
29 64
65no warnings;
66use strict 'vars';
67
30use base 'Exporter'; 68use base 'Exporter';
31 69
32use Fcntl ();
33
34BEGIN { 70BEGIN {
35 $VERSION = 0.2; 71 our $VERSION = '1.8';
36 72
37 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 73 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
74 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
38 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 75 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move);
39 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 76 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
40 77
41 require XSLoader; 78 require XSLoader;
42 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 79 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
43} 80}
44 81
45=head1 FUNCTIONS 82=head1 FUNCTIONS
46 83
47=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 84=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
48 85
49All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 86All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
50with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 87with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
51and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 88and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
52a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 89which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
53return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 90the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
54usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 91perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
55been executed asynchronously. 92syscall has been executed asynchronously.
56 93
57All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 94All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
95internally until the request has finished.
58 96
59The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 97The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
60is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 98encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
61directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 99request is being executed, the current working directory could have
100changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
62never change the current working directory. 101current working directory.
102
103To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
104always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
105etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
106your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
107environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
108use something else.
63 109
64=over 4 110=over 4
65 111
66=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 112=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
67 113
68Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 114Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
69created filehandle for the file. 115created filehandle for the file.
70 116
71The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 117The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
72for an explanation. 118for an explanation.
73 119
74The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 120The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
75list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 121list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
122
123Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
124didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
125except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
126and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
76 127
77Example: 128Example:
78 129
79 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 130 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
80 if ($_[0]) { 131 if ($_[0]) {
83 } else { 134 } else {
84 die "open failed: $!\n"; 135 die "open failed: $!\n";
85 } 136 }
86 }; 137 };
87 138
88=item aio_close $fh, $callback 139=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
89 140
90Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 141Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
91code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 142code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
92filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 143filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
93the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 144time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
94or just let filehandles go out of scope. 145C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
95 146
147This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
148therefore best to avoid this function.
149
96=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
97 151
98=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
99 153
100Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 154Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
101into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 155into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
102callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 156callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
103like the syscall). 157like the syscall).
104 158
159The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
160is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
161necessary/optional hardware is installed).
162
105Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 163Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
106offset C<0> within the scalar: 164offset C<0> within the scalar:
107 165
108 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 166 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
109 $_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; 167 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
110 print "read <$buffer>\n"; 168 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
111 }; 169 };
112 170
171=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
172
173[EXPERIMENTAL]
174
175Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or destination)
176from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
177
178This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
179rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
180and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
181followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
182order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
183
184If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
185possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
186errors are being ignored.
187
188=cut
189
190sub aio_move($$$) {
191 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
192
193 aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
194 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
195 aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
196 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
197 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
198
199 aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
200 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
201 aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
202 close $src_fh;
203
204 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
205 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
206 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
207 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
208 close $dst_fh;
209
210 aio_unlink $src, sub {
211 $cb->($_[0]);
212 };
213 } else {
214 my $errno = $!;
215 aio_unlink $dst, sub {
216 $! = $errno;
217 $cb->(-1);
218 };
219 }
220 };
221 } else {
222 $cb->(-1);
223 }
224 },
225
226 } else {
227 $cb->(-1);
228 }
229 };
230 } else {
231 $cb->($_[0]);
232 }
233 };
234}
235
236=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
237
238Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
239reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
240file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
241than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
242other.
243
244This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
245zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
246socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
247
248If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
249emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
250regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
251
252Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
253C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
254bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
255provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
256value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
257read.
258
113=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 259=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
114 260
115Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
116the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
117C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
118
119readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 261C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
120subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 262subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
121argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 263argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
122C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 264C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
123whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 265whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
124and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 266and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
125(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 267(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
126file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 268file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
127 269
270If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
271emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
272
128=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 273=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
129 274
130=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 275=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
131 276
132Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 277Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
133be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 278be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
134or C<-s _> etc... 279or C<-s _> etc...
135 280
145 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 290 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
146 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 291 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
147 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 292 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
148 }; 293 };
149 294
150=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 295=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
151 296
152Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 297Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
153result code. 298result code.
154 299
300=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
301
302Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
303the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
304
305=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
306
307Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
308the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
309
310=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
311
312Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
313rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
314
315=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
316
317Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
318result code.
319
320=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
321
322Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
323directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
324sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
325
326The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
327with the filenames.
328
329=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
330
331Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the
332entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse
333into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else).
334
335C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many
336aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding
337aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a
338suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).
339
340On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
341two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
342
343Example:
344
345 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
346 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
347 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
348 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
349 };
350
351Implementation notes.
352
353The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
354
355After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
356directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the
357link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if
358>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be
359assumed.
360
361Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a
362non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every
363entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often
364faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without
365reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds,
366it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which
367will be checked seperately).
368
369If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the
370entries is assumed to be non-directories.
371
372=cut
373
374sub aio_scandir($$$) {
375 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
376
377 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;
378
379 # stat once
380 aio_stat $path, sub {
381 return $cb->() if $_[0];
382 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
383
384 # read the directory entries
385 aio_readdir $path, sub {
386 my $entries = shift
387 or return $cb->();
388
389 # stat the dir another time
390 aio_stat $path, sub {
391 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
392
393 my $ndirs;
394
395 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
396 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) {
397 $ndirs = -1;
398 } else {
399 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
400 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
401 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
402 or return $cb->([], $entries);
403 }
404
405 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
406 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
407 $entries = [map $_->[0],
408 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
409 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
410 @$entries];
411
412 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
413
414 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
415 my $nreq = 0;
416
417 $schedcb = sub {
418 if (@$entries) {
419 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
420 my $ent = pop @$entries;
421 $nreq++;
422 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
423 }
424 } elsif (!$nreq) {
425 # finished
426 undef $statcb;
427 undef $schedcb;
428 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
429 undef $cb;
430 }
431 };
432 $statcb = sub {
433 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
434
435 if ($status < 0) {
436 $nreq--;
437 push @nondirs, $entry;
438 &$schedcb;
439 } else {
440 # need to check for real directory
441 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
442 $nreq--;
443
444 if (-d _) {
445 push @dirs, $entry;
446
447 if (!--$ndirs) {
448 push @nondirs, @$entries;
449 $entries = [];
450 }
451 } else {
452 push @nondirs, $entry;
453 }
454
455 &$schedcb;
456 }
457 }
458 };
459
460 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
461 };
462 };
463 };
464}
465
155=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 466=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
156 467
157Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 468Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
158with the fsync result code. 469with the fsync result code.
159 470
160=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 471=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
161 472
162Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 473Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
163callback with the fdatasync result code. 474callback with the fdatasync result code.
164 475
476If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
477detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
478
165=back 479=back
166 480
167=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 481=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
168 482
169=over 4 483=over 4
170 484
171=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 485=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
172 486
173Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be 487Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
174polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event 488polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
175or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call 489select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
176C<poll_cb> to check the results. 490to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
177 491
178See C<poll_cb> for an example. 492See C<poll_cb> for an example.
179 493
180=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 494=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
181 495
182Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 496Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
183regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 497regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
184when no events are outstanding. 498when no events are outstanding.
185 499
186You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.: 500Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
501IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
187 502
188 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 503 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
189 poll => 'r', async => 1, 504 poll => 'r', async => 1,
190 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 505 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
191 506
192=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 507=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
193 508
194Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 509Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
195select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 510C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
196for some requests to finish). 511for some requests to finish).
197 512
198See C<nreqs> for an example. 513See C<nreqs> for an example.
199 514
200=item IO::AIO::nreqs 515=item IO::AIO::nreqs
201 516
202Returns the number of requests currently outstanding. 517Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
518callback has not been invoked yet).
203 519
204Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 520Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
205 521
206 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 522 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
207 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 523 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
208 524
525=item IO::AIO::flush
526
527Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
528
529Strictly equivalent to:
530
531 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
532 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
533
534=item IO::AIO::poll
535
536Waits until some requests have been handled.
537
538Strictly equivalent to:
539
540 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
541 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
542
209=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 543=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
210 544
211Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 545Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default
212C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 546is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time
213(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 547(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
548
549IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
550no free thread exists.
214 551
215It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 552It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
216kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 553kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
217parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 554parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
218threads should be fine. 555threads should be fine.
219 556
220Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 557Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
221module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 558module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
222and is currently 4).
223 559
224=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 560=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
225 561
226Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 562Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
227the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 563specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
228function blocks until the limit is reached. 564them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
565
566While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
567until the number of threads has been increased again.
229 568
230This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 569This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
231that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 570that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
232 571
233Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 572Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
237Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 576Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
238try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 577try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
239some requests have been handled. 578some requests have been handled.
240 579
241The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 580The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
242queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 581queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
243this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. 582this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
244 583
245Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 584Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
246 585
247=back 586=back
250 589
251# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 590# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
252sub _fd2fh { 591sub _fd2fh {
253 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 592 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
254 593
255 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 594 # try to generate nice filehandles
256 local *AIO_FH; 595 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
257 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 596 local *$sym;
597
598 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
599 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
600 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
258 or return undef; 601 or return undef;
259 602
260 *AIO_FH 603 *$sym
261} 604}
262 605
263min_parallel 4; 606min_parallel 4;
264 607
265END { 608END {
266 max_parallel 0; 609 max_parallel 0;
267} 610}
268 611
2691; 6121;
270 613
614=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
615
616Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
617can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
618the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
619request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
620queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
621the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
622parent process has been reached again.
623
271=head1 SEE ALSO 624=head1 SEE ALSO
272 625
273L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 626L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
274 627
275=head1 AUTHOR 628=head1 AUTHOR

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