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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", 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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18	};	19	};
19		20
20	# version 2+ has request and group objects	21	# version 2+ has request and group objects
21	use IO::AIO 2;	22	use IO::AIO 2;
22		23
		24	aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
23	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue	26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25		27
26	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };	28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;	29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28		30
		31	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		32	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		33
29	# AnyEvent integration	34	# EV integration
30	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";	35	my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
31	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32		36
33	# Event integration	37	# Event integration
34	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	38	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35	poll => 'r',	39	poll => 'r',
36	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	40	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
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50	=head1 DESCRIPTION	54	=head1 DESCRIPTION
51		55
52	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	56	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
53	operating system supports.	57	operating system supports.
54		58
		59	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		60	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
		61	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
		62	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		63	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		64	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
		65	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
		66	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		67	concurrently.
		68
		69	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		70	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		71	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very
		72	inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event>
		73	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
		74
55	Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes	75	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
56	and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in perl, and	76	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
57	the threads created by this module will not be visible to perl. In the	77	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
58	future, this module might make use of the native aio functions available	78	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
59	on many operating systems. However, they are often not well-supported	79	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
60	(Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, for example),	80	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
61	and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the remaining	81	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
62	functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	82	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
		83	using threads anyway.
63		84
64	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	85	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
65	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call	86	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
66	C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other	87	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
67	C<aio_> functions) recursively.	88	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		89
		90	=head2 EXAMPLE
		91
		92	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads
		93	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
		94
		95	use Fcntl;
		96	use Event;
		97	use IO::AIO;
		98
		99	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event
		100	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		101	poll => 'r',
		102	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		103
		104	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
		105	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		106	my $fh = shift
		107	or die "error while opening: $!";
		108
		109	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
		110	my $size = -s $fh;
		111
		112	# queue a request to read the file
		113	my $contents;
		114	aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
		115	$_[0] == $size
		116	or die "short read: $!";
		117
		118	close $fh;
		119
		120	# file contents now in $contents
		121	print $contents;
		122
		123	# exit event loop and program
		124	Event::unloop;
		125	};
		126	};
		127
		128	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
		129	# check for sockets etc. etc.
		130
		131	# process events as long as there are some:
		132	Event::loop;
		133
		134	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
		135
		136	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
		137	directly visible to Perl.
		138
		139	If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
		140	object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
		141	which saves a bit of memory.
		142
		143	The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
		144	are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
		145
		146	During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
		147	in order:
		148
		149	=over 4
		150
		151	=item ready
		152
		153	Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
		154	waiting for a thread to execute it.
		155
		156	=item execute
		157
		158	A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
		159	executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
		160
		161	=item pending
		162
		163	The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
		164
		165	While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
		166	processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
		167	(or another function with the same effect).
		168
		169	=item result
		170
		171	The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
		172
		173	The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
		174	calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
		175	any groups they are contained in.
		176
		177	=item done
		178
		179	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
		180	(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
		181	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
		182	result in a runtime error).
		183
		184	=back
68		185
69	=cut	186	=cut
70		187
71	package IO::AIO;	188	package IO::AIO;
		189
		190	use Carp ();
72		191
73	no warnings;	192	no warnings;
74	use strict 'vars';	193	use strict 'vars';
75		194
76	use base 'Exporter';	195	use base 'Exporter';
77		196
78	BEGIN {	197	BEGIN {
79	our $VERSION = '2.0';	198	our $VERSION = '3.19';
80		199
81	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	200	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
82	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink	201	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir
83	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move	202	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
84	aio_group aio_nop);	203	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
		204	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		205	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		206	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);
		207
85	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri));	208	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
86	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	209	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
87	min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);	210	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
		211	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		212	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);
		213
		214	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
88		215
89	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	216	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
90		217
91	require XSLoader;	218	require XSLoader;
92	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	219	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
93	}	220	}
94		221
95	=head1 FUNCTIONS	222	=head1 FUNCTIONS
96		223
97	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	224	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
98		225
99	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	226	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
100	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	227	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
101	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	228	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
102	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	229	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
103	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	230	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
104	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	231	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
105	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	232	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
106		233
107	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	234	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
108	internally until the request has finished.	235	internally until the request has finished.
109		236
110	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	237	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
111	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	238	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
112		239
113	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	240	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
114	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	241	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
115	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	242	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
116	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	243	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
117	current working directory.	244	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		245	paths.
118		246
119	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	247	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
120	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	248	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
121	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	249	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
122	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	250	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
123	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	251	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
124	use something else.	252	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		253
		254	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		255	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
125		256
126	=over 4	257	=over 4
		258
		259	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		260
		261	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
		262	C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
		263
		264	The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
		265	and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
		266	first.
		267
		268	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
		269	functions.
		270
		271	Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
		272	higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
		273	open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
		274
		275	aioreq_pri -3;
		276	aio_open ..., sub {
		277	return unless $_[0];
		278
		279	aioreq_pri -2;
		280	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
		281	...
		282	};
		283	};
		284
		285
		286	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		287
		288	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
		289	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		290
127		291
128	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	292	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
129		293
130	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	294	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
131	created filehandle for the file.	295	created filehandle for the file.
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137	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	301	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
138		302
139	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	303	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
140	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	304	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
141	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	305	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
142	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	306	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		307	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		308	change the umask.
143		309
144	Example:	310	Example:
145		311
146	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	312	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
147	if ($_[0]) {	313	if ($_[0]) {
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150	} else {	316	} else {
151	die "open failed: $!\n";	317	die "open failed: $!\n";
152	}	318	}
153	};	319	};
154		320
		321
155	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	322	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
156		323
157	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	324	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
158	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	325	code.
159	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
160	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
161	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
162		326
163	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	327	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
164	therefore best to avoid this function.	328	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		329
		330	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		331	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		332	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		333
		334	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		335	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		336
		337	=cut
165		338
166	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	339	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
167		340
168	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	341	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
169		342
170	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	343	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
171	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	344	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
172	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	345	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
173	like the syscall).	346	error, just like the syscall).
		347
		348	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		349	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		350
		351	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		352	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		353	changed by these calls.
		354
		355	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		356	C<$data>.
		357
		358	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		359	C<$data>.
174		360
175	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	361	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
176	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	362	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
177	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	363	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
178		364
179	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	365	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
180	offset C<0> within the scalar:	366	offset C<0> within the scalar:
181		367
182	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	368	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
183	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	369	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
184	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	370	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
185	};	371	};
186		372
187	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
188
189	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
190
191	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
192	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
193	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
194
195	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
196	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
197	and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
198	followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
199	order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
200
201	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
202	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
203	errors are being ignored.
204
205	=cut
206
207	sub aio_move($$$) {
208	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
209
210	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
211
212	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
213	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
214	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
215	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
216	my @stat = stat $src_fh;
217
218	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
219	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
220	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
221	close $src_fh;
222
223	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
224	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
225	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
226	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
227	close $dst_fh;
228
229	add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
230	$grp->result ($_[0]);
231	};
232	} else {
233	my $errno = $!;
234	add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
235	$! = $errno;
236	$grp->result (-1);
237	};
238	}
239	};
240	} else {
241	$grp->result (-1);
242	}
243	},
244
245	} else {
246	$grp->result (-1);
247	}
248	};
249	} else {
250	$grp->result ($_[0]);
251	}
252	};
253
254	$grp
255	}
256		373
257	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	374	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
258		375
259	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	376	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
260	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	377	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
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274	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	391	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
275	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	392	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
276	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	393	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
277	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	394	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
278	read.	395	read.
		396
279		397
280	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	398	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
281		399
282	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	400	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
283	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	401	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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289	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	407	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
290		408
291	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	409	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
292	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	410	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
293		411
		412
294	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	413	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
295		414
296	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	415	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
297		416
298	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	417	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
…		…
311	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	430	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
312	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	431	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
313	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	432	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
314	};	433	};
315		434
		435
		436	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		437
		438	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		439	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		440	syscalls support them.
		441
		442	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		443	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		444	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		445
		446	Examples:
		447
		448	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		449	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		450	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		451	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		452
		453
		454	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		455
		456	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		457	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		458
		459	Examples:
		460
		461	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		462	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		463	# same as above:
		464	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		465
		466
		467	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		468
		469	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		470
		471
		472	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		473
		474	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		475
		476
316	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	477	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
317		478
318	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	479	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
319	result code.	480	result code.
320		481
		482
		483	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		484
		485	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		486
		487	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
		488
		489	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
		490
		491	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		492
		493
321	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	494	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
322		495
323	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	496	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
324	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	497	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
325		498
		499
326	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	500	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
327		501
328	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	502	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
329	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	503	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
330		504
		505
		506	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		507
		508	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		509	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		510	callback.
		511
		512
331	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	513	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
332		514
333	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	515	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
334	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	516	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
335		517
		518
		519	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		520
		521	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		522	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		523	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		524
		525
336	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	526	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
337		527
338	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	528	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
339	result code.	529	result code.
		530
340		531
341	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	532	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
342		533
343	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	534	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
344	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	535	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
345	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	536	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
346		537
347	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	538	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
348	with the filenames.	539	with the filenames.
349		540
		541
		542	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		543
		544	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		545	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		546
		547	=cut
		548
		549	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		550	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		551	my $data = \$_[1];
		552
		553	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		554	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		555
		556	aioreq_pri $pri;
		557	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		558	my $fh = shift
		559	or return $grp->result (-1);
		560
		561	aioreq_pri $pri;
		562	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		563	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		564	};
		565	};
		566
		567	$grp
		568	}
		569
		570	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		571
		572	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		573	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		574	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		575
		576	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
		577	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
		578	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
		579	uid/gid, in that order.
		580
		581	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		582	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		583	errors are being ignored.
		584
		585	=cut
		586
		587	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
		588	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		589
		590	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		591	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		592
		593	aioreq_pri $pri;
		594	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		595	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		596	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might bock over nfs?
		597
		598	aioreq_pri $pri;
		599	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
		600	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		601	aioreq_pri $pri;
		602	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		603	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		604	$grp->result (0);
		605	close $src_fh;
		606
		607	my $ch = sub {
		608	aioreq_pri $pri;
		609	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		610	aioreq_pri $pri;
		611	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		612	aioreq_pri $pri;
		613	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		614	}
		615	};
		616	};
		617
		618	aioreq_pri $pri;
		619	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		620	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		621	aioreq_pri $pri;
		622	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		623	} else {
		624	$ch->();
		625	}
		626	};
		627	} else {
		628	$grp->result (-1);
		629	close $src_fh;
		630	close $dst_fh;
		631
		632	aioreq $pri;
		633	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
		634	}
		635	};
		636	} else {
		637	$grp->result (-1);
		638	}
		639	},
		640
		641	} else {
		642	$grp->result (-1);
		643	}
		644	};
		645
		646	$grp
		647	}
		648
		649	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		650
		651	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		652	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		653	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		654
		655	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
		656	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
		657	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
		658
		659	=cut
		660
		661	sub aio_move($$;$) {
		662	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		663
		664	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		665	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		666
		667	aioreq_pri $pri;
		668	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		669	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		670	aioreq_pri $pri;
		671	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
		672	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		673
		674	if (!$_[0]) {
		675	aioreq_pri $pri;
		676	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		677	}
		678	};
		679	} else {
		680	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		681	}
		682	};
		683
		684	$grp
		685	}
		686
350	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	687	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
351		688
352	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
353
354	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	689	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
355	separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones	690	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
356	you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot	691	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
357	recurse into (everything else).	692	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
358		693
359	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_	694	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
360	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that	695	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
361	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default	696	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
362	will be chosen (currently 6).	697	will be chosen (currently 4).
363		698
364	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	699	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
365	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.	700	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
366		701
367	Example:	702	Example:
…		…
401	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	736	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
402	directory counting heuristic.	737	directory counting heuristic.
403		738
404	=cut	739	=cut
405		740
406	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	741	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
407	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	742	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
408		743
		744	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		745
409	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	746	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
410		747
411	$maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0;	748	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
412		749
413	# stat once	750	# stat once
		751	aioreq_pri $pri;
414	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	752	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
415	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	753	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
416	my $now = time;	754	my $now = time;
417	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	755	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
418		756
419	# read the directory entries	757	# read the directory entries
		758	aioreq_pri $pri;
420	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	759	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
421	my $entries = shift	760	my $entries = shift
422	or return $grp->result ();	761	or return $grp->result ();
423		762
424	# stat the dir another time	763	# stat the dir another time
		764	aioreq_pri $pri;
425	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	765	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
426	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	766	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
427		767
428	my $ndirs;	768	my $ndirs;
429		769
…		…
444	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],	784	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
445	@$entries];	785	@$entries];
446		786
447	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	787	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
448		788
449	my ($statcb, $schedcb);
450	my $nreq = 0;
451
452	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group;	789	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
		790	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		791	};
453		792
454	$schedcb = sub {	793	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
455	if (@$entries) {	794	feed $statgrp sub {
456	if ($nreq < $maxreq) {	795	return unless @$entries;
457	my $ent = pop @$entries;	796	my $entry = pop @$entries;
		797
		798	aioreq_pri $pri;
		799	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
		800	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		801	push @nondirs, $entry;
		802	} else {
		803	# need to check for real directory
		804	aioreq_pri $pri;
		805	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
		806	if (-d _) {
		807	push @dirs, $entry;
		808
		809	unless (--$ndirs) {
		810	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		811	feed $statgrp;
		812	}
		813	} else {
		814	push @nondirs, $entry;
		815	}
458	$nreq++;	816	}
459	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
460	}	817	}
461	} elsif (!$nreq) {
462	# finished
463	$statgrp->cancel;
464	undef $statcb;
465	undef $schedcb;
466	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
467	}	818	};
468	};	819	};
469	$statcb = sub {
470	my ($status, $entry) = @_;
471
472	if ($status < 0) {
473	$nreq--;
474	push @nondirs, $entry;
475	&$schedcb;
476	} else {
477	# need to check for real directory
478	add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
479	$nreq--;
480
481	if (-d _) {
482	push @dirs, $entry;
483
484	if (!--$ndirs) {
485	push @nondirs, @$entries;
486	$entries = [];
487	}
488	} else {
489	push @nondirs, $entry;
490	}
491
492	&$schedcb;
493	}
494	}
495	};
496
497	&$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
498	};	820	};
499	};	821	};
500	};	822	};
501		823
502	$grp	824	$grp
503	}	825	}
504		826
		827	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		828
		829	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		830	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		831	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		832	everything else.
		833
		834	=cut
		835
		836	sub aio_rmtree;
		837	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		838	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		839
		840	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		841	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		842
		843	aioreq_pri $pri;
		844	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		845	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		846
		847	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		848	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		849	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		850	};
		851	};
		852
		853	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		854	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		855
		856	add $grp $dirgrp;
		857	};
		858
		859	$grp
		860	}
		861
		862	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		863
		864	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		865
505	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	866	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
506		867
507	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	868	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
508	with the fsync result code.	869	with the fsync result code.
509		870
…		…
513	callback with the fdatasync result code.	874	callback with the fdatasync result code.
514		875
515	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	876	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
516	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	877	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
517		878
		879	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		880
		881	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		882	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		883	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		884	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		885
		886	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		887	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		888	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		889	manpage for details.
		890
		891	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		892
		893	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		894	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		895	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		896	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		897	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		898	not just directories.
		899
		900	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		901
		902	=cut
		903
		904	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		905	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		906
		907	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		908	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		909
		910	aioreq_pri $pri;
		911	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		912	my ($fh) = @_;
		913	if ($fh) {
		914	aioreq_pri $pri;
		915	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		916	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		917
		918	aioreq_pri $pri;
		919	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		920	};
		921	} else {
		922	$grp->result (-1);
		923	}
		924	};
		925
		926	$grp
		927	}
		928
518	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	929	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
519
520	[EXPERIMENTAL]
521		930
522	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	931	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
523	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	932	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
524	many requests into a single, composite, request.	933	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
		934	and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
525		935
526	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below	936	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
527	for more info.	937	for more info.
528		938
529	Example:	939	Example:
…		…
548	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not	958	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
549	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have	959	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
550	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request	960	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
551	latency.	961	latency.
552		962
553	=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*	963	=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
554		964
555	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of	965	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
556	the request workers to sleep for the given time.	966	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
557		967
558	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests	968	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
559	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates	969	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
560	is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application	970	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
561	under artificial I/O pressure.	971	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
562		972
563	=back	973	=back
564		974
565	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	975	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
566		976
567	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	977	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
568	called in non-void context.	978	called in non-void context.
569
570	A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
571	in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
572	yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
573	(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
574	B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
575	callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
576	holds no resources anymore).
577		979
578	=over 4	980	=over 4
579		981
580	=item cancel $req	982	=item cancel $req
581		983
…		…
635	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.	1037	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
636		1038
637	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or	1039	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
638	any later time).	1040	any later time).
639		1041
640	=item * This does not harmonise well with C<max_outstanding>, so best do
641	not combine C<aio_group> with it. Groups and feeders are recommended for
642	this kind of concurrency-limiting.
643
644	=back	1042	=back
645		1043
646	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1044	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
647	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1045	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
648	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1046	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
649	exist.	1047	exist.
650		1048
651	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1049	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
652	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1050	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
653	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1051	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
654	itself finish.	1052	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1053	finished will the the group itself finish.
655		1054
656	=over 4	1055	=over 4
657		1056
658	=item add $grp ...	1057	=item add $grp ...
659		1058
…		…
663	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular	1062	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
664	dependencies.	1063	dependencies.
665		1064
666	Returns all its arguments.	1065	Returns all its arguments.
667		1066
		1067	=item $grp->cancel_subs
		1068
		1069	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
		1070	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
		1071
668	=item $grp->result (...)	1072	=item $grp->result (...)
669		1073
670	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1074	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
671	subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.	1075	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
		1076	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
		1077	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
		1078
		1079	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
		1080
		1081	Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
		1082	when the argument is missing.
		1083
		1084	Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
		1085	the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
		1086	default (0).
		1087
		1088	Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
		1089	before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
672		1090
673	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1091	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
674
675	[VERY EXPERIMENTAL]
676		1092
677	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1093	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
678	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1094	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
679	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1095	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
680	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1096	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
681	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1097	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
682	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1098	delaying any later requests for a long time.
683		1099
684	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1100	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
685	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1101	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
686	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<feed_limit>,	1102	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
687	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1103	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
688	requests.	1104	requests.
689		1105
690	The feed can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does not	1106	The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
691	impose any limits).	1107	not impose any limits).
692		1108
693	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1109	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
694	automatically removed from the group.	1110	automatically removed from the group.
695		1111
696	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1112	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1113	C<2> automatically.
697		1114
698	Example:	1115	Example:
699		1116
700	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1117	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
701		1118
702	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };	1119	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
703	feed_limit $grp 4;	1120	limit $grp 4;
704	feed $grp sub {	1121	feed $grp sub {
705	my $file = pop @files	1122	my $file = pop @files
706	or return;	1123	or return;
707		1124
708	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };	1125	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
709	};	1126	};
710		1127
711	=item feed_limit $grp $num	1128	=item limit $grp $num
712		1129
713	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1130	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
714	the group contains less than this many requests.	1131	the group contains less than this many requests.
715		1132
716	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1133	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
717		1134
		1135	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1136	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1137
718	=back	1138	=back
719		1139
720	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1140	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
		1141
		1142	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
721		1143
722	=over 4	1144	=over 4
723		1145
724	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1146	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
725		1147
…		…
730		1152
731	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1153	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
732		1154
733	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1155	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
734		1156
735	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1157	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
736	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1158	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
737	when no events are outstanding.	1159	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
		1160	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
		1161	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
		1162
		1163	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
		1164	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1165	do anything special to have it called later.
738		1166
739	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1167	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
740	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1168	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
741		1169
742	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1170	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
743	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1171	poll => 'r', async => 1,
744	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1172	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
745		1173
		1174	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1175
		1176	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1177
		1178	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1179	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1180	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1181	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1182	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1183
		1184	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1185	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1186	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1187	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1188
		1189	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1190	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1191	time.
		1192
		1193	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
		1194
		1195	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		1196	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
		1197	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
		1198
		1199	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1200	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1201
		1202	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
		1203	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1204	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
		1205	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1206
746	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1207	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
747		1208
		1209	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
748	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1210	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
749	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait	1211	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
750	for some requests to finish).	1212	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
751		1213
752	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1214	See C<nreqs> for an example.
753		1215
		1216	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1217
		1218	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1219
		1220	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1221	equivalent to:
		1222
		1223	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1224
754	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1225	=item IO::AIO::flush
755		1226
756	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their	1227	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
757	callback has not been invoked yet).
758		1228
759	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:	1229	Strictly equivalent to:
760		1230
761	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1231	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
762	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1232	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
763		1233
764	=item IO::AIO::flush	1234	=back
765		1235
766	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.	1236	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
767		1237
768	Strictly equivalent to:	1238	=over
769
770	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
771	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
772
773	=item IO::AIO::poll
774
775	Waits until some requests have been handled.
776
777	Strictly equivalent to:
778
779	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
780	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
781		1239
782	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1240	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
783		1241
784	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current	1242	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
785	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	1243	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
786	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,	1244	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
787	however, is unlimited).	1245	however, is unlimited).
788		1246
789	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1247	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
790	no free thread exists.	1248	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1249	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1250	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
791		1251
792	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some	1252	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
793	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads	1253	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
794	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6	1254	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
795	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.	1255	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
…		…
809	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1269	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
810	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1270	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
811		1271
812	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1272	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
813		1273
		1274	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1275
		1276	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
		1277	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
		1278	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
		1279	idle, it will free its resources and exit.
		1280
		1281	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1282	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1283	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1284
		1285	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1286	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1287	want to use larger values.
		1288
814	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs	1289	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
815		1290
816	[DEPRECATED]	1291	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
		1292	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
		1293	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
817		1294
818	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1295	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
819	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until	1296	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
820	some requests have been handled.	1297	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
		1298	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
821		1299
822	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you	1300	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
823	queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set	1301	number of outstanding requests.
824	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
825		1302
826	This function does not work well together with C<aio_group>'s, and their	1303	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
827	feeder interface is better suited to limiting concurrency, so do not use	1304	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
828	this function.	1305	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
829
830	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
831		1306
832	=back	1307	=back
833		1308
		1309	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1310
		1311	=over
		1312
		1313	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1314
		1315	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1316	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1317
		1318	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1319
		1320	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1321	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1322
		1323	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1324
		1325	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1326	executed).
		1327
		1328	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1329
		1330	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1331	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1332
		1333	=back
		1334
834	=cut	1335	=cut
835		1336
836	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
837	sub _fd2fh {
838	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
839
840	# try to generate nice filehandles
841	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
842	local *$sym;
843
844	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
845	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
846	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
847	or return undef;
848
849	*$sym
850	}
851
852	min_parallel 8;	1337	min_parallel 8;
853		1338
854	END {	1339	END { flush }
855	max_parallel 0;
856	}
857		1340
858	1;	1341	1;
859		1342
860	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1343	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
861		1344
862	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1345	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
863		1346
864	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1347	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
865	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1348	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
866	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1349	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
867	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result	1350	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
868	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in	1351	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
869	the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the	1352	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
870	parent process has been reached again.	1353	parent process has been reached again.
871		1354
872	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	1355	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
873	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	1356	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
874	yet.	1357	yet.
875		1358
876	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	1359	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
877		1360
		1361	Per-request usage:
		1362
878	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 128 bytes	1363	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
879	of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly a few	1364	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
880	hundred bytes). Perl scalars and other data passed into aio requests will	1365	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
881	also be locked.	1366	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
		1367	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
882		1368
883	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	1369	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
884	problem.	1370	problem.
885		1371
886	Each thread needs a stack area which is usually around 16k, sometimes much	1372	Per-thread usage:
887	larger, depending on the OS.	1373
		1374	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
		1375	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
		1376	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
		1377
		1378	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
		1379
		1380	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
888		1381
889	=head1 SEE ALSO	1382	=head1 SEE ALSO
890		1383
891	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).	1384	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1385	more natural syntax.
892		1386
893	=head1 AUTHOR	1387	=head1 AUTHOR
894		1388
895	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1389	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
896	http://home.schmorp.de/	1390	http://home.schmorp.de/

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