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3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output	3	IO::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: $!";
		18	};
		19
		20	# Event
		21	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		22	poll => 'r',
		23	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		24
		25	# Glib/Gtk2
		26	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		27	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		28
		29	# Tk
		30	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		31	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		32
		33	# Danga::Socket
		34	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		35	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		36
8		37
9	=head1 DESCRIPTION	38	=head1 DESCRIPTION
10		39
11	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	40	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12	operating system supports.	41	operating system supports.
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19	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,	48	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
20	for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the	49	for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
21	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	50	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
22		51
23	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	52	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
24	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself.	53	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
25		54	C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
26	=head2 API NOTES	55	C<aio_> functions) recursively.
27
28	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
29	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
30	and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be
31	a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall
32	return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which
33	usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has
34	been executed asynchronously.
35
36	All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor.
37
38	The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason
39	is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working
40	directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you
41	never change the current working directory.
42
43	=over 4
44		56
45	=cut	57	=cut
46		58
47	package IO::AIO;	59	package IO::AIO;
48		60
		61	no warnings;
		62
49	use base 'Exporter';	63	use base 'Exporter';
50		64
51	use Fcntl ();	65	use Fcntl ();
52		66
53	BEGIN {	67	BEGIN {
54	$VERSION = 0.1;	68	$VERSION = 1.1;
55		69
56	@EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink	70	@EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
57	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);	71	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);
58	@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel nreqs);	72	@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
59		73
60	require XSLoader;	74	require XSLoader;
61	XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;	75	XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
62	}	76	}
63		77
64	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	78	=head1 FUNCTIONS
65		79
66	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is	80	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
67	C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
68	(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
69		81
70	It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some linux	82	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
71	kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher	83	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
72	parallelity => MUCH higher latency).	84	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
		85	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
		86	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
		87	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
		88	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
73		89
74	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this	90	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
75	module automatically starts a single async thread.	91	internally until the request has finished.
76		92
77	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads	93	The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason
		94	for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the current
		95	working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure
		96	that you never change the current working directory.
78		97
79	Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than	98	=over 4
80	the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
81	function blocks until the limit is reached.
82
83	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
84	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
85
86	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
87
88	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
89
90	Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be
91	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event
92	or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call
93	C<poll_cb> to check the results.
94
95	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
96
97	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
98
99	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
100	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
101	when no events are outstanding.
102
103	You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.:
104
105	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
106	poll => 'r', async => 1,
107	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
108
109	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
110
111	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
112	select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
113	for some requests to finish).
114
115	See C<nreqs> for an example.
116
117	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
118
119	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding.
120
121	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
122
123	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
124	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
125		99
126	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback	100	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback
127		101
128	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	102	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129	created filehandle for the file.	103	created filehandle for the file.
130		104
131	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	105	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
132	for an explanation.	106	for an explanation.
133		107
134	The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	108	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
135	list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>.	109	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
		110
		111	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
		112	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
		113	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
		114	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
136		115
137	Example:	116	Example:
138		117
139	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	118	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
140	if ($_[0]) {	119	if ($_[0]) {
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147		126
148	=item aio_close $fh, $callback	127	=item aio_close $fh, $callback
149		128
150	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	129	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
151	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	130	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
152	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when	131	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
153	the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close>	132	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
154	or just let filehandles go out of scope.	133	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
		134
		135	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
		136	therefore best to avoid this function.
155		137
156	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback	138	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback
157		139
158	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback	140	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback
159		141
160	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	142	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
161	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	143	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
162	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	144	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
163	like the syscall).	145	like the syscall).
164		146
165	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at	147	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
166	offset C<0> within the scalar:	148	offset C<0> within the scalar:
167		149
168	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	150	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
169	$_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!";	151	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
170	print "read <$buffer>\n";	152	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
171	};	153	};
172		154
173	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback	155	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback
174		156
175	Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using	157	Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
176	the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be	158	the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS
177	C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.	159	isn't Linux) the status will be C<-1> and C<$!> is set to C<ENOSYS>.
178		160
179	readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that	161	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
180	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	162	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
181	argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and	163	argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
182	C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in	164	C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
183	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary	165	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
184	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to	166	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
185	(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the	167	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
186	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	168	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
187		169
188	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback	170	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback
189		171
190	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback	172	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback
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218	with the fsync result code.	200	with the fsync result code.
219		201
220	=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback	202	=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback
221		203
222	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	204	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
223	callback with the fdatasync result code.	205	callback with the fdatasync result code. Might set C<$!> to C<ENOSYS> if
		206	C<fdatasync> is not available.
		207
		208	=back
		209
		210	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
		211
		212	=over 4
		213
		214	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
		215
		216	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
		217	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
		218	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
		219	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
		220
		221	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
		222
		223	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
		224
		225	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
		226	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
		227	when no events are outstanding.
		228
		229	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		230	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
		231
		232	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		233	poll => 'r', async => 1,
		234	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		235
		236	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		237
		238	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
		239	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
		240	for some requests to finish).
		241
		242	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		243
		244	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		245
		246	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
		247	callback has not been invoked yet).
		248
		249	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		250
		251	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		252	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		253
		254	=item IO::AIO::flush
		255
		256	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		257
		258	Strictly equivalent to:
		259
		260	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		261	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		262
		263	=item IO::AIO::poll
		264
		265	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		266
		267	Strictly equivalent to:
		268
		269	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		270	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
		271
		272	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		273
		274	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is
		275	C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
		276	(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
		277
		278	It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
		279	kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
		280	parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
		281	threads should be fine.
		282
		283	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this
		284	module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change,
		285	and is currently 4).
		286
		287	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		288
		289	Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than
		290	the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
		291	function blocks until the limit is reached.
		292
		293	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
		294	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
		295
		296	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
		297
		298	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
		299
		300	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
		301	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
		302	some requests have been handled.
		303
		304	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
		305	queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set
		306	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
		307
		308	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
		309
		310	=back
224		311
225	=cut	312	=cut
226		313
227	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle	314	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
228	sub _fd2fh {	315	sub _fd2fh {
229	return undef if $_[0] < 0;	316	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
230		317
231	# try to be perl5.6-compatible	318	# try to generate nice filehandles
232	local *AIO_FH;	319	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
		320	local *$sym;
233	open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]"	321	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]"
234	or return undef;	322	or return undef;
235		323
236	*AIO_FH	324	*$sym
237	}	325	}
238		326
239	min_parallel 4;	327	min_parallel 4;
240		328
241	END {	329	END {
242	max_parallel 0;	330	max_parallel 0;
243	}	331	}
244		332
245	1;	333	1;
246		334
247	=back
248
249	=head1 BUGS
250
251	- could be optimized to use more semaphores instead of filehandles.
252
253	=head1 SEE ALSO	335	=head1 SEE ALSO
254		336
255	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.	337	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
256		338
257	=head1 AUTHOR	339	=head1 AUTHOR

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