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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
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 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25
26 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28
29 # AnyEvent integration
30 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
31 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32
33 # Event integration
34 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35 poll => 'r',
36 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
37
38 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
39 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
40 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
41
42 # Tk integration
43 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
44 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
45
46 # Danga::Socket integration
47 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
48 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 50=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 51
11This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 52This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12operating system supports. Currently, it falls back to Linux::AIO if that 53operating system supports.
13module is available, or uses pthreads to emulato aio functionality.
14 54
15Currently, in this module a number of threads are started that execute 55Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes
16your read/writes and signal their completion. You don't need thread 56and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in perl, and
17support in your libc or perl, and the threads created by this module will 57the threads created by this module will not be visible to perl. In the
18not be visible to the pthreads library. 58future, this module might make use of the native aio functions available
59on many operating systems. However, they are often not well-supported
60(Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, for example),
61and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the remaining
62functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
19 63
20Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 64Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
21not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 65currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
66C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
67C<aio_> functions) recursively.
22 68
23=head2 API NOTES 69=cut
70
71package IO::AIO;
72
73no warnings;
74use strict 'vars';
75
76use base 'Exporter';
77
78BEGIN {
79 our $VERSION = '2.0';
80
81 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
82 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
84 aio_group aio_nop);
85 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri));
86 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
87 min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
88
89 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
90
91 require XSLoader;
92 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
93}
94
95=head1 FUNCTIONS
96
97=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
24 98
25All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 99All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
26with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 100with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
27and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 101and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
28a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 102which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
29return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 103the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
30usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 104perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
31been executed asynchronously. 105syscall has been executed asynchronously.
32 106
33All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 107All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
108internally until the request has finished.
34 109
110All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
111manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
112
35The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 113The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
36is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 114encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
37directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 115request is being executed, the current working directory could have
116changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
38never change the current working directory. 117current working directory.
118
119To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
120always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
121etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
122your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
123environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
124use something else.
39 125
40=over 4 126=over 4
41 127
42=cut
43
44package IO::AIO;
45
46use base 'Exporter';
47
48BEGIN {
49 $VERSION = 0.1;
50
51 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
52 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);
53 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel nreqs);
54
55 require XSLoader;
56 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
57}
58
59=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
60
61Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is
62C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
63(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
64
65It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some linux
66kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
67parallelity => MUCH higher latency).
68
69Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this
70module automatically starts a single async thread.
71
72=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
73
74Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than
75the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
76function blocks until the limit is reached.
77
78This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
79that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
80
81Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
82
83=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
84
85Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be
86polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event
87or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call
88C<poll_cb> to check the results.
89
90See C<poll_cb> for an example.
91
92=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
93
94Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
95regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
96when no events are outstanding.
97
98You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.:
99
100 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
101 poll => 'r', async => 1,
102 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
103
104=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
105
106Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
107select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
108for some requests to finish).
109
110See C<nreqs> for an example.
111
112=item IO::AIO::nreqs
113
114Returns the number of requests currently outstanding.
115
116Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
117
118 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
119 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
120
121=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 128=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
122 129
123Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with the 130Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
124filedescriptor (NOT a perl filehandle, sorry for that, but watch out, this 131created filehandle for the file.
125might change in the future).
126 132
127The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 133The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
128for an explanation. 134for an explanation.
129 135
130The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 136The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
131list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 137list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
138
139Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
140didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
141except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
142and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
132 143
133Example: 144Example:
134 145
135 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 146 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
136 if ($_[0] >= 0) { 147 if ($_[0]) {
137 open my $fh, "<&$_[0]"; # create a copy for perl
138 aio_close $_[0], sub { }; # close the aio handle
139 print "open successful, fh is $fh\n"; 148 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
140 ... 149 ...
141 } else { 150 } else {
142 die "open failed: $!\n"; 151 die "open failed: $!\n";
143 } 152 }
144 }; 153 };
145 154
146=item aio_close $fh, $callback 155=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
147 156
148Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result code. 157Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
158code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
159filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
160time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
161C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
149 162
163This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
164therefore best to avoid this function.
165
150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 166=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 167
152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 168=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153 169
154Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 170Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
155into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 171into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
156callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 172callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
157like the syscall). 173like the syscall).
158 174
175The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
176is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
177necessary/optional hardware is installed).
178
159Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 179Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
160offset C<0> within the scalar: 180offset C<0> within the scalar:
161 181
162 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 182 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
163 $_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; 183 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
164 print "read <$buffer>\n"; 184 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
165 }; 185 };
166 186
187=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
188
189[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
190
191Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
192destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
193the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
194
195This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
196rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
197and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
198followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
199order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
200
201If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
202possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
203errors are being ignored.
204
205=cut
206
207sub 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
257=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
258
259Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
260reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
261file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
262than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
263other.
264
265This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
266zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
267socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
268
269If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
270emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
271regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
272
273Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
274C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
275bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
276provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
277value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
278read.
279
167=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 280=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
168 281
169Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
170the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
171C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
172
173readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 282C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
174subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 283subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
175argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 284argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
176C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 285C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
177whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 286whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
178and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 287and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
179(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 288(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
180file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 289file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
181 290
291If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
292emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
293
182=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 294=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
183 295
184=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 296=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
185 297
186Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 298Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
187be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 299be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
188or C<-s _> etc... 300or C<-s _> etc...
189 301
199 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 311 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
200 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 312 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
201 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 313 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
202 }; 314 };
203 315
204=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 316=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
205 317
206Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 318Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
207result code. 319result code.
208 320
321=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
322
323Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
324the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
325
326=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
327
328Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
329the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
330
331=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
332
333Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
334rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
335
336=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
337
338Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
339result code.
340
341=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
342
343Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
344directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
345sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
346
347The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
348with the filenames.
349
350=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
351
352[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
353
354Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
355separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones
356you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot
357recurse into (everything else).
358
359C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
360C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
361this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
362will be chosen (currently 6).
363
364On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
365two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
366
367Example:
368
369 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
370 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
371 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
372 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
373 };
374
375Implementation notes.
376
377The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
378
379After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
380directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
381isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
382entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
383of subdirectories will be assumed.
384
385Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
386a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
387else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
388likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
389is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
390seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
391filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
392data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
393
394If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
395rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
396
397This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
398fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
399
400It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
401as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
402directory counting heuristic.
403
404=cut
405
406sub aio_scandir($$$) {
407 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
408
409 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
410
411 $maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0;
412
413 # stat once
414 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
415 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
416 my $now = time;
417 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
418
419 # read the directory entries
420 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
421 my $entries = shift
422 or return $grp->result ();
423
424 # stat the dir another time
425 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
426 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
427
428 my $ndirs;
429
430 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
431 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
432 $ndirs = -1;
433 } else {
434 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
435 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
436 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
437 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
438 }
439
440 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
441 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
442 $entries = [map $_->[0],
443 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
444 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
445 @$entries];
446
447 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
448
449 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
450 my $nreq = 0;
451
452 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group;
453
454 $schedcb = sub {
455 if (@$entries) {
456 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
457 my $ent = pop @$entries;
458 $nreq++;
459 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
460 }
461 } elsif (!$nreq) {
462 # finished
463 $statgrp->cancel;
464 undef $statcb;
465 undef $schedcb;
466 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
467 }
468 };
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 };
499 };
500 };
501
502 $grp
503}
504
209=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 505=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
210 506
211Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 507Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
212with the fsync result code. 508with the fsync result code.
213 509
214=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 510=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
215 511
216Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 512Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
217callback with the fdatasync result code. 513callback with the fdatasync result code.
218 514
515If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
516detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
517
518=item aio_group $callback->(...)
519
520[EXPERIMENTAL]
521
522This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
523container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
524many requests into a single, composite, request.
525
526Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
527for more info.
528
529Example:
530
531 my $grp = aio_group sub {
532 print "all stats done\n";
533 };
534
535 add $grp
536 (aio_stat ...),
537 (aio_stat ...),
538 ...;
539
540=item aio_nop $callback->()
541
542This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
543side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
544that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
545code.
546
547While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
548phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
549be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
550entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
551latency.
552
553=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
554
555Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
556the request workers to sleep for the given time.
557
558While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
559like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates
560is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application
561under artificial I/O pressure.
562
563=back
564
565=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
566
567All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
568called in non-void context.
569
570A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
571in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
572yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
573(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
574B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
575callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
576holds no resources anymore).
577
578=over 4
579
580=item cancel $req
581
582Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
583when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
584entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
585untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
586stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
587
588=item cb $req $callback->(...)
589
590Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
591
592=back
593
594=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
595
596This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
597objects of this class, too.
598
599A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
600aio requests.
601
602You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
603callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
604C<done> state:
605
606 my $grp = aio_group sub {
607 print "all requests are done\n";
608 };
609
610You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
611C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
612
613 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
614
615 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
616 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
617
618 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
619 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
620 $grp->result ("ok");
621 };
622 };
623
624This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
625C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
626
627=over 4
628
629=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
630C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
631
632=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
633only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
634
635=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
636
637=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
638any later time).
639
640=item * This does not harmonise well with C<max_outstanding>, so best do
641not combine C<aio_group> with it. Groups and feeders are recommended for
642this kind of concurrency-limiting.
643
644=back
645
646Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
647will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
648C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
649exist.
650
651That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
652in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
653group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
654itself finish.
655
656=over 4
657
658=item add $grp ...
659
660=item $grp->add (...)
661
662Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
663be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
664dependencies.
665
666Returns all its arguments.
667
668=item $grp->result (...)
669
670Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
671subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.
672
673=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
674
675[VERY EXPERIMENTAL]
676
677Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
678generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
679although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
680this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
681example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
682requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
683
684To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
685instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
686feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<feed_limit>,
687below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
688requests.
689
690The feed can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does not
691impose any limits).
692
693If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
694automatically removed from the group.
695
696If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
697
698Example:
699
700 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
701
702 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
703 feed_limit $grp 4;
704 feed $grp sub {
705 my $file = pop @files
706 or return;
707
708 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
709 };
710
711=item feed_limit $grp $num
712
713Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
714the group contains less than this many requests.
715
716Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
717
718=back
719
720=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
721
722=over 4
723
724=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
725
726Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
727polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
728select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
729to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
730
731See C<poll_cb> for an example.
732
733=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
734
735Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
736regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
737when no events are outstanding.
738
739Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
740IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
741
742 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
743 poll => 'r', async => 1,
744 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
745
746=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
747
748Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
749C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
750for some requests to finish).
751
752See C<nreqs> for an example.
753
754=item IO::AIO::nreqs
755
756Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
757callback has not been invoked yet).
758
759Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
760
761 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
762 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
763
764=item IO::AIO::flush
765
766Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
767
768Strictly equivalent to:
769
770 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
771 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
772
773=item IO::AIO::poll
774
775Waits until some requests have been handled.
776
777Strictly equivalent to:
778
779 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
780 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
781
782=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
783
784Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
785default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
786concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
787however, is unlimited).
788
789IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
790no free thread exists.
791
792It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
793Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
794(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
795versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
796
797Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
798module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
799
800=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
801
802Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
803specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
804them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
805
806While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
807until the number of threads has been increased again.
808
809This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
810that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
811
812Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
813
814=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
815
816[DEPRECATED]
817
818Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
819try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
820some requests have been handled.
821
822The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
823queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
824this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
825
826This function does not work well together with C<aio_group>'s, and their
827feeder interface is better suited to limiting concurrency, so do not use
828this function.
829
830Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
831
832=back
833
219=cut 834=cut
220 835
836# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
837sub _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
221min_parallel 4; 852min_parallel 8;
222 853
223END { 854END {
224 max_parallel 0; 855 max_parallel 0;
225} 856}
226 857
2271; 8581;
228 859
229=back 860=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
230 861
231=head1 BUGS 862This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
232 863
233 - aio_open gives a fd, but all other functions expect a perl filehandle. 864Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
865can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
866the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
867request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
868queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
869the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
870parent process has been reached again.
871
872In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
873not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
874yet.
875
876=head2 MEMORY USAGE
877
878Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 128 bytes
879of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly a few
880hundred bytes). Perl scalars and other data passed into aio requests will
881also be locked.
882
883This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
884problem.
885
886Each thread needs a stack area which is usually around 16k, sometimes much
887larger, depending on the OS.
234 888
235=head1 SEE ALSO 889=head1 SEE ALSO
236 890
237L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 891L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).
238 892
239=head1 AUTHOR 893=head1 AUTHOR
240 894
241 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 895 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
242 http://home.schmorp.de/ 896 http://home.schmorp.de/

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