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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 {
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 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
24 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36 poll => 'r',
37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
38
39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
42
43 # Tk integration
44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
46
47 # Danga::Socket integration
48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 52
11This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12operating system supports. Currently, it falls back to Linux::AIO if that 54operating system supports.
13module is available, or uses pthreads to emulato aio functionality.
14 55
15Currently, in this module a number of threads are started that execute 56Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes
16your read/writes and signal their completion. You don't need thread 57and 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 58the threads created by this module will not be visible to perl. In the
18not be visible to the pthreads library. 59future, this module might make use of the native aio functions available
60on many operating systems. However, they are often not well-supported
61(Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, for example),
62and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the remaining
63functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
19 64
20Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 65Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads,
21not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 66it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
67yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
68call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
22 69
23=head2 API NOTES 70=cut
71
72package IO::AIO;
73
74no warnings;
75use strict 'vars';
76
77use base 'Exporter';
78
79BEGIN {
80 our $VERSION = '2.0';
81
82 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
83 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
84 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
85 aio_group aio_nop);
86 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
87 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
88 min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
89
90 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
91
92 require XSLoader;
93 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
94}
95
96=head1 FUNCTIONS
97
98=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
24 99
25All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 100All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
26with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 101with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
27and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 102and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
28a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 103which 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 104the 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 105perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
31been executed asynchronously. 106syscall has been executed asynchronously.
32 107
33All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 108All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
109internally until the request has finished.
34 110
111All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
112manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
113
35The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 114The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
36is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 115encoded 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 116request is being executed, the current working directory could have
117changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
38never change the current working directory. 118current working directory.
119
120To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
121always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
122etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
123your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
124environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
125use something else.
39 126
40=over 4 127=over 4
41 128
42=cut 129=item aioreq_pri $pri
43 130
44package IO::AIO; 131Sets the priority for the next aio request. The default priority
132is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4> and C<4>,
133respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced first.
45 134
46use base 'Exporter'; 135The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_>
136functions.
47 137
48BEGIN { 138Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
49 $VERSION = 0.1; 139higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
140open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
50 141
51 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 142 aioreq_pri -3;
52 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 143 aio_open ..., sub {
53 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel nreqs); 144 return unless $_[0];
54 145
55 require XSLoader; 146 aioreq_pri -2;
56 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 147 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
57} 148 ...
149 };
150 };
58 151
59=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 152=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
60 153
61Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 154Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
62C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 155priority, so effects are cumulative.
63(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
64 156
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 157=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
122 158
123Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with the 159Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
124filedescriptor (NOT a perl filehandle, sorry for that, but watch out, this 160created filehandle for the file.
125might change in the future).
126 161
127The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 162The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
128for an explanation. 163for an explanation.
129 164
130The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 165The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
131list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 166list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
167
168Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
169didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
170except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
171and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
132 172
133Example: 173Example:
134 174
135 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 175 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
136 if ($_[0] >= 0) { 176 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"; 177 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
140 ... 178 ...
141 } else { 179 } else {
142 die "open failed: $!\n"; 180 die "open failed: $!\n";
143 } 181 }
144 }; 182 };
145 183
146=item aio_close $fh, $callback 184=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
147 185
148Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result code. 186Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
187code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
188filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
189time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
190C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
149 191
192This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
193therefore best to avoid this function.
194
150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 195=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 196
152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 197=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153 198
154Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 199Reads 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 200into 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 201callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
157like the syscall). 202like the syscall).
158 203
204The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
205is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
206necessary/optional hardware is installed).
207
159Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 208Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
160offset C<0> within the scalar: 209offset C<0> within the scalar:
161 210
162 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 211 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
163 $_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; 212 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
164 print "read <$buffer>\n"; 213 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
165 }; 214 };
166 215
216=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
217
218Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
219destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
220the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
221
222This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
223rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
224and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
225followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
226order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
227
228If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
229possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
230errors are being ignored.
231
232=cut
233
234sub aio_move($$$) {
235 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
236
237 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
238
239 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
240 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
241 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
242 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
243 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
244
245 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
246 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
247 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
248 close $src_fh;
249
250 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
251 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
252 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
253 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
254 close $dst_fh;
255
256 add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
257 $grp->result ($_[0]);
258 };
259 } else {
260 my $errno = $!;
261 add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
262 $! = $errno;
263 $grp->result (-1);
264 };
265 }
266 };
267 } else {
268 $grp->result (-1);
269 }
270 },
271
272 } else {
273 $grp->result (-1);
274 }
275 };
276 } else {
277 $grp->result ($_[0]);
278 }
279 };
280
281 $grp
282}
283
284=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
285
286Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
287reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
288file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
289than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
290other.
291
292This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
293zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
294socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
295
296If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
297emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
298regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
299
300Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
301C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
302bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
303provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
304value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
305read.
306
167=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 307=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
168 308
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 309C<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> 310subsequent 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 311argument 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 312C<$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 313whole 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 314and 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 315(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. 316file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
181 317
318If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
319emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
320
182=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 321=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
183 322
184=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 323=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
185 324
186Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 325Works 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 _> 326be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
188or C<-s _> etc... 327or C<-s _> etc...
189 328
199 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 338 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
200 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 339 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
201 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 340 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
202 }; 341 };
203 342
204=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 343=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
205 344
206Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 345Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
207result code. 346result code.
208 347
348=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
349
350Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
351the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
352
353=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
354
355Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
356the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
357
358=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
359
360Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
361rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
362
363=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
364
365Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
366result code.
367
368=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
369
370Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
371directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
372sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
373
374The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
375with the filenames.
376
377=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
378
379Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
380separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones
381you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot
382recurse into (everything else).
383
384C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
385C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
386this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
387will be chosen (currently 6).
388
389On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
390two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
391
392Example:
393
394 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
395 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
396 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
397 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
398 };
399
400Implementation notes.
401
402The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
403
404After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
405directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
406isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
407entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
408of subdirectories will be assumed.
409
410Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
411a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
412else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
413likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
414is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
415seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
416filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
417data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
418
419If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
420rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
421
422This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
423fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
424
425It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
426as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
427directory counting heuristic.
428
429=cut
430
431sub aio_scandir($$$) {
432 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
433
434 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
435
436 $maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0;
437
438 # stat once
439 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
440 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
441 my $now = time;
442 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
443
444 # read the directory entries
445 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
446 my $entries = shift
447 or return $grp->result ();
448
449 # stat the dir another time
450 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
451 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
452
453 my $ndirs;
454
455 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
456 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
457 $ndirs = -1;
458 } else {
459 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
460 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
461 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
462 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
463 }
464
465 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
466 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
467 $entries = [map $_->[0],
468 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
469 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
470 @$entries];
471
472 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
473
474 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
475 my $nreq = 0;
476
477 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group;
478
479 $schedcb = sub {
480 if (@$entries) {
481 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
482 my $ent = pop @$entries;
483 $nreq++;
484 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
485 }
486 } elsif (!$nreq) {
487 # finished
488 $statgrp->cancel;
489 undef $statcb;
490 undef $schedcb;
491 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
492 }
493 };
494 $statcb = sub {
495 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
496
497 if ($status < 0) {
498 $nreq--;
499 push @nondirs, $entry;
500 &$schedcb;
501 } else {
502 # need to check for real directory
503 add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
504 $nreq--;
505
506 if (-d _) {
507 push @dirs, $entry;
508
509 if (!--$ndirs) {
510 push @nondirs, @$entries;
511 $entries = [];
512 }
513 } else {
514 push @nondirs, $entry;
515 }
516
517 &$schedcb;
518 }
519 }
520 };
521
522 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
523 };
524 };
525 };
526
527 $grp
528}
529
209=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 530=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
210 531
211Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 532Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
212with the fsync result code. 533with the fsync result code.
213 534
214=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 535=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
215 536
216Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 537Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
217callback with the fdatasync result code. 538callback with the fdatasync result code.
218 539
540If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
541detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
542
543=item aio_group $callback->(...)
544
545[EXPERIMENTAL]
546
547This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
548container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
549many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
550and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
551
552Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
553for more info.
554
555Example:
556
557 my $grp = aio_group sub {
558 print "all stats done\n";
559 };
560
561 add $grp
562 (aio_stat ...),
563 (aio_stat ...),
564 ...;
565
566=item aio_nop $callback->()
567
568This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
569side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
570that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
571code.
572
573While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
574phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
575be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
576entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
577latency.
578
579=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
580
581Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
582the request workers to sleep for the given time.
583
584While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
585like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
586immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
587except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
588
589=back
590
591=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
592
593All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
594called in non-void context.
595
596A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
597in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
598yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
599(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
600B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
601callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
602holds no resources anymore).
603
604=over 4
605
606=item cancel $req
607
608Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
609when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
610entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
611untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
612stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
613
614=item cb $req $callback->(...)
615
616Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
617
618=back
619
620=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
621
622This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
623objects of this class, too.
624
625A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
626aio requests.
627
628You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
629callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
630C<done> state:
631
632 my $grp = aio_group sub {
633 print "all requests are done\n";
634 };
635
636You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
637C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
638
639 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
640
641 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
642 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
643
644 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
645 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
646 $grp->result ("ok");
647 };
648 };
649
650This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
651C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
652
653=over 4
654
655=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
656C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
657
658=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
659only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
660
661=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
662
663=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
664any later time).
665
666=item * This does not harmonise well with C<max_outstanding>, so best do
667not combine C<aio_group> with it. Groups and feeders are recommended for
668this kind of concurrency-limiting.
669
670=back
671
672Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
673will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
674C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
675exist.
676
677That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
678in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
679group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
680itself finish.
681
682=over 4
683
684=item add $grp ...
685
686=item $grp->add (...)
687
688Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
689be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
690dependencies.
691
692Returns all its arguments.
693
694=item $grp->result (...)
695
696Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
697subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.
698
699=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
700
701[VERY EXPERIMENTAL]
702
703Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
704generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
705although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
706this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
707example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
708requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
709
710To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
711instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
712feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
713below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
714requests.
715
716The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
717not impose any limits).
718
719If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
720automatically removed from the group.
721
722If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
723
724Example:
725
726 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
727
728 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
729 limit $grp 4;
730 feed $grp sub {
731 my $file = pop @files
732 or return;
733
734 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
735 };
736
737=item limit $grp $num
738
739Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
740the group contains less than this many requests.
741
742Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
743
744=back
745
746=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
747
748=over 4
749
750=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
751
752Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
753polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
754select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
755to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
756
757See C<poll_cb> for an example.
758
759=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
760
761Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
762regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
763when no events are outstanding.
764
765Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
766IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
767
768 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
769 poll => 'r', async => 1,
770 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
771
772=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
773
774Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
775C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
776for some requests to finish).
777
778See C<nreqs> for an example.
779
780=item IO::AIO::nreqs
781
782Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
783callback has not been invoked yet).
784
785Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
786
787 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
788 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
789
790=item IO::AIO::flush
791
792Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
793
794Strictly equivalent to:
795
796 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
797 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
798
799=item IO::AIO::poll
800
801Waits until some requests have been handled.
802
803Strictly equivalent to:
804
805 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
806 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
807
808=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
809
810Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
811default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
812concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
813however, is unlimited).
814
815IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
816no free thread exists.
817
818It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
819Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
820(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
821versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
822
823Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
824module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
825
826=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
827
828Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
829specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
830them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
831
832While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
833until the number of threads has been increased again.
834
835This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
836that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
837
838Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
839
840=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
841
842[DEPRECATED]
843
844Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
845try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
846some requests have been handled.
847
848The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
849queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
850this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
851
852This function does not work well together with C<aio_group>'s, and their
853feeder interface is better suited to limiting concurrency, so do not use
854this function.
855
856Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
857
858=back
859
219=cut 860=cut
220 861
862# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
863sub _fd2fh {
864 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
865
866 # try to generate nice filehandles
867 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
868 local *$sym;
869
870 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
871 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
872 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
873 or return undef;
874
875 *$sym
876}
877
221min_parallel 4; 878min_parallel 8;
222 879
223END { 880END {
224 max_parallel 0; 881 max_parallel 0;
225} 882}
226 883
2271; 8841;
228 885
229=back 886=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
230 887
231=head1 BUGS 888This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
232 889
233 - aio_open gives a fd, but all other functions expect a perl filehandle. 890Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
891can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
892the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
893request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
894queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
895the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
896parent process has been reached again.
897
898In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
899not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
900yet.
901
902=head2 MEMORY USAGE
903
904Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 128 bytes
905of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly a few
906hundred bytes). Perl scalars and other data passed into aio requests will
907also be locked.
908
909This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
910problem.
911
912Each thread needs a stack area which is usually around 16k, sometimes much
913larger, depending on the OS.
234 914
235=head1 SEE ALSO 915=head1 SEE ALSO
236 916
237L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 917L<Coro::AIO>.
238 918
239=head1 AUTHOR 919=head1 AUTHOR
240 920
241 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 921 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
242 http://home.schmorp.de/ 922 http://home.schmorp.de/

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