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5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my $fh = shift 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!"; 11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
12 ... 12 ...
13 }; 13 };
14 14
26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27 27
28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
30 30
31 # AnyEvent integration
32 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
33 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
34
35 # Event integration
36 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
37 poll => 'r',
38 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
39
40 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
41 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
42 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
43
44 # Tk integration
45 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
46 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
47
48 # Danga::Socket integration
49 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
50 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
51
52=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
53 32
54This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
55operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
56 36
57Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program 37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
58(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation 38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
59will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This 39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
60is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even 40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
62etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are 42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
63normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster 43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
64on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations 44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
65concurrently. 45concurrently.
66 46
67While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
68sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
69nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient or 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
70might not work (aio_read fails on sockets/pipes/fifos). Use an event loop 50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
71for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally fit 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
72into such an event loop itself.
73 52
74In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
75requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
76in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
77to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
79not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
80files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
81aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
82using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
83 62
84Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
85threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
86locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
87never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
88 67
89=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
90 69
91This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
92F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
93 72
94 use Fcntl; 73 use Fcntl;
95 use Event; 74 use EV;
96 use IO::AIO; 75 use IO::AIO;
97 76
98 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event 77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
99 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
100 poll => 'r',
101 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
102 79
103 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
104 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
105 my $fh = shift 82 my $fh = shift
106 or die "error while opening: $!"; 83 or die "error while opening: $!";
107 84
108 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
109 my $size = -s $fh; 86 my $size = -s $fh;
118 95
119 # file contents now in $contents 96 # file contents now in $contents
120 print $contents; 97 print $contents;
121 98
122 # exit event loop and program 99 # exit event loop and program
123 Event::unloop; 100 EV::unloop;
124 }; 101 };
125 }; 102 };
126 103
127 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
128 # check for sockets etc. etc. 105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
129 106
130 # process events as long as there are some: 107 # process events as long as there are some:
131 Event::loop; 108 EV::loop;
132 109
133=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
134 111
135Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
136directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
184 161
185=cut 162=cut
186 163
187package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
188 165
189no warnings; 166use Carp ();
190use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
191 169
192use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
193 171
194BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
195 our $VERSION = '2.32'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.1';
196 174
197 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
198 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
199 aio_readlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
200 aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree); 178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs
185 aio_wd);
186
201 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block)); 187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
202 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
203 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
204 nreqs nready npending nthreads 190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
205 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs); 191 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
192 sendfile fadvise madvise
193 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
194
195 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
206 196
207 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
208 198
209 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
210 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
211} 201}
212 202
213=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
214 204
205=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206
207This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
208for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209documentation.
210
211 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
214 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
223 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
224 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
225 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
226 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
227 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
230 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
231 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
232 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
233 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
235 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
236 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
237 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
238 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
239 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
240 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
241 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
242 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync $callback->($status)
244 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
245 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
246 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
248 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
249 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
250 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
251 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
253 aio_group $callback->(...)
254 aio_nop $callback->()
255
256 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
257 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
258
259 IO::AIO::poll_wait
260 IO::AIO::poll_cb
261 IO::AIO::poll
262 IO::AIO::flush
263 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
264 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
265 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
266 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
267 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
269 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
270 IO::AIO::nreqs
271 IO::AIO::nready
272 IO::AIO::npending
273
274 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
275 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
276 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
277 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
278 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
279 IO::AIO::munlockall
280
215=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 281=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
216 282
217All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 283All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
218with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 284with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
219and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 285and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
220which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 286which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
221the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 287the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
222perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 288of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
223syscall has been executed asynchronously. 289error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
290most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
291"false").
292
293Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
294communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
224 295
225All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 296All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
226internally until the request has finished. 297internally until the request has finished.
227 298
228All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 299All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
229further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 300further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
230 301
231The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 302The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
232encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 303reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
233request is being executed, the current working directory could have 304current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
234changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 305make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
235current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 306in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
236paths. 307of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
308relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
309description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
237 310
238To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 311To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
239in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 312in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
240tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 313tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
241your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 314module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
242environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 315effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
243use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 316unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
317correct contents.
244 318
245This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 319This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
246handles correctly wether it is set or not. 320handles correctly whether it is set or not.
247 321
248=over 4 322=over 4
249 323
250=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 324=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
251 325
271 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 345 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
272 ... 346 ...
273 }; 347 };
274 }; 348 };
275 349
350
276=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 351=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
277 352
278Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 353Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
279priority, so the effect is cumulative. 354priority, so the effect is cumulative.
355
280 356
281=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 357=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
282 358
283Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 359Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
284created filehandle for the file. 360created filehandle for the file.
290list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 366list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
291 367
292Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 368Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
293didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 369didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
294except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 370except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
295and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 371and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
372by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
373change the umask.
296 374
297Example: 375Example:
298 376
299 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 377 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
300 if ($_[0]) { 378 if ($_[0]) {
301 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 379 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
302 ... 380 ...
303 } else { 381 } else {
304 die "open failed: $!\n"; 382 die "open failed: $!\n";
305 } 383 }
306 }; 384 };
307 385
386In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
387C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
388following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
389your system are, as usual, C<0>):
390
391C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
392C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
393C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
394
395
308=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 396=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
309 397
310Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 398Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
311code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 399code.
312filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
313time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
314C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
315 400
316This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 401Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
317therefore best to avoid this function. 402closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
403
404Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
405use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
406(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
407
408Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
409free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
410
411=cut
318 412
319=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 413=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
320 414
321=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 415=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
322 416
323Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 417Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
324into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 418C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
325callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 419and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
326like the syscall). 420error, just like the syscall).
421
422C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
423offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
424
425If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
426be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
427changed by these calls.
428
429If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
430C<$data>.
431
432If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
433C<$data>.
327 434
328The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 435The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
329is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 436is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
330necessary/optional hardware is installed). 437the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
331 438
332Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 439Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
333offset C<0> within the scalar: 440offset C<0> within the scalar:
334 441
335 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 442 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
336 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 443 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
337 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 444 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
338 }; 445 };
339 446
447
340=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 448=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
341 449
342Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 450Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
343reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 451reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
344file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 452file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
345than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 453than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
346other. 454other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
455move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
347 456
457Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
458are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
459read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
460number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
461C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
462
463Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
464C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
465the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
466the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
467into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
468fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
469data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
470the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
471resource usage.
472
348This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 473This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
349zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 474provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
350socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 475a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
351 476
352If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 477If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
353emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 478C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
479C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
354regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 480type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
355 481
356Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 482As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
357C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 483together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
358bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 484on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
359provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 485in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
360value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 486so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
361read. 487fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
488
362 489
363=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 490=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
364 491
365C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 492C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
366subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 493subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
372file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 499file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
373 500
374If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 501If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
375emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 502emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
376 503
504
377=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 505=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
378 506
379=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 507=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
380 508
381Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 509Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
386for an explanation. 514for an explanation.
387 515
388Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 516Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
389error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 517error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
390unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 518unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
519
520To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
521following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
522be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
523behaviour).
524
525C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
526C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
527C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
391 528
392Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 529Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
393 530
394 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 531 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
395 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 532 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
396 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 533 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
397 }; 534 };
398 535
536
537=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
538
539Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
540whether a file handle or path was passed.
541
542On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
543members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
544C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
545is passed.
546
547The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
548C<ST_NOSUID>.
549
550The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
551their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
552not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
553C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
554C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
555
556Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
557
558 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
559 my $f = $_[0]
560 or die "statvfs: $!";
561
562 use Data::Dumper;
563 say Dumper $f;
564 };
565
566 # result:
567 {
568 bsize => 1024,
569 bfree => 4333064312,
570 blocks => 10253828096,
571 files => 2050765568,
572 flag => 4096,
573 favail => 2042092649,
574 bavail => 4333064312,
575 ffree => 2042092649,
576 namemax => 255,
577 frsize => 1024,
578 fsid => 1810
579 }
580
581
582=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
583
584Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
585and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
586syscalls support them.
587
588When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
589utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
590otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
591
592Examples:
593
594 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
595 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
596 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
597 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
598
599
600=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
601
602Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
603or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
604
605Examples:
606
607 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
608 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
609 # same as above:
610 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
611
612
613=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
614
615Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
616
617
618=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
619
620Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
621
622
399=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 623=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
400 624
401Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 625Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
402result code. 626result code.
403 627
628
404=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 629=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
405 630
406[EXPERIMENTAL] 631[EXPERIMENTAL]
407 632
408Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 633Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
409 634
410The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 635The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
411 636
412 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 637 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
638
639See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
640and functions.
413 641
414=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 642=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
415 643
416Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 644Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
417the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 645the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
418 646
647
419=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 648=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
420 649
421Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 650Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
422the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 651the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
423 652
653
424=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 654=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
425 655
426Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 656Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
427the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 657the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
428callback. 658callback.
429 659
660
661=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
662
663Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
664C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
665L<Cwd::realpath>).
666
667This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
668directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
669
670
430=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 671=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
431 672
432Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 673Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
433rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 674rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
434 675
676
677=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
678
679Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
680the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
681request is executed, so do not change your umask.
682
683
435=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 684=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
436 685
437Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 686Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
438result code. 687result code.
688
439 689
440=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 690=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
441 691
442Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 692Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
443directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 693directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
444sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 694sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
445 695
446The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 696The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
447with the filenames. 697array-ref with the filenames.
448 698
699
700=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
701
702Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
703tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
704C<undef>.
705
706The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
707flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
708
709=over 4
710
711=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
712
713When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
714names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
715C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
716entry in more detail.
717
718C<$name> is the name of the entry.
719
720C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
721
722C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
723C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
724C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
725
726C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
727know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
728scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
729
730C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
731bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
732systems that do not deliver the inode information.
733
734=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
735
736When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
737likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
738you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
739while avoiding to stat() each entry.
740
741If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
742to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
743beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
744short names are tried first.
745
746=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
747
748When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
749suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
750all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
751be fastest.
752
753If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
754the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
755
756=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
757
758This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
759is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
760C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
761C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
762
763=back
764
765
449=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 766=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
450 767
451This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 768This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
452memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 769memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
453 770
454=cut 771=cut
455 772
456sub aio_load($$;$) { 773sub aio_load($$;$) {
457 aio_block {
458 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_; 774 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
459 my $data = \$_[1]; 775 my $data = \$_[1];
460 776
461 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 777 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
462 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 778 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
779
780 aioreq_pri $pri;
781 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
782 my $fh = shift
783 or return $grp->result (-1);
463 784
464 aioreq_pri $pri; 785 aioreq_pri $pri;
465 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
466 my ($fh) = @_
467 or return $grp->result (-1);
468
469 aioreq_pri $pri;
470 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub { 786 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
471 $grp->result ($_[0]); 787 $grp->result ($_[0]);
472 };
473 }; 788 };
474
475 $grp
476 } 789 };
790
791 $grp
477} 792}
478 793
479=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 794=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
480 795
481Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 796Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
482destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 797destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
483the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 798a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
484 799
485This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 800This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
486mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 801mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
487C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 802C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
488uid/gid, in that order. 803uid/gid, in that order.
489 804
490If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 805If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
492errors are being ignored. 807errors are being ignored.
493 808
494=cut 809=cut
495 810
496sub aio_copy($$;$) { 811sub aio_copy($$;$) {
497 aio_block {
498 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 812 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
499 813
500 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 814 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
501 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 815 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
502 816
503 aioreq_pri $pri; 817 aioreq_pri $pri;
504 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 818 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
505 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 819 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
506 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 820 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
507 821
508 aioreq_pri $pri; 822 aioreq_pri $pri;
509 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 823 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
510 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 824 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
511 aioreq_pri $pri; 825 aioreq_pri $pri;
512 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 826 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
513 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 827 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
514 $grp->result (0); 828 $grp->result (0);
515 close $src_fh; 829 close $src_fh;
516 830
517 # those should not normally block. should. should.
518 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
519 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
520 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
521 close $dst_fh;
522 } else { 831 my $ch = sub {
523 $grp->result (-1);
524 close $src_fh;
525 close $dst_fh;
526
527 aioreq $pri; 832 aioreq_pri $pri;
833 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
834 aioreq_pri $pri;
835 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
836 aioreq_pri $pri;
528 add $grp aio_unlink $dst; 837 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
838 }
839 };
529 } 840 };
841
842 aioreq_pri $pri;
843 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
844 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
845 aioreq_pri $pri;
846 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
847 } else {
848 $ch->();
849 }
850 };
851 } else {
852 $grp->result (-1);
853 close $src_fh;
854 close $dst_fh;
855
856 aioreq $pri;
857 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
530 }; 858 }
531 } else {
532 $grp->result (-1);
533 } 859 };
860 } else {
861 $grp->result (-1);
534 }, 862 }
535
536 } else {
537 $grp->result (-1);
538 } 863 },
864
865 } else {
866 $grp->result (-1);
539 }; 867 }
540
541 $grp
542 } 868 };
869
870 $grp
543} 871}
544 872
545=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 873=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
546 874
547Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 875Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
548destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 876destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
549the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 877a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
550 878
551This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 879This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
552rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 880rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
553that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 881that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
554 882
555=cut 883=cut
556 884
557sub aio_move($$;$) { 885sub aio_move($$;$) {
558 aio_block {
559 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 886 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
560 887
561 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 888 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
562 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 889 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
563 890
564 aioreq_pri $pri; 891 aioreq_pri $pri;
565 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub { 892 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
566 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 893 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
567 aioreq_pri $pri; 894 aioreq_pri $pri;
568 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 895 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
569 $grp->result ($_[0]);
570
571 if (!$_[0]) {
572 aioreq_pri $pri;
573 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
574 }
575 };
576 } else {
577 $grp->result ($_[0]); 896 $grp->result ($_[0]);
897
898 unless ($_[0]) {
899 aioreq_pri $pri;
900 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
901 }
578 } 902 };
903 } else {
904 $grp->result ($_[0]);
579 }; 905 }
580
581 $grp
582 } 906 };
907
908 $grp
583} 909}
584 910
585=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 911=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
586 912
587Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 913Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
588efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 914efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
589names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 915names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
590recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 916recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
607 933
608Implementation notes. 934Implementation notes.
609 935
610The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 936The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
611 937
938If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
939find directories.
940
612After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 941Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
613directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 942of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
614isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 943match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
615entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 944how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
616of subdirectories will be assumed. 945number of subdirectories will be assumed.
617 946
618Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 947Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
619a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 948currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
620else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 949entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
621likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 950in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
622is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 951entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
623seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 952separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
624filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 953filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
625data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 954data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
955the filetype information on readdir.
626 956
627If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 957If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
628rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 958rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
629 959
630This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 960This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
635directory counting heuristic. 965directory counting heuristic.
636 966
637=cut 967=cut
638 968
639sub aio_scandir($$;$) { 969sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
640 aio_block {
641 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 970 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
642 971
643 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 972 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
644 973
645 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 974 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
646 975
647 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 976 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
977
978 # get a wd object
979 aioreq_pri $pri;
980 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
981 $_[0]
982 or return $grp->result ();
983
984 my $wd = [shift, "."];
648 985
649 # stat once 986 # stat once
650 aioreq_pri $pri; 987 aioreq_pri $pri;
651 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 988 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
652 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 989 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
653 my $now = time; 990 my $now = time;
654 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 991 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
655 992
656 # read the directory entries 993 # read the directory entries
657 aioreq_pri $pri; 994 aioreq_pri $pri;
658 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 995 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
659 my $entries = shift 996 my $entries = shift
660 or return $grp->result (); 997 or return $grp->result ();
661 998
662 # stat the dir another time 999 # stat the dir another time
663 aioreq_pri $pri; 1000 aioreq_pri $pri;
664 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1001 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
665 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1002 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
666 1003
667 my $ndirs; 1004 my $ndirs;
668 1005
669 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1006 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
670 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1007 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
671 $ndirs = -1; 1008 $ndirs = -1;
672 } else { 1009 } else {
673 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1010 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
674 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1011 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
675 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1012 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
676 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1013 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
677 } 1014 }
678 1015
679 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
680 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
681 $entries = [map $_->[0],
682 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
683 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
684 @$entries];
685
686 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1016 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
687 1017
688 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1018 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
689 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1019 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
690 }; 1020 };
691 1021
692 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1022 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
693 feed $statgrp sub { 1023 feed $statgrp sub {
694 return unless @$entries; 1024 return unless @$entries;
695 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1025 my $entry = shift @$entries;
696 1026
697 aioreq_pri $pri; 1027 aioreq_pri $pri;
1028 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
698 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1029 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
699 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1030 if ($_[0] < 0) {
700 push @nondirs, $entry; 1031 push @nondirs, $entry;
701 } else { 1032 } else {
702 # need to check for real directory 1033 # need to check for real directory
703 aioreq_pri $pri; 1034 aioreq_pri $pri;
1035 $wd->[1] = $entry;
704 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1036 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
705 if (-d _) { 1037 if (-d _) {
706 push @dirs, $entry; 1038 push @dirs, $entry;
707 1039
708 unless (--$ndirs) { 1040 unless (--$ndirs) {
709 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1041 push @nondirs, @$entries;
717 }; 1049 };
718 }; 1050 };
719 }; 1051 };
720 }; 1052 };
721 }; 1053 };
722
723 $grp
724 } 1054 };
1055
1056 $grp
725} 1057}
726 1058
727=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1059=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
728 1060
729Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1061Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
730status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1062status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
731uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1063uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
732everything else. 1064everything else.
733 1065
734=cut 1066=cut
735 1067
736sub aio_rmtree; 1068sub aio_rmtree;
737sub aio_rmtree($;$) { 1069sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
738 aio_block {
739 my ($path, $cb) = @_; 1070 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
740 1071
741 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1072 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
742 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1073 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
743 1074
744 aioreq_pri $pri; 1075 aioreq_pri $pri;
745 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub { 1076 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
746 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; 1077 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
747 1078
748 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub { 1079 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
749 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub { 1080 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
750 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1081 $grp->result ($_[0]);
751 };
752 }; 1082 };
753
754 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
755 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
756
757 add $grp $dirgrp;
758 }; 1083 };
759 1084
760 $grp 1085 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1086 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1087
1088 add $grp $dirgrp;
761 } 1089 };
1090
1091 $grp
762} 1092}
1093
1094=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1095
1096Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
763 1097
764=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1098=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
765 1099
766Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1100Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
767with the fsync result code. 1101with the fsync result code.
771Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1105Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
772callback with the fdatasync result code. 1106callback with the fdatasync result code.
773 1107
774If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1108If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
775detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1109detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1110
1111=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1112
1113Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1114to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1115code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1116errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1117
1118=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1119
1120Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1121to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1122sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1123ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1124
1125C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1126C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1127C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1128manpage for details.
1129
1130=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1131
1132This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1133composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1134(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1135specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1136written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1137not just directories.
1138
1139Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1140C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1141
1142Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1143
1144=cut
1145
1146sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1147 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1148
1149 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1150 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1151
1152 aioreq_pri $pri;
1153 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1154 my ($fh) = @_;
1155 if ($fh) {
1156 aioreq_pri $pri;
1157 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1158 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1159
1160 aioreq_pri $pri;
1161 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1162 };
1163 } else {
1164 $grp->result (-1);
1165 }
1166 };
1167
1168 $grp
1169}
1170
1171=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1172
1173This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1174scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1175scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1176scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1177it).
1178
1179It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1180area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1181later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1182is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1183a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1184C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1185
1186=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1187
1188This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1189scalars.
1190
1191It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1192range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1193as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1194C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1195C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1196writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1197
1198=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1199
1200This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1201scalars.
1202
1203It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1204and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1205
1206If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1207
1208On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1209and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1210
1211Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1212documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1213
1214Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1215C<$data> gets destroyed.
1216
1217 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1218 my $data;
1219 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1220 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1221
1222=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1223
1224Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1225C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1226
1227On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1228and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1229
1230Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1231documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1232
1233Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1234
1235 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
776 1236
777=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1237=item aio_group $callback->(...)
778 1238
779This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1239This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
780container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1240container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
818immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1278immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
819except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1279except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
820 1280
821=back 1281=back
822 1282
1283
1284=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1285
1286Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1287threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1288could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1289will be used by IO::AIO).
1290
1291One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1292but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1293access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1294
1295Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1296futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1297per operation.
1298
1299For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1300perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1301cannot be perfect, though.
1302
1303IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1304object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1305path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1306
1307Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1308or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1309object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1310gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1311IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1312to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1313
1314For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1315inside, you would write:
1316
1317 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1318 my $etcdir = shift;
1319
1320 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1321 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1322 # when $etcdir is undef.
1323
1324 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1325 # yay
1326 };
1327 };
1328
1329That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
1330an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
1331why it is done asynchronously.
1332
1333To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1334either of the following three request calls:
1335
1336 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1337 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1338 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1339
1340As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1341object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1342causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1343
1344 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1345
1346 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1347 $path->[1] = $name;
1348 aio_stat $path, sub {
1349 # ...
1350 };
1351 }
1352
1353There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1354pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1355nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1356will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1357pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1358older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1359string form of the pathname.
1360
1361So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1362C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1363reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1364(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1365
1366The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1367
1368=over 4
1369
1370=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1371
1372Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1373IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1374system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1375to this working directory.
1376
1377If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1378of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1379passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1380request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1381C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1382expected way.
1383
1384If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1385detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1386
1387=item IO::AIO::CWD
1388
1389This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1390current working directory.
1391
1392Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1393if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1394e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1395
1396 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1397 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1398
1399=back
1400
1401
823=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1402=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
824 1403
825All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1404All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
826called in non-void context. 1405called in non-void context.
827 1406
830=item cancel $req 1409=item cancel $req
831 1410
832Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1411Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
833when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1412when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
834entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1413entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
835untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1414untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
836stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1415currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1416will not be freed prematurely.
837 1417
838=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1418=item cb $req $callback->(...)
839 1419
840Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1420Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
841 1421
892Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1472Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
893will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1473will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
894C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1474C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
895exist. 1475exist.
896 1476
897That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1477That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
898in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1478(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
899group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1479the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
900itself finish. 1480further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1481finished will the the group itself finish.
901 1482
902=over 4 1483=over 4
903 1484
904=item add $grp ... 1485=item add $grp ...
905 1486
914=item $grp->cancel_subs 1495=item $grp->cancel_subs
915 1496
916Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1497Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
917itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1498itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
918 1499
1500The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1501group).
1502
919=item $grp->result (...) 1503=item $grp->result (...)
920 1504
921Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1505Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
922subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1506subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
923of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1507of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
924no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1508no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
925 1509
926=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1510=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
927 1511
938=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1522=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
939 1523
940Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1524Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
941generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1525generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
942although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1526although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
943this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1527this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
944example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1528C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
945requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1529requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
946 1530
947To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1531To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
948instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1532instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
949feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1533feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
954not impose any limits). 1538not impose any limits).
955 1539
956If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1540If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
957automatically removed from the group. 1541automatically removed from the group.
958 1542
959If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1543If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1544C<2> automatically.
960 1545
961Example: 1546Example:
962 1547
963 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1548 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
964 1549
976Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1561Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
977the group contains less than this many requests. 1562the group contains less than this many requests.
978 1563
979Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1564Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
980 1565
1566The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1567automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1568
981=back 1569=back
982 1570
983=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1571=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
984 1572
985=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1573=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
987=over 4 1575=over 4
988 1576
989=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1577=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
990 1578
991Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1579Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
992polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1580polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
993select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1581select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
994to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1582you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
995 1583
996See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1584See C<poll_cb> for an example.
997 1585
998=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1586=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
999 1587
1000Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1588Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
1001regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1589this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
1002when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1590were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1003the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>. 1591reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1592events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1593C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1004 1594
1005If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1595If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1006will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1596will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1597do anything special to have it called later.
1598
1599Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1600ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1601a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1602available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1603over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1604requests.
1007 1605
1008Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1606Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1009IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1607IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1608SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1010 1609
1011 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1610 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1012 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1611 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1013 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1612 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1613
1614=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1615
1616If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1617phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1618does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1619synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1620
1621See C<nreqs> for an example.
1622
1623=item IO::AIO::poll
1624
1625Waits until some requests have been handled.
1626
1627Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1628equivalent to:
1629
1630 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1631
1632=item IO::AIO::flush
1633
1634Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1635
1636Strictly equivalent to:
1637
1638 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1639 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1014 1640
1015=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1641=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1016 1642
1017=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1643=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1018 1644
1043 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1669 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1044 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1670 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1045 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1671 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1046 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1672 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1047 1673
1048=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1674=back
1049
1050If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1051phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1052does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1053synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1054
1055See C<nreqs> for an example.
1056
1057=item IO::AIO::poll
1058
1059Waits until some requests have been handled.
1060
1061Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1062equivalent to:
1063
1064 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1065
1066=item IO::AIO::flush
1067
1068Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1069
1070Strictly equivalent to:
1071
1072 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1073 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1074 1675
1075=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1676=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1677
1678=over
1076 1679
1077=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1680=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
1078 1681
1079Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1682Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
1080default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1683default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
1108 1711
1109Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1712Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1110 1713
1111=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1714=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1112 1715
1113Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1716Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1114threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1717(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1115means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1718timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1116idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1719C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1720exit.
1117 1721
1118This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1722This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1119to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1723to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1120under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1724under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1121 1725
1122The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1726The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1123creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1727creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1124want to use larger values. 1728want to use larger values.
1125 1729
1730=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1731
1732Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1733allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1734
1126=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1735=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1736
1737Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1738you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1739C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1740C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1741longer exceeded.
1742
1743In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1744used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1127 1745
1128This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1746This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1129blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1747blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1130use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1748use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1131 1749
1132Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1750It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1133to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1751a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1134C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1135function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1136 1752
1137The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1753 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1138number of outstanding requests.
1139 1754
1140You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1755 for my $path (...) {
1141C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1756 aio_stat $path , ...;
1142as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1757 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1758 }
1759
1760 IO::AIO::flush;
1761
1762The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1763as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1764some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1765number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1766
1767The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1768practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1769
1770=back
1143 1771
1144=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1772=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1773
1774=over
1145 1775
1146=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1776=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1147 1777
1148Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending 1778Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1149states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet). 1779states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1163Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1793Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1164but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1794but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1165 1795
1166=back 1796=back
1167 1797
1798=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1799
1800IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1801asynchronous.
1802
1803=over 4
1804
1805=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1806
1807Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1808but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1809likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1810operations).
1811
1812Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1813
1814=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1815
1816Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1817manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1818available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1819C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1820C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1821
1822On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1823ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1824
1825=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1826
1827Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1828manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1829available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1830C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1831
1832On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1833ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1834
1835=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1836
1837Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1838$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1839constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1840C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1841
1842On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1843ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1844
1845=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1846
1847Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1848given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1849
1850The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1851change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1852or searching it with regexes and so on.
1853
1854Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1855
1856The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1857when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1858C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1859
1860This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1861page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1862
1863The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1864filesize.
1865
1866C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1867C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1868
1869C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1870C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1871not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1872(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1873constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1874C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1875C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1876
1877If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1878
1879C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1880a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1881
1882Example:
1883
1884 use Digest::MD5;
1885 use IO::AIO;
1886
1887 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1888 or die "$!";
1889
1890 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1891 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1892
1893 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1894
1895=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1896
1897Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1898
1899=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1900
1901Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1902C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1903
1904=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1905
1906Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1907
1908On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1909ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1910
1911=back
1912
1168=cut 1913=cut
1169 1914
1170# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1171sub _fd2fh {
1172 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1173
1174 # try to generate nice filehandles
1175 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1176 local *$sym;
1177
1178 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1179 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1180 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1181 or return undef;
1182
1183 *$sym
1184}
1185
1186min_parallel 8; 1915min_parallel 8;
1187 1916
1188END { flush } 1917END { flush }
1189 1918
11901; 19191;
1191 1920
1921=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1922
1923It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1924automatically into many event loops:
1925
1926 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1927 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1928
1929You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1930some examples of how to do this:
1931
1932 # EV integration
1933 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1934
1935 # Event integration
1936 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1937 poll => 'r',
1938 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1939
1940 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1941 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1942 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1943
1944 # Tk integration
1945 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1946 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1947
1948 # Danga::Socket integration
1949 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1950 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1951
1192=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1952=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1193 1953
1194This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1954Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1955considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1956fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1957with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
1958pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
1959reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
1960applies to quite a lot of perls.
1195 1961
1196Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1962This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1197can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1963only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1198the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1964using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1199request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1200(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1201parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1202parent process has been reached again.
1203 1965
1204In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1966You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1205not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1967forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1206yet. 1968child:
1969
1970=over 4
1971
1972=item IO::AIO::reinit
1973
1974Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
1975data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
1976happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
1977
1978The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
1979C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
1980the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
1981will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
1982
1983=back
1207 1984
1208=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1985=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1209 1986
1210Per-request usage: 1987Per-request usage:
1211 1988
1213bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1990bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1214a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1991a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1215scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 1992scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1216will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1993will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1217 1994
1218This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1995This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1219problem. 1996problem.
1220 1997
1221Per-thread usage: 1998Per-thread usage:
1222 1999
1223In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 2000In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1228 2005
1229Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 2006Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1230 2007
1231=head1 SEE ALSO 2008=head1 SEE ALSO
1232 2009
1233L<Coro::AIO>. 2010L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2011more natural syntax.
1234 2012
1235=head1 AUTHOR 2013=head1 AUTHOR
1236 2014
1237 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2015 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1238 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2016 http://home.schmorp.de/

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