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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 = '2.4'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.15';
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_seek 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
178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
200 aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir 181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
201 aio_chown aio_chmod aio_utime); 182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs
185 aio_wd);
186
202 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block)); 187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
203 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
204 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
205 nreqs nready npending nthreads 190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
206 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
207 196
208 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
209 198
210 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
211 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
212} 201}
213 202
214=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
215 204
216=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 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_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
215 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
219 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
220 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
221 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
222 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
223 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
224 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
225 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
226 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
227 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
228 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
231 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
232 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
233 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
234 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
235 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
236 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
237 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
238 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
239 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
240 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
241 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
242 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
243 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
244 aio_sync $callback->($status)
245 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
246 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
249 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
250 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
251 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
253 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
254 aio_group $callback->(...)
255 aio_nop $callback->()
256
257 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
258 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
259
260 IO::AIO::poll_wait
261 IO::AIO::poll_cb
262 IO::AIO::poll
263 IO::AIO::flush
264 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
265 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
266 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
267 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
269 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
270 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
271 IO::AIO::nreqs
272 IO::AIO::nready
273 IO::AIO::npending
274
275 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
276 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
277 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
278 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
279 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
280 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
281 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
282 IO::AIO::munlockall
283
284=head2 API NOTES
217 285
218All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 286All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
219with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 287with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
220and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 288and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
221which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 289which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
222the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 290the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
223perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 291of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
224syscall has been executed asynchronously. 292error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
293most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
294"false").
295
296Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
297communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
225 298
226All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 299All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
227internally until the request has finished. 300internally until the request has finished.
228 301
229All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 302All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
230further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 303further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
231 304
232The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 305The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
233encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 306reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
234request is being executed, the current working directory could have 307current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
235changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 308make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
236current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 309in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
237paths. 310of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
311relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
312description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
238 313
239To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 314To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
240in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 315in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
241tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 316tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
242your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 317module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
243environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 318effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
244use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 319unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
320correct contents.
245 321
246This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 322This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
247handles correctly wether it is set or not. 323handles correctly whether it is set or not.
324
325=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
248 326
249=over 4 327=over 4
250 328
251=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 329=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
252 330
299by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 377by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
300change the umask. 378change the umask.
301 379
302Example: 380Example:
303 381
304 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 382 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
305 if ($_[0]) { 383 if ($_[0]) {
306 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 384 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
307 ... 385 ...
308 } else { 386 } else {
309 die "open failed: $!\n"; 387 die "open failed: $!\n";
310 } 388 }
311 }; 389 };
312 390
391In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
392C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
393following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
394your system are, as usual, C<0>):
395
396C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
397C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
398C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
399
313 400
314=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 401=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
315 402
316Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 403Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
317code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 404code.
318filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
319time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
320C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
321 405
322This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 406Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
323therefore best to avoid this function. 407closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
324 408
409Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
410use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
411(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
412
413Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
414free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
415
416=cut
417
418=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
419
420Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
421C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
422C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
423C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
424
425The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
426case of an error.
427
428In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
429corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
430so don't panic.
431
432As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
433C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
434could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
435Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
436"just work".
325 437
326=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 438=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
327 439
328=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 440=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
329 441
330Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 442Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
331into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 443C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
332callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 444and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
333like the syscall). 445error, just like the syscall).
446
447C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
448offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
449
450If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
451be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
452changed by these calls.
453
454If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
455C<$data>.
456
457If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
458C<$data>.
334 459
335The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 460The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
336is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 461is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
337necessary/optional hardware is installed). 462the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
338 463
339Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 464Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
340offset C<0> within the scalar: 465offset C<0> within the scalar:
341 466
342 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 467 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
349 474
350Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 475Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
351reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 476reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
352file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 477file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
353than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 478than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
354other. 479other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
480move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
355 481
482Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
483are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
484read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
485number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
486C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
487
488Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
489C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
490the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
491the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
492into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
493fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
494data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
495the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
496resource usage.
497
356This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 498This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
357zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 499provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
358socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 500a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
359 501
360If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 502If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
361emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 503C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
504C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
362regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 505type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
363 506
364Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 507As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
365C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 508together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
366bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 509on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
367provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 510in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
368value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 511so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
369read. 512fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
370 513
371 514
372=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 515=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
373 516
374C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 517C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
397 540
398Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 541Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
399error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 542error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
400unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 543unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
401 544
545To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
546following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
547be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
548behaviour).
549
550C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
551C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
552C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
553
402Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 554Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
403 555
404 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 556 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
405 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 557 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
406 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 558 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
407 }; 559 };
408 560
409 561
562=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
563
564Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
565whether a file handle or path was passed.
566
567On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
568members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
569C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
570is passed.
571
572The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
573C<ST_NOSUID>.
574
575The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
576their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
577not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
578C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
579C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
580
581Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
582
583 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
584 my $f = $_[0]
585 or die "statvfs: $!";
586
587 use Data::Dumper;
588 say Dumper $f;
589 };
590
591 # result:
592 {
593 bsize => 1024,
594 bfree => 4333064312,
595 blocks => 10253828096,
596 files => 2050765568,
597 flag => 4096,
598 favail => 2042092649,
599 bavail => 4333064312,
600 ffree => 2042092649,
601 namemax => 255,
602 frsize => 1024,
603 fsid => 1810
604 }
605
606
410=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 607=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
411 608
412Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 609Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
413and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 610and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
414syscalls support them. 611syscalls support them.
436 aio_chown "path", 0, -1; 633 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
437 # same as above: 634 # same as above:
438 aio_chown "path", 0, undef; 635 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
439 636
440 637
638=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
639
640Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
641
642
441=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 643=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
442 644
443Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 645Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
444 646
445 647
447 649
448Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 650Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
449result code. 651result code.
450 652
451 653
452=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 654=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
453 655
454[EXPERIMENTAL] 656[EXPERIMENTAL]
455 657
456Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 658Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
457 659
458The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 660The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
459 661
460 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 662 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
461 663
664See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
665and functions.
462 666
463=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 667=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
464 668
465Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 669Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
466the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 670the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
470 674
471Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 675Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
472the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 676the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
473 677
474 678
475=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 679=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
476 680
477Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 681Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
478the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 682the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
479callback. 683callback.
480 684
481 685
686=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
687
688Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
689C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
690L<Cwd::realpath>).
691
692This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
693directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
694
695
482=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 696=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
483 697
484Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 698Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
485rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 699rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
486 700
502 716
503Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 717Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
504directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 718directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
505sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 719sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
506 720
507The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 721The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
508with the filenames. 722array-ref with the filenames.
509 723
510 724
725=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
726
727Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
728tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
729C<undef>.
730
731The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
732flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
733
734=over 4
735
736=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
737
738When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
739names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
740C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
741entry in more detail.
742
743C<$name> is the name of the entry.
744
745C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
746
747C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
748C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
749C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
750
751C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
752know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
753scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
754
755C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
756bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
757systems that do not deliver the inode information.
758
759=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
760
761When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
762likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
763you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
764while avoiding to stat() each entry.
765
766If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
767to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
768beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
769short names are tried first.
770
771=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
772
773When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
774suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
775all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
776be fastest.
777
778If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
779the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
780
781=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
782
783This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
784is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
785C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
786C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
787
788=back
789
790
511=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 791=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
512 792
513This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 793This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
514memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 794memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
515 795
516=cut 796=cut
517 797
518sub aio_load($$;$) { 798sub aio_load($$;$) {
519 aio_block {
520 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_; 799 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
521 my $data = \$_[1]; 800 my $data = \$_[1];
522 801
523 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 802 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
524 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 803 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
804
805 aioreq_pri $pri;
806 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
807 my $fh = shift
808 or return $grp->result (-1);
525 809
526 aioreq_pri $pri; 810 aioreq_pri $pri;
527 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
528 my $fh = shift
529 or return $grp->result (-1);
530
531 aioreq_pri $pri;
532 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub { 811 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
533 $grp->result ($_[0]); 812 $grp->result ($_[0]);
534 };
535 }; 813 };
536
537 $grp
538 } 814 };
815
816 $grp
539} 817}
540 818
541=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 819=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
542 820
543Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 821Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
544destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 822destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
545the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 823a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
546 824
547This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 825This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
548mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 826mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
549C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 827C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
550uid/gid, in that order. 828uid/gid, in that order.
551 829
552If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 830If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
554errors are being ignored. 832errors are being ignored.
555 833
556=cut 834=cut
557 835
558sub aio_copy($$;$) { 836sub aio_copy($$;$) {
559 aio_block {
560 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 837 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
561 838
562 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 839 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
563 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 840 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
564 841
565 aioreq_pri $pri; 842 aioreq_pri $pri;
566 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 843 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
567 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 844 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
568 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 845 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
569 846
570 aioreq_pri $pri; 847 aioreq_pri $pri;
571 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 848 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
572 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 849 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
573 aioreq_pri $pri; 850 aioreq_pri $pri;
574 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 851 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
575 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 852 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
576 $grp->result (0); 853 $grp->result (0);
577 close $src_fh; 854 close $src_fh;
578 855
579 # those should not normally block. should. should.
580 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
581 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
582 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
583 close $dst_fh;
584 } else { 856 my $ch = sub {
585 $grp->result (-1);
586 close $src_fh;
587 close $dst_fh;
588
589 aioreq $pri; 857 aioreq_pri $pri;
858 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
859 aioreq_pri $pri;
860 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
861 aioreq_pri $pri;
590 add $grp aio_unlink $dst; 862 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
863 }
864 };
591 } 865 };
866
867 aioreq_pri $pri;
868 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
869 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
870 aioreq_pri $pri;
871 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
872 } else {
873 $ch->();
874 }
875 };
876 } else {
877 $grp->result (-1);
878 close $src_fh;
879 close $dst_fh;
880
881 aioreq $pri;
882 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
592 }; 883 }
593 } else {
594 $grp->result (-1);
595 } 884 };
885 } else {
886 $grp->result (-1);
596 }, 887 }
597
598 } else {
599 $grp->result (-1);
600 } 888 },
889
890 } else {
891 $grp->result (-1);
601 }; 892 }
602
603 $grp
604 } 893 };
894
895 $grp
605} 896}
606 897
607=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 898=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
608 899
609Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 900Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
610destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 901destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
611the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 902a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
612 903
613This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 904This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
614rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 905rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
615that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 906that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
616 907
617=cut 908=cut
618 909
619sub aio_move($$;$) { 910sub aio_move($$;$) {
620 aio_block {
621 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 911 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
622 912
623 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 913 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
624 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 914 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
625 915
626 aioreq_pri $pri; 916 aioreq_pri $pri;
627 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub { 917 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
628 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 918 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
629 aioreq_pri $pri; 919 aioreq_pri $pri;
630 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 920 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
631 $grp->result ($_[0]);
632
633 if (!$_[0]) {
634 aioreq_pri $pri;
635 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
636 }
637 };
638 } else {
639 $grp->result ($_[0]); 921 $grp->result ($_[0]);
922
923 unless ($_[0]) {
924 aioreq_pri $pri;
925 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
926 }
640 } 927 };
928 } else {
929 $grp->result ($_[0]);
641 }; 930 }
642
643 $grp
644 } 931 };
932
933 $grp
645} 934}
646 935
647=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 936=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
648 937
649Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 938Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
650efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 939efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
651names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 940names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
652recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 941recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
669 958
670Implementation notes. 959Implementation notes.
671 960
672The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 961The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
673 962
963If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
964find directories.
965
674After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 966Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
675directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 967of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
676isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 968match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
677entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 969how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
678of subdirectories will be assumed. 970number of subdirectories will be assumed.
679 971
680Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 972Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
681a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 973currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
682else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 974entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
683likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 975in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
684is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 976entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
685seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 977separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
686filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 978filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
687data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 979data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
980the filetype information on readdir.
688 981
689If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 982If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
690rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 983rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
691 984
692This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 985This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
697directory counting heuristic. 990directory counting heuristic.
698 991
699=cut 992=cut
700 993
701sub aio_scandir($$;$) { 994sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
702 aio_block {
703 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 995 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
704 996
705 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 997 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
706 998
707 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 999 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
708 1000
709 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1001 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
1002
1003 # get a wd object
1004 aioreq_pri $pri;
1005 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1006 $_[0]
1007 or return $grp->result ();
1008
1009 my $wd = [shift, "."];
710 1010
711 # stat once 1011 # stat once
712 aioreq_pri $pri; 1012 aioreq_pri $pri;
713 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1013 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
714 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1014 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
715 my $now = time; 1015 my $now = time;
716 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1016 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
717 1017
718 # read the directory entries 1018 # read the directory entries
719 aioreq_pri $pri; 1019 aioreq_pri $pri;
720 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 1020 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
721 my $entries = shift 1021 my $entries = shift
722 or return $grp->result (); 1022 or return $grp->result ();
723 1023
724 # stat the dir another time 1024 # stat the dir another time
725 aioreq_pri $pri; 1025 aioreq_pri $pri;
726 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1026 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
727 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1027 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
728 1028
729 my $ndirs; 1029 my $ndirs;
730 1030
731 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1031 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
732 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1032 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
733 $ndirs = -1; 1033 $ndirs = -1;
734 } else { 1034 } else {
735 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1035 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
736 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1036 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
737 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1037 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
738 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1038 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
739 } 1039 }
740 1040
741 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
742 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
743 $entries = [map $_->[0],
744 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
745 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
746 @$entries];
747
748 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1041 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
749 1042
750 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1043 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
751 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1044 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
752 }; 1045 };
753 1046
754 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1047 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
755 feed $statgrp sub { 1048 feed $statgrp sub {
756 return unless @$entries; 1049 return unless @$entries;
757 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1050 my $entry = shift @$entries;
758 1051
759 aioreq_pri $pri; 1052 aioreq_pri $pri;
1053 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
760 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1054 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
761 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1055 if ($_[0] < 0) {
762 push @nondirs, $entry; 1056 push @nondirs, $entry;
763 } else { 1057 } else {
764 # need to check for real directory 1058 # need to check for real directory
765 aioreq_pri $pri; 1059 aioreq_pri $pri;
1060 $wd->[1] = $entry;
766 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1061 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
767 if (-d _) { 1062 if (-d _) {
768 push @dirs, $entry; 1063 push @dirs, $entry;
769 1064
770 unless (--$ndirs) { 1065 unless (--$ndirs) {
771 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1066 push @nondirs, @$entries;
779 }; 1074 };
780 }; 1075 };
781 }; 1076 };
782 }; 1077 };
783 }; 1078 };
784
785 $grp
786 } 1079 };
1080
1081 $grp
787} 1082}
788 1083
789=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1084=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
790 1085
791Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1086Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
792status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1087status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
793uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1088uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
794everything else. 1089everything else.
795 1090
796=cut 1091=cut
797 1092
798sub aio_rmtree; 1093sub aio_rmtree;
799sub aio_rmtree($;$) { 1094sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
800 aio_block {
801 my ($path, $cb) = @_; 1095 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
802 1096
803 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1097 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
804 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1098 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
805 1099
806 aioreq_pri $pri; 1100 aioreq_pri $pri;
807 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub { 1101 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
808 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; 1102 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
809 1103
810 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub { 1104 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
811 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub { 1105 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
812 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1106 $grp->result ($_[0]);
813 };
814 }; 1107 };
815
816 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
817 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
818
819 add $grp $dirgrp;
820 }; 1108 };
821 1109
822 $grp 1110 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1111 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1112
1113 add $grp $dirgrp;
823 } 1114 };
1115
1116 $grp
824} 1117}
1118
1119=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1120
1121Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
825 1122
826=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1123=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
827 1124
828Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1125Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
829with the fsync result code. 1126with the fsync result code.
833Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1130Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
834callback with the fdatasync result code. 1131callback with the fdatasync result code.
835 1132
836If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1133If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
837detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1134detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1135
1136=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1137
1138Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1139to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1140code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1141errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1142
1143=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1144
1145Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1146to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1147sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1148ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1149
1150C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1151C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1152C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1153manpage for details.
1154
1155=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1156
1157This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1158composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1159(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1160specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1161written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1162not just directories.
1163
1164Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1165C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1166
1167Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1168
1169=cut
1170
1171sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1172 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1173
1174 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1175 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1176
1177 aioreq_pri $pri;
1178 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1179 my ($fh) = @_;
1180 if ($fh) {
1181 aioreq_pri $pri;
1182 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1183 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1184
1185 aioreq_pri $pri;
1186 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1187 };
1188 } else {
1189 $grp->result (-1);
1190 }
1191 };
1192
1193 $grp
1194}
1195
1196=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1197
1198This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1199scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1200scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1201scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1202it).
1203
1204It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1205area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1206later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1207is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1208a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1209C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1210
1211=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1212
1213This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1214scalars.
1215
1216It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1217range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1218as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1219C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1220C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1221writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1222
1223=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1224
1225This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1226scalars.
1227
1228It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1229and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1230
1231If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1232
1233On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1234and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1235
1236Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1237documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1238
1239Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1240C<$data> gets destroyed.
1241
1242 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1243 my $data;
1244 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1245 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1246
1247=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1248
1249Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1250C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1251
1252On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1253and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1254
1255Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1256documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1257
1258Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1259
1260 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1261
1262=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1263
1264Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux FIEMAP ioctl,
1265see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If the
1266C<ioctl> is not available on your OS, then this rquiest will fail with
1267C<ENOSYS>.
1268
1269C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1270size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1271be queried.
1272
1273C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1274C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1275exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1276the data portion.
1277
1278C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1279C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the file. As a very special
1280case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1281instead of the extents themselves.
1282
1283If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1284C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1285
1286Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1287structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1288following members:
1289
1290 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1291
1292Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1293or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>):
1294
1295C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1296C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1297C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1298C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1299C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1300C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
838 1301
839=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1302=item aio_group $callback->(...)
840 1303
841This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1304This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
842container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1305container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
880immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1343immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
881except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1344except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
882 1345
883=back 1346=back
884 1347
1348
1349=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1350
1351Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1352threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1353could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1354will be used by IO::AIO).
1355
1356One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1357but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1358access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1359
1360Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1361futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1362per operation.
1363
1364For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1365perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1366cannot be perfect, though.
1367
1368IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1369object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1370path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1371
1372Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1373or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1374object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1375gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1376IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1377to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1378
1379For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1380inside, you would write:
1381
1382 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1383 my $etcdir = shift;
1384
1385 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1386 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1387 # when $etcdir is undef.
1388
1389 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1390 # yay
1391 };
1392 };
1393
1394That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
1395an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
1396why it is done asynchronously.
1397
1398To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1399either of the following three request calls:
1400
1401 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1402 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1403 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1404
1405As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1406object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1407causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1408
1409 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1410
1411 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1412 $path->[1] = $name;
1413 aio_stat $path, sub {
1414 # ...
1415 };
1416 }
1417
1418There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1419pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1420nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1421will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1422pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1423older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1424string form of the pathname.
1425
1426So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1427C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1428reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1429(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1430
1431The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1432
1433=over 4
1434
1435=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1436
1437Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1438IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1439system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1440to this working directory.
1441
1442If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1443of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1444passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1445request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1446C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1447expected way.
1448
1449If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1450detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1451
1452=item IO::AIO::CWD
1453
1454This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1455current working directory.
1456
1457Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1458if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1459e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1460
1461 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1462 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1463
1464=back
1465
1466
885=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1467=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
886 1468
887All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1469All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
888called in non-void context. 1470called in non-void context.
889 1471
892=item cancel $req 1474=item cancel $req
893 1475
894Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1476Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
895when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1477when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
896entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1478entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
897untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1479untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
898stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1480currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1481will not be freed prematurely.
899 1482
900=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1483=item cb $req $callback->(...)
901 1484
902Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1485Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
903 1486
954Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1537Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
955will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1538will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
956C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1539C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
957exist. 1540exist.
958 1541
959That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1542That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
960in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1543(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
961group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1544the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
962itself finish. 1545further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1546finished will the the group itself finish.
963 1547
964=over 4 1548=over 4
965 1549
966=item add $grp ... 1550=item add $grp ...
967 1551
976=item $grp->cancel_subs 1560=item $grp->cancel_subs
977 1561
978Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1562Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
979itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1563itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
980 1564
1565The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1566group).
1567
981=item $grp->result (...) 1568=item $grp->result (...)
982 1569
983Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1570Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
984subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1571subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
985of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1572of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
986no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1573no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
987 1574
988=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1575=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
989 1576
1000=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1587=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1001 1588
1002Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1589Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1003generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1590generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1004although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1591although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1005this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1592this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1006example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1593C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1007requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1594requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1008 1595
1009To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1596To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1010instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1597instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1011feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1598feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1016not impose any limits). 1603not impose any limits).
1017 1604
1018If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1605If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1019automatically removed from the group. 1606automatically removed from the group.
1020 1607
1021If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1608If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1609C<2> automatically.
1022 1610
1023Example: 1611Example:
1024 1612
1025 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1613 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1026 1614
1038Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1626Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1039the group contains less than this many requests. 1627the group contains less than this many requests.
1040 1628
1041Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1629Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1042 1630
1631The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1632automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1633
1043=back 1634=back
1044 1635
1045=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1636=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1046 1637
1047=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1638=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1049=over 4 1640=over 4
1050 1641
1051=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1642=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1052 1643
1053Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1644Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1054polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1645polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1055select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1646select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1056to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1647you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1057 1648
1058See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1649See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1059 1650
1060=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1651=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1061 1652
1062Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1653Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
1063regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1654this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
1064when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1655were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1065the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>. 1656reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1657events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1658C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1066 1659
1067If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1660If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1068will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1661will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1662do anything special to have it called later.
1663
1664Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1665ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1666a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1667available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1668over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1669requests.
1069 1670
1070Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1671Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1071IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1672IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1673SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1072 1674
1073 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1675 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1074 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1676 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1075 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1677 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1678
1679=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1680
1681If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1682phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1683does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1684synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1685
1686See C<nreqs> for an example.
1687
1688=item IO::AIO::poll
1689
1690Waits until some requests have been handled.
1691
1692Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1693equivalent to:
1694
1695 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1696
1697=item IO::AIO::flush
1698
1699Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1700
1701Strictly equivalent to:
1702
1703 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1704 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1076 1705
1077=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1706=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1078 1707
1079=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1708=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1080 1709
1105 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1734 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1106 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1735 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1107 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1736 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1108 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1737 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1109 1738
1110=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1111
1112If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1113phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1114does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1115synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1116
1117See C<nreqs> for an example.
1118
1119=item IO::AIO::poll
1120
1121Waits until some requests have been handled.
1122
1123Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1124equivalent to:
1125
1126 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1127
1128=item IO::AIO::flush
1129
1130Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1131
1132Strictly equivalent to:
1133
1134 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1135 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1136
1137=back 1739=back
1138 1740
1139=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1741=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1140 1742
1141=over 1743=over
1174 1776
1175Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1777Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1176 1778
1177=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1779=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1178 1780
1179Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1781Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1180threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1782(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1181means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1783timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1182idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1784C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1785exit.
1183 1786
1184This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1787This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1185to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1788to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1186under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1789under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1187 1790
1188The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1791The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1189creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1792creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1190want to use larger values. 1793want to use larger values.
1191 1794
1795=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1796
1797Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1798allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1799
1192=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1800=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1801
1802Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1803you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1804C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1805C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1806longer exceeded.
1807
1808In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1809used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1193 1810
1194This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1811This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1195blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1812blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1196use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1813use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1197 1814
1198Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1815It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1199to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1816a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1200C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1201function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1202 1817
1203The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1818 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1204number of outstanding requests.
1205 1819
1206You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1820 for my $path (...) {
1207C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1821 aio_stat $path , ...;
1208as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1822 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1823 }
1824
1825 IO::AIO::flush;
1826
1827The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1828as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1829some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1830number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1831
1832The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1833practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1209 1834
1210=back 1835=back
1211 1836
1212=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1837=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1213 1838
1233Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1858Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1234but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1859but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1235 1860
1236=back 1861=back
1237 1862
1863=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1864
1865IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1866asynchronous.
1867
1868=over 4
1869
1870=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1871
1872Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1873but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1874likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1875operations).
1876
1877Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1878
1879=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1880
1881Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1882manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1883available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1884C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1885C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1886
1887On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1888ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1889
1890=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1891
1892Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1893manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1894available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1895C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1896
1897On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1898ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1899
1900=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1901
1902Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1903$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1904constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1905C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1906
1907On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1908ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1909
1910=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1911
1912Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1913given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1914
1915The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1916change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1917or searching it with regexes and so on.
1918
1919Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1920
1921The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1922when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1923C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1924
1925This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1926page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1927
1928The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1929filesize.
1930
1931C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1932C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1933
1934C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1935C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1936not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1937(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1938constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1939C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1940C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1941
1942If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1943
1944C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1945a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1946
1947Example:
1948
1949 use Digest::MD5;
1950 use IO::AIO;
1951
1952 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1953 or die "$!";
1954
1955 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1956 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1957
1958 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1959
1960=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1961
1962Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1963
1964=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1965
1966Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1967C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1968
1969=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1970
1971Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1972
1973On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1974ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1975
1976=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
1977
1978Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
1979C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
1980should be the file offset.
1981
1982The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
1983C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
1984C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
1985
1986See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
1987
1988=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
1989
1990Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
1991description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
1992
1993=back
1994
1238=cut 1995=cut
1239 1996
1240# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1241sub _fd2fh {
1242 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1243
1244 # try to generate nice filehandles
1245 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1246 local *$sym;
1247
1248 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1249 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1250 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1251 or return undef;
1252
1253 *$sym
1254}
1255
1256min_parallel 8; 1997min_parallel 8;
1257 1998
1258END { flush } 1999END { flush }
1259 2000
12601; 20011;
1261 2002
2003=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2004
2005It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2006automatically into many event loops:
2007
2008 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2009 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2010
2011You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2012some examples of how to do this:
2013
2014 # EV integration
2015 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2016
2017 # Event integration
2018 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2019 poll => 'r',
2020 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2021
2022 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2023 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2024 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2025
2026 # Tk integration
2027 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2028 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2029
2030 # Danga::Socket integration
2031 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2032 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2033
1262=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2034=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1263 2035
1264This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2036Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2037considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2038fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2039with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2040pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2041reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2042applies to quite a lot of perls.
1265 2043
1266Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2044This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1267can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2045only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1268the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2046using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1269request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1270(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1271parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1272parent process has been reached again.
1273 2047
1274In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2048You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1275not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2049forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1276yet. 2050child:
2051
2052=over 4
2053
2054=item IO::AIO::reinit
2055
2056Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2057data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2058happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2059
2060The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2061C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2062the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2063will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2064
2065=back
1277 2066
1278=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2067=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1279 2068
1280Per-request usage: 2069Per-request usage:
1281 2070
1283bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 2072bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1284a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 2073a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1285scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 2074scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1286will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 2075will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1287 2076
1288This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 2077This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1289problem. 2078problem.
1290 2079
1291Per-thread usage: 2080Per-thread usage:
1292 2081
1293In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 2082In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1298 2087
1299Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 2088Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1300 2089
1301=head1 SEE ALSO 2090=head1 SEE ALSO
1302 2091
1303L<Coro::AIO>. 2092L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2093more natural syntax.
1304 2094
1305=head1 AUTHOR 2095=head1 AUTHOR
1306 2096
1307 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2097 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1308 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2098 http://home.schmorp.de/

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