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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
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 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
68example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
69support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
70inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event> 50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
71module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself. 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
72 52
73In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
74requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
75in 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
85yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
86call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
87 67
88=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
89 69
90This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
91F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
92 72
93 use Fcntl; 73 use Fcntl;
94 use Event; 74 use EV;
95 use IO::AIO; 75 use IO::AIO;
96 76
97 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event 77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
98 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
99 poll => 'r',
100 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
101 79
102 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
103 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
104 my $fh = shift 82 my $fh = shift
105 or die "error while opening: $!"; 83 or die "error while opening: $!";
106 84
107 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
108 my $size = -s $fh; 86 my $size = -s $fh;
117 95
118 # file contents now in $contents 96 # file contents now in $contents
119 print $contents; 97 print $contents;
120 98
121 # exit event loop and program 99 # exit event loop and program
122 Event::unloop; 100 EV::unloop;
123 }; 101 };
124 }; 102 };
125 103
126 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
127 # check for sockets etc. etc. 105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
128 106
129 # process events as long as there are some: 107 # process events as long as there are some:
130 Event::loop; 108 EV::loop;
131 109
132=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
133 111
134Every 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
135directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
183 161
184=cut 162=cut
185 163
186package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
187 165
188no warnings; 166use Carp ();
189use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
190 169
191use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
192 171
193BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
194 our $VERSION = '2.41'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.0';
195 174
196 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
197 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
198 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
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
199 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
200 aio_chown aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate); 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_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
239 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
240 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
241 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
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
298by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 372by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
299change the umask. 373change the umask.
300 374
301Example: 375Example:
302 376
303 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 377 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
304 if ($_[0]) { 378 if ($_[0]) {
305 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 379 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
306 ... 380 ...
307 } else { 381 } else {
308 die "open failed: $!\n"; 382 die "open failed: $!\n";
309 } 383 }
310 }; 384 };
311 385
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
312 395
313=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 396=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
314 397
315Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 398Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
316code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 399code.
317filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
318time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
319C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
320 400
321This 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
322therefore best to avoid this function. 402closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
323 403
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
324 412
325=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 413=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
326 414
327=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 415=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
328 416
329Reads 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<$fh> and
330into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the 418C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
331callback 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
332like the syscall). 420error, just like the syscall).
421
422C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
423offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
333 424
334If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will 425If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
335be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be 426be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
336changed by these calls. 427changed by these calls.
337 428
338If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>. 429If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
430C<$data>.
339 431
340If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of 432If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
341C<$data>. 433C<$data>.
342 434
343The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 435The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
357 449
358Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 450Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
359reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 451reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
360file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 452file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
361than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 453than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
362other. 454other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
455move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
363 456
457Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$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
364This 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
365zero-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
366socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 475a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
367 476
368If 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>,
369emulated, 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
370regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 480type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
371 481
372Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 482As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
373C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 483together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
374bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 484on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
375provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 485in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
376value 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> -
377read. 487fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
378 488
379 489
380=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 490=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
381 491
382C<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
405 515
406Currently, 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
407error 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
408unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 518unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
409 519
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>.
528
410Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 529Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
411 530
412 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 531 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
413 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 532 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
414 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 533 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
415 }; 534 };
416 535
417 536
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
418=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 582=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
419 583
420Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 584Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
421and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 585and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
422syscalls support them. 586syscalls support them.
460 624
461Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 625Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
462result code. 626result code.
463 627
464 628
465=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 629=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
466 630
467[EXPERIMENTAL] 631[EXPERIMENTAL]
468 632
469Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 633Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
470 634
471The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 635The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
472 636
473 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 637 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
474 638
639See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
640and functions.
475 641
476=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 642=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
477 643
478Asynchronously 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
479the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 645the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
483 649
484Asynchronously 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
485the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 651the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
486 652
487 653
488=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 654=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
489 655
490Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 656Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
491the 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
492callback. 658callback.
493 659
494 660
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
495=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 671=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
496 672
497Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 673Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
498rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 674rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
499 675
515 691
516Unlike 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
517directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 693directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
518sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 694sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
519 695
520The 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
521with the filenames. 697array-ref with the filenames.
522 698
523 699
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
524=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 766=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
525 767
526This 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
527memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 769memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
528 770
529=cut 771=cut
530 772
531sub aio_load($$;$) { 773sub aio_load($$;$) {
532 aio_block {
533 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_; 774 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
534 my $data = \$_[1]; 775 my $data = \$_[1];
535 776
536 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 777 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
537 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);
538 784
539 aioreq_pri $pri; 785 aioreq_pri $pri;
540 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
541 my $fh = shift
542 or return $grp->result (-1);
543
544 aioreq_pri $pri;
545 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub { 786 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
546 $grp->result ($_[0]); 787 $grp->result ($_[0]);
547 };
548 }; 788 };
549
550 $grp
551 } 789 };
790
791 $grp
552} 792}
553 793
554=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 794=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
555 795
556Try 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
557destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 797destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
558the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 798a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
559 799
560This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 800This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
561mode 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
562C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 802C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
563uid/gid, in that order. 803uid/gid, in that order.
564 804
565If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 805If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
567errors are being ignored. 807errors are being ignored.
568 808
569=cut 809=cut
570 810
571sub aio_copy($$;$) { 811sub aio_copy($$;$) {
572 aio_block {
573 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 812 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
574 813
575 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 814 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
576 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 815 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
577 816
578 aioreq_pri $pri; 817 aioreq_pri $pri;
579 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 818 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
580 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 819 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
581 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 820 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
582 821
583 aioreq_pri $pri; 822 aioreq_pri $pri;
584 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 {
585 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 824 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
586 aioreq_pri $pri; 825 aioreq_pri $pri;
587 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 826 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
588 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 827 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
589 $grp->result (0); 828 $grp->result (0);
590 close $src_fh; 829 close $src_fh;
591 830
592 # those should not normally block. should. should.
593 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
594 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
595 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
596 close $dst_fh;
597 } else { 831 my $ch = sub {
598 $grp->result (-1);
599 close $src_fh;
600 close $dst_fh;
601
602 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;
603 add $grp aio_unlink $dst; 837 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
838 }
839 };
604 } 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;
605 }; 858 }
606 } else {
607 $grp->result (-1);
608 } 859 };
860 } else {
861 $grp->result (-1);
609 }, 862 }
610
611 } else {
612 $grp->result (-1);
613 } 863 },
864
865 } else {
866 $grp->result (-1);
614 }; 867 }
615
616 $grp
617 } 868 };
869
870 $grp
618} 871}
619 872
620=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 873=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
621 874
622Try 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
623destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 876destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
624the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 877a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
625 878
626This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 879This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
627rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 880rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
628that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 881that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
629 882
630=cut 883=cut
631 884
632sub aio_move($$;$) { 885sub aio_move($$;$) {
633 aio_block {
634 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 886 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
635 887
636 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 888 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
637 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 889 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
638 890
639 aioreq_pri $pri; 891 aioreq_pri $pri;
640 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub { 892 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
641 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 893 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
642 aioreq_pri $pri; 894 aioreq_pri $pri;
643 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 895 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
644 $grp->result ($_[0]);
645
646 if (!$_[0]) {
647 aioreq_pri $pri;
648 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
649 }
650 };
651 } else {
652 $grp->result ($_[0]); 896 $grp->result ($_[0]);
897
898 unless ($_[0]) {
899 aioreq_pri $pri;
900 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
901 }
653 } 902 };
903 } else {
904 $grp->result ($_[0]);
654 }; 905 }
655
656 $grp
657 } 906 };
907
908 $grp
658} 909}
659 910
660=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 911=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
661 912
662Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 913Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
663efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 914efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
664names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 915names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
665recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 916recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
682 933
683Implementation notes. 934Implementation notes.
684 935
685The 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.
686 937
938If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
939find directories.
940
687After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 941Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
688directory 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
689isn'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
690entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 944how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
691of subdirectories will be assumed. 945number of subdirectories will be assumed.
692 946
693Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 947Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
694a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 948currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
695else). 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,
696likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 950in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
697is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 951entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
698seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 952separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
699filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 953filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
700data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 954data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
955the filetype information on readdir.
701 956
702If 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
703rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 958rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
704 959
705This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 960This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
710directory counting heuristic. 965directory counting heuristic.
711 966
712=cut 967=cut
713 968
714sub aio_scandir($$;$) { 969sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
715 aio_block {
716 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 970 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
717 971
718 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 972 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
719 973
720 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 974 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
721 975
722 $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, "."];
723 985
724 # stat once 986 # stat once
725 aioreq_pri $pri; 987 aioreq_pri $pri;
726 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 988 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
727 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 989 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
728 my $now = time; 990 my $now = time;
729 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 991 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
730 992
731 # read the directory entries 993 # read the directory entries
732 aioreq_pri $pri; 994 aioreq_pri $pri;
733 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 995 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
734 my $entries = shift 996 my $entries = shift
735 or return $grp->result (); 997 or return $grp->result ();
736 998
737 # stat the dir another time 999 # stat the dir another time
738 aioreq_pri $pri; 1000 aioreq_pri $pri;
739 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1001 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
740 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1002 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
741 1003
742 my $ndirs; 1004 my $ndirs;
743 1005
744 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1006 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
745 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1007 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
746 $ndirs = -1; 1008 $ndirs = -1;
747 } else { 1009 } else {
748 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1010 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
749 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1011 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
750 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1012 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
751 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1013 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
752 } 1014 }
753 1015
754 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
755 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
756 $entries = [map $_->[0],
757 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
758 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
759 @$entries];
760
761 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1016 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
762 1017
763 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1018 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
764 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1019 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
765 }; 1020 };
766 1021
767 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1022 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
768 feed $statgrp sub { 1023 feed $statgrp sub {
769 return unless @$entries; 1024 return unless @$entries;
770 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1025 my $entry = shift @$entries;
771 1026
772 aioreq_pri $pri; 1027 aioreq_pri $pri;
1028 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
773 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1029 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
774 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1030 if ($_[0] < 0) {
775 push @nondirs, $entry; 1031 push @nondirs, $entry;
776 } else { 1032 } else {
777 # need to check for real directory 1033 # need to check for real directory
778 aioreq_pri $pri; 1034 aioreq_pri $pri;
1035 $wd->[1] = $entry;
779 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1036 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
780 if (-d _) { 1037 if (-d _) {
781 push @dirs, $entry; 1038 push @dirs, $entry;
782 1039
783 unless (--$ndirs) { 1040 unless (--$ndirs) {
784 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1041 push @nondirs, @$entries;
792 }; 1049 };
793 }; 1050 };
794 }; 1051 };
795 }; 1052 };
796 }; 1053 };
797
798 $grp
799 } 1054 };
1055
1056 $grp
800} 1057}
801 1058
802=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1059=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
803 1060
804Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1061Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
805status 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
806uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1063uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
807everything else. 1064everything else.
808 1065
809=cut 1066=cut
810 1067
811sub aio_rmtree; 1068sub aio_rmtree;
812sub aio_rmtree($;$) { 1069sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
813 aio_block {
814 my ($path, $cb) = @_; 1070 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
815 1071
816 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1072 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
817 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1073 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
818 1074
819 aioreq_pri $pri; 1075 aioreq_pri $pri;
820 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub { 1076 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
821 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; 1077 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
822 1078
823 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub { 1079 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
824 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub { 1080 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
825 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1081 $grp->result ($_[0]);
826 };
827 }; 1082 };
828
829 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
830 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
831
832 add $grp $dirgrp;
833 }; 1083 };
834 1084
835 $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;
836 } 1089 };
1090
1091 $grp
837} 1092}
1093
1094=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1095
1096Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
838 1097
839=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1098=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
840 1099
841Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1100Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
842with the fsync result code. 1101with the fsync result code.
846Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1105Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
847callback with the fdatasync result code. 1106callback with the fdatasync result code.
848 1107
849If 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
850detected, 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;
851 1236
852=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1237=item aio_group $callback->(...)
853 1238
854This 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
855container 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
893immense (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
894except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1279except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
895 1280
896=back 1281=back
897 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. If the pathname is absolute, the
1310IO::AIO::WD objetc is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1311to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1312
1313For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1314inside, you would write:
1315
1316 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1317 my $etcdir = shift;
1318
1319 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1320 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1321 # when $etcdir is undef.
1322
1323 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1324 # yay
1325 };
1326 };
1327
1328This shows that creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially
1329blocking operation, which is why it is done asynchronously.
1330
1331As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1332object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1333causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1334
1335 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1336
1337 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1338 $path->[1] = $name;
1339 aio_stat $path, sub {
1340 # ...
1341 };
1342 }
1343
1344There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1345pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1346nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1347will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1348pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1349older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1350string form of the pathname.
1351
1352So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1353C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1354reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1355(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1356
1357The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1358
1359=over 4
1360
1361=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1362
1363Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1364IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1365system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1366to this working directory.
1367
1368If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1369of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1370passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1371request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1372C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1373expected way.
1374
1375If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1376detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1377
1378=item IO::AIO::CWD
1379
1380This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1381current working directory.
1382
1383Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1384if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1385e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1386
1387 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1388 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1389
1390=back
1391
1392
898=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1393=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
899 1394
900All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1395All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
901called in non-void context. 1396called in non-void context.
902 1397
905=item cancel $req 1400=item cancel $req
906 1401
907Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1402Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
908when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1403when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
909entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1404entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
910untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1405untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
911stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1406currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1407will not be freed prematurely.
912 1408
913=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1409=item cb $req $callback->(...)
914 1410
915Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1411Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
916 1412
967Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1463Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
968will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1464will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
969C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1465C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
970exist. 1466exist.
971 1467
972That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1468That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
973in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1469(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
974group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1470the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
975itself finish. 1471further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1472finished will the the group itself finish.
976 1473
977=over 4 1474=over 4
978 1475
979=item add $grp ... 1476=item add $grp ...
980 1477
989=item $grp->cancel_subs 1486=item $grp->cancel_subs
990 1487
991Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1488Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
992itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1489itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
993 1490
1491The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1492group).
1493
994=item $grp->result (...) 1494=item $grp->result (...)
995 1495
996Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1496Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
997subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1497subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
998of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1498of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
999no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1499no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1000 1500
1001=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1501=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1002 1502
1013=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1513=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1014 1514
1015Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1515Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1016generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1516generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1017although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1517although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1018this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1518this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1019example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1519C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1020requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1520requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1021 1521
1022To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1522To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1023instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1523instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1024feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1524feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1029not impose any limits). 1529not impose any limits).
1030 1530
1031If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1531If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1032automatically removed from the group. 1532automatically removed from the group.
1033 1533
1034If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1534If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1535C<2> automatically.
1035 1536
1036Example: 1537Example:
1037 1538
1038 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1539 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1039 1540
1051Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1552Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1052the group contains less than this many requests. 1553the group contains less than this many requests.
1053 1554
1054Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1555Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1055 1556
1557The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1558automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1559
1056=back 1560=back
1057 1561
1058=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1562=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1059 1563
1060=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1564=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1062=over 4 1566=over 4
1063 1567
1064=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1568=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1065 1569
1066Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1570Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1067polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1571polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1068select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1572select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1069to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1573you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1070 1574
1071See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1575See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1072 1576
1073=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1577=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1074 1578
1075Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1579Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
1076regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1580this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
1077when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1581were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1078the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>. 1582reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1583events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1584C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1079 1585
1080If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1586If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1081will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1587will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1588do anything special to have it called later.
1589
1590Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1591ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1592a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1593available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1594over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1595requests.
1082 1596
1083Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1597Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1084IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1598IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1599SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1085 1600
1086 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1601 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1087 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1602 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1088 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1603 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1604
1605=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1606
1607If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1608phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1609does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1610synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1611
1612See C<nreqs> for an example.
1613
1614=item IO::AIO::poll
1615
1616Waits until some requests have been handled.
1617
1618Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1619equivalent to:
1620
1621 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1622
1623=item IO::AIO::flush
1624
1625Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1626
1627Strictly equivalent to:
1628
1629 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1630 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1089 1631
1090=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1632=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1091 1633
1092=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1634=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1093 1635
1118 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1660 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1119 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1661 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1120 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1662 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1121 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1663 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1122 1664
1123=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1124
1125If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1126phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1127does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1128synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1129
1130See C<nreqs> for an example.
1131
1132=item IO::AIO::poll
1133
1134Waits until some requests have been handled.
1135
1136Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1137equivalent to:
1138
1139 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1140
1141=item IO::AIO::flush
1142
1143Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1144
1145Strictly equivalent to:
1146
1147 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1148 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1149
1150=back 1665=back
1151 1666
1152=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1667=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1153 1668
1154=over 1669=over
1187 1702
1188Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1703Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1189 1704
1190=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1705=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1191 1706
1192Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1707Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1193threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1708(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1194means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1709timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1195idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1710C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1711exit.
1196 1712
1197This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1713This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1198to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1714to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1199under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1715under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1200 1716
1201The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1717The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1202creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1718creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1203want to use larger values. 1719want to use larger values.
1204 1720
1721=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1722
1723Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1724allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1725
1205=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1726=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1727
1728Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1729you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1730C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1731C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1732longer exceeded.
1733
1734In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1735used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1206 1736
1207This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1737This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1208blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1738blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1209use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1739use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1210 1740
1211Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1741It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1212do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1742a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1213C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1214function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1215 1743
1216The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1744 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1217number of outstanding requests.
1218 1745
1219You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1746 for my $path (...) {
1220C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1747 aio_stat $path , ...;
1221as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1748 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1749 }
1750
1751 IO::AIO::flush;
1752
1753The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1754as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1755some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1756number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1757
1758The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1759practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1222 1760
1223=back 1761=back
1224 1762
1225=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1763=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1226 1764
1246Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1784Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1247but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1785but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1248 1786
1249=back 1787=back
1250 1788
1789=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1790
1791IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1792asynchronous.
1793
1794=over 4
1795
1796=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1797
1798Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1799but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1800likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1801operations).
1802
1803Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1804
1805=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1806
1807Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1808manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1809available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1810C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1811C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1812
1813On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1814ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1815
1816=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1817
1818Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1819manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1820available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1821C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1822
1823On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1824ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1825
1826=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1827
1828Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1829$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1830constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1831C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1832
1833On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1834ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1835
1836=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1837
1838Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1839given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1840
1841The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1842change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1843or searching it with regexes and so on.
1844
1845Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1846
1847The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1848when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1849C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1850
1851This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1852page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1853
1854The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1855filesize.
1856
1857C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1858C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1859
1860C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1861C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1862not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1863(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1864constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1865C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1866C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1867
1868If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1869
1870C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1871a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1872
1873Example:
1874
1875 use Digest::MD5;
1876 use IO::AIO;
1877
1878 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1879 or die "$!";
1880
1881 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1882 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1883
1884 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1885
1886=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1887
1888Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1889
1890=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1891
1892Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1893C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1894
1895=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1896
1897Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1898
1899On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1900ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1901
1902=back
1903
1251=cut 1904=cut
1252 1905
1253# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1254sub _fd2fh {
1255 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1256
1257 # try to generate nice filehandles
1258 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1259 local *$sym;
1260
1261 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1262 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1263 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1264 or return undef;
1265
1266 *$sym
1267}
1268
1269min_parallel 8; 1906min_parallel 8;
1270 1907
1271END { flush } 1908END { flush }
1272 1909
12731; 19101;
1274 1911
1912=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1913
1914It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1915automatically into many event loops:
1916
1917 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1918 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1919
1920You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1921some examples of how to do this:
1922
1923 # EV integration
1924 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1925
1926 # Event integration
1927 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1928 poll => 'r',
1929 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1930
1931 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1932 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1933 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1934
1935 # Tk integration
1936 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1937 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1938
1939 # Danga::Socket integration
1940 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1941 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1942
1275=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1943=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1276 1944
1277This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1945Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1946considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1947fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1948with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
1949pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
1950reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
1951applies to quite a lot of perls.
1278 1952
1279Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1953This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1280can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1954only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1281the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1955using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1282request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1283(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1284parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1285parent process has been reached again.
1286 1956
1287In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1957You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1288not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1958forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1289yet. 1959child:
1960
1961=over 4
1962
1963=item IO::AIO::reinit
1964
1965Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
1966data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
1967happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
1968
1969The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
1970C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
1971the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
1972will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
1973
1974=back
1290 1975
1291=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1976=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1292 1977
1293Per-request usage: 1978Per-request usage:
1294 1979
1311 1996
1312Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1997Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1313 1998
1314=head1 SEE ALSO 1999=head1 SEE ALSO
1315 2000
1316L<Coro::AIO>. 2001L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2002more natural syntax.
1317 2003
1318=head1 AUTHOR 2004=head1 AUTHOR
1319 2005
1320 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2006 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1321 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2007 http://home.schmorp.de/

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