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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 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 (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, urxvt, pureperl...)
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 # EV integration
36 my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
37
38 # Event integration
39 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
40 poll => 'r',
41 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
42
43 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
44 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
45 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
46
47 # Tk integration
48 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
49 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
51 # Danga::Socket integration
52 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
53 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
54
55=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
56 32
57This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
58operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
59 36
60Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program 37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
61(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation 38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
62will 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
63is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even 40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
67on 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
68concurrently. 45concurrently.
69 46
70While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
71example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
72support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
73inefficient. 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>
74module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself. 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
75 52
76In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
77requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
78in 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
88yourself, 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
89call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
90 67
91=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
92 69
93This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
94F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
95 72
96 use Fcntl;
97 use Event; 73 use EV;
98 use IO::AIO; 74 use IO::AIO;
99 75
100 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event 76 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
101 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 77 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
102 poll => 'r',
103 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
104 78
105 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 79 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
106 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 80 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
107 my $fh = shift 81 my $fh = shift
108 or die "error while opening: $!"; 82 or die "error while opening: $!";
109 83
110 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 84 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
111 my $size = -s $fh; 85 my $size = -s $fh;
120 94
121 # file contents now in $contents 95 # file contents now in $contents
122 print $contents; 96 print $contents;
123 97
124 # exit event loop and program 98 # exit event loop and program
125 Event::unloop; 99 EV::unloop;
126 }; 100 };
127 }; 101 };
128 102
129 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 103 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
130 # check for sockets etc. etc. 104 # check for sockets etc. etc.
131 105
132 # process events as long as there are some: 106 # process events as long as there are some:
133 Event::loop; 107 EV::loop;
134 108
135=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 109=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
136 110
137Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 111Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
138directly visible to Perl. 112directly visible to Perl.
188 162
189package IO::AIO; 163package IO::AIO;
190 164
191use Carp (); 165use Carp ();
192 166
193no warnings; 167use common::sense;
194use strict 'vars';
195 168
196use base 'Exporter'; 169use base 'Exporter';
197 170
198BEGIN { 171BEGIN {
199 our $VERSION = '2.6'; 172 our $VERSION = 4.32;
200 173
201 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 174 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
202 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 175 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
203 aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link 176 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
177 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_allocate
178 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
204 aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir 180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
205 aio_chown aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate); 181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
183 aio_statvfs
184 aio_wd);
185
206 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block)); 186 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
207 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 187 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
208 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 188 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
209 nreqs nready npending nthreads 189 nreqs nready npending nthreads
210 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs); 190 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
191 sendfile fadvise madvise
192 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
193
194 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
211 195
212 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 196 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
213 197
214 require XSLoader; 198 require XSLoader;
215 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 199 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
216} 200}
217 201
218=head1 FUNCTIONS 202=head1 FUNCTIONS
219 203
220=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 204=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
205
206This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
207quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
208documentation.
209
210 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
211 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
212 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
213 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
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_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
224 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
225 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
226 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
227 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
228 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
229 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
231 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
232 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
233 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
234 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
235 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
236 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
237 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
238 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
239 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
240 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
241 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
242 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
243 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
244 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
245 aio_sync $callback->($status)
246 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
249 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
250 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
251 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
253 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
254 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
255 aio_group $callback->(...)
256 aio_nop $callback->()
257
258 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
259 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
260
261 IO::AIO::poll_wait
262 IO::AIO::poll_cb
263 IO::AIO::poll
264 IO::AIO::flush
265 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
266 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
267 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
269 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
270 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
271 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
272 IO::AIO::nreqs
273 IO::AIO::nready
274 IO::AIO::npending
275
276 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
277 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
278 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
279 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
280 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
281 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
282 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
283 IO::AIO::munlockall
284
285=head2 API NOTES
221 286
222All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 287All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
223with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 288with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
224and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 289and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
225which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 290which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
226the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 291the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
227perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 292of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
228syscall has been executed asynchronously. 293error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
294most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
295"false").
296
297Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
298communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
229 299
230All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 300All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
231internally until the request has finished. 301internally until the request has finished.
232 302
233All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 303All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
234further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 304further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
235 305
236The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 306The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
237encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 307reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
238request is being executed, the current working directory could have 308current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
239changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 309make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
240current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 310in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
241paths. 311of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
312relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
313description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
242 314
243To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 315To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
244in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 316in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
245tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 317tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
246your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 318module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
247environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 319effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
248use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 320unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
321correct contents.
249 322
250This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 323This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
251handles correctly wether it is set or not. 324handles correctly whether it is set or not.
325
326=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
252 327
253=over 4 328=over 4
254 329
255=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 330=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
256 331
286 361
287 362
288=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 363=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
289 364
290Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 365Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
291created filehandle for the file. 366created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
292 367
293The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 368The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
294for an explanation. 369for an explanation.
295 370
296The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 371The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
303by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 378by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
304change the umask. 379change the umask.
305 380
306Example: 381Example:
307 382
308 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 383 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
309 if ($_[0]) { 384 if ($_[0]) {
310 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 385 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
311 ... 386 ...
312 } else { 387 } else {
313 die "open failed: $!\n"; 388 die "open failed: $!\n";
314 } 389 }
315 }; 390 };
316 391
392In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
393C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
394following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
395your system are, as usual, C<0>):
396
397C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
398C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
399C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
400
317 401
318=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 402=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
319 403
320Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 404Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
321code. 405code.
322 406
323Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on 407Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
324closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself. Here is 408closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
325what aio_close will try:
326 409
327 1. dup()licate the fd 410Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
328 2. asynchronously close() the duplicated fd 411use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
329 3. dup()licate the fd once more 412(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
330 4. let perl close() the filehandle
331 5. asynchronously close the duplicated fd
332 413
333The idea is that the first close() flushes stuff to disk that closing an 414Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
334fd will flush, so when perl closes the fd, nothing much will need to be 415free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
335flushed. The second async. close() will then flush stuff to disk that
336closing the last fd to the file will flush.
337
338Just FYI, SuSv3 has this to say on close:
339
340 All outstanding record locks owned by the process on the file
341 associated with the file descriptor shall be removed.
342
343 If fildes refers to a socket, close() shall cause the socket to be
344 destroyed. ... close() shall block for up to the current linger
345 interval until all data is transmitted.
346 [this actually sounds like a specification bug, but who knows]
347
348And at least Linux additionally actually flushes stuff on every close,
349even when the file itself is still open.
350
351Sounds enourmously inefficient and complicated? Yes... please show me how
352to nuke perl's fd out of existence...
353 416
354=cut 417=cut
355 418
356sub aio_close($;$) { 419=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
357 aio_block {
358 my ($fh, $cb) = @_;
359 420
360 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 421Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
361 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 422C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
423C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
424C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
362 425
363 my $fd = fileno $fh; 426The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
427case of an error.
364 428
365 defined $fd or Carp::croak "aio_close called with fd-less filehandle"; 429In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
430corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
431so don't panic.
366 432
367 # if the dups fail we will simply get EBADF 433As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
368 my $fd2 = _dup $fd; 434C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
369 aioreq_pri $pri; 435could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
370 add $grp _aio_close $fd2, sub { 436Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
371 my $fd2 = _dup $fd; 437"just work".
372 close $fh;
373 aioreq_pri $pri;
374 add $grp _aio_close $fd2, sub {
375 $grp->result ($_[0]);
376 };
377 };
378
379 $grp
380 }
381}
382
383 438
384=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 439=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
385 440
386=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 441=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
387 442
388Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset> 443Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
389into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the 444C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
390callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 445and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
391like the syscall). 446error, just like the syscall).
447
448C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
449offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
392 450
393If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will 451If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
394be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be 452be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
395changed by these calls. 453changed by these calls.
396 454
397If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>. 455If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
456C<$data>.
398 457
399If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of 458If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
400C<$data>. 459C<$data>.
401 460
402The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 461The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
416 475
417Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 476Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
418reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 477reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
419file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 478file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
420than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 479than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
421other. 480other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
481move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
422 482
483Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
484are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
485read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
486number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
487C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
488
489Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
490C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
491the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
492the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
493into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
494fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
495data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
496the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
497resource usage.
498
423This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 499This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
424zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 500provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
425socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 501a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
426 502
427If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 503If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
428emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 504C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
505C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
429regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 506type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
430 507
431Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 508As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
432C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 509together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
433bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 510on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
434provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 511in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
435value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 512so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
436read. 513fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
437 514
438 515
439=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 516=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
440 517
441C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 518C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
464 541
465Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 542Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
466error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 543error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
467unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 544unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
468 545
546To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
547following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
548be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
549behaviour).
550
551C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
552C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
553C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
554
469Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 555Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
470 556
471 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 557 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
472 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 558 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
473 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 559 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
474 }; 560 };
475 561
476 562
563=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
564
565Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
566whether a file handle or path was passed.
567
568On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
569members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
570C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
571is passed.
572
573The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
574C<ST_NOSUID>.
575
576The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
577their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
578not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
579C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
580C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
581
582Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
583
584 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
585 my $f = $_[0]
586 or die "statvfs: $!";
587
588 use Data::Dumper;
589 say Dumper $f;
590 };
591
592 # result:
593 {
594 bsize => 1024,
595 bfree => 4333064312,
596 blocks => 10253828096,
597 files => 2050765568,
598 flag => 4096,
599 favail => 2042092649,
600 bavail => 4333064312,
601 ffree => 2042092649,
602 namemax => 255,
603 frsize => 1024,
604 fsid => 1810
605 }
606
607Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
608Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
609
610 0x0000adf5 adfs
611 0x0000adff affs
612 0x5346414f afs
613 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
614 0x00000187 autofs
615 0x42465331 befs
616 0x1badface bfs
617 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
618 0x9123683e btrfs
619 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
620 0xff534d42 cifs
621 0x73757245 coda
622 0x012ff7b7 coh
623 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
624 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
625 0x64626720 debugfs
626 0x00001373 devfs
627 0x00001cd1 devpts
628 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
629 0x00414a53 efs
630 0x0000137d ext
631 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
632 0x0000ef51 ext2
633 0x00004006 fat
634 0x65735546 fuseblk
635 0x65735543 fusectl
636 0x0bad1dea futexfs
637 0x01161970 gfs2
638 0x47504653 gpfs
639 0x00004244 hfs
640 0xf995e849 hpfs
641 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
642 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
643 0x00009660 isofs
644 0x000072b6 jffs2
645 0x3153464a jfs
646 0x6b414653 k-afs
647 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
648 0x0000137f minix
649 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
650 0x00002468 minix v2
651 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
652 0x00004d5a minix v3
653 0x19800202 mqueue
654 0x00004d44 msdos
655 0x0000564c novell
656 0x00006969 nfs
657 0x6e667364 nfsd
658 0x00003434 nilfs
659 0x5346544e ntfs
660 0x00009fa1 openprom
661 0x7461636F ocfs2
662 0x00009fa0 proc
663 0x6165676c pstorefs
664 0x0000002f qnx4
665 0x858458f6 ramfs
666 0x52654973 reiserfs
667 0x00007275 romfs
668 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
669 0x73636673 securityfs
670 0xf97cff8c selinux
671 0x0000517b smb
672 0x534f434b sockfs
673 0x73717368 squashfs
674 0x62656572 sysfs
675 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
676 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
677 0x01021994 tmpfs
678 0x15013346 udf
679 0x00011954 ufs
680 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
681 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
682 0x01021997 v9fs
683 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
684 0xabba1974 xenfs
685 0x012ff7b4 xenix
686 0x58465342 xfs
687 0x012fd16d xia
688
477=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 689=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
478 690
479Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 691Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
480and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 692and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
481syscalls support them. 693syscalls support them.
508=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 720=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
509 721
510Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 722Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
511 723
512 724
725=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
726
727Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
728linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
729
730C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
731space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
732to deallocate a file range.
733
734IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
735(without leaving a hole) and C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range (see
736your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
737
738The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
739C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
740
741If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
742emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
743
744
513=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 745=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
514 746
515Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 747Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
516 748
517 749
519 751
520Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 752Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
521result code. 753result code.
522 754
523 755
524=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 756=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
525 757
526[EXPERIMENTAL] 758[EXPERIMENTAL]
527 759
528Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 760Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
529 761
530The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 762The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
531 763
532 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 764 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
533 765
766See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
767and functions.
534 768
535=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 769=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
536 770
537Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 771Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
538the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 772the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
542 776
543Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 777Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
544the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 778the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
545 779
546 780
547=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 781=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
548 782
549Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 783Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
550the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 784the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
551callback. 785callback.
552 786
553 787
788=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
789
790Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
791C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
792L<Cwd::realpath>).
793
794This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
795directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
796
797
554=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 798=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
555 799
556Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 800Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
557rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 801rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
802
803On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
804natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
805of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
558 806
559 807
560=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 808=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
561 809
562Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 810Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
567=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 815=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
568 816
569Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 817Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
570result code. 818result code.
571 819
820On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
821natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
822C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
823
572 824
573=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 825=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
574 826
575Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 827Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
576directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 828directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
577sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 829sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
578 830
579The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 831The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
580with the filenames. 832array-ref with the filenames.
581 833
582 834
835=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
836
837Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
838tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
839C<undef>.
840
841The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
842flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
843
844=over 4
845
846=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
847
848When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
849names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
850C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
851entry in more detail.
852
853C<$name> is the name of the entry.
854
855C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
856
857C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
858C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
859C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
860
861C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
862know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
863scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
864
865C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
866bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
867systems that do not deliver the inode information.
868
869=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
870
871When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
872likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
873you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
874while avoiding to stat() each entry.
875
876If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
877to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
878beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
879short names are tried first.
880
881=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
882
883When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
884suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
885all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
886be fastest.
887
888If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
889the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
890
891=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
892
893This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
894is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
895C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
896C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
897
898=back
899
900
583=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 901=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
584 902
585This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 903This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
586memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 904memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
587 905
588=cut 906=cut
589 907
590sub aio_load($$;$) { 908sub aio_load($$;$) {
591 aio_block {
592 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_; 909 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
593 my $data = \$_[1]; 910 my $data = \$_[1];
594 911
595 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 912 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
596 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 913 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
914
915 aioreq_pri $pri;
916 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
917 my $fh = shift
918 or return $grp->result (-1);
597 919
598 aioreq_pri $pri; 920 aioreq_pri $pri;
599 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
600 my $fh = shift
601 or return $grp->result (-1);
602
603 aioreq_pri $pri;
604 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub { 921 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
605 $grp->result ($_[0]); 922 $grp->result ($_[0]);
606 };
607 }; 923 };
608
609 $grp
610 } 924 };
925
926 $grp
611} 927}
612 928
613=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 929=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
614 930
615Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 931Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
616destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 932destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
617the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 933a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
618 934
619This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 935This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
620mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 936mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
621C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 937C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
622uid/gid, in that order. 938uid/gid, in that order.
623 939
624If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 940If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
626errors are being ignored. 942errors are being ignored.
627 943
628=cut 944=cut
629 945
630sub aio_copy($$;$) { 946sub aio_copy($$;$) {
631 aio_block {
632 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 947 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
633 948
634 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 949 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
635 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 950 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
636 951
637 aioreq_pri $pri; 952 aioreq_pri $pri;
638 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 953 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
639 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 954 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
640 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 955 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
641 956
642 aioreq_pri $pri; 957 aioreq_pri $pri;
643 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 958 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
644 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 959 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
645 aioreq_pri $pri; 960 aioreq_pri $pri;
646 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 961 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
647 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 962 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
648 $grp->result (0); 963 $grp->result (0);
649 close $src_fh; 964 close $src_fh;
650 965
651 # those should not normally block. should. should.
652 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
653 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
654 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
655 close $dst_fh;
656 } else { 966 my $ch = sub {
657 $grp->result (-1);
658 close $src_fh;
659 close $dst_fh;
660
661 aioreq $pri; 967 aioreq_pri $pri;
968 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
969 aioreq_pri $pri;
970 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
971 aioreq_pri $pri;
662 add $grp aio_unlink $dst; 972 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
973 }
974 };
663 } 975 };
976
977 aioreq_pri $pri;
978 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
979 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
980 aioreq_pri $pri;
981 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
982 } else {
983 $ch->();
984 }
985 };
986 } else {
987 $grp->result (-1);
988 close $src_fh;
989 close $dst_fh;
990
991 aioreq $pri;
992 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
664 }; 993 }
665 } else {
666 $grp->result (-1);
667 } 994 };
995 } else {
996 $grp->result (-1);
668 }, 997 }
669
670 } else {
671 $grp->result (-1);
672 } 998 },
999
1000 } else {
1001 $grp->result (-1);
673 }; 1002 }
674
675 $grp
676 } 1003 };
1004
1005 $grp
677} 1006}
678 1007
679=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 1008=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
680 1009
681Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 1010Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
682destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1011destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
683the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1012a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
684 1013
685This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 1014This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
686rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1015rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
687that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 1016that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
688 1017
689=cut 1018=cut
690 1019
691sub aio_move($$;$) { 1020sub aio_move($$;$) {
692 aio_block {
693 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 1021 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
694 1022
695 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1023 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
696 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1024 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
697 1025
698 aioreq_pri $pri; 1026 aioreq_pri $pri;
699 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub { 1027 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
700 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1028 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
701 aioreq_pri $pri; 1029 aioreq_pri $pri;
702 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1030 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
703 $grp->result ($_[0]);
704
705 if (!$_[0]) {
706 aioreq_pri $pri;
707 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
708 }
709 };
710 } else {
711 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1031 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1032
1033 unless ($_[0]) {
1034 aioreq_pri $pri;
1035 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
1036 }
712 } 1037 };
1038 } else {
1039 $grp->result ($_[0]);
713 }; 1040 }
714
715 $grp
716 } 1041 };
1042
1043 $grp
717} 1044}
718 1045
719=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1046=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
720 1047
721Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1048Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
722efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1049efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
723names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1050names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
724recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1051recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
741 1068
742Implementation notes. 1069Implementation notes.
743 1070
744The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 1071The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
745 1072
1073If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
1074find directories.
1075
746After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 1076Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
747directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 1077of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
748isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 1078match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
749entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 1079how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
750of subdirectories will be assumed. 1080number of subdirectories will be assumed.
751 1081
752Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 1082Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
753a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 1083currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
754else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 1084entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
755likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 1085in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
756is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 1086entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
757seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1087separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
758filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1088filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
759data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 1089data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
1090the filetype information on readdir.
760 1091
761If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1092If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
762rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 1093rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
763 1094
764This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 1095This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
769directory counting heuristic. 1100directory counting heuristic.
770 1101
771=cut 1102=cut
772 1103
773sub aio_scandir($$;$) { 1104sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
774 aio_block {
775 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 1105 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
776 1106
777 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1107 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
778 1108
779 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1109 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
780 1110
781 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1111 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
1112
1113 # get a wd object
1114 aioreq_pri $pri;
1115 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1116 $_[0]
1117 or return $grp->result ();
1118
1119 my $wd = [shift, "."];
782 1120
783 # stat once 1121 # stat once
784 aioreq_pri $pri; 1122 aioreq_pri $pri;
785 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1123 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
786 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1124 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
787 my $now = time; 1125 my $now = time;
788 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1126 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
789 1127
790 # read the directory entries 1128 # read the directory entries
791 aioreq_pri $pri; 1129 aioreq_pri $pri;
792 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 1130 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
793 my $entries = shift 1131 my $entries = shift
794 or return $grp->result (); 1132 or return $grp->result ();
795 1133
796 # stat the dir another time 1134 # stat the dir another time
797 aioreq_pri $pri; 1135 aioreq_pri $pri;
798 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1136 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
799 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1137 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
800 1138
801 my $ndirs; 1139 my $ndirs;
802 1140
803 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1141 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
804 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1142 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
805 $ndirs = -1; 1143 $ndirs = -1;
806 } else { 1144 } else {
807 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1145 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
808 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1146 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
809 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1147 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
810 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1148 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
811 } 1149 }
812 1150
813 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
814 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
815 $entries = [map $_->[0],
816 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
817 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
818 @$entries];
819
820 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1151 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
821 1152
822 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1153 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
823 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1154 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
824 }; 1155 };
825 1156
826 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1157 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
827 feed $statgrp sub { 1158 feed $statgrp sub {
828 return unless @$entries; 1159 return unless @$entries;
829 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1160 my $entry = shift @$entries;
830 1161
831 aioreq_pri $pri; 1162 aioreq_pri $pri;
1163 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
832 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1164 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
833 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1165 if ($_[0] < 0) {
834 push @nondirs, $entry; 1166 push @nondirs, $entry;
835 } else { 1167 } else {
836 # need to check for real directory 1168 # need to check for real directory
837 aioreq_pri $pri; 1169 aioreq_pri $pri;
1170 $wd->[1] = $entry;
838 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1171 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
839 if (-d _) { 1172 if (-d _) {
840 push @dirs, $entry; 1173 push @dirs, $entry;
841 1174
842 unless (--$ndirs) { 1175 unless (--$ndirs) {
843 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1176 push @nondirs, @$entries;
851 }; 1184 };
852 }; 1185 };
853 }; 1186 };
854 }; 1187 };
855 }; 1188 };
856
857 $grp
858 } 1189 };
1190
1191 $grp
859} 1192}
860 1193
861=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1194=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
862 1195
863Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1196Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
864status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1197status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
865uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1198uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
866everything else. 1199everything else.
867 1200
868=cut 1201=cut
869 1202
870sub aio_rmtree; 1203sub aio_rmtree;
871sub aio_rmtree($;$) { 1204sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
872 aio_block {
873 my ($path, $cb) = @_; 1205 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
874 1206
875 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1207 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
876 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1208 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
877 1209
878 aioreq_pri $pri; 1210 aioreq_pri $pri;
879 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub { 1211 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
880 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; 1212 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
881 1213
882 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub { 1214 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
883 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub { 1215 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
884 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1216 $grp->result ($_[0]);
885 };
886 }; 1217 };
887
888 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
889 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
890
891 add $grp $dirgrp;
892 }; 1218 };
893 1219
894 $grp 1220 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1221 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1222
1223 add $grp $dirgrp;
895 } 1224 };
1225
1226 $grp
896} 1227}
897 1228
898=item aio_sync $callback->($status) 1229=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
899 1230
900Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished. 1231Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
909Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1240Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
910callback with the fdatasync result code. 1241callback with the fdatasync result code.
911 1242
912If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1243If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
913detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1244detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1245
1246=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1247
1248Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1249to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1250code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1251errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1252
1253=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1254
1255Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1256to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1257sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1258ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1259
1260C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1261C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1262C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1263manpage for details.
1264
1265=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1266
1267This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1268composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1269(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1270specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1271written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1272not just directories.
1273
1274Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1275C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1276
1277Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1278
1279=cut
1280
1281sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1282 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1283
1284 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1285 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1286
1287 aioreq_pri $pri;
1288 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1289 my ($fh) = @_;
1290 if ($fh) {
1291 aioreq_pri $pri;
1292 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1293 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1294
1295 aioreq_pri $pri;
1296 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1297 };
1298 } else {
1299 $grp->result (-1);
1300 }
1301 };
1302
1303 $grp
1304}
1305
1306=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1307
1308This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1309scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1310scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1311scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1312it).
1313
1314It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1315area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1316later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1317is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1318a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1319C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1320
1321=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1322
1323This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1324scalars.
1325
1326It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1327range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1328as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1329C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1330C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1331writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1332
1333=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1334
1335This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1336scalars.
1337
1338It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1339and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1340
1341If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1342
1343On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1344and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1345
1346Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1347documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1348
1349Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1350C<$data> gets destroyed.
1351
1352 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1353 my $data;
1354 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1355 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1356
1357=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1358
1359Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1360C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1361
1362On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1363and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1364
1365Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1366documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1367
1368Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1369
1370 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1371
1372=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1373
1374Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1375ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1376the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1377C<ENOSYS>.
1378
1379C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1380size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1381be queried.
1382
1383C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1384C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1385exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1386the data portion.
1387
1388C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1389C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1390case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1391instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1392
1393If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1394C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1395
1396Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1397structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1398following members:
1399
1400 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1401
1402Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1403or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1404
1405C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1406C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1407C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1408C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1409C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1410C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1411
1412At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1413C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1414it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1415extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
914 1416
915=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1417=item aio_group $callback->(...)
916 1418
917This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1419This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
918container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1420container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
956immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1458immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
957except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1459except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
958 1460
959=back 1461=back
960 1462
1463
1464=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1465
1466Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1467threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1468could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1469will be used by IO::AIO).
1470
1471One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1472but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1473access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1474
1475Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1476futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1477per operation.
1478
1479For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1480perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1481cannot be perfect, though.
1482
1483IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1484object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1485path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1486
1487Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1488or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1489object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1490gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1491IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1492to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1493
1494For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1495inside, you would write:
1496
1497 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1498 my $etcdir = shift;
1499
1500 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1501 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1502 # when $etcdir is undef.
1503
1504 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1505 # yay
1506 };
1507 };
1508
1509The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
1510creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
1511which is why it is done asynchronously.
1512
1513To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1514either of the following three request calls:
1515
1516 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1517 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1518 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1519
1520As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1521object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1522causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1523
1524 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1525
1526 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1527 $path->[1] = $name;
1528 aio_stat $path, sub {
1529 # ...
1530 };
1531 }
1532
1533There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1534pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1535nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1536will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1537pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1538older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1539string form of the pathname.
1540
1541So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1542C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1543reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1544(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1545
1546The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1547
1548=over 4
1549
1550=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1551
1552Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1553IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1554system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1555to this working directory.
1556
1557If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1558of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1559passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1560request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1561C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1562expected way.
1563
1564=item IO::AIO::CWD
1565
1566This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1567current working directory.
1568
1569Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1570the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1571example, these calls are functionally identical:
1572
1573 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1574 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1575
1576=back
1577
1578To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1579C<aio_realpath>:
1580
1581 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1582 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1583 };
1584
1585Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1586sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1587
961=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1588=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
962 1589
963All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1590All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
964called in non-void context. 1591called in non-void context.
965 1592
968=item cancel $req 1595=item cancel $req
969 1596
970Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1597Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
971when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1598when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
972entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1599entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
973untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1600untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
974stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1601currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1602will not be freed prematurely.
975 1603
976=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1604=item cb $req $callback->(...)
977 1605
978Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1606Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
979 1607
1030Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1658Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1031will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1659will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1032C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1660C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1033exist. 1661exist.
1034 1662
1035That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1663That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1036in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1664(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1037group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1665the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1038itself finish. 1666further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1667finished will the the group itself finish.
1039 1668
1040=over 4 1669=over 4
1041 1670
1042=item add $grp ... 1671=item add $grp ...
1043 1672
1052=item $grp->cancel_subs 1681=item $grp->cancel_subs
1053 1682
1054Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1683Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1055itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1684itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1056 1685
1686The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1687group).
1688
1057=item $grp->result (...) 1689=item $grp->result (...)
1058 1690
1059Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1691Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1060subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1692subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1061of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1693of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1062no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1694no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1063 1695
1064=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1696=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1065 1697
1076=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1708=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1077 1709
1078Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1710Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1079generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1711generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1080although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1712although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1081this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1713this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1082example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1714C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1083requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1715requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1084 1716
1085To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1717To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1086instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1718instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1087feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1719feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1092not impose any limits). 1724not impose any limits).
1093 1725
1094If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1726If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1095automatically removed from the group. 1727automatically removed from the group.
1096 1728
1097If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1729If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1730C<2> automatically.
1098 1731
1099Example: 1732Example:
1100 1733
1101 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1734 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1102 1735
1114Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1747Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1115the group contains less than this many requests. 1748the group contains less than this many requests.
1116 1749
1117Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1750Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1118 1751
1752The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1753automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1754
1119=back 1755=back
1120 1756
1121=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1757=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1122 1758
1123=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1759=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1125=over 4 1761=over 4
1126 1762
1127=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1763=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1128 1764
1129Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1765Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1130polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1766polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1131select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1767select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1132to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1768you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1133 1769
1134See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1770See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1135 1771
1136=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1772=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1137 1773
1138Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1774Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1139regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1775been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1140when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1776this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1141the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1142 1777
1778Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1779events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1780reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1781of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1782C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1783
1143If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1784If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1144will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1785descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1786don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1787
1788Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1789ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1790a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1791available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1792over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1793requests.
1145 1794
1146Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1795Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1147IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1796IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1797SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1148 1798
1149 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1799 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1150 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1800 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1151 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1801 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1802
1803=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1804
1805Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1806requests are outstanding anymore.
1807
1808This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1809become ready, without actually handling them.
1810
1811See C<nreqs> for an example.
1812
1813=item IO::AIO::poll
1814
1815Waits until some requests have been handled.
1816
1817Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1818equivalent to:
1819
1820 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1821
1822=item IO::AIO::flush
1823
1824Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1825
1826Strictly equivalent to:
1827
1828 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1829 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1152 1830
1153=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1831=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1154 1832
1155=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1833=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1156 1834
1181 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1859 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1182 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1860 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1183 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1861 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1184 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1862 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1185 1863
1186=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1187
1188If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1189phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1190does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1191synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1192
1193See C<nreqs> for an example.
1194
1195=item IO::AIO::poll
1196
1197Waits until some requests have been handled.
1198
1199Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1200equivalent to:
1201
1202 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1203
1204=item IO::AIO::flush
1205
1206Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1207
1208Strictly equivalent to:
1209
1210 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1211 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1212
1213=back 1864=back
1214 1865
1215=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1866=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1216 1867
1217=over 1868=over
1250 1901
1251Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1902Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1252 1903
1253=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1904=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1254 1905
1255Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1906Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1256threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1907(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1257means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1908timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1258idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1909C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1910exit.
1259 1911
1260This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1912This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1261to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1913to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1262under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1914under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1263 1915
1264The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1916The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1265creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1917creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1266want to use larger values. 1918want to use larger values.
1267 1919
1920=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1921
1922Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1923allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1924
1268=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1925=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1926
1927Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1928you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1929C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1930C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1931longer exceeded.
1932
1933In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1934used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1269 1935
1270This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1936This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1271blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1937blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1272use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1938use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1273 1939
1274Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1940Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1275do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1941a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1276C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1277function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1278 1942
1279The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1943 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1280number of outstanding requests.
1281 1944
1282You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1945 for my $path (...) {
1283C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1946 aio_stat $path , ...;
1284as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1947 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1948 }
1949
1950 IO::AIO::flush;
1951
1952The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1953as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1954some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1955number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1956
1957The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1958practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1285 1959
1286=back 1960=back
1287 1961
1288=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1962=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1289 1963
1309Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1983Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1310but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1984but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1311 1985
1312=back 1986=back
1313 1987
1988=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1989
1990IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
1991some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
1992"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
1993counterpart.
1994
1995=over 4
1996
1997=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1998
1999Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
2000but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
2001likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
2002operations).
2003
2004Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
2005
2006=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
2007
2008Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
2009manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2010available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2011C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2012C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2013
2014On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2015ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2016
2017=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2018
2019Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2020manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2021available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2022C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
2023
2024On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2025ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2026
2027=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2028
2029Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2030$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2031constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2032C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2033
2034On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2035ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2036
2037=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2038
2039Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2040given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2041success, and false otherwise.
2042
2043The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2044change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2045or searching it with regexes and so on.
2046
2047Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2048
2049The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2050when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2051C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2052
2053This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2054page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2055
2056The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2057filesize.
2058
2059C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2060C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2061
2062C<$flags> can be a combination of
2063C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2064C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
2065or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
2066C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
2067C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>,
2068C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2069C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
2070C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
2071C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
2072C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
2073C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
2074C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
2075C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
2076C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
2077
2078If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2079
2080C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2081a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2082
2083Example:
2084
2085 use Digest::MD5;
2086 use IO::AIO;
2087
2088 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2089 or die "$!";
2090
2091 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2092 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2093
2094 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2095
2096=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2097
2098Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2099
2100=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2101
2102Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2103C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2104
2105=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2106
2107Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2108
2109On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2110ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2111
2112=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2113
2114Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2115C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2116should be the file offset.
2117
2118C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2119silently corrupt the data in this case.
2120
2121The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2122C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2123C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2124
2125See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2126
2127=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2128
2129Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
2130description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2131
2132=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2133
2134Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2135on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2136C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2137size on other systems, drop me a note.
2138
2139=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
2140
2141This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
2142C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
2143perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
2144systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
2145(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
2146
2147If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
2148the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
2149
2150On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
2151
2152On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
2153C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
2154
2155Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
2156time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
2157C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
2158
2159=back
2160
1314=cut 2161=cut
1315 2162
1316min_parallel 8; 2163min_parallel 8;
1317 2164
1318END { flush } 2165END { flush }
1319 2166
13201; 21671;
1321 2168
2169=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2170
2171It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2172automatically into many event loops:
2173
2174 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2175 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2176
2177You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2178some examples of how to do this:
2179
2180 # EV integration
2181 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2182
2183 # Event integration
2184 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2185 poll => 'r',
2186 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2187
2188 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2189 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2190 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2191
2192 # Tk integration
2193 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2194 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2195
2196 # Danga::Socket integration
2197 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2198 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2199
1322=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2200=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1323 2201
1324This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2202Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2203considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2204fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2205with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2206pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2207reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2208applies to quite a lot of perls.
1325 2209
1326Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2210This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1327can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2211only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1328the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2212using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1329request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1330(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1331parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1332parent process has been reached again.
1333 2213
1334In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2214You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1335not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2215forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1336yet. 2216child:
2217
2218=over 4
2219
2220=item IO::AIO::reinit
2221
2222Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2223data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2224happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2225
2226The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2227C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2228the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2229will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2230
2231=back
1337 2232
1338=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2233=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1339 2234
1340Per-request usage: 2235Per-request usage:
1341 2236
1358 2253
1359Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 2254Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1360 2255
1361=head1 SEE ALSO 2256=head1 SEE ALSO
1362 2257
1363L<Coro::AIO>. 2258L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2259more natural syntax.
1364 2260
1365=head1 AUTHOR 2261=head1 AUTHOR
1366 2262
1367 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2263 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1368 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2264 http://home.schmorp.de/

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