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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::break;
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::run;
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 = 4.34;
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_fcntl aio_ioctl
177 aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
178 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap aio_allocate
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_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
246 aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
247 aio_sync $callback->($status)
248 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
249 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
250 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
251 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
252 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
253 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
254 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
255 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
256 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
257 aio_group $callback->(...)
258 aio_nop $callback->()
259
260 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
261 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
262
263 IO::AIO::poll_wait
264 IO::AIO::poll_cb
265 IO::AIO::poll
266 IO::AIO::flush
267 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
268 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
269 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
270 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
271 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
272 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
273 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
274 IO::AIO::nreqs
275 IO::AIO::nready
276 IO::AIO::npending
277
278 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
279 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
280 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
281 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
282 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
283 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
284 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
285 IO::AIO::munlockall
286
287=head2 API NOTES
221 288
222All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 289All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
223with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 290with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
224and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 291and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
225which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 292which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
226the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 293the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
227perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 294of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
228syscall has been executed asynchronously. 295error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
296most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
297"false").
298
299Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
300communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
229 301
230All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 302All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
231internally until the request has finished. 303internally until the request has finished.
232 304
233All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 305All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
234further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 306further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
235 307
236The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 308The 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 309reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
238request is being executed, the current working directory could have 310current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
239changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 311make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
240current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 312in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
241paths. 313of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
314relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
315description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
242 316
243To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 317To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
244in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 318in 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 319tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
246your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 320module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
247environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 321effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
248use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 322unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
323correct contents.
249 324
250This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 325This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
251handles correctly wether it is set or not. 326handles correctly whether it is set or not.
327
328=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
252 329
253=over 4 330=over 4
254 331
255=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 332=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
256 333
286 363
287 364
288=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 365=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
289 366
290Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 367Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
291created filehandle for the file. 368created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
292 369
293The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 370The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
294for an explanation. 371for an explanation.
295 372
296The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 373The C<$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 380by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
304change the umask. 381change the umask.
305 382
306Example: 383Example:
307 384
308 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 385 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
309 if ($_[0]) { 386 if ($_[0]) {
310 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 387 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
311 ... 388 ...
312 } else { 389 } else {
313 die "open failed: $!\n"; 390 die "open failed: $!\n";
314 } 391 }
315 }; 392 };
316 393
394In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
395C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
396following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
397your system are, as usual, C<0>):
398
399C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
400C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
401C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
402
317 403
318=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 404=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
319 405
320Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 406Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
321code. 407code.
322 408
323Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on 409Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
324closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself. Here is 410closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
325what aio_close will try:
326 411
327 1. dup()licate the fd 412Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
328 2. asynchronously close() the duplicated fd 413use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
329 3. dup()licate the fd once more 414(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
332 415
333The idea is that the first close() flushes stuff to disk that closing an 416Or 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 417free 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...
353 418
354=cut 419=cut
355 420
356sub aio_close($;$) { 421=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
357 aio_block {
358 my ($fh, $cb) = @_;
359 422
360 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 423Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
361 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 424C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
425C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
426C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
362 427
363 my $fd = fileno $fh; 428The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
429case of an error.
364 430
365 defined $fd or Carp::croak "aio_close called with fd-less filehandle"; 431In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
432corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
433so don't panic.
366 434
367 # if the dups fail we will simply get EBADF 435As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
368 my $fd2 = _dup $fd; 436C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
369 aioreq_pri $pri; 437could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
370 add $grp _aio_close $fd2, sub { 438Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
371 my $fd2 = _dup $fd; 439"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
383 440
384=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 441=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
385 442
386=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 443=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
387 444
388Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset> 445Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
389into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the 446C<$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 447and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
391like the syscall). 448error, just like the syscall).
449
450C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
451offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
392 452
393If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will 453If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
394be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be 454be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
395changed by these calls. 455changed by these calls.
396 456
397If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>. 457If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
458C<$data>.
398 459
399If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of 460If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
400C<$data>. 461C<$data>.
401 462
402The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 463The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
416 477
417Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 478Tries 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 479reading 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 480file 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 481than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
421other. 482other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
483move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
422 484
485Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
486are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
487read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
488number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
489C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
490
491Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
492C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
493the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
494the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
495into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
496fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
497data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
498the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
499resource usage.
500
423This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 501This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
424zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 502provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
425socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 503a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
426 504
427If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 505If 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 506C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
507C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
429regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 508type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
430 509
431Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 510As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
432C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 511together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
433bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 512on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
434provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 513in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
435value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 514so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
436read. 515fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
437 516
438 517
439=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 518=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
440 519
441C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 520C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
445whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 524whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
446and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 525and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
447(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the 526(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
448file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 527file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
449 528
450If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 529If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your kernel isn't Linux) it will
451emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 530be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
452 531
453 532
454=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 533=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
455 534
456=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 535=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
463for an explanation. 542for an explanation.
464 543
465Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 544Currently, 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 545error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
467unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 546unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
547
548To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
549following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
550be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
551behaviour).
552
553C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
554C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
555C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
468 556
469Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 557Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
470 558
471 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 559 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
472 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 560 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
473 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 561 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
474 }; 562 };
475 563
476 564
565=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
566
567Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
568whether a file handle or path was passed.
569
570On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
571members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
572C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
573is passed.
574
575The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
576C<ST_NOSUID>.
577
578The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
579their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
580not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
581C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
582C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
583
584Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
585
586 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
587 my $f = $_[0]
588 or die "statvfs: $!";
589
590 use Data::Dumper;
591 say Dumper $f;
592 };
593
594 # result:
595 {
596 bsize => 1024,
597 bfree => 4333064312,
598 blocks => 10253828096,
599 files => 2050765568,
600 flag => 4096,
601 favail => 2042092649,
602 bavail => 4333064312,
603 ffree => 2042092649,
604 namemax => 255,
605 frsize => 1024,
606 fsid => 1810
607 }
608
609Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
610Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
611
612 0x0000adf5 adfs
613 0x0000adff affs
614 0x5346414f afs
615 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
616 0x00000187 autofs
617 0x42465331 befs
618 0x1badface bfs
619 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
620 0x9123683e btrfs
621 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
622 0xff534d42 cifs
623 0x73757245 coda
624 0x012ff7b7 coh
625 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
626 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
627 0x64626720 debugfs
628 0x00001373 devfs
629 0x00001cd1 devpts
630 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
631 0x00414a53 efs
632 0x0000137d ext
633 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
634 0x0000ef51 ext2
635 0xf2f52010 f2fs
636 0x00004006 fat
637 0x65735546 fuseblk
638 0x65735543 fusectl
639 0x0bad1dea futexfs
640 0x01161970 gfs2
641 0x47504653 gpfs
642 0x00004244 hfs
643 0xf995e849 hpfs
644 0x00c0ffee hostfs
645 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
646 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
647 0x00009660 isofs
648 0x000072b6 jffs2
649 0x3153464a jfs
650 0x6b414653 k-afs
651 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
652 0x0000137f minix
653 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
654 0x00002468 minix v2
655 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
656 0x00004d5a minix v3
657 0x19800202 mqueue
658 0x00004d44 msdos
659 0x0000564c novell
660 0x00006969 nfs
661 0x6e667364 nfsd
662 0x00003434 nilfs
663 0x5346544e ntfs
664 0x00009fa1 openprom
665 0x7461636F ocfs2
666 0x00009fa0 proc
667 0x6165676c pstorefs
668 0x0000002f qnx4
669 0x68191122 qnx6
670 0x858458f6 ramfs
671 0x52654973 reiserfs
672 0x00007275 romfs
673 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
674 0x73636673 securityfs
675 0xf97cff8c selinux
676 0x0000517b smb
677 0x534f434b sockfs
678 0x73717368 squashfs
679 0x62656572 sysfs
680 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
681 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
682 0x01021994 tmpfs
683 0x15013346 udf
684 0x00011954 ufs
685 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
686 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
687 0x01021997 v9fs
688 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
689 0xabba1974 xenfs
690 0x012ff7b4 xenix
691 0x58465342 xfs
692 0x012fd16d xia
693
477=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 694=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
478 695
479Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 696Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
480and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 697and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
481syscalls support them. 698syscalls support them.
508=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 725=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
509 726
510Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 727Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
511 728
512 729
730=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
731
732Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
733linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
734
735C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
736space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
737to deallocate a file range.
738
739IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
740(without leaving a hole) and C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range (see
741your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
742
743The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
744C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
745
746If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
747emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
748
749
513=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 750=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
514 751
515Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 752Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
516 753
517 754
519 756
520Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 757Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
521result code. 758result code.
522 759
523 760
524=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 761=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
525 762
526[EXPERIMENTAL] 763[EXPERIMENTAL]
527 764
528Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 765Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
529 766
530The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 767The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
531 768
532 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 769 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
533 770
771See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
772and functions.
534 773
535=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 774=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
536 775
537Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 776Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
538the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 777the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
542 781
543Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 782Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
544the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 783the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
545 784
546 785
547=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 786=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
548 787
549Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 788Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
550the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 789the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
551callback. 790callback.
552 791
553 792
793=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
794
795Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
796C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
797L<Cwd::realpath>).
798
799This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
800directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
801
802
554=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 803=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
555 804
556Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 805Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
557rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 806rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
807
808On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
809natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
810of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
558 811
559 812
560=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 813=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
561 814
562Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 815Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
567=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 820=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
568 821
569Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 822Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
570result code. 823result code.
571 824
825On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
826natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
827C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
828
572 829
573=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 830=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
574 831
575Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 832Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
576directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 833directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
577sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 834sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
578 835
579The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 836The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
580with the filenames. 837array-ref with the filenames.
581 838
582 839
840=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
841
842Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
843tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
844C<undef>.
845
846The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
847flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
848
849=over 4
850
851=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
852
853When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
854names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
855C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
856entry in more detail.
857
858C<$name> is the name of the entry.
859
860C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
861
862C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
863C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
864C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
865
866C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
867know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
868scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
869
870C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
871bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
872systems that do not deliver the inode information.
873
874=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
875
876When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
877likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
878you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
879while avoiding to stat() each entry.
880
881If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
882to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
883beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
884short names are tried first.
885
886=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
887
888When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
889suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
890all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
891be fastest.
892
893If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
894the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
895
896=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
897
898This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
899is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
900C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
901C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
902
903=back
904
905
583=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 906=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
584 907
585This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 908This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
586memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 909memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
587 910
588=cut 911=cut
589 912
590sub aio_load($$;$) { 913sub aio_load($$;$) {
591 aio_block {
592 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_; 914 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
593 my $data = \$_[1]; 915 my $data = \$_[1];
594 916
595 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 917 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
596 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 918 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
919
920 aioreq_pri $pri;
921 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
922 my $fh = shift
923 or return $grp->result (-1);
597 924
598 aioreq_pri $pri; 925 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), $$data, 0, sub { 926 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
605 $grp->result ($_[0]); 927 $grp->result ($_[0]);
606 };
607 }; 928 };
608
609 $grp
610 } 929 };
930
931 $grp
611} 932}
612 933
613=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 934=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
614 935
615Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 936Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
616destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 937destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
617the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 938a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
618 939
619This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 940This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
620mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 941mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
621C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 942C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
622uid/gid, in that order. 943uid/gid, in that order.
623 944
624If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 945If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
626errors are being ignored. 947errors are being ignored.
627 948
628=cut 949=cut
629 950
630sub aio_copy($$;$) { 951sub aio_copy($$;$) {
631 aio_block {
632 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 952 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
633 953
634 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 954 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
635 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 955 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
636 956
637 aioreq_pri $pri; 957 aioreq_pri $pri;
638 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 958 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
639 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 959 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
640 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 960 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
641 961
642 aioreq_pri $pri; 962 aioreq_pri $pri;
643 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 963 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
644 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 964 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
645 aioreq_pri $pri; 965 aioreq_pri $pri;
646 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 966 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
647 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 967 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
648 $grp->result (0); 968 $grp->result (0);
649 close $src_fh; 969 close $src_fh;
650 970
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 { 971 my $ch = sub {
657 $grp->result (-1);
658 close $src_fh;
659 close $dst_fh;
660
661 aioreq $pri; 972 aioreq_pri $pri;
973 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
974 aioreq_pri $pri;
975 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
976 aioreq_pri $pri;
662 add $grp aio_unlink $dst; 977 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
978 }
979 };
663 } 980 };
981
982 aioreq_pri $pri;
983 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
984 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
985 aioreq_pri $pri;
986 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
987 } else {
988 $ch->();
989 }
990 };
991 } else {
992 $grp->result (-1);
993 close $src_fh;
994 close $dst_fh;
995
996 aioreq $pri;
997 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
664 }; 998 }
665 } else {
666 $grp->result (-1);
667 } 999 };
1000 } else {
1001 $grp->result (-1);
668 }, 1002 }
669
670 } else {
671 $grp->result (-1);
672 } 1003 },
1004
1005 } else {
1006 $grp->result (-1);
673 }; 1007 }
674
675 $grp
676 } 1008 };
1009
1010 $grp
677} 1011}
678 1012
679=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 1013=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
680 1014
681Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 1015Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
682destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1016destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
683the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1017a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
684 1018
685This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 1019This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
686rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1020rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
687that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 1021that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
688 1022
689=cut 1023=cut
690 1024
691sub aio_move($$;$) { 1025sub aio_move($$;$) {
692 aio_block {
693 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 1026 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
694 1027
695 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1028 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
696 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1029 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
697 1030
698 aioreq_pri $pri; 1031 aioreq_pri $pri;
699 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub { 1032 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
700 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1033 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
701 aioreq_pri $pri; 1034 aioreq_pri $pri;
702 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1035 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]); 1036 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1037
1038 unless ($_[0]) {
1039 aioreq_pri $pri;
1040 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
1041 }
712 } 1042 };
1043 } else {
1044 $grp->result ($_[0]);
713 }; 1045 }
714
715 $grp
716 } 1046 };
1047
1048 $grp
717} 1049}
718 1050
719=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1051=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
720 1052
721Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1053Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
722efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1054efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
723names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1055names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
724recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1056recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
741 1073
742Implementation notes. 1074Implementation notes.
743 1075
744The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 1076The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
745 1077
1078If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
1079find directories.
1080
746After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 1081Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
747directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 1082of 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 1083match (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 1084how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
750of subdirectories will be assumed. 1085number of subdirectories will be assumed.
751 1086
752Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 1087Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
753a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 1088currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
754else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 1089entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
755likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 1090in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
756is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 1091entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
757seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1092separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
758filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1093filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
759data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 1094data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
1095the filetype information on readdir.
760 1096
761If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1097If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
762rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 1098rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
763 1099
764This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 1100This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
769directory counting heuristic. 1105directory counting heuristic.
770 1106
771=cut 1107=cut
772 1108
773sub aio_scandir($$;$) { 1109sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
774 aio_block {
775 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 1110 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
776 1111
777 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1112 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
778 1113
779 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1114 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
780 1115
781 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1116 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
1117
1118 # get a wd object
1119 aioreq_pri $pri;
1120 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1121 $_[0]
1122 or return $grp->result ();
1123
1124 my $wd = [shift, "."];
782 1125
783 # stat once 1126 # stat once
784 aioreq_pri $pri; 1127 aioreq_pri $pri;
785 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1128 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
786 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1129 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
787 my $now = time; 1130 my $now = time;
788 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1131 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
789 1132
790 # read the directory entries 1133 # read the directory entries
791 aioreq_pri $pri; 1134 aioreq_pri $pri;
792 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 1135 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
793 my $entries = shift 1136 my $entries = shift
794 or return $grp->result (); 1137 or return $grp->result ();
795 1138
796 # stat the dir another time 1139 # stat the dir another time
797 aioreq_pri $pri; 1140 aioreq_pri $pri;
798 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1141 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
799 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1142 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
800 1143
801 my $ndirs; 1144 my $ndirs;
802 1145
803 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1146 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
804 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1147 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
805 $ndirs = -1; 1148 $ndirs = -1;
806 } else { 1149 } else {
807 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1150 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
808 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1151 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
809 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1152 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
810 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1153 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
811 } 1154 }
812 1155
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); 1156 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
821 1157
822 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1158 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
823 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1159 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
824 }; 1160 };
825 1161
826 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1162 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
827 feed $statgrp sub { 1163 feed $statgrp sub {
828 return unless @$entries; 1164 return unless @$entries;
829 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1165 my $entry = shift @$entries;
830 1166
831 aioreq_pri $pri; 1167 aioreq_pri $pri;
1168 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
832 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1169 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
833 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1170 if ($_[0] < 0) {
834 push @nondirs, $entry; 1171 push @nondirs, $entry;
835 } else { 1172 } else {
836 # need to check for real directory 1173 # need to check for real directory
837 aioreq_pri $pri; 1174 aioreq_pri $pri;
1175 $wd->[1] = $entry;
838 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1176 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
839 if (-d _) { 1177 if (-d _) {
840 push @dirs, $entry; 1178 push @dirs, $entry;
841 1179
842 unless (--$ndirs) { 1180 unless (--$ndirs) {
843 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1181 push @nondirs, @$entries;
851 }; 1189 };
852 }; 1190 };
853 }; 1191 };
854 }; 1192 };
855 }; 1193 };
856
857 $grp
858 } 1194 };
1195
1196 $grp
859} 1197}
860 1198
861=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1199=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
862 1200
863Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1201Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
864status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1202status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
865uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1203uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
866everything else. 1204everything else.
867 1205
868=cut 1206=cut
869 1207
870sub aio_rmtree; 1208sub aio_rmtree;
871sub aio_rmtree($;$) { 1209sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
872 aio_block {
873 my ($path, $cb) = @_; 1210 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
874 1211
875 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1212 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
876 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1213 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
877 1214
878 aioreq_pri $pri; 1215 aioreq_pri $pri;
879 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub { 1216 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
880 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; 1217 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
881 1218
882 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub { 1219 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
883 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub { 1220 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
884 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1221 $grp->result ($_[0]);
885 };
886 }; 1222 };
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 }; 1223 };
893 1224
894 $grp 1225 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1226 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1227
1228 add $grp $dirgrp;
895 } 1229 };
1230
1231 $grp
896} 1232}
1233
1234=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
1235
1236=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
1237
1238These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
1239they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
1240
1241Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
1242to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
1243sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
1244as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
1245can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
1246alternative to using a thread to wait.
1247
1248So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
1249(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
1250other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
1251you still can.
897 1252
898=item aio_sync $callback->($status) 1253=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
899 1254
900Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished. 1255Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
901 1256
909Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1264Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
910callback with the fdatasync result code. 1265callback with the fdatasync result code.
911 1266
912If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1267If 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. 1268detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1269
1270=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1271
1272Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1273to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1274code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1275errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1276
1277=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1278
1279Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1280to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1281sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1282ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1283
1284C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1285C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1286C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1287manpage for details.
1288
1289=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1290
1291This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1292composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1293(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1294specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1295written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1296not just directories.
1297
1298Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1299C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1300
1301Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1302
1303=cut
1304
1305sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1306 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1307
1308 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1309 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1310
1311 aioreq_pri $pri;
1312 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1313 my ($fh) = @_;
1314 if ($fh) {
1315 aioreq_pri $pri;
1316 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1317 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1318
1319 aioreq_pri $pri;
1320 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1321 };
1322 } else {
1323 $grp->result (-1);
1324 }
1325 };
1326
1327 $grp
1328}
1329
1330=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1331
1332This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1333scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1334scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1335scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1336it).
1337
1338It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1339area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1340later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1341is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1342a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1343C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1344
1345=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1346
1347This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1348scalars.
1349
1350It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1351range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1352as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1353C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1354C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1355writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1356
1357=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1358
1359This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1360scalars.
1361
1362It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1363and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1364
1365If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1366
1367On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1368and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1369
1370Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1371documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1372
1373Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1374C<$data> gets destroyed.
1375
1376 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1377 my $data;
1378 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1379 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1380
1381=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1382
1383Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1384C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1385
1386On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1387and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1388
1389Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1390documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1391
1392Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1393
1394 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1395
1396=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1397
1398Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1399ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1400the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1401C<ENOSYS>.
1402
1403C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1404size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1405be queried.
1406
1407C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1408C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1409exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1410the data portion.
1411
1412C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1413C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1414case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1415instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1416
1417If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1418C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1419
1420Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1421structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1422following members:
1423
1424 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1425
1426Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1427or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1428
1429C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1430C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1431C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1432C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1433C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1434C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1435
1436At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1437C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1438it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1439extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
914 1440
915=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1441=item aio_group $callback->(...)
916 1442
917This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1443This 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 1444container 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 1482immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
957except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1483except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
958 1484
959=back 1485=back
960 1486
1487
1488=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1489
1490Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1491threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1492could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1493will be used by IO::AIO).
1494
1495One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1496but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1497access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1498
1499Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1500futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1501per operation.
1502
1503For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1504perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1505cannot be perfect, though.
1506
1507IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1508object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1509path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1510
1511Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1512or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1513object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1514gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1515IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1516to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1517
1518For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1519inside, you would write:
1520
1521 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1522 my $etcdir = shift;
1523
1524 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1525 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1526 # when $etcdir is undef.
1527
1528 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1529 # yay
1530 };
1531 };
1532
1533The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
1534creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
1535which is why it is done asynchronously.
1536
1537To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1538either of the following three request calls:
1539
1540 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1541 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1542 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1543
1544As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1545object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1546causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1547
1548 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1549
1550 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1551 $path->[1] = $name;
1552 aio_stat $path, sub {
1553 # ...
1554 };
1555 }
1556
1557There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1558pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1559nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1560will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1561pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1562older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1563string form of the pathname.
1564
1565So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1566C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1567reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1568(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1569
1570The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1571
1572=over 4
1573
1574=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1575
1576Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1577IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1578system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1579to this working directory.
1580
1581If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1582of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1583passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1584request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1585C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1586expected way.
1587
1588=item IO::AIO::CWD
1589
1590This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1591current working directory.
1592
1593Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1594the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1595example, these calls are functionally identical:
1596
1597 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1598 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1599
1600=back
1601
1602To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1603C<aio_realpath>:
1604
1605 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1606 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1607 };
1608
1609Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1610sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1611
961=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1612=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
962 1613
963All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1614All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
964called in non-void context. 1615called in non-void context.
965 1616
968=item cancel $req 1619=item cancel $req
969 1620
970Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1621Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
971when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1622when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
972entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1623entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
973untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1624untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
974stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1625currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1626will not be freed prematurely.
975 1627
976=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1628=item cb $req $callback->(...)
977 1629
978Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1630Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
979 1631
1030Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1682Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1031will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1683will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1032C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1684C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1033exist. 1685exist.
1034 1686
1035That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1687That 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 1688(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 1689the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1038itself finish. 1690further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1691finished will the the group itself finish.
1039 1692
1040=over 4 1693=over 4
1041 1694
1042=item add $grp ... 1695=item add $grp ...
1043 1696
1052=item $grp->cancel_subs 1705=item $grp->cancel_subs
1053 1706
1054Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1707Cancel 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. 1708itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1056 1709
1710The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1711group).
1712
1057=item $grp->result (...) 1713=item $grp->result (...)
1058 1714
1059Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1715Set 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 1716subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1061of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1717of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1062no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1718no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1063 1719
1064=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1720=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1065 1721
1076=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1732=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1077 1733
1078Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1734Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1079generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1735generator 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, 1736although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1081this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1737this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1082example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1738C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1083requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1739requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1084 1740
1085To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1741To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1086instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1742instead 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>, 1743feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1092not impose any limits). 1748not impose any limits).
1093 1749
1094If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1750If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1095automatically removed from the group. 1751automatically removed from the group.
1096 1752
1097If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1753If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1754C<2> automatically.
1098 1755
1099Example: 1756Example:
1100 1757
1101 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1758 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1102 1759
1114Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1771Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1115the group contains less than this many requests. 1772the group contains less than this many requests.
1116 1773
1117Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1774Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1118 1775
1776The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1777automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1778
1119=back 1779=back
1120 1780
1121=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1781=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1122 1782
1123=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1783=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1125=over 4 1785=over 4
1126 1786
1127=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1787=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1128 1788
1129Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1789Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1130polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1790polled 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 1791select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1132to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1792you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1133 1793
1134See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1794See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1135 1795
1136=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1796=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1137 1797
1138Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1798Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1139regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1799been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1140when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1800this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1141the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1142 1801
1802Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1803events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1804reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1805of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1806C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1807
1143If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1808If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1144will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1809descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1810don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1811
1812Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1813ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1814a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1815available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1816over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1817requests.
1145 1818
1146Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1819Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1147IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1820IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1821SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1148 1822
1149 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1823 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1150 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1824 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1151 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1825 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1826
1827=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1828
1829Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1830requests are outstanding anymore.
1831
1832This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1833become ready, without actually handling them.
1834
1835See C<nreqs> for an example.
1836
1837=item IO::AIO::poll
1838
1839Waits until some requests have been handled.
1840
1841Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1842equivalent to:
1843
1844 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1845
1846=item IO::AIO::flush
1847
1848Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1849
1850Strictly equivalent to:
1851
1852 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1853 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1152 1854
1153=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1855=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1154 1856
1155=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1857=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1156 1858
1181 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1883 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1182 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1884 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1183 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1885 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1184 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1886 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1185 1887
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 1888=back
1214 1889
1215=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1890=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1216 1891
1217=over 1892=over
1250 1925
1251Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1926Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1252 1927
1253=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1928=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1254 1929
1255Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1930Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1256threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1931(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1257means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1932timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1258idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1933C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1934exit.
1259 1935
1260This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1936This 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 1937to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1262under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1938under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1263 1939
1264The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1940The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1265creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1941creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1266want to use larger values. 1942want to use larger values.
1267 1943
1944=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1945
1946Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1947allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1948
1268=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1949=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1950
1951Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1952you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1953C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1954C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1955longer exceeded.
1956
1957In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1958used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1269 1959
1270This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1960This 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 1961blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1272use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1962use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1273 1963
1274Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1964Its 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 1965a 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 1966
1279The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1967 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1280number of outstanding requests.
1281 1968
1282You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1969 for my $path (...) {
1283C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1970 aio_stat $path , ...;
1284as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1971 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1972 }
1973
1974 IO::AIO::flush;
1975
1976The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1977as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1978some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1979number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1980
1981The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1982practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1285 1983
1286=back 1984=back
1287 1985
1288=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1986=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1289 1987
1309Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 2007Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1310but not yet processed by poll_cb). 2008but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1311 2009
1312=back 2010=back
1313 2011
2012=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
2013
2014IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
2015some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
2016"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
2017counterpart.
2018
2019=over 4
2020
2021=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
2022
2023Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
2024but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
2025likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
2026operations).
2027
2028Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
2029
2030=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
2031
2032Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
2033manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2034available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2035C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2036C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2037
2038On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2039ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2040
2041=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2042
2043Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2044manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2045available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2046C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>,
2047C<IO::AIO::MADV_FREE>.
2048
2049On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2050ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2051
2052=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2053
2054Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2055$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2056constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2057C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2058
2059On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2060ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2061
2062=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2063
2064Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2065given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2066success, and false otherwise.
2067
2068The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2069change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2070or searching it with regexes and so on.
2071
2072Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2073
2074The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2075when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2076C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2077
2078This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2079page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2080
2081The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2082filesize.
2083
2084C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2085C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2086
2087C<$flags> can be a combination of
2088C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2089C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
2090or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
2091C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
2092C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2093C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
2094C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
2095C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
2096C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
2097C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
2098C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
2099C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
2100C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
2101
2102If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2103
2104C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2105a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2106
2107Example:
2108
2109 use Digest::MD5;
2110 use IO::AIO;
2111
2112 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2113 or die "$!";
2114
2115 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2116 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2117
2118 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2119
2120=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2121
2122Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2123
2124=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2125
2126Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2127C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2128
2129=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2130
2131Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2132
2133On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2134ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2135
2136=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2137
2138Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2139C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2140should be the file offset.
2141
2142C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2143silently corrupt the data in this case.
2144
2145The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2146C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2147C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2148
2149See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2150
2151=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2152
2153Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
2154description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2155
2156=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2157
2158Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2159on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2160C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2161size on other systems, drop me a note.
2162
2163=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
2164
2165This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
2166C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
2167perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
2168systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
2169(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
2170
2171If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
2172the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
2173
2174On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
2175
2176On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
2177C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
2178
2179Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
2180time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
2181C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
2182
2183=back
2184
1314=cut 2185=cut
1315 2186
1316min_parallel 8; 2187min_parallel 8;
1317 2188
1318END { flush } 2189END { flush }
1319 2190
13201; 21911;
1321 2192
2193=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2194
2195It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2196automatically into many event loops:
2197
2198 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2199 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2200
2201You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2202some examples of how to do this:
2203
2204 # EV integration
2205 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2206
2207 # Event integration
2208 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2209 poll => 'r',
2210 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2211
2212 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2213 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2214 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2215
2216 # Tk integration
2217 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2218 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2219
2220 # Danga::Socket integration
2221 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2222 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2223
1322=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2224=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1323 2225
1324This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2226Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2227considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2228fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2229with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2230pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2231reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2232applies to quite a lot of perls.
1325 2233
1326Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2234This 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 2235only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1328the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2236using 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 2237
1334In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2238You 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 2239forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1336yet. 2240child:
2241
2242=over 4
2243
2244=item IO::AIO::reinit
2245
2246Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2247data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2248happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2249
2250The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2251C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2252the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2253will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2254
2255=back
1337 2256
1338=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2257=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1339 2258
1340Per-request usage: 2259Per-request usage:
1341 2260
1358 2277
1359Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 2278Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1360 2279
1361=head1 SEE ALSO 2280=head1 SEE ALSO
1362 2281
1363L<Coro::AIO>. 2282L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2283more natural syntax.
1364 2284
1365=head1 AUTHOR 2285=head1 AUTHOR
1366 2286
1367 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2287 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1368 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2288 http://home.schmorp.de/

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