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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my $fh = shift 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!"; 11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
12 ... 12 ...
13 }; 13 };
14 14
26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27 27
28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
30 30
31 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, urxvt, pureperl...)
32 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
33 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
34
35 # EV integration
36 my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
37
38 # Event integration
39 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
40 poll => 'r',
41 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
42
43 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
44 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
45 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
46
47 # Tk integration
48 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
49 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
51 # Danga::Socket integration
52 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
53 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
54
55=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
56 32
57This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
58operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
59 36
60Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program 37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
61(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation 38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
62will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This 39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
63is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even 40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
67on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations 44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
68concurrently. 45concurrently.
69 46
70While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
71example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
72support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
73inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event> 50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
74module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself. 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
75 52
76In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
77requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
78in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
88yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
89call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
90 67
91=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
92 69
93This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
94F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
95 72
96 use Fcntl;
97 use Event; 73 use EV;
98 use IO::AIO; 74 use IO::AIO;
99 75
100 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event 76 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
101 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 77 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
102 poll => 'r',
103 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
104 78
105 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 79 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
106 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 80 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
107 my $fh = shift 81 my $fh = shift
108 or die "error while opening: $!"; 82 or die "error while opening: $!";
109 83
110 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 84 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
111 my $size = -s $fh; 85 my $size = -s $fh;
120 94
121 # file contents now in $contents 95 # file contents now in $contents
122 print $contents; 96 print $contents;
123 97
124 # exit event loop and program 98 # exit event loop and program
125 Event::unloop; 99 EV::unloop;
126 }; 100 };
127 }; 101 };
128 102
129 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 103 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
130 # check for sockets etc. etc. 104 # check for sockets etc. etc.
131 105
132 # process events as long as there are some: 106 # process events as long as there are some:
133 Event::loop; 107 EV::loop;
134 108
135=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 109=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
136 110
137Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 111Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
138directly visible to Perl. 112directly visible to Perl.
188 162
189package IO::AIO; 163package IO::AIO;
190 164
191use Carp (); 165use Carp ();
192 166
193no warnings; 167use common::sense;
194use strict 'vars';
195 168
196use base 'Exporter'; 169use base 'Exporter';
197 170
198BEGIN { 171BEGIN {
199 our $VERSION = '3.0'; 172 our $VERSION = 4.2;
200 173
201 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close 174 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
202 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir 175 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
203 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync 176 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
177 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_allocate
204 aio_fdatasync aio_pathsync aio_readahead 178 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
205 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group 179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
206 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown 180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
207 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);
208 185
209 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 186 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
210 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 187 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
211 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 188 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
212 nreqs nready npending nthreads 189 nreqs nready npending nthreads
213 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
214 195
215 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 196 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
216 197
217 require XSLoader; 198 require XSLoader;
218 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 199 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
219} 200}
220 201
221=head1 FUNCTIONS 202=head1 FUNCTIONS
222 203
223=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, $callback->($link)
233 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
234 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
235 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
236 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
237 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
238 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
239 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
240 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
241 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
242 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
243 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
244 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
245 aio_sync $callback->($status)
246 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
249 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
250 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
251 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
253 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
254 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
255 aio_group $callback->(...)
256 aio_nop $callback->()
257
258 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
259 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
260
261 IO::AIO::poll_wait
262 IO::AIO::poll_cb
263 IO::AIO::poll
264 IO::AIO::flush
265 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
266 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
267 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
269 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
270 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
271 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
272 IO::AIO::nreqs
273 IO::AIO::nready
274 IO::AIO::npending
275
276 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
277 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
278 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
279 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
280 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
281 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
282 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
283 IO::AIO::munlockall
284
285=head2 API NOTES
224 286
225All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 287All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
226with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 288with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
227and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 289and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
228which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 290which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
229the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 291the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
230perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 292of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
231syscall has been executed asynchronously. 293error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
294most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
295"false").
296
297Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
298communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
232 299
233All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 300All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
234internally until the request has finished. 301internally until the request has finished.
235 302
236All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 303All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
237further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 304further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
238 305
239The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 306The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
240encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 307reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
241request is being executed, the current working directory could have 308current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
242changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 309make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
243current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 310in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
244paths. 311of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
312relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
313description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
245 314
246To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 315To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
247in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 316in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
248tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 317tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
249your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 318module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
250environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 319effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
251use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 320unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
321correct contents.
252 322
253This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 323This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
254handles correctly wether it is set or not. 324handles correctly whether it is set or not.
325
326=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
255 327
256=over 4 328=over 4
257 329
258=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 330=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
259 331
289 361
290 362
291=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 363=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
292 364
293Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 365Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
294created filehandle for the file. 366created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
295 367
296The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 368The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
297for an explanation. 369for an explanation.
298 370
299The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 371The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
306by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 378by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
307change the umask. 379change the umask.
308 380
309Example: 381Example:
310 382
311 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 383 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
312 if ($_[0]) { 384 if ($_[0]) {
313 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 385 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
314 ... 386 ...
315 } else { 387 } else {
316 die "open failed: $!\n"; 388 die "open failed: $!\n";
317 } 389 }
318 }; 390 };
319 391
392In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
393C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
394following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
395your system are, as usual, C<0>):
396
397C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
398C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
399C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
400
320 401
321=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 402=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
322 403
323Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 404Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
324code. 405code.
333Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be 414Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
334free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed. 415free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
335 416
336=cut 417=cut
337 418
419=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
420
421Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
422C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
423C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
424C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
425
426The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
427case of an error.
428
429In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
430corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
431so don't panic.
432
433As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
434C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
435could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
436Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
437"just work".
438
338=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 439=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
339 440
340=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 441=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
341 442
342Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset> 443Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
343into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the 444C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
344callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 445and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
345like the syscall). 446error, just like the syscall).
447
448C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
449offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
346 450
347If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will 451If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
348be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be 452be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
349changed by these calls. 453changed by these calls.
350 454
351If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>. 455If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
456C<$data>.
352 457
353If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of 458If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
354C<$data>. 459C<$data>.
355 460
356The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 461The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
370 475
371Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 476Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
372reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 477reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
373file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 478file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
374than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 479than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
375other. 480other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
481move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
376 482
483Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
484are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
485read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
486number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
487C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
488
489Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
490C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
491the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
492the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
493into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
494fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
495data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
496the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
497resource usage.
498
377This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 499This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
378zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 500provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
379socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 501a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
380 502
381If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 503If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
382emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 504C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
505C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
383regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 506type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
384 507
385Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 508As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
386C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 509together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
387bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 510on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
388provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 511in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
389value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 512so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
390read. 513fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
391 514
392 515
393=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 516=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
394 517
395C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 518C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
418 541
419Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 542Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
420error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 543error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
421unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 544unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
422 545
546To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
547following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
548be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
549behaviour).
550
551C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
552C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
553C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
554
423Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 555Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
424 556
425 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 557 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
426 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 558 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
427 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 559 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
428 }; 560 };
429 561
430 562
563=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
564
565Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
566whether a file handle or path was passed.
567
568On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
569members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
570C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
571is passed.
572
573The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
574C<ST_NOSUID>.
575
576The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
577their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
578not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
579C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
580C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
581
582Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
583
584 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
585 my $f = $_[0]
586 or die "statvfs: $!";
587
588 use Data::Dumper;
589 say Dumper $f;
590 };
591
592 # result:
593 {
594 bsize => 1024,
595 bfree => 4333064312,
596 blocks => 10253828096,
597 files => 2050765568,
598 flag => 4096,
599 favail => 2042092649,
600 bavail => 4333064312,
601 ffree => 2042092649,
602 namemax => 255,
603 frsize => 1024,
604 fsid => 1810
605 }
606
607Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
608Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
609
610 0x0000adf5 adfs
611 0x0000adff affs
612 0x5346414f afs
613 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
614 0x00000187 autofs
615 0x42465331 befs
616 0x1badface bfs
617 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
618 0x9123683e btrfs
619 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
620 0xff534d42 cifs
621 0x73757245 coda
622 0x012ff7b7 coh
623 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
624 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
625 0x64626720 debugfs
626 0x00001373 devfs
627 0x00001cd1 devpts
628 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
629 0x00414a53 efs
630 0x0000137d ext
631 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
632 0x0000ef51 ext2
633 0x00004006 fat
634 0x65735546 fuseblk
635 0x65735543 fusectl
636 0x0bad1dea futexfs
637 0x01161970 gfs2
638 0x47504653 gpfs
639 0x00004244 hfs
640 0xf995e849 hpfs
641 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
642 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
643 0x00009660 isofs
644 0x000072b6 jffs2
645 0x3153464a jfs
646 0x6b414653 k-afs
647 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
648 0x0000137f minix
649 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
650 0x00002468 minix v2
651 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
652 0x00004d5a minix v3
653 0x19800202 mqueue
654 0x00004d44 msdos
655 0x0000564c novell
656 0x00006969 nfs
657 0x6e667364 nfsd
658 0x00003434 nilfs
659 0x5346544e ntfs
660 0x00009fa1 openprom
661 0x7461636F ocfs2
662 0x00009fa0 proc
663 0x6165676c pstorefs
664 0x0000002f qnx4
665 0x858458f6 ramfs
666 0x52654973 reiserfs
667 0x00007275 romfs
668 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
669 0x73636673 securityfs
670 0xf97cff8c selinux
671 0x0000517b smb
672 0x534f434b sockfs
673 0x73717368 squashfs
674 0x62656572 sysfs
675 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
676 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
677 0x01021994 tmpfs
678 0x15013346 udf
679 0x00011954 ufs
680 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
681 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
682 0x01021997 v9fs
683 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
684 0xabba1974 xenfs
685 0x012ff7b4 xenix
686 0x58465342 xfs
687 0x012fd16d xia
688
431=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 689=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
432 690
433Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 691Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
434and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 692and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
435syscalls support them. 693syscalls support them.
462=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 720=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
463 721
464Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 722Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
465 723
466 724
725=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
726
727Allocates or freed disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
728linux C<fallocate> docuemntation for details.
729
730C<$mode> can currently be C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>
731to allocate space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
732IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>, to deallocate a file range.
733
734The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
735C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
736
737If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
738emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
739
740
467=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 741=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
468 742
469Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 743Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
470 744
471 745
473 747
474Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 748Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
475result code. 749result code.
476 750
477 751
478=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 752=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
479 753
480[EXPERIMENTAL] 754[EXPERIMENTAL]
481 755
482Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 756Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
483 757
484The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 758The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
485 759
486 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 760 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
487 761
762See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
763and functions.
488 764
489=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 765=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
490 766
491Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 767Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
492the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 768the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
496 772
497Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 773Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
498the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 774the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
499 775
500 776
501=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 777=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
502 778
503Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 779Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
504the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 780the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
505callback. 781callback.
506 782
507 783
784=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
785
786Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
787C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
788L<Cwd::realpath>).
789
790This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
791directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
792
793
508=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 794=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
509 795
510Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 796Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
511rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 797rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
798
799On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
800natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
801of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
512 802
513 803
514=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 804=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
515 805
516Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 806Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
521=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 811=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
522 812
523Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 813Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
524result code. 814result code.
525 815
816On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
817natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
818C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
819
526 820
527=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 821=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
528 822
529Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 823Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
530directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 824directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
531sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 825sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
532 826
533The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 827The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
534with the filenames. 828array-ref with the filenames.
535 829
536 830
831=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
832
833Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
834tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
835C<undef>.
836
837The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
838flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
839
840=over 4
841
842=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
843
844When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
845names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
846C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
847entry in more detail.
848
849C<$name> is the name of the entry.
850
851C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
852
853C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
854C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
855C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
856
857C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
858know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
859scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
860
861C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
862bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
863systems that do not deliver the inode information.
864
865=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
866
867When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
868likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
869you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
870while avoiding to stat() each entry.
871
872If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
873to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
874beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
875short names are tried first.
876
877=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
878
879When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
880suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
881all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
882be fastest.
883
884If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
885the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
886
887=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
888
889This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
890is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
891C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
892C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
893
894=back
895
896
537=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 897=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
538 898
539This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 899This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
540memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 900memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
541 901
542=cut 902=cut
564 924
565=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 925=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
566 926
567Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 927Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
568destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 928destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
569the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 929a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
570 930
571This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 931This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
572mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 932mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
573C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 933C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
574uid/gid, in that order. 934uid/gid, in that order.
575 935
576If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 936If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
586 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 946 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
587 947
588 aioreq_pri $pri; 948 aioreq_pri $pri;
589 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 949 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
590 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 950 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
591 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 951 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
592 952
593 aioreq_pri $pri; 953 aioreq_pri $pri;
594 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 954 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
595 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 955 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
596 aioreq_pri $pri; 956 aioreq_pri $pri;
597 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 957 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
598 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 958 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
599 $grp->result (0); 959 $grp->result (0);
600 close $src_fh; 960 close $src_fh;
601 961
602 # those should not normally block. should. should. 962 my $ch = sub {
603 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst; 963 aioreq_pri $pri;
604 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh; 964 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
605 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh; 965 aioreq_pri $pri;
966 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
967 aioreq_pri $pri;
968 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
969 }
970 };
971 };
606 972
607 aioreq_pri $pri; 973 aioreq_pri $pri;
608 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh; 974 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
975 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
976 aioreq_pri $pri;
977 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
978 } else {
979 $ch->();
980 }
981 };
609 } else { 982 } else {
610 $grp->result (-1); 983 $grp->result (-1);
611 close $src_fh; 984 close $src_fh;
612 close $dst_fh; 985 close $dst_fh;
613 986
630 1003
631=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 1004=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
632 1005
633Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 1006Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
634destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1007destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
635the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1008a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
636 1009
637This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 1010This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
638rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1011rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
639that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 1012that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
640 1013
641=cut 1014=cut
642 1015
643sub aio_move($$;$) { 1016sub aio_move($$;$) {
644 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 1017 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
651 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1024 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
652 aioreq_pri $pri; 1025 aioreq_pri $pri;
653 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1026 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
654 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1027 $grp->result ($_[0]);
655 1028
656 if (!$_[0]) { 1029 unless ($_[0]) {
657 aioreq_pri $pri; 1030 aioreq_pri $pri;
658 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 1031 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
659 } 1032 }
660 }; 1033 };
661 } else { 1034 } else {
664 }; 1037 };
665 1038
666 $grp 1039 $grp
667} 1040}
668 1041
669=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1042=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
670 1043
671Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1044Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
672efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1045efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
673names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1046names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
674recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1047recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
691 1064
692Implementation notes. 1065Implementation notes.
693 1066
694The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 1067The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
695 1068
1069If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
1070find directories.
1071
696After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 1072Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
697directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 1073of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
698isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 1074match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
699entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 1075how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
700of subdirectories will be assumed. 1076number of subdirectories will be assumed.
701 1077
702Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 1078Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
703a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 1079currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
704else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 1080entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
705likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 1081in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
706is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 1082entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
707seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1083separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
708filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1084filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
709data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 1085data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
1086the filetype information on readdir.
710 1087
711If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1088If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
712rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 1089rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
713 1090
714This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 1091This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
727 1104
728 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1105 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
729 1106
730 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1107 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
731 1108
732 # stat once 1109 # get a wd object
733 aioreq_pri $pri; 1110 aioreq_pri $pri;
734 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1111 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1112 $_[0]
735 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1113 or return $grp->result ();
736 my $now = time;
737 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
738 1114
739 # read the directory entries 1115 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1116
1117 # stat once
740 aioreq_pri $pri; 1118 aioreq_pri $pri;
741 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 1119 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
742 my $entries = shift
743 or return $grp->result (); 1120 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1121 my $now = time;
1122 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
744 1123
745 # stat the dir another time 1124 # read the directory entries
746 aioreq_pri $pri; 1125 aioreq_pri $pri;
1126 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
1127 my $entries = shift
1128 or return $grp->result ();
1129
1130 # stat the dir another time
1131 aioreq_pri $pri;
747 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1132 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
748 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1133 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
749 1134
750 my $ndirs; 1135 my $ndirs;
751 1136
752 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1137 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
753 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1138 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
754 $ndirs = -1; 1139 $ndirs = -1;
755 } else { 1140 } else {
756 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1141 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
757 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1142 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
758 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1143 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
759 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1144 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
760 } 1145 }
761 1146
762 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
763 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
764 $entries = [map $_->[0],
765 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
766 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
767 @$entries];
768
769 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1147 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
770 1148
771 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1149 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
772 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1150 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
773 }; 1151 };
774 1152
775 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1153 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
776 feed $statgrp sub { 1154 feed $statgrp sub {
777 return unless @$entries; 1155 return unless @$entries;
778 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1156 my $entry = shift @$entries;
779 1157
780 aioreq_pri $pri; 1158 aioreq_pri $pri;
1159 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
781 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1160 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
782 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1161 if ($_[0] < 0) {
783 push @nondirs, $entry; 1162 push @nondirs, $entry;
784 } else { 1163 } else {
785 # need to check for real directory 1164 # need to check for real directory
786 aioreq_pri $pri; 1165 aioreq_pri $pri;
1166 $wd->[1] = $entry;
787 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1167 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
788 if (-d _) { 1168 if (-d _) {
789 push @dirs, $entry; 1169 push @dirs, $entry;
790 1170
791 unless (--$ndirs) { 1171 unless (--$ndirs) {
792 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1172 push @nondirs, @$entries;
793 feed $statgrp; 1173 feed $statgrp;
1174 }
1175 } else {
1176 push @nondirs, $entry;
794 } 1177 }
795 } else {
796 push @nondirs, $entry;
797 } 1178 }
798 } 1179 }
799 } 1180 };
800 }; 1181 };
801 }; 1182 };
802 }; 1183 };
803 }; 1184 };
804 }; 1185 };
805 1186
806 $grp 1187 $grp
807} 1188}
808 1189
809=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1190=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
810 1191
811Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1192Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
812status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1193status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
813uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1194uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
814everything else. 1195everything else.
815 1196
816=cut 1197=cut
817 1198
856callback with the fdatasync result code. 1237callback with the fdatasync result code.
857 1238
858If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1239If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
859detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1240detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
860 1241
1242=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1243
1244Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1245to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1246code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1247errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1248
1249=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1250
1251Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1252to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1253sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1254ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1255
1256C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1257C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1258C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1259manpage for details.
1260
861=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 1261=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
862 1262
863This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a 1263This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
864composite request intended tosync directories after directory operations 1264composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
865(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any 1265(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
866specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get 1266specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
867written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only, 1267written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
868not just directories. 1268not just directories.
1269
1270Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1271C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
869 1272
870Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error. 1273Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
871 1274
872=cut 1275=cut
873 1276
894 }; 1297 };
895 1298
896 $grp 1299 $grp
897} 1300}
898 1301
1302=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1303
1304This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1305scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1306scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1307scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1308it).
1309
1310It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1311area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1312later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1313is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1314a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1315C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1316
1317=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1318
1319This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1320scalars.
1321
1322It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1323range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1324as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1325C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1326C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1327writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1328
1329=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1330
1331This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1332scalars.
1333
1334It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1335and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1336
1337If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1338
1339On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1340and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1341
1342Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1343documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1344
1345Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1346C<$data> gets destroyed.
1347
1348 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1349 my $data;
1350 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1351 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1352
1353=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1354
1355Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1356C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1357
1358On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1359and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1360
1361Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1362documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1363
1364Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1365
1366 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1367
1368=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1369
1370Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1371ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1372the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1373C<ENOSYS>.
1374
1375C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1376size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1377be queried.
1378
1379C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1380C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1381exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1382the data portion.
1383
1384C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1385C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1386case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1387instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1388
1389If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1390C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1391
1392Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1393structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1394following members:
1395
1396 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1397
1398Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1399or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1400
1401C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1402C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1403C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1404C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1405C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1406C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1407
1408At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1409C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1410it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1411extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
1412
899=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1413=item aio_group $callback->(...)
900 1414
901This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1415This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
902container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1416container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
903many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback 1417many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
940immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1454immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
941except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1455except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
942 1456
943=back 1457=back
944 1458
1459
1460=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1461
1462Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1463threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1464could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1465will be used by IO::AIO).
1466
1467One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1468but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1469access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1470
1471Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1472futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1473per operation.
1474
1475For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1476perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1477cannot be perfect, though.
1478
1479IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1480object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1481path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1482
1483Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1484or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1485object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1486gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1487IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1488to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1489
1490For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1491inside, you would write:
1492
1493 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1494 my $etcdir = shift;
1495
1496 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1497 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1498 # when $etcdir is undef.
1499
1500 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1501 # yay
1502 };
1503 };
1504
1505That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
1506an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
1507why it is done asynchronously.
1508
1509To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1510either of the following three request calls:
1511
1512 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1513 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1514 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1515
1516As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1517object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1518causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1519
1520 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1521
1522 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1523 $path->[1] = $name;
1524 aio_stat $path, sub {
1525 # ...
1526 };
1527 }
1528
1529There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1530pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1531nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1532will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1533pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1534older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1535string form of the pathname.
1536
1537So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1538C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1539reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1540(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1541
1542The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1543
1544=over 4
1545
1546=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1547
1548Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1549IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1550system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1551to this working directory.
1552
1553If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1554of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1555passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1556request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1557C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1558expected way.
1559
1560=item IO::AIO::CWD
1561
1562This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1563current working directory.
1564
1565Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1566the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1567example, these calls are functionally identical:
1568
1569 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1570 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1571
1572=back
1573
1574To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1575C<aio_realpath>:
1576
1577 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1578 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1579 };
1580
1581Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1582sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1583
945=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1584=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
946 1585
947All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1586All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
948called in non-void context. 1587called in non-void context.
949 1588
952=item cancel $req 1591=item cancel $req
953 1592
954Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1593Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
955when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1594when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
956entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1595entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
957untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1596untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
958stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1597currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1598will not be freed prematurely.
959 1599
960=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1600=item cb $req $callback->(...)
961 1601
962Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1602Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
963 1603
1014Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1654Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1015will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1655will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1016C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1656C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1017exist. 1657exist.
1018 1658
1019That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1659That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1020in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1660(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1021group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1661the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1022itself finish. 1662further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1663finished will the the group itself finish.
1023 1664
1024=over 4 1665=over 4
1025 1666
1026=item add $grp ... 1667=item add $grp ...
1027 1668
1035 1676
1036=item $grp->cancel_subs 1677=item $grp->cancel_subs
1037 1678
1038Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1679Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1039itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1680itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1681
1682The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1683group).
1040 1684
1041=item $grp->result (...) 1685=item $grp->result (...)
1042 1686
1043Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1687Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1044subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value 1688subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1060=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1704=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1061 1705
1062Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1706Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1063generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1707generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1064although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1708although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1065this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1709this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1066example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1710C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1067requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1711requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1068 1712
1069To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1713To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1070instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1714instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1071feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1715feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1076not impose any limits). 1720not impose any limits).
1077 1721
1078If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1722If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1079automatically removed from the group. 1723automatically removed from the group.
1080 1724
1081If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1725If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1726C<2> automatically.
1082 1727
1083Example: 1728Example:
1084 1729
1085 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1730 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1086 1731
1098Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1743Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1099the group contains less than this many requests. 1744the group contains less than this many requests.
1100 1745
1101Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1746Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1102 1747
1748The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1749automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1750
1103=back 1751=back
1104 1752
1105=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1753=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1106 1754
1107=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1755=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1109=over 4 1757=over 4
1110 1758
1111=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1759=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1112 1760
1113Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1761Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1114polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1762polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1115select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1763select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1116to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1764you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1117 1765
1118See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1766See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1119 1767
1120=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1768=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1121 1769
1122Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1770Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1123regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1771been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1124when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1772this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1125the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1126 1773
1774Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1775events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1776reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1777of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1778C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1779
1127If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1780If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1128will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1781descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1782don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1783
1784Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1785ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1786a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1787available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1788over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1789requests.
1129 1790
1130Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1791Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1131IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1792IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1793SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1132 1794
1133 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1795 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1134 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1796 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1135 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1797 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1798
1799=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1800
1801Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1802requests are outstanding anymore.
1803
1804This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1805become ready, without actually handling them.
1806
1807See C<nreqs> for an example.
1808
1809=item IO::AIO::poll
1810
1811Waits until some requests have been handled.
1812
1813Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1814equivalent to:
1815
1816 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1817
1818=item IO::AIO::flush
1819
1820Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1821
1822Strictly equivalent to:
1823
1824 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1825 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1136 1826
1137=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1827=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1138 1828
1139=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1829=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1140 1830
1165 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1855 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1166 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1856 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1167 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1857 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1168 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1858 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1169 1859
1170=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1171
1172If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1173phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1174does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1175synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1176
1177See C<nreqs> for an example.
1178
1179=item IO::AIO::poll
1180
1181Waits until some requests have been handled.
1182
1183Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1184equivalent to:
1185
1186 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1187
1188=item IO::AIO::flush
1189
1190Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1191
1192Strictly equivalent to:
1193
1194 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1195 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1196
1197=back 1860=back
1198 1861
1199=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1862=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1200 1863
1201=over 1864=over
1234 1897
1235Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1898Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1236 1899
1237=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1900=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1238 1901
1239Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1902Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1240threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1903(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1241means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1904timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1242idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1905C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1906exit.
1243 1907
1244This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1908This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1245to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1909to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1246under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1910under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1247 1911
1248The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1912The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1249creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1913creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1250want to use larger values. 1914want to use larger values.
1251 1915
1916=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1917
1918Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1919allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1920
1252=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1921=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1922
1923Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1924you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1925C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1926C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1927longer exceeded.
1928
1929In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1930used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1253 1931
1254This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1932This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1255blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1933blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1256use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1934use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1257 1935
1258Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1936It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1259do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1937a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1260C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1261function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1262 1938
1263The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1939 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1264number of outstanding requests.
1265 1940
1266You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1941 for my $path (...) {
1267C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1942 aio_stat $path , ...;
1268as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1943 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1944 }
1945
1946 IO::AIO::flush;
1947
1948The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1949as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1950some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1951number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1952
1953The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1954practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1269 1955
1270=back 1956=back
1271 1957
1272=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1958=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1273 1959
1293Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1979Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1294but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1980but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1295 1981
1296=back 1982=back
1297 1983
1984=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1985
1986IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1987asynchronous.
1988
1989=over 4
1990
1991=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1992
1993Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1994but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1995likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1996operations).
1997
1998Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1999
2000=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
2001
2002Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
2003manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2004available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2005C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2006C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2007
2008On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2009ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2010
2011=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2012
2013Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2014manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2015available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2016C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
2017
2018On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2019ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2020
2021=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2022
2023Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2024$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2025constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2026C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2027
2028On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2029ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2030
2031=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2032
2033Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2034given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2035success, and false otherwise.
2036
2037The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2038change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2039or searching it with regexes and so on.
2040
2041Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2042
2043The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2044when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2045C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2046
2047This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2048page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2049
2050The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2051filesize.
2052
2053C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2054C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2055
2056C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2057C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
2058not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
2059(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
2060constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2061C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
2062C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
2063
2064If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2065
2066C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2067a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2068
2069Example:
2070
2071 use Digest::MD5;
2072 use IO::AIO;
2073
2074 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2075 or die "$!";
2076
2077 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2078 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2079
2080 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2081
2082=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2083
2084Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2085
2086=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2087
2088Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2089C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2090
2091=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2092
2093Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2094
2095On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2096ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2097
2098=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2099
2100Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2101C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2102should be the file offset.
2103
2104C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2105silently corrupt the data in this case.
2106
2107The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2108C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2109C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2110
2111See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2112
2113=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2114
2115Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
2116description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2117
2118=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2119
2120Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2121on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2122C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2123size on other systems, drop me a note.
2124
2125=back
2126
1298=cut 2127=cut
1299 2128
1300min_parallel 8; 2129min_parallel 8;
1301 2130
1302END { flush } 2131END { flush }
1303 2132
13041; 21331;
1305 2134
2135=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2136
2137It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2138automatically into many event loops:
2139
2140 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2141 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2142
2143You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2144some examples of how to do this:
2145
2146 # EV integration
2147 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2148
2149 # Event integration
2150 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2151 poll => 'r',
2152 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2153
2154 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2155 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2156 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2157
2158 # Tk integration
2159 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2160 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2161
2162 # Danga::Socket integration
2163 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2164 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2165
1306=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2166=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1307 2167
1308This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2168Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2169considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2170fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2171with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2172pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2173reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2174applies to quite a lot of perls.
1309 2175
1310Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2176This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1311can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2177only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1312the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2178using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1313request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1314(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1315parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1316parent process has been reached again.
1317 2179
1318In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2180You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1319not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2181forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1320yet. 2182child:
2183
2184=over 4
2185
2186=item IO::AIO::reinit
2187
2188Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2189data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2190happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2191
2192The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2193C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2194the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2195will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2196
2197=back
1321 2198
1322=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2199=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1323 2200
1324Per-request usage: 2201Per-request usage:
1325 2202
1342 2219
1343Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 2220Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1344 2221
1345=head1 SEE ALSO 2222=head1 SEE ALSO
1346 2223
1347L<Coro::AIO>. 2224L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2225more natural syntax.
1348 2226
1349=head1 AUTHOR 2227=head1 AUTHOR
1350 2228
1351 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2229 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1352 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2230 http://home.schmorp.de/

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