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1	=head1 NAME	1	=head1 NAME
2		2
3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output	3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
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, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
32	use AnyEvent::AIO;
33
34	# EV integration
35	my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
36
37	# Event integration
38	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
39	poll => 'r',
40	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
41
42	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
43	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
44	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
45
46	# Tk integration
47	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
48	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
50	# Danga::Socket integration
51	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
52	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
53
54	=head1 DESCRIPTION	31	=head1 DESCRIPTION
55		32
56	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
57	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
58		36
59	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program	37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
60	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation	38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
61	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This	39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
62	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even	40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
…		…
66	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations	44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
67	concurrently.	45	concurrently.
68		46
69	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for	47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
70	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that	48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
71	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very	49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
72	inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event>	50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
73	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.	51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
74		52
75	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
76	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
77	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
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80	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
81	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
82	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
83	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
84		62
		63	In addition to asynchronous I/O, this module also exports some rather
		64	arcane interfaces, such as C<madvise> or linux's C<splice> system call,
		65	which is why the C<A> in C<AIO> can also mean I<advanced>.
		66
85	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,	67	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
86	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking	68	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
87	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never	69	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
88	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	70	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
89		71
90	=head2 EXAMPLE	72	=head2 EXAMPLE
91		73
92	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads	74	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
93	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:	75	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
94		76
95	use Fcntl;
96	use Event;	77	use EV;
97	use IO::AIO;	78	use IO::AIO;
98		79
99	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event	80	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
100	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	81	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
101	poll => 'r',
102	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
103		82
104	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	83	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
105	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	84	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
106	my $fh = shift	85	my $fh = shift
107	or die "error while opening: $!";	86	or die "error while opening: $!";
108		87
109	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking	88	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
110	my $size = -s $fh;	89	my $size = -s $fh;
…		…
119		98
120	# file contents now in $contents	99	# file contents now in $contents
121	print $contents;	100	print $contents;
122		101
123	# exit event loop and program	102	# exit event loop and program
124	Event::unloop;	103	EV::break;
125	};	104	};
126	};	105	};
127		106
128	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	107	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
129	# check for sockets etc. etc.	108	# check for sockets etc. etc.
130		109
131	# process events as long as there are some:	110	# process events as long as there are some:
132	Event::loop;	111	EV::run;
133		112
134	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	113	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
135		114
136	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	115	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
137	directly visible to Perl.	116	directly visible to Perl.
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187		166
188	package IO::AIO;	167	package IO::AIO;
189		168
190	use Carp ();	169	use Carp ();
191		170
192	no warnings;	171	use common::sense;
193	use strict 'vars';
194		172
195	use base 'Exporter';	173	use base 'Exporter';
196		174
197	BEGIN {	175	BEGIN {
198	our $VERSION = '3.1';	176	our $VERSION = 4.35;
199		177
200	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close	178	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
201	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir	179	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
202	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync	180	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_fcntl aio_ioctl
203	aio_fdatasync aio_pathsync aio_readahead	181	aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
		182	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap aio_allocate
204	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group	183	aio_rename aio_rename2 aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
205	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown	184	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
206	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);	185	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		186	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		187	aio_statvfs
		188	aio_wd);
207		189
208	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	190	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
209	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	191	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
210	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	192	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
211	nreqs nready npending nthreads	193	nreqs nready npending nthreads
212	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);	194	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		195	sendfile fadvise madvise
		196	mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
		197
		198	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
213		199
214	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	200	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
215		201
216	require XSLoader;	202	require XSLoader;
217	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	203	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
218	}	204	}
219		205
220	=head1 FUNCTIONS	206	=head1 FUNCTIONS
221		207
222	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	208	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		209
		210	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		211	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		212	documentation.
		213
		214	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		215	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		216	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		217	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		218	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		219	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		220	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		221	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		222	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		225	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		231	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		232	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		233	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		234	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		236	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		237	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		238	aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		239	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		240	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		241	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		242	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		243	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		244	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		245	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		246	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		247	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		253	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		254	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		256	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		257	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		258	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
		259	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		260	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		261	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		262	aio_group $callback->(...)
		263	aio_nop $callback->()
		264
		265	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		266	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		267
		268	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		269	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		270	IO::AIO::poll
		271	IO::AIO::flush
		272	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		273	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		274	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		275	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		276	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		277	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		278	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		279	IO::AIO::nreqs
		280	IO::AIO::nready
		281	IO::AIO::npending
		282
		283	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		284	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		285	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		286	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		287	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		288	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		289	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		290	IO::AIO::munlockall
		291
		292	=head2 API NOTES
223		293
224	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	294	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
225	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	295	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
226	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	296	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
227	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	297	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
228	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	298	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
229	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given	299	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
230	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	300	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		301	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		302	"false").
		303
		304	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		305	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
231		306
232	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	307	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
233	internally until the request has finished.	308	internally until the request has finished.
234		309
235	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	310	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
236	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	311	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
237		312
238	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	313	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
239	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the	314	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
240	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	315	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
241	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	316	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
242	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	317	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
243	paths.	318	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		319	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		320	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
244		321
245	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	322	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
246	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without	323	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
247	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	324	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
248	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	325	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
249	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	326	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
250	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	327	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		328	correct contents.
251		329
252	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	330	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
253	handles correctly whether it is set or not.	331	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		332
		333	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
254		334
255	=over 4	335	=over 4
256		336
257	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	337	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
258		338
…		…
288		368
289		369
290	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	370	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
291		371
292	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	372	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
293	created filehandle for the file.	373	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
294		374
295	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	375	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
296	for an explanation.	376	for an explanation.
297		377
298	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	378	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
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305	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never	385	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
306	change the umask.	386	change the umask.
307		387
308	Example:	388	Example:
309		389
310	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	390	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
311	if ($_[0]) {	391	if ($_[0]) {
312	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	392	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
313	...	393	...
314	} else {	394	} else {
315	die "open failed: $!\n";	395	die "open failed: $!\n";
316	}	396	}
317	};	397	};
318		398
		399	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		400	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		401	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		402	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		403
		404	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		405	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		406	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		407
319		408
320	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	409	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
321		410
322	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	411	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
323	code.	412	code.
…		…
332	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be	421	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
333	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.	422	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
334		423
335	=cut	424	=cut
336		425
		426	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		427
		428	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		429	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		430	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		431	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		432
		433	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		434	case of an error.
		435
		436	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		437	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		438	so don't panic.
		439
		440	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		441	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		442	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		443	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		444	"just work".
		445
337	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	446	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
338		447
339	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	448	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
340		449
341	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset>	450	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
342	into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the	451	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and
343	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	452	calls the callback with the actual number of bytes transferred (or -1 on
344	like the syscall).	453	error, just like the syscall).
		454
		455	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		456	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
345		457
346	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will	458	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
347	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be	459	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
348	changed by these calls.	460	changed by these calls.
349		461
350	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>.	462	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		463	C<$data>.
351		464
352	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of	465	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
353	C<$data>.	466	C<$data>.
354		467
355	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	468	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
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369		482
370	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	483	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
371	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	484	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
372	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	485	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
373	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	486	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
374	other.	487	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		488	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
375		489
		490	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		491	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		492	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		493	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		494	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		495
		496	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		497	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		498	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		499	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		500	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		501	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		502	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		503	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		504	resource usage.
		505
376	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	506	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
377	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	507	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
378	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	508	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
379		509
380	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	510	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
381	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	511	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		512	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
382	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	513	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
383		514
384	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	515	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
385	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	516	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
386	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	517	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
387	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	518	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
388	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	519	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
389	read.	520	fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
390		521
391		522
392	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	523	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
393		524
394	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	525	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
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398	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary	529	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
399	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to	530	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
400	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the	531	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
401	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	532	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
402		533
403	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	534	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your kernel isn't Linux) it will
404	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	535	be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
405		536
406		537
407	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	538	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
408		539
409	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	540	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
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416	for an explanation.	547	for an explanation.
417		548
418	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	549	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
419	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	550	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
420	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	551	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		552
		553	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		554	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		555	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		556	behaviour).
		557
		558	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		559	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		560	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
421		561
422	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	562	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
423		563
424	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	564	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
425	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	565	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
426	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	566	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
427	};	567	};
428		568
429		569
		570	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		571
		572	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		573	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		574
		575	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		576	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		577	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		578	is passed.
		579
		580	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		581	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		582
		583	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		584	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		585	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		586	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		587	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		588
		589	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		590
		591	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		592	my $f = $_[0]
		593	or die "statvfs: $!";
		594
		595	use Data::Dumper;
		596	say Dumper $f;
		597	};
		598
		599	# result:
		600	{
		601	bsize => 1024,
		602	bfree => 4333064312,
		603	blocks => 10253828096,
		604	files => 2050765568,
		605	flag => 4096,
		606	favail => 2042092649,
		607	bavail => 4333064312,
		608	ffree => 2042092649,
		609	namemax => 255,
		610	frsize => 1024,
		611	fsid => 1810
		612	}
		613
		614	Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
		615	Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
		616
		617	0x0000adf5 adfs
		618	0x0000adff affs
		619	0x5346414f afs
		620	0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
		621	0x00000187 autofs
		622	0x42465331 befs
		623	0x1badface bfs
		624	0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
		625	0x9123683e btrfs
		626	0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
		627	0xff534d42 cifs
		628	0x73757245 coda
		629	0x012ff7b7 coh
		630	0x28cd3d45 cramfs
		631	0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
		632	0x64626720 debugfs
		633	0x00001373 devfs
		634	0x00001cd1 devpts
		635	0x0000f15f ecryptfs
		636	0x00414a53 efs
		637	0x0000137d ext
		638	0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
		639	0x0000ef51 ext2
		640	0xf2f52010 f2fs
		641	0x00004006 fat
		642	0x65735546 fuseblk
		643	0x65735543 fusectl
		644	0x0bad1dea futexfs
		645	0x01161970 gfs2
		646	0x47504653 gpfs
		647	0x00004244 hfs
		648	0xf995e849 hpfs
		649	0x00c0ffee hostfs
		650	0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
		651	0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
		652	0x00009660 isofs
		653	0x000072b6 jffs2
		654	0x3153464a jfs
		655	0x6b414653 k-afs
		656	0x0bd00bd0 lustre
		657	0x0000137f minix
		658	0x0000138f minix 30 char names
		659	0x00002468 minix v2
		660	0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
		661	0x00004d5a minix v3
		662	0x19800202 mqueue
		663	0x00004d44 msdos
		664	0x0000564c novell
		665	0x00006969 nfs
		666	0x6e667364 nfsd
		667	0x00003434 nilfs
		668	0x5346544e ntfs
		669	0x00009fa1 openprom
		670	0x7461636F ocfs2
		671	0x00009fa0 proc
		672	0x6165676c pstorefs
		673	0x0000002f qnx4
		674	0x68191122 qnx6
		675	0x858458f6 ramfs
		676	0x52654973 reiserfs
		677	0x00007275 romfs
		678	0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
		679	0x73636673 securityfs
		680	0xf97cff8c selinux
		681	0x0000517b smb
		682	0x534f434b sockfs
		683	0x73717368 squashfs
		684	0x62656572 sysfs
		685	0x012ff7b6 sysv2
		686	0x012ff7b5 sysv4
		687	0x01021994 tmpfs
		688	0x15013346 udf
		689	0x00011954 ufs
		690	0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
		691	0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
		692	0x01021997 v9fs
		693	0xa501fcf5 vxfs
		694	0xabba1974 xenfs
		695	0x012ff7b4 xenix
		696	0x58465342 xfs
		697	0x012fd16d xia
		698
430	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	699	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
431		700
432	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime	701	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
433	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying	702	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
434	syscalls support them.	703	syscalls support them.
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461	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	730	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
462		731
463	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).	732	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
464		733
465		734
		735	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		736
		737	Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		738	linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
		739
		740	C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
		741	space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
		742	to deallocate a file range.
		743
		744	IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
		745	(without leaving a hole), C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range,
		746	C<FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE> to insert a range and C<FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE>
		747	to unshare shared blocks (see your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
		748
		749	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		750	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>, but different filesystems and filetypes
		751	can dictate other limitations.
		752
		753	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		754	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		755
		756
466	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	757	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
467		758
468	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	759	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
469		760
470		761
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472		763
473	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	764	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
474	result code.	765	result code.
475		766
476		767
477	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	768	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
478		769
479	[EXPERIMENTAL]	770	[EXPERIMENTAL]
480		771
481	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	772	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
482		773
483	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	774	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
484		775
485	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	776	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
486		777
		778	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		779	and functions.
487		780
488	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	781	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
489		782
490	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	783	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
491	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	784	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
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495		788
496	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	789	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
497	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	790	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
498		791
499		792
500	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	793	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
501		794
502	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	795	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
503	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	796	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
504	callback.	797	callback.
505		798
506		799
		800	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		801
		802	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		803	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		804	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		805
		806	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		807	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		808
		809
507	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	810	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
508		811
509	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	812	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
510	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	813	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		814
		815	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		816	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
		817	of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		818
		819
		820	=item aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		821
		822	Basically a version of C<aio_rename> with an additional C<$flags>
		823	argument. Calling this with C<$flags=0> is the same as calling
		824	C<aio_rename>.
		825
		826	Non-zero flags are currently only supported on GNU/Linux systems that
		827	support renameat2. Other systems fail with C<ENOSYS> in this case.
		828
		829	The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>),
		830	see renameat2(2) for details:
		831
		832	C<IO::AIO::RENAME_NOREPLACE>, C<IO::AIO::RENAME_EXCHANGE>
		833	and C<IO::AIO::RENAME_WHITEOUT>.
511		834
512		835
513	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)	836	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
514		837
515	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with	838	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
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520	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	843	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
521		844
522	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	845	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
523	result code.	846	result code.
524		847
		848	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		849	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
		850	C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		851
525		852
526	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	853	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
527		854
528	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	855	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
529	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	856	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
530	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	857	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
531		858
532	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	859	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
533	with the filenames.	860	array-ref with the filenames.
534		861
535		862
		863	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		864
		865	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
		866	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		867	C<undef>.
		868
		869	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		870	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		871
		872	=over 4
		873
		874	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		875
		876	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
		877	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		878	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		879	entry in more detail.
		880
		881	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		882
		883	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		884
		885	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		886	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		887	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		888
		889	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		890	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		891	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		892
		893	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		894	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		895	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		896
		897	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		898
		899	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		900	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		901	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		902	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		903
		904	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		905	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		906	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		907	short names are tried first.
		908
		909	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		910
		911	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		912	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		913	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		914	be fastest.
		915
		916	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		917	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		918
		919	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		920
		921	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		922	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		923	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
		924	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		925
		926	=back
		927
		928
536	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	929	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
537		930
538	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into	931	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
539	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	932	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
540		933
541	=cut	934	=cut
…		…
563		956
564	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	957	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
565		958
566	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	959	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
567	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	960	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
568	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	961	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
569		962
570	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with	963	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
571	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	964	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
572	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	965	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
573	uid/gid, in that order.	966	uid/gid, in that order.
…		…
585	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	978	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
586		979
587	aioreq_pri $pri;	980	aioreq_pri $pri;
588	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	981	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
589	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	982	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
590	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	983	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
591		984
592	aioreq_pri $pri;	985	aioreq_pri $pri;
593	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	986	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
594	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	987	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
595	aioreq_pri $pri;	988	aioreq_pri $pri;
596	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	989	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
597	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	990	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
598	$grp->result (0);	991	$grp->result (0);
599	close $src_fh;	992	close $src_fh;
600		993
601	# those should not normally block. should. should.	994	my $ch = sub {
602	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;	995	aioreq_pri $pri;
603	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;	996	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
604	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;	997	aioreq_pri $pri;
		998	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		999	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1000	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		1001	}
		1002	};
		1003	};
605		1004
606	aioreq_pri $pri;	1005	aioreq_pri $pri;
607	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;	1006	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		1007	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		1008	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1009	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		1010	} else {
		1011	$ch->();
		1012	}
		1013	};
608	} else {	1014	} else {
609	$grp->result (-1);	1015	$grp->result (-1);
610	close $src_fh;	1016	close $src_fh;
611	close $dst_fh;	1017	close $dst_fh;
612		1018
…		…
629		1035
630	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	1036	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
631		1037
632	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	1038	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
633	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	1039	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
634	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	1040	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
635		1041
636	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If	1042	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
637	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	1043	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
638	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.	1044	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
639		1045
640	=cut	1046	=cut
641		1047
642	sub aio_move($$;$) {	1048	sub aio_move($$;$) {
643	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	1049	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
…		…
650	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	1056	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
651	aioreq_pri $pri;	1057	aioreq_pri $pri;
652	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	1058	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
653	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1059	$grp->result ($_[0]);
654		1060
655	if (!$_[0]) {	1061	unless ($_[0]) {
656	aioreq_pri $pri;	1062	aioreq_pri $pri;
657	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	1063	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
658	}	1064	}
659	};	1065	};
660	} else {	1066	} else {
…		…
663	};	1069	};
664		1070
665	$grp	1071	$grp
666	}	1072	}
667		1073
668	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1074	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
669		1075
670	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1076	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
671	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	1077	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
672	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	1078	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
673	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	1079	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
…		…
690		1096
691	Implementation notes.	1097	Implementation notes.
692		1098
693	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	1099	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
694		1100
		1101	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		1102	find directories.
		1103
695	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	1104	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
696	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	1105	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
697	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	1106	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
698	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	1107	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
699	of subdirectories will be assumed.	1108	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
700		1109
701	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	1110	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
702	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	1111	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
703	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	1112	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
704	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	1113	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
705	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	1114	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
706	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	1115	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
707	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	1116	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
708	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	1117	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		1118	the filetype information on readdir.
709		1119
710	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1120	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
711	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	1121	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
712		1122
713	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	1123	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
726		1136
727	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1137	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
728		1138
729	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1139	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
730		1140
731	# stat once	1141	# get a wd object
732	aioreq_pri $pri;	1142	aioreq_pri $pri;
733	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1143	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1144	$_[0]
734	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1145	or return $grp->result ();
735	my $now = time;
736	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
737		1146
738	# read the directory entries	1147	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1148
		1149	# stat once
739	aioreq_pri $pri;	1150	aioreq_pri $pri;
740	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	1151	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
741	my $entries = shift
742	or return $grp->result ();	1152	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		1153	my $now = time;
		1154	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
743		1155
744	# stat the dir another time	1156	# read the directory entries
745	aioreq_pri $pri;	1157	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1158	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
		1159	my $entries = shift
		1160	or return $grp->result ();
		1161
		1162	# stat the dir another time
		1163	aioreq_pri $pri;
746	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1164	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
747	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1165	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
748		1166
749	my $ndirs;	1167	my $ndirs;
750		1168
751	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	1169	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
752	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	1170	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
753	$ndirs = -1;	1171	$ndirs = -1;
754	} else {	1172	} else {
755	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	1173	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
756	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	1174	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
757	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	1175	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
758	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	1176	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
759	}	1177	}
760		1178
761	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
762	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
763	$entries = [map $_->[0],
764	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
765	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
766	@$entries];
767
768	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1179	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
769		1180
770	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1181	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
771	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1182	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
772	};	1183	};
773		1184
774	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1185	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
775	feed $statgrp sub {	1186	feed $statgrp sub {
776	return unless @$entries;	1187	return unless @$entries;
777	my $entry = pop @$entries;	1188	my $entry = shift @$entries;
778		1189
779	aioreq_pri $pri;	1190	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1191	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
780	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1192	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
781	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1193	if ($_[0] < 0) {
782	push @nondirs, $entry;	1194	push @nondirs, $entry;
783	} else {	1195	} else {
784	# need to check for real directory	1196	# need to check for real directory
785	aioreq_pri $pri;	1197	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1198	$wd->[1] = $entry;
786	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {	1199	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
787	if (-d _) {	1200	if (-d _) {
788	push @dirs, $entry;	1201	push @dirs, $entry;
789		1202
790	unless (--$ndirs) {	1203	unless (--$ndirs) {
791	push @nondirs, @$entries;	1204	push @nondirs, @$entries;
792	feed $statgrp;	1205	feed $statgrp;
		1206	}
		1207	} else {
		1208	push @nondirs, $entry;
793	}	1209	}
794	} else {
795	push @nondirs, $entry;
796	}	1210	}
797	}	1211	}
798	}	1212	};
799	};	1213	};
800	};	1214	};
801	};	1215	};
802	};	1216	};
803	};	1217	};
804		1218
805	$grp	1219	$grp
806	}	1220	}
807		1221
808	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	1222	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
809		1223
810	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1224	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
811	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that	1225	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
812	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink	1226	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
813	everything else.	1227	everything else.
814		1228
815	=cut	1229	=cut
816		1230
…		…
838	};	1252	};
839		1253
840	$grp	1254	$grp
841	}	1255	}
842		1256
		1257	=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		1258
		1259	=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		1260
		1261	These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
		1262	they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
		1263
		1264	Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
		1265	to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
		1266	sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
		1267	as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
		1268	can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
		1269	alternative to using a thread to wait.
		1270
		1271	So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
		1272	(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
		1273	other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
		1274	you still can.
		1275
		1276	The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>):
		1277
		1278	C<F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC>,
		1279
		1280	C<F_OFD_GETLK>, C<F_OFD_SETLK>, C<F_OFD_GETLKW>,
		1281
		1282	C<FIFREEZE>, C<FITHAW>, C<FITRIM>, C<FICLONE>, C<FICLONERANGE>, C<FIDEDUPERANGE>.
		1283
		1284	C<FS_IOC_GETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_SETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_GETVERSION>, C<FS_IOC_SETVERSION>,
		1285	C<FS_IOC_FIEMAP>.
		1286
		1287	C<FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>,
		1288	C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT>, C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>, C<FS_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE>.
		1289
		1290	C<FS_SECRM_FL>, C<FS_UNRM_FL>, C<FS_COMPR_FL>, C<FS_SYNC_FL>, C<FS_IMMUTABLE_FL>,
		1291	C<FS_APPEND_FL>, C<FS_NODUMP_FL>, C<FS_NOATIME_FL>, C<FS_DIRTY_FL>,
		1292	C<FS_COMPRBLK_FL>, C<FS_NOCOMP_FL>, C<FS_ENCRYPT_FL>, C<FS_BTREE_FL>,
		1293	C<FS_INDEX_FL>, C<FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL>, C<FS_NOTAIL_FL>, C<FS_DIRSYNC_FL>, C<FS_TOPDIR_FL>,
		1294	C<FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE>.
		1295
		1296	C<FS_XFLAG_REALTIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC>, C<FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE>, C<FS_XFLAG_APPEND>,
		1297	C<FS_XFLAG_SYNC>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOATIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_NODUMP>, C<FS_XFLAG_RTINHERIT>,
		1298	C<FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOSYMLINKS>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT>,
		1299	C<FS_XFLAG_NODEFRAG>, C<FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM>, C<FS_XFLAG_DAX>, C<FS_XFLAG_HASATTR>,
		1300
843	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)	1301	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
844		1302
845	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.	1303	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
846		1304
847	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1305	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
…		…
855	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1313	callback with the fdatasync result code.
856		1314
857	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1315	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
858	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1316	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
859		1317
		1318	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1319
		1320	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1321	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1322	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1323	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1324
		1325	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1326
		1327	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1328	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1329	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1330	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1331
		1332	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1333	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1334	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1335	manpage for details.
		1336
860	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)	1337	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
861		1338
862	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a	1339	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
863	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations	1340	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
864	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any	1341	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
865	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get	1342	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
866	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,	1343	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
867	not just directories.	1344	not just directories.
		1345
		1346	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1347	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
868		1348
869	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.	1349	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
870		1350
871	=cut	1351	=cut
872		1352
…		…
893	};	1373	};
894		1374
895	$grp	1375	$grp
896	}	1376	}
897		1377
		1378	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
		1379
		1380	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1381	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1382	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1383	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1384	it).
		1385
		1386	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1387	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1388	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1389	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1390	either C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC> or C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>, plus an optional
		1391	C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE>.
		1392
		1393	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1394
		1395	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1396	scalars.
		1397
		1398	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1399	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1400	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1401	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1402	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
		1403	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1404
		1405	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1406
		1407	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1408	scalars.
		1409
		1410	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1411	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1412
		1413	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1414
		1415	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1416	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1417
		1418	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1419	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1420
		1421	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1422	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1423
		1424	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1425	my $data;
		1426	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1427	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1428
		1429	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1430
		1431	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1432	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1433
		1434	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1435	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1436
		1437	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1438	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1439
		1440	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1441
		1442	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1443
		1444	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1445
		1446	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1447	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1448	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1449	C<ENOSYS>.
		1450
		1451	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1452	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1453	be queried.
		1454
		1455	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1456	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1457	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1458	the data portion.
		1459
		1460	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1461	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1462	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1463	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1464
		1465	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1466	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1467
		1468	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1469	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1470	following members:
		1471
		1472	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1473
		1474	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1475	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1476
		1477	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1478	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1479	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1480	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1481	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1482	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1483
		1484	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
		1485	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1486	it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
		1487	extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
		1488
898	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1489	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
899		1490
900	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1491	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
901	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1492	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
902	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback	1493	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
…		…
939	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1530	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
940	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1531	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
941		1532
942	=back	1533	=back
943		1534
		1535
		1536	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1537
		1538	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1539	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1540	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1541	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1542
		1543	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1544	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1545	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1546
		1547	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1548	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1549	per operation.
		1550
		1551	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1552	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1553	cannot be perfect, though.
		1554
		1555	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1556	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1557	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1558
		1559	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1560	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1561	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1562	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1563	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1564	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1565
		1566	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1567	inside, you would write:
		1568
		1569	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1570	my $etcdir = shift;
		1571
		1572	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1573	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1574	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1575
		1576	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1577	# yay
		1578	};
		1579	};
		1580
		1581	The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
		1582	creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
		1583	which is why it is done asynchronously.
		1584
		1585	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1586	either of the following three request calls:
		1587
		1588	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1589	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1590	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1591
		1592	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1593	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1594	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1595
		1596	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1597
		1598	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1599	$path->[1] = $name;
		1600	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1601	# ...
		1602	};
		1603	}
		1604
		1605	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1606	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1607	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1608	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1609	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1610	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
		1611	string form of the pathname.
		1612
		1613	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1614	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1615	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1616	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1617
		1618	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1619
		1620	=over 4
		1621
		1622	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1623
		1624	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1625	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1626	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1627	to this working directory.
		1628
		1629	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1630	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1631	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1632	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1633	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1634	expected way.
		1635
		1636	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1637
		1638	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
		1639	current working directory.
		1640
		1641	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1642	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1643	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1644
		1645	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1646	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1647
		1648	=back
		1649
		1650	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1651	C<aio_realpath>:
		1652
		1653	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1654	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1655	};
		1656
		1657	Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
		1658	sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
		1659
944	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1660	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
945		1661
946	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1662	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
947	called in non-void context.	1663	called in non-void context.
948		1664
…		…
951	=item cancel $req	1667	=item cancel $req
952		1668
953	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1669	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
954	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1670	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
955	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1671	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
956	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1672	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
957	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1673	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1674	will not be freed prematurely.
958		1675
959	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1676	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
960		1677
961	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1678	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
962		1679
…		…
1036	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1753	=item $grp->cancel_subs
1037		1754
1038	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1755	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1039	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1756	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1040		1757
		1758	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1759	group).
		1760
1041	=item $grp->result (...)	1761	=item $grp->result (...)
1042		1762
1043	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1763	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1044	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value	1764	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1045	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1765	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
…		…
1060	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1780	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1061		1781
1062	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1782	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1063	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1783	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1064	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1784	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1065	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1785	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1066	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1786	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1067	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1787	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1068		1788
1069	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1789	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1070	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1790	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1071	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1791	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
…		…
1076	not impose any limits).	1796	not impose any limits).
1077		1797
1078	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1798	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1079	automatically removed from the group.	1799	automatically removed from the group.
1080		1800
1081	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1801	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1802	C<2> automatically.
1082		1803
1083	Example:	1804	Example:
1084		1805
1085	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1806	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1086		1807
…		…
1098	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1819	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1099	the group contains less than this many requests.	1820	the group contains less than this many requests.
1100		1821
1101	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1822	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1102		1823
		1824	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1825	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1826
1103	=back	1827	=back
1104		1828
1105	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1829	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1106		1830
1107	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION	1831	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
…		…
1109	=over 4	1833	=over 4
1110		1834
1111	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1835	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1112		1836
1113	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1837	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1114	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1838	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1115	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1839	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1116	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1840	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1117		1841
1118	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1842	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1119		1843
1120	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1844	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1121		1845
1122	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1846	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1123	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it	1847	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1124	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events	1848	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1125	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1126	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1127		1849
		1850	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
		1851	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1852	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
		1853	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
		1854	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
		1855
1128	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1856	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1129	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to	1857	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1130	do anything special to have it called later.	1858	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
		1859
		1860	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1861	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1862	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1863	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1864	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1865	requests.
1131		1866
1132	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1867	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1133	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1868	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1869	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1134		1870
1135	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1871	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1136	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1872	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1137	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1873	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1874
		1875	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1876
		1877	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
		1878	requests are outstanding anymore.
		1879
		1880	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1881	become ready, without actually handling them.
		1882
		1883	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1884
		1885	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1886
		1887	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1888
		1889	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1890	equivalent to:
		1891
		1892	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1893
		1894	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1895
		1896	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1897
		1898	Strictly equivalent to:
		1899
		1900	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1901	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1138		1902
1139	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1903	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1140		1904
1141	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1905	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1142		1906
…		…
1167	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1931	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1168	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1932	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1169	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1933	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1170	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1934	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1171		1935
1172	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1173
1174	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1175	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1176	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1177	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1178
1179	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1180
1181	=item IO::AIO::poll
1182
1183	Waits until some requests have been handled.
1184
1185	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1186	equivalent to:
1187
1188	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1189
1190	=item IO::AIO::flush
1191
1192	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1193
1194	Strictly equivalent to:
1195
1196	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1197	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1198
1199	=back	1936	=back
1200		1937
1201	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1938	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1202		1939
1203	=over	1940	=over
…		…
1236		1973
1237	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1974	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1238		1975
1239	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	1976	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1240		1977
1241	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	1978	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1242	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	1979	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1243	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	1980	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1244	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	1981	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1982	exit.
1245		1983
1246	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	1984	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1247	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	1985	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1248	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	1986	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1249		1987
1250	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	1988	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1251	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	1989	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1252	want to use larger values.	1990	want to use larger values.
1253		1991
		1992	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1993
		1994	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1995	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1996
1254	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1997	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1998
		1999	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		2000	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		2001	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		2002	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		2003	longer exceeded.
		2004
		2005	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		2006	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1255		2007
1256	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	2008	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1257	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	2009	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1258	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	2010	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1259		2011
1260	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	2012	Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1261	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	2013	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1262	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1263	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1264		2014
1265	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	2015	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1266	number of outstanding requests.
1267		2016
1268	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	2017	for my $path (...) {
1269	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	2018	aio_stat $path , ...;
1270	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	2019	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2020	}
		2021
		2022	IO::AIO::flush;
		2023
		2024	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		2025	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		2026	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		2027	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		2028
		2029	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		2030	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1271		2031
1272	=back	2032	=back
1273		2033
1274	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	2034	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1275		2035
…		…
1295	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,	2055	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1296	but not yet processed by poll_cb).	2056	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1297		2057
1298	=back	2058	=back
1299		2059
		2060	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		2061
		2062	IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
		2063	some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
		2064	"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
		2065	counterpart.
		2066
		2067	=over 4
		2068
		2069	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		2070
		2071	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		2072	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		2073	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		2074	operations).
		2075
		2076	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		2077
		2078	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		2079
		2080	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		2081	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2082	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2083	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		2084	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		2085
		2086	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		2087	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		2088
		2089	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		2090
		2091	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		2092	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2093	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2094	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>,
		2095	C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		2096
		2097	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2098	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2099	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
		2100
		2101	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		2102	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		2103
		2104	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		2105
		2106	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		2107	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		2108	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		2109	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2110
		2111	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2112	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2113	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
		2114
		2115	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		2116	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		2117
		2118	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		2119
		2120	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		2121	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2122	success, and false otherwise.
		2123
		2124	The scalar must exist, but its contents do not matter - this means you
		2125	cannot use a nonexistant array or hash element. When in doubt, C<undef>
		2126	the scalar first.
		2127
		2128	The only operations allowed on the mmapped scalar are C<substr>/C<vec>,
		2129	which don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
		2130	as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
		2131
		2132	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		2133
		2134	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		2135	when the C<$scalar> is undef'd or destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap>
		2136	or C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called on it.
		2137
		2138	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		2139	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		2140
		2141	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		2142	filesize.
		2143
		2144	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		2145	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		2146
		2147	C<$flags> can be a combination of
		2148	C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		2149	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
		2150	or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
		2151	C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
		2152	C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		2153	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
		2154	C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
		2155	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
		2156	C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
		2157	C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
		2158	C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
		2159	C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
		2160	C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
		2161
		2162	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		2163
		2164	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		2165	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		2166
		2167	Example:
		2168
		2169	use Digest::MD5;
		2170	use IO::AIO;
		2171
		2172	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		2173	or die "$!";
		2174
		2175	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		2176	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		2177
		2178	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		2179
		2180	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		2181
		2182	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		2183
		2184	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		2185
		2186	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		2187	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		2188
		2189	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		2190
		2191	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		2192
		2193	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		2194	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		2195
		2196	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2197
		2198	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2199	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2200	should be the file offset.
		2201
		2202	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2203	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2204
		2205	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2206	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2207	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2208
		2209	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2210
		2211	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2212
		2213	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
		2214	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2215
		2216	=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		2217
		2218	Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
		2219	on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
		2220	C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
		2221	size on other systems, drop me a note.
		2222
		2223	=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		2224
		2225	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
		2226	C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
		2227	perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
		2228	systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
		2229	(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
		2230
		2231	If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
		2232	the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
		2233
		2234	On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
		2235
		2236	On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
		2237	C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2238
		2239	Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
		2240	time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
		2241	C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
		2242
		2243	=back
		2244
1300	=cut	2245	=cut
1301		2246
1302	min_parallel 8;	2247	min_parallel 8;
1303		2248
1304	END { flush }	2249	END { flush }
1305		2250
1306	1;	2251	1;
1307		2252
		2253	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2254
		2255	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2256	automatically into many event loops:
		2257
		2258	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2259	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2260
		2261	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2262	some examples of how to do this:
		2263
		2264	# EV integration
		2265	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2266
		2267	# Event integration
		2268	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2269	poll => 'r',
		2270	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2271
		2272	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		2273	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2274	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		2275
		2276	# Tk integration
		2277	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		2278	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2279
		2280	# Danga::Socket integration
		2281	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		2282	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2283
1308	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2284	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1309		2285
1310	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2286	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2287	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2288	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2289	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2290	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2291	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2292	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1311		2293
1312	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2294	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1313	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2295	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1314	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2296	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1315	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1316	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1317	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1318	parent process has been reached again.
1319		2297
1320	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2298	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1321	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2299	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1322	yet.	2300	child:
		2301
		2302	=over 4
		2303
		2304	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2305
		2306	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2307	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2308	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2309
		2310	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2311	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2312	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2313	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2314
		2315	=back
1323		2316
1324	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2317	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1325		2318
1326	Per-request usage:	2319	Per-request usage:
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