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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
…		…
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.
…		…
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 = '3.16';	176	our $VERSION = 4.75;
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_sync_file_range 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_slurp
		189	aio_wd);
207		190
208	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	191	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
209	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	192	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
210	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	193	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
211	nreqs nready npending nthreads	194	nreqs nready npending nthreads
212	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);	195	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		196	sendfile fadvise madvise
		197	mmap munmap mremap munlock munlockall);
		198
		199	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
213		200
214	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	201	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
215		202
216	require XSLoader;	203	require XSLoader;
217	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	204	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
218	}	205	}
219		206
220	=head1 FUNCTIONS	207	=head1 FUNCTIONS
221		208
222	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	209	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		210
		211	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		212	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		213	documentation.
		214
		215	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		216	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		217	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		218	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		219	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		220	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		221	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		222	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		223	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		226	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		232	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		233	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		234	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		236	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		237	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		238	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		239	aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		240	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		241	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		242	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		243	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		244	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		245	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		246	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		247	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		254	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		256	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		257	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		258	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		259	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
		260	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		261	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		262	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		263	aio_group $callback->(...)
		264	aio_nop $callback->()
		265
		266	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		267	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		268
		269	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		270	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		271	IO::AIO::poll
		272	IO::AIO::flush
		273	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		274	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		275	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		276	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		277	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		278	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		279	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		280	IO::AIO::nreqs
		281	IO::AIO::nready
		282	IO::AIO::npending
		283	IO::AIO::reinit
		284
		285	$nfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit
		286	IO::AIO::min_fdlimit $nfd
		287
		288	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		289	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		290
		291	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		292	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		293	IO::AIO::mremap $scalar, $new_length, $flags[, $new_address]
		294	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		295	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		296	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		297	IO::AIO::munlockall
		298
		299	# stat extensions
		300	$counter = IO::AIO::st_gen
		301	$seconds = IO::AIO::st_atime, IO::AIO::st_mtime, IO::AIO::st_ctime, IO::AIO::st_btime
		302	($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtime
		303	$nanoseconds = IO::AIO::st_atimensec, IO::AIO::st_mtimensec, IO::AIO::st_ctimensec, IO::AIO::st_btimensec
		304	$seconds = IO::AIO::st_btimesec
		305	($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtimensec
		306
		307	# very much unportable syscalls
		308	IO::AIO::accept4 $r_fh, $sockaddr, $sockaddr_len, $flags
		309	IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		310	IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		311	$actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		312	($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		313	$fh = IO::AIO::memfd_create $pathname[, $flags]
		314	$fh = IO::AIO::eventfd [$initval, [$flags]]
		315	$fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create $clockid[, $flags]
		316	($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, $flags, $new_interval, $nbw_value
		317	($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_gettime $fh
		318
		319	=head2 API NOTES
223		320
224	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	321	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
225	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	322	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
226	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	323	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
227	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	324	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
228	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	325	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
229	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given	326	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
230	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	327	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		328	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		329	"false").
		330
		331	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		332	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
231		333
232	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	334	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
233	internally until the request has finished.	335	internally until the request has finished.
234		336
235	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	337	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
236	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	338	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
237		339
238	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	340	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	341	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	342	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
241	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	343	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
242	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	344	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
243	paths.	345	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		346	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		347	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
244		348
245	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	349	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	350	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	351	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	352	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)	353	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
250	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	354	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		355	correct contents.
251		356
252	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	357	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
253	handles correctly whether it is set or not.	358	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		359
		360	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
254		361
255	=over 4	362	=over 4
256		363
257	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	364	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
258		365
…		…
288		395
289		396
290	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	397	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
291		398
292	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	399	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
293	created filehandle for the file.	400	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
294		401
295	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	402	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
296	for an explanation.	403	for an explanation.
297		404
298	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	405	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
…		…
305	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never	412	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
306	change the umask.	413	change the umask.
307		414
308	Example:	415	Example:
309		416
310	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	417	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
311	if ($_[0]) {	418	if ($_[0]) {
312	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	419	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
313	...	420	...
314	} else {	421	} else {
315	die "open failed: $!\n";	422	die "open failed: $!\n";
316	}	423	}
317	};	424	};
318		425
		426	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		427	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		428	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		429	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		430
		431	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		432	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		433	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, C<O_TTY_INIT> and C<O_ACCMODE>.
		434
319		435
320	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	436	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
321		437
322	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	438	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
323	code.	439	code.
…		…
332	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be	448	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.	449	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
334		450
335	=cut	451	=cut
336		452
		453	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		454
		455	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		456	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		457	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		458	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		459
		460	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		461	case of an error.
		462
		463	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		464	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		465	so don't panic.
		466
		467	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		468	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		469	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		470	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		471	"just work".
		472
337	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	473	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
338		474
339	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	475	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
340		476
341	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset>	477	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
342	into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the	478	C<$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	479	calls the callback with the actual number of bytes transferred (or -1 on
344	like the syscall).	480	error, just like the syscall).
		481
		482	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		483	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
345		484
346	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will	485	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
347	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be	486	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
348	changed by these calls.	487	changed by these calls.
349		488
350	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>.	489	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		490	C<$data>.
351		491
352	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of	492	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
353	C<$data>.	493	C<$data>.
354		494
355	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	495	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
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369		509
370	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	510	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	511	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	512	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	513	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
374	other.	514	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		515	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
375		516
		517	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		518	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		519	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		520	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		521	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		522
		523	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		524	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		525	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		526	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		527	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		528	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		529	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		530	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		531	resource usage.
		532
376	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	533	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
377	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	534	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
378	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	535	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
379		536
380	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	537	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	538	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		539	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
382	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	540	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
383		541
384	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	542	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
385	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	543	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
386	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	544	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
387	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	545	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	546	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
389	read.	547	fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
390		548
391		549
392	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	550	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
393		551
394	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	552	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	556	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	557	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	558	(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.	559	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
402		560
403	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	561	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.	562	be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
405		563
406		564
407	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	565	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
408		566
409	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	567	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
410		568
411	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	569	Works almost exactly like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The
412	be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>	570	callback will be called after the stat and the results will be available
413	or C<-s _> etc...	571	using C<stat _> or C<-s _> and other tests (with the exception of C<-B>
		572	and C<-T>).
414		573
415	The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	574	The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
416	for an explanation.	575	for an explanation.
417		576
418	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	577	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	578	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
420	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	579	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		580
		581	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		582	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		583	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		584	behaviour).
		585
		586	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		587	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		588	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
		589
		590	To access higher resolution stat timestamps, see L<SUBSECOND STAT TIME
		591	ACCESS>.
421		592
422	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	593	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
423		594
424	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	595	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
425	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	596	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
426	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	597	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
427	};	598	};
428		599
429		600
		601	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		602
		603	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		604	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		605
		606	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		607	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		608	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		609	is passed.
		610
		611	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		612	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		613
		614	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		615	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		616	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		617	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		618	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		619
		620	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		621
		622	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		623	my $f = $_[0]
		624	or die "statvfs: $!";
		625
		626	use Data::Dumper;
		627	say Dumper $f;
		628	};
		629
		630	# result:
		631	{
		632	bsize => 1024,
		633	bfree => 4333064312,
		634	blocks => 10253828096,
		635	files => 2050765568,
		636	flag => 4096,
		637	favail => 2042092649,
		638	bavail => 4333064312,
		639	ffree => 2042092649,
		640	namemax => 255,
		641	frsize => 1024,
		642	fsid => 1810
		643	}
		644
430	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	645	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
431		646
432	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime	647	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	648	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
434	syscalls support them.	649	syscalls support them.
435		650
436	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise	651	When called with a pathname, uses utimensat(2) or utimes(2) if available,
437	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,	652	otherwise utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimens(2)
438	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.	653	or futimes(2) if available, otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not
		654	portable.
439		655
440	Examples:	656	Examples:
441		657
442	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):	658	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
443	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;	659	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
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461	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	677	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
462		678
463	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).	679	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
464		680
465		681
		682	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		683
		684	Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		685	linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
		686
		687	C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
		688	space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
		689	to deallocate a file range.
		690
		691	IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
		692	(without leaving a hole), C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range,
		693	C<FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE> to insert a range and C<FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE>
		694	to unshare shared blocks (see your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
		695
		696	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		697	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>, but different filesystems and filetypes
		698	can dictate other limitations.
		699
		700	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		701	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		702
		703
466	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	704	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
467		705
468	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	706	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
469		707
470		708
…		…
472		710
473	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	711	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
474	result code.	712	result code.
475		713
476		714
477	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	715	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
478		716
479	[EXPERIMENTAL]	717	[EXPERIMENTAL]
480		718
481	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	719	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
482		720
483	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	721	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
484		722
485	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	723	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
486		724
		725	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		726	and functions.
487		727
488	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	728	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
489		729
490	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	730	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
491	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	731	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
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495		735
496	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	736	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
497	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	737	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
498		738
499		739
500	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	740	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
501		741
502	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	742	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
503	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	743	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
504	callback.	744	callback.
505		745
506		746
		747	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		748
		749	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		750	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		751	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		752
		753	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		754	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		755
		756
507	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	757	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
508		758
509	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	759	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
510	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	760	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		761
		762	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		763	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
		764	of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		765
		766
		767	=item aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		768
		769	Basically a version of C<aio_rename> with an additional C<$flags>
		770	argument. Calling this with C<$flags=0> is the same as calling
		771	C<aio_rename>.
		772
		773	Non-zero flags are currently only supported on GNU/Linux systems that
		774	support renameat2. Other systems fail with C<ENOSYS> in this case.
		775
		776	The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>),
		777	see renameat2(2) for details:
		778
		779	C<IO::AIO::RENAME_NOREPLACE>, C<IO::AIO::RENAME_EXCHANGE>
		780	and C<IO::AIO::RENAME_WHITEOUT>.
511		781
512		782
513	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)	783	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
514		784
515	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with	785	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
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520	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	790	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
521		791
522	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	792	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
523	result code.	793	result code.
524		794
		795	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		796	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
		797	C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		798
525		799
526	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	800	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
527		801
528	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	802	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	803	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
530	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	804	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
531		805
532	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	806	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
533	with the filenames.	807	array-ref with the filenames.
534		808
535		809
		810	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		811
		812	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
		813	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		814	C<undef>.
		815
		816	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		817	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		818
		819	=over 4
		820
		821	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		822
		823	Normally the callback gets an arrayref consisting of names only (as
		824	with C<aio_readdir>). If this flag is set, then the callback gets an
		825	arrayref with C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a
		826	single directory entry in more detail:
		827
		828	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		829
		830	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		831
		832	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		833	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		834	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		835
		836	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need
		837	to know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed/memory reasons,
		838	the C<$type> scalars are read-only: you must not modify them.
		839
		840	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		841	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		842	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		843
		844	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		845
		846	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		847	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		848	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		849	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		850
		851	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		852	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		853	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		854	short names are tried first.
		855
		856	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		857
		858	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		859	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat() most or
		860	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely be
		861	faster.
		862
		863	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified,
		864	then the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order
		865	for stat'ing all entries, but likely a more optimal order for finding
		866	subdirectories.
		867
		868	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		869
		870	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		871	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		872	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
		873	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		874
		875	=back
		876
		877
		878	=item aio_slurp $pathname, $offset, $length, $data, $callback->($status)
		879
		880	Opens, reads and closes the given file. The data is put into C<$data>,
		881	which is resized as required.
		882
		883	If C<$offset> is negative, then it is counted from the end of the file.
		884
		885	If C<$length> is zero, then the remaining length of the file is
		886	used. Also, in this case, the same limitations to modifying C<$data> apply
		887	as when IO::AIO::mmap is used, i.e. it must only be modified in-place
		888	with C<substr>. If the size of the file is known, specifying a non-zero
		889	C<$length> results in a performance advantage.
		890
		891	This request is similar to the older C<aio_load> request, but since it is
		892	a single request, it might be more efficient to use.
		893
		894	Example: load F</etc/passwd> into C<$passwd>.
		895
		896	my $passwd;
		897	aio_slurp "/etc/passwd", 0, 0, $passwd, sub {
		898	$_[0] >= 0
		899	or die "/etc/passwd: $!\n";
		900
		901	printf "/etc/passwd is %d bytes long, and contains:\n", length $passwd;
		902	print $passwd;
		903	};
		904	IO::AIO::flush;
		905
		906
536	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	907	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
537		908
538	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into	909	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
539	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	910	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		911
		912	Using C<aio_slurp> might be more efficient, as it is a single request.
540		913
541	=cut	914	=cut
542		915
543	sub aio_load($$;$) {	916	sub aio_load($$;$) {
544	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;	917	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
…		…
563		936
564	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	937	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
565		938
566	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	939	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	940	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
568	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	941	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		942
		943	Existing destination files will be truncated.
569		944
570	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with	945	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	946	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	947	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
573	uid/gid, in that order.	948	uid/gid, in that order.
…		…
585	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	960	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
586		961
587	aioreq_pri $pri;	962	aioreq_pri $pri;
588	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	963	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
589	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	964	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
590	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	965	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
591		966
592	aioreq_pri $pri;	967	aioreq_pri $pri;
593	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	968	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
594	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	969	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
595	aioreq_pri $pri;	970	aioreq_pri $pri;
596	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	971	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
597	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	972	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
598	$grp->result (0);	973	$grp->result (0);
599	close $src_fh;	974	close $src_fh;
600		975
601	# those should not normally block. should. should.	976	my $ch = sub {
602	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;	977	aioreq_pri $pri;
603	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;	978	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
604	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;	979	aioreq_pri $pri;
		980	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		981	aioreq_pri $pri;
		982	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		983	}
		984	};
		985	};
605		986
606	aioreq_pri $pri;	987	aioreq_pri $pri;
607	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;	988	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		989	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		990	aioreq_pri $pri;
		991	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		992	} else {
		993	$ch->();
		994	}
		995	};
608	} else {	996	} else {
609	$grp->result (-1);	997	$grp->result (-1);
610	close $src_fh;	998	close $src_fh;
611	close $dst_fh;	999	close $dst_fh;
612		1000
…		…
629		1017
630	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	1018	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
631		1019
632	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	1020	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	1021	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
634	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	1022	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
635		1023
636	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if	1024	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
637	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	1025	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
638	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.	1026	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
639		1027
…		…
650	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	1038	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
651	aioreq_pri $pri;	1039	aioreq_pri $pri;
652	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	1040	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
653	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1041	$grp->result ($_[0]);
654		1042
655	if (!$_[0]) {	1043	unless ($_[0]) {
656	aioreq_pri $pri;	1044	aioreq_pri $pri;
657	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	1045	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
658	}	1046	}
659	};	1047	};
660	} else {	1048	} else {
…		…
663	};	1051	};
664		1052
665	$grp	1053	$grp
666	}	1054	}
667		1055
668	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1056	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
669		1057
670	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1058	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
671	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	1059	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
672	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	1060	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
673	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	1061	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
674		1062
675	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_	1063	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that generates many sub requests.
676	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that	1064	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
677	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default	1065	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
678	will be chosen (currently 4).	1066	will be chosen (currently 4).
679		1067
680	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	1068	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
…		…
690		1078
691	Implementation notes.	1079	Implementation notes.
692		1080
693	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	1081	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
694		1082
		1083	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		1084	find directories.
		1085
695	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	1086	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
696	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	1087	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	1088	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	1089	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
699	of subdirectories will be assumed.	1090	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
700		1091
701	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	1092	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
702	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	1093	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,	1094	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	1095	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	1096	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	1097	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	1098	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
708	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	1099	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		1100	the filetype information on readdir.
709		1101
710	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1102	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
711	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	1103	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
712		1104
713	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	1105	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
726		1118
727	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1119	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
728		1120
729	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1121	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
730		1122
731	# stat once	1123	# get a wd object
732	aioreq_pri $pri;	1124	aioreq_pri $pri;
733	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1125	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1126	$_[0]
734	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1127	or return $grp->result ();
735	my $now = time;
736	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
737		1128
738	# read the directory entries	1129	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1130
		1131	# stat once
739	aioreq_pri $pri;	1132	aioreq_pri $pri;
740	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	1133	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
741	my $entries = shift
742	or return $grp->result ();	1134	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		1135	my $now = time;
		1136	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		1137	my $rdxflags = READDIR_DIRS_FIRST;
743		1138
744	# stat the dir another time	1139	if ((stat _)[3] < 2) {
		1140	# at least one non-POSIX filesystem exists
		1141	# that returns useful DT_type values: btrfs,
		1142	# so optimise for this here by requesting dents
		1143	$rdxflags |= READDIR_DENTS;
		1144	}
		1145
		1146	# read the directory entries
745	aioreq_pri $pri;	1147	aioreq_pri $pri;
746	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1148	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, $rdxflags, sub {
747	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1149	my ($entries, $flags) = @_
		1150	or return $grp->result ();
748		1151
		1152	if ($rdxflags & READDIR_DENTS) {
		1153	# if we requested type values, see if we can use them directly.
		1154
		1155	# if there were any DT_UNKNOWN entries then we assume we
		1156	# don't know. alternatively, we could assume that if we get
		1157	# one DT_DIR, then all directories are indeed marked with
		1158	# DT_DIR, but this seems not required for btrfs, and this
		1159	# is basically the "btrfs can't get it's act together" code
		1160	# branch.
		1161	unless ($flags & READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN) {
		1162	# now we have valid DT_ information for all entries,
		1163	# so use it as an optimisation without further stat's.
		1164	# they must also all be at the beginning of @$entries
		1165	# by now.
		1166
749	my $ndirs;	1167	my $dirs;
750		1168
751	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
752	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
753	$ndirs = -1;
754	} else {
755	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
756	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
757	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
758	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
759	}
760
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);
769
770	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
771	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
772	};
773
774	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
775	feed $statgrp sub {
776	return unless @$entries;
777	my $entry = pop @$entries;
778
779	aioreq_pri $pri;
780	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
781	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1169	if (@$entries) {
782	push @nondirs, $entry;	1170	for (0 .. $#$entries) {
783	} else {	1171	if ($entries->[$_][1] != DT_DIR) {
784	# need to check for real directory	1172	# splice out directories
785	aioreq_pri $pri;	1173	$dirs = [splice @$entries, 0, $_];
786	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
787	if (-d _) {
788	push @dirs, $entry;
789
790	unless (--$ndirs) {
791	push @nondirs, @$entries;
792	feed $statgrp;
793	}	1174	last;
794	} else {
795	push @nondirs, $entry;
796	}	1175	}
797	}	1176	}
		1177
		1178	# if we didn't find any non-dir, then all entries are dirs
		1179	unless ($dirs) {
		1180	($dirs, $entries) = ($entries, []);
		1181	}
		1182	} else {
		1183	# directory is empty, so there are no sbdirs
		1184	$dirs = [];
798	}	1185	}
		1186
		1187	# either splice'd the directories out or the dir was empty.
		1188	# convert dents to filenames
		1189	$_ = $_->[0] for @$dirs;
		1190	$_ = $_->[0] for @$entries;
		1191
		1192	return $grp->result ($dirs, $entries);
		1193	}
		1194
		1195	# cannot use, so return to our old ways
		1196	# by pretending we only scanned for names.
		1197	$_ = $_->[0] for @$entries;
		1198	}
		1199
		1200	# stat the dir another time
		1201	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1202	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
		1203	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		1204
		1205	my $ndirs;
		1206
		1207	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
		1208	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
		1209	$ndirs = -1;
		1210	} else {
		1211	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
		1212	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
		1213	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
		1214	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
		1215	}
		1216
		1217	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
		1218
		1219	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
		1220	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		1221	};
		1222
		1223	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
		1224	feed $statgrp sub {
		1225	return unless @$entries;
		1226	my $entry = shift @$entries;
		1227
		1228	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1229	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
		1230	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
		1231	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		1232	push @nondirs, $entry;
		1233	} else {
		1234	# need to check for real directory
		1235	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1236	$wd->[1] = $entry;
		1237	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
		1238	if (-d _) {
		1239	push @dirs, $entry;
		1240
		1241	unless (--$ndirs) {
		1242	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		1243	feed $statgrp;
		1244	}
		1245	} else {
		1246	push @nondirs, $entry;
		1247	}
		1248	}
		1249	}
		1250	};
799	};	1251	};
800	};	1252	};
801	};	1253	};
802	};	1254	};
803	};	1255	};
804		1256
805	$grp	1257	$grp
806	}	1258	}
807		1259
808	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	1260	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
809		1261
810	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1262	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
811	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that	1263	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	1264	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
813	everything else.	1265	everything else.
814		1266
815	=cut	1267	=cut
816		1268
…		…
838	};	1290	};
839		1291
840	$grp	1292	$grp
841	}	1293	}
842		1294
		1295	=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		1296
		1297	=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		1298
		1299	These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
		1300	they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
		1301
		1302	Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
		1303	to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
		1304	sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
		1305	as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
		1306	can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
		1307	alternative to using a thread to wait.
		1308
		1309	So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
		1310	(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
		1311	other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
		1312	you still can.
		1313
		1314	The following constants are available and can be used for normal C<ioctl>
		1315	and C<fcntl> as well (missing ones are, as usual C<0>):
		1316
		1317	C<F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC>,
		1318
		1319	C<F_OFD_GETLK>, C<F_OFD_SETLK>, C<F_OFD_GETLKW>,
		1320
		1321	C<FIFREEZE>, C<FITHAW>, C<FITRIM>, C<FICLONE>, C<FICLONERANGE>, C<FIDEDUPERANGE>.
		1322
		1323	C<F_ADD_SEALS>, C<F_GET_SEALS>, C<F_SEAL_SEAL>, C<F_SEAL_SHRINK>, C<F_SEAL_GROW> and
		1324	C<F_SEAL_WRITE>.
		1325
		1326	C<FS_IOC_GETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_SETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_GETVERSION>, C<FS_IOC_SETVERSION>,
		1327	C<FS_IOC_FIEMAP>.
		1328
		1329	C<FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>,
		1330	C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT>, C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>, C<FS_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE>.
		1331
		1332	C<FS_SECRM_FL>, C<FS_UNRM_FL>, C<FS_COMPR_FL>, C<FS_SYNC_FL>, C<FS_IMMUTABLE_FL>,
		1333	C<FS_APPEND_FL>, C<FS_NODUMP_FL>, C<FS_NOATIME_FL>, C<FS_DIRTY_FL>,
		1334	C<FS_COMPRBLK_FL>, C<FS_NOCOMP_FL>, C<FS_ENCRYPT_FL>, C<FS_BTREE_FL>,
		1335	C<FS_INDEX_FL>, C<FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL>, C<FS_NOTAIL_FL>, C<FS_DIRSYNC_FL>, C<FS_TOPDIR_FL>,
		1336	C<FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE>.
		1337
		1338	C<FS_XFLAG_REALTIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC>, C<FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE>, C<FS_XFLAG_APPEND>,
		1339	C<FS_XFLAG_SYNC>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOATIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_NODUMP>, C<FS_XFLAG_RTINHERIT>,
		1340	C<FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOSYMLINKS>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT>,
		1341	C<FS_XFLAG_NODEFRAG>, C<FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM>, C<FS_XFLAG_DAX>, C<FS_XFLAG_HASATTR>,
		1342
843	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)	1343	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
844		1344
845	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.	1345	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
846		1346
847	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1347	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
…		…
854	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1354	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
855	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1355	callback with the fdatasync result code.
856		1356
857	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1357	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.	1358	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1359
		1360	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1361
		1362	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1363	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1364	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1365	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
859		1366
860	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)	1367	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
861		1368
862	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>	1369	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
863	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific	1370	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
…		…
867	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,	1374	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
868	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and	1375	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
869	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range	1376	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
870	manpage for details.	1377	manpage for details.
871		1378
872	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)	1379	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
873		1380
874	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a	1381	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
875	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations	1382	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
876	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any	1383	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
877	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get	1384	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
878	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,	1385	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
879	not just directories.	1386	not just directories.
		1387
		1388	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1389	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
880		1390
881	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.	1391	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
882		1392
883	=cut	1393	=cut
884		1394
…		…
905	};	1415	};
906		1416
907	$grp	1417	$grp
908	}	1418	}
909		1419
		1420	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
		1421
		1422	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1423	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1424	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1425	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1426	it).
		1427
		1428	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1429	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1430	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1431	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1432	either C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC> or C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>, plus an optional
		1433	C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE>.
		1434
		1435	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1436
		1437	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1438	scalars.
		1439
		1440	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1441	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1442	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1443	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1444	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
		1445	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1446
		1447	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1448
		1449	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1450	scalars.
		1451
		1452	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1453	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1454
		1455	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1456
		1457	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1458	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1459
		1460	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1461	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1462
		1463	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1464	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1465
		1466	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1467	my $data;
		1468	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1469	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1470
		1471	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1472
		1473	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a
		1474	combination of C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT>, C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE> and
		1475	C<IO::AIO::MCL_ONFAULT>).
		1476
		1477	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1478	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>. Similarly, flag combinations not supported
		1479	by the system result in a return value of C<-1> with errno being set to
		1480	C<EINVAL>.
		1481
		1482	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1483	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1484
		1485	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1486
		1487	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1488
		1489	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1490
		1491	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1492	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1493	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1494	C<ENOSYS>.
		1495
		1496	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1497	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1498	be queried.
		1499
		1500	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1501	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1502	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1503	the data portion.
		1504
		1505	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1506	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1507	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1508	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1509
		1510	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1511	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1512
		1513	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1514	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1515	following members:
		1516
		1517	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1518
		1519	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1520	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1521
		1522	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1523	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1524	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1525	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1526	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1527	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1528
		1529	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this request is unreliable unless
		1530	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1531	it to return all extents of a range for files with a large number of
		1532	extents. The code (only) works around all these issues if C<$count> is
		1533	C<undef>.
		1534
910	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1535	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
911		1536
912	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1537	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
913	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1538	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
914	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback	1539	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
…		…
951	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1576	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
952	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1577	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
953		1578
954	=back	1579	=back
955		1580
		1581
		1582	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1583
		1584	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1585	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1586	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1587	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1588
		1589	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1590	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1591	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1592
		1593	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1594	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1595	per operation.
		1596
		1597	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1598	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1599	cannot be perfect, though.
		1600
		1601	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1602	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1603	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1604
		1605	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1606	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1607	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1608	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1609	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1610	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1611
		1612	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1613	inside, you would write:
		1614
		1615	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1616	my $etcdir = shift;
		1617
		1618	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1619	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1620	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1621
		1622	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1623	# yay
		1624	};
		1625	};
		1626
		1627	The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
		1628	creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
		1629	which is why it is done asynchronously.
		1630
		1631	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1632	either of the following three request calls:
		1633
		1634	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1635	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1636	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1637
		1638	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1639	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1640	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1641
		1642	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1643
		1644	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1645	$path->[1] = $name;
		1646	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1647	# ...
		1648	};
		1649	}
		1650
		1651	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1652	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1653	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1654	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1655	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1656	older systems. Some functions (such as C<aio_realpath>) will always rely on
		1657	the string form of the pathname.
		1658
		1659	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1660	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1661	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1662	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1663
		1664	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1665
		1666	=over 4
		1667
		1668	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1669
		1670	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1671	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1672	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1673	to this working directory.
		1674
		1675	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1676	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1677	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1678	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1679	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1680	expected way.
		1681
		1682	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1683
		1684	This is a compile time constant (object) that represents the process
		1685	current working directory.
		1686
		1687	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1688	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1689	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1690
		1691	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1692	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1693
		1694	=back
		1695
		1696	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1697	C<aio_realpath>:
		1698
		1699	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1700	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1701	};
		1702
		1703	Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
		1704	sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
		1705
956	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1706	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
957		1707
958	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1708	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
959	called in non-void context.	1709	called in non-void context.
960		1710
…		…
963	=item cancel $req	1713	=item cancel $req
964		1714
965	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1715	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
966	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1716	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
967	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1717	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
968	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1718	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
969	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1719	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1720	will not be freed prematurely.
970		1721
971	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1722	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
972		1723
973	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1724	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
974		1725
…		…
1048	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1799	=item $grp->cancel_subs
1049		1800
1050	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1801	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1051	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1802	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1052		1803
		1804	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1805	group).
		1806
1053	=item $grp->result (...)	1807	=item $grp->result (...)
1054		1808
1055	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1809	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1056	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value	1810	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1057	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1811	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
…		…
1073		1827
1074	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1828	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1075	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1829	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1076	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1830	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1077	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,	1831	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1078	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,	1832	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1079	delaying any later requests for a long time.	1833	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1080		1834
1081	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1835	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1082	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1836	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1083	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1837	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1084	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1838	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
1116	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder	1870	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1117	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.	1871	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1118		1872
1119	=back	1873	=back
1120		1874
		1875
1121	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1876	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1122		1877
1123	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION	1878	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1124		1879
1125	=over 4	1880	=over 4
1126		1881
1127	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1882	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1128		1883
1129	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1884	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1130	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1885	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1131	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1886	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1132	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1887	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1133		1888
1134	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1889	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1135		1890
1136	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1891	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1137		1892
1138	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1893	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1139	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it	1894	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1140	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events	1895	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1141	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1142	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1143		1896
		1897	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
		1898	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1899	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
		1900	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
		1901	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
		1902
1144	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1903	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1145	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to	1904	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1146	do anything special to have it called later.	1905	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
		1906
		1907	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1908	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1909	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1910	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1911	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1912	requests.
1147		1913
1148	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1914	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1149	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1915	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1916	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1150		1917
1151	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1918	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1152	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1919	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1153	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1920	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1921
		1922	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1923
		1924	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
		1925	requests are outstanding anymore.
		1926
		1927	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1928	become ready, without actually handling them.
		1929
		1930	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1931
		1932	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1933
		1934	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1935
		1936	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1937	equivalent to:
		1938
		1939	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1940
		1941	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1942
		1943	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1944
		1945	Strictly equivalent to:
		1946
		1947	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1948	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1949
		1950	This function can be useful at program aborts, to make sure outstanding
		1951	I/O has been done (C<IO::AIO> uses an C<END> block which already calls
		1952	this function on normal exits), or when you are merely using C<IO::AIO>
		1953	for its more advanced functions, rather than for async I/O, e.g.:
		1954
		1955	my ($dirs, $nondirs);
		1956	IO::AIO::aio_scandir "/tmp", 0, sub { ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_ };
		1957	IO::AIO::flush;
		1958	# $dirs, $nondirs are now set
1154		1959
1155	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1960	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1156		1961
1157	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1962	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1158		1963
…		…
1183	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1988	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1184	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1989	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1185	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1990	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1186	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1991	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1187		1992
1188	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1189
1190	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1191	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1192	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1193	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1194
1195	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1196
1197	=item IO::AIO::poll
1198
1199	Waits until some requests have been handled.
1200
1201	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1202	equivalent to:
1203
1204	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1205
1206	=item IO::AIO::flush
1207
1208	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1209
1210	Strictly equivalent to:
1211
1212	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1213	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1214
1215	=back	1993	=back
		1994
1216		1995
1217	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1996	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1218		1997
1219	=over	1998	=over
1220		1999
…		…
1252		2031
1253	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	2032	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1254		2033
1255	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	2034	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1256		2035
1257	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	2036	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1258	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	2037	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1259	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	2038	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1260	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	2039	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		2040	exit.
1261		2041
1262	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	2042	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1263	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	2043	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1264	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	2044	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1265		2045
1266	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	2046	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1267	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	2047	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1268	want to use larger values.	2048	want to use larger values.
1269		2049
		2050	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		2051
		2052	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		2053	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		2054
1270	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	2055	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		2056
		2057	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		2058	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		2059	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		2060	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		2061	longer exceeded.
		2062
		2063	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		2064	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1271		2065
1272	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	2066	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1273	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	2067	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1274	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	2068	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1275		2069
1276	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	2070	Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1277	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	2071	a lot of files, you can write something like this:
1278	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1279	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1280		2072
1281	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	2073	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1282	number of outstanding requests.
1283		2074
1284	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	2075	for my $path (...) {
1285	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	2076	aio_stat $path , ...;
1286	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	2077	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2078	}
		2079
		2080	IO::AIO::flush;
		2081
		2082	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		2083	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		2084	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		2085	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		2086
		2087	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		2088	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1287		2089
1288	=back	2090	=back
		2091
1289		2092
1290	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	2093	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1291		2094
1292	=over	2095	=over
1293		2096
…		…
1311	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,	2114	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1312	but not yet processed by poll_cb).	2115	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1313		2116
1314	=back	2117	=back
1315		2118
		2119
		2120	=head3 SUBSECOND STAT TIME ACCESS
		2121
		2122	Both C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> and perl's C<stat>/C<lstat> functions can
		2123	generally find access/modification and change times with subsecond time
		2124	accuracy of the system supports it, but perl's built-in functions only
		2125	return the integer part.
		2126
		2127	The following functions return the timestamps of the most recent
		2128	stat with subsecond precision on most systems and work both after
		2129	C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> and perl's C<stat>/C<lstat> calls. Their return
		2130	value is only meaningful after a successful C<stat>/C<lstat> call, or
		2131	during/after a successful C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> callback.
		2132
		2133	This is similar to the L<Time::HiRes> C<stat> functions, but can return
		2134	full resolution without rounding and work with standard perl C<stat>,
		2135	alleviating the need to call the special C<Time::HiRes> functions, which
		2136	do not act like their perl counterparts.
		2137
		2138	On operating systems or file systems where subsecond time resolution is
		2139	not supported or could not be detected, a fractional part of C<0> is
		2140	returned, so it is always safe to call these functions.
		2141
		2142	=over 4
		2143
		2144	=item $seconds = IO::AIO::st_atime, IO::AIO::st_mtime, IO::AIO::st_ctime, IO::AIO::st_btime
		2145
		2146	Return the access, modication, change or birth time, respectively,
		2147	including fractional part. Due to the limited precision of floating point,
		2148	the accuracy on most platforms is only a bit better than milliseconds
		2149	for times around now - see the I<nsec> function family, below, for full
		2150	accuracy.
		2151
		2152	File birth time is only available when the OS and perl support it (on
		2153	FreeBSD and NetBSD at the time of this writing, although support is
		2154	adaptive, so if your OS/perl gains support, IO::AIO can take advantage of
		2155	it). On systems where it isn't available, C<0> is currently returned, but
		2156	this might change to C<undef> in a future version.
		2157
		2158	=item ($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtime
		2159
		2160	Returns access, modification, change and birth time all in one go, and
		2161	maybe more times in the future version.
		2162
		2163	=item $nanoseconds = IO::AIO::st_atimensec, IO::AIO::st_mtimensec, IO::AIO::st_ctimensec, IO::AIO::st_btimensec
		2164
		2165	Return the fractional access, modifcation, change or birth time, in nanoseconds,
		2166	as an integer in the range C<0> to C<999999999>.
		2167
		2168	Note that no accessors are provided for access, modification and
		2169	change times - you need to get those from C<stat _> if required (C<int
		2170	IO::AIO::st_atime> and so on will I<not> generally give you the correct
		2171	value).
		2172
		2173	=item $seconds = IO::AIO::st_btimesec
		2174
		2175	The (integral) seconds part of the file birth time, if available.
		2176
		2177	=item ($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtimensec
		2178
		2179	Like the functions above, but returns all four times in one go (and maybe
		2180	more in future versions).
		2181
		2182	=item $counter = IO::AIO::st_gen
		2183
		2184	Returns the generation counter (in practice this is just a random number)
		2185	of the file. This is only available on platforms which have this member in
		2186	their C<struct stat> (most BSDs at the time of this writing) and generally
		2187	only to the root usert. If unsupported, C<0> is returned, but this might
		2188	change to C<undef> in a future version.
		2189
		2190	=back
		2191
		2192	Example: print the high resolution modification time of F</etc>, using
		2193	C<stat>, and C<IO::AIO::aio_stat>.
		2194
		2195	if (stat "/etc") {
		2196	printf "stat(/etc) mtime: %f\n", IO::AIO::st_mtime;
		2197	}
		2198
		2199	IO::AIO::aio_stat "/etc", sub {
		2200	$_[0]
		2201	and return;
		2202
		2203	printf "aio_stat(/etc) mtime: %d.%09d\n", (stat _)[9], IO::AIO::st_mtimensec;
		2204	};
		2205
		2206	IO::AIO::flush;
		2207
		2208	Output of the awbove on my system, showing reduced and full accuracy:
		2209
		2210	stat(/etc) mtime: 1534043702.020808
		2211	aio_stat(/etc) mtime: 1534043702.020807792
		2212
		2213
		2214	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		2215
		2216	IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
		2217	some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
		2218	"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
		2219	counterpart.
		2220
		2221	=over 4
		2222
		2223	=item $numfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit
		2224
		2225	Tries to find the current file descriptor limit and returns it, or
		2226	C<undef> and sets C<$!> in case of an error. The limit is one larger than
		2227	the highest valid file descriptor number.
		2228
		2229	=item IO::AIO::min_fdlimit [$numfd]
		2230
		2231	Try to increase the current file descriptor limit(s) to at least C<$numfd>
		2232	by changing the soft or hard file descriptor resource limit. If C<$numfd>
		2233	is missing, it will try to set a very high limit, although this is not
		2234	recommended when you know the actual minimum that you require.
		2235
		2236	If the limit cannot be raised enough, the function makes a best-effort
		2237	attempt to increase the limit as much as possible, using various
		2238	tricks, while still failing. You can query the resulting limit using
		2239	C<IO::AIO::get_fdlimit>.
		2240
		2241	If an error occurs, returns C<undef> and sets C<$!>, otherwise returns
		2242	true.
		2243
		2244	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		2245
		2246	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		2247	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		2248	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		2249	operations).
		2250
		2251	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		2252
		2253	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		2254
		2255	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		2256	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2257	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2258	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		2259	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		2260
		2261	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		2262	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		2263
		2264	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		2265
		2266	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		2267	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2268	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2269	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>,
		2270	C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		2271
		2272	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2273	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2274	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
		2275
		2276	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		2277	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		2278
		2279	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		2280
		2281	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		2282	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		2283	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		2284	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2285
		2286	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2287	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2288	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
		2289
		2290	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		2291	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		2292
		2293	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		2294
		2295	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		2296	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2297	success, and false otherwise.
		2298
		2299	The scalar must exist, but its contents do not matter - this means you
		2300	cannot use a nonexistant array or hash element. When in doubt, C<undef>
		2301	the scalar first.
		2302
		2303	The only operations allowed on the mmapped scalar are C<substr>/C<vec>,
		2304	which don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
		2305	as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
		2306
		2307	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		2308
		2309	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		2310	when the C<$scalar> is undef'd or destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap>
		2311	or C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called on it.
		2312
		2313	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		2314	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		2315
		2316	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		2317	filesize.
		2318
		2319	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		2320	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		2321
		2322	C<$flags> can be a combination of
		2323	C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		2324	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
		2325	or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
		2326	C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
		2327	C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		2328	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
		2329	C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
		2330	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
		2331	C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
		2332	C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
		2333	C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
		2334	C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
		2335	C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
		2336
		2337	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		2338
		2339	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		2340	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		2341
		2342	Example:
		2343
		2344	use Digest::MD5;
		2345	use IO::AIO;
		2346
		2347	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		2348	or die "$!";
		2349
		2350	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		2351	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		2352
		2353	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		2354
		2355	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		2356
		2357	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		2358
		2359	=item IO::AIO::mremap $scalar, $new_length, $flags = MREMAP_MAYMOVE[, $new_address = 0]
		2360
		2361	Calls the Linux-specific mremap(2) system call. The C<$scalar> must have
		2362	been mapped by C<IO::AIO::mmap>, and C<$flags> must currently either be
		2363	C<0> or C<IO::AIO::MREMAP_MAYMOVE>.
		2364
		2365	Returns true if successful, and false otherwise. If the underlying mmapped
		2366	region has changed address, then the true value has the numerical value
		2367	C<1>, otherwise it has the numerical value C<0>:
		2368
		2369	my $success = IO::AIO::mremap $mmapped, 8192, IO::AIO::MREMAP_MAYMOVE
		2370	or die "mremap: $!";
		2371
		2372	if ($success*1) {
		2373	warn "scalar has chanegd address in memory\n";
		2374	}
		2375
		2376	C<IO::AIO::MREMAP_FIXED> and the C<$new_address> argument are currently
		2377	implemented, but not supported and might go away in a future version.
		2378
		2379	On systems where this call is not supported or is not emulated, this call
		2380	returns falls and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		2381
		2382	=item IO::AIO::mlockall $flags
		2383
		2384	Calls the C<eio_mlockall_sync> function, which is like C<aio_mlockall>,
		2385	but is blocking.
		2386
		2387	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		2388
		2389	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		2390	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		2391
		2392	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		2393
		2394	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		2395
		2396	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		2397	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		2398
		2399	=item $fh = IO::AIO::accept4 $r_fh, $sockaddr, $sockaddr_maxlen, $flags
		2400
		2401	Uses the GNU/Linux C<accept4(2)> syscall, if available, to accept a socket
		2402	and return the new file handle on success, or sets C<$!> and returns
		2403	C<undef> on error.
		2404
		2405	The remote name of the new socket will be stored in C<$sockaddr>, which
		2406	will be extended to allow for at least C<$sockaddr_maxlen> octets. If the
		2407	socket name does not fit into C<$sockaddr_maxlen> octets, this is signaled
		2408	by returning a longer string in C<$sockaddr>, which might or might not be
		2409	truncated.
		2410
		2411	To accept name-less sockets, use C<undef> for C<$sockaddr> and C<0> for
		2412	C<$sockaddr_maxlen>.
		2413
		2414	The main reasons to use this syscall rather than portable C<accept(2)>
		2415	are that you can specify C<SOCK_NONBLOCK> and/or C<SOCK_CLOEXEC>
		2416	flags and you can accept name-less sockets by specifying C<0> for
		2417	C<$sockaddr_maxlen>, which is sadly not possible with perl's interface to
		2418	C<accept>.
		2419
		2420	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2421
		2422	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2423	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2424	should be the file offset.
		2425
		2426	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2427	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2428
		2429	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2430	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2431	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2432
		2433	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2434
		2435	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2436
		2437	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
		2438	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2439
		2440	=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		2441
		2442	Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
		2443	on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
		2444	C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
		2445	size on other systems, drop me a note.
		2446
		2447	=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		2448
		2449	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
		2450	C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
		2451	perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
		2452	systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
		2453	(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
		2454
		2455	If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
		2456	the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
		2457
		2458	On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
		2459
		2460	On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
		2461	C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2462
		2463	Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
		2464	time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
		2465	C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
		2466
		2467	Example: create a pipe race-free w.r.t. threads and fork:
		2468
		2469	my ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC
		2470	or die "pipe2: $!\n";
		2471
		2472	=item $fh = IO::AIO::memfd_create $pathname[, $flags]
		2473
		2474	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<memfd_create(2)> system
		2475	call. The (unhelpful) default for C<$flags> is C<0>, but your default
		2476	should be C<IO::AIO::MFD_CLOEXEC>.
		2477
		2478	On success, the new memfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
		2479	C<undef>. If the memfd_create syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2480
		2481	Please refer to L<memfd_create(2)> for more info on this call.
		2482
		2483	The following C<$flags> values are available: C<IO::AIO::MFD_CLOEXEC>,
		2484	C<IO::AIO::MFD_ALLOW_SEALING> and C<IO::AIO::MFD_HUGETLB>.
		2485
		2486	Example: create a new memfd.
		2487
		2488	my $fh = IO::AIO::memfd_create "somenameforprocfd", IO::AIO::MFD_CLOEXEC
		2489	or die "memfd_create: $!\n";
		2490
		2491	=item $fh = IO::AIO::pidfd_open $pid[, $flags]
		2492
		2493	This is an interface to the Linux L<pidfd_open(2)> system call. The
		2494	default for C<$flags> is C<0>.
		2495
		2496	On success, a new pidfd filehandle is returned (that is already set to
		2497	close-on-exec), otherwise returns C<undef>. If the syscall is missing,
		2498	fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2499
		2500	Example: open pid 6341 as pidfd.
		2501
		2502	my $fh = IO::AIO::pidfd_open 6341
		2503	or die "pidfd_open: $!\n";
		2504
		2505	=item $status = IO::AIO::pidfd_send_signal $pidfh, $signal[, $siginfo[, $flags]]
		2506
		2507	This is an interface to the Linux L<pidfd_send_signal> system call. The
		2508	default for C<$siginfo> is C<undef> and the default for C<$flags> is C<0>.
		2509
		2510	Returns the system call status. If the syscall is missing, fails with
		2511	C<ENOSYS>.
		2512
		2513	When specified, C<$siginfo> must be a reference to a hash with one or more
		2514	of the following members:
		2515
		2516	=over
		2517
		2518	=item code - the C<si_code> member
		2519
		2520	=item pid - the C<si_pid> member
		2521
		2522	=item uid - the C<si_uid> member
		2523
		2524	=item value_int - the C<si_value.sival_int> member
		2525
		2526	=item value_ptr - the C<si_value.sival_ptr> member, specified as an integer
		2527
		2528	=back
		2529
		2530	Example: send a SIGKILL to the specified process.
		2531
		2532	my $status = IO::AIO::pidfd_send_signal $pidfh, 9, undef
		2533	and die "pidfd_send_signal: $!\n";
		2534
		2535	Example: send a SIGKILL to the specified process with extra data.
		2536
		2537	my $status = IO::AIO::pidfd_send_signal $pidfh, 9, { code => -1, value_int => 7 }
		2538	and die "pidfd_send_signal: $!\n";
		2539
		2540	=item $fh = IO::AIO::pidfd_getfd $pidfh, $targetfd[, $flags]
		2541
		2542	This is an interface to the Linux L<pidfd_getfd> system call. The default
		2543	for C<$flags> is C<0>.
		2544
		2545	On success, returns a dup'ed copy of the target file descriptor (specified
		2546	as an integer) returned (that is already set to close-on-exec), otherwise
		2547	returns C<undef>. If the syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2548
		2549	Example: get a copy of standard error of another process and print soemthing to it.
		2550
		2551	my $errfh = IO::AIO::pidfd_getfd $pidfh, 2
		2552	or die "pidfd_getfd: $!\n";
		2553	print $errfh "stderr\n";
		2554
		2555	=item $fh = IO::AIO::eventfd [$initval, [$flags]]
		2556
		2557	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<eventfd(2)> system call. The
		2558	(unhelpful) defaults for C<$initval> and C<$flags> are C<0> for both.
		2559
		2560	On success, the new eventfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
		2561	C<undef>. If the eventfd syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2562
		2563	Please refer to L<eventfd(2)> for more info on this call.
		2564
		2565	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::EFD_CLOEXEC>,
		2566	C<IO::AIO::EFD_NONBLOCK> and C<IO::AIO::EFD_SEMAPHORE> (Linux 2.6.30).
		2567
		2568	Example: create a new eventfd filehandle:
		2569
		2570	$fh = IO::AIO::eventfd 0, IO::AIO::EFD_CLOEXEC
		2571	or die "eventfd: $!\n";
		2572
		2573	=item $fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create $clockid[, $flags]
		2574
		2575	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_create(2)> system
		2576	call. The (unhelpful) default for C<$flags> is C<0>, but your default
		2577	should be C<IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC>.
		2578
		2579	On success, the new timerfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
		2580	C<undef>. If the timerfd_create syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2581
		2582	Please refer to L<timerfd_create(2)> for more info on this call.
		2583
		2584	The following C<$clockid> values are
		2585	available: C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_REALTIME>, C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_MONOTONIC>
		2586	C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_BOOTTIME> (Linux 3.15)
		2587	C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM> (Linux 3.11) and
		2588	C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM> (Linux 3.11).
		2589
		2590	The following C<$flags> values are available (Linux
		2591	2.6.27): C<IO::AIO::TFD_NONBLOCK> and C<IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC>.
		2592
		2593	Example: create a new timerfd and set it to one-second repeated alarms,
		2594	then wait for two alarms:
		2595
		2596	my $fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create IO::AIO::CLOCK_BOOTTIME, IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC
		2597	or die "timerfd_create: $!\n";
		2598
		2599	defined IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, 0, 1, 1
		2600	or die "timerfd_settime: $!\n";
		2601
		2602	for (1..2) {
		2603	8 == sysread $fh, my $buf, 8
		2604	or die "timerfd read failure\n";
		2605
		2606	printf "number of expirations (likely 1): %d\n",
		2607	unpack "Q", $buf;
		2608	}
		2609
		2610	=item ($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, $flags, $new_interval, $nbw_value
		2611
		2612	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_settime(2)> system
		2613	call. Please refer to its manpage for more info on this call.
		2614
		2615	The new itimerspec is specified using two (possibly fractional) second
		2616	values, C<$new_interval> and C<$new_value>).
		2617
		2618	On success, the current interval and value are returned (as per
		2619	C<timerfd_gettime>). On failure, the empty list is returned.
		2620
		2621	The following C<$flags> values are
		2622	available: C<IO::AIO::TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME> and
		2623	C<IO::AIO::TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET>.
		2624
		2625	See C<IO::AIO::timerfd_create> for a full example.
		2626
		2627	=item ($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_gettime $fh
		2628
		2629	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_gettime(2)> system
		2630	call. Please refer to its manpage for more info on this call.
		2631
		2632	On success, returns the current values of interval and value for the given
		2633	timerfd (as potentially fractional second values). On failure, the empty
		2634	list is returned.
		2635
		2636	=back
		2637
1316	=cut	2638	=cut
1317		2639
1318	min_parallel 8;	2640	min_parallel 8;
1319		2641
1320	END { flush }	2642	END { flush }
1321		2643
1322	1;	2644	1;
1323		2645
		2646	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2647
		2648	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2649	automatically into many event loops:
		2650
		2651	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2652	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2653
		2654	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2655	some examples of how to do this:
		2656
		2657	# EV integration
		2658	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2659
		2660	# Event integration
		2661	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2662	poll => 'r',
		2663	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2664
		2665	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		2666	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2667	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		2668
		2669	# Tk integration
		2670	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		2671	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2672
		2673	# Danga::Socket integration
		2674	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		2675	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2676
1324	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2677	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1325		2678
1326	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2679	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2680	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2681	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2682	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2683	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2684	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2685	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1327		2686
1328	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2687	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1329	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2688	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1330	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2689	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1331	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1332	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1333	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1334	parent process has been reached again.
1335		2690
1336	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2691	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1337	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2692	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1338	yet.	2693	child:
		2694
		2695	=over 4
		2696
		2697	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2698
		2699	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2700	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2701	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2702
		2703	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2704	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2705	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2706	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2707
		2708	=back
		2709
		2710	=head2 LINUX-SPECIFIC CALLS
		2711
		2712	When a call is documented as "linux-specific" then this means it
		2713	originated on GNU/Linux. C<IO::AIO> will usually try to autodetect the
		2714	availability and compatibility of such calls regardless of the platform
		2715	it is compiled on, so platforms such as FreeBSD which often implement
		2716	these calls will work. When in doubt, call them and see if they fail wth
		2717	C<ENOSYS>.
1339		2718
1340	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2719	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1341		2720
1342	Per-request usage:	2721	Per-request usage:
1343		2722
…		…
1356	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data	2735	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1357	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).	2736	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1358		2737
1359	=head1 KNOWN BUGS	2738	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1360		2739
1361	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.	2740	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release :)
		2741
		2742	=head1 KNOWN ISSUES
		2743
		2744	Calls that try to "import" foreign memory areas (such as C<IO::AIO::mmap>
		2745	or C<IO::AIO::aio_slurp>) do not work with generic lvalues, such as
		2746	non-created hash slots or other scalars I didn't think of. It's best to
		2747	avoid such and either use scalar variables or making sure that the scalar
		2748	exists (e.g. by storing C<undef>) and isn't "funny" (e.g. tied).
		2749
		2750	I am not sure anything can be done about this, so this is considered a
		2751	known issue, rather than a bug.
1362		2752
1363	=head1 SEE ALSO	2753	=head1 SEE ALSO
1364		2754
1365	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a	2755	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1366	more natural syntax.	2756	more natural syntax and L<IO::FDPass> for file descriptor passing.
1367		2757
1368	=head1 AUTHOR	2758	=head1 AUTHOR
1369		2759
1370	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	2760	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1371	http://home.schmorp.de/	2761	http://home.schmorp.de/

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