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4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use IO::AIO;	7	use IO::AIO;
8		8
9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10	my $fh = shift	10	my $fh = shift
11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";	11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
12	...	12	...
13	};	13	};
14		14
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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
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66	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations	44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
67	concurrently.	45	concurrently.
68		46
69	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for	47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
70	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that	48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
71	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very	49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
72	inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event>	50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
73	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.	51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
74		52
75	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
76	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
77	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
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87	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never	65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
88	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
89		67
90	=head2 EXAMPLE	68	=head2 EXAMPLE
91		69
92	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads	70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
93	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:	71	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
94		72
95	use Fcntl;
96	use Event;	73	use EV;
97	use IO::AIO;	74	use IO::AIO;
98		75
99	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event	76	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
100	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	77	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		78
104	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	79	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
105	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	80	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
106	my $fh = shift	81	my $fh = shift
107	or die "error while opening: $!";	82	or die "error while opening: $!";
108		83
109	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking	84	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
110	my $size = -s $fh;	85	my $size = -s $fh;
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119		94
120	# file contents now in $contents	95	# file contents now in $contents
121	print $contents;	96	print $contents;
122		97
123	# exit event loop and program	98	# exit event loop and program
124	Event::unloop;	99	EV::break;
125	};	100	};
126	};	101	};
127		102
128	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	103	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
129	# check for sockets etc. etc.	104	# check for sockets etc. etc.
130		105
131	# process events as long as there are some:	106	# process events as long as there are some:
132	Event::loop;	107	EV::run;
133		108
134	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	109	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
135		110
136	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	111	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
137	directly visible to Perl.	112	directly visible to Perl.
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187		162
188	package IO::AIO;	163	package IO::AIO;
189		164
190	use Carp ();	165	use Carp ();
191		166
192	no warnings;	167	use common::sense;
193	use strict 'vars';
194		168
195	use base 'Exporter';	169	use base 'Exporter';
196		170
197	BEGIN {	171	BEGIN {
198	our $VERSION = '3.2';	172	our $VERSION = 4.33;
199		173
200	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close	174	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
201	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx	175	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
202	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync	176	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
203	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead	177	aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_allocate
		178	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
204	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group	179	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
205	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown	180	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
206	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);	181	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		182	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		183	aio_statvfs
		184	aio_wd);
207		185
208	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	186	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
209	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	187	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
210	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	188	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
211	nreqs nready npending nthreads	189	nreqs nready npending nthreads
212	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);	190	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		191	sendfile fadvise madvise
		192	mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
213		193
214	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported	194	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
215		195
216	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	196	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
217		197
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219	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	199	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
220	}	200	}
221		201
222	=head1 FUNCTIONS	202	=head1 FUNCTIONS
223		203
224	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	204	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		205
		206	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		207	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		208	documentation.
		209
		210	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		211	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		212	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		213	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		214	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		215	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		216	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		217	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		218	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		219	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		220	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		221	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		222	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		227	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		232	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		233	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		234	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		236	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		237	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		238	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		239	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		240	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		241	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		242	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		243	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		244	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		245	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		246	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		247	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		254	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_group $callback->(...)
		256	aio_nop $callback->()
		257
		258	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		259	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		260
		261	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		262	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		263	IO::AIO::poll
		264	IO::AIO::flush
		265	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		266	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		267	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		268	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		269	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		270	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		271	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		272	IO::AIO::nreqs
		273	IO::AIO::nready
		274	IO::AIO::npending
		275
		276	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		277	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		278	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		279	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		280	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		281	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		282	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		283	IO::AIO::munlockall
		284
		285	=head2 API NOTES
225		286
226	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	287	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
227	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	288	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
228	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	289	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
229	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	290	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
230	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	291	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
231	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given	292	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
232	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	293	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		294	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		295	"false").
		296
		297	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		298	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
233		299
234	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	300	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
235	internally until the request has finished.	301	internally until the request has finished.
236		302
237	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	303	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
238	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	304	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
239		305
240	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	306	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
241	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the	307	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
242	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	308	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
243	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	309	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
244	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	310	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
245	paths.	311	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		312	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		313	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
246		314
247	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	315	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
248	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without	316	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
249	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	317	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
250	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	318	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
251	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	319	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
252	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	320	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		321	correct contents.
253		322
254	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	323	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
255	handles correctly whether it is set or not.	324	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		325
		326	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
256		327
257	=over 4	328	=over 4
258		329
259	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	330	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
260		331
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290		361
291		362
292	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	363	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
293		364
294	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	365	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
295	created filehandle for the file.	366	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
296		367
297	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	368	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
298	for an explanation.	369	for an explanation.
299		370
300	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	371	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
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307	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never	378	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
308	change the umask.	379	change the umask.
309		380
310	Example:	381	Example:
311		382
312	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	383	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
313	if ($_[0]) {	384	if ($_[0]) {
314	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	385	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
315	...	386	...
316	} else {	387	} else {
317	die "open failed: $!\n";	388	die "open failed: $!\n";
318	}	389	}
319	};	390	};
320		391
		392	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		393	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		394	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		395	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		396
		397	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		398	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		399	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		400
321		401
322	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	402	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
323		403
324	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	404	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
325	code.	405	code.
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333		413
334	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be	414	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
335	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.	415	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
336		416
337	=cut	417	=cut
		418
		419	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		420
		421	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		422	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		423	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		424	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		425
		426	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		427	case of an error.
		428
		429	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		430	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		431	so don't panic.
		432
		433	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		434	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		435	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		436	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		437	"just work".
338		438
339	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	439	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
340		440
341	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	441	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
342		442
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375		475
376	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	476	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
377	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	477	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
378	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	478	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
379	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	479	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
380	other.	480	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		481	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
381		482
		483	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		484	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		485	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		486	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		487	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		488
		489	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		490	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		491	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		492	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		493	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		494	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		495	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		496	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		497	resource usage.
		498
382	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	499	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
383	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	500	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
384	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	501	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
385		502
386	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	503	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
387	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	504	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		505	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
388	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	506	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
389		507
390	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	508	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
391	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	509	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
392	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	510	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
393	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	511	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
394	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	512	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
395	read.	513	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
396		514
397		515
398	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	516	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
399		517
400	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	518	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
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423		541
424	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	542	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
425	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	543	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
426	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	544	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
427		545
		546	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		547	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		548	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		549	behaviour).
		550
		551	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		552	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		553	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
		554
428	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	555	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
429		556
430	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	557	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
431	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	558	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
432	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	559	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
433	};	560	};
434		561
435		562
		563	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		564
		565	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		566	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		567
		568	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		569	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		570	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		571	is passed.
		572
		573	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		574	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		575
		576	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		577	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		578	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		579	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		580	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		581
		582	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		583
		584	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		585	my $f = $_[0]
		586	or die "statvfs: $!";
		587
		588	use Data::Dumper;
		589	say Dumper $f;
		590	};
		591
		592	# result:
		593	{
		594	bsize => 1024,
		595	bfree => 4333064312,
		596	blocks => 10253828096,
		597	files => 2050765568,
		598	flag => 4096,
		599	favail => 2042092649,
		600	bavail => 4333064312,
		601	ffree => 2042092649,
		602	namemax => 255,
		603	frsize => 1024,
		604	fsid => 1810
		605	}
		606
		607	Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
		608	Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
		609
		610	0x0000adf5 adfs
		611	0x0000adff affs
		612	0x5346414f afs
		613	0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
		614	0x00000187 autofs
		615	0x42465331 befs
		616	0x1badface bfs
		617	0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
		618	0x9123683e btrfs
		619	0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
		620	0xff534d42 cifs
		621	0x73757245 coda
		622	0x012ff7b7 coh
		623	0x28cd3d45 cramfs
		624	0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
		625	0x64626720 debugfs
		626	0x00001373 devfs
		627	0x00001cd1 devpts
		628	0x0000f15f ecryptfs
		629	0x00414a53 efs
		630	0x0000137d ext
		631	0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
		632	0x0000ef51 ext2
		633	0xf2f52010 f2fs
		634	0x00004006 fat
		635	0x65735546 fuseblk
		636	0x65735543 fusectl
		637	0x0bad1dea futexfs
		638	0x01161970 gfs2
		639	0x47504653 gpfs
		640	0x00004244 hfs
		641	0xf995e849 hpfs
		642	0x00c0ffee hostfs
		643	0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
		644	0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
		645	0x00009660 isofs
		646	0x000072b6 jffs2
		647	0x3153464a jfs
		648	0x6b414653 k-afs
		649	0x0bd00bd0 lustre
		650	0x0000137f minix
		651	0x0000138f minix 30 char names
		652	0x00002468 minix v2
		653	0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
		654	0x00004d5a minix v3
		655	0x19800202 mqueue
		656	0x00004d44 msdos
		657	0x0000564c novell
		658	0x00006969 nfs
		659	0x6e667364 nfsd
		660	0x00003434 nilfs
		661	0x5346544e ntfs
		662	0x00009fa1 openprom
		663	0x7461636F ocfs2
		664	0x00009fa0 proc
		665	0x6165676c pstorefs
		666	0x0000002f qnx4
		667	0x68191122 qnx6
		668	0x858458f6 ramfs
		669	0x52654973 reiserfs
		670	0x00007275 romfs
		671	0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
		672	0x73636673 securityfs
		673	0xf97cff8c selinux
		674	0x0000517b smb
		675	0x534f434b sockfs
		676	0x73717368 squashfs
		677	0x62656572 sysfs
		678	0x012ff7b6 sysv2
		679	0x012ff7b5 sysv4
		680	0x01021994 tmpfs
		681	0x15013346 udf
		682	0x00011954 ufs
		683	0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
		684	0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
		685	0x01021997 v9fs
		686	0xa501fcf5 vxfs
		687	0xabba1974 xenfs
		688	0x012ff7b4 xenix
		689	0x58465342 xfs
		690	0x012fd16d xia
		691
436	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	692	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
437		693
438	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime	694	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
439	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying	695	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
440	syscalls support them.	696	syscalls support them.
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467	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	723	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
468		724
469	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).	725	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
470		726
471		727
		728	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		729
		730	Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		731	linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
		732
		733	C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
		734	space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
		735	to deallocate a file range.
		736
		737	IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
		738	(without leaving a hole) and C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range (see
		739	your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
		740
		741	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		742	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
		743
		744	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		745	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		746
		747
472	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	748	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
473		749
474	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	750	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
475		751
476		752
…		…
478		754
479	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	755	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
480	result code.	756	result code.
481		757
482		758
483	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	759	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
484		760
485	[EXPERIMENTAL]	761	[EXPERIMENTAL]
486		762
487	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	763	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
488		764
489	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	765	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
490		766
491	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	767	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
492		768
		769	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		770	and functions.
493		771
494	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	772	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
495		773
496	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	774	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
497	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	775	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
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501		779
502	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	780	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
503	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	781	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
504		782
505		783
506	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	784	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
507		785
508	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	786	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
509	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	787	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
510	callback.	788	callback.
511		789
512		790
		791	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		792
		793	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		794	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		795	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		796
		797	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		798	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		799
		800
513	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	801	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
514		802
515	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	803	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
516	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	804	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		805
		806	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		807	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
		808	of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
517		809
518		810
519	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)	811	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
520		812
521	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with	813	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
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526	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	818	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
527		819
528	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	820	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
529	result code.	821	result code.
530		822
		823	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		824	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
		825	C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		826
531		827
532	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	828	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
533		829
534	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	830	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
535	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	831	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
…		…
539	array-ref with the filenames.	835	array-ref with the filenames.
540		836
541		837
542	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)	838	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
543		839
544	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune	840	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
545	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be	841	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
546	C<undef>.	842	C<undef>.
547		843
548	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the	844	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
549	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):	845	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
550		846
551	=over 4	847	=over 4
552		848
553	=item AIO::READDIR_DENTS	849	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
554		850
555	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names	851	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
556	only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with	852	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
557	C<[$name, $inode, $type]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory	853	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
558	entry in more detail.	854	entry in more detail.
559		855
560	C<$name> is the name of the entry.	856	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
561		857
562	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
563	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). On systems that do not deliver the
564	inode information, this will always be zero.
565
566	C<$type> is one of the C<AIO::DT_xxx> constants:	858	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
567		859
568	C<AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<AIO::DT_CHR>, C<AIO::DT_DIR>,	860	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
569	C<AIO::DT_BLK>, C<AIO::DT_REG>, C<AIO::DT_LNK>, C<AIO::DT_SOCK>,	861	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
570	C<AIO::DT_WHT>.	862	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
571		863
572	C<AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to	864	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
573	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>	865	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
574	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.	866	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
575		867
		868	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		869	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		870	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		871
576	=item AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST	872	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
577		873
578	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where	874	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
579	likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly	875	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
580	find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to	876	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
581	stat() each entry.	877	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
582		878
583	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used	879	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
584	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files	880	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
585	beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with	881	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
586	short names are tried first.	882	short names are tried first.
587		883
588	=item AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER	884	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
589		885
590	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order	886	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
591	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()	887	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
592	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely	888	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
593	be fastest.	889	be fastest.
594		890
595	If both this flag and IO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST are specified, then the	891	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
596	likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.	892	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
597		893
598	=item AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN	894	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
599		895
600	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it	896	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
601	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were	897	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
602	C<AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all	898	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
603	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.	899	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
604		900
605	=back	901	=back
606		902
607		903
608	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	904	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
609		905
610	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into	906	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
611	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	907	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
612		908
613	=cut	909	=cut
…		…
635		931
636	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	932	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
637		933
638	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	934	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
639	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	935	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
640	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	936	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
641		937
642	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with	938	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
643	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	939	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
644	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	940	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
645	uid/gid, in that order.	941	uid/gid, in that order.
…		…
657	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	953	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
658		954
659	aioreq_pri $pri;	955	aioreq_pri $pri;
660	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	956	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
661	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	957	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
662	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might bock over nfs?	958	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
663		959
664	aioreq_pri $pri;	960	aioreq_pri $pri;
665	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	961	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
666	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	962	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
667	aioreq_pri $pri;	963	aioreq_pri $pri;
…		…
714		1010
715	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	1011	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
716		1012
717	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	1013	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
718	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	1014	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
719	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	1015	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
720		1016
721	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if	1017	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
722	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	1018	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
723	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.	1019	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
724		1020
…		…
735	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	1031	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
736	aioreq_pri $pri;	1032	aioreq_pri $pri;
737	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	1033	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
738	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1034	$grp->result ($_[0]);
739		1035
740	if (!$_[0]) {	1036	unless ($_[0]) {
741	aioreq_pri $pri;	1037	aioreq_pri $pri;
742	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	1038	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
743	}	1039	}
744	};	1040	};
745	} else {	1041	} else {
…		…
748	};	1044	};
749		1045
750	$grp	1046	$grp
751	}	1047	}
752		1048
753	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1049	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
754		1050
755	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1051	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
756	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	1052	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
757	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	1053	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
758	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	1054	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
…		…
789	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot	1085	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
790	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every	1086	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
791	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,	1087	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
792	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the	1088	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
793	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	1089	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
794	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	1090	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
795	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	1091	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
796	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return	1092	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
797	the filetype information on readdir.	1093	the filetype information on readdir.
798		1094
799	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1095	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
…		…
815		1111
816	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1112	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
817		1113
818	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1114	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
819		1115
820	# stat once	1116	# get a wd object
821	aioreq_pri $pri;	1117	aioreq_pri $pri;
822	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1118	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1119	$_[0]
823	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1120	or return $grp->result ();
824	my $now = time;
825	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
826		1121
827	# read the directory entries	1122	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1123
		1124	# stat once
828	aioreq_pri $pri;	1125	aioreq_pri $pri;
829	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {	1126	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
830	my $entries = shift
831	or return $grp->result ();	1127	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		1128	my $now = time;
		1129	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
832		1130
833	# stat the dir another time	1131	# read the directory entries
834	aioreq_pri $pri;	1132	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1133	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
		1134	my $entries = shift
		1135	or return $grp->result ();
		1136
		1137	# stat the dir another time
		1138	aioreq_pri $pri;
835	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1139	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
836	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1140	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
837		1141
838	my $ndirs;	1142	my $ndirs;
839		1143
840	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	1144	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
841	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	1145	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
842	$ndirs = -1;	1146	$ndirs = -1;
843	} else {	1147	} else {
844	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	1148	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
845	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	1149	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
846	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	1150	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
847	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	1151	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
848	}	1152	}
849		1153
850	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1154	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
851		1155
852	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1156	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
853	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1157	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
854	};	1158	};
855		1159
856	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1160	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
857	feed $statgrp sub {	1161	feed $statgrp sub {
858	return unless @$entries;	1162	return unless @$entries;
859	my $entry = pop @$entries;	1163	my $entry = shift @$entries;
860		1164
861	aioreq_pri $pri;	1165	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1166	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
862	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1167	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
863	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1168	if ($_[0] < 0) {
864	push @nondirs, $entry;	1169	push @nondirs, $entry;
865	} else {	1170	} else {
866	# need to check for real directory	1171	# need to check for real directory
867	aioreq_pri $pri;	1172	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1173	$wd->[1] = $entry;
868	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {	1174	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
869	if (-d _) {	1175	if (-d _) {
870	push @dirs, $entry;	1176	push @dirs, $entry;
871		1177
872	unless (--$ndirs) {	1178	unless (--$ndirs) {
873	push @nondirs, @$entries;	1179	push @nondirs, @$entries;
874	feed $statgrp;	1180	feed $statgrp;
		1181	}
		1182	} else {
		1183	push @nondirs, $entry;
875	}	1184	}
876	} else {
877	push @nondirs, $entry;
878	}	1185	}
879	}	1186	}
880	}	1187	};
881	};	1188	};
882	};	1189	};
883	};	1190	};
884	};	1191	};
885	};	1192	};
886		1193
887	$grp	1194	$grp
888	}	1195	}
889		1196
890	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	1197	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
891		1198
892	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1199	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
893	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that	1200	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
894	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink	1201	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
895	everything else.	1202	everything else.
896		1203
897	=cut	1204	=cut
898		1205
…		…
937	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1244	callback with the fdatasync result code.
938		1245
939	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1246	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
940	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1247	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
941		1248
		1249	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1250
		1251	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1252	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1253	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1254	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1255
942	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)	1256	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
943		1257
944	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>	1258	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
945	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific	1259	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
946	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns	1260	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
…		…
949	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,	1263	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
950	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and	1264	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
951	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range	1265	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
952	manpage for details.	1266	manpage for details.
953		1267
954	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)	1268	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
955		1269
956	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a	1270	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
957	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations	1271	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
958	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any	1272	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
959	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get	1273	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
960	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,	1274	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
961	not just directories.	1275	not just directories.
		1276
		1277	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1278	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
962		1279
963	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.	1280	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
964		1281
965	=cut	1282	=cut
966		1283
…		…
987	};	1304	};
988		1305
989	$grp	1306	$grp
990	}	1307	}
991		1308
		1309	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1310
		1311	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1312	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1313	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1314	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1315	it).
		1316
		1317	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1318	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1319	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1320	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1321	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1322	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1323
		1324	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1325
		1326	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1327	scalars.
		1328
		1329	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1330	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1331	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1332	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1333	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
		1334	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1335
		1336	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1337
		1338	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1339	scalars.
		1340
		1341	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1342	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1343
		1344	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1345
		1346	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1347	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1348
		1349	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1350	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1351
		1352	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1353	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1354
		1355	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1356	my $data;
		1357	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1358	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1359
		1360	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1361
		1362	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1363	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1364
		1365	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1366	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1367
		1368	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1369	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1370
		1371	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1372
		1373	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1374
		1375	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1376
		1377	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1378	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1379	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1380	C<ENOSYS>.
		1381
		1382	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1383	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1384	be queried.
		1385
		1386	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1387	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1388	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1389	the data portion.
		1390
		1391	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1392	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1393	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1394	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1395
		1396	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1397	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1398
		1399	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1400	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1401	following members:
		1402
		1403	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1404
		1405	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1406	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1407
		1408	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1409	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1410	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1411	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1412	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1413	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1414
		1415	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
		1416	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1417	it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
		1418	extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
		1419
992	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1420	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
993		1421
994	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1422	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
995	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1423	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
996	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback	1424	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
…		…
1033	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1461	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1034	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1462	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1035		1463
1036	=back	1464	=back
1037		1465
		1466
		1467	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1468
		1469	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1470	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1471	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1472	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1473
		1474	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1475	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1476	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1477
		1478	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1479	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1480	per operation.
		1481
		1482	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1483	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1484	cannot be perfect, though.
		1485
		1486	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1487	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1488	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1489
		1490	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1491	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1492	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1493	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1494	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1495	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1496
		1497	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1498	inside, you would write:
		1499
		1500	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1501	my $etcdir = shift;
		1502
		1503	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1504	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1505	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1506
		1507	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1508	# yay
		1509	};
		1510	};
		1511
		1512	The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
		1513	creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
		1514	which is why it is done asynchronously.
		1515
		1516	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1517	either of the following three request calls:
		1518
		1519	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1520	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1521	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1522
		1523	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1524	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1525	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1526
		1527	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1528
		1529	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1530	$path->[1] = $name;
		1531	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1532	# ...
		1533	};
		1534	}
		1535
		1536	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1537	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1538	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1539	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1540	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1541	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
		1542	string form of the pathname.
		1543
		1544	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1545	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1546	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1547	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1548
		1549	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1550
		1551	=over 4
		1552
		1553	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1554
		1555	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1556	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1557	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1558	to this working directory.
		1559
		1560	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1561	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1562	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1563	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1564	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1565	expected way.
		1566
		1567	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1568
		1569	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
		1570	current working directory.
		1571
		1572	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1573	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1574	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1575
		1576	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1577	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1578
		1579	=back
		1580
		1581	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1582	C<aio_realpath>:
		1583
		1584	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1585	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1586	};
		1587
		1588	Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
		1589	sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
		1590
1038	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1591	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1039		1592
1040	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1593	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1041	called in non-void context.	1594	called in non-void context.
1042		1595
…		…
1045	=item cancel $req	1598	=item cancel $req
1046		1599
1047	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1600	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
1048	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1601	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
1049	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1602	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
1050	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1603	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
1051	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1604	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1605	will not be freed prematurely.
1052		1606
1053	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1607	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1054		1608
1055	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1609	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
1056		1610
…		…
1130	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1684	=item $grp->cancel_subs
1131		1685
1132	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1686	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1133	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1687	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1134		1688
		1689	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1690	group).
		1691
1135	=item $grp->result (...)	1692	=item $grp->result (...)
1136		1693
1137	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1694	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1138	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value	1695	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1139	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1696	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
…		…
1155		1712
1156	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1713	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1157	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1714	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1158	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1715	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1159	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,	1716	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1160	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,	1717	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1161	delaying any later requests for a long time.	1718	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1162		1719
1163	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1720	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1164	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1721	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1165	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1722	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1166	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1723	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
1207	=over 4	1764	=over 4
1208		1765
1209	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1766	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1210		1767
1211	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1768	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1212	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1769	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1213	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1770	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1214	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1771	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1215		1772
1216	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1773	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1217		1774
1218	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1775	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1219		1776
1220	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1777	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1221	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it	1778	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1222	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events	1779	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1223	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1224	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1225		1780
		1781	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
		1782	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1783	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
		1784	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
		1785	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
		1786
1226	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1787	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1227	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to	1788	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1228	do anything special to have it called later.	1789	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
		1790
		1791	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1792	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1793	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1794	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1795	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1796	requests.
1229		1797
1230	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1798	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1231	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1799	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1800	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1232		1801
1233	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1802	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1234	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1803	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1235	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1804	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1805
		1806	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1807
		1808	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
		1809	requests are outstanding anymore.
		1810
		1811	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1812	become ready, without actually handling them.
		1813
		1814	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1815
		1816	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1817
		1818	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1819
		1820	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1821	equivalent to:
		1822
		1823	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1824
		1825	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1826
		1827	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1828
		1829	Strictly equivalent to:
		1830
		1831	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1832	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1236		1833
1237	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1834	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1238		1835
1239	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1836	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1240		1837
…		…
1265	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1862	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1266	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1863	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1267	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1864	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1268	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1865	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1269		1866
1270	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1271
1272	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1273	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1274	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1275	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1276
1277	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1278
1279	=item IO::AIO::poll
1280
1281	Waits until some requests have been handled.
1282
1283	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1284	equivalent to:
1285
1286	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1287
1288	=item IO::AIO::flush
1289
1290	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1291
1292	Strictly equivalent to:
1293
1294	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1295	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1296
1297	=back	1867	=back
1298		1868
1299	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1869	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1300		1870
1301	=over	1871	=over
…		…
1334		1904
1335	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1905	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1336		1906
1337	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	1907	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1338		1908
1339	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	1909	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1340	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	1910	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1341	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	1911	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1342	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	1912	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1913	exit.
1343		1914
1344	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	1915	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1345	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	1916	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1346	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	1917	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1347		1918
1348	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	1919	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1349	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	1920	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1350	want to use larger values.	1921	want to use larger values.
1351		1922
		1923	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1924
		1925	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1926	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1927
1352	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1928	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1929
		1930	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		1931	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		1932	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1933	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1934	longer exceeded.
		1935
		1936	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		1937	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1353		1938
1354	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	1939	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1355	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	1940	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1356	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	1941	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1357		1942
1358	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1943	Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1359	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	1944	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1360	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1361	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1362		1945
1363	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	1946	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1364	number of outstanding requests.
1365		1947
1366	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	1948	for my $path (...) {
1367	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	1949	aio_stat $path , ...;
1368	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	1950	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1951	}
		1952
		1953	IO::AIO::flush;
		1954
		1955	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1956	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1957	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1958	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1959
		1960	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1961	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1369		1962
1370	=back	1963	=back
1371		1964
1372	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	1965	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1373		1966
…		…
1393	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,	1986	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1394	but not yet processed by poll_cb).	1987	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1395		1988
1396	=back	1989	=back
1397		1990
		1991	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1992
		1993	IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
		1994	some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
		1995	"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
		1996	counterpart.
		1997
		1998	=over 4
		1999
		2000	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		2001
		2002	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		2003	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		2004	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		2005	operations).
		2006
		2007	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		2008
		2009	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		2010
		2011	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		2012	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2013	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2014	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		2015	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		2016
		2017	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		2018	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		2019
		2020	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		2021
		2022	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		2023	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2024	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2025	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		2026
		2027	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		2028	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		2029
		2030	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		2031
		2032	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		2033	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		2034	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		2035	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2036
		2037	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		2038	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		2039
		2040	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		2041
		2042	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		2043	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2044	success, and false otherwise.
		2045
		2046	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		2047	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		2048	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		2049
		2050	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		2051
		2052	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		2053	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		2054	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		2055
		2056	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		2057	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		2058
		2059	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		2060	filesize.
		2061
		2062	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		2063	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		2064
		2065	C<$flags> can be a combination of
		2066	C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		2067	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
		2068	or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
		2069	C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
		2070	C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		2071	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
		2072	C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
		2073	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
		2074	C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
		2075	C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
		2076	C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
		2077	C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
		2078	C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
		2079
		2080	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		2081
		2082	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		2083	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		2084
		2085	Example:
		2086
		2087	use Digest::MD5;
		2088	use IO::AIO;
		2089
		2090	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		2091	or die "$!";
		2092
		2093	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		2094	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		2095
		2096	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		2097
		2098	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		2099
		2100	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		2101
		2102	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		2103
		2104	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		2105	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		2106
		2107	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		2108
		2109	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		2110
		2111	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		2112	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		2113
		2114	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2115
		2116	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2117	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2118	should be the file offset.
		2119
		2120	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2121	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2122
		2123	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2124	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2125	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2126
		2127	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2128
		2129	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2130
		2131	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
		2132	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2133
		2134	=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		2135
		2136	Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
		2137	on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
		2138	C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
		2139	size on other systems, drop me a note.
		2140
		2141	=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		2142
		2143	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
		2144	C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
		2145	perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
		2146	systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
		2147	(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
		2148
		2149	If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
		2150	the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
		2151
		2152	On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
		2153
		2154	On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
		2155	C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2156
		2157	Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
		2158	time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
		2159	C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
		2160
		2161	=back
		2162
1398	=cut	2163	=cut
1399		2164
1400	min_parallel 8;	2165	min_parallel 8;
1401		2166
1402	END { flush }	2167	END { flush }
1403		2168
1404	1;	2169	1;
1405		2170
		2171	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2172
		2173	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2174	automatically into many event loops:
		2175
		2176	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2177	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2178
		2179	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2180	some examples of how to do this:
		2181
		2182	# EV integration
		2183	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2184
		2185	# Event integration
		2186	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2187	poll => 'r',
		2188	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2189
		2190	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		2191	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2192	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		2193
		2194	# Tk integration
		2195	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		2196	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2197
		2198	# Danga::Socket integration
		2199	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		2200	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2201
1406	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2202	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1407		2203
1408	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2204	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2205	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2206	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2207	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2208	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2209	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2210	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1409		2211
1410	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2212	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1411	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2213	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1412	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2214	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1413	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1414	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1415	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1416	parent process has been reached again.
1417		2215
1418	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2216	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1419	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2217	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1420	yet.	2218	child:
		2219
		2220	=over 4
		2221
		2222	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2223
		2224	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2225	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2226	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2227
		2228	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2229	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2230	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2231	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2232
		2233	=back
1421		2234
1422	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2235	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1423		2236
1424	Per-request usage:	2237	Per-request usage:
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