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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
25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
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
31 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
32 use AnyEvent::AIO;
33
34 # EV integration
35 my $aio_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 30
54=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
55 32
56This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
57operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio> 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
91=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
92 69
93This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
94F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
95 72
96 use Fcntl;
97 use EV; 73 use EV;
98 use IO::AIO; 74 use IO::AIO;
99 75
100 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV 76 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
101 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 77 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
102 78
103 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 79 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
104 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 80 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
105 my $fh = shift 81 my $fh = shift
106 or die "error while opening: $!"; 82 or die "error while opening: $!";
107 83
108 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 84 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
109 my $size = -s $fh; 85 my $size = -s $fh;
186 162
187package IO::AIO; 163package IO::AIO;
188 164
189use Carp (); 165use Carp ();
190 166
191no warnings; 167use common::sense;
192use strict 'vars';
193 168
194use base 'Exporter'; 169use base 'Exporter';
195 170
196BEGIN { 171BEGIN {
197 our $VERSION = '3.23'; 172 our $VERSION = 4.32;
198 173
199 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
200 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
201 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync 176 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
202 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
203 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group 179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
204 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
205 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);
206 185
207 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 186 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
208 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 187 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
209 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 188 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
210 nreqs nready npending nthreads 189 nreqs nready npending nthreads
211 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs); 190 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
191 sendfile fadvise madvise
192 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
212 193
213 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported 194 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
214 195
215 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 196 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
216 197
218 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 199 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
219} 200}
220 201
221=head1 FUNCTIONS 202=head1 FUNCTIONS
222 203
223=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 204=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
205
206This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
207quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
208documentation.
209
210 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
211 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
212 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
213 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
214 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
223 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
224 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
225 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
226 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
227 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
228 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
229 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
231 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
232 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($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, $length = undef
283 IO::AIO::munlockall
284
285=head2 API NOTES
224 286
225All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 287All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
226with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 288with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
227and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 289and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
228which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 290which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
229the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 291the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
230perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given 292of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
231syscall has been executed asynchronously. 293error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
294most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
295"false").
296
297Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
298communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
232 299
233All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 300All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
234internally until the request has finished. 301internally until the request has finished.
235 302
236All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 303All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
237further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 304further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
238 305
239The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 306The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
240encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 307reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
241request is being executed, the current working directory could have 308current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
242changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 309make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
243current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 310in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
244paths. 311of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
312relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
313description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
245 314
246To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 315To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
247in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 316in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
248tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 317tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
249your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 318module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
250environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 319effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
251use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 320unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
321correct contents.
252 322
253This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 323This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
254handles correctly whether it is set or not. 324handles correctly whether it is set or not.
325
326=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
255 327
256=over 4 328=over 4
257 329
258=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 330=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
259 331
289 361
290 362
291=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 363=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
292 364
293Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 365Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
294created filehandle for the file. 366created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
295 367
296The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 368The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
297for an explanation. 369for an explanation.
298 370
299The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 371The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
306by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 378by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
307change the umask. 379change the umask.
308 380
309Example: 381Example:
310 382
311 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 383 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
312 if ($_[0]) { 384 if ($_[0]) {
313 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 385 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
314 ... 386 ...
315 } else { 387 } else {
316 die "open failed: $!\n"; 388 die "open failed: $!\n";
317 } 389 }
318 }; 390 };
319 391
392In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
393C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
394following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
395your system are, as usual, C<0>):
396
397C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
398C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
399C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
400
320 401
321=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 402=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
322 403
323Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 404Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
324code. 405code.
332 413
333Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be 414Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
334free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed. 415free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
335 416
336=cut 417=cut
418
419=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
420
421Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
422C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
423C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
424C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
425
426The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
427case of an error.
428
429In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
430corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
431so don't panic.
432
433As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
434C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
435could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
436Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
437"just work".
337 438
338=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 439=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
339 440
340=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 441=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
341 442
374 475
375Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 476Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
376reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 477reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
377file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 478file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
378than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 479than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
379other. 480other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
481move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
380 482
483Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
484are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
485read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
486number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
487C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
488
489Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
490C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
491the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
492the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
493into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
494fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
495data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
496the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
497resource usage.
498
381This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 499This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
382zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 500provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
383socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 501a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
384 502
385If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 503If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
386emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 504C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
505C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
387regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 506type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
388 507
389Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 508As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
390C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 509together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
391bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 510on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
392provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 511in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
393value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 512so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
394read. 513fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
395 514
396 515
397=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 516=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
398 517
399C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 518C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
422 541
423Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 542Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
424error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 543error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
425unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 544unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
426 545
546To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
547following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
548be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
549behaviour).
550
551C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
552C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
553C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
554
427Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 555Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
428 556
429 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 557 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
430 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 558 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
431 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 559 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
432 }; 560 };
433 561
434 562
563=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
564
565Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
566whether a file handle or path was passed.
567
568On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
569members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
570C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
571is passed.
572
573The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
574C<ST_NOSUID>.
575
576The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
577their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
578not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
579C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
580C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
581
582Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
583
584 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
585 my $f = $_[0]
586 or die "statvfs: $!";
587
588 use Data::Dumper;
589 say Dumper $f;
590 };
591
592 # result:
593 {
594 bsize => 1024,
595 bfree => 4333064312,
596 blocks => 10253828096,
597 files => 2050765568,
598 flag => 4096,
599 favail => 2042092649,
600 bavail => 4333064312,
601 ffree => 2042092649,
602 namemax => 255,
603 frsize => 1024,
604 fsid => 1810
605 }
606
607Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
608Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
609
610 0x0000adf5 adfs
611 0x0000adff affs
612 0x5346414f afs
613 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
614 0x00000187 autofs
615 0x42465331 befs
616 0x1badface bfs
617 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
618 0x9123683e btrfs
619 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
620 0xff534d42 cifs
621 0x73757245 coda
622 0x012ff7b7 coh
623 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
624 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
625 0x64626720 debugfs
626 0x00001373 devfs
627 0x00001cd1 devpts
628 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
629 0x00414a53 efs
630 0x0000137d ext
631 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
632 0x0000ef51 ext2
633 0x00004006 fat
634 0x65735546 fuseblk
635 0x65735543 fusectl
636 0x0bad1dea futexfs
637 0x01161970 gfs2
638 0x47504653 gpfs
639 0x00004244 hfs
640 0xf995e849 hpfs
641 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
642 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
643 0x00009660 isofs
644 0x000072b6 jffs2
645 0x3153464a jfs
646 0x6b414653 k-afs
647 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
648 0x0000137f minix
649 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
650 0x00002468 minix v2
651 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
652 0x00004d5a minix v3
653 0x19800202 mqueue
654 0x00004d44 msdos
655 0x0000564c novell
656 0x00006969 nfs
657 0x6e667364 nfsd
658 0x00003434 nilfs
659 0x5346544e ntfs
660 0x00009fa1 openprom
661 0x7461636F ocfs2
662 0x00009fa0 proc
663 0x6165676c pstorefs
664 0x0000002f qnx4
665 0x858458f6 ramfs
666 0x52654973 reiserfs
667 0x00007275 romfs
668 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
669 0x73636673 securityfs
670 0xf97cff8c selinux
671 0x0000517b smb
672 0x534f434b sockfs
673 0x73717368 squashfs
674 0x62656572 sysfs
675 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
676 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
677 0x01021994 tmpfs
678 0x15013346 udf
679 0x00011954 ufs
680 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
681 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
682 0x01021997 v9fs
683 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
684 0xabba1974 xenfs
685 0x012ff7b4 xenix
686 0x58465342 xfs
687 0x012fd16d xia
688
435=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 689=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
436 690
437Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 691Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
438and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 692and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
439syscalls support them. 693syscalls support them.
466=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 720=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
467 721
468Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 722Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
469 723
470 724
725=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
726
727Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
728linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
729
730C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
731space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
732to deallocate a file range.
733
734IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
735(without leaving a hole) and C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range (see
736your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
737
738The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
739C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
740
741If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
742emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
743
744
471=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 745=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
472 746
473Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 747Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
474 748
475 749
477 751
478Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 752Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
479result code. 753result code.
480 754
481 755
482=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 756=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
483 757
484[EXPERIMENTAL] 758[EXPERIMENTAL]
485 759
486Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 760Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
487 761
488The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 762The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
489 763
490 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 764 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
491 765
766See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
767and functions.
492 768
493=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 769=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
494 770
495Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 771Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
496the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 772the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
500 776
501Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 777Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
502the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 778the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
503 779
504 780
505=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 781=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
506 782
507Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 783Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
508the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 784the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
509callback. 785callback.
510 786
511 787
788=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
789
790Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
791C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
792L<Cwd::realpath>).
793
794This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
795directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
796
797
512=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 798=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
513 799
514Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 800Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
515rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 801rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
802
803On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
804natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
805of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
516 806
517 807
518=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 808=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
519 809
520Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 810Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
525=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 815=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
526 816
527Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 817Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
528result code. 818result code.
529 819
820On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
821natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
822C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
823
530 824
531=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 825=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
532 826
533Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 827Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
534directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 828directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
538array-ref with the filenames. 832array-ref with the filenames.
539 833
540 834
541=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags) 835=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
542 836
543Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune 837Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
544behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be 838tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
545C<undef>. 839C<undef>.
546 840
547The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the 841The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
548flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified): 842flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
549 843
550=over 4 844=over 4
551 845
552=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS 846=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
553 847
554When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names 848When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
555only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with 849names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
556C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory 850C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
557entry in more detail. 851entry in more detail.
558 852
559C<$name> is the name of the entry. 853C<$name> is the name of the entry.
560 854
573systems that do not deliver the inode information. 867systems that do not deliver the inode information.
574 868
575=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST 869=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
576 870
577When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where 871When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
578likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly 872likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
579find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to 873you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
580stat() each entry. 874while avoiding to stat() each entry.
581 875
582If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used 876If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
583to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files 877to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
584beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with 878beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
585short names are tried first. 879short names are tried first.
586 880
587=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER 881=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
588 882
589When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order 883When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
596 890
597=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN 891=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
598 892
599This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it 893This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
600is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were 894is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
601C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all 895C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
602C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms. 896C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
603 897
604=back 898=back
605 899
606 900
607=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 901=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
608 902
609This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 903This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
610memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 904memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
611 905
612=cut 906=cut
634 928
635=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 929=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
636 930
637Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 931Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
638destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 932destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
639the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 933a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
640 934
641This is a composite request that creates the destination file with 935This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
642mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 936mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
643C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 937C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
644uid/gid, in that order. 938uid/gid, in that order.
656 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 950 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
657 951
658 aioreq_pri $pri; 952 aioreq_pri $pri;
659 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 953 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
660 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 954 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
661 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might bock over nfs? 955 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
662 956
663 aioreq_pri $pri; 957 aioreq_pri $pri;
664 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 958 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
665 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 959 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
666 aioreq_pri $pri; 960 aioreq_pri $pri;
713 1007
714=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 1008=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
715 1009
716Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 1010Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
717destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1011destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
718the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1012a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
719 1013
720This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if 1014This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
721rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1015rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
722that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>. 1016that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
723 1017
734 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1028 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
735 aioreq_pri $pri; 1029 aioreq_pri $pri;
736 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1030 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
737 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1031 $grp->result ($_[0]);
738 1032
739 if (!$_[0]) { 1033 unless ($_[0]) {
740 aioreq_pri $pri; 1034 aioreq_pri $pri;
741 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 1035 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
742 } 1036 }
743 }; 1037 };
744 } else { 1038 } else {
747 }; 1041 };
748 1042
749 $grp 1043 $grp
750} 1044}
751 1045
752=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1046=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
753 1047
754Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1048Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
755efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1049efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
756names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1050names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
757recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1051recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
788Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot 1082Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
789currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every 1083currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
790entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first, 1084entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
791in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the 1085in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
792entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 1086entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
793seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1087separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
794filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1088filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
795data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return 1089data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
796the filetype information on readdir. 1090the filetype information on readdir.
797 1091
798If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1092If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
814 1108
815 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1109 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
816 1110
817 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1111 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
818 1112
819 # stat once 1113 # get a wd object
820 aioreq_pri $pri; 1114 aioreq_pri $pri;
821 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1115 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1116 $_[0]
822 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1117 or return $grp->result ();
823 my $now = time;
824 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
825 1118
826 # read the directory entries 1119 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1120
1121 # stat once
827 aioreq_pri $pri; 1122 aioreq_pri $pri;
828 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub { 1123 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
829 my $entries = shift
830 or return $grp->result (); 1124 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1125 my $now = time;
1126 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
831 1127
832 # stat the dir another time 1128 # read the directory entries
833 aioreq_pri $pri; 1129 aioreq_pri $pri;
1130 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
1131 my $entries = shift
1132 or return $grp->result ();
1133
1134 # stat the dir another time
1135 aioreq_pri $pri;
834 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1136 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
835 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1137 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
836 1138
837 my $ndirs; 1139 my $ndirs;
838 1140
839 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1141 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
840 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1142 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
841 $ndirs = -1; 1143 $ndirs = -1;
842 } else { 1144 } else {
843 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1145 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
844 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1146 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
845 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1147 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
846 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1148 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
847 } 1149 }
848 1150
849 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1151 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
850 1152
851 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1153 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
852 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1154 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
853 }; 1155 };
854 1156
855 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1157 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
856 feed $statgrp sub { 1158 feed $statgrp sub {
857 return unless @$entries; 1159 return unless @$entries;
858 my $entry = shift @$entries; 1160 my $entry = shift @$entries;
859 1161
860 aioreq_pri $pri; 1162 aioreq_pri $pri;
1163 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
861 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1164 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
862 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1165 if ($_[0] < 0) {
863 push @nondirs, $entry; 1166 push @nondirs, $entry;
864 } else { 1167 } else {
865 # need to check for real directory 1168 # need to check for real directory
866 aioreq_pri $pri; 1169 aioreq_pri $pri;
1170 $wd->[1] = $entry;
867 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1171 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
868 if (-d _) { 1172 if (-d _) {
869 push @dirs, $entry; 1173 push @dirs, $entry;
870 1174
871 unless (--$ndirs) { 1175 unless (--$ndirs) {
872 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1176 push @nondirs, @$entries;
873 feed $statgrp; 1177 feed $statgrp;
1178 }
1179 } else {
1180 push @nondirs, $entry;
874 } 1181 }
875 } else {
876 push @nondirs, $entry;
877 } 1182 }
878 } 1183 }
879 } 1184 };
880 }; 1185 };
881 }; 1186 };
882 }; 1187 };
883 }; 1188 };
884 }; 1189 };
885 1190
886 $grp 1191 $grp
887} 1192}
888 1193
889=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1194=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
890 1195
891Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1196Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
892status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1197status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
893uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1198uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
894everything else. 1199everything else.
895 1200
896=cut 1201=cut
897 1202
936callback with the fdatasync result code. 1241callback with the fdatasync result code.
937 1242
938If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1243If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
939detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1244detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
940 1245
1246=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1247
1248Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1249to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1250code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1251errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1252
941=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status) 1253=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
942 1254
943Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length> 1255Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
944to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific 1256to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
945sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns 1257sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
948C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>, 1260C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
949C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and 1261C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
950C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range 1262C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
951manpage for details. 1263manpage for details.
952 1264
953=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 1265=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
954 1266
955This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a 1267This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
956composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations 1268composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
957(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any 1269(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
958specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get 1270specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
959written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only, 1271written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
960not just directories. 1272not just directories.
1273
1274Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1275C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
961 1276
962Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error. 1277Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
963 1278
964=cut 1279=cut
965 1280
986 }; 1301 };
987 1302
988 $grp 1303 $grp
989} 1304}
990 1305
1306=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1307
1308This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1309scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1310scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1311scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1312it).
1313
1314It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1315area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1316later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1317is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1318a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1319C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1320
1321=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1322
1323This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1324scalars.
1325
1326It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1327range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1328as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1329C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1330C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1331writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1332
1333=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1334
1335This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1336scalars.
1337
1338It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1339and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1340
1341If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1342
1343On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1344and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1345
1346Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1347documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1348
1349Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1350C<$data> gets destroyed.
1351
1352 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1353 my $data;
1354 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1355 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1356
1357=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1358
1359Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1360C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1361
1362On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1363and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1364
1365Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1366documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1367
1368Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1369
1370 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1371
1372=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1373
1374Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1375ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1376the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1377C<ENOSYS>.
1378
1379C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1380size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1381be queried.
1382
1383C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1384C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1385exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1386the data portion.
1387
1388C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1389C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1390case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1391instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1392
1393If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1394C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1395
1396Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1397structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1398following members:
1399
1400 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1401
1402Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1403or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1404
1405C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1406C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1407C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1408C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1409C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1410C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1411
1412At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1413C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1414it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1415extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
1416
991=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1417=item aio_group $callback->(...)
992 1418
993This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1419This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
994container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1420container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
995many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback 1421many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1031like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is 1457like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1032immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1458immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1033except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1459except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1034 1460
1035=back 1461=back
1462
1463
1464=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1465
1466Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1467threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1468could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1469will be used by IO::AIO).
1470
1471One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1472but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1473access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1474
1475Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1476futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1477per operation.
1478
1479For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1480perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1481cannot be perfect, though.
1482
1483IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1484object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1485path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1486
1487Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1488or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1489object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1490gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1491IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1492to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1493
1494For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1495inside, you would write:
1496
1497 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1498 my $etcdir = shift;
1499
1500 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1501 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1502 # when $etcdir is undef.
1503
1504 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1505 # yay
1506 };
1507 };
1508
1509The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
1510creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
1511which is why it is done asynchronously.
1512
1513To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1514either of the following three request calls:
1515
1516 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1517 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1518 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1519
1520As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1521object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1522causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1523
1524 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1525
1526 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1527 $path->[1] = $name;
1528 aio_stat $path, sub {
1529 # ...
1530 };
1531 }
1532
1533There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1534pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1535nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1536will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1537pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1538older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1539string form of the pathname.
1540
1541So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1542C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1543reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1544(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1545
1546The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1547
1548=over 4
1549
1550=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1551
1552Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1553IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1554system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1555to this working directory.
1556
1557If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1558of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1559passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1560request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1561C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1562expected way.
1563
1564=item IO::AIO::CWD
1565
1566This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1567current working directory.
1568
1569Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1570the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1571example, these calls are functionally identical:
1572
1573 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1574 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1575
1576=back
1577
1578To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1579C<aio_realpath>:
1580
1581 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1582 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1583 };
1584
1585Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1586sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1036 1587
1037=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1588=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1038 1589
1039All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1590All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1040called in non-void context. 1591called in non-void context.
1130=item $grp->cancel_subs 1681=item $grp->cancel_subs
1131 1682
1132Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1683Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1133itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1684itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1134 1685
1686The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1687group).
1688
1135=item $grp->result (...) 1689=item $grp->result (...)
1136 1690
1137Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1691Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1138subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value 1692subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1139of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1693of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1155 1709
1156Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1710Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1157generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1711generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1158although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1712although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1159this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example, 1713this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1160C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests, 1714C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1161delaying any later requests for a long time. 1715requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1162 1716
1163To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1717To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1164instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1718instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1165feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1719feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1166below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1720below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1215 1769
1216See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1770See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1217 1771
1218=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1772=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1219 1773
1220Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1774Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1221regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it 1775been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1222returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events 1776this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1223are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1224C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1225 1777
1778Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1779events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1780reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1781of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1782C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1783
1226If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1784If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1227will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to 1785descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1228do anything special to have it called later. 1786don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1787
1788Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1789ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1790a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1791available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1792over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1793requests.
1229 1794
1230Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1795Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1231IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the 1796IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1232SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document): 1797SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1233 1798
1234 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1799 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1235 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1800 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1236 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1801 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1802
1803=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1804
1805Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1806requests are outstanding anymore.
1807
1808This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1809become ready, without actually handling them.
1810
1811See C<nreqs> for an example.
1812
1813=item IO::AIO::poll
1814
1815Waits until some requests have been handled.
1816
1817Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1818equivalent to:
1819
1820 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1821
1822=item IO::AIO::flush
1823
1824Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1825
1826Strictly equivalent to:
1827
1828 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1829 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1237 1830
1238=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1831=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1239 1832
1240=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1833=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1241 1834
1266 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1859 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1267 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1860 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1268 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1861 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1269 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1862 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1270 1863
1271=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1272
1273If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1274phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1275does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1276synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1277
1278See C<nreqs> for an example.
1279
1280=item IO::AIO::poll
1281
1282Waits until some requests have been handled.
1283
1284Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1285equivalent to:
1286
1287 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1288
1289=item IO::AIO::flush
1290
1291Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1292
1293Strictly equivalent to:
1294
1295 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1296 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1297
1298=back 1864=back
1299 1865
1300=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1866=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1301 1867
1302=over 1868=over
1335 1901
1336Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1902Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1337 1903
1338=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1904=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1339 1905
1340Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1906Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1341threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1907(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1342means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1908timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1343idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1909C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1910exit.
1344 1911
1345This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1912This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1346to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1913to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1347under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1914under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1348 1915
1349The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1916The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1350creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1917creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1351want to use larger values. 1918want to use larger values.
1352 1919
1920=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1921
1922Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1923allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1924
1353=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1925=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1926
1927Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1928you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1929C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1930C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1931longer exceeded.
1932
1933In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1934used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1354 1935
1355This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1936This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1356blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1937blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1357use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1938use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1358 1939
1359Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1940Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1360do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1941a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1361C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1362function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1363 1942
1364The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1943 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1365number of outstanding requests.
1366 1944
1367You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1945 for my $path (...) {
1368C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1946 aio_stat $path , ...;
1369as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1947 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1948 }
1949
1950 IO::AIO::flush;
1951
1952The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1953as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1954some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1955number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1956
1957The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1958practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1370 1959
1371=back 1960=back
1372 1961
1373=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1962=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1374 1963
1394Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1983Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1395but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1984but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1396 1985
1397=back 1986=back
1398 1987
1988=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1989
1990IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
1991some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
1992"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
1993counterpart.
1994
1995=over 4
1996
1997=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1998
1999Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
2000but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
2001likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
2002operations).
2003
2004Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
2005
2006=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
2007
2008Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
2009manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2010available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2011C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2012C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2013
2014On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2015ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2016
2017=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2018
2019Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2020manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2021available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2022C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
2023
2024On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2025ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2026
2027=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2028
2029Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2030$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2031constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2032C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2033
2034On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2035ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2036
2037=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2038
2039Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2040given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2041success, and false otherwise.
2042
2043The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2044change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2045or searching it with regexes and so on.
2046
2047Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2048
2049The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2050when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2051C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2052
2053This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2054page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2055
2056The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2057filesize.
2058
2059C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2060C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2061
2062C<$flags> can be a combination of
2063C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2064C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
2065or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
2066C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
2067C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>,
2068C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2069C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
2070C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
2071C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
2072C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
2073C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
2074C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
2075C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
2076C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
2077
2078If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2079
2080C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2081a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2082
2083Example:
2084
2085 use Digest::MD5;
2086 use IO::AIO;
2087
2088 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2089 or die "$!";
2090
2091 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2092 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2093
2094 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2095
2096=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2097
2098Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2099
2100=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2101
2102Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2103C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2104
2105=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2106
2107Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2108
2109On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2110ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2111
2112=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2113
2114Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2115C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2116should be the file offset.
2117
2118C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2119silently corrupt the data in this case.
2120
2121The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2122C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2123C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2124
2125See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2126
2127=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2128
2129Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
2130description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2131
2132=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2133
2134Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2135on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2136C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2137size on other systems, drop me a note.
2138
2139=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
2140
2141This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
2142C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
2143perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
2144systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
2145(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
2146
2147If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
2148the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
2149
2150On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
2151
2152On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
2153C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
2154
2155Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
2156time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
2157C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
2158
2159=back
2160
1399=cut 2161=cut
1400 2162
1401min_parallel 8; 2163min_parallel 8;
1402 2164
1403END { flush } 2165END { flush }
1404 2166
14051; 21671;
1406 2168
2169=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2170
2171It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2172automatically into many event loops:
2173
2174 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2175 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2176
2177You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2178some examples of how to do this:
2179
2180 # EV integration
2181 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2182
2183 # Event integration
2184 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2185 poll => 'r',
2186 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2187
2188 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2189 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2190 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2191
2192 # Tk integration
2193 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2194 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2195
2196 # Danga::Socket integration
2197 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2198 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2199
1407=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2200=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1408 2201
1409This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2202Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2203considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2204fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2205with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2206pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2207reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2208applies to quite a lot of perls.
1410 2209
1411Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2210This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1412can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2211only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1413the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2212using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1414request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1415(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1416parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1417parent process has been reached again.
1418 2213
1419In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2214You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1420not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2215forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1421yet. 2216child:
2217
2218=over 4
2219
2220=item IO::AIO::reinit
2221
2222Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2223data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2224happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2225
2226The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2227C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2228the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2229will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2230
2231=back
1422 2232
1423=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2233=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1424 2234
1425Per-request usage: 2235Per-request usage:
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