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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
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;
118 94
119 # file contents now in $contents 95 # file contents now in $contents
120 print $contents; 96 print $contents;
121 97
122 # exit event loop and program 98 # exit event loop and program
123 EV::unloop; 99 EV::break;
124 }; 100 };
125 }; 101 };
126 102
127 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 103 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
128 # check for sockets etc. etc. 104 # check for sockets etc. etc.
129 105
130 # process events as long as there are some: 106 # process events as long as there are some:
131 EV::loop; 107 EV::run;
132 108
133=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 109=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
134 110
135Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 111Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
136directly visible to Perl. 112directly visible to Perl.
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 = 4.33;
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/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
435=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 692=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
436 693
437Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 694Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
438and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 695and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
439syscalls support them. 696syscalls support them.
466=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 723=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
467 724
468Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 725Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
469 726
470 727
728=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
729
730Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
731linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
732
733C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
734space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
735to deallocate a file range.
736
737IO::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
739your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
740
741The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
742C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
743
744If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
745emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
746
747
471=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 748=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
472 749
473Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 750Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
474 751
475 752
477 754
478Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 755Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
479result code. 756result code.
480 757
481 758
482=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 759=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
483 760
484[EXPERIMENTAL] 761[EXPERIMENTAL]
485 762
486Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 763Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
487 764
488The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 765The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
489 766
490 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 767 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
491 768
769See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
770and functions.
492 771
493=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 772=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
494 773
495Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 774Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
496the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 775the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
500 779
501Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 780Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
502the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 781the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
503 782
504 783
505=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 784=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
506 785
507Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 786Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
508the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 787the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
509callback. 788callback.
510 789
511 790
791=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
792
793Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
794C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
795L<Cwd::realpath>).
796
797This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
798directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
799
800
512=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 801=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
513 802
514Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 803Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
515rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 804rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
805
806On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
807natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
808of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
516 809
517 810
518=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 811=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
519 812
520Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 813Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
525=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 818=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
526 819
527Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 820Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
528result code. 821result code.
529 822
823On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
824natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
825C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
826
530 827
531=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 828=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
532 829
533Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 830Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
534directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 831directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
538array-ref with the filenames. 835array-ref with the filenames.
539 836
540 837
541=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags) 838=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
542 839
543Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune 840Quite 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 841tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
545C<undef>. 842C<undef>.
546 843
547The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the 844The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
548flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified): 845flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
549 846
550=over 4 847=over 4
551 848
552=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS 849=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
553 850
554When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names 851When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
555only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with 852names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
556C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory 853C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
557entry in more detail. 854entry in more detail.
558 855
559C<$name> is the name of the entry. 856C<$name> is the name of the entry.
560 857
573systems that do not deliver the inode information. 870systems that do not deliver the inode information.
574 871
575=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST 872=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
576 873
577When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where 874When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
578likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly 875likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
579find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to 876you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
580stat() each entry. 877while avoiding to stat() each entry.
581 878
582If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used 879If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
583to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files 880to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
584beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with 881beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
585short names are tried first. 882short names are tried first.
586 883
587=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER 884=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
588 885
589When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order 886When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
596 893
597=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN 894=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
598 895
599This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it 896This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
600is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were 897is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
601C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all 898C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
602C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms. 899C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
603 900
604=back 901=back
605 902
606 903
607=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 904=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
608 905
609This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 906This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
610memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 907memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
611 908
612=cut 909=cut
634 931
635=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 932=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
636 933
637Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 934Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
638destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 935destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
639the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 936a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
640 937
641This is a composite request that creates the destination file with 938This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
642mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 939mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
643C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 940C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
644uid/gid, in that order. 941uid/gid, in that order.
656 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 953 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
657 954
658 aioreq_pri $pri; 955 aioreq_pri $pri;
659 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 956 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
660 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 957 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
661 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might bock over nfs? 958 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
662 959
663 aioreq_pri $pri; 960 aioreq_pri $pri;
664 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 {
665 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 962 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
666 aioreq_pri $pri; 963 aioreq_pri $pri;
713 1010
714=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 1011=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
715 1012
716Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 1013Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
717destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1014destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
718the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1015a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
719 1016
720This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if 1017This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
721rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1018rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
722that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>. 1019that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
723 1020
734 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1031 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
735 aioreq_pri $pri; 1032 aioreq_pri $pri;
736 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1033 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
737 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1034 $grp->result ($_[0]);
738 1035
739 if (!$_[0]) { 1036 unless ($_[0]) {
740 aioreq_pri $pri; 1037 aioreq_pri $pri;
741 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 1038 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
742 } 1039 }
743 }; 1040 };
744 } else { 1041 } else {
747 }; 1044 };
748 1045
749 $grp 1046 $grp
750} 1047}
751 1048
752=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1049=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
753 1050
754Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1051Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
755efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1052efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
756names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1053names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
757recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1054recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
788Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot 1085Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
789currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every 1086currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
790entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first, 1087entry 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 1088in 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 1089entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
793seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1090separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
794filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1091filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
795data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return 1092data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
796the filetype information on readdir. 1093the filetype information on readdir.
797 1094
798If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1095If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
814 1111
815 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1112 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
816 1113
817 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1114 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
818 1115
819 # stat once 1116 # get a wd object
820 aioreq_pri $pri; 1117 aioreq_pri $pri;
821 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1118 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1119 $_[0]
822 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1120 or return $grp->result ();
823 my $now = time;
824 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
825 1121
826 # read the directory entries 1122 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1123
1124 # stat once
827 aioreq_pri $pri; 1125 aioreq_pri $pri;
828 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub { 1126 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
829 my $entries = shift
830 or return $grp->result (); 1127 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1128 my $now = time;
1129 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
831 1130
832 # stat the dir another time 1131 # read the directory entries
833 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;
834 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1139 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
835 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1140 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
836 1141
837 my $ndirs; 1142 my $ndirs;
838 1143
839 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1144 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
840 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1145 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
841 $ndirs = -1; 1146 $ndirs = -1;
842 } else { 1147 } else {
843 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1148 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
844 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1149 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
845 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1150 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
846 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1151 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
847 } 1152 }
848 1153
849 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1154 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
850 1155
851 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1156 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
852 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1157 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
853 }; 1158 };
854 1159
855 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1160 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
856 feed $statgrp sub { 1161 feed $statgrp sub {
857 return unless @$entries; 1162 return unless @$entries;
858 my $entry = shift @$entries; 1163 my $entry = shift @$entries;
859 1164
860 aioreq_pri $pri; 1165 aioreq_pri $pri;
1166 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
861 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1167 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
862 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1168 if ($_[0] < 0) {
863 push @nondirs, $entry; 1169 push @nondirs, $entry;
864 } else { 1170 } else {
865 # need to check for real directory 1171 # need to check for real directory
866 aioreq_pri $pri; 1172 aioreq_pri $pri;
1173 $wd->[1] = $entry;
867 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1174 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
868 if (-d _) { 1175 if (-d _) {
869 push @dirs, $entry; 1176 push @dirs, $entry;
870 1177
871 unless (--$ndirs) { 1178 unless (--$ndirs) {
872 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1179 push @nondirs, @$entries;
873 feed $statgrp; 1180 feed $statgrp;
1181 }
1182 } else {
1183 push @nondirs, $entry;
874 } 1184 }
875 } else {
876 push @nondirs, $entry;
877 } 1185 }
878 } 1186 }
879 } 1187 };
880 }; 1188 };
881 }; 1189 };
882 }; 1190 };
883 }; 1191 };
884 }; 1192 };
885 1193
886 $grp 1194 $grp
887} 1195}
888 1196
889=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1197=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
890 1198
891Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1199Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
892status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1200status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
893uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1201uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
894everything else. 1202everything else.
895 1203
896=cut 1204=cut
897 1205
936callback with the fdatasync result code. 1244callback with the fdatasync result code.
937 1245
938If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1246If 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. 1247detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
940 1248
1249=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1250
1251Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1252to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1253code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1254errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1255
941=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status) 1256=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
942 1257
943Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length> 1258Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
944to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific 1259to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
945sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns 1260sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
948C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>, 1263C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
949C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and 1264C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
950C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range 1265C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
951manpage for details. 1266manpage for details.
952 1267
953=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 1268=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
954 1269
955This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a 1270This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
956composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations 1271composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
957(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
958specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get 1273specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
959written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only, 1274written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
960not just directories. 1275not just directories.
1276
1277Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1278C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
961 1279
962Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error. 1280Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
963 1281
964=cut 1282=cut
965 1283
986 }; 1304 };
987 1305
988 $grp 1306 $grp
989} 1307}
990 1308
1309=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1310
1311This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1312scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1313scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1314scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1315it).
1316
1317It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1318area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1319later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1320is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1321a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1322C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1323
1324=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1325
1326This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1327scalars.
1328
1329It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1330range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1331as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1332C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1333C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1334writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1335
1336=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1337
1338This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1339scalars.
1340
1341It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1342and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1343
1344If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1345
1346On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1347and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1348
1349Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1350documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1351
1352Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1353C<$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
1362Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1363C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1364
1365On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1366and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1367
1368Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1369documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1370
1371Example: 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, $cb->(\@extents)
1376
1377Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1378ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1379the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1380C<ENOSYS>.
1381
1382C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1383size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1384be queried.
1385
1386C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1387C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1388exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1389the data portion.
1390
1391C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1392C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1393case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1394instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1395
1396If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1397C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1398
1399Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1400structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1401following members:
1402
1403 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1404
1405Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1406or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1407
1408C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1409C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1410C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1411C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1412C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1413C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1414
1415At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1416C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1417it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1418extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
1419
991=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1420=item aio_group $callback->(...)
992 1421
993This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1422This 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 1423container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
995many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback 1424many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1031like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is 1460like 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 1461immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1033except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1462except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1034 1463
1035=back 1464=back
1465
1466
1467=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1468
1469Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1470threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1471could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1472will be used by IO::AIO).
1473
1474One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1475but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1476access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1477
1478Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1479futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1480per operation.
1481
1482For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1483perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1484cannot be perfect, though.
1485
1486IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1487object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1488path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1489
1490Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1491or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1492object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1493gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1494IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1495to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1496
1497For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1498inside, 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
1512The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
1513creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
1514which is why it is done asynchronously.
1515
1516To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1517either 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 $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1522
1523As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1524object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1525causing any issues due to C<$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
1536There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1537pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1538nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1539will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1540pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1541older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1542string form of the pathname.
1543
1544So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1545C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1546reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1547(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1548
1549The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1550
1551=over 4
1552
1553=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1554
1555Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1556IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1557system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1558to this working directory.
1559
1560If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1561of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1562passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1563request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1564C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1565expected way.
1566
1567=item IO::AIO::CWD
1568
1569This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1570current working directory.
1571
1572Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1573the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1574example, these calls are functionally identical:
1575
1576 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1577 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1578
1579=back
1580
1581To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1582C<aio_realpath>:
1583
1584 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1585 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1586 };
1587
1588Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1589sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1036 1590
1037=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1591=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1038 1592
1039All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1593All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1040called in non-void context. 1594called in non-void context.
1130=item $grp->cancel_subs 1684=item $grp->cancel_subs
1131 1685
1132Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1686Cancel 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. 1687itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1134 1688
1689The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1690group).
1691
1135=item $grp->result (...) 1692=item $grp->result (...)
1136 1693
1137Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1694Set 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 1695subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1139of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1696of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1155 1712
1156Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1713Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1157generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1714generator 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, 1715although 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, 1716this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1160C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests, 1717C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1161delaying any later requests for a long time. 1718requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1162 1719
1163To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1720To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1164instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1721instead 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>, 1722feed 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 1723below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1215 1772
1216See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1773See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1217 1774
1218=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1775=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1219 1776
1220Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1777Process 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 1778been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1222returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events 1779this "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 1780
1781Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1782events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1783reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1784of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1785C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1786
1226If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1787If 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 1788descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1228do anything special to have it called later. 1789don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1790
1791Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1792ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1793a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1794available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1795over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1796requests.
1229 1797
1230Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1798Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1231IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the 1799IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1232SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document): 1800SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1233 1801
1234 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1802 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1235 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1803 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1236 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1804 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1805
1806=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1807
1808Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1809requests are outstanding anymore.
1810
1811This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1812become ready, without actually handling them.
1813
1814See C<nreqs> for an example.
1815
1816=item IO::AIO::poll
1817
1818Waits until some requests have been handled.
1819
1820Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1821equivalent to:
1822
1823 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1824
1825=item IO::AIO::flush
1826
1827Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1828
1829Strictly equivalent to:
1830
1831 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1832 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1237 1833
1238=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1834=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1239 1835
1240=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1836=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1241 1837
1266 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1862 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1267 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1863 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1268 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1864 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1269 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1865 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1270 1866
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 1867=back
1299 1868
1300=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1869=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1301 1870
1302=over 1871=over
1335 1904
1336Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1905Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1337 1906
1338=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1907=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1339 1908
1340Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1909Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1341threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1910(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1342means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1911timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1343idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1912C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1913exit.
1344 1914
1345This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1915This 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 1916to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1347under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1917under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1348 1918
1349The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1919The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1350creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1920creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1351want to use larger values. 1921want to use larger values.
1352 1922
1923=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1924
1925Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1926allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1927
1353=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1928=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1929
1930Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1931you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1932C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1933C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1934longer exceeded.
1935
1936In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1937used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1354 1938
1355This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1939This 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 1940blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1357use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1941use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1358 1942
1359Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1943Its 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 1944a 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 1945
1364The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1946 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1365number of outstanding requests.
1366 1947
1367You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1948 for my $path (...) {
1368C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1949 aio_stat $path , ...;
1369as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1950 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1951 }
1952
1953 IO::AIO::flush;
1954
1955The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1956as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1957some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1958number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1959
1960The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1961practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1370 1962
1371=back 1963=back
1372 1964
1373=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1965=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1374 1966
1394Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1986Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1395but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1987but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1396 1988
1397=back 1989=back
1398 1990
1991=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1992
1993IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
1994some "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_*>
1996counterpart.
1997
1998=over 4
1999
2000=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
2001
2002Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
2003but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
2004likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
2005operations).
2006
2007Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
2008
2009=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
2010
2011Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
2012manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2013available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2014C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2015C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2016
2017On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2018ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2019
2020=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2021
2022Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2023manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2024available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2025C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
2026
2027On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2028ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2029
2030=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2031
2032Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2033$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2034constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2035C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2036
2037On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2038ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2039
2040=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2041
2042Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2043given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2044success, and false otherwise.
2045
2046The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2047change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2048or searching it with regexes and so on.
2049
2050Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2051
2052The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2053when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2054C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2055
2056This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2057page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2058
2059The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2060filesize.
2061
2062C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2063C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2064
2065C<$flags> can be a combination of
2066C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2067C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
2068or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
2069C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
2070C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>,
2071C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2072C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
2073C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
2074C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
2075C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
2076C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
2077C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
2078C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
2079C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
2080
2081If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2082
2083C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2084a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2085
2086Example:
2087
2088 use Digest::MD5;
2089 use IO::AIO;
2090
2091 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2092 or die "$!";
2093
2094 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2095 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2096
2097 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2098
2099=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2100
2101Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2102
2103=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2104
2105Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2106C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2107
2108=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2109
2110Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2111
2112On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2113ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2114
2115=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2116
2117Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2118C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2119should be the file offset.
2120
2121C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2122silently corrupt the data in this case.
2123
2124The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2125C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2126C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2127
2128See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2129
2130=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2131
2132Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
2133description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2134
2135=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2136
2137Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2138on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2139C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2140size on other systems, drop me a note.
2141
2142=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
2143
2144This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
2145C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
2146perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
2147systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
2148(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
2149
2150If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
2151the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
2152
2153On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
2154
2155On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
2156C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
2157
2158Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
2159time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
2160C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
2161
2162=back
2163
1399=cut 2164=cut
1400 2165
1401min_parallel 8; 2166min_parallel 8;
1402 2167
1403END { flush } 2168END { flush }
1404 2169
14051; 21701;
1406 2171
2172=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2173
2174It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2175automatically into many event loops:
2176
2177 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2178 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2179
2180You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2181some examples of how to do this:
2182
2183 # EV integration
2184 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2185
2186 # Event integration
2187 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2188 poll => 'r',
2189 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2190
2191 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2192 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2193 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2194
2195 # Tk integration
2196 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2197 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2198
2199 # Danga::Socket integration
2200 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2201 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2202
1407=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2203=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1408 2204
1409This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2205Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2206considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2207fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2208with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2209pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2210reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2211applies to quite a lot of perls.
1410 2212
1411Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2213This 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 2214only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1413the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2215using 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 2216
1419In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2217You 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 2218forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1421yet. 2219child:
2220
2221=over 4
2222
2223=item IO::AIO::reinit
2224
2225Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2226data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2227happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2228
2229The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2230C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2231the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2232will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2233
2234=back
1422 2235
1423=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2236=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1424 2237
1425Per-request usage: 2238Per-request usage:
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