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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", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10	my ($fh) = @_;	10	my $fh = shift
		11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11	...	12	...
12	};	13	};
13		14
14	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	15	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15		16
16	aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {	17	aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	18	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18	};	19	};
19		20
20	# AnyEvent	21	# version 2+ has request and group objects
21	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";	22	use IO::AIO 2;
22	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23		23
24	# Event	24	aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
		25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
		26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
		27
		28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
		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
25	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	38	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
26	poll => 'r',	39	poll => 'r',
27	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	40	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28		41
29	# Glib/Gtk2	42	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
30	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	43	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
31	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };	44	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32		45
33	# Tk	46	# Tk integration
34	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",	47	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	48	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36		49
37	# Danga::Socket	50	# Danga::Socket integration
38	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>	51	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	52	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40		53
41
42	=head1 DESCRIPTION	54	=head1 DESCRIPTION
43		55
44	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	56	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
45	operating system supports.	57	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		58	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
46		59
		60	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		61	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
		62	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
		63	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		64	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		65	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
		66	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
		67	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		68	concurrently.
		69
		70	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		71	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		72	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
		73	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
		74	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
		75
47	Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes	76	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
48	and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or	77	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
49	perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the	78	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
50	pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native	79	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
51	aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often	80	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
52	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,	81	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
53	for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the	82	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
54	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	83	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
		84	using threads anyway.
55		85
56	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	86	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
57	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call	87	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
58	C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other	88	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
59	C<aio_> functions) recursively.	89	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		90
		91	=head2 EXAMPLE
		92
		93	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
		94	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
		95
		96	use Fcntl;
		97	use EV;
		98	use IO::AIO;
		99
		100	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
		101	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		102
		103	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
		104	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		105	my $fh = shift
		106	or die "error while opening: $!";
		107
		108	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
		109	my $size = -s $fh;
		110
		111	# queue a request to read the file
		112	my $contents;
		113	aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
		114	$_[0] == $size
		115	or die "short read: $!";
		116
		117	close $fh;
		118
		119	# file contents now in $contents
		120	print $contents;
		121
		122	# exit event loop and program
		123	EV::unloop;
		124	};
		125	};
		126
		127	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
		128	# check for sockets etc. etc.
		129
		130	# process events as long as there are some:
		131	EV::loop;
		132
		133	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
		134
		135	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
		136	directly visible to Perl.
		137
		138	If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
		139	object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
		140	which saves a bit of memory.
		141
		142	The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
		143	are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
		144
		145	During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
		146	in order:
		147
		148	=over 4
		149
		150	=item ready
		151
		152	Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
		153	waiting for a thread to execute it.
		154
		155	=item execute
		156
		157	A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
		158	executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
		159
		160	=item pending
		161
		162	The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
		163
		164	While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
		165	processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
		166	(or another function with the same effect).
		167
		168	=item result
		169
		170	The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
		171
		172	The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
		173	calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
		174	any groups they are contained in.
		175
		176	=item done
		177
		178	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
		179	(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
		180	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
		181	result in a runtime error).
		182
		183	=back
60		184
61	=cut	185	=cut
62		186
63	package IO::AIO;	187	package IO::AIO;
64		188
65	no warnings;	189	use Carp ();
		190
		191	use common::sense;
66		192
67	use base 'Exporter';	193	use base 'Exporter';
68		194
69	use Fcntl ();
70
71	BEGIN {	195	BEGIN {
72	$VERSION = '1.72';	196	our $VERSION = '3.4';
73		197
74	@EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	198	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
75	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink	199	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
76	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);	200	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
77	@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel	201	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
78	max_outstanding nreqs);	202	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		203	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		204	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		205	aio_msync aio_mtouch);
		206
		207	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
		208	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
		209	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
		210	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		211	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		212	sendfile fadvise);
		213
		214	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
		215
		216	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
79		217
80	require XSLoader;	218	require XSLoader;
81	XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;	219	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
82	}	220	}
83		221
84	=head1 FUNCTIONS	222	=head1 FUNCTIONS
85		223
86	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	224	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
87		225
88	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	226	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
89	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	227	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
90	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	228	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
91	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	229	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
92	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	230	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
93	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	231	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
94	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	232	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
95		233
96	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	234	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
97	internally until the request has finished.	235	internally until the request has finished.
98		236
		237	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
		238	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
		239
99	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	240	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
100	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	241	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
101	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	242	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
102	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	243	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
103	current working directory.	244	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		245	paths.
104		246
105	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	247	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
106	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	248	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
107	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	249	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
108	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	250	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
109	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	251	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
110	use something else.	252	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		253
		254	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		255	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
111		256
112	=over 4	257	=over 4
		258
		259	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		260
		261	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
		262	C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
		263
		264	The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
		265	and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
		266	first.
		267
		268	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
		269	functions.
		270
		271	Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
		272	higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
		273	open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
		274
		275	aioreq_pri -3;
		276	aio_open ..., sub {
		277	return unless $_[0];
		278
		279	aioreq_pri -2;
		280	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
		281	...
		282	};
		283	};
		284
		285
		286	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		287
		288	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
		289	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		290
113		291
114	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	292	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
115		293
116	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	294	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
117	created filehandle for the file.	295	created filehandle for the file.
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123	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	301	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
124		302
125	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	303	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
126	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	304	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
127	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	305	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
128	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	306	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		307	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		308	change the umask.
129		309
130	Example:	310	Example:
131		311
132	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	312	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
133	if ($_[0]) {	313	if ($_[0]) {
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136	} else {	316	} else {
137	die "open failed: $!\n";	317	die "open failed: $!\n";
138	}	318	}
139	};	319	};
140		320
		321
141	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	322	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
142		323
143	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	324	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
144	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	325	code.
145	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
146	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
147	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
148		326
149	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	327	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
150	therefore best to avoid this function.	328	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		329
		330	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		331	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		332	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		333
		334	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		335	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		336
		337	=cut
151		338
152	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	339	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153		340
154	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	341	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
155		342
156	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	343	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
157	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	344	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
158	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	345	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
159	like the syscall).	346	error, just like the syscall).
		347
		348	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		349	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		350
		351	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		352	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		353	changed by these calls.
		354
		355	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		356	C<$data>.
		357
		358	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		359	C<$data>.
160		360
161	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	361	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
162	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	362	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
163	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	363	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
164		364
165	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	365	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
166	offset C<0> within the scalar:	366	offset C<0> within the scalar:
167		367
168	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	368	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
169	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	369	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
170	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	370	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
171	};	371	};
		372
172		373
173	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	374	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
174		375
175	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	376	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
176	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	377	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
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180		381
181	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	382	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
182	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	383	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
183	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	384	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
184		385
185	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	386	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
		387	C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,
186	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	388	it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of
187	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	389	filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
188		390
189	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	391	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
190	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	392	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
191	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	393	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
192	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	394	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
193	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	395	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
194	read.	396	read.
		397
195		398
196	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	399	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
197		400
198	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	401	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
199	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	402	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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205	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	408	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
206		409
207	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	410	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
208	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	411	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
209		412
		413
210	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	414	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
211		415
212	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	416	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
213		417
214	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	418	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
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227	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	431	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
228	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	432	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
229	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	433	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
230	};	434	};
231		435
		436
		437	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		438
		439	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		440	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		441	syscalls support them.
		442
		443	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		444	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		445	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		446
		447	Examples:
		448
		449	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		450	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		451	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		452	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		453
		454
		455	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		456
		457	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		458	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		459
		460	Examples:
		461
		462	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		463	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		464	# same as above:
		465	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		466
		467
		468	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		469
		470	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		471
		472
		473	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		474
		475	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		476
		477
232	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	478	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
233		479
234	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	480	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
235	result code.	481	result code.
236		482
		483
		484	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		485
		486	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		487
		488	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
		489
		490	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
		491
		492	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		493
		494
		495	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		496
		497	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
		498	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
		499
		500
		501	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		502
		503	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
		504	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
		505
		506
		507	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		508
		509	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		510	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		511	callback.
		512
		513
		514	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		515
		516	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
		517	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		518
		519
		520	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		521
		522	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		523	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		524	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		525
		526
237	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	527	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
238		528
239	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	529	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
240	result code.	530	result code.
		531
241		532
242	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	533	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
243		534
244	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	535	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
245	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	536	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
246	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	537	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
247		538
248	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	539	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
249	with the filenames.	540	array-ref with the filenames.
		541
		542
		543	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		544
		545	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
		546	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		547	C<undef>.
		548
		549	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		550	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		551
		552	=over 4
		553
		554	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		555
		556	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names
		557	only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		558	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		559	entry in more detail.
		560
		561	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		562
		563	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		564
		565	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		566	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		567	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		568
		569	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		570	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		571	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		572
		573	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		574	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		575	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		576
		577	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		578
		579	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		580	likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly
		581	find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to
		582	stat() each entry.
		583
		584	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		585	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files
		586	beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with
		587	short names are tried first.
		588
		589	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		590
		591	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		592	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		593	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		594	be fastest.
		595
		596	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		597	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		598
		599	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		600
		601	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		602	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		603	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
		604	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		605
		606	=back
		607
		608
		609	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		610
		611	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		612	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		613
		614	=cut
		615
		616	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		617	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		618	my $data = \$_[1];
		619
		620	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		621	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		622
		623	aioreq_pri $pri;
		624	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		625	my $fh = shift
		626	or return $grp->result (-1);
		627
		628	aioreq_pri $pri;
		629	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		630	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		631	};
		632	};
		633
		634	$grp
		635	}
		636
		637	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		638
		639	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		640	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		641	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		642
		643	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
		644	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
		645	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
		646	uid/gid, in that order.
		647
		648	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		649	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		650	errors are being ignored.
		651
		652	=cut
		653
		654	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
		655	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		656
		657	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		658	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		659
		660	aioreq_pri $pri;
		661	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		662	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		663	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
		664
		665	aioreq_pri $pri;
		666	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
		667	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		668	aioreq_pri $pri;
		669	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		670	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		671	$grp->result (0);
		672	close $src_fh;
		673
		674	my $ch = sub {
		675	aioreq_pri $pri;
		676	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		677	aioreq_pri $pri;
		678	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		679	aioreq_pri $pri;
		680	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		681	}
		682	};
		683	};
		684
		685	aioreq_pri $pri;
		686	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		687	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		688	aioreq_pri $pri;
		689	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		690	} else {
		691	$ch->();
		692	}
		693	};
		694	} else {
		695	$grp->result (-1);
		696	close $src_fh;
		697	close $dst_fh;
		698
		699	aioreq $pri;
		700	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
		701	}
		702	};
		703	} else {
		704	$grp->result (-1);
		705	}
		706	},
		707
		708	} else {
		709	$grp->result (-1);
		710	}
		711	};
		712
		713	$grp
		714	}
		715
		716	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		717
		718	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		719	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		720	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		721
		722	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
		723	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
		724	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
		725
		726	=cut
		727
		728	sub aio_move($$;$) {
		729	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		730
		731	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		732	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		733
		734	aioreq_pri $pri;
		735	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		736	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		737	aioreq_pri $pri;
		738	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
		739	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		740
		741	if (!$_[0]) {
		742	aioreq_pri $pri;
		743	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		744	}
		745	};
		746	} else {
		747	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		748	}
		749	};
		750
		751	$grp
		752	}
250		753
251	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	754	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
252		755
253	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the	756	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
254	entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse	757	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
255	into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else).	758	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
		759	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
256		760
257	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many	761	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
258	aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding	762	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
259	aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a	763	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
260	suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).	764	will be chosen (currently 4).
261		765
262	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	766	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
263	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.	767	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
264		768
265	Example:	769	Example:
…		…
272		776
273	Implementation notes.	777	Implementation notes.
274		778
275	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	779	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
276		780
		781	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		782	find directories.
		783
277	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	784	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
278	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the	785	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
279	link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if	786	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
280	>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be	787	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
281	assumed.	788	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
282		789
283	Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a	790	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
284	non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every	791	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
285	entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often	792	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
		793	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
		794	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
		795	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
286	faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without	796	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
287	reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds,	797	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
288	it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which	798	the filetype information on readdir.
289	will be checked seperately).
290		799
291	If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the	800	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
292	entries is assumed to be non-directories.	801	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
		802
		803	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
		804	fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
		805
		806	It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
		807	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
		808	directory counting heuristic.
293		809
294	=cut	810	=cut
295		811
296	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	812	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
297	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	813	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
298		814
		815	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		816
		817	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		818
299	$maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;	819	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
300		820
301	# stat once	821	# stat once
		822	aioreq_pri $pri;
302	aio_stat $path, sub {	823	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
303	return $cb->() if $_[0];	824	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		825	my $now = time;
304	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	826	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
305		827
306	# read the directory entries	828	# read the directory entries
307	aio_readdir $path, sub {	829	aioreq_pri $pri;
		830	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
308	my $entries = shift	831	my $entries = shift
309	or return $cb->();	832	or return $grp->result ();
310		833
311	# stat the dir another time	834	# stat the dir another time
		835	aioreq_pri $pri;
312	aio_stat $path, sub {	836	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
313	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	837	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
314		838
315	my $ndirs;	839	my $ndirs;
316		840
317	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	841	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
318	if ($hash1 ne $hash2) {	842	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
319	$ndirs = -1;	843	$ndirs = -1;
320	} else {	844	} else {
321	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	845	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
322	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	846	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
323	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	847	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
324	or return $cb->([], $entries);	848	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
325	}	849	}
326		850
327	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
328	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
329	$entries = [map $_->[0],
330	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
331	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
332	@$entries];
333
334	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	851	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
335		852
336	my ($statcb, $schedcb);	853	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
337	my $nreq = 0;	854	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		855	};
338		856
339	$schedcb = sub {	857	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
340	if (@$entries) {	858	feed $statgrp sub {
341	if ($nreq < $maxreq) {	859	return unless @$entries;
342	my $ent = pop @$entries;	860	my $entry = shift @$entries;
		861
		862	aioreq_pri $pri;
		863	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
		864	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		865	push @nondirs, $entry;
		866	} else {
		867	# need to check for real directory
		868	aioreq_pri $pri;
		869	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
		870	if (-d _) {
		871	push @dirs, $entry;
		872
		873	unless (--$ndirs) {
		874	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		875	feed $statgrp;
		876	}
		877	} else {
		878	push @nondirs, $entry;
		879	}
343	$nreq++;	880	}
344	aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
345	}	881	}
346	} elsif (!$nreq) {
347	# finished
348	undef $statcb;
349	undef $schedcb;
350	$cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
351	undef $cb;
352	}	882	};
353	};	883	};
354	$statcb = sub {
355	my ($status, $entry) = @_;
356
357	if ($status < 0) {
358	$nreq--;
359	push @nondirs, $entry;
360	&$schedcb;
361	} else {
362	# need to check for real directory
363	aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
364	$nreq--;
365
366	if (-d _) {
367	push @dirs, $entry;
368
369	if (!--$ndirs) {
370	push @nondirs, @$entries;
371	$entries = [];
372	}
373	} else {
374	push @nondirs, $entry;
375	}
376
377	&$schedcb;
378	}
379	}
380	};
381
382	&$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
383	};	884	};
384	};	885	};
385	};	886	};
		887
		888	$grp
386	}	889	}
		890
		891	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		892
		893	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		894	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		895	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		896	everything else.
		897
		898	=cut
		899
		900	sub aio_rmtree;
		901	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		902	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		903
		904	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		905	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		906
		907	aioreq_pri $pri;
		908	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		909	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		910
		911	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		912	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		913	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		914	};
		915	};
		916
		917	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		918	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		919
		920	add $grp $dirgrp;
		921	};
		922
		923	$grp
		924	}
		925
		926	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		927
		928	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
387		929
388	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	930	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
389		931
390	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	932	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
391	with the fsync result code.	933	with the fsync result code.
…		…
396	callback with the fdatasync result code.	938	callback with the fdatasync result code.
397		939
398	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	940	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
399	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	941	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
400		942
		943	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		944
		945	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		946	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		947	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		948	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		949
		950	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		951	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		952	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		953	manpage for details.
		954
		955	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		956
		957	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		958	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		959	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		960	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		961	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		962	not just directories.
		963
		964	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		965	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		966
		967	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		968
		969	=cut
		970
		971	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		972	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		973
		974	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		975	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		976
		977	aioreq_pri $pri;
		978	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		979	my ($fh) = @_;
		980	if ($fh) {
		981	aioreq_pri $pri;
		982	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		983	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		984
		985	aioreq_pri $pri;
		986	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		987	};
		988	} else {
		989	$grp->result (-1);
		990	}
		991	};
		992
		993	$grp
		994	}
		995
		996	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		997
		998	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		999	scalars (see the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules for details on this, note
		1000	that the scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is
		1001	pending on it).
		1002
		1003	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1004	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1005	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1006	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1007	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1008	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1009
		1010	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1011
		1012	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1013	scalars.
		1014
		1015	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1016	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1017	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1018	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1019	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
		1020	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1021
		1022	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
		1023
		1024	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
		1025	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
		1026	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
		1027	and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
		1028
		1029	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
		1030	for more info.
		1031
		1032	Example:
		1033
		1034	my $grp = aio_group sub {
		1035	print "all stats done\n";
		1036	};
		1037
		1038	add $grp
		1039	(aio_stat ...),
		1040	(aio_stat ...),
		1041	...;
		1042
		1043	=item aio_nop $callback->()
		1044
		1045	This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
		1046	side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
		1047	that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
		1048	code.
		1049
		1050	While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
		1051	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
		1052	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
		1053	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
		1054	latency.
		1055
		1056	=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
		1057
		1058	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
		1059	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
		1060
		1061	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
		1062	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
		1063	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
		1064	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
		1065
401	=back	1066	=back
402		1067
		1068	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
		1069
		1070	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
		1071	called in non-void context.
		1072
		1073	=over 4
		1074
		1075	=item cancel $req
		1076
		1077	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
		1078	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
		1079	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
		1080	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
		1081	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1082	will not be freed prematurely.
		1083
		1084	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
		1085
		1086	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
		1087
		1088	=back
		1089
		1090	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
		1091
		1092	This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
		1093	objects of this class, too.
		1094
		1095	A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
		1096	aio requests.
		1097
		1098	You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
		1099	callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
		1100	C<done> state:
		1101
		1102	my $grp = aio_group sub {
		1103	print "all requests are done\n";
		1104	};
		1105
		1106	You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
		1107	C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
		1108
		1109	$grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
		1110
		1111	add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
		1112	$_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
		1113
		1114	# add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
		1115	add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
		1116	$grp->result ("ok");
		1117	};
		1118	};
		1119
		1120	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
		1121	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
		1122
		1123	=over 4
		1124
		1125	=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
		1126	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
		1127
		1128	=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
		1129	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
		1130
		1131	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
		1132
		1133	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
		1134	any later time).
		1135
		1136	=back
		1137
		1138	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
		1139	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
		1140	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
		1141	exist.
		1142
		1143	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
		1144	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
		1145	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
		1146	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1147	finished will the the group itself finish.
		1148
		1149	=over 4
		1150
		1151	=item add $grp ...
		1152
		1153	=item $grp->add (...)
		1154
		1155	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
		1156	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
		1157	dependencies.
		1158
		1159	Returns all its arguments.
		1160
		1161	=item $grp->cancel_subs
		1162
		1163	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
		1164	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
		1165
		1166	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1167	group).
		1168
		1169	=item $grp->result (...)
		1170
		1171	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
		1172	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
		1173	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
		1174	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
		1175
		1176	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
		1177
		1178	Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
		1179	when the argument is missing.
		1180
		1181	Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
		1182	the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
		1183	default (0).
		1184
		1185	Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
		1186	before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
		1187
		1188	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
		1189
		1190	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
		1191	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
		1192	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
		1193	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
		1194	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
		1195	delaying any later requests for a long time.
		1196
		1197	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
		1198	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
		1199	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
		1200	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
		1201	requests.
		1202
		1203	The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
		1204	not impose any limits).
		1205
		1206	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
		1207	automatically removed from the group.
		1208
		1209	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1210	C<2> automatically.
		1211
		1212	Example:
		1213
		1214	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
		1215
		1216	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
		1217	limit $grp 4;
		1218	feed $grp sub {
		1219	my $file = pop @files
		1220	or return;
		1221
		1222	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
		1223	};
		1224
		1225	=item limit $grp $num
		1226
		1227	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
		1228	the group contains less than this many requests.
		1229
		1230	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
		1231
		1232	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1233	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1234
		1235	=back
		1236
403	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1237	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
404		1238
		1239	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1240
405	=over 4	1241	=over 4
406		1242
407	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1243	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
408		1244
409	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1245	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
410	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1246	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
411	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1247	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
412	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1248	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
413		1249
414	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1250	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
415		1251
416	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1252	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
417		1253
418	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1254	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
419	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1255	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
420	when no events are outstanding.	1256	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
		1257	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
		1258	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
		1259
		1260	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
		1261	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1262	do anything special to have it called later.
421		1263
422	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1264	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
423	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1265	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1266	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
424		1267
425	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1268	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
426	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1269	poll => 'r', async => 1,
427	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1270	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
428		1271
		1272	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1273
		1274	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1275
		1276	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1277	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1278	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1279	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1280	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1281
		1282	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1283	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1284	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1285	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1286
		1287	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1288	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1289	time.
		1290
		1291	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
		1292
		1293	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		1294	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
		1295	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
		1296
		1297	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1298	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1299
		1300	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
		1301	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1302	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
		1303	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1304
429	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1305	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
430		1306
		1307	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
431	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1308	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
432	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait	1309	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
433	for some requests to finish).	1310	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
434		1311
435	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1312	See C<nreqs> for an example.
436		1313
		1314	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1315
		1316	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1317
		1318	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1319	equivalent to:
		1320
		1321	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1322
437	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1323	=item IO::AIO::flush
438		1324
439	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their	1325	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
440	callback has not been invoked yet).
441		1326
442	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:	1327	Strictly equivalent to:
443		1328
444	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1329	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
445	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1330	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
446		1331
447	=item IO::AIO::flush	1332	=back
448		1333
449	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.	1334	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
450		1335
451	Strictly equivalent to:	1336	=over
452
453	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
454	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
455
456	=item IO::AIO::poll
457
458	Waits until some requests have been handled.
459
460	Strictly equivalent to:
461
462	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
463	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
464		1337
465	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1338	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
466		1339
467	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default	1340	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
468	is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time	1341	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
469	(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).	1342	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
		1343	however, is unlimited).
470		1344
471	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1345	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
472	no free thread exists.	1346	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1347	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1348	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
473		1349
474	It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux	1350	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
475	kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher	1351	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
476	parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32	1352	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
477	threads should be fine.	1353	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
478		1354
479	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the	1355	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
480	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.	1356	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
481		1357
482	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads	1358	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
…		…
491	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1367	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
492	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1368	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
493		1369
494	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1370	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
495		1371
		1372	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1373
		1374	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
		1375	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
		1376	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
		1377	idle, it will free its resources and exit.
		1378
		1379	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1380	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1381	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1382
		1383	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1384	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1385	want to use larger values.
		1386
496	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs	1387	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1388
		1389	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
		1390	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
		1391	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
497		1392
498	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1393	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
499	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until	1394	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
500	some requests have been handled.	1395	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
		1396	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
501		1397
502	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you	1398	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
503	queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set	1399	number of outstanding requests.
504	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
505		1400
506	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1401	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
		1402	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
		1403	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
507		1404
508	=back	1405	=back
509		1406
		1407	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1408
		1409	=over
		1410
		1411	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1412
		1413	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1414	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1415
		1416	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1417
		1418	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1419	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1420
		1421	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1422
		1423	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1424	executed).
		1425
		1426	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1427
		1428	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1429	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1430
		1431	=back
		1432
		1433	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1434
		1435	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1436	asynchronous.
		1437
		1438	=over 4
		1439
		1440	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1441
		1442	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1443	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1444	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1445	operations).
		1446
		1447	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		1448
		1449	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1450
		1451	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's
		1452	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1453	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1454	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		1455	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		1456
		1457	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		1458	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		1459
		1460	=back
		1461
510	=cut	1462	=cut
511		1463
512	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
513	sub _fd2fh {
514	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
515
516	# try to generate nice filehandles
517	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
518	local *$sym;
519
520	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
521	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
522	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
523	or return undef;
524
525	*$sym
526	}
527
528	min_parallel 4;	1464	min_parallel 8;
529		1465
530	END {	1466	END { flush }
531	max_parallel 0;
532	}
533		1467
534	1;	1468	1;
535		1469
536	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1470	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
		1471
		1472	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
537		1473
538	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1474	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
539	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1475	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
540	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1476	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
541	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result	1477	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
542	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in	1478	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
543	the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the	1479	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
544	parent process has been reached again.	1480	parent process has been reached again.
545		1481
		1482	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
		1483	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
		1484	yet.
		1485
		1486	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
		1487
		1488	Per-request usage:
		1489
		1490	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
		1491	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
		1492	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
		1493	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
		1494	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
		1495
		1496	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
		1497	problem.
		1498
		1499	Per-thread usage:
		1500
		1501	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
		1502	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
		1503	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
		1504
		1505	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
		1506
		1507	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
		1508
546	=head1 SEE ALSO	1509	=head1 SEE ALSO
547		1510
548	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.	1511	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1512	more natural syntax.
549		1513
550	=head1 AUTHOR	1514	=head1 AUTHOR
551		1515
552	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1516	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
553	http://home.schmorp.de/	1517	http://home.schmorp.de/

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