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 use common::sense;
 use base 'Exporter';
 BEGIN {
-   our $VERSION = '3.65';
+   our $VERSION = '3.8';
    our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
                      aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
                      aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
                      aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
                      aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
                      aio_statvfs);
    our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
    our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
-                       min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
+                       min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
                        nreqs nready npending nthreads
                        max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
                        sendfile fadvise madvise
                        mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
    IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
    IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
    IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
    IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
    IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
+   IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
    IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
    IO::AIO::nreqs
    IO::AIO::nready
    IO::AIO::npending
    IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
    IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
+   IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
+   IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
    IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
    IO::AIO::munlockall
 =head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
 reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
 file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
 than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
 other.
+Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
+are written, and there is no way to find out how many bytes have been read
+from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the number of
+bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals C<$length>
+one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
+Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
+C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
+the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
+the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run into
+a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then fails
+to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the data
+in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit the
+disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you control resource usage
+much better.
 This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
 zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
 socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
 If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
 C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,
 it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of
 filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
-Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
-C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
-bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
-provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
-value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
-read.
 =item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
 C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
 for an explanation.
 Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
 error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
 unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
+To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
+following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
+be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
+behaviour).
+C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
+C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
+C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
 Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
    aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
       $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
 The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
    aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
+See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
+and functions.
 =item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
 Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
 the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
 =over 4
 =item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
-When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names
+When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
-only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
+names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
 C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
 entry in more detail.
 C<$name> is the name of the entry.
 Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
 =item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
-Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
+Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
-threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
+(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
-means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
+timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
-idle, it will free its resources and exit.
+C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
+exit.
 This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
 to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
 under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
 The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
 creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
 want to use larger values.
+=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
+Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
+allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
 =item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
 This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
 blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
 Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
 =item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
-Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's
+Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
 manpage for details). The following advice constants are
 avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
 C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
 C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
 On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
+=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
+Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
+manpage for details). The following advice constants are
+avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
+C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
+On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
+ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
+=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
+Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
+$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
+constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
+C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
+On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
+ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
 =item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
 Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
 given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.

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Revision 1.190 by root, Thu May 19 22:42:20 2011 UTC