--- IO-AIO/AIO.pm	2011/02/11 00:05:17	1.187
+++ IO-AIO/AIO.pm	2011/02/15 03:21:41	1.188
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
    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
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
    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
@@ -1527,10 +1528,11 @@
 
 =item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
 
-Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
-threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
-means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
-idle, it will free its resources and exit.
+Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
+(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
+timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
+C<$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
@@ -1540,6 +1542,11 @@
 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