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1	=head1 NAME	1	=head1 NAME
2		2
3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output	3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use IO::AIO;	7	use IO::AIO;
8		8
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58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
62		62
		63	In addition to asynchronous I/O, this module also exports some rather
		64	arcane interfaces, such as C<madvise> or linux's C<splice> system call,
		65	which is why the C<A> in C<AIO> can also mean I<advanced>.
		66
63	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,	67	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
64	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking	68	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never	69	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	70	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67		71
68	=head2 EXAMPLE	72	=head2 EXAMPLE
69		73
70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads	74	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:	75	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72		76
73	use Fcntl;
74	use EV;	77	use EV;
75	use IO::AIO;	78	use IO::AIO;
76		79
77	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV	80	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;	81	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
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95		98
96	# file contents now in $contents	99	# file contents now in $contents
97	print $contents;	100	print $contents;
98		101
99	# exit event loop and program	102	# exit event loop and program
100	EV::unloop;	103	EV::break;
101	};	104	};
102	};	105	};
103		106
104	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	107	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105	# check for sockets etc. etc.	108	# check for sockets etc. etc.
106		109
107	# process events as long as there are some:	110	# process events as long as there are some:
108	EV::loop;	111	EV::run;
109		112
110	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	113	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
111		114
112	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	115	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
113	directly visible to Perl.	116	directly visible to Perl.
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168	use common::sense;	171	use common::sense;
169		172
170	use base 'Exporter';	173	use base 'Exporter';
171		174
172	BEGIN {	175	BEGIN {
173	our $VERSION = '3.8';	176	our $VERSION = 4.4;
174		177
175	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close	178	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
176	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx	179	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
177	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync	180	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_fcntl aio_ioctl
178	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead	181	aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
		182	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap aio_allocate
179	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group	183	aio_rename aio_rename2 aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown	184	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate	185	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall	186	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
183	aio_statvfs);	187	aio_statvfs
		188	aio_slurp
		189	aio_wd);
184		190
185	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	191	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
186	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	192	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
187	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout	193	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
188	nreqs nready npending nthreads	194	nreqs nready npending nthreads
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200		206
201	=head1 FUNCTIONS	207	=head1 FUNCTIONS
202		208
203	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW	209	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
204		210
205	This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions	211	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
206	for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function	212	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
207	documentation.	213	documentation.
208		214
		215	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
209	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	216	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
210	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	217	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		218	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
211	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	219	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
212	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	220	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	221	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
214	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	222	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
215	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	223	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
216	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	224	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
217	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)	225	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
218	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	226	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
219	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)	227	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
220	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	229	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
221	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	230	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
222	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	232	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
223	aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	233	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
224	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	234	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
225	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	235	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226	aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	236	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		237	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
227	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	238	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		239	aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
228	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)	240	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
229	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	241	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
230	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	242	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
231	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)	243	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
232	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST	244	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
233	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN	245	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		246	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
234	aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	247	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
235	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	248	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
236	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	249	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
237	aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
238	aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	250	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
239	aio_sync $callback->($status)	253	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		254	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
240	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	255	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
241	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)	256	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
242	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)	257	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
243	aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)	258	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
244	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)	259	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
245	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)	260	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
246	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)	261	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
247	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)	262	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
248	aio_group $callback->(...)	263	aio_group $callback->(...)
249	aio_nop $callback->()	264	aio_nop $callback->()
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263	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds	278	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
264	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	279	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
265	IO::AIO::nreqs	280	IO::AIO::nreqs
266	IO::AIO::nready	281	IO::AIO::nready
267	IO::AIO::npending	282	IO::AIO::npending
		283	$nfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit [EXPERIMENTAL]
		284	IO::AIO::min_fdlimit $nfd [EXPERIMENTAL]
268		285
269	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count	286	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
270	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice	287	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		288	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		289	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
271	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice	290	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
272	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect	291	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
273	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef	292	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
274	IO::AIO::munlockall	293	IO::AIO::munlockall
275		294
276	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	295	=head2 API NOTES
277		296
278	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	297	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
279	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	298	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
280	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	299	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
281	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	300	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
282	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	301	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
283	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given	302	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
284	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	303	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		304	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		305	"false").
		306
		307	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		308	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
285		309
286	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	310	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
287	internally until the request has finished.	311	internally until the request has finished.
288		312
289	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	313	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
290	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	314	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
291		315
292	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	316	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
293	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the	317	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
294	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	318	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
295	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	319	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
296	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	320	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
297	paths.	321	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		322	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		323	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
298		324
299	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	325	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
300	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without	326	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
301	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	327	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
302	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	328	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
303	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	329	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
304	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	330	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		331	correct contents.
305		332
306	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	333	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
307	handles correctly whether it is set or not.	334	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		335
		336	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
308		337
309	=over 4	338	=over 4
310		339
311	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	340	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
312		341
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342		371
343		372
344	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	373	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
345		374
346	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	375	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
347	created filehandle for the file.	376	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
348		377
349	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	378	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
350	for an explanation.	379	for an explanation.
351		380
352	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	381	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
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368	} else {	397	} else {
369	die "open failed: $!\n";	398	die "open failed: $!\n";
370	}	399	}
371	};	400	};
372		401
		402	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		403	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		404	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		405	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		406
		407	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		408	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		409	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		410
373		411
374	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	412	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
375		413
376	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	414	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
377	code.	415	code.
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386	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be	424	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
387	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.	425	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
388		426
389	=cut	427	=cut
390		428
		429	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		430
		431	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		432	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		433	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		434	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		435
		436	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		437	case of an error.
		438
		439	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		440	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		441	so don't panic.
		442
		443	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		444	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		445	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		446	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		447	"just work".
		448
391	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	449	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
392		450
393	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	451	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
394		452
395	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and	453	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
396	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>	454	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and
397	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on	455	calls the callback with the actual number of bytes transferred (or -1 on
398	error, just like the syscall).	456	error, just like the syscall).
399		457
400	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to	458	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
401	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.	459	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
402		460
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427		485
428	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	486	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
429	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	487	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
430	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	488	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
431	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	489	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
432	other.	490	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		491	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
433		492
434	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than	493	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
435	are written, and there is no way to find out how many bytes have been read	494	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
436	from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the number of	495	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
437	bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals C<$length>	496	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
438	one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.	497	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
439		498
440	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use	499	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
441	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically	500	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
442	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while	501	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
443	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run into	502	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
444	a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then fails	503	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
445	to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the data	504	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
446	in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit the	505	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
447	disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you control resource usage	506	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
448	much better.	507	resource usage.
449		508
450	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	509	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
451	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	510	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
452	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.	511	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
453		512
454	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,	513	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
455	C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,	514	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
456	it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of	515	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
457	filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	516	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
		517
		518	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
		519	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
		520	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
		521	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
		522	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
		523	fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
458		524
459		525
460	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	526	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
461		527
462	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	528	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
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466	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary	532	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
467	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to	533	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
468	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the	534	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
469	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	535	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
470		536
471	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	537	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your kernel isn't Linux) it will
472	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	538	be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
473		539
474		540
475	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	541	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
476		542
477	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	543	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
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546	namemax => 255,	612	namemax => 255,
547	frsize => 1024,	613	frsize => 1024,
548	fsid => 1810	614	fsid => 1810
549	}	615	}
550		616
		617	Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
		618	Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
		619
		620	0x0000adf5 adfs
		621	0x0000adff affs
		622	0x5346414f afs
		623	0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
		624	0x00000187 autofs
		625	0x42465331 befs
		626	0x1badface bfs
		627	0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
		628	0x9123683e btrfs
		629	0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
		630	0xff534d42 cifs
		631	0x73757245 coda
		632	0x012ff7b7 coh
		633	0x28cd3d45 cramfs
		634	0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
		635	0x64626720 debugfs
		636	0x00001373 devfs
		637	0x00001cd1 devpts
		638	0x0000f15f ecryptfs
		639	0x00414a53 efs
		640	0x0000137d ext
		641	0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
		642	0x0000ef51 ext2
		643	0xf2f52010 f2fs
		644	0x00004006 fat
		645	0x65735546 fuseblk
		646	0x65735543 fusectl
		647	0x0bad1dea futexfs
		648	0x01161970 gfs2
		649	0x47504653 gpfs
		650	0x00004244 hfs
		651	0xf995e849 hpfs
		652	0x00c0ffee hostfs
		653	0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
		654	0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
		655	0x00009660 isofs
		656	0x000072b6 jffs2
		657	0x3153464a jfs
		658	0x6b414653 k-afs
		659	0x0bd00bd0 lustre
		660	0x0000137f minix
		661	0x0000138f minix 30 char names
		662	0x00002468 minix v2
		663	0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
		664	0x00004d5a minix v3
		665	0x19800202 mqueue
		666	0x00004d44 msdos
		667	0x0000564c novell
		668	0x00006969 nfs
		669	0x6e667364 nfsd
		670	0x00003434 nilfs
		671	0x5346544e ntfs
		672	0x00009fa1 openprom
		673	0x7461636F ocfs2
		674	0x00009fa0 proc
		675	0x6165676c pstorefs
		676	0x0000002f qnx4
		677	0x68191122 qnx6
		678	0x858458f6 ramfs
		679	0x52654973 reiserfs
		680	0x00007275 romfs
		681	0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
		682	0x73636673 securityfs
		683	0xf97cff8c selinux
		684	0x0000517b smb
		685	0x534f434b sockfs
		686	0x73717368 squashfs
		687	0x62656572 sysfs
		688	0x012ff7b6 sysv2
		689	0x012ff7b5 sysv4
		690	0x01021994 tmpfs
		691	0x15013346 udf
		692	0x00011954 ufs
		693	0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
		694	0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
		695	0x01021997 v9fs
		696	0xa501fcf5 vxfs
		697	0xabba1974 xenfs
		698	0x012ff7b4 xenix
		699	0x58465342 xfs
		700	0x012fd16d xia
551		701
552	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	702	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
553		703
554	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime	704	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
555	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying	705	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
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583	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	733	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
584		734
585	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).	735	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
586		736
587		737
		738	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		739
		740	Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		741	linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
		742
		743	C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
		744	space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
		745	to deallocate a file range.
		746
		747	IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
		748	(without leaving a hole), C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range,
		749	C<FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE> to insert a range and C<FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE>
		750	to unshare shared blocks (see your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
		751
		752	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		753	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>, but different filesystems and filetypes
		754	can dictate other limitations.
		755
		756	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		757	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		758
		759
588	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	760	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
589		761
590	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	762	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
591		763
592		764
…		…
594		766
595	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	767	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
596	result code.	768	result code.
597		769
598		770
599	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	771	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
600		772
601	[EXPERIMENTAL]	773	[EXPERIMENTAL]
602		774
603	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	775	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
604		776
605	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	777	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
606		778
607	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	779	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
608		780
609	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants	781	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
610	and functions.	782	and functions.
611		783
612	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	784	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
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619		791
620	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	792	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
621	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	793	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
622		794
623		795
624	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	796	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
625		797
626	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	798	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
627	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	799	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
628	callback.	800	callback.
629		801
630		802
		803	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		804
		805	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		806	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		807	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		808
		809	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		810	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		811
		812
631	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	813	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
632		814
633	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	815	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
634	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	816	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		817
		818	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		819	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
		820	of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		821
		822
		823	=item aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		824
		825	Basically a version of C<aio_rename> with an additional C<$flags>
		826	argument. Calling this with C<$flags=0> is the same as calling
		827	C<aio_rename>.
		828
		829	Non-zero flags are currently only supported on GNU/Linux systems that
		830	support renameat2. Other systems fail with C<ENOSYS> in this case.
		831
		832	The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>),
		833	see renameat2(2) for details:
		834
		835	C<IO::AIO::RENAME_NOREPLACE>, C<IO::AIO::RENAME_EXCHANGE>
		836	and C<IO::AIO::RENAME_WHITEOUT>.
635		837
636		838
637	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)	839	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
638		840
639	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with	841	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
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644	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	846	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
645		847
646	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	848	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
647	result code.	849	result code.
648		850
		851	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		852	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
		853	C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		854
649		855
650	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	856	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
651		857
652	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	858	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
653	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	859	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
…		…
657	array-ref with the filenames.	863	array-ref with the filenames.
658		864
659		865
660	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)	866	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
661		867
662	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune	868	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
663	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be	869	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
664	C<undef>.	870	C<undef>.
665		871
666	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the	872	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
667	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):	873	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
668		874
…		…
715		921
716	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN	922	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
717		923
718	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it	924	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
719	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were	925	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
720	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all	926	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
721	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.	927	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
722		928
723	=back	929	=back
724		930
725		931
		932	=item aio_slurp $pathname, $offset, $length, $data, $callback->($status)
		933
		934	Opens, reads and closes the given file. The data is put into C<$data>,
		935	which is resized as required.
		936
		937	If C<$offset> is negative, then it is counted from the end of the file.
		938
		939	If C<$length> is zero, then the remaining length of the file is
		940	used. Also, in this case, the same limitations to modifying C<$data> apply
		941	as when IO::AIO::mmap is used, i.e. it must only be modified in-place
		942	with C<substr>. If the size of the file is known, specifying a non-zero
		943	C<$length> results in a performance advantage.
		944
		945	This request is similar to the older C<aio_load> request, but since it is
		946	a single request, it might be more efficient to use.
		947
		948	Example: load F</etc/passwd> into C<$passwd>.
		949
		950	my $passwd;
		951	aio_slurp "/etc/passwd", 0, 0, $passwd, sub {
		952	$_[0] >= 0
		953	or die "/etc/passwd: $!\n";
		954
		955	printf "/etc/passwd is %d bytes long, and contains:\n", length $passwd;
		956	print $passwd;
		957	};
		958	IO::AIO::flush;
		959
		960
726	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	961	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
727		962
728	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into	963	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
729	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	964	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		965
		966	Using C<aio_slurp> might be more efficient, as it is a single request.
730		967
731	=cut	968	=cut
732		969
733	sub aio_load($$;$) {	970	sub aio_load($$;$) {
734	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;	971	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
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754	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	991	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
755		992
756	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	993	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
757	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	994	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
758	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).	995	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		996
		997	Existing destination files will be truncated.
759		998
760	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with	999	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
761	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	1000	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
762	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	1001	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
763	uid/gid, in that order.	1002	uid/gid, in that order.
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853	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	1092	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
854	aioreq_pri $pri;	1093	aioreq_pri $pri;
855	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	1094	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
856	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1095	$grp->result ($_[0]);
857		1096
858	if (!$_[0]) {	1097	unless ($_[0]) {
859	aioreq_pri $pri;	1098	aioreq_pri $pri;
860	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	1099	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
861	}	1100	}
862	};	1101	};
863	} else {	1102	} else {
…		…
866	};	1105	};
867		1106
868	$grp	1107	$grp
869	}	1108	}
870		1109
871	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1110	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
872		1111
873	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1112	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
874	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	1113	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
875	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	1114	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
876	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	1115	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
877		1116
878	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_	1117	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that generates many sub requests.
879	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that	1118	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
880	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default	1119	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
881	will be chosen (currently 4).	1120	will be chosen (currently 4).
882		1121
883	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	1122	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
…		…
907	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot	1146	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
908	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every	1147	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
909	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,	1148	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
910	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the	1149	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
911	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	1150	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
912	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	1151	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
913	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	1152	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
914	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return	1153	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
915	the filetype information on readdir.	1154	the filetype information on readdir.
916		1155
917	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1156	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
…		…
933		1172
934	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1173	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
935		1174
936	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1175	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
937		1176
938	# stat once	1177	# get a wd object
939	aioreq_pri $pri;	1178	aioreq_pri $pri;
940	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1179	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1180	$_[0]
941	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1181	or return $grp->result ();
942	my $now = time;
943	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
944		1182
945	# read the directory entries	1183	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1184
		1185	# stat once
946	aioreq_pri $pri;	1186	aioreq_pri $pri;
947	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {	1187	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
948	my $entries = shift
949	or return $grp->result ();	1188	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		1189	my $now = time;
		1190	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
950		1191
951	# stat the dir another time	1192	# read the directory entries
952	aioreq_pri $pri;	1193	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1194	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
		1195	my $entries = shift
		1196	or return $grp->result ();
		1197
		1198	# stat the dir another time
		1199	aioreq_pri $pri;
953	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1200	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
954	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1201	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
955		1202
956	my $ndirs;	1203	my $ndirs;
957		1204
958	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	1205	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
959	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	1206	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
960	$ndirs = -1;	1207	$ndirs = -1;
961	} else {	1208	} else {
962	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	1209	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
963	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	1210	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
964	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	1211	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
965	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	1212	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
966	}	1213	}
967		1214
968	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1215	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
969		1216
970	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1217	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
971	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1218	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
972	};	1219	};
973		1220
974	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1221	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
975	feed $statgrp sub {	1222	feed $statgrp sub {
976	return unless @$entries;	1223	return unless @$entries;
977	my $entry = shift @$entries;	1224	my $entry = shift @$entries;
978		1225
979	aioreq_pri $pri;	1226	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1227	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
980	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1228	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
981	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1229	if ($_[0] < 0) {
982	push @nondirs, $entry;	1230	push @nondirs, $entry;
983	} else {	1231	} else {
984	# need to check for real directory	1232	# need to check for real directory
985	aioreq_pri $pri;	1233	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1234	$wd->[1] = $entry;
986	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {	1235	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
987	if (-d _) {	1236	if (-d _) {
988	push @dirs, $entry;	1237	push @dirs, $entry;
989		1238
990	unless (--$ndirs) {	1239	unless (--$ndirs) {
991	push @nondirs, @$entries;	1240	push @nondirs, @$entries;
992	feed $statgrp;	1241	feed $statgrp;
		1242	}
		1243	} else {
		1244	push @nondirs, $entry;
993	}	1245	}
994	} else {
995	push @nondirs, $entry;
996	}	1246	}
997	}	1247	}
998	}	1248	};
999	};	1249	};
1000	};	1250	};
1001	};	1251	};
1002	};	1252	};
1003	};	1253	};
1004		1254
1005	$grp	1255	$grp
1006	}	1256	}
1007		1257
1008	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	1258	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
1009		1259
1010	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1260	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1011	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that	1261	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1012	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink	1262	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1013	everything else.	1263	everything else.
1014		1264
1015	=cut	1265	=cut
1016		1266
…		…
1038	};	1288	};
1039		1289
1040	$grp	1290	$grp
1041	}	1291	}
1042		1292
		1293	=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		1294
		1295	=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		1296
		1297	These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
		1298	they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
		1299
		1300	Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
		1301	to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
		1302	sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
		1303	as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
		1304	can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
		1305	alternative to using a thread to wait.
		1306
		1307	So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
		1308	(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
		1309	other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
		1310	you still can.
		1311
		1312	The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>):
		1313
		1314	C<F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC>,
		1315
		1316	C<F_OFD_GETLK>, C<F_OFD_SETLK>, C<F_OFD_GETLKW>,
		1317
		1318	C<FIFREEZE>, C<FITHAW>, C<FITRIM>, C<FICLONE>, C<FICLONERANGE>, C<FIDEDUPERANGE>.
		1319
		1320	C<FS_IOC_GETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_SETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_GETVERSION>, C<FS_IOC_SETVERSION>,
		1321	C<FS_IOC_FIEMAP>.
		1322
		1323	C<FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>,
		1324	C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT>, C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>, C<FS_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE>.
		1325
		1326	C<FS_SECRM_FL>, C<FS_UNRM_FL>, C<FS_COMPR_FL>, C<FS_SYNC_FL>, C<FS_IMMUTABLE_FL>,
		1327	C<FS_APPEND_FL>, C<FS_NODUMP_FL>, C<FS_NOATIME_FL>, C<FS_DIRTY_FL>,
		1328	C<FS_COMPRBLK_FL>, C<FS_NOCOMP_FL>, C<FS_ENCRYPT_FL>, C<FS_BTREE_FL>,
		1329	C<FS_INDEX_FL>, C<FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL>, C<FS_NOTAIL_FL>, C<FS_DIRSYNC_FL>, C<FS_TOPDIR_FL>,
		1330	C<FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE>.
		1331
		1332	C<FS_XFLAG_REALTIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC>, C<FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE>, C<FS_XFLAG_APPEND>,
		1333	C<FS_XFLAG_SYNC>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOATIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_NODUMP>, C<FS_XFLAG_RTINHERIT>,
		1334	C<FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOSYMLINKS>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT>,
		1335	C<FS_XFLAG_NODEFRAG>, C<FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM>, C<FS_XFLAG_DAX>, C<FS_XFLAG_HASATTR>,
		1336
1043	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)	1337	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1044		1338
1045	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.	1339	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1046		1340
1047	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1341	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
…		…
1054	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1348	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
1055	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1349	callback with the fdatasync result code.
1056		1350
1057	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1351	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1058	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1352	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1353
		1354	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1355
		1356	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1357	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1358	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1359	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1059		1360
1060	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)	1361	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1061		1362
1062	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>	1363	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1063	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific	1364	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
…		…
1067	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,	1368	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1068	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and	1369	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1069	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range	1370	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1070	manpage for details.	1371	manpage for details.
1071		1372
1072	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)	1373	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1073		1374
1074	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a	1375	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1075	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations	1376	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1076	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any	1377	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1077	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get	1378	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
…		…
1108	};	1409	};
1109		1410
1110	$grp	1411	$grp
1111	}	1412	}
1112		1413
1113	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)	1414	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
1114		1415
1115	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed	1416	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1116	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data	1417	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1117	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the	1418	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1118	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on	1419	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
…		…
1120		1421
1121	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory	1422	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1122	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes	1423	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1123	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>	1424	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1124	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be	1425	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1125	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and	1426	either C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC> or C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>, plus an optional
1126	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.	1427	C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE>.
1127		1428
1128	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)	1429	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1129		1430
1130	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed	1431	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1131	scalars.	1432	scalars.
1132		1433
1133	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified	1434	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1134	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same	1435	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1135	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either	1436	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1136	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or	1437	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1137	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and	1438	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1138	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).	1439	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1139		1440
1140	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)	1441	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1141		1442
1142	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed	1443	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
…		…
1173	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.	1474	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1174		1475
1175	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.	1476	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1176		1477
1177	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;	1478	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1479
		1480	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1481
		1482	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1483	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1484	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1485	C<ENOSYS>.
		1486
		1487	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1488	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1489	be queried.
		1490
		1491	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1492	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1493	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1494	the data portion.
		1495
		1496	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1497	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1498	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1499	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1500
		1501	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1502	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1503
		1504	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1505	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1506	following members:
		1507
		1508	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1509
		1510	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1511	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1512
		1513	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1514	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1515	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1516	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1517	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1518	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1519
		1520	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this request is unreliable unless
		1521	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1522	it to return all extents of a range for files with a large number of
		1523	extents. The code (only) works around all these issues if C<$count> is
		1524	C<undef>.
1178		1525
1179	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1526	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1180		1527
1181	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1528	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1182	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1529	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
1219	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is	1566	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1220	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1567	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1221	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1568	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1222		1569
1223	=back	1570	=back
		1571
		1572
		1573	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1574
		1575	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1576	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1577	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1578	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1579
		1580	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1581	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1582	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1583
		1584	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1585	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1586	per operation.
		1587
		1588	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1589	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1590	cannot be perfect, though.
		1591
		1592	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1593	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1594	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1595
		1596	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1597	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1598	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1599	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1600	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1601	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1602
		1603	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1604	inside, you would write:
		1605
		1606	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1607	my $etcdir = shift;
		1608
		1609	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1610	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1611	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1612
		1613	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1614	# yay
		1615	};
		1616	};
		1617
		1618	The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
		1619	creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
		1620	which is why it is done asynchronously.
		1621
		1622	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1623	either of the following three request calls:
		1624
		1625	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1626	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1627	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1628
		1629	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1630	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1631	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1632
		1633	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1634
		1635	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1636	$path->[1] = $name;
		1637	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1638	# ...
		1639	};
		1640	}
		1641
		1642	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1643	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1644	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1645	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1646	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1647	older systems. Some functions (such as C<aio_realpath>) will always rely on
		1648	the string form of the pathname.
		1649
		1650	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1651	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1652	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1653	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1654
		1655	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1656
		1657	=over 4
		1658
		1659	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1660
		1661	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1662	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1663	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1664	to this working directory.
		1665
		1666	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1667	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1668	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1669	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1670	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1671	expected way.
		1672
		1673	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1674
		1675	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
		1676	current working directory.
		1677
		1678	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1679	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1680	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1681
		1682	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1683	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1684
		1685	=back
		1686
		1687	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1688	C<aio_realpath>:
		1689
		1690	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1691	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1692	};
		1693
		1694	Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
		1695	sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1224		1696
1225	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1697	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1226		1698
1227	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1699	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1228	called in non-void context.	1700	called in non-void context.
…		…
1346		1818
1347	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1819	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1348	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1820	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1349	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1821	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1350	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,	1822	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1351	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,	1823	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1352	delaying any later requests for a long time.	1824	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1353		1825
1354	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1826	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1355	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1827	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1356	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1828	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1357	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1829	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
1406		1878
1407	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1879	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1408		1880
1409	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1881	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1410		1882
1411	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call	1883	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
		1884	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
		1885	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
		1886
1412	this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there	1887	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1413	were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever	1888	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1414	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of	1889	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1415	events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and	1890	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1416	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.	1891	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1417		1892
1418	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1893	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1419	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to	1894	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1420	do anything special to have it called later.	1895	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1421		1896
1422	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes	1897	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1423	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit	1898	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1424	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become	1899	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1425	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes	1900	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
…		…
1434	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1909	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1435	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1910	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1436		1911
1437	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1912	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1438		1913
1439	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result	1914	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1440	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply	1915	requests are outstanding anymore.
1441	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to	1916
1442	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).	1917	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1918	become ready, without actually handling them.
1443		1919
1444	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1920	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1445		1921
1446	=item IO::AIO::poll	1922	=item IO::AIO::poll
1447		1923
…		…
1555	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are	2031	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1556	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.	2032	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1557		2033
1558	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	2034	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1559		2035
		2036	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		2037	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		2038	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		2039	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		2040	longer exceeded.
		2041
		2042	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		2043	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
		2044
1560	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	2045	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1561	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	2046	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1562	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	2047	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1563		2048
1564	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	2049	Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1565	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	2050	a lot of files, you can write something like this:
1566	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1567	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1568		2051
1569	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	2052	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1570	number of outstanding requests.
1571		2053
1572	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	2054	for my $path (...) {
1573	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	2055	aio_stat $path , ...;
1574	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	2056	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2057	}
		2058
		2059	IO::AIO::flush;
		2060
		2061	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		2062	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		2063	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		2064	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		2065
		2066	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		2067	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1575		2068
1576	=back	2069	=back
1577		2070
1578	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	2071	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1579		2072
…		…
1601		2094
1602	=back	2095	=back
1603		2096
1604	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS	2097	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1605		2098
1606	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not	2099	IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
1607	asynchronous.	2100	some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
		2101	"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
		2102	counterpart.
1608		2103
1609	=over 4	2104	=over 4
		2105
		2106	=item $numfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit
		2107
		2108	This function is I<EXPERIMENTAL> and subject to change.
		2109
		2110	Tries to find the current file descriptor limit and returns it, or
		2111	C<undef> and sets C<$!> in case of an error. The limit is one larger than
		2112	the highest valid file descriptor number.
		2113
		2114	=item IO::AIO::min_fdlimit [$numfd]
		2115
		2116	This function is I<EXPERIMENTAL> and subject to change.
		2117
		2118	Try to increase the current file descriptor limit(s) to at least C<$numfd>
		2119	by changing the soft or hard file descriptor resource limit. If C<$numfd>
		2120	is missing, it will try to set a very high limit, although this is not
		2121	recommended when you know the actual minimum that you require.
		2122
		2123	If the limit cannot be raised enough, the function makes a best-effort
		2124	attempt to increase the limit as much as possible, using various
		2125	tricks, while still failing. You can query the resulting limit using
		2126	C<IO::AIO::get_fdlimit>.
		2127
		2128	If an error occurs, returns C<undef> and sets C<$!>, otherwise returns
		2129	true.
1610		2130
1611	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count	2131	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1612		2132
1613	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,	2133	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1614	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is	2134	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
…		…
1619		2139
1620	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice	2140	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1621		2141
1622	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its	2142	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1623	manpage for details). The following advice constants are	2143	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1624	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,	2144	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1625	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,	2145	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1626	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.	2146	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1627		2147
1628	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns	2148	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1629	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.	2149	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1630		2150
1631	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice	2151	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1632		2152
1633	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its	2153	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1634	manpage for details). The following advice constants are	2154	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1635	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,	2155	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1636	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.	2156	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>,
		2157	C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		2158
		2159	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2160	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2161	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
1637		2162
1638	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns	2163	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1639	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.	2164	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1640		2165
1641	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect	2166	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1642		2167
1643	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed	2168	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1644	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect	2169	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1645	constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,	2170	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1646	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.	2171	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2172
		2173	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2174	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2175	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
1647		2176
1648	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns	2177	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1649	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.	2178	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1650		2179
1651	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]	2180	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1652		2181
1653	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the	2182	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1654	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.	2183	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2184	success, and false otherwise.
1655		2185
		2186	The scalar must exist, but its contents do not matter - this means you
		2187	cannot use a nonexistant array or hash element. When in doubt, C<undef>
		2188	the scalar first.
		2189
1656	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't	2190	The only operations allowed on the mmapped scalar are C<substr>/C<vec>,
1657	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it	2191	which don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
1658	or searching it with regexes and so on.	2192	as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
1659		2193
1660	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.	2194	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1661		2195
1662	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed	2196	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1663	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or	2197	when the C<$scalar> is undef'd or destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap>
1664	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.	2198	or C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called on it.
1665		2199
1666	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual	2200	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1667	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.	2201	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1668		2202
1669	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual	2203	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1670	filesize.	2204	filesize.
1671		2205
1672	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,	2206	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1673	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,	2207	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1674		2208
1675	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or	2209	C<$flags> can be a combination of
1676	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when	2210	C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1677	not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>	2211	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
		2212	or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
1678	(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this	2213	C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
1679	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,	2214	C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1680	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or	2215	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
		2216	C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
1681	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>	2217	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
		2218	C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
		2219	C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
		2220	C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
		2221	C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
		2222	C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
1682		2223
1683	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.	2224	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1684		2225
1685	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be	2226	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1686	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.	2227	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
…		…
1711		2252
1712	Calls the C<munlockall> function.	2253	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1713		2254
1714	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns	2255	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1715	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.	2256	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		2257
		2258	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2259
		2260	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2261	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2262	should be the file offset.
		2263
		2264	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2265	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2266
		2267	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2268	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2269	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2270
		2271	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2272
		2273	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2274
		2275	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
		2276	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2277
		2278	=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		2279
		2280	Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
		2281	on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
		2282	C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
		2283	size on other systems, drop me a note.
		2284
		2285	=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		2286
		2287	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
		2288	C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
		2289	perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
		2290	systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
		2291	(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
		2292
		2293	If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
		2294	the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
		2295
		2296	On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
		2297
		2298	On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
		2299	C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2300
		2301	Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
		2302	time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
		2303	C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
1716		2304
1717	=back	2305	=back
1718		2306
1719	=cut	2307	=cut
1720		2308
…		…
1755	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>	2343	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1756	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	2344	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1757		2345
1758	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2346	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1759		2347
1760	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2348	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2349	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2350	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2351	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2352	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2353	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2354	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1761		2355
1762	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2356	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1763	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2357	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1764	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2358	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1765	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1766	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1767	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1768	parent process has been reached again.
1769		2359
1770	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2360	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1771	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2361	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1772	yet.	2362	child:
		2363
		2364	=over 4
		2365
		2366	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2367
		2368	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2369	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2370	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2371
		2372	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2373	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2374	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2375	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2376
		2377	=back
1773		2378
1774	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2379	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1775		2380
1776	Per-request usage:	2381	Per-request usage:
1777		2382

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