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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_; 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11 ... 12 ...
12 }; 13 };
13 14
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 15 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15 16
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26 27
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29 30
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36 poll => 'r',
37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
38
39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
42
43 # Tk integration
44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
46
47 # Danga::Socket integration
48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
51=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
52 32
53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
55 52
56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
58in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
65 62
66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
70 109
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72 111
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore 155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
117(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual 156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or 157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error). 158result in a runtime error).
120 159
160=back
161
121=cut 162=cut
122 163
123package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
124 165
125no warnings; 166use Carp ();
126use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
127 169
128use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
129 171
130BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
131 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.9';
132 174
133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
136 aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod); 178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
183 aio_statvfs);
184
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 185 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 186 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending); 187 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
188 nreqs nready npending nthreads
189 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
190 sendfile fadvise madvise
191 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
192
193 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
140 194
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 195 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
142 196
143 require XSLoader; 197 require XSLoader;
144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 198 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
145} 199}
146 200
147=head1 FUNCTIONS 201=head1 FUNCTIONS
148 202
203=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
204
205This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
206for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
207documentation.
208
209 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
210 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
211 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
212 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
216 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
217 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
218 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
219 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
220 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
221 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
222 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
223 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
224 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
225 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
227 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
229 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
230 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
231 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
232 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
233 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
234 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
235 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
236 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
237 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
238 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
239 aio_sync $callback->($status)
240 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
241 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
242 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
243 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
244 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
245 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
246 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
247 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
248 aio_group $callback->(...)
249 aio_nop $callback->()
250
251 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
252 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
253
254 IO::AIO::poll_wait
255 IO::AIO::poll_cb
256 IO::AIO::poll
257 IO::AIO::flush
258 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
259 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
260 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
261 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
262 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
263 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
264 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
265 IO::AIO::nreqs
266 IO::AIO::nready
267 IO::AIO::npending
268
269 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
270 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
271 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
272 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
273 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
274 IO::AIO::munlockall
275
149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 276=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
150 277
151All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 278All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
152with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 279with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
153and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 280and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 281which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
155the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 282the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
156perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 283perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
157syscall has been executed asynchronously. 284syscall has been executed asynchronously.
158 285
159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 286All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished. 287internally until the request has finished.
161 288
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 289All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 290further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164 291
165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 292The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 293encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
167request is being executed, the current working directory could have 294request is being executed, the current working directory could have
168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 295changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
169current working directory. 296current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
297paths.
170 298
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 299To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 300in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
173etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 301tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
174your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 302your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 303environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else. 304use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
305
306This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
307handles correctly whether it is set or not.
177 308
178=over 4 309=over 4
179 310
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 311=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181 312
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 332 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ... 333 ...
203 }; 334 };
204 }; 335 };
205 336
337
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 338=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207 339
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 340Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative. 341priority, so the effect is cumulative.
342
210 343
211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 344=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
212 345
213Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 346Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
214created filehandle for the file. 347created filehandle for the file.
220list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 353list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
221 354
222Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 355Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
223didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 356didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
224except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 357except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
225and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 358and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
359by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
360change the umask.
226 361
227Example: 362Example:
228 363
229 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 364 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
230 if ($_[0]) { 365 if ($_[0]) {
231 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 366 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
232 ... 367 ...
233 } else { 368 } else {
234 die "open failed: $!\n"; 369 die "open failed: $!\n";
235 } 370 }
236 }; 371 };
237 372
373In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
374C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
375following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
376your system are, as usual, C<0>):
377
378C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
379C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
380C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
381
382
238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 383=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
239 384
240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 385Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 386code.
242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
245 387
246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 388Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
247therefore best to avoid this function. 389closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
390
391Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
392use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
393(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
394
395Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
396free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
397
398=cut
248 399
249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 400=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
250 401
251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 402=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
252 403
253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 404Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 405C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 406and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
256like the syscall). 407error, just like the syscall).
408
409C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
410offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
411
412If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
413be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
414changed by these calls.
415
416If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
417C<$data>.
418
419If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
420C<$data>.
257 421
258The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 422The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
259is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 423is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
260necessary/optional hardware is installed). 424the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
261 425
262Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 426Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
263offset C<0> within the scalar: 427offset C<0> within the scalar:
264 428
265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 429 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 430 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 431 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
268 }; 432 };
433
269 434
270=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 435=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
271 436
272Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 437Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
273reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 438reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
274file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 439file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
275than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 440than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
276other. 441other.
277 442
443Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
444are written, and there is no way to find out how many bytes have been read
445from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the number of
446bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals C<$length>
447one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
448
449Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
450C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
451the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
452the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run into
453a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then fails
454to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the data
455in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit the
456disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you control resource usage
457much better.
458
278This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 459This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
279zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 460zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
280socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 461socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
281 462
282If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 463If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
464C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,
283emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 465it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of
284regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 466filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
285 467
286Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
287C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
288bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
289provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
290value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
291read.
292 468
293=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 469=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
294 470
295C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 471C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
296subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 472subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
302file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 478file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
303 479
304If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 480If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
305emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 481emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
306 482
483
307=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 484=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
308 485
309=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 486=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
310 487
311Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 488Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
316for an explanation. 493for an explanation.
317 494
318Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 495Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
319error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 496error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
320unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 497unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
498
499To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
500following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
501be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
502behaviour).
503
504C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
505C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
506C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
321 507
322Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 508Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
323 509
324 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 510 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
325 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 511 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
326 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 512 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
327 }; 513 };
328 514
515
516=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
517
518Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
519whether a file handle or path was passed.
520
521On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
522members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
523C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
524is passed.
525
526The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
527C<ST_NOSUID>.
528
529The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
530their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
531not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
532C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
533C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
534
535Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
536
537 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
538 my $f = $_[0]
539 or die "statvfs: $!";
540
541 use Data::Dumper;
542 say Dumper $f;
543 };
544
545 # result:
546 {
547 bsize => 1024,
548 bfree => 4333064312,
549 blocks => 10253828096,
550 files => 2050765568,
551 flag => 4096,
552 favail => 2042092649,
553 bavail => 4333064312,
554 ffree => 2042092649,
555 namemax => 255,
556 frsize => 1024,
557 fsid => 1810
558 }
559
560
561=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
562
563Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
564and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
565syscalls support them.
566
567When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
568utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
569otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
570
571Examples:
572
573 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
574 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
575 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
576 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
577
578
579=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
580
581Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
582or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
583
584Examples:
585
586 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
587 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
588 # same as above:
589 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
590
591
592=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
593
594Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
595
596
597=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
598
599Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
600
601
329=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 602=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
330 603
331Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 604Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
332result code. 605result code.
333 606
607
334=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 608=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
335 609
610[EXPERIMENTAL]
611
336Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2): the only 612Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
337portable value for C<$mode> is C<S_IFIFO> ored with permissions, and C<0> 613
338for C<$dev>. 614The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
615
616 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
617
618See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
619and functions.
339 620
340=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 621=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
341 622
342Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 623Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
343the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 624the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
344 625
626
345=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 627=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
346 628
347Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 629Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
348the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 630the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
349 631
632
633=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
634
635Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
636the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
637callback.
638
639
350=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 640=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
351 641
352Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 642Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
353rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 643rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
354 644
645
646=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
647
648Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
649the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
650request is executed, so do not change your umask.
651
652
355=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 653=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
356 654
357Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 655Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
358result code. 656result code.
657
359 658
360=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 659=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
361 660
362Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 661Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
363directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 662directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
364sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 663sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
365 664
366The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 665The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
367with the filenames. 666array-ref with the filenames.
667
668
669=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
670
671Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
672behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
673C<undef>.
674
675The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
676flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
677
678=over 4
679
680=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
681
682When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
683names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
684C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
685entry in more detail.
686
687C<$name> is the name of the entry.
688
689C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
690
691C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
692C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
693C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
694
695C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
696know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
697scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
698
699C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
700bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
701systems that do not deliver the inode information.
702
703=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
704
705When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
706likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
707you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
708while avoiding to stat() each entry.
709
710If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
711to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
712beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
713short names are tried first.
714
715=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
716
717When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
718suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
719all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
720be fastest.
721
722If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
723the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
724
725=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
726
727This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
728is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
729C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
730C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
731
732=back
733
734
735=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
736
737This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
738memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
739
740=cut
741
742sub aio_load($$;$) {
743 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
744 my $data = \$_[1];
745
746 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
747 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
748
749 aioreq_pri $pri;
750 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
751 my $fh = shift
752 or return $grp->result (-1);
753
754 aioreq_pri $pri;
755 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
756 $grp->result ($_[0]);
757 };
758 };
759
760 $grp
761}
368 762
369=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 763=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
370 764
371Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 765Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
372destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 766destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
373the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 767a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
374 768
375This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 769This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
376mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 770mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
377C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 771C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
378uid/gid, in that order. 772uid/gid, in that order.
379 773
380If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 774If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
390 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 784 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
391 785
392 aioreq_pri $pri; 786 aioreq_pri $pri;
393 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 787 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
394 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 788 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
395 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 789 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
396 790
397 aioreq_pri $pri; 791 aioreq_pri $pri;
398 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 792 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
399 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 793 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
400 aioreq_pri $pri; 794 aioreq_pri $pri;
401 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 795 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
402 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 796 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
403 $grp->result (0); 797 $grp->result (0);
404 close $src_fh; 798 close $src_fh;
405 799
406 # those should not normally block. should. should. 800 my $ch = sub {
801 aioreq_pri $pri;
802 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
803 aioreq_pri $pri;
804 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
805 aioreq_pri $pri;
806 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
807 }
808 };
809 };
810
811 aioreq_pri $pri;
812 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
813 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
814 aioreq_pri $pri;
407 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst; 815 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
408 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh; 816 } else {
409 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh; 817 $ch->();
818 }
410 close $dst_fh; 819 };
411 } else { 820 } else {
412 $grp->result (-1); 821 $grp->result (-1);
413 close $src_fh; 822 close $src_fh;
414 close $dst_fh; 823 close $dst_fh;
415 824
432 841
433=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 842=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
434 843
435Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 844Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
436destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 845destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
437the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 846a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
438 847
439This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 848This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
440rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 849rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
441that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 850that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
442 851
443=cut 852=cut
444 853
445sub aio_move($$;$) { 854sub aio_move($$;$) {
446 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 855 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
493 902
494Implementation notes. 903Implementation notes.
495 904
496The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 905The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
497 906
907If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
908find directories.
909
498After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 910Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
499directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 911of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
500isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 912match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
501entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 913how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
502of subdirectories will be assumed. 914number of subdirectories will be assumed.
503 915
504Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 916Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
505a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 917currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
506else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 918entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
507likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 919in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
508is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 920entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
509seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 921seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
510filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 922filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
511data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 923data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
924the filetype information on readdir.
512 925
513If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 926If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
514rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 927rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
515 928
516This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 929This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
520as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 933as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
521directory counting heuristic. 934directory counting heuristic.
522 935
523=cut 936=cut
524 937
525sub aio_scandir($$$) { 938sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
526 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 939 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
527 940
528 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 941 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
529 942
530 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 943 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
538 my $now = time; 951 my $now = time;
539 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 952 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
540 953
541 # read the directory entries 954 # read the directory entries
542 aioreq_pri $pri; 955 aioreq_pri $pri;
543 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 956 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
544 my $entries = shift 957 my $entries = shift
545 or return $grp->result (); 958 or return $grp->result ();
546 959
547 # stat the dir another time 960 # stat the dir another time
548 aioreq_pri $pri; 961 aioreq_pri $pri;
554 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 967 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
555 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 968 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
556 $ndirs = -1; 969 $ndirs = -1;
557 } else { 970 } else {
558 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 971 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
559 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 972 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
560 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 973 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
561 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 974 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
562 } 975 }
563 976
564 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
565 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
566 $entries = [map $_->[0],
567 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
568 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
569 @$entries];
570
571 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 977 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
572 978
573 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 979 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
574 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 980 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
575 }; 981 };
576 982
577 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 983 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
578 feed $statgrp sub { 984 feed $statgrp sub {
579 return unless @$entries; 985 return unless @$entries;
580 my $entry = pop @$entries; 986 my $entry = shift @$entries;
581 987
582 aioreq_pri $pri; 988 aioreq_pri $pri;
583 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 989 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
584 if ($_[0] < 0) { 990 if ($_[0] < 0) {
585 push @nondirs, $entry; 991 push @nondirs, $entry;
606 }; 1012 };
607 1013
608 $grp 1014 $grp
609} 1015}
610 1016
1017=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1018
1019Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1020status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1021uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1022everything else.
1023
1024=cut
1025
1026sub aio_rmtree;
1027sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1028 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1029
1030 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1031 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1032
1033 aioreq_pri $pri;
1034 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1035 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1036
1037 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1038 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1039 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1040 };
1041 };
1042
1043 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1044 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1045
1046 add $grp $dirgrp;
1047 };
1048
1049 $grp
1050}
1051
1052=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1053
1054Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1055
611=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1056=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
612 1057
613Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1058Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
614with the fsync result code. 1059with the fsync result code.
615 1060
618Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1063Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
619callback with the fdatasync result code. 1064callback with the fdatasync result code.
620 1065
621If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1066If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
622detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1067detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1068
1069=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1070
1071Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1072to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1073sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1074ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1075
1076C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1077C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1078C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1079manpage for details.
1080
1081=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1082
1083This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1084composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1085(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1086specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1087written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1088not just directories.
1089
1090Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1091C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1092
1093Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1094
1095=cut
1096
1097sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1098 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1099
1100 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1101 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1102
1103 aioreq_pri $pri;
1104 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1105 my ($fh) = @_;
1106 if ($fh) {
1107 aioreq_pri $pri;
1108 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1109 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1110
1111 aioreq_pri $pri;
1112 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1113 };
1114 } else {
1115 $grp->result (-1);
1116 }
1117 };
1118
1119 $grp
1120}
1121
1122=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1123
1124This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1125scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1126scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1127scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1128it).
1129
1130It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1131area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1132later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1133is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1134a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1135C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1136
1137=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1138
1139This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1140scalars.
1141
1142It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1143range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1144as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1145C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1146C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1147writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1148
1149=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1150
1151This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1152scalars.
1153
1154It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1155and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1156
1157If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1158
1159On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1160and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1161
1162Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1163documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1164
1165Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1166C<$data> gets destroyed.
1167
1168 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1169 my $data;
1170 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1171 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1172
1173=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1174
1175Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1176C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1177
1178On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1179and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1180
1181Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1182documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1183
1184Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1185
1186 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
623 1187
624=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1188=item aio_group $callback->(...)
625 1189
626This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1190This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
627container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1191container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
677=item cancel $req 1241=item cancel $req
678 1242
679Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1243Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
680when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1244when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
681entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1245entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
682untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1246untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
683stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1247currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1248will not be freed prematurely.
684 1249
685=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1250=item cb $req $callback->(...)
686 1251
687Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1252Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
688 1253
739Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1304Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
740will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1305will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
741C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1306C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
742exist. 1307exist.
743 1308
744That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1309That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
745in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1310(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
746group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1311the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
747itself finish. 1312further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1313finished will the the group itself finish.
748 1314
749=over 4 1315=over 4
750 1316
751=item add $grp ... 1317=item add $grp ...
752 1318
761=item $grp->cancel_subs 1327=item $grp->cancel_subs
762 1328
763Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1329Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
764itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1330itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
765 1331
1332The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1333group).
1334
766=item $grp->result (...) 1335=item $grp->result (...)
767 1336
768Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1337Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
769subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1338subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
770of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1339of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
771no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1340no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
772 1341
773=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1342=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
774 1343
785=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1354=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
786 1355
787Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1356Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
788generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1357generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
789although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1358although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
790this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1359this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
791example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1360C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
792requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1361delaying any later requests for a long time.
793 1362
794To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1363To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
795instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1364instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
796feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1365feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
797below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1366below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
801not impose any limits). 1370not impose any limits).
802 1371
803If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1372If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
804automatically removed from the group. 1373automatically removed from the group.
805 1374
806If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1375If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1376C<2> automatically.
807 1377
808Example: 1378Example:
809 1379
810 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1380 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
811 1381
823Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1393Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
824the group contains less than this many requests. 1394the group contains less than this many requests.
825 1395
826Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1396Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
827 1397
1398The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1399automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1400
828=back 1401=back
829 1402
830=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1403=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
831 1404
1405=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1406
832=over 4 1407=over 4
833 1408
834=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1409=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
835 1410
836Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1411Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
837polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1412polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
838select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1413select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
839to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1414you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
840 1415
841See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1416See C<poll_cb> for an example.
842 1417
843=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1418=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
844 1419
845Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1420Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
846regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1421this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
847when no events are outstanding. 1422were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1423reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1424events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1425C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
848 1426
849If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1427If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
850will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1428will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1429do anything special to have it called later.
1430
1431Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1432ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1433a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1434available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1435over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1436requests.
851 1437
852Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1438Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
853IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1439IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1440SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
854 1441
855 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1442 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
856 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1443 poll => 'r', async => 1,
857 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1444 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
858 1445
859=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests 1446=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
860 1447
861Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests 1448If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
862at a time. 1449phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1450does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1451synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
863 1452
864Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is 1453See C<nreqs> for an example.
865not fast enough to process all requests in time. 1454
1455=item IO::AIO::poll
1456
1457Waits until some requests have been handled.
1458
1459Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1460equivalent to:
1461
1462 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1463
1464=item IO::AIO::flush
1465
1466Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1467
1468Strictly equivalent to:
1469
1470 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1471 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1472
1473=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1474
1475=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1476
1477These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1478that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1479the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1480C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1481of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
1482
1483Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1484syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1485callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1486not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1487
1488Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1489interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1490time.
1491
1492For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
866 1493
867Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1494Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
868IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 1495IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
869program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 1496program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
870 1497
1498 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
1499 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1500
1501 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
871 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1502 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
872 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1503 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
873 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 }); 1504 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
874 1505
875=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1506=back
876 1507
877Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1508=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
878C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
879for some requests to finish).
880 1509
881See C<nreqs> for an example. 1510=over
882
883=item IO::AIO::nreqs
884
885Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
886states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
887
888Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
889
890 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
891 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
892
893=item IO::AIO::nready
894
895Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
896executed).
897
898=item IO::AIO::npending
899
900Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
901but not yet processed by poll_cb).
902
903=item IO::AIO::flush
904
905Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
906
907Strictly equivalent to:
908
909 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
910 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
911
912=item IO::AIO::poll
913
914Waits until some requests have been handled.
915
916Strictly equivalent to:
917
918 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
919 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
920 1511
921=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1512=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
922 1513
923Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1514Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
924default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1515default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
925concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 1516concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
926however, is unlimited). 1517however, is unlimited).
927 1518
928IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1519IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
929no free thread exists. 1520no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1521create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1522is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
930 1523
931It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 1524It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
932Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads 1525Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
933(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 1526(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
934versions, 4-32 threads should be fine. 1527versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
948This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1541This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
949that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1542that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
950 1543
951Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1544Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
952 1545
1546=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1547
1548Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1549(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1550timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1551C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1552exit.
1553
1554This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1555to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1556under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1557
1558The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1559creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1560want to use larger values.
1561
1562=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1563
1564Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1565allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1566
953=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1567=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1568
1569Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1570you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1571C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1572C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1573longer exceeded.
1574
1575In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1576used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
954 1577
955This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1578This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
956blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1579blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
957use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1580use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
958 1581
959Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1582It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
960to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1583a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
961C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
962function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
963 1584
964The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1585 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
965number of outstanding requests.
966 1586
967You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1587 for my $path (...) {
968C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1588 aio_stat $path , ...;
969as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1589 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1590 }
1591
1592 IO::AIO::flush;
1593
1594The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1595as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1596some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1597number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1598
1599The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1600practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
970 1601
971=back 1602=back
972 1603
1604=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1605
1606=over
1607
1608=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1609
1610Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1611states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1612
1613Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1614
1615 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1616 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1617
1618=item IO::AIO::nready
1619
1620Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1621executed).
1622
1623=item IO::AIO::npending
1624
1625Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1626but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1627
1628=back
1629
1630=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1631
1632IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1633asynchronous.
1634
1635=over 4
1636
1637=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1638
1639Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1640but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1641likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1642operations).
1643
1644Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1645
1646=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1647
1648Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1649manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1650avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1651C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1652C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1653
1654On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1655ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1656
1657=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1658
1659Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1660manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1661avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1662C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1663
1664On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1665ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1666
1667=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1668
1669Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1670$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1671constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1672C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1673
1674On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1675ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1676
1677=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1678
1679Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1680given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1681
1682The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1683change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1684or searching it with regexes and so on.
1685
1686Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1687
1688The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1689when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1690C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1691
1692This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1693page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1694
1695The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1696filesize.
1697
1698C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1699C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1700
1701C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1702C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1703not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1704(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1705constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1706C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1707C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1708
1709If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1710
1711C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1712a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1713
1714Example:
1715
1716 use Digest::MD5;
1717 use IO::AIO;
1718
1719 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1720 or die "$!";
1721
1722 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1723 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1724
1725 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1726
1727=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1728
1729Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1730
1731=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1732
1733Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1734C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1735
1736=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1737
1738Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1739
1740On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1741ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1742
1743=back
1744
973=cut 1745=cut
974 1746
975# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
976sub _fd2fh {
977 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
978
979 # try to generate nice filehandles
980 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
981 local *$sym;
982
983 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
984 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
985 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
986 or return undef;
987
988 *$sym
989}
990
991min_parallel 8; 1747min_parallel 8;
992 1748
993END { 1749END { flush }
994 flush;
995};
996 1750
9971; 17511;
1752
1753=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1754
1755It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1756automatically into many event loops:
1757
1758 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1759 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1760
1761You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1762some examples of how to do this:
1763
1764 # EV integration
1765 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1766
1767 # Event integration
1768 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1769 poll => 'r',
1770 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1771
1772 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1773 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1774 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1775
1776 # Tk integration
1777 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1778 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1779
1780 # Danga::Socket integration
1781 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1782 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
998 1783
999=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1784=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1000 1785
1001This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1786This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
1002 1787
1020bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1805bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1021a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1806a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1022scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 1807scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1023will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1808will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1024 1809
1025This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1810This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1026problem. 1811problem.
1027 1812
1028Per-thread usage: 1813Per-thread usage:
1029 1814
1030In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 1815In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1035 1820
1036Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1821Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1037 1822
1038=head1 SEE ALSO 1823=head1 SEE ALSO
1039 1824
1040L<Coro::AIO>. 1825L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1826more natural syntax.
1041 1827
1042=head1 AUTHOR 1828=head1 AUTHOR
1043 1829
1044 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1830 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1045 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1831 http://home.schmorp.de/

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