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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
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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
53	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
		36
		37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
		39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
		40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		41	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		42	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
		43	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
		44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		45	concurrently.
		46
		47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
		50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
		51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
55		52
56	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
57	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
58	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
59	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio	56	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
60	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often	57	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
61	not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
62	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
63	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
65		62
66	Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)	63	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
67	threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate	64	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
68	locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or	65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
69	never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		67
		68	=head2 EXAMPLE
		69
		70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
		71	F</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
73	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	112	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74	directly visible to Perl.	113	directly visible to Perl.
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116	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore	155	Request 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
118	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or	157	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119	result in a runtime error).	158	result in a runtime error).
120		159
		160	=back
		161
121	=cut	162	=cut
122		163
123	package IO::AIO;	164	package IO::AIO;
124		165
125	no warnings;	166	use Carp ();
126	use strict 'vars';	167
		168	use common::sense;
127		169
128	use base 'Exporter';	170	use base 'Exporter';
129		171
130	BEGIN {	172	BEGIN {
131	our $VERSION = '2.0';	173	our $VERSION = '3.92';
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
		205	This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
		206	for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		207	documentation.
		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, $length = undef
		274	IO::AIO::munlockall
		275
149	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	276	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
150		277
151	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	278	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
152	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	279	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
153	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	280	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
154	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	281	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
155	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	282	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
156	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	283	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
157	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	284	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
158		285
159	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	286	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160	internally until the request has finished.	287	internally until the request has finished.
161		288
162	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	289	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
163	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	290	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164		291
165	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	292	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
166	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	293	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
167	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	294	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
168	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	295	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
169	current working directory.	296	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		297	paths.
170		298
171	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	299	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
172	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	300	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
173	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	301	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
174	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	302	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	303	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176	use something else.	304	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		305
		306	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		307	handles 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
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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
208	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current	340	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209	priority, so effects are cumulative.	341	priority, 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
213	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	346	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
214	created filehandle for the file.	347	created filehandle for the file.
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220	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	353	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
221		354
222	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	355	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
223	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	356	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
224	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	357	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
225	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	358	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		359	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		360	change the umask.
226		361
227	Example:	362	Example:
228		363
229	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	364	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
230	if ($_[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
		373	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		374	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		375	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		376	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		377
		378	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		379	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		380	C<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
240	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	385	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
241	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	386	code.
242	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
243	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
244	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
245		387
246	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	388	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
247	therefore best to avoid this function.	389	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		390
		391	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		392	use 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
		395	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		396	free 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
253	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	404	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
254	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	405	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
255	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	406	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
256	like the syscall).	407	error, just like the syscall).
		408
		409	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		410	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		411
		412	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		413	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		414	changed by these calls.
		415
		416	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		417	C<$data>.
		418
		419	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		420	C<$data>.
257		421
258	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	422	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
259	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	423	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
260	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	424	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
261		425
262	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	426	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
263	offset C<0> within the scalar:	427	offset 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	};
269		433
		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
272	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	437	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
273	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	438	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
274	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	439	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
275	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	440	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
276	other.	441	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		442	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
277		443
		444	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		445	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		446	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		447	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		448	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		449
		450	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		451	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		452	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		453	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		454	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		455	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		456	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		457	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		458	resource usage.
		459
278	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	460	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
279	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	461	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
280	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	462	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
281		463
282	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	464	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
283	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	465	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		466	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
284	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	467	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
285		468
286	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	469	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
287	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	470	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
288	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	471	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
289	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	472	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
290	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	473	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
291	read.	474	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
		475
292		476
293	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	477	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
294		478
295	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	479	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
296	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	480	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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302	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	486	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
303		487
304	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	488	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
305	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	489	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
306		490
		491
307	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	492	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
308		493
309	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	494	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
310		495
311	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	496	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
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316	for an explanation.	501	for an explanation.
317		502
318	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	503	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
319	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	504	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
320	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	505	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		506
		507	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		508	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		509	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		510	behaviour).
		511
		512	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		513	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		514	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
321		515
322	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	516	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
323		517
324	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	518	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
325	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	519	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
326	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	520	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
327	};	521	};
328		522
		523
		524	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		525
		526	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		527	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		528
		529	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		530	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		531	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		532	is passed.
		533
		534	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		535	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		536
		537	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		538	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		539	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		540	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		541	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		542
		543	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		544
		545	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		546	my $f = $_[0]
		547	or die "statvfs: $!";
		548
		549	use Data::Dumper;
		550	say Dumper $f;
		551	};
		552
		553	# result:
		554	{
		555	bsize => 1024,
		556	bfree => 4333064312,
		557	blocks => 10253828096,
		558	files => 2050765568,
		559	flag => 4096,
		560	favail => 2042092649,
		561	bavail => 4333064312,
		562	ffree => 2042092649,
		563	namemax => 255,
		564	frsize => 1024,
		565	fsid => 1810
		566	}
		567
		568
		569	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		570
		571	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		572	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		573	syscalls support them.
		574
		575	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		576	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		577	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		578
		579	Examples:
		580
		581	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		582	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		583	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		584	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		585
		586
		587	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		588
		589	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		590	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		591
		592	Examples:
		593
		594	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		595	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		596	# same as above:
		597	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		598
		599
		600	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		601
		602	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		603
		604
		605	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		606
		607	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		608
		609
329	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	610	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
330		611
331	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	612	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
332	result code.	613	result code.
333		614
		615
334	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	616	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
335		617
		618	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		619
336	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	620	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
337		621
338	The only portable (POSIX) way of calling this function is:	622	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
339		623
340	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	624	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		625
		626	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		627	and functions.
341		628
342	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	629	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
343		630
344	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	631	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
345	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	632	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
346		633
		634
347	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	635	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
348		636
349	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	637	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
350	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	638	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
351		639
		640
		641	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		642
		643	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		644	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		645	callback.
		646
		647
352	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	648	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
353		649
354	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	650	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
355	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	651	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
356		652
		653
		654	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		655
		656	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		657	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		658	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		659
		660
357	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	661	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
358		662
359	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	663	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
360	result code.	664	result code.
		665
361		666
362	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	667	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
363		668
364	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	669	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
365	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	670	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
366	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	671	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
367		672
368	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	673	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
369	with the filenames.	674	array-ref with the filenames.
		675
		676
		677	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		678
		679	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
		680	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		681	C<undef>.
		682
		683	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		684	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		685
		686	=over 4
		687
		688	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		689
		690	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
		691	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		692	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		693	entry in more detail.
		694
		695	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		696
		697	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		698
		699	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		700	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		701	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		702
		703	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		704	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		705	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		706
		707	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		708	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		709	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		710
		711	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		712
		713	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		714	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		715	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		716	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		717
		718	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		719	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		720	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		721	short names are tried first.
		722
		723	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		724
		725	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		726	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		727	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		728	be fastest.
		729
		730	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		731	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		732
		733	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		734
		735	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		736	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		737	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
		738	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		739
		740	=back
		741
		742
		743	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		744
		745	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		746	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		747
		748	=cut
		749
		750	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		751	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		752	my $data = \$_[1];
		753
		754	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		755	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		756
		757	aioreq_pri $pri;
		758	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		759	my $fh = shift
		760	or return $grp->result (-1);
		761
		762	aioreq_pri $pri;
		763	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		764	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		765	};
		766	};
		767
		768	$grp
		769	}
370		770
371	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	771	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
372		772
373	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	773	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
374	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	774	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
375	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	775	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
376		776
377	This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with	777	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
378	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	778	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
379	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	779	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
380	uid/gid, in that order.	780	uid/gid, in that order.
381		781
382	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if	782	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
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392	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	792	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
393		793
394	aioreq_pri $pri;	794	aioreq_pri $pri;
395	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	795	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
396	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	796	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
397	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	797	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
398		798
399	aioreq_pri $pri;	799	aioreq_pri $pri;
400	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	800	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
401	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	801	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
402	aioreq_pri $pri;	802	aioreq_pri $pri;
403	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	803	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
404	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	804	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
405	$grp->result (0);	805	$grp->result (0);
406	close $src_fh;	806	close $src_fh;
407		807
408	# those should not normally block. should. should.	808	my $ch = sub {
		809	aioreq_pri $pri;
		810	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		811	aioreq_pri $pri;
		812	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		813	aioreq_pri $pri;
		814	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		815	}
		816	};
		817	};
		818
		819	aioreq_pri $pri;
		820	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		821	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		822	aioreq_pri $pri;
409	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;	823	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
410	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;	824	} else {
411	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;	825	$ch->();
		826	}
412	close $dst_fh;	827	};
413	} else {	828	} else {
414	$grp->result (-1);	829	$grp->result (-1);
415	close $src_fh;	830	close $src_fh;
416	close $dst_fh;	831	close $dst_fh;
417		832
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434		849
435	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	850	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
436		851
437	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	852	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
438	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	853	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
439	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	854	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
440		855
441	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If	856	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
442	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	857	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
443	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.	858	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
444		859
445	=cut	860	=cut
446		861
447	sub aio_move($$;$) {	862	sub aio_move($$;$) {
448	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	863	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
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455	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	870	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
456	aioreq_pri $pri;	871	aioreq_pri $pri;
457	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	872	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
458	$grp->result ($_[0]);	873	$grp->result ($_[0]);
459		874
460	if (!$_[0]) {	875	unless ($_[0]) {
461	aioreq_pri $pri;	876	aioreq_pri $pri;
462	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	877	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
463	}	878	}
464	};	879	};
465	} else {	880	} else {
…		…
495		910
496	Implementation notes.	911	Implementation notes.
497		912
498	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	913	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
499		914
		915	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		916	find directories.
		917
500	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	918	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
501	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	919	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
502	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	920	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
503	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	921	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
504	of subdirectories will be assumed.	922	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
505		923
506	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	924	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
507	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	925	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
508	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	926	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
509	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	927	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
510	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	928	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
511	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	929	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
512	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	930	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
513	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	931	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		932	the filetype information on readdir.
514		933
515	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	934	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
516	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	935	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
517		936
518	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	937	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
522	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	941	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
523	directory counting heuristic.	942	directory counting heuristic.
524		943
525	=cut	944	=cut
526		945
527	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	946	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
528	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	947	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
529		948
530	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	949	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
531		950
532	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	951	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
…		…
540	my $now = time;	959	my $now = time;
541	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	960	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
542		961
543	# read the directory entries	962	# read the directory entries
544	aioreq_pri $pri;	963	aioreq_pri $pri;
545	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	964	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
546	my $entries = shift	965	my $entries = shift
547	or return $grp->result ();	966	or return $grp->result ();
548		967
549	# stat the dir another time	968	# stat the dir another time
550	aioreq_pri $pri;	969	aioreq_pri $pri;
…		…
556	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	975	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
557	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	976	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
558	$ndirs = -1;	977	$ndirs = -1;
559	} else {	978	} else {
560	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	979	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
561	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	980	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
562	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	981	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
563	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	982	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
564	}	983	}
565		984
566	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
567	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
568	$entries = [map $_->[0],
569	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
570	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
571	@$entries];
572
573	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	985	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
574		986
575	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	987	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
576	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	988	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
577	};	989	};
578		990
579	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	991	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
580	feed $statgrp sub {	992	feed $statgrp sub {
581	return unless @$entries;	993	return unless @$entries;
582	my $entry = pop @$entries;	994	my $entry = shift @$entries;
583		995
584	aioreq_pri $pri;	996	aioreq_pri $pri;
585	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	997	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
586	if ($_[0] < 0) {	998	if ($_[0] < 0) {
587	push @nondirs, $entry;	999	push @nondirs, $entry;
…		…
608	};	1020	};
609		1021
610	$grp	1022	$grp
611	}	1023	}
612		1024
		1025	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		1026
		1027	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		1028	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		1029	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		1030	everything else.
		1031
		1032	=cut
		1033
		1034	sub aio_rmtree;
		1035	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		1036	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1037
		1038	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1039	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1040
		1041	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1042	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		1043	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		1044
		1045	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		1046	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		1047	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1048	};
		1049	};
		1050
		1051	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		1052	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		1053
		1054	add $grp $dirgrp;
		1055	};
		1056
		1057	$grp
		1058	}
		1059
		1060	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		1061
		1062	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		1063
613	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1064	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
614		1065
615	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	1066	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
616	with the fsync result code.	1067	with the fsync result code.
617		1068
…		…
620	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1071	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
621	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1072	callback with the fdatasync result code.
622		1073
623	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1074	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
624	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1075	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1076
		1077	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1078
		1079	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1080	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1081	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1082	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1083
		1084	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1085	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1086	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1087	manpage for details.
		1088
		1089	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		1090
		1091	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		1092	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		1093	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		1094	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		1095	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		1096	not just directories.
		1097
		1098	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1099	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		1100
		1101	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		1102
		1103	=cut
		1104
		1105	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		1106	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1107
		1108	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1109	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1110
		1111	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1112	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		1113	my ($fh) = @_;
		1114	if ($fh) {
		1115	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1116	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		1117	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1118
		1119	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1120	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		1121	};
		1122	} else {
		1123	$grp->result (-1);
		1124	}
		1125	};
		1126
		1127	$grp
		1128	}
		1129
		1130	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1131
		1132	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1133	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1134	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1135	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1136	it).
		1137
		1138	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1139	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1140	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1141	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1142	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1143	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1144
		1145	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1146
		1147	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1148	scalars.
		1149
		1150	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1151	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1152	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1153	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1154	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
		1155	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1156
		1157	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1158
		1159	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1160	scalars.
		1161
		1162	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1163	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1164
		1165	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1166
		1167	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1168	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1169
		1170	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1171	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1172
		1173	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1174	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1175
		1176	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1177	my $data;
		1178	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1179	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1180
		1181	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1182
		1183	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1184	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1185
		1186	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1187	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1188
		1189	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1190	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1191
		1192	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1193
		1194	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
625		1195
626	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1196	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
627		1197
628	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1198	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
629	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1199	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
679	=item cancel $req	1249	=item cancel $req
680		1250
681	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1251	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
682	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1252	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
683	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1253	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
684	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1254	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
685	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1255	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1256	will not be freed prematurely.
686		1257
687	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1258	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
688		1259
689	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1260	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
690		1261
…		…
741	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1312	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
742	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1313	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
743	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1314	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
744	exist.	1315	exist.
745		1316
746	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1317	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
747	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1318	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
748	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1319	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
749	itself finish.	1320	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1321	finished will the the group itself finish.
750		1322
751	=over 4	1323	=over 4
752		1324
753	=item add $grp ...	1325	=item add $grp ...
754		1326
…		…
763	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1335	=item $grp->cancel_subs
764		1336
765	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1337	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
766	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1338	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
767		1339
		1340	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1341	group).
		1342
768	=item $grp->result (...)	1343	=item $grp->result (...)
769		1344
770	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1345	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
771	subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value	1346	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
772	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1347	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
773	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.	1348	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
774		1349
775	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])	1350	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
776		1351
…		…
787	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1362	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
788		1363
789	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1364	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
790	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1365	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
791	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1366	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
792	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1367	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
793	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1368	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
794	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1369	delaying any later requests for a long time.
795		1370
796	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1371	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
797	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1372	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
798	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1373	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
799	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1374	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
803	not impose any limits).	1378	not impose any limits).
804		1379
805	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1380	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
806	automatically removed from the group.	1381	automatically removed from the group.
807		1382
808	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1383	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1384	C<2> automatically.
809		1385
810	Example:	1386	Example:
811		1387
812	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1388	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
813		1389
…		…
825	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1401	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
826	the group contains less than this many requests.	1402	the group contains less than this many requests.
827		1403
828	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1404	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
829		1405
		1406	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1407	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1408
830	=back	1409	=back
831		1410
832	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1411	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
833		1412
		1413	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1414
834	=over 4	1415	=over 4
835		1416
836	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1417	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
837		1418
838	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1419	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
839	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1420	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
840	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1421	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
841	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1422	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
842		1423
843	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1424	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
844		1425
845	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1426	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
846		1427
847	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1428	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
848	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1429	this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
849	when no events are outstanding.	1430	were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1431	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
		1432	events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
		1433	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
850		1434
851	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1435	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
852	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.	1436	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1437	do anything special to have it called later.
		1438
		1439	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1440	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1441	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1442	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1443	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1444	requests.
853		1445
854	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1446	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
855	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1447	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1448	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
856		1449
857	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1450	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
858	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1451	poll => 'r', async => 1,
859	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1452	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
860		1453
861	=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests	1454	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
862		1455
863	Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests	1456	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
864	at a time.	1457	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
		1458	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
		1459	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
865		1460
866	Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is	1461	See C<nreqs> for an example.
867	not fast enough to process all requests in time.	1462
		1463	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1464
		1465	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1466
		1467	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1468	equivalent to:
		1469
		1470	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1471
		1472	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1473
		1474	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1475
		1476	Strictly equivalent to:
		1477
		1478	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1479	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1480
		1481	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1482
		1483	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1484
		1485	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1486	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1487	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1488	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1489	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1490
		1491	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1492	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1493	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1494	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1495
		1496	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1497	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1498	time.
		1499
		1500	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
868		1501
869	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1502	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
870	IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the	1503	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
871	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.	1504	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
872		1505
		1506	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1507	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1508
		1509	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
873	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1510	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
874	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1511	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
875	cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });	1512	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
876		1513
877	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1514	=back
878		1515
879	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1516	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
880	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
881	for some requests to finish).
882		1517
883	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1518	=over
884
885	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
886
887	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
888	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
889
890	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
891
892	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
893	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
894
895	=item IO::AIO::nready
896
897	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
898	executed).
899
900	=item IO::AIO::npending
901
902	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
903	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
904
905	=item IO::AIO::flush
906
907	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
908
909	Strictly equivalent to:
910
911	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
912	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
913
914	=item IO::AIO::poll
915
916	Waits until some requests have been handled.
917
918	Strictly equivalent to:
919
920	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
921	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
922		1519
923	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1520	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
924		1521
925	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current	1522	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
926	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	1523	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
927	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,	1524	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
928	however, is unlimited).	1525	however, is unlimited).
929		1526
930	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1527	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
931	no free thread exists.	1528	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1529	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1530	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
932		1531
933	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some	1532	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
934	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads	1533	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
935	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6	1534	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
936	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.	1535	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
…		…
950	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1549	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
951	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1550	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
952		1551
953	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1552	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
954		1553
		1554	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1555
		1556	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
		1557	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
		1558	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
		1559	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1560	exit.
		1561
		1562	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1563	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1564	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1565
		1566	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1567	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1568	want to use larger values.
		1569
		1570	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1571
		1572	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1573	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1574
955	=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1575	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1576
		1577	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		1578	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		1579	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1580	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1581	longer exceeded.
		1582
		1583	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		1584	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
956		1585
957	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	1586	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
958	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	1587	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
959	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	1588	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
960		1589
961	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1590	It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
962	to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	1591	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
963	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
964	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
965		1592
966	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	1593	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
967	number of outstanding requests.
968		1594
969	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	1595	for my $path (...) {
970	C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	1596	aio_stat $path , ...;
971	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	1597	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1598	}
		1599
		1600	IO::AIO::flush;
		1601
		1602	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1603	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1604	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1605	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1606
		1607	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1608	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
972		1609
973	=back	1610	=back
974		1611
		1612	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1613
		1614	=over
		1615
		1616	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1617
		1618	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1619	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1620
		1621	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1622
		1623	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1624	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1625
		1626	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1627
		1628	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1629	executed).
		1630
		1631	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1632
		1633	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1634	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1635
		1636	=back
		1637
		1638	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1639
		1640	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1641	asynchronous.
		1642
		1643	=over 4
		1644
		1645	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1646
		1647	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1648	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1649	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1650	operations).
		1651
		1652	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		1653
		1654	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1655
		1656	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		1657	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1658	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1659	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		1660	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		1661
		1662	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		1663	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		1664
		1665	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		1666
		1667	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		1668	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1669	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1670	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		1671
		1672	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		1673	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		1674
		1675	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		1676
		1677	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		1678	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		1679	constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		1680	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		1681
		1682	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		1683	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		1684
		1685	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		1686
		1687	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		1688	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
		1689
		1690	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		1691	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		1692	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		1693
		1694	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		1695
		1696	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		1697	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		1698	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		1699
		1700	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		1701	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		1702
		1703	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		1704	filesize.
		1705
		1706	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		1707	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		1708
		1709	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		1710	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
		1711	not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
		1712	(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
		1713	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		1714	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
		1715	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
		1716
		1717	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		1718
		1719	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		1720	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		1721
		1722	Example:
		1723
		1724	use Digest::MD5;
		1725	use IO::AIO;
		1726
		1727	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		1728	or die "$!";
		1729
		1730	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		1731	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		1732
		1733	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		1734
		1735	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		1736
		1737	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		1738
		1739	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		1740
		1741	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		1742	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		1743
		1744	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		1745
		1746	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		1747
		1748	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		1749	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		1750
		1751	=back
		1752
975	=cut	1753	=cut
976		1754
977	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
978	sub _fd2fh {
979	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
980
981	# try to generate nice filehandles
982	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
983	local *$sym;
984
985	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
986	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
987	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
988	or return undef;
989
990	*$sym
991	}
992
993	min_parallel 8;	1755	min_parallel 8;
994		1756
995	END {	1757	END { flush }
996	flush;
997	};
998		1758
999	1;	1759	1;
1000		1760
		1761	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1762
		1763	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		1764	automatically into many event loops:
		1765
		1766	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		1767	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		1768
		1769	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		1770	some examples of how to do this:
		1771
		1772	# EV integration
		1773	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1774
		1775	# Event integration
		1776	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1777	poll => 'r',
		1778	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1779
		1780	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		1781	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1782	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		1783
		1784	# Tk integration
		1785	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		1786	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1787
		1788	# Danga::Socket integration
		1789	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		1790	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1791
1001	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1792	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1002		1793
1003	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1794	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		1795	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		1796	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		1797	with defined behaviour in perl. IO::AIO uses pthreads, so this applies,
		1798	but many other extensions and (for inexplicable reasons) perl itself often
		1799	is linked against pthreads, so this limitation applies.
1004		1800
1005	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1801	Some operating systems have extensions that allow safe use of fork, and
1006	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1802	this module should do "the right thing" on those, and tries on others. At
1007	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1803	the time of this writing (2011) only GNU/Linux supports these extensions
1008	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue	1804	to POSIX.
1009	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1010	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1011	parent process has been reached again.
1012
1013	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1014	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1015	yet.
1016		1805
1017	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	1806	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1018		1807
1019	Per-request usage:	1808	Per-request usage:
1020		1809
…		…
1022	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly	1811	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1023	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl	1812	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1024	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and	1813	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1025	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.	1814	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1026		1815
1027	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	1816	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1028	problem.	1817	problem.
1029		1818
1030	Per-thread usage:	1819	Per-thread usage:
1031		1820
1032	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for	1821	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
…		…
1037		1826
1038	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.	1827	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1039		1828
1040	=head1 SEE ALSO	1829	=head1 SEE ALSO
1041		1830
1042	L<Coro::AIO>.	1831	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1832	more natural syntax.
1043		1833
1044	=head1 AUTHOR	1834	=head1 AUTHOR
1045		1835
1046	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1836	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1047	http://home.schmorp.de/	1837	http://home.schmorp.de/

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