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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>).
55 36
56Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program 37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
57(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation 38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
58will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This 39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
59is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even 40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
61etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are 42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
62normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster 43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
63on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations 44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
64concurrently. 45concurrently.
65 46
66While this works on all types of file descriptors (for example sockets), 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
67using these functions on file descriptors that support nonblocking 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
68operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient. Use an event 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
69loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally 50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
70fit into such an event loop itself. 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
71 52
72In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
73requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
74in 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
75to 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
77not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
78files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
79aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
80using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
81 62
82Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
83threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
84locking 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
85never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
86 67
87=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
88 69
89This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
90F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
91 72
92 use Fcntl; 73 use Fcntl;
93 use Event; 74 use EV;
94 use IO::AIO; 75 use IO::AIO;
95 76
96 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event 77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
97 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
98 poll => 'r',
99 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
100 79
101 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
102 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
103 my $fh = $_[0] 82 my $fh = shift
104 or die "error while opening: $!"; 83 or die "error while opening: $!";
105 84
106 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
107 my $size = -s $fh; 86 my $size = -s $fh;
108 87
116 95
117 # file contents now in $contents 96 # file contents now in $contents
118 print $contents; 97 print $contents;
119 98
120 # exit event loop and program 99 # exit event loop and program
121 Event::unloop; 100 EV::unloop;
122 }; 101 };
123 }; 102 };
124 103
125 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
126 # check for sockets etc. etc. 105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
127 106
128 # process events as long as there are some: 107 # process events as long as there are some:
129 Event::loop; 108 EV::loop;
130 109
131=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
132 111
133Every 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
134directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
182 161
183=cut 162=cut
184 163
185package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
186 165
187no warnings; 166use Carp ();
188use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
189 169
190use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
191 171
192BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
193 our $VERSION = '2.1'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.92';
194 174
195 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
196 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
197 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
198 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
199 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 185 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
200 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 186 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
201 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 187 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
202 nreqs nready npending nthreads 188 nreqs nready npending nthreads
203 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs); 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
204 194
205 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 195 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
206 196
207 require XSLoader; 197 require XSLoader;
208 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 198 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
209} 199}
210 200
211=head1 FUNCTIONS 201=head1 FUNCTIONS
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, $length = undef
274 IO::AIO::munlockall
212 275
213=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 276=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
214 277
215All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 278All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
216with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 279with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
217and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 280and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
218which 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
219the 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
220perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 283perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
221syscall has been executed asynchronously. 284syscall has been executed asynchronously.
222 285
223All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 286All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
224internally until the request has finished. 287internally until the request has finished.
225 288
239your 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
240environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 303environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
241use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 304use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
242 305
243This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 306This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
244handles correctly wether it is set or not. 307handles correctly whether it is set or not.
245 308
246=over 4 309=over 4
247 310
248=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 311=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
249 312
269 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 332 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
270 ... 333 ...
271 }; 334 };
272 }; 335 };
273 336
337
274=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 338=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
275 339
276Similar 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
277priority, so the effect is cumulative. 341priority, so the effect is cumulative.
342
278 343
279=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 344=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
280 345
281Asynchronously 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
282created filehandle for the file. 347created filehandle for the file.
288list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 353list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
289 354
290Likewise, 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
291didn'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>,
292except 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,
293and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 358and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
359by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
360change the umask.
294 361
295Example: 362Example:
296 363
297 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 364 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
298 if ($_[0]) { 365 if ($_[0]) {
299 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 366 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
300 ... 367 ...
301 } else { 368 } else {
302 die "open failed: $!\n"; 369 die "open failed: $!\n";
303 } 370 }
304 }; 371 };
305 372
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
306=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 383=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
307 384
308Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 385Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
309code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 386code.
310filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
311time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
312C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
313 387
314This 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
315therefore 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
316 399
317=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 400=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
318 401
319=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 402=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
320 403
321Reads 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
322into 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<$dataoffset>
323callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 406and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
324like the syscall). 407error, just like the syscall).
408
409C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$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<$data>.
325 421
326The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 422The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
327is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 423is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
328necessary/optional hardware is installed). 424the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
329 425
330Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 426Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
331offset C<0> within the scalar: 427offset C<0> within the scalar:
332 428
333 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 429 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
334 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 430 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
335 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 431 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
336 }; 432 };
337 433
434
338=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)
339 436
340Tries 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
341reading 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
342file 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
343than 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
344other. 441other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
442move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
345 443
444Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
445are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
446read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
447number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
448C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
449
450Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
451C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
452the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
453the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
454into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
455fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
456data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
457the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
458resource usage.
459
346This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 460This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
347zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 461provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
348socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 462a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
349 463
350If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 464If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
351emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 465C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
466C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
352regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 467type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
353 468
354Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 469As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
355C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 470together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
356bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 471on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
357provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 472in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
358value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 473so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
359read. 474fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
475
360 476
361=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 477=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
362 478
363C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 479C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
364subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 480subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
370file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 486file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
371 487
372If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 488If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
373emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 489emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
374 490
491
375=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 492=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
376 493
377=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 494=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
378 495
379Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 496Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
384for an explanation. 501for an explanation.
385 502
386Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 503Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
387error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 504error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
388unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 505unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
506
507To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
508following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
509be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
510behaviour).
511
512C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
513C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
514C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
389 515
390Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 516Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
391 517
392 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 518 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
393 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 519 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
394 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 520 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
395 }; 521 };
396 522
523
524=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
525
526Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
527whether a file handle or path was passed.
528
529On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
530members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
531C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
532is passed.
533
534The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
535C<ST_NOSUID>.
536
537The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
538their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
539not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
540C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
541C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
542
543Example: 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
571Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
572and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
573syscalls support them.
574
575When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
576utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
577otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
578
579Examples:
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
589Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
590or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
591
592Examples:
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
602Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
603
604
605=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
606
607Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
608
609
397=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 610=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
398 611
399Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 612Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
400result code. 613result code.
401 614
615
402=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 616=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
403 617
404[EXPERIMENTAL] 618[EXPERIMENTAL]
405 619
406Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 620Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
407 621
408The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 622The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
409 623
410 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 624 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
625
626See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
627and functions.
411 628
412=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 629=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
413 630
414Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 631Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
415the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 632the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
416 633
634
417=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 635=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
418 636
419Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 637Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
420the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 638the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
421 639
640
641=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
642
643Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
644the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
645callback.
646
647
422=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 648=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
423 649
424Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 650Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
425rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 651rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
426 652
653
654=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
655
656Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
657the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
658request is executed, so do not change your umask.
659
660
427=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 661=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
428 662
429Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 663Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
430result code. 664result code.
665
431 666
432=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 667=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
433 668
434Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 669Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
435directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 670directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
436sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 671sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
437 672
438The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 673The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
439with the filenames. 674array-ref with the filenames.
675
676
677=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
678
679Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
680behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
681C<undef>.
682
683The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
684flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
685
686=over 4
687
688=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
689
690When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
691names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
692C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
693entry in more detail.
694
695C<$name> is the name of the entry.
696
697C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
698
699C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
700C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
701C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
702
703C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
704know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
705scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
706
707C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
708bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
709systems that do not deliver the inode information.
710
711=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
712
713When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
714likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
715you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
716while avoiding to stat() each entry.
717
718If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
719to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
720beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
721short names are tried first.
722
723=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
724
725When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
726suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
727all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
728be fastest.
729
730If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
731the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
732
733=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
734
735This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
736is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
737C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
738C<$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
745This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
746memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
747
748=cut
749
750sub 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}
440 770
441=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 771=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
442 772
443Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 773Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
444destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 774destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
445the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 775a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
446 776
447This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 777This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
448mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 778mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
449C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 779C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
450uid/gid, in that order. 780uid/gid, in that order.
451 781
452If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 782If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
462 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 792 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
463 793
464 aioreq_pri $pri; 794 aioreq_pri $pri;
465 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 795 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
466 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 796 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
467 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 797 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
468 798
469 aioreq_pri $pri; 799 aioreq_pri $pri;
470 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 {
471 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 801 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
472 aioreq_pri $pri; 802 aioreq_pri $pri;
473 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 803 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
474 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 804 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
475 $grp->result (0); 805 $grp->result (0);
476 close $src_fh; 806 close $src_fh;
477 807
478 # 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;
479 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst; 823 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
480 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh; 824 } else {
481 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh; 825 $ch->();
826 }
482 close $dst_fh; 827 };
483 } else { 828 } else {
484 $grp->result (-1); 829 $grp->result (-1);
485 close $src_fh; 830 close $src_fh;
486 close $dst_fh; 831 close $dst_fh;
487 832
504 849
505=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 850=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
506 851
507Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 852Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
508destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 853destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
509the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 854a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
510 855
511This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 856This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
512rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 857rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
513that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 858that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
514 859
515=cut 860=cut
516 861
517sub aio_move($$;$) { 862sub aio_move($$;$) {
518 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 863 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
525 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 870 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
526 aioreq_pri $pri; 871 aioreq_pri $pri;
527 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 872 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
528 $grp->result ($_[0]); 873 $grp->result ($_[0]);
529 874
530 if (!$_[0]) { 875 unless ($_[0]) {
531 aioreq_pri $pri; 876 aioreq_pri $pri;
532 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 877 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
533 } 878 }
534 }; 879 };
535 } else { 880 } else {
565 910
566Implementation notes. 911Implementation notes.
567 912
568The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 913The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
569 914
915If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
916find directories.
917
570After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 918Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
571directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 919of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
572isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 920match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
573entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 921how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
574of subdirectories will be assumed. 922number of subdirectories will be assumed.
575 923
576Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 924Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
577a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 925currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
578else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 926entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
579likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 927in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
580is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 928entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
581seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 929seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
582filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 930filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
583data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 931data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
932the filetype information on readdir.
584 933
585If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 934If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
586rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 935rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
587 936
588This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 937This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
592as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 941as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
593directory counting heuristic. 942directory counting heuristic.
594 943
595=cut 944=cut
596 945
597sub aio_scandir($$$) { 946sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
598 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 947 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
599 948
600 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 949 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
601 950
602 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 951 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
610 my $now = time; 959 my $now = time;
611 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 960 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
612 961
613 # read the directory entries 962 # read the directory entries
614 aioreq_pri $pri; 963 aioreq_pri $pri;
615 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 964 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
616 my $entries = shift 965 my $entries = shift
617 or return $grp->result (); 966 or return $grp->result ();
618 967
619 # stat the dir another time 968 # stat the dir another time
620 aioreq_pri $pri; 969 aioreq_pri $pri;
626 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 975 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
627 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 976 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
628 $ndirs = -1; 977 $ndirs = -1;
629 } else { 978 } else {
630 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 979 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
631 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 980 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
632 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 981 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
633 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 982 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
634 } 983 }
635 984
636 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
637 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
638 $entries = [map $_->[0],
639 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
640 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
641 @$entries];
642
643 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 985 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
644 986
645 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 987 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
646 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 988 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
647 }; 989 };
648 990
649 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 991 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
650 feed $statgrp sub { 992 feed $statgrp sub {
651 return unless @$entries; 993 return unless @$entries;
652 my $entry = pop @$entries; 994 my $entry = shift @$entries;
653 995
654 aioreq_pri $pri; 996 aioreq_pri $pri;
655 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 997 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
656 if ($_[0] < 0) { 998 if ($_[0] < 0) {
657 push @nondirs, $entry; 999 push @nondirs, $entry;
678 }; 1020 };
679 1021
680 $grp 1022 $grp
681} 1023}
682 1024
1025=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1026
1027Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1028status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1029uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1030everything else.
1031
1032=cut
1033
1034sub aio_rmtree;
1035sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1036 my ($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
1062Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1063
683=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1064=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
684 1065
685Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1066Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
686with the fsync result code. 1067with the fsync result code.
687 1068
690Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1071Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
691callback with the fdatasync result code. 1072callback with the fdatasync result code.
692 1073
693If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1074If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
694detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1075detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1076
1077=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1078
1079Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1080to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1081sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1082ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1083
1084C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1085C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1086C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1087manpage for details.
1088
1089=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1090
1091This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1092composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1093(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1094specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1095written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1096not just directories.
1097
1098Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1099C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1100
1101Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1102
1103=cut
1104
1105sub 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
1132This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1133scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1134scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1135scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1136it).
1137
1138It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1139area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1140later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1141is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1142a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1143C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1144
1145=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1146
1147This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1148scalars.
1149
1150It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1151range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1152as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1153C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1154C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1155writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1156
1157=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1158
1159This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1160scalars.
1161
1162It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1163and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1164
1165If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1166
1167On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1168and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1169
1170Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1171documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1172
1173Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1174C<$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
1183Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1184C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1185
1186On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1187and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1188
1189Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1190documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1191
1192Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1193
1194 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
695 1195
696=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1196=item aio_group $callback->(...)
697 1197
698This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1198This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
699container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1199container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
749=item cancel $req 1249=item cancel $req
750 1250
751Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1251Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
752when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1252when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
753entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1253entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
754untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1254untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
755stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1255currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1256will not be freed prematurely.
756 1257
757=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1258=item cb $req $callback->(...)
758 1259
759Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1260Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
760 1261
811Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1312Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
812will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1313will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
813C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1314C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
814exist. 1315exist.
815 1316
816That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1317That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
817in 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
818group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1319the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
819itself finish. 1320further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1321finished will the the group itself finish.
820 1322
821=over 4 1323=over 4
822 1324
823=item add $grp ... 1325=item add $grp ...
824 1326
833=item $grp->cancel_subs 1335=item $grp->cancel_subs
834 1336
835Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1337Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
836itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1338itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
837 1339
1340The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1341group).
1342
838=item $grp->result (...) 1343=item $grp->result (...)
839 1344
840Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1345Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
841subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1346subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
842of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1347of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
843no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1348no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
844 1349
845=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1350=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
846 1351
857=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1362=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
858 1363
859Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1364Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
860generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1365generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
861although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1366although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
862this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1367this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
863example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1368C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
864requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1369delaying any later requests for a long time.
865 1370
866To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1371To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
867instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1372instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
868feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1373feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
869below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1374below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
873not impose any limits). 1378not impose any limits).
874 1379
875If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1380If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
876automatically removed from the group. 1381automatically removed from the group.
877 1382
878If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1383If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1384C<2> automatically.
879 1385
880Example: 1386Example:
881 1387
882 # 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:
883 1389
895Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1401Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
896the group contains less than this many requests. 1402the group contains less than this many requests.
897 1403
898Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1404Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
899 1405
1406The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1407automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1408
900=back 1409=back
901 1410
902=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1411=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
903 1412
904=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1413=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
906=over 4 1415=over 4
907 1416
908=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1417=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
909 1418
910Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1419Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
911polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1420polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
912select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1421select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
913to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1422you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
914 1423
915See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1424See C<poll_cb> for an example.
916 1425
917=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1426=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
918 1427
919Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1428Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
920regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1429this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
921when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1430were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
922the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>. 1431reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1432events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1433C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
923 1434
924If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1435If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
925will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1436will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1437do anything special to have it called later.
1438
1439Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1440ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1441a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1442available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1443over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1444requests.
926 1445
927Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1446Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
928IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1447IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1448SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
929 1449
930 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1450 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
931 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1451 poll => 'r', async => 1,
932 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1452 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1453
1454=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1455
1456If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1457phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1458does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1459synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1460
1461See C<nreqs> for an example.
1462
1463=item IO::AIO::poll
1464
1465Waits until some requests have been handled.
1466
1467Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1468equivalent to:
1469
1470 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1471
1472=item IO::AIO::flush
1473
1474Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1475
1476Strictly equivalent to:
1477
1478 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1479 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
933 1480
934=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1481=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
935 1482
936=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1483=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
937 1484
939that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively 1486that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
940the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in 1487the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
941C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount 1488C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
942of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use). 1489of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
943 1490
1491Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1492syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1493callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1494not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1495
944Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of 1496Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
945interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in 1497interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
946time. 1498time.
947 1499
948For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine. 1500For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
949 1501
950Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1502Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
951IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 1503IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
952program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 1504program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
953 1505
954 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb 1506 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
955 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1; 1507 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
956 1508
957 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1509 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
958 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1510 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
959 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1511 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
960 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1512 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
961 1513
962=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1514=back
963
964Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
965C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously
966wait for some requests to finish).
967
968See C<nreqs> for an example.
969
970=item IO::AIO::poll
971
972Waits until some requests have been handled.
973
974Strictly equivalent to:
975
976 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
977 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
978
979=item IO::AIO::flush
980
981Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
982
983Strictly equivalent to:
984
985 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
986 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
987 1515
988=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1516=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1517
1518=over
989 1519
990=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1520=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
991 1521
992Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1522Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
993default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1523default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
1021 1551
1022Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1552Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1023 1553
1024=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1554=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1025 1555
1026Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1556Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1027threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1557(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1028means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1558timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1029idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1559C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1560exit.
1030 1561
1031This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1562This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1032to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1563to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1033under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1564under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1034 1565
1035The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1566The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1036creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1567creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1037want to use larger values. 1568want to use larger values.
1038 1569
1570=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1571
1572Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1573allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1574
1039=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1575=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1576
1577Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1578you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1579C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1580C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1581longer exceeded.
1582
1583In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1584used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1040 1585
1041This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1586This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1042blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1587blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1043use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1588use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1044 1589
1045Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1590It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1046to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1591a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1047C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1048function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1049 1592
1050The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1593 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1051number of outstanding requests.
1052 1594
1053You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1595 for my $path (...) {
1054C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1596 aio_stat $path , ...;
1055as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1597 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1598 }
1599
1600 IO::AIO::flush;
1601
1602The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1603as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1604some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1605number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1606
1607The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1608practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1609
1610=back
1056 1611
1057=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1612=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1613
1614=over
1058 1615
1059=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1616=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1060 1617
1061Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending 1618Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1062states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet). 1619states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1076Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1633Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1077but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1634but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1078 1635
1079=back 1636=back
1080 1637
1638=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1639
1640IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1641asynchronous.
1642
1643=over 4
1644
1645=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1646
1647Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1648but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1649likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1650operations).
1651
1652Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1653
1654=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1655
1656Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1657manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1658avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1659C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1660C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1661
1662On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1663ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1664
1665=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1666
1667Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1668manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1669avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1670C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1671
1672On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1673ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1674
1675=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1676
1677Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1678$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1679constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1680C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1681
1682On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1683ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1684
1685=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1686
1687Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1688given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1689
1690The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1691change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1692or searching it with regexes and so on.
1693
1694Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1695
1696The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1697when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1698C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1699
1700This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1701page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1702
1703The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1704filesize.
1705
1706C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1707C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1708
1709C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1710C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1711not 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
1713constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1714C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1715C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1716
1717If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1718
1719C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1720a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1721
1722Example:
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 $scalar
1736
1737Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1738
1739=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1740
1741Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1742C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1743
1744=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1745
1746Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1747
1748On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1749ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1750
1751=back
1752
1081=cut 1753=cut
1082 1754
1083# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1084sub _fd2fh {
1085 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1086
1087 # try to generate nice filehandles
1088 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1089 local *$sym;
1090
1091 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1092 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1093 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1094 or return undef;
1095
1096 *$sym
1097}
1098
1099min_parallel 8; 1755min_parallel 8;
1100 1756
1101END { 1757END { flush }
1102 min_parallel 1;
1103 flush;
1104};
1105 1758
11061; 17591;
1107 1760
1761=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1762
1763It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1764automatically into many event loops:
1765
1766 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1767 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1768
1769You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1770some 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
1108=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1792=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1109 1793
1110This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1794Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1795considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1796fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1797with defined behaviour in perl. IO::AIO uses pthreads, so this applies,
1798but many other extensions and (for inexplicable reasons) perl itself often
1799is linked against pthreads, so this limitation applies.
1111 1800
1112Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1801Some operating systems have extensions that allow safe use of fork, and
1113can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1802this module should do "the right thing" on those, and tries on others. At
1114the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1803the time of this writing (2011) only GNU/Linux supports these extensions
1115request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue 1804to POSIX.
1116(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1117parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1118parent process has been reached again.
1119
1120In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1121not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1122yet.
1123 1805
1124=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1806=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1125 1807
1126Per-request usage: 1808Per-request usage:
1127 1809
1129bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1811bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1130a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1812a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1131scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 1813scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1132will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1814will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1133 1815
1134This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1816This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1135problem. 1817problem.
1136 1818
1137Per-thread usage: 1819Per-thread usage:
1138 1820
1139In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 1821In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1144 1826
1145Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1827Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1146 1828
1147=head1 SEE ALSO 1829=head1 SEE ALSO
1148 1830
1149L<Coro::AIO>. 1831L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1832more natural syntax.
1150 1833
1151=head1 AUTHOR 1834=head1 AUTHOR
1152 1835
1153 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1836 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1154 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1837 http://home.schmorp.de/

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