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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
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 17 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 18 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 19 };
19 20
20 # AnyEvent 21 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 22 use IO::AIO 2;
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23 23
24 # Event 24 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
26 poll => 'r', 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28 27
29 # Glib/Gtk2 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32
33 # Tk
34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 # Danga::Socket
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40
41 30
42=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
43 32
44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
45operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
46 36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
52
47Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
48and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
49perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
50pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
51aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
53for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61using threads anyway.
55 62
56Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
59C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
109
110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
111
112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
113directly visible to Perl.
114
115If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
116object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
117which saves a bit of memory.
118
119The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
120are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
121
122During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
123in order:
124
125=over 4
126
127=item ready
128
129Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
130waiting for a thread to execute it.
131
132=item execute
133
134A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
135executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
136
137=item pending
138
139The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
140
141While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
142processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
143(or another function with the same effect).
144
145=item result
146
147The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
148
149The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
150calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
151any groups they are contained in.
152
153=item done
154
155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
158result in a runtime error).
159
160=back
60 161
61=cut 162=cut
62 163
63package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
64 165
65no warnings; 166use Carp ();
167
168use common::sense;
66 169
67use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
68 171
69use Fcntl ();
70
71BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
72 $VERSION = '1.72'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.93';
73 174
74 @EXPORT = 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
75 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
76 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync aio_fsync
77 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel 178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
78 max_outstanding nreqs); 179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs);
185
186 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
187 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
188 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
189 nreqs nready npending nthreads
190 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
191 sendfile fadvise madvise
192 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
193
194 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
195
196 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
79 197
80 require XSLoader; 198 require XSLoader;
81 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 199 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
82} 200}
83 201
84=head1 FUNCTIONS 202=head1 FUNCTIONS
85 203
204=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
205
206This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
207for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
208documentation.
209
210 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
211 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
212 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
217 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
218 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
219 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
220 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
221 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
223 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
224 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
225 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
227 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
228 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
229 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
231 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
232 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
233 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
234 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
235 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
236 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
237 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
238 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
239 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
240 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
241 aio_sync $callback->($status)
242 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
243 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
244 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
245 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
246 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
247 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
248 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
249 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
250 aio_group $callback->(...)
251 aio_nop $callback->()
252
253 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
254 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
255
256 IO::AIO::poll_wait
257 IO::AIO::poll_cb
258 IO::AIO::poll
259 IO::AIO::flush
260 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
261 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
262 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
263 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
264 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
265 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
266 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
267 IO::AIO::nreqs
268 IO::AIO::nready
269 IO::AIO::npending
270
271 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
272 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
273 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
274 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
275 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
276 IO::AIO::munlockall
277
86=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 278=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
87 279
88All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 280All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
89with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 281with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
90and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 282and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
91which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 283which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
92the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 284the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
93perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 285perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
94syscall has been executed asynchronously. 286syscall has been executed asynchronously.
95 287
96All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 288All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
97internally until the request has finished. 289internally until the request has finished.
98 290
291All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
292further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
293
99The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 294The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
100encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 295encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
101request is being executed, the current working directory could have 296request is being executed, the current working directory could have
102changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 297changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
103current working directory. 298current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
299paths.
104 300
105To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 301To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
106always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 302in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
107etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 303tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
108your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 304your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
109environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 305environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
110use something else. 306use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
307
308This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
309handles correctly whether it is set or not.
111 310
112=over 4 311=over 4
312
313=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
314
315Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
316C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
317
318The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
319and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
320first.
321
322The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
323functions.
324
325Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
326higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
327open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
328
329 aioreq_pri -3;
330 aio_open ..., sub {
331 return unless $_[0];
332
333 aioreq_pri -2;
334 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
335 ...
336 };
337 };
338
339
340=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
341
342Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
343priority, so the effect is cumulative.
344
113 345
114=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 346=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
115 347
116Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 348Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
117created filehandle for the file. 349created filehandle for the file.
123list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 355list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
124 356
125Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 357Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
126didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 358didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
127except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 359except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
128and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 360and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
361by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
362change the umask.
129 363
130Example: 364Example:
131 365
132 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 366 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
133 if ($_[0]) { 367 if ($_[0]) {
134 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 368 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
135 ... 369 ...
136 } else { 370 } else {
137 die "open failed: $!\n"; 371 die "open failed: $!\n";
138 } 372 }
139 }; 373 };
140 374
375In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
376C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
377following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
378your system are, as usual, C<0>):
379
380C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
381C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
382C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
383
384
141=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 385=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
142 386
143Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 387Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
144code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 388code.
145filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
146time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
147C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
148 389
149This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 390Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
150therefore best to avoid this function. 391closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
392
393Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
394use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
395(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
396
397Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
398free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
399
400=cut
151 401
152=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 402=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153 403
154=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 404=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
155 405
156Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 406Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
157into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 407C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
158callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 408and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
159like the syscall). 409error, just like the syscall).
410
411C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
412offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
413
414If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
415be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
416changed by these calls.
417
418If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
419C<$data>.
420
421If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
422C<$data>.
160 423
161The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 424The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
162is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 425is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
163necessary/optional hardware is installed). 426the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
164 427
165Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 428Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
166offset C<0> within the scalar: 429offset C<0> within the scalar:
167 430
168 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 431 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
169 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 432 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
170 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 433 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
171 }; 434 };
172 435
436
173=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 437=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
174 438
175Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 439Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
176reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 440reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
177file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 441file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
178than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 442than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
179other. 443other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
444move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
180 445
446Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
447are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
448read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
449number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
450C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
451
452Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
453C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
454the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
455the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
456into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
457fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
458data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
459the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
460resource usage.
461
181This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 462This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
182zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 463provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
183socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 464a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
184 465
185If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 466If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
186emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 467C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
468C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
187regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 469type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
188 470
189Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 471As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
190C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 472together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
191bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 473on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
192provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 474in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
193value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 475so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
194read. 476fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
477
195 478
196=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 479=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
197 480
198C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 481C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
199subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 482subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
205file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 488file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
206 489
207If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 490If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
208emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 491emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
209 492
493
210=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 494=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
211 495
212=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 496=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
213 497
214Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 498Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
219for an explanation. 503for an explanation.
220 504
221Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 505Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
222error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 506error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
223unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 507unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
508
509To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
510following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
511be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
512behaviour).
513
514C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
515C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
516C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
224 517
225Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 518Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
226 519
227 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 520 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
228 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 521 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
229 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 522 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
230 }; 523 };
231 524
525
526=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
527
528Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
529whether a file handle or path was passed.
530
531On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
532members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
533C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
534is passed.
535
536The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
537C<ST_NOSUID>.
538
539The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
540their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
541not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
542C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
543C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
544
545Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
546
547 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
548 my $f = $_[0]
549 or die "statvfs: $!";
550
551 use Data::Dumper;
552 say Dumper $f;
553 };
554
555 # result:
556 {
557 bsize => 1024,
558 bfree => 4333064312,
559 blocks => 10253828096,
560 files => 2050765568,
561 flag => 4096,
562 favail => 2042092649,
563 bavail => 4333064312,
564 ffree => 2042092649,
565 namemax => 255,
566 frsize => 1024,
567 fsid => 1810
568 }
569
570
571=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
572
573Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
574and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
575syscalls support them.
576
577When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
578utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
579otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
580
581Examples:
582
583 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
584 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
585 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
586 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
587
588
589=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
590
591Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
592or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
593
594Examples:
595
596 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
597 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
598 # same as above:
599 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
600
601
602=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
603
604Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
605
606
607=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
608
609Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
610
611
232=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 612=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
233 613
234Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 614Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
235result code. 615result code.
236 616
617
618=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
619
620[EXPERIMENTAL]
621
622Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
623
624The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
625
626 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
627
628See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
629and functions.
630
631=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
632
633Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
634the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
635
636
637=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
638
639Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
640the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
641
642
643=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
644
645Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
646the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
647callback.
648
649
650=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
651
652Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
653C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
654L<Cwd::realpath>).
655
656This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
657directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
658
659
660=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
661
662Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
663rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
664
665
666=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
667
668Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
669the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
670request is executed, so do not change your umask.
671
672
237=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 673=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
238 674
239Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 675Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
240result code. 676result code.
677
241 678
242=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 679=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
243 680
244Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 681Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
245directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 682directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
246sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 683sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
247 684
248The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 685The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
249with the filenames. 686array-ref with the filenames.
687
688
689=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
690
691Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
692behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
693C<undef>.
694
695The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
696flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
697
698=over 4
699
700=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
701
702When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
703names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
704C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
705entry in more detail.
706
707C<$name> is the name of the entry.
708
709C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
710
711C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
712C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
713C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
714
715C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
716know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
717scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
718
719C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
720bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
721systems that do not deliver the inode information.
722
723=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
724
725When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
726likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
727you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
728while avoiding to stat() each entry.
729
730If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
731to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
732beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
733short names are tried first.
734
735=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
736
737When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
738suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
739all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
740be fastest.
741
742If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
743the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
744
745=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
746
747This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
748is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
749C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
750C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
751
752=back
753
754
755=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
756
757This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
758memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
759
760=cut
761
762sub aio_load($$;$) {
763 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
764 my $data = \$_[1];
765
766 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
767 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
768
769 aioreq_pri $pri;
770 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
771 my $fh = shift
772 or return $grp->result (-1);
773
774 aioreq_pri $pri;
775 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
776 $grp->result ($_[0]);
777 };
778 };
779
780 $grp
781}
782
783=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
784
785Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
786destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
787a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
788
789This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
790mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
791C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
792uid/gid, in that order.
793
794If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
795possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
796errors are being ignored.
797
798=cut
799
800sub aio_copy($$;$) {
801 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
802
803 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
804 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
805
806 aioreq_pri $pri;
807 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
808 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
809 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
810
811 aioreq_pri $pri;
812 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
813 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
814 aioreq_pri $pri;
815 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
816 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
817 $grp->result (0);
818 close $src_fh;
819
820 my $ch = sub {
821 aioreq_pri $pri;
822 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
823 aioreq_pri $pri;
824 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
825 aioreq_pri $pri;
826 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
827 }
828 };
829 };
830
831 aioreq_pri $pri;
832 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
833 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
834 aioreq_pri $pri;
835 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
836 } else {
837 $ch->();
838 }
839 };
840 } else {
841 $grp->result (-1);
842 close $src_fh;
843 close $dst_fh;
844
845 aioreq $pri;
846 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
847 }
848 };
849 } else {
850 $grp->result (-1);
851 }
852 },
853
854 } else {
855 $grp->result (-1);
856 }
857 };
858
859 $grp
860}
861
862=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
863
864Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
865destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
866a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
867
868This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
869rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
870that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
871
872=cut
873
874sub aio_move($$;$) {
875 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
876
877 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
878 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
879
880 aioreq_pri $pri;
881 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
882 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
883 aioreq_pri $pri;
884 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
885 $grp->result ($_[0]);
886
887 unless ($_[0]) {
888 aioreq_pri $pri;
889 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
890 }
891 };
892 } else {
893 $grp->result ($_[0]);
894 }
895 };
896
897 $grp
898}
250 899
251=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 900=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
252 901
253Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the 902Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
254entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse 903efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
255into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else). 904names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
905recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
256 906
257C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many 907C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
258aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding 908C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
259aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 909this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
260suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 910will be chosen (currently 4).
261 911
262On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 912On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
263two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 913two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
264 914
265Example: 915Example:
272 922
273Implementation notes. 923Implementation notes.
274 924
275The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 925The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
276 926
927If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
928find directories.
929
277After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 930Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
278directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the 931of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
279link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if 932match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
280>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be 933how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
281assumed. 934number of subdirectories will be assumed.
282 935
283Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a 936Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
284non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every 937currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
285entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often 938entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
939in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
940entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
941seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
286faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without 942filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
287reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds, 943data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
288it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which 944the filetype information on readdir.
289will be checked seperately).
290 945
291If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the 946If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
292entries is assumed to be non-directories. 947rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
948
949This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
950fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
951
952It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
953as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
954directory counting heuristic.
293 955
294=cut 956=cut
295 957
296sub aio_scandir($$$) { 958sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
297 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 959 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
298 960
961 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
962
963 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
964
299 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 965 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
300 966
301 # stat once 967 # stat once
968 aioreq_pri $pri;
302 aio_stat $path, sub { 969 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
303 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 970 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
971 my $now = time;
304 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 972 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
305 973
306 # read the directory entries 974 # read the directory entries
307 aio_readdir $path, sub { 975 aioreq_pri $pri;
976 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
308 my $entries = shift 977 my $entries = shift
309 or return $cb->(); 978 or return $grp->result ();
310 979
311 # stat the dir another time 980 # stat the dir another time
981 aioreq_pri $pri;
312 aio_stat $path, sub { 982 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
313 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 983 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
314 984
315 my $ndirs; 985 my $ndirs;
316 986
317 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 987 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
318 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) { 988 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
319 $ndirs = -1; 989 $ndirs = -1;
320 } else { 990 } else {
321 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 991 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
322 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 992 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
323 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 993 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
324 or return $cb->([], $entries); 994 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
325 } 995 }
326 996
327 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
328 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
329 $entries = [map $_->[0],
330 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
331 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
332 @$entries];
333
334 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 997 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
335 998
336 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 999 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
337 my $nreq = 0; 1000 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
1001 };
338 1002
339 $schedcb = sub { 1003 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
340 if (@$entries) { 1004 feed $statgrp sub {
341 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 1005 return unless @$entries;
342 my $ent = pop @$entries; 1006 my $entry = shift @$entries;
1007
1008 aioreq_pri $pri;
1009 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
1010 if ($_[0] < 0) {
1011 push @nondirs, $entry;
1012 } else {
1013 # need to check for real directory
1014 aioreq_pri $pri;
1015 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
1016 if (-d _) {
1017 push @dirs, $entry;
1018
1019 unless (--$ndirs) {
1020 push @nondirs, @$entries;
1021 feed $statgrp;
1022 }
1023 } else {
1024 push @nondirs, $entry;
1025 }
343 $nreq++; 1026 }
344 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
345 } 1027 }
346 } elsif (!$nreq) {
347 # finished
348 undef $statcb;
349 undef $schedcb;
350 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
351 undef $cb;
352 } 1028 };
353 }; 1029 };
354 $statcb = sub {
355 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
356
357 if ($status < 0) {
358 $nreq--;
359 push @nondirs, $entry;
360 &$schedcb;
361 } else {
362 # need to check for real directory
363 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
364 $nreq--;
365
366 if (-d _) {
367 push @dirs, $entry;
368
369 if (!--$ndirs) {
370 push @nondirs, @$entries;
371 $entries = [];
372 }
373 } else {
374 push @nondirs, $entry;
375 }
376
377 &$schedcb;
378 }
379 }
380 };
381
382 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
383 }; 1030 };
384 }; 1031 };
385 }; 1032 };
1033
1034 $grp
386} 1035}
1036
1037=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1038
1039Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1040status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1041uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1042everything else.
1043
1044=cut
1045
1046sub aio_rmtree;
1047sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1048 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1049
1050 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1051 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1052
1053 aioreq_pri $pri;
1054 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1055 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1056
1057 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1058 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1059 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1060 };
1061 };
1062
1063 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1064 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1065
1066 add $grp $dirgrp;
1067 };
1068
1069 $grp
1070}
1071
1072=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1073
1074Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
387 1075
388=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1076=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
389 1077
390Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1078Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
391with the fsync result code. 1079with the fsync result code.
396callback with the fdatasync result code. 1084callback with the fdatasync result code.
397 1085
398If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1086If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
399detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1087detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
400 1088
1089=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1090
1091Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1092to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1093sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1094ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1095
1096C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1097C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1098C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1099manpage for details.
1100
1101=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1102
1103This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1104composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1105(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1106specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1107written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1108not just directories.
1109
1110Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1111C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1112
1113Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1114
1115=cut
1116
1117sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1118 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1119
1120 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1121 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1122
1123 aioreq_pri $pri;
1124 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1125 my ($fh) = @_;
1126 if ($fh) {
1127 aioreq_pri $pri;
1128 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1129 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1130
1131 aioreq_pri $pri;
1132 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1133 };
1134 } else {
1135 $grp->result (-1);
1136 }
1137 };
1138
1139 $grp
1140}
1141
1142=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1143
1144This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1145scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1146scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1147scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1148it).
1149
1150It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1151area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1152later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1153is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1154a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1155C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1156
1157=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1158
1159This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1160scalars.
1161
1162It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1163range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1164as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1165C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1166C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1167writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1168
1169=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1170
1171This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1172scalars.
1173
1174It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1175and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1176
1177If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1178
1179On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1180and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1181
1182Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1183documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1184
1185Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1186C<$data> gets destroyed.
1187
1188 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1189 my $data;
1190 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1191 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1192
1193=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1194
1195Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1196C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1197
1198On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1199and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1200
1201Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1202documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1203
1204Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1205
1206 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1207
1208=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1209
1210This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1211container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1212many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1213and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
1214
1215Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
1216for more info.
1217
1218Example:
1219
1220 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1221 print "all stats done\n";
1222 };
1223
1224 add $grp
1225 (aio_stat ...),
1226 (aio_stat ...),
1227 ...;
1228
1229=item aio_nop $callback->()
1230
1231This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1232side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1233that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1234code.
1235
1236While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1237phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1238be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1239entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1240latency.
1241
1242=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
1243
1244Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
1245the request workers to sleep for the given time.
1246
1247While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
1248like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1249immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1250except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1251
401=back 1252=back
402 1253
1254=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1255
1256All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1257called in non-void context.
1258
1259=over 4
1260
1261=item cancel $req
1262
1263Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
1264when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
1265entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
1266untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
1267currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1268will not be freed prematurely.
1269
1270=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1271
1272Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
1273
1274=back
1275
1276=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
1277
1278This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
1279objects of this class, too.
1280
1281A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
1282aio requests.
1283
1284You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
1285callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
1286C<done> state:
1287
1288 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1289 print "all requests are done\n";
1290 };
1291
1292You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
1293C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
1294
1295 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
1296
1297 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1298 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1299
1300 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1301 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1302 $grp->result ("ok");
1303 };
1304 };
1305
1306This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
1307C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
1308
1309=over 4
1310
1311=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
1312C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
1313
1314=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
1315only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
1316
1317=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1318
1319=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1320any later time).
1321
1322=back
1323
1324Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1325will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1326C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1327exist.
1328
1329That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1330(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1331the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1332further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1333finished will the the group itself finish.
1334
1335=over 4
1336
1337=item add $grp ...
1338
1339=item $grp->add (...)
1340
1341Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1342be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1343dependencies.
1344
1345Returns all its arguments.
1346
1347=item $grp->cancel_subs
1348
1349Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1350itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1351
1352The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1353group).
1354
1355=item $grp->result (...)
1356
1357Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1358subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1359of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1360no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1361
1362=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1363
1364Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1365when the argument is missing.
1366
1367Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1368the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1369default (0).
1370
1371Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1372before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1373
1374=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1375
1376Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1377generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1378although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1379this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1380C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
1381delaying any later requests for a long time.
1382
1383To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1384instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1385feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1386below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1387requests.
1388
1389The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1390not impose any limits).
1391
1392If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1393automatically removed from the group.
1394
1395If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1396C<2> automatically.
1397
1398Example:
1399
1400 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1401
1402 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1403 limit $grp 4;
1404 feed $grp sub {
1405 my $file = pop @files
1406 or return;
1407
1408 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1409 };
1410
1411=item limit $grp $num
1412
1413Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1414the group contains less than this many requests.
1415
1416Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1417
1418The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1419automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1420
1421=back
1422
403=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1423=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
404 1424
1425=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1426
405=over 4 1427=over 4
406 1428
407=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1429=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
408 1430
409Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1431Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
410polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1432polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
411select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1433select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
412to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1434you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
413 1435
414See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1436See C<poll_cb> for an example.
415 1437
416=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1438=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
417 1439
418Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1440Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
419regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1441this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
420when no events are outstanding. 1442were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1443reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1444events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1445C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1446
1447If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1448will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1449do anything special to have it called later.
1450
1451Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1452ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1453a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1454available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1455over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1456requests.
421 1457
422Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1458Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
423IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1459IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1460SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
424 1461
425 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1462 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
426 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1463 poll => 'r', async => 1,
427 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1464 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
428 1465
429=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1466=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
430 1467
1468If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
431Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1469phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
432C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1470does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
433for some requests to finish). 1471synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
434 1472
435See C<nreqs> for an example. 1473See C<nreqs> for an example.
436 1474
1475=item IO::AIO::poll
1476
1477Waits until some requests have been handled.
1478
1479Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1480equivalent to:
1481
1482 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1483
437=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1484=item IO::AIO::flush
438 1485
439Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1486Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
440callback has not been invoked yet).
441 1487
442Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1488Strictly equivalent to:
443 1489
444 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1490 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
445 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1491 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
446 1492
447=item IO::AIO::flush 1493=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
448 1494
449Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1495=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
450 1496
451Strictly equivalent to: 1497These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1498that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1499the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1500C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1501of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
452 1502
453 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1503Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
454 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1504syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1505callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1506not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
455 1507
456=item IO::AIO::poll 1508Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1509interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1510time.
457 1511
458Waits until some requests have been handled. 1512For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
459 1513
460Strictly equivalent to: 1514Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1515IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1516program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
461 1517
462 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1518 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
463 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1519 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1520
1521 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1522 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1523 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1524 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1525
1526=back
1527
1528=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1529
1530=over
464 1531
465=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1532=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
466 1533
467Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1534Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
468is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1535default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
469(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1536concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1537however, is unlimited).
470 1538
471IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1539IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
472no free thread exists. 1540no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1541create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1542is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
473 1543
474It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1544It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
475kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1545Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
476parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1546(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
477threads should be fine. 1547versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
478 1548
479Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1549Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
480module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1550module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
481 1551
482=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1552=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
491This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1561This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
492that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1562that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
493 1563
494Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1564Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
495 1565
1566=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1567
1568Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1569(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1570timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1571C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1572exit.
1573
1574This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1575to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1576under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1577
1578The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1579creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1580want to use larger values.
1581
1582=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1583
1584Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1585allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1586
496=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1587=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
497 1588
498Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1589Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
499try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1590you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
500some requests have been handled. 1591C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1592C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1593longer exceeded.
501 1594
502The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1595In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
503queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1596used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
504this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
505 1597
506Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1598This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1599blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1600use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1601
1602It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1603a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1604
1605 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1606
1607 for my $path (...) {
1608 aio_stat $path , ...;
1609 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1610 }
1611
1612 IO::AIO::flush;
1613
1614The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1615as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1616some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1617number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1618
1619The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1620practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
507 1621
508=back 1622=back
509 1623
1624=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1625
1626=over
1627
1628=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1629
1630Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1631states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1632
1633Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1634
1635 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1636 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1637
1638=item IO::AIO::nready
1639
1640Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1641executed).
1642
1643=item IO::AIO::npending
1644
1645Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1646but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1647
1648=back
1649
1650=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1651
1652IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1653asynchronous.
1654
1655=over 4
1656
1657=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1658
1659Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1660but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1661likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1662operations).
1663
1664Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1665
1666=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1667
1668Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1669manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1670avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1671C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1672C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1673
1674On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1675ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1676
1677=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1678
1679Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1680manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1681avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1682C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1683
1684On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1685ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1686
1687=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1688
1689Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1690$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1691constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1692C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1693
1694On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1695ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1696
1697=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1698
1699Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1700given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1701
1702The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1703change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1704or searching it with regexes and so on.
1705
1706Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1707
1708The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1709when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1710C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1711
1712This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1713page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1714
1715The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1716filesize.
1717
1718C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1719C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1720
1721C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1722C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1723not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1724(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1725constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1726C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1727C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1728
1729If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1730
1731C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1732a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1733
1734Example:
1735
1736 use Digest::MD5;
1737 use IO::AIO;
1738
1739 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1740 or die "$!";
1741
1742 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1743 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1744
1745 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1746
1747=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1748
1749Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1750
1751=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1752
1753Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1754C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1755
1756=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1757
1758Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1759
1760On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1761ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1762
1763=back
1764
510=cut 1765=cut
511 1766
512# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
513sub _fd2fh {
514 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
515
516 # try to generate nice filehandles
517 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
518 local *$sym;
519
520 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
521 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
522 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
523 or return undef;
524
525 *$sym
526}
527
528min_parallel 4; 1767min_parallel 8;
529 1768
530END { 1769END { flush }
531 max_parallel 0;
532}
533 1770
5341; 17711;
535 1772
1773=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1774
1775It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1776automatically into many event loops:
1777
1778 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1779 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1780
1781You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1782some examples of how to do this:
1783
1784 # EV integration
1785 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1786
1787 # Event integration
1788 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1789 poll => 'r',
1790 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1791
1792 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1793 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1794 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1795
1796 # Tk integration
1797 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1798 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1799
1800 # Danga::Socket integration
1801 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1802 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1803
536=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1804=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
537 1805
538Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1806Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
539can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1807considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
540the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1808fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
541request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1809with defined behaviour in perl. IO::AIO uses pthreads, so this applies,
542queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1810but many other extensions and (for inexplicable reasons) perl itself often
543the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1811is linked against pthreads, so this limitation applies.
544parent process has been reached again. 1812
1813Some operating systems have extensions that allow safe use of fork, and
1814this module should do "the right thing" on those, and tries on others. At
1815the time of this writing (2011) only GNU/Linux supports these extensions
1816to POSIX.
1817
1818=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1819
1820Per-request usage:
1821
1822Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1823bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1824a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1825scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1826will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1827
1828This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1829problem.
1830
1831Per-thread usage:
1832
1833In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1834temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1835structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1836
1837=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1838
1839Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
545 1840
546=head1 SEE ALSO 1841=head1 SEE ALSO
547 1842
548L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1843L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1844more natural syntax.
549 1845
550=head1 AUTHOR 1846=head1 AUTHOR
551 1847
552 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1848 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
553 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1849 http://home.schmorp.de/

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