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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output 3IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
58not 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
59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
62 62
63In addition to asynchronous I/O, this module also exports some rather
64arcane interfaces, such as C<madvise> or linux's C<splice> system call,
65which is why the C<A> in C<AIO> can also mean I<advanced>.
66
63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads, 67Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking 68it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never 69yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 70call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67 71
68=head2 EXAMPLE 72=head2 EXAMPLE
69 73
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads 74This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 75F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72 76
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV; 77 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO; 78 use IO::AIO;
76 79
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV 80 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 81 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
95 98
96 # file contents now in $contents 99 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents; 100 print $contents;
98 101
99 # exit event loop and program 102 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop; 103 EV::break;
101 }; 104 };
102 }; 105 };
103 106
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 107 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc. 108 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106 109
107 # process events as long as there are some: 110 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop; 111 EV::run;
109 112
110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 113=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
111 114
112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 115Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
113directly visible to Perl. 116directly visible to Perl.
168use common::sense; 171use common::sense;
169 172
170use base 'Exporter'; 173use base 'Exporter';
171 174
172BEGIN { 175BEGIN {
173 our $VERSION = '4.0'; 176 our $VERSION = 4.34;
174 177
175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close 178 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx 179 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync 180 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_fcntl aio_ioctl
178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate 181 aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead 182 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap aio_allocate
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group 183 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown 184 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate 185 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall 186 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs 187 aio_statvfs
202 205
203=head1 FUNCTIONS 206=head1 FUNCTIONS
204 207
205=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW 208=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206 209
207This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions 210This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
208for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function 211quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209documentation. 212documentation.
210 213
211 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd) 214 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 215 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 216 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
217 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
214 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 218 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 219 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 220 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 221 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 222 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 223 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs) 224 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 225 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status) 226 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
227 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
223 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 228 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
224 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 229 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
230 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
225 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 231 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
226 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 232 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
227 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 233 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 234 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 235 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
230 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link) 236 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
231 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 237 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
232 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 238 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
233 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 239 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 240 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
235 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags) 241 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
236 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST 242 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
237 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN 243 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
244 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
238 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 245 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
239 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 246 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
240 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 247 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
241 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
242 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 248 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
249 aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
250 aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync $callback->($status) 251 aio_sync $callback->($status)
244 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status) 252 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
245 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 253 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
246 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status) 254 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status) 255 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
248 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 256 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
249 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status) 257 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
250 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status) 258 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
251 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status) 259 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status) 260 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
253 aio_group $callback->(...) 261 aio_group $callback->(...)
271 IO::AIO::nready 279 IO::AIO::nready
272 IO::AIO::npending 280 IO::AIO::npending
273 281
274 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count 282 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
275 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice 283 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
284 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
285 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
276 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice 286 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
277 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect 287 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
278 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef 288 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
279 IO::AIO::munlockall 289 IO::AIO::munlockall
280 290
281=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 291=head2 API NOTES
282 292
283All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 293All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
284with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 294with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
285and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 295and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
286which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 296which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
287the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 297the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
288perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given 298of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
289syscall has been executed asynchronously. 299error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
300most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
301"false").
302
303Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
304communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
290 305
291All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 306All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
292internally until the request has finished. 307internally until the request has finished.
293 308
294All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 309All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
295further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 310further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
296 311
297The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 312The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
298encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 313reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
299request is being executed, the current working directory could have 314current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
300changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 315make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
301current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 316in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
302paths. 317of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
318relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
319description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
303 320
304To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 321To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
305in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 322in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
306tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 323tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
307your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 324module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
308environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 325effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
309use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 326unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
327correct contents.
310 328
311This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 329This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
312handles correctly whether it is set or not. 330handles correctly whether it is set or not.
331
332=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
313 333
314=over 4 334=over 4
315 335
316=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 336=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
317 337
347 367
348 368
349=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 369=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
350 370
351Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 371Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
352created filehandle for the file. 372created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
353 373
354The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 374The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
355for an explanation. 375for an explanation.
356 376
357The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 377The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
380following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on 400following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
381your system are, as usual, C<0>): 401your system are, as usual, C<0>):
382 402
383C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>, 403C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
384C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>, 404C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
385C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>. 405C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
386 406
387 407
388=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 408=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
389 409
390Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 410Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
400Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be 420Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
401free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed. 421free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
402 422
403=cut 423=cut
404 424
425=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
426
427Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
428C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
429C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
430C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
431
432The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
433case of an error.
434
435In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
436corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
437so don't panic.
438
439As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
440C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
441could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
442Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
443"just work".
444
405=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 445=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
406 446
407=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 447=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
408 448
409Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and 449Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
410C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> 450C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
411and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on 451and calls the callback with the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
412error, just like the syscall). 452error, just like the syscall).
413 453
414C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to 454C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
415offset plus the actual number of bytes read. 455offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
416 456
474As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked 514As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
475together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy 515together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
476on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs 516on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
477in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail, 517in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
478so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> - 518so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
479fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred. 519fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
480 520
481 521
482=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 522=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
483 523
484C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 524C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
488whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 528whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
489and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 529and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
490(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the 530(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
491file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 531file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
492 532
493If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 533If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your kernel isn't Linux) it will
494emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 534be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
495 535
496 536
497=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 537=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
498 538
499=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 539=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
568 namemax => 255, 608 namemax => 255,
569 frsize => 1024, 609 frsize => 1024,
570 fsid => 1810 610 fsid => 1810
571 } 611 }
572 612
613Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
614Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
615
616 0x0000adf5 adfs
617 0x0000adff affs
618 0x5346414f afs
619 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
620 0x00000187 autofs
621 0x42465331 befs
622 0x1badface bfs
623 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
624 0x9123683e btrfs
625 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
626 0xff534d42 cifs
627 0x73757245 coda
628 0x012ff7b7 coh
629 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
630 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
631 0x64626720 debugfs
632 0x00001373 devfs
633 0x00001cd1 devpts
634 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
635 0x00414a53 efs
636 0x0000137d ext
637 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
638 0x0000ef51 ext2
639 0xf2f52010 f2fs
640 0x00004006 fat
641 0x65735546 fuseblk
642 0x65735543 fusectl
643 0x0bad1dea futexfs
644 0x01161970 gfs2
645 0x47504653 gpfs
646 0x00004244 hfs
647 0xf995e849 hpfs
648 0x00c0ffee hostfs
649 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
650 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
651 0x00009660 isofs
652 0x000072b6 jffs2
653 0x3153464a jfs
654 0x6b414653 k-afs
655 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
656 0x0000137f minix
657 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
658 0x00002468 minix v2
659 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
660 0x00004d5a minix v3
661 0x19800202 mqueue
662 0x00004d44 msdos
663 0x0000564c novell
664 0x00006969 nfs
665 0x6e667364 nfsd
666 0x00003434 nilfs
667 0x5346544e ntfs
668 0x00009fa1 openprom
669 0x7461636F ocfs2
670 0x00009fa0 proc
671 0x6165676c pstorefs
672 0x0000002f qnx4
673 0x68191122 qnx6
674 0x858458f6 ramfs
675 0x52654973 reiserfs
676 0x00007275 romfs
677 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
678 0x73636673 securityfs
679 0xf97cff8c selinux
680 0x0000517b smb
681 0x534f434b sockfs
682 0x73717368 squashfs
683 0x62656572 sysfs
684 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
685 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
686 0x01021994 tmpfs
687 0x15013346 udf
688 0x00011954 ufs
689 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
690 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
691 0x01021997 v9fs
692 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
693 0xabba1974 xenfs
694 0x012ff7b4 xenix
695 0x58465342 xfs
696 0x012fd16d xia
573 697
574=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 698=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
575 699
576Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 700Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
577and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 701and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
605=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 729=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
606 730
607Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 731Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
608 732
609 733
734=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
735
736Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
737linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
738
739C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
740space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
741to deallocate a file range.
742
743IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
744(without leaving a hole) and C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range (see
745your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
746
747The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
748C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
749
750If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
751emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
752
753
610=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 754=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
611 755
612Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 756Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
613 757
614 758
616 760
617Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 761Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
618result code. 762result code.
619 763
620 764
621=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 765=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
622 766
623[EXPERIMENTAL] 767[EXPERIMENTAL]
624 768
625Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 769Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
626 770
627The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 771The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
628 772
629 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 773 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
630 774
631See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants 775See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
632and functions. 776and functions.
633 777
634=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 778=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
641 785
642Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 786Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
643the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 787the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
644 788
645 789
646=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 790=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
647 791
648Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 792Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
649the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 793the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
650callback. 794callback.
651 795
652 796
653=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path) 797=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
654 798
655Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in 799Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
656C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as 800C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
657L<Cwd::realpath>). 801L<Cwd::realpath>).
658 802
659This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working 803This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
660directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot). 804directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
661 805
662 806
663=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 807=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
664 808
665Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 809Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
666rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 810rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
811
812On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
813natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
814of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
667 815
668 816
669=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 817=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
670 818
671Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 819Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
675 823
676=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 824=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
677 825
678Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 826Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
679result code. 827result code.
828
829On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
830natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
831C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
680 832
681 833
682=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 834=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
683 835
684Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 836Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
753C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms. 905C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
754 906
755=back 907=back
756 908
757 909
758=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 910=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
759 911
760This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 912This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
761memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 913memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
762 914
763=cut 915=cut
898 }; 1050 };
899 1051
900 $grp 1052 $grp
901} 1053}
902 1054
903=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1055=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
904 1056
905Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1057Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
906efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1058efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
907names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1059names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
908recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1060recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
965 1117
966 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1118 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
967 1119
968 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1120 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
969 1121
970 # stat once 1122 # get a wd object
971 aioreq_pri $pri; 1123 aioreq_pri $pri;
972 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1124 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1125 $_[0]
973 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1126 or return $grp->result ();
974 my $now = time;
975 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
976 1127
977 # read the directory entries 1128 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1129
1130 # stat once
978 aioreq_pri $pri; 1131 aioreq_pri $pri;
979 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub { 1132 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
980 my $entries = shift
981 or return $grp->result (); 1133 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1134 my $now = time;
1135 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
982 1136
983 # stat the dir another time 1137 # read the directory entries
984 aioreq_pri $pri; 1138 aioreq_pri $pri;
1139 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
1140 my $entries = shift
1141 or return $grp->result ();
1142
1143 # stat the dir another time
1144 aioreq_pri $pri;
985 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1145 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
986 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1146 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
987 1147
988 my $ndirs; 1148 my $ndirs;
989 1149
990 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1150 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
991 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1151 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
992 $ndirs = -1; 1152 $ndirs = -1;
993 } else { 1153 } else {
994 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1154 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
995 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1155 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
996 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1156 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
997 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1157 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
998 } 1158 }
999 1159
1000 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1160 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
1001 1161
1002 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1162 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
1003 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1163 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
1004 }; 1164 };
1005 1165
1006 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1166 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
1007 feed $statgrp sub { 1167 feed $statgrp sub {
1008 return unless @$entries; 1168 return unless @$entries;
1009 my $entry = shift @$entries; 1169 my $entry = shift @$entries;
1010 1170
1011 aioreq_pri $pri; 1171 aioreq_pri $pri;
1172 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
1012 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1173 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
1013 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1174 if ($_[0] < 0) {
1014 push @nondirs, $entry; 1175 push @nondirs, $entry;
1015 } else { 1176 } else {
1016 # need to check for real directory 1177 # need to check for real directory
1017 aioreq_pri $pri; 1178 aioreq_pri $pri;
1179 $wd->[1] = $entry;
1018 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1180 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
1019 if (-d _) { 1181 if (-d _) {
1020 push @dirs, $entry; 1182 push @dirs, $entry;
1021 1183
1022 unless (--$ndirs) { 1184 unless (--$ndirs) {
1023 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1185 push @nondirs, @$entries;
1024 feed $statgrp; 1186 feed $statgrp;
1187 }
1188 } else {
1189 push @nondirs, $entry;
1025 } 1190 }
1026 } else {
1027 push @nondirs, $entry;
1028 } 1191 }
1029 } 1192 }
1030 } 1193 };
1031 }; 1194 };
1032 }; 1195 };
1033 }; 1196 };
1034 }; 1197 };
1035 }; 1198 };
1036 1199
1037 $grp 1200 $grp
1038} 1201}
1039 1202
1040=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1203=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
1041 1204
1042Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1205Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1043status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1206status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1044uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1207uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1045everything else. 1208everything else.
1046 1209
1047=cut 1210=cut
1048 1211
1070 }; 1233 };
1071 1234
1072 $grp 1235 $grp
1073} 1236}
1074 1237
1238=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
1239
1240=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
1241
1242These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
1243they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
1244
1245Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
1246to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
1247sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
1248as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
1249can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
1250alternative to using a thread to wait.
1251
1252So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
1253(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
1254other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
1255you still can.
1256
1257The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>):
1258
1259C<FIFREEZE>, C<FITHAW>, C<FITRIM>, C<FICLONE>, C<FICLONERANGE>, C<FIDEDUPERANGE>.
1260
1261C<FS_IOC_GETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_SETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_GETVERSION>, C<FS_IOC_SETVERSION>,
1262C<FS_IOC_FIEMAP>.
1263
1264C<FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>,
1265C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT>, C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>, C<FS_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE>.
1266
1267C<FS_SECRM_FL>, C<FS_UNRM_FL>, C<FS_COMPR_FL>, C<FS_SYNC_FL>, C<FS_IMMUTABLE_FL>,
1268C<FS_APPEND_FL>, C<FS_NODUMP_FL>, C<FS_NOATIME_FL>, C<FS_DIRTY_FL>,
1269C<FS_COMPRBLK_FL>, C<FS_NOCOMP_FL>, C<FS_ENCRYPT_FL>, C<FS_BTREE_FL>,
1270C<FS_INDEX_FL>, C<FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL>, C<FS_NOTAIL_FL>, C<FS_DIRSYNC_FL>, C<FS_TOPDIR_FL>,
1271C<FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE>.
1272
1273C<FS_XFLAG_REALTIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC>, C<FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE>, C<FS_XFLAG_APPEND>,
1274C<FS_XFLAG_SYNC>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOATIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_NODUMP>, C<FS_XFLAG_RTINHERIT>,
1275C<FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOSYMLINKS>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT>,
1276C<FS_XFLAG_NODEFRAG>, C<FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM>, C<FS_XFLAG_DAX>, C<FS_XFLAG_HASATTR>,
1277
1075=item aio_sync $callback->($status) 1278=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1076 1279
1077Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished. 1280Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1078 1281
1079=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1282=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
1106C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>, 1309C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1107C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and 1310C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1108C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range 1311C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1109manpage for details. 1312manpage for details.
1110 1313
1111=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 1314=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1112 1315
1113This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a 1316This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1114composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations 1317composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1115(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any 1318(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1116specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get 1319specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1168 1371
1169This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed 1372This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1170scalars. 1373scalars.
1171 1374
1172It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified 1375It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1173range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same 1376range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1174as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either 1377as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1175C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or 1378C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1176C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and 1379C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1177writing an octet from it, which dirties the page). 1380writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1178 1381
1179=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status) 1382=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1180 1383
1181This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed 1384This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1212documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>. 1415documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1213 1416
1214Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory. 1417Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1215 1418
1216 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE; 1419 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1420
1421=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1422
1423Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1424ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1425the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1426C<ENOSYS>.
1427
1428C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1429size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1430be queried.
1431
1432C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1433C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1434exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1435the data portion.
1436
1437C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1438C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1439case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1440instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1441
1442If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1443C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1444
1445Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1446structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1447following members:
1448
1449 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1450
1451Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1452or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1453
1454C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1455C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1456C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1457C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1458C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1459C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1460
1461At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1462C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1463it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1464extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
1217 1465
1218=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1466=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1219 1467
1220This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1468This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1221container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1469container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1258like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is 1506like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1259immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1507immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1260except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1508except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1261 1509
1262=back 1510=back
1511
1512
1513=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1514
1515Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1516threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1517could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1518will be used by IO::AIO).
1519
1520One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1521but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1522access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1523
1524Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1525futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1526per operation.
1527
1528For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1529perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1530cannot be perfect, though.
1531
1532IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1533object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1534path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1535
1536Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1537or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1538object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1539gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1540IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1541to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1542
1543For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1544inside, you would write:
1545
1546 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1547 my $etcdir = shift;
1548
1549 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1550 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1551 # when $etcdir is undef.
1552
1553 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1554 # yay
1555 };
1556 };
1557
1558The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
1559creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
1560which is why it is done asynchronously.
1561
1562To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1563either of the following three request calls:
1564
1565 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1566 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1567 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1568
1569As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1570object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1571causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1572
1573 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1574
1575 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1576 $path->[1] = $name;
1577 aio_stat $path, sub {
1578 # ...
1579 };
1580 }
1581
1582There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1583pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1584nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1585will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1586pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1587older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1588string form of the pathname.
1589
1590So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1591C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1592reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1593(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1594
1595The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1596
1597=over 4
1598
1599=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1600
1601Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1602IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1603system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1604to this working directory.
1605
1606If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1607of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1608passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1609request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1610C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1611expected way.
1612
1613=item IO::AIO::CWD
1614
1615This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1616current working directory.
1617
1618Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1619the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1620example, these calls are functionally identical:
1621
1622 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1623 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1624
1625=back
1626
1627To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1628C<aio_realpath>:
1629
1630 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1631 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1632 };
1633
1634Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1635sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1263 1636
1264=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1637=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1265 1638
1266All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1639All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1267called in non-void context. 1640called in non-void context.
1385 1758
1386Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1759Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1387generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1760generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1388although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1761although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1389this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example, 1762this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1390C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests, 1763C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1391delaying any later requests for a long time. 1764requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1392 1765
1393To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1766To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1394instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1767instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1395feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1768feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1396below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1769below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1445 1818
1446See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1819See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1447 1820
1448=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1821=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1449 1822
1450Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call 1823Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1824been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1825this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1826
1451this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there 1827Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1452were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever 1828events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1453reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of 1829reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1454events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and 1830of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1455C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>. 1831C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1456 1832
1457If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1833If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1458will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to 1834descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1459do anything special to have it called later. 1835don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1460 1836
1461Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes 1837Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1462ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit 1838ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1463a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become 1839a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1464available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes 1840available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1473 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1849 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1474 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1850 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1475 1851
1476=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1852=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1477 1853
1478If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result 1854Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1479phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply 1855requests are outstanding anymore.
1480does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to 1856
1481synchronously wait for some requests to finish). 1857This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1858become ready, without actually handling them.
1482 1859
1483See C<nreqs> for an example. 1860See C<nreqs> for an example.
1484 1861
1485=item IO::AIO::poll 1862=item IO::AIO::poll
1486 1863
1607 1984
1608This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1985This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1609blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1986blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1610use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1987use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1611 1988
1612It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat 1989Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1613a lot of files, you can write somehting like this: 1990a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1614 1991
1615 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32; 1992 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1616 1993
1617 for my $path (...) { 1994 for my $path (...) {
1657 2034
1658=back 2035=back
1659 2036
1660=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS 2037=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1661 2038
1662IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not 2039IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
1663asynchronous. 2040some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
2041"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
2042counterpart.
1664 2043
1665=over 4 2044=over 4
1666 2045
1667=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count 2046=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1668 2047
1687=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice 2066=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1688 2067
1689Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its 2068Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1690manpage for details). The following advice constants are 2069manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1691available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>, 2070available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1692C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>. 2071C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>,
2072C<IO::AIO::MADV_FREE>.
1693 2073
1694On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns 2074On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1695ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>. 2075ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1696 2076
1697=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect 2077=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1705ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>. 2085ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1706 2086
1707=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset] 2087=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1708 2088
1709Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the 2089Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1710given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. 2090given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2091success, and false otherwise.
1711 2092
1712The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't 2093The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1713change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it 2094change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1714or searching it with regexes and so on. 2095or searching it with regexes and so on.
1715 2096
1726filesize. 2107filesize.
1727 2108
1728C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>, 2109C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1729C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, 2110C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1730 2111
1731C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or 2112C<$flags> can be a combination of
1732C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when 2113C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1733not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> 2114C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
2115or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
1734(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this 2116C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
1735constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>, 2117C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1736C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or 2118C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
2119C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
1737C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK> 2120C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
2121C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
2122C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
2123C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
2124C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
2125C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
1738 2126
1739If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed. 2127If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1740 2128
1741C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be 2129C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1742a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>. 2130a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1767 2155
1768Calls the C<munlockall> function. 2156Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1769 2157
1770On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns 2158On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1771ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>. 2159ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2160
2161=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2162
2163Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2164C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2165should be the file offset.
2166
2167C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2168silently corrupt the data in this case.
2169
2170The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2171C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2172C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2173
2174See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2175
2176=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2177
2178Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
2179description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2180
2181=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2182
2183Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2184on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2185C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2186size on other systems, drop me a note.
2187
2188=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
2189
2190This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
2191C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
2192perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
2193systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
2194(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
2195
2196If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
2197the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
2198
2199On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
2200
2201On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
2202C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
2203
2204Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
2205time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
2206C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
1772 2207
1773=back 2208=back
1774 2209
1775=cut 2210=cut
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