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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_; 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11 ... 12 ...
12 }; 13 };
13 14
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 15 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15 16
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26 27
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29 30
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36 poll => 'r',
37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
38
39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
42
43 # Tk integration
44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
46
47 # Danga::Socket integration
48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
51=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
52 32
53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
55 52
56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
58in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
65 62
66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
70 109
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72 111
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore 155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
117(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual 156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or 157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error). 158result in a runtime error).
120 159
160=back
161
121=cut 162=cut
122 163
123package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
124 165
125no warnings; 166use Carp ();
126use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
127 169
128use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
129 171
130BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
131 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.0';
132 174
133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
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
136 aio_group aio_nop); 185 aio_wd);
186
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs); 189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
191 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
192 sendfile fadvise madvise
193 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
194
195 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
140 196
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
142 198
143 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
145} 201}
146 202
147=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
148 204
205=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206
207This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
208for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209documentation.
210
211 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
214 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
223 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
224 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
225 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
226 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
227 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
230 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
231 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
232 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
233 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
235 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
236 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
237 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
238 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
239 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
240 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
241 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
242 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync $callback->($status)
244 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
245 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
246 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
248 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
249 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
250 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
251 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
253 aio_group $callback->(...)
254 aio_nop $callback->()
255
256 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
257 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
258
259 IO::AIO::poll_wait
260 IO::AIO::poll_cb
261 IO::AIO::poll
262 IO::AIO::flush
263 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
264 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
265 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
266 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
267 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
269 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
270 IO::AIO::nreqs
271 IO::AIO::nready
272 IO::AIO::npending
273
274 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
275 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
276 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
277 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
278 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
279 IO::AIO::munlockall
280
149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 281=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
150 282
151All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 283All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
152with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 284with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
153and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 285and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 286which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
155the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 287the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
156perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 288perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
157syscall has been executed asynchronously. 289syscall has been executed asynchronously.
158 290
159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 291All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished. 292internally until the request has finished.
161 293
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 294All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 295further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164 296
165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 297The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 298reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
167request is being executed, the current working directory could have 299current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make
168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 300sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere in
169current working directory. 301the program and then use relative paths. Lastly, you can take advantage
302of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction - see the description of the
303C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
170 304
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 305To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 306in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
173etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 307tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
174your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 308your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 309environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else. 310use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
311
312This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
313handles correctly whether it is set or not.
177 314
178=over 4 315=over 4
179 316
180=item aioreq_pri $pri 317=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181 318
182Sets the priority for the next aio request. The default priority 319Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
320C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
321
183is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4> and C<4>, 322The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
184respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced first. 323and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
324first.
185 325
186The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_> 326The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
187functions. 327functions.
188 328
189Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with 329Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
190higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority 330higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
191open requests (potentially spamming the cache): 331open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
198 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 338 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
199 ... 339 ...
200 }; 340 };
201 }; 341 };
202 342
343
203=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 344=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
204 345
205Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 346Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
206priority, so effects are cumulative. 347priority, so the effect is cumulative.
348
207 349
208=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 350=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
209 351
210Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 352Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
211created filehandle for the file. 353created filehandle for the file.
217list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 359list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
218 360
219Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 361Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
220didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 362didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
221except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 363except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
222and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 364and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
365by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
366change the umask.
223 367
224Example: 368Example:
225 369
226 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 370 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
227 if ($_[0]) { 371 if ($_[0]) {
228 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 372 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
229 ... 373 ...
230 } else { 374 } else {
231 die "open failed: $!\n"; 375 die "open failed: $!\n";
232 } 376 }
233 }; 377 };
234 378
379In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
380C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
381following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
382your system are, as usual, C<0>):
383
384C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
385C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
386C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
387
388
235=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 389=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
236 390
237Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 391Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
238code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 392code.
239filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
240time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
241C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
242 393
243This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 394Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
244therefore best to avoid this function. 395closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
396
397Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
398use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
399(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
400
401Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
402free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
403
404=cut
245 405
246=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 406=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
247 407
248=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 408=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
249 409
250Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 410Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
251into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 411C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
252callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 412and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
253like the syscall). 413error, just like the syscall).
414
415C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
416offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
417
418If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
419be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
420changed by these calls.
421
422If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
423C<$data>.
424
425If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
426C<$data>.
254 427
255The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 428The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
256is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 429is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
257necessary/optional hardware is installed). 430the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
258 431
259Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 432Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
260offset C<0> within the scalar: 433offset C<0> within the scalar:
261 434
262 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 435 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
263 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 436 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
264 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 437 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
265 }; 438 };
266 439
267=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
268
269Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
270destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
271the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
272
273This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
274rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
275and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
276followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
277order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
278
279If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
280possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
281errors are being ignored.
282
283=cut
284
285sub aio_move($$$) {
286 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
287
288 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
289
290 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
291 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
292 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
293 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
294 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
295
296 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
297 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
298 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
299 close $src_fh;
300
301 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
302 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
303 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
304 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
305 close $dst_fh;
306
307 add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
308 $grp->result ($_[0]);
309 };
310 } else {
311 my $errno = $!;
312 add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
313 $! = $errno;
314 $grp->result (-1);
315 };
316 }
317 };
318 } else {
319 $grp->result (-1);
320 }
321 },
322
323 } else {
324 $grp->result (-1);
325 }
326 };
327 } else {
328 $grp->result ($_[0]);
329 }
330 };
331
332 $grp
333}
334 440
335=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 441=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
336 442
337Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 443Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
338reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 444reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
339file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 445file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
340than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 446than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
341other. 447other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
448move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
342 449
450Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
451are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
452read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
453number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
454C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
455
456Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
457C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
458the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
459the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
460into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
461fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
462data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
463the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
464resource usage.
465
343This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 466This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
344zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 467provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
345socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 468a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
346 469
347If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 470If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
348emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 471C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
472C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
349regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 473type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
350 474
351Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 475As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
352C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 476together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
353bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 477on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
354provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 478in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
355value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 479so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
356read. 480fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
481
357 482
358=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 483=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
359 484
360C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 485C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
361subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 486subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
367file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 492file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
368 493
369If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 494If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
370emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 495emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
371 496
497
372=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 498=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
373 499
374=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 500=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
375 501
376Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 502Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
381for an explanation. 507for an explanation.
382 508
383Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 509Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
384error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 510error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
385unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 511unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
512
513To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
514following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
515be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
516behaviour).
517
518C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
519C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
520C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
386 521
387Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 522Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
388 523
389 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 524 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
390 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 525 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
391 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 526 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
392 }; 527 };
393 528
529
530=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
531
532Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
533whether a file handle or path was passed.
534
535On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
536members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
537C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
538is passed.
539
540The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
541C<ST_NOSUID>.
542
543The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
544their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
545not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
546C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
547C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
548
549Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
550
551 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
552 my $f = $_[0]
553 or die "statvfs: $!";
554
555 use Data::Dumper;
556 say Dumper $f;
557 };
558
559 # result:
560 {
561 bsize => 1024,
562 bfree => 4333064312,
563 blocks => 10253828096,
564 files => 2050765568,
565 flag => 4096,
566 favail => 2042092649,
567 bavail => 4333064312,
568 ffree => 2042092649,
569 namemax => 255,
570 frsize => 1024,
571 fsid => 1810
572 }
573
574
575=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
576
577Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
578and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
579syscalls support them.
580
581When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
582utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
583otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
584
585Examples:
586
587 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
588 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
589 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
590 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
591
592
593=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
594
595Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
596or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
597
598Examples:
599
600 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
601 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
602 # same as above:
603 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
604
605
606=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
607
608Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
609
610
611=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
612
613Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
614
615
394=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 616=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
395 617
396Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 618Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
397result code. 619result code.
398 620
621
622=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
623
624[EXPERIMENTAL]
625
626Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
627
628The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
629
630 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
631
632See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
633and functions.
634
399=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 635=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
400 636
401Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 637Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
402the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 638the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
403 639
640
404=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 641=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
405 642
406Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 643Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
407the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 644the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
408 645
646
647=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
648
649Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
650the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
651callback.
652
653
654=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
655
656Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
657C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
658L<Cwd::realpath>).
659
660This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
661directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
662
663
409=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 664=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
410 665
411Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 666Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
412rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 667rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
413 668
669
670=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
671
672Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
673the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
674request is executed, so do not change your umask.
675
676
414=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 677=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
415 678
416Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 679Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
417result code. 680result code.
681
418 682
419=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 683=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
420 684
421Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 685Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
422directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 686directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
423sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 687sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
424 688
425The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 689The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
426with the filenames. 690array-ref with the filenames.
427 691
692
693=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
694
695Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
696tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
697C<undef>.
698
699The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
700flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
701
702=over 4
703
704=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
705
706When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
707names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
708C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
709entry in more detail.
710
711C<$name> is the name of the entry.
712
713C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
714
715C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
716C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
717C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
718
719C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
720know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
721scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
722
723C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
724bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
725systems that do not deliver the inode information.
726
727=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
728
729When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
730likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
731you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
732while avoiding to stat() each entry.
733
734If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
735to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
736beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
737short names are tried first.
738
739=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
740
741When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
742suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
743all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
744be fastest.
745
746If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
747the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
748
749=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
750
751This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
752is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
753C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
754C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
755
756=back
757
758
759=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
760
761This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
762memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
763
764=cut
765
766sub aio_load($$;$) {
767 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
768 my $data = \$_[1];
769
770 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
771 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
772
773 aioreq_pri $pri;
774 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
775 my $fh = shift
776 or return $grp->result (-1);
777
778 aioreq_pri $pri;
779 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
780 $grp->result ($_[0]);
781 };
782 };
783
784 $grp
785}
786
787=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
788
789Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
790destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
791a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
792
793This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
794mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
795C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
796uid/gid, in that order.
797
798If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
799possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
800errors are being ignored.
801
802=cut
803
804sub aio_copy($$;$) {
805 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
806
807 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
808 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
809
810 aioreq_pri $pri;
811 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
812 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
813 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
814
815 aioreq_pri $pri;
816 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
817 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
818 aioreq_pri $pri;
819 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
820 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
821 $grp->result (0);
822 close $src_fh;
823
824 my $ch = sub {
825 aioreq_pri $pri;
826 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
827 aioreq_pri $pri;
828 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
829 aioreq_pri $pri;
830 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
831 }
832 };
833 };
834
835 aioreq_pri $pri;
836 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
837 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
838 aioreq_pri $pri;
839 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
840 } else {
841 $ch->();
842 }
843 };
844 } else {
845 $grp->result (-1);
846 close $src_fh;
847 close $dst_fh;
848
849 aioreq $pri;
850 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
851 }
852 };
853 } else {
854 $grp->result (-1);
855 }
856 },
857
858 } else {
859 $grp->result (-1);
860 }
861 };
862
863 $grp
864}
865
866=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
867
868Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
869destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
870a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
871
872This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
873rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
874that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
875
876=cut
877
878sub aio_move($$;$) {
879 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
880
881 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
882 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
883
884 aioreq_pri $pri;
885 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
886 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
887 aioreq_pri $pri;
888 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
889 $grp->result ($_[0]);
890
891 unless ($_[0]) {
892 aioreq_pri $pri;
893 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
894 }
895 };
896 } else {
897 $grp->result ($_[0]);
898 }
899 };
900
901 $grp
902}
903
428=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 904=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
429 905
430Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 906Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
431efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 907efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
432names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 908names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
433recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 909recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
434 910
435C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_ 911C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
436C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that 912C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
437this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default 913this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
438will be chosen (currently 6). 914will be chosen (currently 4).
439 915
440On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 916On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
441two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 917two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
442 918
443Example: 919Example:
450 926
451Implementation notes. 927Implementation notes.
452 928
453The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 929The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
454 930
931If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
932find directories.
933
455After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 934Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
456directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 935of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
457isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 936match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
458entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 937how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
459of subdirectories will be assumed. 938number of subdirectories will be assumed.
460 939
461Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 940Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
462a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 941currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
463else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 942entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
464likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 943in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
465is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 944entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
466seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 945separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
467filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 946filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
468data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 947data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
948the filetype information on readdir.
469 949
470If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 950If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
471rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 951rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
472 952
473This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 953This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
477as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 957as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
478directory counting heuristic. 958directory counting heuristic.
479 959
480=cut 960=cut
481 961
482sub aio_scandir($$$) { 962sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
483 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 963 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
484 964
965 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
966
485 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 967 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
486 968
487 $maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0; 969 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
488 970
489 # stat once 971 # stat once
972 aioreq_pri $pri;
490 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 973 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
491 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 974 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
492 my $now = time; 975 my $now = time;
493 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 976 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
494 977
495 # read the directory entries 978 # read the directory entries
979 aioreq_pri $pri;
496 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 980 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
497 my $entries = shift 981 my $entries = shift
498 or return $grp->result (); 982 or return $grp->result ();
499 983
500 # stat the dir another time 984 # stat the dir another time
985 aioreq_pri $pri;
501 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 986 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
502 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 987 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
503 988
504 my $ndirs; 989 my $ndirs;
505 990
506 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 991 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
507 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 992 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
508 $ndirs = -1; 993 $ndirs = -1;
509 } else { 994 } else {
510 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 995 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
511 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 996 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
512 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 997 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
513 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 998 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
514 } 999 }
515 1000
516 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
517 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
518 $entries = [map $_->[0],
519 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
520 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
521 @$entries];
522
523 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1001 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
524 1002
525 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1003 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
526 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1004 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
527 }; 1005 };
528 1006
529 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1007 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
530 feed $statgrp sub { 1008 feed $statgrp sub {
531 return unless @$entries; 1009 return unless @$entries;
532 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1010 my $entry = shift @$entries;
533 1011
1012 aioreq_pri $pri;
534 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1013 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
535 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1014 if ($_[0] < 0) {
536 push @nondirs, $entry; 1015 push @nondirs, $entry;
537 } else { 1016 } else {
538 # need to check for real directory 1017 # need to check for real directory
1018 aioreq_pri $pri;
539 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1019 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
540 if (-d _) { 1020 if (-d _) {
541 push @dirs, $entry; 1021 push @dirs, $entry;
542 1022
543 unless (--$ndirs) { 1023 unless (--$ndirs) {
556 }; 1036 };
557 1037
558 $grp 1038 $grp
559} 1039}
560 1040
1041=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
1042
1043Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1044status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1045uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1046everything else.
1047
1048=cut
1049
1050sub aio_rmtree;
1051sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1052 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1053
1054 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1055 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1056
1057 aioreq_pri $pri;
1058 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1059 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1060
1061 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1062 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1063 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1064 };
1065 };
1066
1067 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1068 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1069
1070 add $grp $dirgrp;
1071 };
1072
1073 $grp
1074}
1075
1076=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1077
1078Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1079
561=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1080=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
562 1081
563Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1082Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
564with the fsync result code. 1083with the fsync result code.
565 1084
568Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1087Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
569callback with the fdatasync result code. 1088callback with the fdatasync result code.
570 1089
571If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1090If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
572detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1091detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1092
1093=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1094
1095Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1096to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1097code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1098errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1099
1100=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1101
1102Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1103to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1104sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1105ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1106
1107C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1108C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1109C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1110manpage for details.
1111
1112=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1113
1114This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1115composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1116(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1117specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1118written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1119not just directories.
1120
1121Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1122C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1123
1124Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1125
1126=cut
1127
1128sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1129 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1130
1131 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1132 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1133
1134 aioreq_pri $pri;
1135 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1136 my ($fh) = @_;
1137 if ($fh) {
1138 aioreq_pri $pri;
1139 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1140 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1141
1142 aioreq_pri $pri;
1143 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1144 };
1145 } else {
1146 $grp->result (-1);
1147 }
1148 };
1149
1150 $grp
1151}
1152
1153=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1154
1155This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1156scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1157scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1158scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1159it).
1160
1161It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1162area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1163later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1164is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1165a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1166C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1167
1168=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1169
1170This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1171scalars.
1172
1173It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1174range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1175as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1176C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1177C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1178writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1179
1180=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1181
1182This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1183scalars.
1184
1185It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1186and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1187
1188If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1189
1190On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1191and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1192
1193Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1194documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1195
1196Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1197C<$data> gets destroyed.
1198
1199 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1200 my $data;
1201 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1202 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1203
1204=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1205
1206Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1207C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1208
1209On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1210and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1211
1212Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1213documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1214
1215Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1216
1217 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
573 1218
574=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1219=item aio_group $callback->(...)
575 1220
576This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1221This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
577container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1222container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
615immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1260immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
616except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1261except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
617 1262
618=back 1263=back
619 1264
1265
1266=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1267
1268Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1269threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1270could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1271will be used by IO::AIO).
1272
1273One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1274but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1275access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1276
1277Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1278futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1279per operation.
1280
1281For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1282perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1283cannot be perfect, though.
1284
1285IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1286object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1287path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1288
1289Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1290or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1291object and a pathname instead. If the pathname is absolute, the
1292IO::AIO::WD objetc is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1293to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1294
1295For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1296inside, you would write:
1297
1298 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1299 my $etcdir = shift;
1300
1301 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1302 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1303 # when $etcdir is undef.
1304
1305 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1306 # yay
1307 };
1308 };
1309
1310This shows that creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially
1311blocking operation, which is why it is done asynchronously.
1312
1313As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1314object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1315causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1316
1317 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1318
1319 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1320 $path->[1] = $name;
1321 aio_stat $path, sub {
1322 # ...
1323 };
1324 }
1325
1326There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1327pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1328nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1329will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1330pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1331older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1332string form of the pathname.
1333
1334So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1335C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1336reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1337(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1338
1339The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1340
1341=over 4
1342
1343=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1344
1345Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1346IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1347system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1348to this working directory.
1349
1350If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1351of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1352passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1353request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1354C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1355expected way.
1356
1357If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1358detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1359
1360=item IO::AIO::CWD
1361
1362This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1363current working directory.
1364
1365Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1366if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1367e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1368
1369 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1370 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1371
1372=back
1373
1374
620=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1375=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
621 1376
622All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1377All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
623called in non-void context. 1378called in non-void context.
624 1379
627=item cancel $req 1382=item cancel $req
628 1383
629Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1384Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
630when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1385when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
631entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1386entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
632untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1387untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
633stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1388currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1389will not be freed prematurely.
634 1390
635=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1391=item cb $req $callback->(...)
636 1392
637Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1393Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
638 1394
689Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1445Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
690will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1446will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
691C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1447C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
692exist. 1448exist.
693 1449
694That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1450That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
695in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1451(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
696group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1452the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
697itself finish. 1453further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1454finished will the the group itself finish.
698 1455
699=over 4 1456=over 4
700 1457
701=item add $grp ... 1458=item add $grp ...
702 1459
711=item $grp->cancel_subs 1468=item $grp->cancel_subs
712 1469
713Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1470Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
714itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1471itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
715 1472
1473The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1474group).
1475
716=item $grp->result (...) 1476=item $grp->result (...)
717 1477
718Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1478Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
719subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed. 1479subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1480of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1481no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1482
1483=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1484
1485Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1486when the argument is missing.
1487
1488Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1489the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1490default (0).
1491
1492Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1493before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
720 1494
721=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1495=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
722 1496
723Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1497Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
724generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1498generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
725although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1499although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
726this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1500this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
727example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1501C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
728requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1502delaying any later requests for a long time.
729 1503
730To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1504To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
731instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1505instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
732feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1506feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
733below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1507below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
737not impose any limits). 1511not impose any limits).
738 1512
739If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1513If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
740automatically removed from the group. 1514automatically removed from the group.
741 1515
742If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1516If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1517C<2> automatically.
743 1518
744Example: 1519Example:
745 1520
746 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1521 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
747 1522
759Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1534Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
760the group contains less than this many requests. 1535the group contains less than this many requests.
761 1536
762Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1537Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
763 1538
1539The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1540automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1541
764=back 1542=back
765 1543
766=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1544=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
767 1545
1546=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1547
768=over 4 1548=over 4
769 1549
770=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1550=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
771 1551
772Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1552Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
773polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1553polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
774select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1554select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
775to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1555you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
776 1556
777See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1557See C<poll_cb> for an example.
778 1558
779=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1559=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
780 1560
781Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1561Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
782regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1562this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
783when no events are outstanding. 1563were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1564reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1565events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1566C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
784 1567
785If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1568If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
786will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1569will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1570do anything special to have it called later.
1571
1572Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1573ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1574a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1575available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1576over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1577requests.
787 1578
788Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1579Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
789IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1580IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1581SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
790 1582
791 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1583 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
792 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1584 poll => 'r', async => 1,
793 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1585 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
794 1586
795=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests 1587=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
796 1588
797Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests 1589If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
798at a time. 1590phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1591does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1592synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
799 1593
800Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is 1594See C<nreqs> for an example.
801not fast enough to process all requests in time. 1595
1596=item IO::AIO::poll
1597
1598Waits until some requests have been handled.
1599
1600Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1601equivalent to:
1602
1603 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1604
1605=item IO::AIO::flush
1606
1607Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1608
1609Strictly equivalent to:
1610
1611 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1612 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1613
1614=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1615
1616=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1617
1618These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1619that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1620the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1621C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1622of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
1623
1624Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1625syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1626callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1627not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1628
1629Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1630interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1631time.
1632
1633For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
802 1634
803Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1635Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
804IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 1636IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
805program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 1637program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
806 1638
1639 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
1640 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1641
1642 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
807 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1643 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
808 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1644 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
809 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 }); 1645 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
810 1646
811=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1647=back
812 1648
813Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1649=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
814C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
815for some requests to finish).
816 1650
817See C<nreqs> for an example. 1651=over
818
819=item IO::AIO::nreqs
820
821Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
822callback has not been invoked yet).
823
824Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
825
826 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
827 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
828
829=item IO::AIO::flush
830
831Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
832
833Strictly equivalent to:
834
835 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
836 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
837
838=item IO::AIO::poll
839
840Waits until some requests have been handled.
841
842Strictly equivalent to:
843
844 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
845 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
846 1652
847=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1653=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
848 1654
849Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1655Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
850default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1656default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
851concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 1657concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
852however, is unlimited). 1658however, is unlimited).
853 1659
854IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1660IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
855no free thread exists. 1661no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1662create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1663is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
856 1664
857It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 1665It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
858Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads 1666Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
859(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 1667(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
860versions, 4-32 threads should be fine. 1668versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
874This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1682This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
875that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1683that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
876 1684
877Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1685Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
878 1686
1687=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1688
1689Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1690(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1691timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1692C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1693exit.
1694
1695This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1696to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1697under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1698
1699The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1700creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1701want to use larger values.
1702
1703=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1704
1705Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1706allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1707
879=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1708=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1709
1710Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1711you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1712C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1713C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1714longer exceeded.
1715
1716In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1717used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
880 1718
881This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1719This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
882blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1720blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
883use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1721use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
884 1722
885Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1723It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
886to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1724a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
887C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
888function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
889 1725
890The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1726 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
891number of outstanding requests.
892 1727
893You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1728 for my $path (...) {
894C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1729 aio_stat $path , ...;
895as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1730 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1731 }
1732
1733 IO::AIO::flush;
1734
1735The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1736as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1737some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1738number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1739
1740The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1741practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
896 1742
897=back 1743=back
898 1744
1745=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1746
1747=over
1748
1749=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1750
1751Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1752states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1753
1754Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1755
1756 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1757 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1758
1759=item IO::AIO::nready
1760
1761Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1762executed).
1763
1764=item IO::AIO::npending
1765
1766Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1767but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1768
1769=back
1770
1771=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1772
1773IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1774asynchronous.
1775
1776=over 4
1777
1778=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1779
1780Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1781but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1782likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1783operations).
1784
1785Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1786
1787=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1788
1789Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1790manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1791available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1792C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1793C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1794
1795On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1796ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1797
1798=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1799
1800Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1801manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1802available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1803C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1804
1805On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1806ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1807
1808=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1809
1810Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1811$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1812constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1813C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1814
1815On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1816ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1817
1818=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1819
1820Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1821given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1822
1823The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1824change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1825or searching it with regexes and so on.
1826
1827Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1828
1829The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1830when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1831C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1832
1833This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1834page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1835
1836The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1837filesize.
1838
1839C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1840C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1841
1842C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1843C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1844not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1845(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1846constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1847C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1848C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1849
1850If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1851
1852C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1853a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1854
1855Example:
1856
1857 use Digest::MD5;
1858 use IO::AIO;
1859
1860 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1861 or die "$!";
1862
1863 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1864 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1865
1866 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1867
1868=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1869
1870Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1871
1872=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1873
1874Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1875C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1876
1877=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1878
1879Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1880
1881On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1882ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1883
1884=back
1885
899=cut 1886=cut
900 1887
901# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
902sub _fd2fh {
903 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
904
905 # try to generate nice filehandles
906 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
907 local *$sym;
908
909 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
910 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
911 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
912 or return undef;
913
914 *$sym
915}
916
917min_parallel 8; 1888min_parallel 8;
918 1889
919END { 1890END { flush }
920 max_parallel 0;
921}
922 1891
9231; 18921;
924 1893
1894=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1895
1896It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1897automatically into many event loops:
1898
1899 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1900 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1901
1902You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1903some examples of how to do this:
1904
1905 # EV integration
1906 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1907
1908 # Event integration
1909 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1910 poll => 'r',
1911 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1912
1913 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1914 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1915 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1916
1917 # Tk integration
1918 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1919 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1920
1921 # Danga::Socket integration
1922 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1923 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1924
925=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1925=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
926 1926
927This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1927Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1928considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1929fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1930with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
1931pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
1932reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
1933applies to quite a lot of perls.
928 1934
929Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1935This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
930can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1936only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
931the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1937using IO::AIO in the child is not.
932request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
933(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
934parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
935parent process has been reached again.
936 1938
937In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1939You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
938not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1940forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
939yet. 1941child:
1942
1943=over 4
1944
1945=item IO::AIO::reinit
1946
1947Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
1948data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
1949happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
1950
1951The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
1952C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
1953the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
1954will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
1955
1956=back
940 1957
941=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1958=head2 MEMORY USAGE
942 1959
943Per-request usage: 1960Per-request usage:
944 1961
946bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1963bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
947a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1964a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
948scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 1965scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
949will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1966will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
950 1967
951This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1968This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
952problem. 1969problem.
953 1970
954Per-thread usage: 1971Per-thread usage:
955 1972
956In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 1973In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
961 1978
962Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1979Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
963 1980
964=head1 SEE ALSO 1981=head1 SEE ALSO
965 1982
966L<Coro::AIO>. 1983L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1984more natural syntax.
967 1985
968=head1 AUTHOR 1986=head1 AUTHOR
969 1987
970 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1988 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
971 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1989 http://home.schmorp.de/

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