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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
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 17 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 18 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 19 };
19 20
20 # AnyEvent 21 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 22 use IO::AIO 2;
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23 23
24 # Event 24 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
26 poll => 'r', 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28 27
29 # Glib/Gtk2 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32
33 # Tk
34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 # Danga::Socket
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40
41 30
42=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
43 32
44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
45operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
46 36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
52
47Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
48and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
49perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
50pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
51aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
53for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61using threads anyway.
55 62
56Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
59C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
109
110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
111
112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
113directly visible to Perl.
114
115If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
116object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
117which saves a bit of memory.
118
119The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
120are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
121
122During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
123in order:
124
125=over 4
126
127=item ready
128
129Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
130waiting for a thread to execute it.
131
132=item execute
133
134A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
135executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
136
137=item pending
138
139The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
140
141While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
142processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
143(or another function with the same effect).
144
145=item result
146
147The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
148
149The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
150calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
151any groups they are contained in.
152
153=item done
154
155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
158result in a runtime error).
159
160=back
60 161
61=cut 162=cut
62 163
63package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
64 165
65no warnings; 166use Carp ();
66use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
67 169
68use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
69 171
70BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
71 our $VERSION = '1.8'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.0';
72 174
73 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
74 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
75 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move); 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
76 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 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
185 aio_wd);
186
187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
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
196
197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
77 198
78 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
79 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
80} 201}
81 202
82=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
83 204
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, $length = undef
279 IO::AIO::munlockall
280
84=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 281=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
85 282
86All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 283All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
87with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 284with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
88and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 285and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
89which 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
90the 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
91perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 288perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
92syscall has been executed asynchronously. 289syscall has been executed asynchronously.
93 290
94All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 291All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
95internally until the request has finished. 292internally until the request has finished.
96 293
294All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
295further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
296
97The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 297The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
98encoded 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
99request is being executed, the current working directory could have 299current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make
100changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 300sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere in
101current 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.
102 304
103To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 305To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
104always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 306in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
105etc.), 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
106your 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
107environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 309environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
108use 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.
109 314
110=over 4 315=over 4
316
317=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
318
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
322The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
323and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
324first.
325
326The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
327functions.
328
329Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
330higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
331open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
332
333 aioreq_pri -3;
334 aio_open ..., sub {
335 return unless $_[0];
336
337 aioreq_pri -2;
338 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
339 ...
340 };
341 };
342
343
344=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
345
346Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
347priority, so the effect is cumulative.
348
111 349
112=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 350=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
113 351
114Asynchronously 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
115created filehandle for the file. 353created filehandle for the file.
121list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 359list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
122 360
123Likewise, 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
124didn'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>,
125except 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,
126and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 364and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
365by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
366change the umask.
127 367
128Example: 368Example:
129 369
130 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 370 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
131 if ($_[0]) { 371 if ($_[0]) {
132 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 372 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
133 ... 373 ...
134 } else { 374 } else {
135 die "open failed: $!\n"; 375 die "open failed: $!\n";
136 } 376 }
137 }; 377 };
138 378
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
139=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 389=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
140 390
141Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 391Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
142code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 392code.
143filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
144time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
145C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
146 393
147This 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
148therefore 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
149 405
150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 406=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 407
152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 408=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153 409
154Reads 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
155into 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<$dataoffset>
156callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 412and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
157like the syscall). 413error, just like the syscall).
414
415C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$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<$data>.
158 427
159The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 428The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
160is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 429is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
161necessary/optional hardware is installed). 430the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
162 431
163Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 432Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
164offset C<0> within the scalar: 433offset C<0> within the scalar:
165 434
166 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 435 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
167 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 436 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
168 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 437 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
169 }; 438 };
170 439
171=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
172
173[EXPERIMENTAL]
174
175Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or destination)
176from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
177
178This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
179rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
180and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
181followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
182order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
183
184If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
185possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
186errors are being ignored.
187
188=cut
189
190sub aio_move($$$) {
191 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
192
193 aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
194 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
195 aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
196 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
197 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
198
199 aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
200 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
201 aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
202 close $src_fh;
203
204 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
205 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
206 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
207 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
208 close $dst_fh;
209
210 aio_unlink $src, sub {
211 $cb->($_[0]);
212 };
213 } else {
214 my $errno = $!;
215 aio_unlink $dst, sub {
216 $! = $errno;
217 $cb->(-1);
218 };
219 }
220 };
221 } else {
222 $cb->(-1);
223 }
224 },
225
226 } else {
227 $cb->(-1);
228 }
229 };
230 } else {
231 $cb->($_[0]);
232 }
233 };
234}
235 440
236=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)
237 442
238Tries 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
239reading 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
240file 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
241than 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
242other. 447other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
448move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
243 449
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
244This 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
245zero-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
246socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 468a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
247 469
248If 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>,
249emulated, 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
250regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 473type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
251 474
252Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 475As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
253C<$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
254bytes 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
255provides 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,
256value 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> -
257read. 480fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
481
258 482
259=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 483=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
260 484
261C<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
262subsequent 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>
268file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 492file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
269 493
270If 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
271emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 495emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
272 496
497
273=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 498=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
274 499
275=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 500=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
276 501
277Works 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
282for an explanation. 507for an explanation.
283 508
284Currently, 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
285error 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
286unless 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>.
287 521
288Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 522Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
289 523
290 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 524 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
291 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 525 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
292 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 526 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
293 }; 527 };
294 528
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
295=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 616=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
296 617
297Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 618Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
298result code. 619result code.
299 620
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
300=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 635=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
301 636
302Asynchronously 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
303the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 638the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
304 639
640
305=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 641=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
306 642
307Asynchronously 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
308the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 644the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
309 645
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
310=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 664=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
311 665
312Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 666Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
313rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 667rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
314 668
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
315=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 677=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
316 678
317Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 679Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
318result code. 680result code.
681
319 682
320=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 683=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
321 684
322Unlike 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
323directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 686directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
324sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 687sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
325 688
326The 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
327with the filenames. 690array-ref with the filenames.
328 691
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
329=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 904=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
330 905
331Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the 906Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
332entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse 907efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
333into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else). 908names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
909recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
334 910
335C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many 911C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
336aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding 912C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
337aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 913this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
338suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 914will be chosen (currently 4).
339 915
340On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 916On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
341two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 917two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
342 918
343Example: 919Example:
350 926
351Implementation notes. 927Implementation notes.
352 928
353The 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.
354 930
931If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
932find directories.
933
355After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 934Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
356directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the 935of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
357link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if 936match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
358>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be 937how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
359assumed. 938number of subdirectories will be assumed.
360 939
361Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a 940Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
362non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every 941currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
363entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often 942entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
943in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
944entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
945separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
364faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without 946filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
365reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds, 947data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
366it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which 948the filetype information on readdir.
367will be checked seperately).
368 949
369If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the 950If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
370entries is assumed to be non-directories. 951rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
952
953This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
954fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
955
956It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
957as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
958directory counting heuristic.
371 959
372=cut 960=cut
373 961
374sub aio_scandir($$$) { 962sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
375 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 963 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
376 964
965 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
966
967 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
968
377 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 969 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
378 970
971 # get a wd object
972
973 aioreq_pri $pri;
974 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
975 my $wd = [shift, "."];
976
379 # stat once 977 # stat once
380 aio_stat $path, sub { 978 aioreq_pri $pri;
979 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
381 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 980 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
981 my $now = time;
382 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 982 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
383 983
384 # read the directory entries 984 # read the directory entries
385 aio_readdir $path, sub { 985 aioreq_pri $pri;
986 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
386 my $entries = shift 987 my $entries = shift
387 or return $cb->(); 988 or return $grp->result ();
388 989
389 # stat the dir another time 990 # stat the dir another time
390 aio_stat $path, sub { 991 aioreq_pri $pri;
992 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
391 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 993 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
392 994
393 my $ndirs; 995 my $ndirs;
394 996
395 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 997 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
396 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) { 998 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
397 $ndirs = -1; 999 $ndirs = -1;
398 } else { 1000 } else {
399 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1001 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
400 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1002 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
401 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1003 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
402 or return $cb->([], $entries); 1004 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
403 }
404
405 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
406 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
407 $entries = [map $_->[0],
408 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
409 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
410 @$entries];
411
412 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
413
414 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
415 my $nreq = 0;
416
417 $schedcb = sub {
418 if (@$entries) {
419 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
420 my $ent = pop @$entries;
421 $nreq++;
422 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
423 }
424 } elsif (!$nreq) {
425 # finished
426 undef $statcb;
427 undef $schedcb;
428 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
429 undef $cb;
430 } 1005 }
1006
1007 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
1008
1009 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
1010 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
1011 };
1012
1013 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
1014 feed $statgrp sub {
1015 return unless @$entries;
1016 my $entry = shift @$entries;
1017
1018 aioreq_pri $pri;
1019 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
1020 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
1021 if ($_[0] < 0) {
1022 push @nondirs, $entry;
1023 } else {
1024 # need to check for real directory
1025 aioreq_pri $pri;
1026 $wd->[1] = $entry;
1027 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
1028 if (-d _) {
1029 push @dirs, $entry;
1030
1031 unless (--$ndirs) {
1032 push @nondirs, @$entries;
1033 feed $statgrp;
1034 }
1035 } else {
1036 push @nondirs, $entry;
1037 }
1038 }
1039 }
1040 };
1041 };
431 }; 1042 };
432 $statcb = sub {
433 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
434
435 if ($status < 0) {
436 $nreq--;
437 push @nondirs, $entry;
438 &$schedcb;
439 } else {
440 # need to check for real directory
441 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
442 $nreq--;
443
444 if (-d _) {
445 push @dirs, $entry;
446
447 if (!--$ndirs) {
448 push @nondirs, @$entries;
449 $entries = [];
450 }
451 } else {
452 push @nondirs, $entry;
453 }
454
455 &$schedcb;
456 }
457 }
458 };
459
460 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
461 }; 1043 };
462 }; 1044 };
463 }; 1045 };
1046
1047 $grp
464} 1048}
1049
1050=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
1051
1052Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1053status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1054uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1055everything else.
1056
1057=cut
1058
1059sub aio_rmtree;
1060sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1061 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1062
1063 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1064 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1065
1066 aioreq_pri $pri;
1067 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1068 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1069
1070 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1071 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1072 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1073 };
1074 };
1075
1076 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1077 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1078
1079 add $grp $dirgrp;
1080 };
1081
1082 $grp
1083}
1084
1085=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1086
1087Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
465 1088
466=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1089=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
467 1090
468Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1091Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
469with the fsync result code. 1092with the fsync result code.
474callback with the fdatasync result code. 1097callback with the fdatasync result code.
475 1098
476If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1099If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
477detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1100detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
478 1101
1102=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1103
1104Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1105to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1106code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1107errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1108
1109=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1110
1111Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1112to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1113sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1114ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1115
1116C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1117C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1118C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1119manpage for details.
1120
1121=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1122
1123This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1124composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1125(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1126specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1127written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1128not just directories.
1129
1130Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1131C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1132
1133Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1134
1135=cut
1136
1137sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1138 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1139
1140 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1141 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1142
1143 aioreq_pri $pri;
1144 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1145 my ($fh) = @_;
1146 if ($fh) {
1147 aioreq_pri $pri;
1148 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1149 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1150
1151 aioreq_pri $pri;
1152 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1153 };
1154 } else {
1155 $grp->result (-1);
1156 }
1157 };
1158
1159 $grp
1160}
1161
1162=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1163
1164This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1165scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1166scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1167scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1168it).
1169
1170It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1171area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1172later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1173is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1174a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1175C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1176
1177=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1178
1179This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1180scalars.
1181
1182It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1183range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1184as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1185C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1186C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1187writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1188
1189=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1190
1191This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1192scalars.
1193
1194It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1195and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1196
1197If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1198
1199On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1200and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1201
1202Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1203documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1204
1205Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1206C<$data> gets destroyed.
1207
1208 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1209 my $data;
1210 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1211 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1212
1213=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1214
1215Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1216C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1217
1218On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1219and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1220
1221Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1222documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1223
1224Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1225
1226 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1227
1228=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1229
1230This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1231container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1232many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1233and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
1234
1235Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
1236for more info.
1237
1238Example:
1239
1240 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1241 print "all stats done\n";
1242 };
1243
1244 add $grp
1245 (aio_stat ...),
1246 (aio_stat ...),
1247 ...;
1248
1249=item aio_nop $callback->()
1250
1251This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1252side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1253that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1254code.
1255
1256While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1257phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1258be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1259entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1260latency.
1261
1262=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
1263
1264Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
1265the request workers to sleep for the given time.
1266
1267While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
1268like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1269immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1270except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1271
479=back 1272=back
480 1273
1274
1275=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1276
1277Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1278threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1279could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1280will be used by IO::AIO).
1281
1282One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1283but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1284access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1285
1286Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1287futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1288per operation.
1289
1290For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1291perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1292cannot be perfect, though.
1293
1294IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1295object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1296path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1297
1298Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1299or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1300object and a pathname instead. If the pathname is absolute, the
1301IO::AIO::WD objetc is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1302to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1303
1304For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1305inside, you would write:
1306
1307 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1308 my $etcdir = shift;
1309
1310 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1311 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1312 # when $etcdir is undef.
1313
1314 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1315 # yay
1316 };
1317 };
1318
1319This shows that creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially
1320blocking operation, which is why it is done asynchronously.
1321
1322As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1323object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1324causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1325
1326 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1327
1328 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1329 $path->[1] = $name;
1330 aio_stat $path, sub {
1331 # ...
1332 };
1333 }
1334
1335There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1336pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1337nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1338will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1339pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1340older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1341string form of the pathname.
1342
1343So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1344C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1345reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1346(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1347
1348The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1349
1350=over 4
1351
1352=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1353
1354Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1355IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1356system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1357to this working directory.
1358
1359If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1360of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1361passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1362request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1363C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1364expected way.
1365
1366If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1367detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1368
1369=item IO::AIO::CWD
1370
1371This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1372current working directory.
1373
1374Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1375if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1376e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1377
1378 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1379 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1380
1381=back
1382
1383
1384=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1385
1386All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1387called in non-void context.
1388
1389=over 4
1390
1391=item cancel $req
1392
1393Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
1394when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
1395entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
1396untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
1397currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1398will not be freed prematurely.
1399
1400=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1401
1402Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
1403
1404=back
1405
1406=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
1407
1408This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
1409objects of this class, too.
1410
1411A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
1412aio requests.
1413
1414You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
1415callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
1416C<done> state:
1417
1418 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1419 print "all requests are done\n";
1420 };
1421
1422You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
1423C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
1424
1425 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
1426
1427 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1428 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1429
1430 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1431 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1432 $grp->result ("ok");
1433 };
1434 };
1435
1436This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
1437C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
1438
1439=over 4
1440
1441=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
1442C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
1443
1444=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
1445only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
1446
1447=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1448
1449=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1450any later time).
1451
1452=back
1453
1454Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1455will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1456C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1457exist.
1458
1459That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1460(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1461the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1462further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1463finished will the the group itself finish.
1464
1465=over 4
1466
1467=item add $grp ...
1468
1469=item $grp->add (...)
1470
1471Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1472be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1473dependencies.
1474
1475Returns all its arguments.
1476
1477=item $grp->cancel_subs
1478
1479Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1480itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1481
1482The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1483group).
1484
1485=item $grp->result (...)
1486
1487Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1488subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1489of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1490no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1491
1492=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1493
1494Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1495when the argument is missing.
1496
1497Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1498the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1499default (0).
1500
1501Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1502before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1503
1504=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1505
1506Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1507generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1508although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1509this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1510C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1511requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1512
1513To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1514instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1515feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1516below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1517requests.
1518
1519The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1520not impose any limits).
1521
1522If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1523automatically removed from the group.
1524
1525If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1526C<2> automatically.
1527
1528Example:
1529
1530 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1531
1532 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1533 limit $grp 4;
1534 feed $grp sub {
1535 my $file = pop @files
1536 or return;
1537
1538 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1539 };
1540
1541=item limit $grp $num
1542
1543Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1544the group contains less than this many requests.
1545
1546Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1547
1548The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1549automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1550
1551=back
1552
481=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1553=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
482 1554
1555=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1556
483=over 4 1557=over 4
484 1558
485=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1559=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
486 1560
487Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1561Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
488polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1562polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
489select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1563select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
490to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1564you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
491 1565
492See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1566See C<poll_cb> for an example.
493 1567
494=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1568=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
495 1569
496Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1570Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
497regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1571this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
498when no events are outstanding. 1572were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1573reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1574events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1575C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1576
1577If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1578will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1579do anything special to have it called later.
1580
1581Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1582ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1583a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1584available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1585over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1586requests.
499 1587
500Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1588Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
501IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1589IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1590SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
502 1591
503 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1592 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
504 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1593 poll => 'r', async => 1,
505 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1594 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
506 1595
507=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1596=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
508 1597
1598If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
509Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1599phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
510C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1600does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
511for some requests to finish). 1601synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
512 1602
513See C<nreqs> for an example. 1603See C<nreqs> for an example.
514 1604
1605=item IO::AIO::poll
1606
1607Waits until some requests have been handled.
1608
1609Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1610equivalent to:
1611
1612 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1613
515=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1614=item IO::AIO::flush
516 1615
517Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1616Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
518callback has not been invoked yet).
519 1617
520Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1618Strictly equivalent to:
521 1619
522 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1620 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
523 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1621 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
524 1622
525=item IO::AIO::flush 1623=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
526 1624
527Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1625=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
528 1626
529Strictly equivalent to: 1627These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1628that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1629the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1630C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1631of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
530 1632
531 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1633Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
532 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1634syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1635callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1636not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
533 1637
534=item IO::AIO::poll 1638Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1639interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1640time.
535 1641
536Waits until some requests have been handled. 1642For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
537 1643
538Strictly equivalent to: 1644Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1645IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1646program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
539 1647
540 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1648 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
541 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1649 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1650
1651 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1652 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1653 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1654 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1655
1656=back
1657
1658=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1659
1660=over
542 1661
543=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1662=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
544 1663
545Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1664Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
546is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1665default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
547(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1666concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1667however, is unlimited).
548 1668
549IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1669IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
550no free thread exists. 1670no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1671create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1672is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
551 1673
552It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1674It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
553kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1675Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
554parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1676(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
555threads should be fine. 1677versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
556 1678
557Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1679Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
558module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1680module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
559 1681
560=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1682=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
569This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1691This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
570that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1692that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
571 1693
572Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1694Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
573 1695
1696=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1697
1698Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1699(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1700timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1701C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1702exit.
1703
1704This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1705to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1706under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1707
1708The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1709creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1710want to use larger values.
1711
1712=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1713
1714Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1715allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1716
574=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1717=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
575 1718
576Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1719Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
577try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1720you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
578some requests have been handled. 1721C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1722C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1723longer exceeded.
579 1724
580The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1725In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
581queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1726used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
582this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
583 1727
584Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1728This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1729blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1730use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1731
1732It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1733a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1734
1735 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1736
1737 for my $path (...) {
1738 aio_stat $path , ...;
1739 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1740 }
1741
1742 IO::AIO::flush;
1743
1744The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1745as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1746some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1747number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1748
1749The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1750practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
585 1751
586=back 1752=back
587 1753
1754=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1755
1756=over
1757
1758=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1759
1760Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1761states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1762
1763Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1764
1765 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1766 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1767
1768=item IO::AIO::nready
1769
1770Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1771executed).
1772
1773=item IO::AIO::npending
1774
1775Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1776but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1777
1778=back
1779
1780=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1781
1782IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1783asynchronous.
1784
1785=over 4
1786
1787=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1788
1789Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1790but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1791likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1792operations).
1793
1794Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1795
1796=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1797
1798Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1799manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1800available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1801C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1802C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1803
1804On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1805ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1806
1807=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1808
1809Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1810manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1811available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1812C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1813
1814On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1815ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1816
1817=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1818
1819Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1820$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1821constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1822C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1823
1824On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1825ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1826
1827=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1828
1829Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1830given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1831
1832The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1833change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1834or searching it with regexes and so on.
1835
1836Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1837
1838The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1839when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1840C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1841
1842This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1843page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1844
1845The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1846filesize.
1847
1848C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1849C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1850
1851C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1852C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1853not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1854(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1855constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1856C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1857C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1858
1859If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1860
1861C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1862a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1863
1864Example:
1865
1866 use Digest::MD5;
1867 use IO::AIO;
1868
1869 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1870 or die "$!";
1871
1872 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1873 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1874
1875 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1876
1877=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1878
1879Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1880
1881=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1882
1883Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1884C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1885
1886=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1887
1888Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1889
1890On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1891ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1892
1893=back
1894
588=cut 1895=cut
589 1896
590# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
591sub _fd2fh {
592 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
593
594 # try to generate nice filehandles
595 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
596 local *$sym;
597
598 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
599 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
600 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
601 or return undef;
602
603 *$sym
604}
605
606min_parallel 4; 1897min_parallel 8;
607 1898
608END { 1899END { flush }
609 max_parallel 0;
610}
611 1900
6121; 19011;
613 1902
1903=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1904
1905It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1906automatically into many event loops:
1907
1908 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1909 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1910
1911You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1912some examples of how to do this:
1913
1914 # EV integration
1915 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1916
1917 # Event integration
1918 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1919 poll => 'r',
1920 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1921
1922 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1923 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1924 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1925
1926 # Tk integration
1927 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1928 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1929
1930 # Danga::Socket integration
1931 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1932 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1933
614=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1934=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
615 1935
616Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1936Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
617can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1937considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
618the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1938fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
619request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1939with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
620queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1940pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
621the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1941reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
622parent process has been reached again. 1942applies to quite a lot of perls.
1943
1944This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1945only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1946using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1947
1948You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1949forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1950child:
1951
1952=over 4
1953
1954=item IO::AIO::reinit
1955
1956Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
1957data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
1958happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
1959
1960The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
1961C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
1962the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
1963will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
1964
1965=back
1966
1967=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1968
1969Per-request usage:
1970
1971Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1972bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1973a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1974scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1975will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1976
1977This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1978problem.
1979
1980Per-thread usage:
1981
1982In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1983temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1984structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1985
1986=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1987
1988Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
623 1989
624=head1 SEE ALSO 1990=head1 SEE ALSO
625 1991
626L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1992L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1993more natural syntax.
627 1994
628=head1 AUTHOR 1995=head1 AUTHOR
629 1996
630 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1997 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
631 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1998 http://home.schmorp.de/

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