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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 = shift	10	my $fh = shift
11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";	11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
12	...	12	...
13	};	13	};
14		14
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26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue	26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27		27
28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };	28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;	29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
30		30
31	# AnyEvent integration
32	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
33	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
34
35	# Event integration
36	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
37	poll => 'r',
38	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
39
40	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
41	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
42	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
43
44	# Tk integration
45	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
46	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
47
48	# Danga::Socket integration
49	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
50	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
51
52	=head1 DESCRIPTION	31	=head1 DESCRIPTION
53		32
54	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
55	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
56		36
57	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program	37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
58	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation	38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
59	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This	39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
60	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even	40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
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62	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are	42	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
63	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster	43	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
64	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations	44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
65	concurrently.	45	concurrently.
66		46
67	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example	47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
68	sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support	48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
69	nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient or	49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
70	might not work (aio_read fails on sockets/pipes/fifos). Use an event loop	50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
71	for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally fit	51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
72	into such an event loop itself.
73		52
74	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
75	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
76	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
77	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio	56	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
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79	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
80	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
81	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
82	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
83		62
84	Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)	63	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
85	threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate	64	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
86	locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or	65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
87	never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
88		67
89	=head2 EXAMPLE	68	=head2 EXAMPLE
90		69
91	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads	70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
92	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:	71	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
93		72
94	use Fcntl;	73	use Fcntl;
95	use Event;	74	use EV;
96	use IO::AIO;	75	use IO::AIO;
97		76
98	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event	77	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
99	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	78	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
100	poll => 'r',
101	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
102		79
103	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	80	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
104	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	81	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
105	my $fh = shift	82	my $fh = shift
106	or die "error while opening: $!";	83	or die "error while opening: $!";
107		84
108	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking	85	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
109	my $size = -s $fh;	86	my $size = -s $fh;
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118		95
119	# file contents now in $contents	96	# file contents now in $contents
120	print $contents;	97	print $contents;
121		98
122	# exit event loop and program	99	# exit event loop and program
123	Event::unloop;	100	EV::unloop;
124	};	101	};
125	};	102	};
126		103
127	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	104	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
128	# check for sockets etc. etc.	105	# check for sockets etc. etc.
129		106
130	# process events as long as there are some:	107	# process events as long as there are some:
131	Event::loop;	108	EV::loop;
132		109
133	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	110	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
134		111
135	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	112	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
136	directly visible to Perl.	113	directly visible to Perl.
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184		161
185	=cut	162	=cut
186		163
187	package IO::AIO;	164	package IO::AIO;
188		165
189	no warnings;	166	use Carp ();
190	use strict 'vars';	167
		168	use common::sense;
191		169
192	use base 'Exporter';	170	use base 'Exporter';
193		171
194	BEGIN {	172	BEGIN {
195	our $VERSION = '2.4';	173	our $VERSION = '4.15';
196		174
197	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	175	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
198	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
199	aio_readlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link	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 aio_fiemap
		180	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
200	aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir	181	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
201	aio_chown aio_chmod aio_utime);	182	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		183	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		184	aio_statvfs
		185	aio_wd);
		186
202	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block));	187	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
203	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	188	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
204	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	189	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
205	nreqs nready npending nthreads	190	nreqs nready npending nthreads
206	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);	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
207		196
208	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	197	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
209		198
210	require XSLoader;	199	require XSLoader;
211	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	200	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
212	}	201	}
213		202
214	=head1 FUNCTIONS	203	=head1 FUNCTIONS
215		204
216	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	205	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		206
		207	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		208	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		209	documentation.
		210
		211	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		212	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		213	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		214	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		215	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		216	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		217	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		218	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		219	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		220	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		221	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		222	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		228	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		232	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		233	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
		234	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		236	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		237	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		238	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		239	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		240	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		241	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		242	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		243	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		244	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		245	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		246	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		247	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		254	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		256	aio_group $callback->(...)
		257	aio_nop $callback->()
		258
		259	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		260	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		261
		262	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		263	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		264	IO::AIO::poll
		265	IO::AIO::flush
		266	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		267	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		268	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		269	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		270	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		271	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		272	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		273	IO::AIO::nreqs
		274	IO::AIO::nready
		275	IO::AIO::npending
		276
		277	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		278	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		279	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		280	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		281	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		282	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		283	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		284	IO::AIO::munlockall
		285
		286	=head2 API NOTES
217		287
218	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	288	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
219	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	289	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
220	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	290	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
221	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	291	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
222	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	292	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
223	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	293	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
224	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	294	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		295	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		296	"false").
		297
		298	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		299	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
225		300
226	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	301	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
227	internally until the request has finished.	302	internally until the request has finished.
228		303
229	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	304	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
230	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	305	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
231		306
232	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	307	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
233	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the	308	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
234	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	309	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
235	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	310	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
236	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	311	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
237	paths.	312	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		313	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		314	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
238		315
239	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	316	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
240	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without	317	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
241	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	318	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
242	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	319	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
243	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	320	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
244	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	321	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		322	correct contents.
245		323
246	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	324	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
247	handles correctly wether it is set or not.	325	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		326
		327	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
248		328
249	=over 4	329	=over 4
250		330
251	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	331	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
252		332
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299	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never	379	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
300	change the umask.	380	change the umask.
301		381
302	Example:	382	Example:
303		383
304	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	384	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
305	if ($_[0]) {	385	if ($_[0]) {
306	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	386	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
307	...	387	...
308	} else {	388	} else {
309	die "open failed: $!\n";	389	die "open failed: $!\n";
310	}	390	}
311	};	391	};
312		392
		393	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		394	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		395	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		396	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		397
		398	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		399	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		400	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		401
313		402
314	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	403	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
315		404
316	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	405	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
317	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	406	code.
318	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
319	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
320	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
321		407
322	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	408	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
323	therefore best to avoid this function.	409	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
324		410
		411	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		412	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		413	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		414
		415	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		416	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		417
		418	=cut
		419
		420	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		421
		422	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		423	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		424	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		425	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		426
		427	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		428	case of an error.
		429
		430	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		431	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		432	so don't panic.
		433
		434	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		435	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		436	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		437	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		438	"just work".
325		439
326	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	440	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
327		441
328	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	442	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
329		443
330	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	444	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
331	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	445	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
332	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	446	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
333	like the syscall).	447	error, just like the syscall).
		448
		449	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		450	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		451
		452	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		453	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		454	changed by these calls.
		455
		456	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		457	C<$data>.
		458
		459	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		460	C<$data>.
334		461
335	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	462	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
336	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	463	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
337	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	464	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
338		465
339	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	466	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
340	offset C<0> within the scalar:	467	offset C<0> within the scalar:
341		468
342	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	469	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
…		…
349		476
350	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	477	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
351	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	478	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
352	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	479	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
353	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	480	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
354	other.	481	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		482	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
355		483
		484	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		485	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		486	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		487	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		488	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		489
		490	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		491	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		492	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		493	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		494	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		495	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		496	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		497	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		498	resource usage.
		499
356	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	500	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
357	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	501	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
358	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	502	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
359		503
360	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	504	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
361	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	505	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		506	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
362	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	507	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
363		508
364	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	509	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
365	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	510	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
366	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	511	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
367	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	512	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
368	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	513	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
369	read.	514	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
370		515
371		516
372	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	517	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
373		518
374	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	519	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
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397		542
398	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	543	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
399	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	544	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
400	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	545	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
401		546
		547	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		548	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		549	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		550	behaviour).
		551
		552	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		553	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		554	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
		555
402	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	556	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
403		557
404	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	558	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
405	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	559	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
406	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	560	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
407	};	561	};
408		562
409		563
		564	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		565
		566	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		567	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		568
		569	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		570	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		571	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		572	is passed.
		573
		574	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		575	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		576
		577	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		578	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		579	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		580	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		581	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		582
		583	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		584
		585	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		586	my $f = $_[0]
		587	or die "statvfs: $!";
		588
		589	use Data::Dumper;
		590	say Dumper $f;
		591	};
		592
		593	# result:
		594	{
		595	bsize => 1024,
		596	bfree => 4333064312,
		597	blocks => 10253828096,
		598	files => 2050765568,
		599	flag => 4096,
		600	favail => 2042092649,
		601	bavail => 4333064312,
		602	ffree => 2042092649,
		603	namemax => 255,
		604	frsize => 1024,
		605	fsid => 1810
		606	}
		607
		608
410	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	609	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
411		610
412	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime	611	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
413	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying	612	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
414	syscalls support them.	613	syscalls support them.
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436	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;	635	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
437	# same as above:	636	# same as above:
438	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;	637	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
439		638
440		639
		640	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		641
		642	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		643
		644
		645	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		646
		647	Allocates or freed disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		648	linux C<fallocate> docuemntation for details.
		649
		650	C<$mode> can currently be C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>
		651	to allocate space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
		652	IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>, to deallocate a file range.
		653
		654	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		655	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
		656
		657	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		658	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		659
		660
441	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	661	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
442		662
443	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	663	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
444		664
445		665
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447		667
448	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	668	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
449	result code.	669	result code.
450		670
451		671
452	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	672	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
453		673
454	[EXPERIMENTAL]	674	[EXPERIMENTAL]
455		675
456	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	676	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
457		677
458	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	678	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
459		679
460	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	680	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
461		681
		682	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		683	and functions.
462		684
463	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	685	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
464		686
465	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	687	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
466	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	688	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
…		…
470		692
471	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	693	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
472	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	694	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
473		695
474		696
475	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	697	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
476		698
477	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	699	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
478	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	700	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
479	callback.	701	callback.
480		702
481		703
		704	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		705
		706	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		707	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
		708	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		709
		710	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		711	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		712
		713
482	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	714	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
483		715
484	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	716	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
485	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	717	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
486		718
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502		734
503	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	735	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
504	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	736	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
505	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	737	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
506		738
507	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	739	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
508	with the filenames.	740	array-ref with the filenames.
509		741
510		742
		743	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		744
		745	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
		746	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		747	C<undef>.
		748
		749	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		750	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		751
		752	=over 4
		753
		754	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		755
		756	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
		757	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		758	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		759	entry in more detail.
		760
		761	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		762
		763	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		764
		765	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		766	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		767	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		768
		769	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		770	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		771	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		772
		773	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		774	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		775	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		776
		777	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		778
		779	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		780	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		781	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		782	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		783
		784	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		785	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		786	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		787	short names are tried first.
		788
		789	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		790
		791	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		792	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		793	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		794	be fastest.
		795
		796	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		797	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		798
		799	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		800
		801	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		802	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		803	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
		804	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		805
		806	=back
		807
		808
511	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	809	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
512		810
513	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into	811	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
514	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	812	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
515		813
516	=cut	814	=cut
517		815
518	sub aio_load($$;$) {	816	sub aio_load($$;$) {
519	aio_block {
520	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;	817	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
521	my $data = \$_[1];	818	my $data = \$_[1];
522		819
523	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	820	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
524	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	821	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		822
		823	aioreq_pri $pri;
		824	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		825	my $fh = shift
		826	or return $grp->result (-1);
525		827
526	aioreq_pri $pri;	828	aioreq_pri $pri;
527	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
528	my $fh = shift
529	or return $grp->result (-1);
530
531	aioreq_pri $pri;
532	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {	829	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
533	$grp->result ($_[0]);	830	$grp->result ($_[0]);
534	};
535	};	831	};
536
537	$grp
538	}	832	};
		833
		834	$grp
539	}	835	}
540		836
541	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	837	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
542		838
543	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	839	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
544	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	840	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
545	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	841	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
546		842
547	This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with	843	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
548	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	844	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
549	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	845	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
550	uid/gid, in that order.	846	uid/gid, in that order.
551		847
552	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if	848	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
…		…
554	errors are being ignored.	850	errors are being ignored.
555		851
556	=cut	852	=cut
557		853
558	sub aio_copy($$;$) {	854	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
559	aio_block {
560	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	855	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
561		856
562	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	857	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
563	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	858	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
564		859
565	aioreq_pri $pri;	860	aioreq_pri $pri;
566	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	861	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
567	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	862	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
568	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	863	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
569		864
570	aioreq_pri $pri;	865	aioreq_pri $pri;
571	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	866	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
572	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	867	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
573	aioreq_pri $pri;	868	aioreq_pri $pri;
574	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	869	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
575	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	870	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
576	$grp->result (0);	871	$grp->result (0);
577	close $src_fh;	872	close $src_fh;
578		873
579	# those should not normally block. should. should.
580	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
581	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
582	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
583	close $dst_fh;
584	} else {	874	my $ch = sub {
585	$grp->result (-1);
586	close $src_fh;
587	close $dst_fh;
588
589	aioreq $pri;	875	aioreq_pri $pri;
		876	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		877	aioreq_pri $pri;
		878	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		879	aioreq_pri $pri;
590	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;	880	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		881	}
		882	};
591	}	883	};
		884
		885	aioreq_pri $pri;
		886	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		887	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		888	aioreq_pri $pri;
		889	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		890	} else {
		891	$ch->();
		892	}
		893	};
		894	} else {
		895	$grp->result (-1);
		896	close $src_fh;
		897	close $dst_fh;
		898
		899	aioreq $pri;
		900	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
592	};	901	}
593	} else {
594	$grp->result (-1);
595	}	902	};
		903	} else {
		904	$grp->result (-1);
596	},	905	}
597
598	} else {
599	$grp->result (-1);
600	}	906	},
		907
		908	} else {
		909	$grp->result (-1);
601	};	910	}
602
603	$grp
604	}	911	};
		912
		913	$grp
605	}	914	}
606		915
607	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	916	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
608		917
609	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	918	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
610	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	919	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
611	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	920	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
612		921
613	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If	922	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
614	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	923	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
615	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.	924	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
616		925
617	=cut	926	=cut
618		927
619	sub aio_move($$;$) {	928	sub aio_move($$;$) {
620	aio_block {
621	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	929	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
622		930
623	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	931	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
624	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	932	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
625		933
626	aioreq_pri $pri;	934	aioreq_pri $pri;
627	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {	935	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
628	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	936	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
629	aioreq_pri $pri;	937	aioreq_pri $pri;
630	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	938	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
631	$grp->result ($_[0]);
632
633	if (!$_[0]) {
634	aioreq_pri $pri;
635	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
636	}
637	};
638	} else {
639	$grp->result ($_[0]);	939	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		940
		941	unless ($_[0]) {
		942	aioreq_pri $pri;
		943	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		944	}
640	}	945	};
		946	} else {
		947	$grp->result ($_[0]);
641	};	948	}
642
643	$grp
644	}	949	};
		950
		951	$grp
645	}	952	}
646		953
647	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	954	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
648		955
649	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	956	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
650	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	957	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
651	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	958	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
652	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	959	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
…		…
669		976
670	Implementation notes.	977	Implementation notes.
671		978
672	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	979	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
673		980
		981	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		982	find directories.
		983
674	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	984	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
675	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	985	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
676	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	986	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
677	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	987	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
678	of subdirectories will be assumed.	988	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
679		989
680	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	990	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
681	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	991	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
682	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	992	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
683	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	993	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
684	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	994	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
685	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	995	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
686	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	996	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
687	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	997	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		998	the filetype information on readdir.
688		999
689	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1000	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
690	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	1001	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
691		1002
692	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	1003	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
697	directory counting heuristic.	1008	directory counting heuristic.
698		1009
699	=cut	1010	=cut
700		1011
701	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {	1012	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
702	aio_block {
703	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	1013	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
704		1014
705	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	1015	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
706		1016
707	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1017	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
708		1018
709	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1019	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
		1020
		1021	# get a wd object
		1022	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1023	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1024	$_[0]
		1025	or return $grp->result ();
		1026
		1027	my $wd = [shift, "."];
710		1028
711	# stat once	1029	# stat once
712	aioreq_pri $pri;	1030	aioreq_pri $pri;
713	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1031	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
714	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1032	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
715	my $now = time;	1033	my $now = time;
716	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1034	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
717		1035
718	# read the directory entries	1036	# read the directory entries
719	aioreq_pri $pri;	1037	aioreq_pri $pri;
720	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	1038	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
721	my $entries = shift	1039	my $entries = shift
722	or return $grp->result ();	1040	or return $grp->result ();
723		1041
724	# stat the dir another time	1042	# stat the dir another time
725	aioreq_pri $pri;	1043	aioreq_pri $pri;
726	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1044	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
727	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1045	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
728		1046
729	my $ndirs;	1047	my $ndirs;
730		1048
731	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	1049	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
732	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	1050	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
733	$ndirs = -1;	1051	$ndirs = -1;
734	} else {	1052	} else {
735	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	1053	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
736	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	1054	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
737	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	1055	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
738	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	1056	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
739	}	1057	}
740		1058
741	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
742	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
743	$entries = [map $_->[0],
744	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
745	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
746	@$entries];
747
748	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1059	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
749		1060
750	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1061	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
751	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1062	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
752	};	1063	};
753		1064
754	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1065	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
755	feed $statgrp sub {	1066	feed $statgrp sub {
756	return unless @$entries;	1067	return unless @$entries;
757	my $entry = pop @$entries;	1068	my $entry = shift @$entries;
758		1069
759	aioreq_pri $pri;	1070	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1071	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
760	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1072	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
761	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1073	if ($_[0] < 0) {
762	push @nondirs, $entry;	1074	push @nondirs, $entry;
763	} else {	1075	} else {
764	# need to check for real directory	1076	# need to check for real directory
765	aioreq_pri $pri;	1077	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1078	$wd->[1] = $entry;
766	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {	1079	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
767	if (-d _) {	1080	if (-d _) {
768	push @dirs, $entry;	1081	push @dirs, $entry;
769		1082
770	unless (--$ndirs) {	1083	unless (--$ndirs) {
771	push @nondirs, @$entries;	1084	push @nondirs, @$entries;
…		…
779	};	1092	};
780	};	1093	};
781	};	1094	};
782	};	1095	};
783	};	1096	};
784
785	$grp
786	}	1097	};
		1098
		1099	$grp
787	}	1100	}
788		1101
789	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	1102	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
790		1103
791	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1104	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
792	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that	1105	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
793	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink	1106	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
794	everything else.	1107	everything else.
795		1108
796	=cut	1109	=cut
797		1110
798	sub aio_rmtree;	1111	sub aio_rmtree;
799	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {	1112	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
800	aio_block {
801	my ($path, $cb) = @_;	1113	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
802		1114
803	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	1115	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
804	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1116	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
805		1117
806	aioreq_pri $pri;	1118	aioreq_pri $pri;
807	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {	1119	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
808	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;	1120	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
809		1121
810	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {	1122	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
811	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {	1123	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
812	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1124	$grp->result ($_[0]);
813	};
814	};	1125	};
815
816	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
817	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
818
819	add $grp $dirgrp;
820	};	1126	};
821		1127
822	$grp	1128	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		1129	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		1130
		1131	add $grp $dirgrp;
823	}	1132	};
		1133
		1134	$grp
824	}	1135	}
		1136
		1137	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		1138
		1139	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
825		1140
826	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1141	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
827		1142
828	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	1143	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
829	with the fsync result code.	1144	with the fsync result code.
…		…
833	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1148	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
834	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1149	callback with the fdatasync result code.
835		1150
836	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1151	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
837	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1152	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1153
		1154	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1155
		1156	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1157	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1158	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1159	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1160
		1161	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1162
		1163	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1164	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1165	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1166	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1167
		1168	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1169	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1170	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1171	manpage for details.
		1172
		1173	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		1174
		1175	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		1176	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		1177	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		1178	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		1179	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		1180	not just directories.
		1181
		1182	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1183	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		1184
		1185	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		1186
		1187	=cut
		1188
		1189	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		1190	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1191
		1192	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1193	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1194
		1195	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1196	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		1197	my ($fh) = @_;
		1198	if ($fh) {
		1199	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1200	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		1201	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1202
		1203	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1204	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		1205	};
		1206	} else {
		1207	$grp->result (-1);
		1208	}
		1209	};
		1210
		1211	$grp
		1212	}
		1213
		1214	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1215
		1216	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1217	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1218	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1219	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1220	it).
		1221
		1222	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1223	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1224	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1225	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1226	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1227	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1228
		1229	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1230
		1231	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1232	scalars.
		1233
		1234	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1235	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1236	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1237	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1238	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
		1239	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1240
		1241	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1242
		1243	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1244	scalars.
		1245
		1246	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1247	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1248
		1249	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1250
		1251	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1252	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1253
		1254	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1255	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1256
		1257	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1258	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1259
		1260	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1261	my $data;
		1262	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1263	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1264
		1265	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1266
		1267	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1268	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1269
		1270	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1271	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1272
		1273	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1274	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1275
		1276	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1277
		1278	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1279
		1280	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1281
		1282	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux FIEMAP ioctl,
		1283	see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If the
		1284	C<ioctl> is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1285	C<ENOSYS>.
		1286
		1287	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1288	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1289	be queried.
		1290
		1291	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1292	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1293	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1294	the data portion.
		1295
		1296	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1297	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the file. As a very special
		1298	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1299	instead of the extents themselves.
		1300
		1301	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1302	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1303
		1304	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1305	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1306	following members:
		1307
		1308	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1309
		1310	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1311	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>):
		1312
		1313	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1314	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1315	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1316	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1317	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1318	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
838		1319
839	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1320	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
840		1321
841	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1322	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
842	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1323	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
880	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1361	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
881	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1362	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
882		1363
883	=back	1364	=back
884		1365
		1366
		1367	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1368
		1369	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1370	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1371	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1372	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1373
		1374	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1375	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1376	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1377
		1378	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1379	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1380	per operation.
		1381
		1382	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1383	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1384	cannot be perfect, though.
		1385
		1386	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1387	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1388	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1389
		1390	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1391	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1392	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1393	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1394	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1395	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1396
		1397	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1398	inside, you would write:
		1399
		1400	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1401	my $etcdir = shift;
		1402
		1403	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1404	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1405	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1406
		1407	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1408	# yay
		1409	};
		1410	};
		1411
		1412	That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
		1413	an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
		1414	why it is done asynchronously.
		1415
		1416	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1417	either of the following three request calls:
		1418
		1419	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1420	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1421	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1422
		1423	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1424	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1425	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1426
		1427	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1428
		1429	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1430	$path->[1] = $name;
		1431	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1432	# ...
		1433	};
		1434	}
		1435
		1436	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1437	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1438	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1439	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1440	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1441	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
		1442	string form of the pathname.
		1443
		1444	So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1445	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1446	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1447	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1448
		1449	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1450
		1451	=over 4
		1452
		1453	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1454
		1455	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1456	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1457	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1458	to this working directory.
		1459
		1460	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1461	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1462	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1463	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1464	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1465	expected way.
		1466
		1467	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
		1468	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1469
		1470	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1471
		1472	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
		1473	current working directory.
		1474
		1475	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
		1476	if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
		1477	e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
		1478
		1479	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1480	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1481
		1482	=back
		1483
		1484
885	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1485	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
886		1486
887	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1487	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
888	called in non-void context.	1488	called in non-void context.
889		1489
…		…
892	=item cancel $req	1492	=item cancel $req
893		1493
894	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1494	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
895	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1495	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
896	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1496	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
897	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1497	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
898	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1498	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1499	will not be freed prematurely.
899		1500
900	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1501	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
901		1502
902	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1503	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
903		1504
…		…
954	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1555	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
955	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1556	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
956	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1557	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
957	exist.	1558	exist.
958		1559
959	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1560	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
960	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1561	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
961	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1562	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
962	itself finish.	1563	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1564	finished will the the group itself finish.
963		1565
964	=over 4	1566	=over 4
965		1567
966	=item add $grp ...	1568	=item add $grp ...
967		1569
…		…
976	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1578	=item $grp->cancel_subs
977		1579
978	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1580	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
979	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1581	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
980		1582
		1583	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1584	group).
		1585
981	=item $grp->result (...)	1586	=item $grp->result (...)
982		1587
983	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1588	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
984	subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value	1589	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
985	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1590	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
986	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.	1591	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
987		1592
988	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])	1593	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
989		1594
…		…
1000	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1605	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1001		1606
1002	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1607	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1003	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1608	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1004	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1609	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1005	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1610	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1006	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1611	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1007	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1612	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1008		1613
1009	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1614	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1010	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1615	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1011	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1616	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
…		…
1016	not impose any limits).	1621	not impose any limits).
1017		1622
1018	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1623	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1019	automatically removed from the group.	1624	automatically removed from the group.
1020		1625
1021	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1626	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1627	C<2> automatically.
1022		1628
1023	Example:	1629	Example:
1024		1630
1025	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1631	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1026		1632
…		…
1038	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1644	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1039	the group contains less than this many requests.	1645	the group contains less than this many requests.
1040		1646
1041	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1647	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1042		1648
		1649	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1650	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1651
1043	=back	1652	=back
1044		1653
1045	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1654	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1046		1655
1047	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION	1656	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
…		…
1049	=over 4	1658	=over 4
1050		1659
1051	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1660	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1052		1661
1053	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1662	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1054	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1663	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1055	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1664	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1056	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1665	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1057		1666
1058	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1667	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1059		1668
1060	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1669	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1061		1670
1062	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1671	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
1063	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1672	this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
1064	when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on	1673	were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1065	the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.	1674	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
		1675	events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
		1676	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1066		1677
1067	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1678	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1068	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.	1679	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1680	do anything special to have it called later.
		1681
		1682	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1683	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1684	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1685	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1686	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1687	requests.
1069		1688
1070	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1689	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1071	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1690	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1691	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1072		1692
1073	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1693	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1074	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1694	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1075	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1695	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1696
		1697	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1698
		1699	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
		1700	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
		1701	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
		1702	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
		1703
		1704	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1705
		1706	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1707
		1708	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1709
		1710	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1711	equivalent to:
		1712
		1713	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1714
		1715	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1716
		1717	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1718
		1719	Strictly equivalent to:
		1720
		1721	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1722	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1076		1723
1077	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1724	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1078		1725
1079	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1726	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1080		1727
…		…
1105	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1752	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1106	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1753	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1107	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1754	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1108	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1755	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1109		1756
1110	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1111
1112	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1113	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1114	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1115	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1116
1117	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1118
1119	=item IO::AIO::poll
1120
1121	Waits until some requests have been handled.
1122
1123	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1124	equivalent to:
1125
1126	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1127
1128	=item IO::AIO::flush
1129
1130	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1131
1132	Strictly equivalent to:
1133
1134	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1135	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1136
1137	=back	1757	=back
1138		1758
1139	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1759	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1140		1760
1141	=over	1761	=over
…		…
1174		1794
1175	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1795	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1176		1796
1177	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	1797	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1178		1798
1179	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	1799	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1180	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	1800	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1181	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	1801	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1182	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	1802	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1803	exit.
1183		1804
1184	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	1805	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1185	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	1806	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1186	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	1807	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1187		1808
1188	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	1809	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1189	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	1810	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1190	want to use larger values.	1811	want to use larger values.
1191		1812
		1813	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1814
		1815	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1816	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1817
1192	=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1818	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1819
		1820	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		1821	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		1822	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1823	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1824	longer exceeded.
		1825
		1826	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		1827	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1193		1828
1194	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	1829	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1195	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	1830	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1196	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	1831	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1197		1832
1198	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1833	It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1199	to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	1834	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1200	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1201	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1202		1835
1203	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	1836	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1204	number of outstanding requests.
1205		1837
1206	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	1838	for my $path (...) {
1207	C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	1839	aio_stat $path , ...;
1208	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	1840	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1841	}
		1842
		1843	IO::AIO::flush;
		1844
		1845	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1846	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1847	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1848	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1849
		1850	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1851	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1209		1852
1210	=back	1853	=back
1211		1854
1212	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	1855	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1213		1856
…		…
1233	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,	1876	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1234	but not yet processed by poll_cb).	1877	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1235		1878
1236	=back	1879	=back
1237		1880
		1881	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1882
		1883	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1884	asynchronous.
		1885
		1886	=over 4
		1887
		1888	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1889
		1890	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1891	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1892	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1893	operations).
		1894
		1895	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		1896
		1897	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1898
		1899	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		1900	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1901	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1902	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		1903	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		1904
		1905	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		1906	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		1907
		1908	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		1909
		1910	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		1911	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1912	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1913	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		1914
		1915	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		1916	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		1917
		1918	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		1919
		1920	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		1921	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		1922	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		1923	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		1924
		1925	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		1926	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		1927
		1928	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		1929
		1930	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		1931	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		1932	success, and false otherwise.
		1933
		1934	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		1935	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		1936	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		1937
		1938	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		1939
		1940	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		1941	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		1942	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		1943
		1944	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		1945	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		1946
		1947	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		1948	filesize.
		1949
		1950	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		1951	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		1952
		1953	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		1954	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
		1955	not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
		1956	(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
		1957	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		1958	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
		1959	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
		1960
		1961	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		1962
		1963	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		1964	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		1965
		1966	Example:
		1967
		1968	use Digest::MD5;
		1969	use IO::AIO;
		1970
		1971	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		1972	or die "$!";
		1973
		1974	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		1975	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		1976
		1977	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		1978
		1979	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		1980
		1981	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		1982
		1983	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		1984
		1985	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		1986	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		1987
		1988	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		1989
		1990	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		1991
		1992	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		1993	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		1994
		1995	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		1996
		1997	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		1998	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		1999	should be the file offset.
		2000
		2001	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2002	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2003
		2004	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2005	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2006	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2007
		2008	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2009
		2010	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2011
		2012	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
		2013	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2014
		2015	=back
		2016
1238	=cut	2017	=cut
1239		2018
1240	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1241	sub _fd2fh {
1242	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1243
1244	# try to generate nice filehandles
1245	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1246	local *$sym;
1247
1248	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1249	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1250	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1251	or return undef;
1252
1253	*$sym
1254	}
1255
1256	min_parallel 8;	2019	min_parallel 8;
1257		2020
1258	END { flush }	2021	END { flush }
1259		2022
1260	1;	2023	1;
1261		2024
		2025	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2026
		2027	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2028	automatically into many event loops:
		2029
		2030	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2031	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2032
		2033	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2034	some examples of how to do this:
		2035
		2036	# EV integration
		2037	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2038
		2039	# Event integration
		2040	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2041	poll => 'r',
		2042	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2043
		2044	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		2045	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2046	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		2047
		2048	# Tk integration
		2049	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		2050	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2051
		2052	# Danga::Socket integration
		2053	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		2054	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2055
1262	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2056	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1263		2057
1264	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2058	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2059	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2060	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2061	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2062	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2063	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2064	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1265		2065
1266	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2066	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1267	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2067	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1268	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2068	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1269	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1270	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1271	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1272	parent process has been reached again.
1273		2069
1274	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2070	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1275	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2071	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1276	yet.	2072	child:
		2073
		2074	=over 4
		2075
		2076	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2077
		2078	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2079	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2080	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2081
		2082	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2083	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2084	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2085	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2086
		2087	=back
1277		2088
1278	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2089	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1279		2090
1280	Per-request usage:	2091	Per-request usage:
1281		2092
…		…
1283	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly	2094	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1284	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl	2095	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1285	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and	2096	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1286	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.	2097	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1287		2098
1288	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	2099	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1289	problem.	2100	problem.
1290		2101
1291	Per-thread usage:	2102	Per-thread usage:
1292		2103
1293	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for	2104	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
…		…
1298		2109
1299	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.	2110	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1300		2111
1301	=head1 SEE ALSO	2112	=head1 SEE ALSO
1302		2113
1303	L<Coro::AIO>.	2114	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		2115	more natural syntax.
1304		2116
1305	=head1 AUTHOR	2117	=head1 AUTHOR
1306		2118
1307	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	2119	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1308	http://home.schmorp.de/	2120	http://home.schmorp.de/

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