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5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my $fh = shift 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!"; 11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
12 ... 12 ...
13 }; 13 };
14 14
25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
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
31 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
32 use AnyEvent::AIO;
33
34 # EV integration
35 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
36
37 # Event integration
38 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
39 poll => 'r',
40 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
41
42 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
43 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
44 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
45
46 # Tk integration
47 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
48 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
50 # Danga::Socket integration
51 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
52 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
53 30
54=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
55 32
56This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
57operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio> 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
99 76
100 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV 77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
101 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&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;
191use common::sense; 168use common::sense;
192 169
193use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
194 171
195BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
196 our $VERSION = '3.4'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.15';
197 174
198 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
199 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
200 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
201 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead 178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
202 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group 180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
203 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown 181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
204 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate 182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
205 aio_msync aio_mtouch); 183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs
185 aio_wd);
206 186
207 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
208 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
209 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
210 nreqs nready npending nthreads 190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
211 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs 191 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
212 sendfile fadvise); 192 sendfile fadvise madvise
193 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
213 194
214 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported 195 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
215 196
216 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
217 198
219 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
220} 201}
221 202
222=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
223 204
224=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 205=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206
207This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
208quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209documentation.
210
211 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
214 aio_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, $length = undef
284 IO::AIO::munlockall
285
286=head2 API NOTES
225 287
226All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 288All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
227with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 289with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
228and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 290and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
229which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 291which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
230the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 292the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
231perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given 293of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
232syscall has been executed asynchronously. 294error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
295most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
296"false").
297
298Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
299communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
233 300
234All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 301All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
235internally until the request has finished. 302internally until the request has finished.
236 303
237All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 304All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
238further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 305further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
239 306
240The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 307The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
241encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 308reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
242request is being executed, the current working directory could have 309current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
243changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 310make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
244current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 311in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
245paths. 312of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
313relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
314description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
246 315
247To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 316To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
248in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 317in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
249tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 318tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
250your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 319module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
251environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 320effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
252use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 321unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
322correct contents.
253 323
254This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 324This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
255handles correctly whether it is set or not. 325handles correctly whether it is set or not.
326
327=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
256 328
257=over 4 329=over 4
258 330
259=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 331=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
260 332
307by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 379by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
308change the umask. 380change the umask.
309 381
310Example: 382Example:
311 383
312 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 384 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
313 if ($_[0]) { 385 if ($_[0]) {
314 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 386 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
315 ... 387 ...
316 } else { 388 } else {
317 die "open failed: $!\n"; 389 die "open failed: $!\n";
318 } 390 }
319 }; 391 };
320 392
393In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
394C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
395following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
396your system are, as usual, C<0>):
397
398C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
399C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
400C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
401
321 402
322=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 403=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
323 404
324Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 405Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
325code. 406code.
333 414
334Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be 415Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
335free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed. 416free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
336 417
337=cut 418=cut
419
420=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
421
422Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
423C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
424C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
425C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
426
427The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
428case of an error.
429
430In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
431corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
432so don't panic.
433
434As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
435C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
436could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
437Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
438"just work".
338 439
339=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 440=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
340 441
341=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 442=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
342 443
375 476
376Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 477Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
377reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 478reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
378file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 479file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
379than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 480than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
380other. 481other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
482move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
381 483
484Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
485are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
486read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
487number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
488C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
489
490Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
491C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
492the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
493the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
494into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
495fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
496data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
497the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
498resource usage.
499
382This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 500This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
383zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 501provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
384socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 502a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
385 503
386If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>, 504If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
387C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>, 505C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
388it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of 506C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
389filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 507type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
390 508
391Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 509As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
392C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 510together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
393bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 511on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
394provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 512in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
395value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 513so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
396read. 514fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
397 515
398 516
399=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 517=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
400 518
401C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 519C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
424 542
425Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 543Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
426error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 544error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
427unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 545unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
428 546
547To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
548following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
549be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
550behaviour).
551
552C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
553C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
554C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
555
429Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 556Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
430 557
431 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 558 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
432 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 559 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
433 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 560 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
434 }; 561 };
435 562
436 563
564=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
565
566Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
567whether a file handle or path was passed.
568
569On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
570members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
571C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
572is passed.
573
574The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
575C<ST_NOSUID>.
576
577The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
578their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
579not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
580C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
581C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
582
583Example: 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
437=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 609=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
438 610
439Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 611Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
440and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 612and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
441syscalls support them. 613syscalls support them.
468=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 640=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
469 641
470Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 642Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
471 643
472 644
645=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
646
647Allocates or freed disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
648linux C<fallocate> docuemntation for details.
649
650C<$mode> can currently be C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>
651to allocate space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
652IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>, to deallocate a file range.
653
654The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
655C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
656
657If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
658emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
659
660
473=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 661=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
474 662
475Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 663Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
476 664
477 665
479 667
480Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 668Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
481result code. 669result code.
482 670
483 671
484=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 672=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
485 673
486[EXPERIMENTAL] 674[EXPERIMENTAL]
487 675
488Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 676Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
489 677
490The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 678The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
491 679
492 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 680 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
493 681
682See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
683and functions.
494 684
495=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 685=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
496 686
497Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 687Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
498the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 688the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
502 692
503Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 693Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
504the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 694the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
505 695
506 696
507=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 697=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
508 698
509Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 699Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
510the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 700the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
511callback. 701callback.
512 702
513 703
704=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
705
706Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
707C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
708L<Cwd::realpath>).
709
710This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
711directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
712
713
514=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 714=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
515 715
516Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 716Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
517rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 717rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
518 718
540array-ref with the filenames. 740array-ref with the filenames.
541 741
542 742
543=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags) 743=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
544 744
545Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune 745Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
546behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be 746tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
547C<undef>. 747C<undef>.
548 748
549The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the 749The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
550flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified): 750flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
551 751
552=over 4 752=over 4
553 753
554=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS 754=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
555 755
556When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names 756When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
557only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with 757names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
558C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory 758C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
559entry in more detail. 759entry in more detail.
560 760
561C<$name> is the name of the entry. 761C<$name> is the name of the entry.
562 762
575systems that do not deliver the inode information. 775systems that do not deliver the inode information.
576 776
577=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST 777=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
578 778
579When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where 779When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
580likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly 780likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
581find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to 781you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
582stat() each entry. 782while avoiding to stat() each entry.
583 783
584If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used 784If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
585to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files 785to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
586beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with 786beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
587short names are tried first. 787short names are tried first.
588 788
589=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER 789=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
590 790
591When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order 791When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
598 798
599=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN 799=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
600 800
601This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it 801This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
602is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were 802is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
603C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all 803C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
604C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms. 804C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
605 805
606=back 806=back
607 807
608 808
609=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 809=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
610 810
611This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 811This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
612memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 812memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
613 813
614=cut 814=cut
736 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 936 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
737 aioreq_pri $pri; 937 aioreq_pri $pri;
738 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 938 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
739 $grp->result ($_[0]); 939 $grp->result ($_[0]);
740 940
741 if (!$_[0]) { 941 unless ($_[0]) {
742 aioreq_pri $pri; 942 aioreq_pri $pri;
743 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 943 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
744 } 944 }
745 }; 945 };
746 } else { 946 } else {
749 }; 949 };
750 950
751 $grp 951 $grp
752} 952}
753 953
754=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 954=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
755 955
756Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 956Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
757efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 957efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
758names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 958names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
759recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 959recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
790Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot 990Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
791currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every 991currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
792entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first, 992entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
793in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the 993in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
794entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 994entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
795seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 995separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
796filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 996filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
797data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return 997data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
798the filetype information on readdir. 998the filetype information on readdir.
799 999
800If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1000If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
816 1016
817 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1017 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
818 1018
819 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1019 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
820 1020
821 # stat once 1021 # get a wd object
822 aioreq_pri $pri; 1022 aioreq_pri $pri;
823 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1023 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1024 $_[0]
824 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1025 or return $grp->result ();
825 my $now = time;
826 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
827 1026
828 # read the directory entries 1027 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1028
1029 # stat once
829 aioreq_pri $pri; 1030 aioreq_pri $pri;
830 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub { 1031 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
831 my $entries = shift
832 or return $grp->result (); 1032 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1033 my $now = time;
1034 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
833 1035
834 # stat the dir another time 1036 # read the directory entries
835 aioreq_pri $pri; 1037 aioreq_pri $pri;
1038 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
1039 my $entries = shift
1040 or return $grp->result ();
1041
1042 # stat the dir another time
1043 aioreq_pri $pri;
836 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1044 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
837 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1045 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
838 1046
839 my $ndirs; 1047 my $ndirs;
840 1048
841 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1049 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
842 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1050 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
843 $ndirs = -1; 1051 $ndirs = -1;
844 } else { 1052 } else {
845 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1053 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
846 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1054 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
847 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1055 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
848 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1056 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
849 } 1057 }
850 1058
851 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1059 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
852 1060
853 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1061 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
854 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1062 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
855 }; 1063 };
856 1064
857 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1065 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
858 feed $statgrp sub { 1066 feed $statgrp sub {
859 return unless @$entries; 1067 return unless @$entries;
860 my $entry = shift @$entries; 1068 my $entry = shift @$entries;
861 1069
862 aioreq_pri $pri; 1070 aioreq_pri $pri;
1071 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
863 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1072 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
864 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1073 if ($_[0] < 0) {
865 push @nondirs, $entry; 1074 push @nondirs, $entry;
866 } else { 1075 } else {
867 # need to check for real directory 1076 # need to check for real directory
868 aioreq_pri $pri; 1077 aioreq_pri $pri;
1078 $wd->[1] = $entry;
869 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1079 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
870 if (-d _) { 1080 if (-d _) {
871 push @dirs, $entry; 1081 push @dirs, $entry;
872 1082
873 unless (--$ndirs) { 1083 unless (--$ndirs) {
874 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1084 push @nondirs, @$entries;
875 feed $statgrp; 1085 feed $statgrp;
1086 }
1087 } else {
1088 push @nondirs, $entry;
876 } 1089 }
877 } else {
878 push @nondirs, $entry;
879 } 1090 }
880 } 1091 }
881 } 1092 };
882 }; 1093 };
883 }; 1094 };
884 }; 1095 };
885 }; 1096 };
886 }; 1097 };
887 1098
888 $grp 1099 $grp
889} 1100}
890 1101
891=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1102=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
892 1103
893Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1104Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
894status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1105status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
895uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1106uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
896everything else. 1107everything else.
938callback with the fdatasync result code. 1149callback with the fdatasync result code.
939 1150
940If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1151If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
941detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1152detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
942 1153
1154=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1155
1156Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1157to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1158code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1159errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1160
943=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status) 1161=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
944 1162
945Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length> 1163Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
946to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific 1164to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
947sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns 1165sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
950C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>, 1168C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
951C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and 1169C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
952C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range 1170C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
953manpage for details. 1171manpage for details.
954 1172
955=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 1173=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
956 1174
957This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a 1175This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
958composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations 1176composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
959(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any 1177(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
960specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get 1178specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
994} 1212}
995 1213
996=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status) 1214=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
997 1215
998This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed 1216This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
999scalars (see the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules for details on this, note 1217scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1218scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1000that the scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is 1219scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1001pending on it). 1220it).
1002 1221
1003It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory 1222It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1004area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes 1223area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1005later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length> 1224later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1006is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be 1225is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1017as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either 1236as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1018C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or 1237C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1019C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and 1238C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1020writing an octet from it, which dirties the page). 1239writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1021 1240
1241=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1242
1243This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1244scalars.
1245
1246It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1247and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1248
1249If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1250
1251On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1252and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1253
1254Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1255documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1256
1257Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1258C<$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
1267Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1268C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1269
1270On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1271and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1272
1273Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1274documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1275
1276Example: 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, $cb->(\@extents)
1281
1282Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux FIEMAP ioctl,
1283see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If the
1284C<ioctl> is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1285C<ENOSYS>.
1286
1287C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1288size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1289be queried.
1290
1291C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1292C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1293exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1294the data portion.
1295
1296C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1297C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the file. As a very special
1298case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1299instead of the extents themselves.
1300
1301If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1302C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1303
1304Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1305structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1306following members:
1307
1308 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1309
1310Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1311or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>):
1312
1313C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1314C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1315C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1316C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1317C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1318C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1319
1022=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1320=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1023 1321
1024This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1322This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1025container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1323container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1026many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback 1324many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1062like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is 1360like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1063immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1361immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1064except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1362except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1065 1363
1066=back 1364=back
1365
1366
1367=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1368
1369Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1370threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1371could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1372will be used by IO::AIO).
1373
1374One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1375but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1376access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1377
1378Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1379futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1380per operation.
1381
1382For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1383perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1384cannot be perfect, though.
1385
1386IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1387object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1388path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1389
1390Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1391or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1392object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1393gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1394IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1395to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1396
1397For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1398inside, 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
1412That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
1413an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
1414why it is done asynchronously.
1415
1416To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1417either 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 $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1422
1423As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1424object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1425causing any issues due to C<$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
1436There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1437pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1438nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1439will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1440pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1441older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1442string form of the pathname.
1443
1444So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1445C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1446reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1447(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1448
1449The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1450
1451=over 4
1452
1453=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1454
1455Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1456IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1457system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1458to this working directory.
1459
1460If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1461of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1462passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1463request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1464C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1465expected way.
1466
1467If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1468detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1469
1470=item IO::AIO::CWD
1471
1472This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1473current working directory.
1474
1475Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1476if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1477e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1478
1479 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1480 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1481
1482=back
1483
1067 1484
1068=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1485=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1069 1486
1070All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1487All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1071called in non-void context. 1488called in non-void context.
1189 1606
1190Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1607Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1191generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1608generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1192although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1609although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1193this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example, 1610this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1194C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests, 1611C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1195delaying any later requests for a long time. 1612requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1196 1613
1197To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1614To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1198instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1615instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1199feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1616feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1200below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1617below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1249 1666
1250See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1667See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1251 1668
1252=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1669=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1253 1670
1254Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1671Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
1255regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it 1672this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
1256returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events 1673were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1257are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of 1674reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1258C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>. 1675events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1676C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1259 1677
1260If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1678If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1261will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to 1679will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1262do anything special to have it called later. 1680do anything special to have it called later.
1263 1681
1682Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1683ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1684a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1685available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1686over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1687requests.
1688
1264Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1689Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1265IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the 1690IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1266SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document): 1691SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1267 1692
1268 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1693 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1269 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1694 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1270 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1695 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1696
1697=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1698
1699If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1700phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1701does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1702synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1703
1704See C<nreqs> for an example.
1705
1706=item IO::AIO::poll
1707
1708Waits until some requests have been handled.
1709
1710Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1711equivalent to:
1712
1713 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1714
1715=item IO::AIO::flush
1716
1717Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1718
1719Strictly equivalent to:
1720
1721 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1722 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1271 1723
1272=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1724=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1273 1725
1274=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1726=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1275 1727
1300 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1752 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1301 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1753 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1302 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1754 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1303 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1755 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1304 1756
1305=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1306
1307If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1308phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1309does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1310synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1311
1312See C<nreqs> for an example.
1313
1314=item IO::AIO::poll
1315
1316Waits until some requests have been handled.
1317
1318Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1319equivalent to:
1320
1321 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1322
1323=item IO::AIO::flush
1324
1325Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1326
1327Strictly equivalent to:
1328
1329 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1330 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1331
1332=back 1757=back
1333 1758
1334=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1759=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1335 1760
1336=over 1761=over
1369 1794
1370Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1795Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1371 1796
1372=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1797=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1373 1798
1374Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1799Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1375threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1800(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1376means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1801timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1377idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1802C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1803exit.
1378 1804
1379This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1805This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1380to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1806to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1381under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1807under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1382 1808
1383The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1809The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1384creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1810creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1385want to use larger values. 1811want to use larger values.
1386 1812
1813=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1814
1815Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1816allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1817
1387=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1818=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1819
1820Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1821you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1822C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1823C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1824longer exceeded.
1825
1826In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1827used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1388 1828
1389This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1829This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1390blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1830blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1391use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1831use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1392 1832
1393Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1833It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1394do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1834a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1395C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1396function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1397 1835
1398The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1836 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1399number of outstanding requests.
1400 1837
1401You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1838 for my $path (...) {
1402C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1839 aio_stat $path , ...;
1403as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1840 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1841 }
1842
1843 IO::AIO::flush;
1844
1845The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1846as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1847some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1848number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1849
1850The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1851practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1404 1852
1405=back 1853=back
1406 1854
1407=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1855=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1408 1856
1446 1894
1447Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error. 1895Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1448 1896
1449=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice 1897=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1450 1898
1451Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's 1899Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1452manpage for details). The following advice constants are 1900manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1453avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>, 1901available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1454C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>, 1902C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1455C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>. 1903C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1456 1904
1457On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns 1905On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1458ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>. 1906ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1459 1907
1908=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1909
1910Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1911manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1912available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1913C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1914
1915On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1916ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1917
1918=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1919
1920Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1921$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1922constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1923C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1924
1925On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1926ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1927
1928=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1929
1930Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1931given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
1932success, and false otherwise.
1933
1934The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1935change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1936or searching it with regexes and so on.
1937
1938Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1939
1940The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1941when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1942C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1943
1944This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1945page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1946
1947The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1948filesize.
1949
1950C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1951C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1952
1953C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1954C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1955not 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
1957constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1958C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1959C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1960
1961If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1962
1963C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1964a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1965
1966Example:
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 $scalar
1980
1981Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1982
1983=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1984
1985Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1986C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1987
1988=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1989
1990Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1991
1992On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1993ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1994
1995=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
1996
1997Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
1998C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
1999should be the file offset.
2000
2001C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2002silently corrupt the data in this case.
2003
2004The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2005C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2006C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2007
2008See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2009
2010=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2011
2012Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
2013description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2014
1460=back 2015=back
1461 2016
1462=cut 2017=cut
1463 2018
1464min_parallel 8; 2019min_parallel 8;
1465 2020
1466END { flush } 2021END { flush }
1467 2022
14681; 20231;
1469 2024
2025=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2026
2027It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2028automatically into many event loops:
2029
2030 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2031 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2032
2033You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2034some 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
1470=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2056=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1471 2057
1472This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2058Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2059considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2060fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2061with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2062pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2063reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2064applies to quite a lot of perls.
1473 2065
1474Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2066This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1475can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2067only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1476the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2068using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1477request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1478(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1479parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1480parent process has been reached again.
1481 2069
1482In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2070You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1483not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2071forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1484yet. 2072child:
2073
2074=over 4
2075
2076=item IO::AIO::reinit
2077
2078Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2079data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2080happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2081
2082The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2083C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2084the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2085will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2086
2087=back
1485 2088
1486=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2089=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1487 2090
1488Per-request usage: 2091Per-request usage:
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