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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
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
54This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
55operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
56 36
57Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program 37Asynchronous 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
59will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This 39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
60is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even 40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
62etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are 42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
63normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster 43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
64on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations 44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
65concurrently. 45concurrently.
66 46
67While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
68sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
69nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient or 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
70might not work (aio_read fails on sockets/pipes/fifos). Use an event loop 50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
71for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally fit 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
72into such an event loop itself.
73 52
74In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
75requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
76in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
77to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
79not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
80files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
81aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
82using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
83 62
84Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
85threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
86locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
87never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
88 67
89=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
90 69
91This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
92F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</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;
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
135Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
136directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
184 161
185=cut 162=cut
186 163
187package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
188 165
189no warnings; 166use Carp ();
190use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
191 169
192use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
193 171
194BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
195 our $VERSION = '2.32'; 173 our $VERSION = '4.18';
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_allocate
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
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs
185 aio_wd);
186
201 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block)); 187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
202 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
203 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
204 nreqs nready npending nthreads 190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
205 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
206 196
207 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
208 198
209 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
210 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
211} 201}
212 202
213=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
214 204
215=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, $length = undef
284 IO::AIO::munlockall
285
286=head2 API NOTES
216 287
217All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 288All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
218with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 289with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
219and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 290and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
220which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 291which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
221the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 292the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
222perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 293of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
223syscall has been executed asynchronously. 294error occured, in C<$!>) - 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>.
224 300
225All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 301All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
226internally until the request has finished. 302internally until the request has finished.
227 303
228All 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
229further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 305further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
230 306
231The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 307The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
232encoded 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
233request is being executed, the current working directory could have 309current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
234changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 310make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
235current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 311in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
236paths. 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.
237 315
238To 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
239in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 317in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
240tinkering, 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
241your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 319module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
242environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 320effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
243use 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.
244 323
245This 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
246handles correctly wether it is set or not. 325handles correctly whether it is set or not.
326
327=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
247 328
248=over 4 329=over 4
249 330
250=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 331=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
251 332
271 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 352 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
272 ... 353 ...
273 }; 354 };
274 }; 355 };
275 356
357
276=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 358=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
277 359
278Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 360Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
279priority, so the effect is cumulative. 361priority, so the effect is cumulative.
280 362
363
281=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 364=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
282 365
283Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 366Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
284created filehandle for the file. 367created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
285 368
286The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 369The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
287for an explanation. 370for an explanation.
288 371
289The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 372The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
296by 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
297change the umask. 380change the umask.
298 381
299Example: 382Example:
300 383
301 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 384 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
302 if ($_[0]) { 385 if ($_[0]) {
303 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 386 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
304 ... 387 ...
305 } else { 388 } else {
306 die "open failed: $!\n"; 389 die "open failed: $!\n";
307 } 390 }
308 }; 391 };
309 392
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
402
310=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 403=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
311 404
312Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 405Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
313code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 406code.
314filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
315time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
316C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
317 407
318This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 408Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
319therefore best to avoid this function. 409closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
410
411Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
412use 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
415Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
416free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
417
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".
320 439
321=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 440=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
322 441
323=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 442=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
324 443
325Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 444Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
326into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 445C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
327callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 446and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
328like the syscall). 447error, just like the syscall).
448
449C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
450offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
451
452If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
453be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
454changed by these calls.
455
456If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
457C<$data>.
458
459If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
460C<$data>.
329 461
330The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 462The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
331is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 463is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
332necessary/optional hardware is installed). 464the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
333 465
334Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 466Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
335offset C<0> within the scalar: 467offset C<0> within the scalar:
336 468
337 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 469 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
338 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 470 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
339 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 471 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
340 }; 472 };
341 473
474
342=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 475=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
343 476
344Tries 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
345reading 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
346file 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
347than 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
348other. 481other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
482move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
349 483
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<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
493the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
494into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
495fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
496data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
497the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
498resource usage.
499
350This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 500This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
351zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 501provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
352socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 502a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
353 503
354If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 504If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
355emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 505C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
506C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
356regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 507type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
357 508
358Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 509As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
359C<$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
360bytes 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
361provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 512in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
362value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 513so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
363read. 514fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
515
364 516
365=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 517=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
366 518
367C<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
368subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 520subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
374file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 526file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
375 527
376If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 528If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
377emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 529emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
378 530
531
379=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 532=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
380 533
381=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 534=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
382 535
383Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 536Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
388for an explanation. 541for an explanation.
389 542
390Currently, 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
391error 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
392unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 545unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
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>.
393 555
394Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 556Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
395 557
396 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 558 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
397 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 559 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
398 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 560 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
399 }; 561 };
400 562
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
608Here is a (likely partial) list of fsid values used by Linux - it is safe
609to hardcode these when the $^O is C<linux>:
610
611 0x0000adf5 adfs
612 0x0000adff affs
613 0x5346414f afs
614 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
615 0x00000187 autofs
616 0x42465331 befs
617 0x1badface bfs
618 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
619 0x9123683e btrfs
620 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
621 0xff534d42 cifs
622 0x73757245 coda
623 0x012ff7b7 coh
624 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
625 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
626 0x64626720 debugfs
627 0x00001373 devfs
628 0x00001cd1 devpts
629 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
630 0x00414a53 efs
631 0x0000137d ext
632 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
633 0x0000ef51 ext2
634 0x00004006 fat
635 0x65735546 fuseblk
636 0x65735543 fusectl
637 0x0bad1dea futexfs
638 0x01161970 gfs2
639 0x47504653 gpfs
640 0x00004244 hfs
641 0xf995e849 hpfs
642 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
643 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
644 0x00009660 isofs
645 0x000072b6 jffs2
646 0x3153464a jfs
647 0x6b414653 k-afs
648 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
649 0x0000137f minix
650 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
651 0x00002468 minix v2
652 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
653 0x00004d5a minix v3
654 0x19800202 mqueue
655 0x00004d44 msdos
656 0x0000564c novell
657 0x00006969 nfs
658 0x6e667364 nfsd
659 0x00003434 nilfs
660 0x5346544e ntfs
661 0x00009fa1 openprom
662 0x7461636F ocfs2
663 0x00009fa0 proc
664 0x6165676c pstorefs
665 0x0000002f qnx4
666 0x858458f6 ramfs
667 0x52654973 reiserfs
668 0x00007275 romfs
669 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
670 0x73636673 securityfs
671 0xf97cff8c selinux
672 0x0000517b smb
673 0x534f434b sockfs
674 0x73717368 squashfs
675 0x62656572 sysfs
676 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
677 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
678 0x01021994 tmpfs
679 0x15013346 udf
680 0x00011954 ufs
681 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
682 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
683 0x01021997 v9fs
684 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
685 0xabba1974 xenfs
686 0x012ff7b4 xenix
687 0x58465342 xfs
688 0x012fd16d xia
689
690=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
691
692Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
693and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
694syscalls support them.
695
696When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
697utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
698otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
699
700Examples:
701
702 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
703 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
704 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
705 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
706
707
708=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
709
710Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
711or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
712
713Examples:
714
715 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
716 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
717 # same as above:
718 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
719
720
721=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
722
723Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
724
725
726=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
727
728Allocates or freed disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
729linux C<fallocate> docuemntation for details.
730
731C<$mode> can currently be C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>
732to allocate space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
733IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>, to deallocate a file range.
734
735The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
736C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
737
738If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
739emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
740
741
742=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
743
744Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
745
746
401=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 747=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
402 748
403Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 749Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
404result code. 750result code.
405 751
752
406=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 753=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
407 754
408[EXPERIMENTAL] 755[EXPERIMENTAL]
409 756
410Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 757Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
411 758
412The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 759The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
413 760
414 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 761 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
762
763See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
764and functions.
415 765
416=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 766=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
417 767
418Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 768Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
419the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 769the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
420 770
771
421=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 772=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
422 773
423Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 774Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
424the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 775the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
425 776
777
426=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 778=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
427 779
428Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 780Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
429the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 781the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
430callback. 782callback.
431 783
784
785=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
786
787Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
788C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
789L<Cwd::realpath>).
790
791This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
792directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
793
794
432=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 795=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
433 796
434Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 797Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
435rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 798rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
799
436 800
437=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 801=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
438 802
439Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 803Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
440the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the 804the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
441request is executed, so do not change your umask. 805request is executed, so do not change your umask.
442 806
807
443=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 808=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
444 809
445Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 810Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
446result code. 811result code.
812
447 813
448=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 814=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
449 815
450Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 816Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
451directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 817directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
452sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 818sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
453 819
454The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 820The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
455with the filenames. 821array-ref with the filenames.
456 822
823
824=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
825
826Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
827tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
828C<undef>.
829
830The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
831flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
832
833=over 4
834
835=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
836
837When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
838names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
839C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
840entry in more detail.
841
842C<$name> is the name of the entry.
843
844C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
845
846C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
847C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
848C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
849
850C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
851know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
852scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
853
854C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
855bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
856systems that do not deliver the inode information.
857
858=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
859
860When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
861likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
862you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
863while avoiding to stat() each entry.
864
865If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
866to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
867beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
868short names are tried first.
869
870=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
871
872When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
873suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
874all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
875be fastest.
876
877If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
878the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
879
880=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
881
882This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
883is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
884C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
885C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
886
887=back
888
889
457=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 890=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
458 891
459This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 892This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
460memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 893memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
461 894
462=cut 895=cut
463 896
464sub aio_load($$;$) { 897sub aio_load($$;$) {
465 aio_block {
466 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_; 898 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
467 my $data = \$_[1]; 899 my $data = \$_[1];
468 900
469 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 901 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
470 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 902 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
903
904 aioreq_pri $pri;
905 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
906 my $fh = shift
907 or return $grp->result (-1);
471 908
472 aioreq_pri $pri; 909 aioreq_pri $pri;
473 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
474 my $fh = shift
475 or return $grp->result (-1);
476
477 aioreq_pri $pri;
478 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub { 910 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
479 $grp->result ($_[0]); 911 $grp->result ($_[0]);
480 };
481 }; 912 };
482
483 $grp
484 } 913 };
914
915 $grp
485} 916}
486 917
487=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 918=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
488 919
489Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 920Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
490destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 921destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
491the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 922a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
492 923
493This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with 924This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
494mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 925mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
495C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 926C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
496uid/gid, in that order. 927uid/gid, in that order.
497 928
498If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if 929If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
500errors are being ignored. 931errors are being ignored.
501 932
502=cut 933=cut
503 934
504sub aio_copy($$;$) { 935sub aio_copy($$;$) {
505 aio_block {
506 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 936 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
507 937
508 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 938 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
509 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 939 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
510 940
511 aioreq_pri $pri; 941 aioreq_pri $pri;
512 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 942 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
513 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 943 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
514 my @stat = stat $src_fh; 944 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
515 945
516 aioreq_pri $pri; 946 aioreq_pri $pri;
517 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 947 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
518 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 948 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
519 aioreq_pri $pri; 949 aioreq_pri $pri;
520 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub { 950 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
521 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) { 951 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
522 $grp->result (0); 952 $grp->result (0);
523 close $src_fh; 953 close $src_fh;
524 954
525 # those should not normally block. should. should.
526 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
527 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
528 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
529 close $dst_fh;
530 } else { 955 my $ch = sub {
531 $grp->result (-1);
532 close $src_fh;
533 close $dst_fh;
534
535 aioreq $pri; 956 aioreq_pri $pri;
957 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
958 aioreq_pri $pri;
959 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
960 aioreq_pri $pri;
536 add $grp aio_unlink $dst; 961 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
962 }
963 };
537 } 964 };
965
966 aioreq_pri $pri;
967 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
968 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
969 aioreq_pri $pri;
970 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
971 } else {
972 $ch->();
973 }
974 };
975 } else {
976 $grp->result (-1);
977 close $src_fh;
978 close $dst_fh;
979
980 aioreq $pri;
981 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
538 }; 982 }
539 } else {
540 $grp->result (-1);
541 } 983 };
984 } else {
985 $grp->result (-1);
542 }, 986 }
543
544 } else {
545 $grp->result (-1);
546 } 987 },
988
989 } else {
990 $grp->result (-1);
547 }; 991 }
548
549 $grp
550 } 992 };
993
994 $grp
551} 995}
552 996
553=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 997=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
554 998
555Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 999Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
556destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1000destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
557the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1001a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
558 1002
559This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If 1003This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
560rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1004rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
561that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>. 1005that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
562 1006
563=cut 1007=cut
564 1008
565sub aio_move($$;$) { 1009sub aio_move($$;$) {
566 aio_block {
567 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_; 1010 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
568 1011
569 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1012 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
570 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1013 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
571 1014
572 aioreq_pri $pri; 1015 aioreq_pri $pri;
573 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub { 1016 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
574 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1017 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
575 aioreq_pri $pri; 1018 aioreq_pri $pri;
576 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1019 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
577 $grp->result ($_[0]);
578
579 if (!$_[0]) {
580 aioreq_pri $pri;
581 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
582 }
583 };
584 } else {
585 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1020 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1021
1022 unless ($_[0]) {
1023 aioreq_pri $pri;
1024 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
1025 }
586 } 1026 };
1027 } else {
1028 $grp->result ($_[0]);
587 }; 1029 }
588
589 $grp
590 } 1030 };
1031
1032 $grp
591} 1033}
592 1034
593=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1035=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
594 1036
595Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1037Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
596efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1038efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
597names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1039names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
598recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1040recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
615 1057
616Implementation notes. 1058Implementation notes.
617 1059
618The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 1060The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
619 1061
1062If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
1063find directories.
1064
620After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 1065Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
621directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 1066of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
622isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 1067match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
623entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 1068how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
624of subdirectories will be assumed. 1069number of subdirectories will be assumed.
625 1070
626Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 1071Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
627a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 1072currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
628else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 1073entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
629likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 1074in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
630is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 1075entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
631seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1076separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
632filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1077filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
633data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 1078data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
1079the filetype information on readdir.
634 1080
635If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1081If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
636rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 1082rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
637 1083
638This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 1084This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
643directory counting heuristic. 1089directory counting heuristic.
644 1090
645=cut 1091=cut
646 1092
647sub aio_scandir($$;$) { 1093sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
648 aio_block {
649 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 1094 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
650 1095
651 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1096 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
652 1097
653 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1098 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
654 1099
655 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1100 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
1101
1102 # get a wd object
1103 aioreq_pri $pri;
1104 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1105 $_[0]
1106 or return $grp->result ();
1107
1108 my $wd = [shift, "."];
656 1109
657 # stat once 1110 # stat once
658 aioreq_pri $pri; 1111 aioreq_pri $pri;
659 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1112 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
660 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1113 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
661 my $now = time; 1114 my $now = time;
662 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1115 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
663 1116
664 # read the directory entries 1117 # read the directory entries
665 aioreq_pri $pri; 1118 aioreq_pri $pri;
666 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 1119 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
667 my $entries = shift 1120 my $entries = shift
668 or return $grp->result (); 1121 or return $grp->result ();
669 1122
670 # stat the dir another time 1123 # stat the dir another time
671 aioreq_pri $pri; 1124 aioreq_pri $pri;
672 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1125 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
673 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1126 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
674 1127
675 my $ndirs; 1128 my $ndirs;
676 1129
677 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1130 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
678 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1131 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
679 $ndirs = -1; 1132 $ndirs = -1;
680 } else { 1133 } else {
681 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1134 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
682 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1135 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
683 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1136 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
684 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1137 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
685 } 1138 }
686 1139
687 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
688 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
689 $entries = [map $_->[0],
690 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
691 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
692 @$entries];
693
694 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1140 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
695 1141
696 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1142 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
697 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1143 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
698 }; 1144 };
699 1145
700 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1146 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
701 feed $statgrp sub { 1147 feed $statgrp sub {
702 return unless @$entries; 1148 return unless @$entries;
703 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1149 my $entry = shift @$entries;
704 1150
705 aioreq_pri $pri; 1151 aioreq_pri $pri;
1152 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
706 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1153 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
707 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1154 if ($_[0] < 0) {
708 push @nondirs, $entry; 1155 push @nondirs, $entry;
709 } else { 1156 } else {
710 # need to check for real directory 1157 # need to check for real directory
711 aioreq_pri $pri; 1158 aioreq_pri $pri;
1159 $wd->[1] = $entry;
712 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1160 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
713 if (-d _) { 1161 if (-d _) {
714 push @dirs, $entry; 1162 push @dirs, $entry;
715 1163
716 unless (--$ndirs) { 1164 unless (--$ndirs) {
717 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1165 push @nondirs, @$entries;
725 }; 1173 };
726 }; 1174 };
727 }; 1175 };
728 }; 1176 };
729 }; 1177 };
730
731 $grp
732 } 1178 };
1179
1180 $grp
733} 1181}
734 1182
735=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1183=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
736 1184
737Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1185Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
738status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1186status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
739uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1187uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
740everything else. 1188everything else.
741 1189
742=cut 1190=cut
743 1191
744sub aio_rmtree; 1192sub aio_rmtree;
745sub aio_rmtree($;$) { 1193sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
746 aio_block {
747 my ($path, $cb) = @_; 1194 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
748 1195
749 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 1196 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
750 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1197 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
751 1198
752 aioreq_pri $pri; 1199 aioreq_pri $pri;
753 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub { 1200 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
754 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; 1201 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
755 1202
756 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub { 1203 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
757 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub { 1204 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
758 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1205 $grp->result ($_[0]);
759 };
760 }; 1206 };
761
762 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
763 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
764
765 add $grp $dirgrp;
766 }; 1207 };
767 1208
768 $grp 1209 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1210 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1211
1212 add $grp $dirgrp;
769 } 1213 };
1214
1215 $grp
770} 1216}
1217
1218=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1219
1220Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
771 1221
772=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1222=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
773 1223
774Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1224Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
775with the fsync result code. 1225with the fsync result code.
779Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1229Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
780callback with the fdatasync result code. 1230callback with the fdatasync result code.
781 1231
782If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1232If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
783detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1233detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1234
1235=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1236
1237Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1238to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1239code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1240errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1241
1242=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1243
1244Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1245to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1246sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1247ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1248
1249C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1250C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1251C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1252manpage for details.
1253
1254=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1255
1256This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1257composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1258(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1259specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1260written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1261not just directories.
1262
1263Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1264C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1265
1266Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1267
1268=cut
1269
1270sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1271 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1272
1273 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1274 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1275
1276 aioreq_pri $pri;
1277 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1278 my ($fh) = @_;
1279 if ($fh) {
1280 aioreq_pri $pri;
1281 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1282 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1283
1284 aioreq_pri $pri;
1285 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1286 };
1287 } else {
1288 $grp->result (-1);
1289 }
1290 };
1291
1292 $grp
1293}
1294
1295=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1296
1297This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1298scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1299scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1300scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1301it).
1302
1303It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1304area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1305later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1306is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1307a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1308C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1309
1310=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1311
1312This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1313scalars.
1314
1315It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1316range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1317as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1318C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1319C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1320writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1321
1322=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1323
1324This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1325scalars.
1326
1327It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1328and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1329
1330If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1331
1332On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1333and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1334
1335Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1336documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1337
1338Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1339C<$data> gets destroyed.
1340
1341 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1342 my $data;
1343 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1344 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1345
1346=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1347
1348Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1349C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1350
1351On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1352and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1353
1354Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1355documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1356
1357Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1358
1359 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1360
1361=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1362
1363Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1364ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1365the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1366C<ENOSYS>.
1367
1368C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1369size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1370be queried.
1371
1372C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1373C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1374exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1375the data portion.
1376
1377C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1378C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1379case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1380instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1381
1382If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1383C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1384
1385Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1386structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1387following members:
1388
1389 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1390
1391Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1392or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1393
1394C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1395C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1396C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1397C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1398C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1399C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1400
1401At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1402C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1403it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1404extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
784 1405
785=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1406=item aio_group $callback->(...)
786 1407
787This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1408This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
788container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1409container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
826immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1447immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
827except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1448except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
828 1449
829=back 1450=back
830 1451
1452
1453=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1454
1455Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1456threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1457could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1458will be used by IO::AIO).
1459
1460One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1461but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1462access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1463
1464Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1465futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1466per operation.
1467
1468For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1469perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1470cannot be perfect, though.
1471
1472IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1473object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1474path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1475
1476Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1477or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1478object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1479gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1480IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1481to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1482
1483For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1484inside, you would write:
1485
1486 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1487 my $etcdir = shift;
1488
1489 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1490 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1491 # when $etcdir is undef.
1492
1493 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1494 # yay
1495 };
1496 };
1497
1498That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
1499an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
1500why it is done asynchronously.
1501
1502To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1503either of the following three request calls:
1504
1505 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1506 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1507 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1508
1509As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1510object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1511causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1512
1513 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1514
1515 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1516 $path->[1] = $name;
1517 aio_stat $path, sub {
1518 # ...
1519 };
1520 }
1521
1522There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1523pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1524nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1525will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1526pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1527older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1528string form of the pathname.
1529
1530So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1531C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1532reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1533(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1534
1535The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1536
1537=over 4
1538
1539=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1540
1541Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1542IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1543system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1544to this working directory.
1545
1546If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1547of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1548passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1549request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1550C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1551expected way.
1552
1553If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1554detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1555
1556=item IO::AIO::CWD
1557
1558This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1559current working directory.
1560
1561Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1562the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1563example, these calls are functionally identical:
1564
1565 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1566 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1567
1568=back
1569
1570To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1571C<aio_realpath>:
1572
1573 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1574 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1575 };
1576
1577
831=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1578=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
832 1579
833All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1580All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
834called in non-void context. 1581called in non-void context.
835 1582
838=item cancel $req 1585=item cancel $req
839 1586
840Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1587Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
841when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1588when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
842entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1589entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
843untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1590untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
844stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1591currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1592will not be freed prematurely.
845 1593
846=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1594=item cb $req $callback->(...)
847 1595
848Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1596Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
849 1597
900Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1648Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
901will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1649will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
902C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1650C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
903exist. 1651exist.
904 1652
905That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1653That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
906in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1654(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
907group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1655the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
908itself finish. 1656further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1657finished will the the group itself finish.
909 1658
910=over 4 1659=over 4
911 1660
912=item add $grp ... 1661=item add $grp ...
913 1662
922=item $grp->cancel_subs 1671=item $grp->cancel_subs
923 1672
924Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1673Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
925itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1674itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
926 1675
1676The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1677group).
1678
927=item $grp->result (...) 1679=item $grp->result (...)
928 1680
929Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1681Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
930subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value 1682subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
931of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1683of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
932no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1684no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
933 1685
934=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1686=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
935 1687
946=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1698=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
947 1699
948Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1700Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
949generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1701generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
950although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1702although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
951this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1703this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
952example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1704C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
953requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1705requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
954 1706
955To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1707To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
956instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1708instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
957feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1709feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
962not impose any limits). 1714not impose any limits).
963 1715
964If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1716If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
965automatically removed from the group. 1717automatically removed from the group.
966 1718
967If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1719If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1720C<2> automatically.
968 1721
969Example: 1722Example:
970 1723
971 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1724 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
972 1725
984Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1737Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
985the group contains less than this many requests. 1738the group contains less than this many requests.
986 1739
987Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1740Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
988 1741
1742The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1743automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1744
989=back 1745=back
990 1746
991=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1747=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
992 1748
993=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1749=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
995=over 4 1751=over 4
996 1752
997=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1753=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
998 1754
999Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1755Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1000polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1756polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1001select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1757select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1002to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1758you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1003 1759
1004See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1760See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1005 1761
1006=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1762=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1007 1763
1008Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1764Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1009regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1765been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1010when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on 1766this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1011the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1012 1767
1768Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1769events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1770reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1771of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1772C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1773
1013If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1774If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1014will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1775descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1776don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1777
1778Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1779ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1780a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1781available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1782over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1783requests.
1015 1784
1016Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1785Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1017IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1786IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1787SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1018 1788
1019 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1789 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1020 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1790 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1021 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1791 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1792
1793=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1794
1795Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1796requests are outstanding anymore.
1797
1798This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1799become ready, without actually handling them.
1800
1801See C<nreqs> for an example.
1802
1803=item IO::AIO::poll
1804
1805Waits until some requests have been handled.
1806
1807Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1808equivalent to:
1809
1810 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1811
1812=item IO::AIO::flush
1813
1814Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1815
1816Strictly equivalent to:
1817
1818 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1819 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1022 1820
1023=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1821=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1024 1822
1025=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1823=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1026 1824
1051 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1849 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1052 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1850 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1053 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1851 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1054 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1852 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1055 1853
1056=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1854=back
1057
1058If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1059phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1060does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1061synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1062
1063See C<nreqs> for an example.
1064
1065=item IO::AIO::poll
1066
1067Waits until some requests have been handled.
1068
1069Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1070equivalent to:
1071
1072 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1073
1074=item IO::AIO::flush
1075
1076Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1077
1078Strictly equivalent to:
1079
1080 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1081 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1082 1855
1083=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1856=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1857
1858=over
1084 1859
1085=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1860=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
1086 1861
1087Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1862Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
1088default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1863default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
1116 1891
1117Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1892Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1118 1893
1119=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1894=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1120 1895
1121Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1896Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1122threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1897(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1123means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1898timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1124idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1899C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1900exit.
1125 1901
1126This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1902This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1127to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1903to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1128under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1904under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1129 1905
1130The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1906The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1131creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1907creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1132want to use larger values. 1908want to use larger values.
1133 1909
1910=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1911
1912Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1913allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1914
1134=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1915=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1916
1917Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1918you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1919C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1920C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1921longer exceeded.
1922
1923In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1924used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1135 1925
1136This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1926This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1137blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1927blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1138use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1928use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1139 1929
1140Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1930It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1141to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1931a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1142C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1143function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1144 1932
1145The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1933 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1146number of outstanding requests.
1147 1934
1148You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1935 for my $path (...) {
1149C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1936 aio_stat $path , ...;
1150as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1937 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1938 }
1939
1940 IO::AIO::flush;
1941
1942The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1943as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1944some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1945number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1946
1947The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1948practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1949
1950=back
1151 1951
1152=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 1952=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1953
1954=over
1153 1955
1154=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1956=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1155 1957
1156Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending 1958Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1157states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet). 1959states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1171Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 1973Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1172but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1974but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1173 1975
1174=back 1976=back
1175 1977
1978=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1979
1980IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1981asynchronous.
1982
1983=over 4
1984
1985=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1986
1987Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1988but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1989likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1990operations).
1991
1992Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1993
1994=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1995
1996Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1997manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1998available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1999C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2000C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2001
2002On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2003ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2004
2005=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2006
2007Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2008manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2009available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2010C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
2011
2012On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2013ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2014
2015=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2016
2017Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2018$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2019constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2020C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2021
2022On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2023ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2024
2025=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2026
2027Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2028given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2029success, and false otherwise.
2030
2031The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2032change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2033or searching it with regexes and so on.
2034
2035Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2036
2037The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2038when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2039C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2040
2041This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2042page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2043
2044The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2045filesize.
2046
2047C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2048C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2049
2050C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2051C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
2052not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
2053(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
2054constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2055C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
2056C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
2057
2058If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2059
2060C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2061a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2062
2063Example:
2064
2065 use Digest::MD5;
2066 use IO::AIO;
2067
2068 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2069 or die "$!";
2070
2071 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2072 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2073
2074 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2075
2076=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2077
2078Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2079
2080=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2081
2082Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2083C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2084
2085=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2086
2087Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2088
2089On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2090ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2091
2092=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2093
2094Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2095C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2096should be the file offset.
2097
2098C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2099silently corrupt the data in this case.
2100
2101The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2102C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2103C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2104
2105See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2106
2107=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2108
2109Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
2110description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2111
2112=back
2113
1176=cut 2114=cut
1177 2115
1178# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1179sub _fd2fh {
1180 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1181
1182 # try to generate nice filehandles
1183 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1184 local *$sym;
1185
1186 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1187 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1188 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1189 or return undef;
1190
1191 *$sym
1192}
1193
1194min_parallel 8; 2116min_parallel 8;
1195 2117
1196END { flush } 2118END { flush }
1197 2119
11981; 21201;
1199 2121
2122=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2123
2124It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2125automatically into many event loops:
2126
2127 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2128 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2129
2130You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2131some examples of how to do this:
2132
2133 # EV integration
2134 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2135
2136 # Event integration
2137 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2138 poll => 'r',
2139 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2140
2141 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2142 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2143 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2144
2145 # Tk integration
2146 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2147 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2148
2149 # Danga::Socket integration
2150 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2151 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2152
1200=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2153=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1201 2154
1202This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2155Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2156considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2157fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2158with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2159pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2160reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2161applies to quite a lot of perls.
1203 2162
1204Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2163This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1205can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2164only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1206the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2165using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1207request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1208(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1209parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1210parent process has been reached again.
1211 2166
1212In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2167You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1213not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2168forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1214yet. 2169child:
2170
2171=over 4
2172
2173=item IO::AIO::reinit
2174
2175Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2176data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2177happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2178
2179The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2180C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2181the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2182will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2183
2184=back
1215 2185
1216=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2186=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1217 2187
1218Per-request usage: 2188Per-request usage:
1219 2189
1221bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 2191bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1222a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 2192a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1223scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 2193scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1224will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 2194will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1225 2195
1226This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 2196This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1227problem. 2197problem.
1228 2198
1229Per-thread usage: 2199Per-thread usage:
1230 2200
1231In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 2201In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1236 2206
1237Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 2207Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1238 2208
1239=head1 SEE ALSO 2209=head1 SEE ALSO
1240 2210
1241L<Coro::AIO>. 2211L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2212more natural syntax.
1242 2213
1243=head1 AUTHOR 2214=head1 AUTHOR
1244 2215
1245 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2216 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1246 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2217 http://home.schmorp.de/

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