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4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use IO::AIO;	7	use IO::AIO;
8		8
9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10	my $fh = shift	10	my $fh = shift
11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";	11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
12	...	12	...
13	};	13	};
14		14
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25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue	26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27		27
28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };	28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;	29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
30
31	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
32	use AnyEvent::AIO;
33
34	# EV integration
35	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
36
37	# Event integration
38	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
39	poll => 'r',
40	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
41
42	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
43	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
44	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
45
46	# Tk integration
47	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
48	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
50	# Danga::Socket integration
51	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
52	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
53		30
54	=head1 DESCRIPTION	31	=head1 DESCRIPTION
55		32
56	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
57	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
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99		76
100	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV	77	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
101	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;	78	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
102		79
103	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	80	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
104	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	81	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
105	my $fh = shift	82	my $fh = shift
106	or die "error while opening: $!";	83	or die "error while opening: $!";
107		84
108	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking	85	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
109	my $size = -s $fh;	86	my $size = -s $fh;
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191	use common::sense;	168	use common::sense;
192		169
193	use base 'Exporter';	170	use base 'Exporter';
194		171
195	BEGIN {	172	BEGIN {
196	our $VERSION = '3.5';	173	our $VERSION = '4.18';
197		174
198	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close	175	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
199	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx	176	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
200	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync	177	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
201	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead	178	aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_allocate
		179	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
202	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group	180	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
203	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown	181	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
204	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate	182	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
205	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_statvfs);	183	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		184	aio_statvfs
		185	aio_wd);
206		186
207	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	187	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
208	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	188	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
209	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	189	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
210	nreqs nready npending nthreads	190	nreqs nready npending nthreads
211	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs	191	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
212	sendfile fadvise);	192	sendfile fadvise madvise
		193	mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
213		194
214	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported	195	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
215		196
216	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	197	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
217		198
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219	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	200	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
220	}	201	}
221		202
222	=head1 FUNCTIONS	203	=head1 FUNCTIONS
223		204
224	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	205	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		206
		207	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		208	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		209	documentation.
		210
		211	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		212	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		213	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		214	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		215	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		216	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		217	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		218	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		219	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		220	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		221	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		222	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		228	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		232	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		233	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
		234	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		236	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		237	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		238	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		239	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		240	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		241	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		242	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		243	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		244	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		245	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		246	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		247	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		254	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		256	aio_group $callback->(...)
		257	aio_nop $callback->()
		258
		259	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		260	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		261
		262	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		263	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		264	IO::AIO::poll
		265	IO::AIO::flush
		266	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		267	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		268	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		269	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		270	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		271	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		272	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		273	IO::AIO::nreqs
		274	IO::AIO::nready
		275	IO::AIO::npending
		276
		277	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		278	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		279	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		280	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		281	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		282	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		283	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		284	IO::AIO::munlockall
		285
		286	=head2 API NOTES
225		287
226	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	288	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
227	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	289	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
228	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	290	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
229	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	291	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
230	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	292	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
231	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given	293	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
232	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	294	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		295	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		296	"false").
		297
		298	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		299	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
233		300
234	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	301	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
235	internally until the request has finished.	302	internally until the request has finished.
236		303
237	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	304	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
238	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	305	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
239		306
240	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	307	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
241	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the	308	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
242	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	309	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
243	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	310	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
244	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	311	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
245	paths.	312	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		313	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		314	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
246		315
247	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	316	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
248	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without	317	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
249	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	318	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
250	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	319	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
251	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	320	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
252	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	321	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		322	correct contents.
253		323
254	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	324	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
255	handles correctly whether it is set or not.	325	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		326
		327	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
256		328
257	=over 4	329	=over 4
258		330
259	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	331	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
260		332
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290		362
291		363
292	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	364	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
293		365
294	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	366	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
295	created filehandle for the file.	367	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
296		368
297	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	369	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
298	for an explanation.	370	for an explanation.
299		371
300	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	372	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
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307	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never	379	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
308	change the umask.	380	change the umask.
309		381
310	Example:	382	Example:
311		383
312	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	384	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
313	if ($_[0]) {	385	if ($_[0]) {
314	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	386	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
315	...	387	...
316	} else {	388	} else {
317	die "open failed: $!\n";	389	die "open failed: $!\n";
318	}	390	}
319	};	391	};
320		392
		393	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		394	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		395	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		396	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		397
		398	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		399	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		400	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		401
321		402
322	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	403	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
323		404
324	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	405	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
325	code.	406	code.
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333		414
334	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be	415	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
335	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.	416	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
336		417
337	=cut	418	=cut
		419
		420	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		421
		422	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		423	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		424	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		425	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		426
		427	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		428	case of an error.
		429
		430	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		431	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		432	so don't panic.
		433
		434	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		435	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		436	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		437	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		438	"just work".
338		439
339	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	440	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
340		441
341	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	442	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
342		443
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375		476
376	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	477	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
377	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	478	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
378	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	479	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
379	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	480	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
380	other.	481	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		482	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
381		483
		484	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		485	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		486	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		487	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		488	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		489
		490	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		491	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		492	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		493	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		494	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		495	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		496	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		497	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		498	resource usage.
		499
382	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	500	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
383	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	501	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
384	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	502	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
385		503
386	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,	504	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
387	C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,	505	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
388	it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of	506	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
389	filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	507	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
390		508
391	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	509	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
392	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	510	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
393	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	511	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
394	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	512	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
395	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	513	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
396	read.	514	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
397		515
398		516
399	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	517	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
400		518
401	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	519	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
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424		542
425	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	543	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
426	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	544	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
427	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	545	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
428		546
		547	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		548	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		549	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		550	behaviour).
		551
		552	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		553	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		554	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
		555
429	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	556	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
430		557
431	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	558	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
432	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	559	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
433	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	560	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
434	};	561	};
435		562
436		563
437	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)	564	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
438		565
439	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on	566	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
440	whether a file handle or path was passed.	567	whether a file handle or path was passed.
441		568
442	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following	569	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
…		…
476	namemax => 255,	603	namemax => 255,
477	frsize => 1024,	604	frsize => 1024,
478	fsid => 1810	605	fsid => 1810
479	}	606	}
480		607
		608	Here is a (likely partial) list of fsid values used by Linux - it is safe
		609	to 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
481		689
482	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	690	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
483		691
484	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime	692	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
485	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying	693	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
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513	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	721	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
514		722
515	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).	723	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
516		724
517		725
		726	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		727
		728	Allocates or freed disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		729	linux C<fallocate> docuemntation for details.
		730
		731	C<$mode> can currently be C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>
		732	to allocate space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
		733	IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>, to deallocate a file range.
		734
		735	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		736	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
		737
		738	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		739	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		740
		741
518	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	742	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
519		743
520	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	744	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
521		745
522		746
…		…
524		748
525	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	749	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
526	result code.	750	result code.
527		751
528		752
529	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	753	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
530		754
531	[EXPERIMENTAL]	755	[EXPERIMENTAL]
532		756
533	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	757	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
534		758
535	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	759	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
536		760
537	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	761	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
538		762
		763	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		764	and functions.
539		765
540	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	766	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
541		767
542	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	768	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
543	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	769	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
…		…
547		773
548	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	774	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
549	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	775	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
550		776
551		777
552	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	778	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
553		779
554	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	780	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
555	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	781	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
556	callback.	782	callback.
557		783
558		784
		785	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		786
		787	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		788	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		789	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		790
		791	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		792	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		793
		794
559	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	795	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
560		796
561	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	797	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
562	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	798	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
563		799
…		…
585	array-ref with the filenames.	821	array-ref with the filenames.
586		822
587		823
588	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)	824	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
589		825
590	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune	826	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
591	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be	827	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
592	C<undef>.	828	C<undef>.
593		829
594	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the	830	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
595	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):	831	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
596		832
597	=over 4	833	=over 4
598		834
599	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS	835	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
600		836
601	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names	837	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
602	only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with	838	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
603	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory	839	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
604	entry in more detail.	840	entry in more detail.
605		841
606	C<$name> is the name of the entry.	842	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
607		843
…		…
620	systems that do not deliver the inode information.	856	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
621		857
622	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST	858	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
623		859
624	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where	860	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
625	likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly	861	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
626	find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to	862	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
627	stat() each entry.	863	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
628		864
629	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used	865	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
630	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files	866	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
631	beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with	867	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
632	short names are tried first.	868	short names are tried first.
633		869
634	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER	870	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
635		871
636	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order	872	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
…		…
643		879
644	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN	880	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
645		881
646	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it	882	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
647	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were	883	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
648	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all	884	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
649	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.	885	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
650		886
651	=back	887	=back
652		888
653		889
654	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)	890	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
655		891
656	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into	892	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
657	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	893	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
658		894
659	=cut	895	=cut
…		…
781	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	1017	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
782	aioreq_pri $pri;	1018	aioreq_pri $pri;
783	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	1019	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
784	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1020	$grp->result ($_[0]);
785		1021
786	if (!$_[0]) {	1022	unless ($_[0]) {
787	aioreq_pri $pri;	1023	aioreq_pri $pri;
788	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	1024	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
789	}	1025	}
790	};	1026	};
791	} else {	1027	} else {
…		…
794	};	1030	};
795		1031
796	$grp	1032	$grp
797	}	1033	}
798		1034
799	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1035	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
800		1036
801	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1037	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
802	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	1038	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
803	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	1039	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
804	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	1040	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
…		…
835	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot	1071	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
836	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every	1072	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
837	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,	1073	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
838	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the	1074	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
839	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	1075	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
840	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	1076	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
841	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	1077	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
842	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return	1078	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
843	the filetype information on readdir.	1079	the filetype information on readdir.
844		1080
845	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1081	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
…		…
861		1097
862	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1098	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
863		1099
864	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1100	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
865		1101
866	# stat once	1102	# get a wd object
867	aioreq_pri $pri;	1103	aioreq_pri $pri;
868	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1104	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1105	$_[0]
869	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1106	or return $grp->result ();
870	my $now = time;
871	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
872		1107
873	# read the directory entries	1108	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1109
		1110	# stat once
874	aioreq_pri $pri;	1111	aioreq_pri $pri;
875	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {	1112	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
876	my $entries = shift
877	or return $grp->result ();	1113	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		1114	my $now = time;
		1115	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
878		1116
879	# stat the dir another time	1117	# read the directory entries
880	aioreq_pri $pri;	1118	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1119	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
		1120	my $entries = shift
		1121	or return $grp->result ();
		1122
		1123	# stat the dir another time
		1124	aioreq_pri $pri;
881	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1125	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
882	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1126	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
883		1127
884	my $ndirs;	1128	my $ndirs;
885		1129
886	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	1130	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
887	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	1131	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
888	$ndirs = -1;	1132	$ndirs = -1;
889	} else {	1133	} else {
890	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	1134	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
891	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	1135	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
892	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	1136	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
893	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	1137	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
894	}	1138	}
895		1139
896	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1140	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
897		1141
898	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1142	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
899	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1143	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
900	};	1144	};
901		1145
902	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1146	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
903	feed $statgrp sub {	1147	feed $statgrp sub {
904	return unless @$entries;	1148	return unless @$entries;
905	my $entry = shift @$entries;	1149	my $entry = shift @$entries;
906		1150
907	aioreq_pri $pri;	1151	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1152	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
908	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1153	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
909	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1154	if ($_[0] < 0) {
910	push @nondirs, $entry;	1155	push @nondirs, $entry;
911	} else {	1156	} else {
912	# need to check for real directory	1157	# need to check for real directory
913	aioreq_pri $pri;	1158	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1159	$wd->[1] = $entry;
914	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {	1160	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
915	if (-d _) {	1161	if (-d _) {
916	push @dirs, $entry;	1162	push @dirs, $entry;
917		1163
918	unless (--$ndirs) {	1164	unless (--$ndirs) {
919	push @nondirs, @$entries;	1165	push @nondirs, @$entries;
920	feed $statgrp;	1166	feed $statgrp;
		1167	}
		1168	} else {
		1169	push @nondirs, $entry;
921	}	1170	}
922	} else {
923	push @nondirs, $entry;
924	}	1171	}
925	}	1172	}
926	}	1173	};
927	};	1174	};
928	};	1175	};
929	};	1176	};
930	};	1177	};
931	};	1178	};
932		1179
933	$grp	1180	$grp
934	}	1181	}
935		1182
936	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)	1183	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
937		1184
938	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1185	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
939	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that	1186	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
940	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink	1187	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
941	everything else.	1188	everything else.
942		1189
943	=cut	1190	=cut
944		1191
…		…
983	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1230	callback with the fdatasync result code.
984		1231
985	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1232	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
986	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1233	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
987		1234
		1235	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1236
		1237	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1238	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1239	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1240	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1241
988	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)	1242	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
989		1243
990	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>	1244	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
991	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific	1245	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
992	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns	1246	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
…		…
995	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,	1249	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
996	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and	1250	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
997	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range	1251	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
998	manpage for details.	1252	manpage for details.
999		1253
1000	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)	1254	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1001		1255
1002	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a	1256	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1003	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations	1257	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1004	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any	1258	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1005	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get	1259	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
…		…
1039	}	1293	}
1040		1294
1041	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)	1295	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1042		1296
1043	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed	1297	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1044	scalars (see the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules for details on this, note	1298	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1299	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1045	that the scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is	1300	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1046	pending on it).	1301	it).
1047		1302
1048	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory	1303	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1049	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes	1304	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1050	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>	1305	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1051	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be	1306	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
…		…
1056		1311
1057	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed	1312	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1058	scalars.	1313	scalars.
1059		1314
1060	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified	1315	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1061	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same	1316	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1062	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either	1317	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1063	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or	1318	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1064	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and	1319	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1065	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).	1320	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1321
		1322	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1323
		1324	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1325	scalars.
		1326
		1327	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1328	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1329
		1330	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1331
		1332	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1333	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1334
		1335	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1336	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1337
		1338	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1339	C<$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
		1348	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1349	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1350
		1351	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1352	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1353
		1354	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1355	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1356
		1357	Example: 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, $cb->(\@extents)
		1362
		1363	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1364	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1365	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1366	C<ENOSYS>.
		1367
		1368	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1369	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1370	be queried.
		1371
		1372	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1373	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1374	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1375	the data portion.
		1376
		1377	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1378	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1379	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1380	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1381
		1382	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1383	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1384
		1385	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1386	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1387	following members:
		1388
		1389	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1390
		1391	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1392	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1393
		1394	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1395	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1396	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1397	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1398	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1399	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1400
		1401	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
		1402	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1403	it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
		1404	extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
1066		1405
1067	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1406	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1068		1407
1069	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1408	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1070	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1409	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
1107	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is	1446	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1108	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1447	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1109	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1448	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1110		1449
1111	=back	1450	=back
		1451
		1452
		1453	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1454
		1455	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1456	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1457	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1458	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1459
		1460	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1461	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1462	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1463
		1464	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1465	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1466	per operation.
		1467
		1468	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1469	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1470	cannot be perfect, though.
		1471
		1472	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1473	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1474	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1475
		1476	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1477	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1478	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1479	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1480	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1481	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1482
		1483	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1484	inside, 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
		1498	That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
		1499	an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
		1500	why it is done asynchronously.
		1501
		1502	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1503	either 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 $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1508
		1509	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1510	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1511	causing any issues due to C<$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
		1522	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1523	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1524	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1525	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1526	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1527	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
		1528	string form of the pathname.
		1529
		1530	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1531	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1532	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1533	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1534
		1535	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1536
		1537	=over 4
		1538
		1539	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1540
		1541	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1542	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1543	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1544	to this working directory.
		1545
		1546	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1547	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1548	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1549	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1550	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1551	expected way.
		1552
		1553	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
		1554	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1555
		1556	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1557
		1558	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
		1559	current working directory.
		1560
		1561	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1562	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1563	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1564
		1565	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1566	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1567
		1568	=back
		1569
		1570	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1571	C<aio_realpath>:
		1572
		1573	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1574	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1575	};
		1576
1112		1577
1113	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1578	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1114		1579
1115	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1580	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1116	called in non-void context.	1581	called in non-void context.
…		…
1234		1699
1235	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1700	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1236	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1701	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1237	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1702	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1238	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,	1703	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1239	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,	1704	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1240	delaying any later requests for a long time.	1705	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1241		1706
1242	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1707	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1243	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1708	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1244	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1709	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1245	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1710	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
1294		1759
1295	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1760	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1296		1761
1297	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1762	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1298		1763
1299	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1764	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1300	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it	1765	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1301	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events	1766	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1302	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1303	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1304		1767
		1768	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
		1769	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1770	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
		1771	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
		1772	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
		1773
1305	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1774	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1306	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to	1775	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1307	do anything special to have it called later.	1776	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
		1777
		1778	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1779	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1780	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1781	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1782	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1783	requests.
1308		1784
1309	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1785	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1310	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the	1786	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1311	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):	1787	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1312		1788
1313	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1789	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1314	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1790	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1315	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1791	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1792
		1793	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1794
		1795	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
		1796	requests are outstanding anymore.
		1797
		1798	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1799	become ready, without actually handling them.
		1800
		1801	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1802
		1803	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1804
		1805	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1806
		1807	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1808	equivalent to:
		1809
		1810	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1811
		1812	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1813
		1814	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1815
		1816	Strictly equivalent to:
		1817
		1818	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1819	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1316		1820
1317	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1821	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1318		1822
1319	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1823	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1320		1824
…		…
1345	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1849	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1346	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1850	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1347	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1851	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1348	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1852	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1349		1853
1350	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1351
1352	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1353	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1354	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1355	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1356
1357	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1358
1359	=item IO::AIO::poll
1360
1361	Waits until some requests have been handled.
1362
1363	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1364	equivalent to:
1365
1366	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1367
1368	=item IO::AIO::flush
1369
1370	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1371
1372	Strictly equivalent to:
1373
1374	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1375	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1376
1377	=back	1854	=back
1378		1855
1379	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1856	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1380		1857
1381	=over	1858	=over
…		…
1414		1891
1415	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1892	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1416		1893
1417	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	1894	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1418		1895
1419	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	1896	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1420	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	1897	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1421	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	1898	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1422	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	1899	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1900	exit.
1423		1901
1424	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	1902	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1425	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	1903	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1426	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	1904	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1427		1905
1428	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	1906	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1429	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	1907	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1430	want to use larger values.	1908	want to use larger values.
1431		1909
		1910	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1911
		1912	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1913	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1914
1432	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1915	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1916
		1917	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		1918	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		1919	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1920	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1921	longer exceeded.
		1922
		1923	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		1924	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1433		1925
1434	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	1926	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1435	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	1927	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1436	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	1928	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1437		1929
1438	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1930	It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1439	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	1931	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1440	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1441	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1442		1932
1443	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	1933	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1444	number of outstanding requests.
1445		1934
1446	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	1935	for my $path (...) {
1447	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	1936	aio_stat $path , ...;
1448	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	1937	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1938	}
		1939
		1940	IO::AIO::flush;
		1941
		1942	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1943	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1944	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1945	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1946
		1947	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1948	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1449		1949
1450	=back	1950	=back
1451		1951
1452	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	1952	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1453		1953
…		…
1491		1991
1492	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.	1992	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1493		1993
1494	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice	1994	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1495		1995
1496	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's	1996	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1497	manpage for details). The following advice constants are	1997	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1498	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,	1998	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1499	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,	1999	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1500	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.	2000	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1501		2001
1502	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns	2002	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1503	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.	2003	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1504		2004
1505	=item IO::AIO::mlockall $flags	2005	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1506		2006
1507	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of	2007	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1508	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL__FUTURE>).	2008	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2009	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2010	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1509		2011
		2012	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		2013	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		2014
		2015	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		2016
		2017	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		2018	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		2019	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		2020	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2021
1510	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns	2022	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1511	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mlockall>.	2023	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		2024
		2025	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		2026
		2027	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		2028	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2029	success, and false otherwise.
		2030
		2031	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		2032	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		2033	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		2034
		2035	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		2036
		2037	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		2038	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		2039	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		2040
		2041	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		2042	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		2043
		2044	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		2045	filesize.
		2046
		2047	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		2048	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		2049
		2050	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		2051	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
		2052	not 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
		2054	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		2055	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
		2056	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
		2057
		2058	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		2059
		2060	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		2061	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		2062
		2063	Example:
		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 $scalar
		2077
		2078	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		2079
		2080	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		2081
		2082	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		2083	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1512		2084
1513	=item IO::AIO::munlockall	2085	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1514		2086
1515	Calls the C<munlockall> function.	2087	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1516		2088
1517	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns	2089	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1518	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.	2090	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1519		2091
		2092	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2093
		2094	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2095	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2096	should be the file offset.
		2097
		2098	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2099	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2100
		2101	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2102	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2103	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2104
		2105	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2106
		2107	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2108
		2109	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
		2110	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2111
1520	=back	2112	=back
1521		2113
1522	=cut	2114	=cut
1523		2115
1524	min_parallel 8;	2116	min_parallel 8;
1525		2117
1526	END { flush }	2118	END { flush }
1527		2119
1528	1;	2120	1;
1529		2121
		2122	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2123
		2124	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2125	automatically into many event loops:
		2126
		2127	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2128	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2129
		2130	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2131	some 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
1530	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2153	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1531		2154
1532	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2155	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2156	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2157	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2158	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2159	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2160	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2161	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1533		2162
1534	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2163	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1535	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2164	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1536	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2165	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1537	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1538	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1539	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1540	parent process has been reached again.
1541		2166
1542	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2167	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1543	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2168	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1544	yet.	2169	child:
		2170
		2171	=over 4
		2172
		2173	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2174
		2175	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2176	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2177	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2178
		2179	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2180	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2181	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2182	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2183
		2184	=back
1545		2185
1546	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2186	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1547		2187
1548	Per-request usage:	2188	Per-request usage:
1549		2189

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