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168	use common::sense;	168	use common::sense;
169		169
170	use base 'Exporter';	170	use base 'Exporter';
171		171
172	BEGIN {	172	BEGIN {
173	our $VERSION = '4.0';	173	our $VERSION = '4.18';
174		174
175	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
176	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
177	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync	177	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
178	aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate	178	aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_allocate
179	aio_pathsync aio_readahead	179	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
180	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group	180	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181	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
182	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate	182	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall	183	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184	aio_statvfs	184	aio_statvfs
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202		202
203	=head1 FUNCTIONS	203	=head1 FUNCTIONS
204		204
205	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW	205	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206		206
207	This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions	207	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
208	for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function	208	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209	documentation.	209	documentation.
210		210
211	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)	211	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	212	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	213	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		214	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
214	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	215	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	216	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	217	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	218	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	219	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	220	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)	221	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	222	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)	223	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
223	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	225	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
224	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	226	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
225	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	228	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
226	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	229	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
227	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	230	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	231	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)	232	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
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271	IO::AIO::nready	274	IO::AIO::nready
272	IO::AIO::npending	275	IO::AIO::npending
273		276
274	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count	277	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
275	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice	278	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		279	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		280	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
276	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice	281	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
277	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect	282	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
278	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef	283	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
279	IO::AIO::munlockall	284	IO::AIO::munlockall
280		285
281	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	286	=head2 API NOTES
282		287
283	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	288	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
284	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	289	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
285	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	290	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
286	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after	291	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
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317	correct contents.	322	correct contents.
318		323
319	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
320	handles correctly whether it is set or not.	325	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
321		326
		327	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
		328
322	=over 4	329	=over 4
323		330
324	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	331	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
325		332
326	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if	333	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
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355		362
356		363
357	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	364	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
358		365
359	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
360	created filehandle for the file.	367	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
361		368
362	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,
363	for an explanation.	370	for an explanation.
364		371
365	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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407		414
408	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
409	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.	416	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
410		417
411	=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".
412		439
413	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	440	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
414		441
415	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	442	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
416		443
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576	namemax => 255,	603	namemax => 255,
577	frsize => 1024,	604	frsize => 1024,
578	fsid => 1810	605	fsid => 1810
579	}	606	}
580		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
581		689
582	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	690	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
583		691
584	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
585	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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613	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)	721	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
614		722
615	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).	723	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
616		724
617		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
618	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)	742	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
619		743
620	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.	744	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
621		745
622		746
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659		783
660		784
661	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)	785	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
662		786
663	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in	787	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
664	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as	788	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
665	L<Cwd::realpath>).	789	L<Cwd::realpath>).
666		790
667	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working	791	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
668	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).	792	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
669		793
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1057	}	1181	}
1058		1182
1059	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)	1183	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
1060		1184
1061	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the	1185	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1062	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
1063	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
1064	everything else.	1188	everything else.
1065		1189
1066	=cut	1190	=cut
1067		1191
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1187		1311
1188	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
1189	scalars.	1313	scalars.
1190		1314
1191	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified	1315	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1192	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same	1316	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1193	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
1194	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
1195	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
1196	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).	1320	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1197		1321
1198	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)	1322	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1199		1323
1200	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed	1324	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
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1231	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.	1355	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1232		1356
1233	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.	1357	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1234		1358
1235	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;	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.
1236		1405
1237	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1406	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1238		1407
1239	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
1240	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
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1356	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a	1525	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1357	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on	1526	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1358	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the	1527	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1359	string form of the pathname.	1528	string form of the pathname.
1360		1529
1361	So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against	1530	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1362	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future	1531	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1363	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory	1532	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1364	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).	1533	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1365		1534
1366	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:	1535	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
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1387	=item IO::AIO::CWD	1556	=item IO::AIO::CWD
1388		1557
1389	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process	1558	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1390	current working directory.	1559	current working directory.
1391		1560
1392	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as	1561	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1393	if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,	1562	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1394	e.g., these calls are functionally identical:	1563	example, these calls are functionally identical:
1395		1564
1396	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };	1565	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1397	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };	1566	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1398		1567
1399	=back	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	};
1400		1576
1401		1577
1402	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1578	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1403		1579
1404	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
…		…
1583		1759
1584	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1760	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1585		1761
1586	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1762	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1587		1763
1588	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call	1764	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
		1765	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
		1766	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
		1767
1589	this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there	1768	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1590	were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever	1769	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1591	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of	1770	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1592	events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and	1771	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1593	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.	1772	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1594		1773
1595	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1774	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1596	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
1597	do anything special to have it called later.	1776	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1598		1777
1599	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes	1778	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1600	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit	1779	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1601	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become	1780	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1602	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes	1781	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
…		…
1611	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1790	poll => 'r', async => 1,
1612	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1791	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1613		1792
1614	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1793	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1615		1794
1616	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result	1795	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1617	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply	1796	requests are outstanding anymore.
1618	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to	1797
1619	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).	1798	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1799	become ready, without actually handling them.
1620		1800
1621	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1801	See C<nreqs> for an example.
1622		1802
1623	=item IO::AIO::poll	1803	=item IO::AIO::poll
1624		1804
…		…
1843	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.	2023	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1844		2024
1845	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]	2025	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1846		2026
1847	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the	2027	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1848	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.	2028	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2029	success, and false otherwise.
1849		2030
1850	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't	2031	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1851	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it	2032	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1852	or searching it with regexes and so on.	2033	or searching it with regexes and so on.
1853		2034
…		…
1906	Calls the C<munlockall> function.	2087	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1907		2088
1908	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns	2089	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1909	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.	2090	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1910		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
1911	=back	2112	=back
1912		2113
1913	=cut	2114	=cut
1914		2115
1915	min_parallel 8;	2116	min_parallel 8;

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