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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
26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27 27
28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
30 30
31 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
32 use AnyEvent::AIO;
33
34 # EV integration
35 my $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
54=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
55 32
56This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
57operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
58 36
59Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program 37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
60(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation 38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
61will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This 39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
62is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even 40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
66on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations 44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
67concurrently. 45concurrently.
68 46
69While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for 47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
70example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that 48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
71support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very 49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
72inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event> 50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
73module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself. 51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
74 52
75In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
76requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
77in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
87yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
88call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
89 67
90=head2 EXAMPLE 68=head2 EXAMPLE
91 69
92This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads 70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
93F</etc/passwd> asynchronously: 71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
94 72
95 use Fcntl;
96 use Event; 73 use EV;
97 use IO::AIO; 74 use IO::AIO;
98 75
99 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event 76 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
100 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 77 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
101 poll => 'r',
102 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
103 78
104 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd 79 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
105 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 80 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
106 my $fh = shift 81 my $fh = shift
107 or die "error while opening: $!"; 82 or die "error while opening: $!";
108 83
109 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking 84 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
110 my $size = -s $fh; 85 my $size = -s $fh;
119 94
120 # file contents now in $contents 95 # file contents now in $contents
121 print $contents; 96 print $contents;
122 97
123 # exit event loop and program 98 # exit event loop and program
124 Event::unloop; 99 EV::break;
125 }; 100 };
126 }; 101 };
127 102
128 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, 103 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
129 # check for sockets etc. etc. 104 # check for sockets etc. etc.
130 105
131 # process events as long as there are some: 106 # process events as long as there are some:
132 Event::loop; 107 EV::run;
133 108
134=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 109=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
135 110
136Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 111Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
137directly visible to Perl. 112directly visible to Perl.
187 162
188package IO::AIO; 163package IO::AIO;
189 164
190use Carp (); 165use Carp ();
191 166
192no warnings; 167use common::sense;
193use strict 'vars';
194 168
195use base 'Exporter'; 169use base 'Exporter';
196 170
197BEGIN { 171BEGIN {
198 our $VERSION = '3.2'; 172 our $VERSION = 4.34;
199 173
200 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close 174 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
201 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx 175 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
202 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync 176 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_fcntl aio_ioctl
203 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead 177 aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
178 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap aio_allocate
204 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group 179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
205 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown 180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
206 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate); 181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
183 aio_statvfs
184 aio_wd);
207 185
208 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 186 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
209 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 187 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
210 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle 188 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
211 nreqs nready npending nthreads 189 nreqs nready npending nthreads
212 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs); 190 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
191 sendfile fadvise madvise
192 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
213 193
214 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported 194 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
215 195
216 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 196 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
217 197
219 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 199 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
220} 200}
221 201
222=head1 FUNCTIONS 202=head1 FUNCTIONS
223 203
224=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 204=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
205
206This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
207quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
208documentation.
209
210 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
211 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
212 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
213 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
214 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
223 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
224 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
225 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
226 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
227 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
228 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
229 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
231 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
232 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
233 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
234 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
235 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
236 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
237 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
238 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
239 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
240 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
241 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
242 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
243 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
244 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
245 aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
246 aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
247 aio_sync $callback->($status)
248 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
249 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
250 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
251 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
252 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
253 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
254 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
255 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
256 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
257 aio_group $callback->(...)
258 aio_nop $callback->()
259
260 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
261 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
262
263 IO::AIO::poll_wait
264 IO::AIO::poll_cb
265 IO::AIO::poll
266 IO::AIO::flush
267 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
268 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
269 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
270 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
271 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
272 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
273 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
274 IO::AIO::nreqs
275 IO::AIO::nready
276 IO::AIO::npending
277
278 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
279 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
280 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
281 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
282 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
283 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
284 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
285 IO::AIO::munlockall
286
287=head2 API NOTES
225 288
226All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 289All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
227with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 290with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
228and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 291and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
229which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 292which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
230the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 293the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
231perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given 294of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
232syscall has been executed asynchronously. 295error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
296most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
297"false").
298
299Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
300communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
233 301
234All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 302All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
235internally until the request has finished. 303internally until the request has finished.
236 304
237All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow 305All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
238further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 306further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
239 307
240The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 308The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
241encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the 309reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
242request is being executed, the current working directory could have 310current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
243changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 311make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
244current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative 312in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
245paths. 313of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
314relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
315description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
246 316
247To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass 317To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
248in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without 318in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
249tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 319tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
250your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 320module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
251environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 321effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
252use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 322unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
323correct contents.
253 324
254This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 325This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
255handles correctly whether it is set or not. 326handles correctly whether it is set or not.
327
328=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
256 329
257=over 4 330=over 4
258 331
259=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 332=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
260 333
290 363
291 364
292=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 365=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
293 366
294Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 367Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
295created filehandle for the file. 368created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
296 369
297The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 370The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
298for an explanation. 371for an explanation.
299 372
300The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 373The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
307by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never 380by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
308change the umask. 381change the umask.
309 382
310Example: 383Example:
311 384
312 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 385 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
313 if ($_[0]) { 386 if ($_[0]) {
314 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 387 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
315 ... 388 ...
316 } else { 389 } else {
317 die "open failed: $!\n"; 390 die "open failed: $!\n";
318 } 391 }
319 }; 392 };
320 393
394In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
395C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
396following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
397your system are, as usual, C<0>):
398
399C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
400C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
401C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
402
321 403
322=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 404=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
323 405
324Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 406Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
325code. 407code.
333 415
334Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be 416Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
335free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed. 417free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
336 418
337=cut 419=cut
420
421=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
422
423Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
424C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
425C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
426C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
427
428The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
429case of an error.
430
431In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
432corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
433so don't panic.
434
435As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
436C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
437could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
438Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
439"just work".
338 440
339=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 441=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
340 442
341=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 443=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
342 444
375 477
376Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 478Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
377reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 479reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
378file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 480file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
379than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 481than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
380other. 482other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
483move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
381 484
485Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
486are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
487read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
488number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
489C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
490
491Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
492C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
493the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
494the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
495into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
496fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
497data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
498the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
499resource usage.
500
382This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 501This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
383zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 502provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
384socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 503a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
385 504
386If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 505If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
387emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 506C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
507C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
388regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 508type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
389 509
390Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 510As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
391C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 511together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
392bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 512on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
393provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 513in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
394value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 514so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
395read. 515fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
396 516
397 517
398=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 518=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
399 519
400C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 520C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
404whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 524whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
405and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 525and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
406(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the 526(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
407file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 527file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
408 528
409If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 529If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your kernel isn't Linux) it will
410emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 530be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
411 531
412 532
413=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 533=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
414 534
415=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 535=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
422for an explanation. 542for an explanation.
423 543
424Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 544Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
425error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 545error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
426unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 546unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
547
548To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
549following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
550be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
551behaviour).
552
553C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
554C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
555C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
427 556
428Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 557Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
429 558
430 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 559 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
431 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 560 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
432 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 561 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
433 }; 562 };
434 563
435 564
565=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
566
567Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
568whether a file handle or path was passed.
569
570On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
571members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
572C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
573is passed.
574
575The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
576C<ST_NOSUID>.
577
578The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
579their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
580not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
581C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
582C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
583
584Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
585
586 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
587 my $f = $_[0]
588 or die "statvfs: $!";
589
590 use Data::Dumper;
591 say Dumper $f;
592 };
593
594 # result:
595 {
596 bsize => 1024,
597 bfree => 4333064312,
598 blocks => 10253828096,
599 files => 2050765568,
600 flag => 4096,
601 favail => 2042092649,
602 bavail => 4333064312,
603 ffree => 2042092649,
604 namemax => 255,
605 frsize => 1024,
606 fsid => 1810
607 }
608
609Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
610Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
611
612 0x0000adf5 adfs
613 0x0000adff affs
614 0x5346414f afs
615 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
616 0x00000187 autofs
617 0x42465331 befs
618 0x1badface bfs
619 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
620 0x9123683e btrfs
621 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
622 0xff534d42 cifs
623 0x73757245 coda
624 0x012ff7b7 coh
625 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
626 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
627 0x64626720 debugfs
628 0x00001373 devfs
629 0x00001cd1 devpts
630 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
631 0x00414a53 efs
632 0x0000137d ext
633 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
634 0x0000ef51 ext2
635 0xf2f52010 f2fs
636 0x00004006 fat
637 0x65735546 fuseblk
638 0x65735543 fusectl
639 0x0bad1dea futexfs
640 0x01161970 gfs2
641 0x47504653 gpfs
642 0x00004244 hfs
643 0xf995e849 hpfs
644 0x00c0ffee hostfs
645 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
646 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
647 0x00009660 isofs
648 0x000072b6 jffs2
649 0x3153464a jfs
650 0x6b414653 k-afs
651 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
652 0x0000137f minix
653 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
654 0x00002468 minix v2
655 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
656 0x00004d5a minix v3
657 0x19800202 mqueue
658 0x00004d44 msdos
659 0x0000564c novell
660 0x00006969 nfs
661 0x6e667364 nfsd
662 0x00003434 nilfs
663 0x5346544e ntfs
664 0x00009fa1 openprom
665 0x7461636F ocfs2
666 0x00009fa0 proc
667 0x6165676c pstorefs
668 0x0000002f qnx4
669 0x68191122 qnx6
670 0x858458f6 ramfs
671 0x52654973 reiserfs
672 0x00007275 romfs
673 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
674 0x73636673 securityfs
675 0xf97cff8c selinux
676 0x0000517b smb
677 0x534f434b sockfs
678 0x73717368 squashfs
679 0x62656572 sysfs
680 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
681 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
682 0x01021994 tmpfs
683 0x15013346 udf
684 0x00011954 ufs
685 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
686 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
687 0x01021997 v9fs
688 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
689 0xabba1974 xenfs
690 0x012ff7b4 xenix
691 0x58465342 xfs
692 0x012fd16d xia
693
436=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 694=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
437 695
438Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime 696Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
439and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying 697and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
440syscalls support them. 698syscalls support them.
467=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 725=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
468 726
469Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 727Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
470 728
471 729
730=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
731
732Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
733linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
734
735C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
736space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
737to deallocate a file range.
738
739IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
740(without leaving a hole) and C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range (see
741your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
742
743The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
744C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
745
746If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
747emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
748
749
472=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 750=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
473 751
474Works like perl's C<chmod> function. 752Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
475 753
476 754
478 756
479Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 757Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
480result code. 758result code.
481 759
482 760
483=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 761=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
484 762
485[EXPERIMENTAL] 763[EXPERIMENTAL]
486 764
487Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). 765Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
488 766
489The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: 767The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
490 768
491 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... 769 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
492 770
771See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
772and functions.
493 773
494=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 774=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
495 775
496Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 776Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
497the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 777the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
501 781
502Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 782Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
503the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 783the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
504 784
505 785
506=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) 786=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
507 787
508Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to 788Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
509the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the 789the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
510callback. 790callback.
511 791
512 792
793=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
794
795Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
796C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
797L<Cwd::realpath>).
798
799This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
800directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
801
802
513=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 803=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
514 804
515Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 805Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
516rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 806rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
807
808On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
809natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
810of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
517 811
518 812
519=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 813=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
520 814
521Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 815Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
526=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 820=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
527 821
528Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 822Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
529result code. 823result code.
530 824
825On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
826natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
827C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
828
531 829
532=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 830=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
533 831
534Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 832Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
535directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 833directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
539array-ref with the filenames. 837array-ref with the filenames.
540 838
541 839
542=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags) 840=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
543 841
544Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune 842Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
545behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be 843tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
546C<undef>. 844C<undef>.
547 845
548The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the 846The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
549flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified): 847flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
550 848
551=over 4 849=over 4
552 850
553=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS 851=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
554 852
555When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names 853When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
556only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with 854names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
557C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory 855C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
558entry in more detail. 856entry in more detail.
559 857
560C<$name> is the name of the entry. 858C<$name> is the name of the entry.
561 859
568C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to 866C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
569know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type> 867know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
570scalars are read-only: you can not modify them. 868scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
571 869
572C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64 870C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
573bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). On systems that do not deliver the 871bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
574inode information, this will always be zero. 872systems that do not deliver the inode information.
575 873
576=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST 874=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
577 875
578When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where 876When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
579likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly 877likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
580find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to 878you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
581stat() each entry. 879while avoiding to stat() each entry.
582 880
583If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used 881If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
584to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files 882to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
585beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with 883beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
586short names are tried first. 884short names are tried first.
587 885
588=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER 886=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
589 887
590When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order 888When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
597 895
598=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN 896=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
599 897
600This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it 898This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
601is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were 899is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
602C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all 900C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
603C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms. 901C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
604 902
605=back 903=back
606 904
607 905
608=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) 906=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
609 907
610This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into 908This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
611memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. 909memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
612 910
613=cut 911=cut
635 933
636=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 934=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
637 935
638Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 936Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
639destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 937destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
640the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 938a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
641 939
642This is a composite request that creates the destination file with 940This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
643mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using 941mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
644C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and 942C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
645uid/gid, in that order. 943uid/gid, in that order.
657 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 955 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
658 956
659 aioreq_pri $pri; 957 aioreq_pri $pri;
660 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 958 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
661 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) { 959 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
662 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might bock over nfs? 960 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
663 961
664 aioreq_pri $pri; 962 aioreq_pri $pri;
665 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub { 963 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
666 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) { 964 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
667 aioreq_pri $pri; 965 aioreq_pri $pri;
714 1012
715=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 1013=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
716 1014
717Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or 1015Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
718destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with 1016destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
719the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok. 1017a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
720 1018
721This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if 1019This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
722rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if 1020rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
723that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>. 1021that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
724 1022
735 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) { 1033 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
736 aioreq_pri $pri; 1034 aioreq_pri $pri;
737 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub { 1035 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
738 $grp->result ($_[0]); 1036 $grp->result ($_[0]);
739 1037
740 if (!$_[0]) { 1038 unless ($_[0]) {
741 aioreq_pri $pri; 1039 aioreq_pri $pri;
742 add $grp aio_unlink $src; 1040 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
743 } 1041 }
744 }; 1042 };
745 } else { 1043 } else {
748 }; 1046 };
749 1047
750 $grp 1048 $grp
751} 1049}
752 1050
753=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 1051=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
754 1052
755Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 1053Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
756efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 1054efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
757names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot 1055names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
758recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 1056recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
789Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot 1087Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
790currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every 1088currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
791entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first, 1089entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
792in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the 1090in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
793entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 1091entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
794seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 1092separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
795filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 1093filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
796data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return 1094data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
797the filetype information on readdir. 1095the filetype information on readdir.
798 1096
799If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 1097If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
815 1113
816 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 1114 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
817 1115
818 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0; 1116 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
819 1117
820 # stat once 1118 # get a wd object
821 aioreq_pri $pri; 1119 aioreq_pri $pri;
822 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1120 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1121 $_[0]
823 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 1122 or return $grp->result ();
824 my $now = time;
825 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
826 1123
827 # read the directory entries 1124 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1125
1126 # stat once
828 aioreq_pri $pri; 1127 aioreq_pri $pri;
829 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub { 1128 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
830 my $entries = shift
831 or return $grp->result (); 1129 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1130 my $now = time;
1131 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
832 1132
833 # stat the dir another time 1133 # read the directory entries
834 aioreq_pri $pri; 1134 aioreq_pri $pri;
1135 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
1136 my $entries = shift
1137 or return $grp->result ();
1138
1139 # stat the dir another time
1140 aioreq_pri $pri;
835 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 1141 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
836 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 1142 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
837 1143
838 my $ndirs; 1144 my $ndirs;
839 1145
840 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 1146 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
841 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 1147 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
842 $ndirs = -1; 1148 $ndirs = -1;
843 } else { 1149 } else {
844 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 1150 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
845 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 1151 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
846 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 1152 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
847 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 1153 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
848 } 1154 }
849 1155
850 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1156 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
851 1157
852 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1158 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
853 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1159 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
854 }; 1160 };
855 1161
856 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1162 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
857 feed $statgrp sub { 1163 feed $statgrp sub {
858 return unless @$entries; 1164 return unless @$entries;
859 my $entry = shift @$entries; 1165 my $entry = shift @$entries;
860 1166
861 aioreq_pri $pri; 1167 aioreq_pri $pri;
1168 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
862 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1169 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
863 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1170 if ($_[0] < 0) {
864 push @nondirs, $entry; 1171 push @nondirs, $entry;
865 } else { 1172 } else {
866 # need to check for real directory 1173 # need to check for real directory
867 aioreq_pri $pri; 1174 aioreq_pri $pri;
1175 $wd->[1] = $entry;
868 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1176 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
869 if (-d _) { 1177 if (-d _) {
870 push @dirs, $entry; 1178 push @dirs, $entry;
871 1179
872 unless (--$ndirs) { 1180 unless (--$ndirs) {
873 push @nondirs, @$entries; 1181 push @nondirs, @$entries;
874 feed $statgrp; 1182 feed $statgrp;
1183 }
1184 } else {
1185 push @nondirs, $entry;
875 } 1186 }
876 } else {
877 push @nondirs, $entry;
878 } 1187 }
879 } 1188 }
880 } 1189 };
881 }; 1190 };
882 }; 1191 };
883 }; 1192 };
884 }; 1193 };
885 }; 1194 };
886 1195
887 $grp 1196 $grp
888} 1197}
889 1198
890=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) 1199=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
891 1200
892Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the 1201Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
893status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that 1202status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
894uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink 1203uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
895everything else. 1204everything else.
896 1205
897=cut 1206=cut
898 1207
920 }; 1229 };
921 1230
922 $grp 1231 $grp
923} 1232}
924 1233
1234=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
1235
1236=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
1237
1238These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
1239they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
1240
1241Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
1242to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
1243sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
1244as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
1245can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
1246alternative to using a thread to wait.
1247
1248So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
1249(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
1250other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
1251you still can.
1252
1253The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>):
1254
1255C<FIFREEZE>, C<FITHAW>, C<FITRIM>, C<FICLONE>, C<FICLONERANGE>, C<FIDEDUPERANGE>.
1256
1257C<FS_IOC_GETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_SETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_GETVERSION>, C<FS_IOC_SETVERSION>,
1258C<FS_IOC_FIEMAP>.
1259
1260C<FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>,
1261C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT>, C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>, C<FS_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE>.
1262
1263C<FS_SECRM_FL>, C<FS_UNRM_FL>, C<FS_COMPR_FL>, C<FS_SYNC_FL>, C<FS_IMMUTABLE_FL>,
1264C<FS_APPEND_FL>, C<FS_NODUMP_FL>, C<FS_NOATIME_FL>, C<FS_DIRTY_FL>,
1265C<FS_COMPRBLK_FL>, C<FS_NOCOMP_FL>, C<FS_ENCRYPT_FL>, C<FS_BTREE_FL>,
1266C<FS_INDEX_FL>, C<FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL>, C<FS_NOTAIL_FL>, C<FS_DIRSYNC_FL>, C<FS_TOPDIR_FL>,
1267C<FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE>.
1268
1269C<FS_XFLAG_REALTIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC>, C<FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE>, C<FS_XFLAG_APPEND>,
1270C<FS_XFLAG_SYNC>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOATIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_NODUMP>, C<FS_XFLAG_RTINHERIT>,
1271C<FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOSYMLINKS>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT>,
1272C<FS_XFLAG_NODEFRAG>, C<FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM>, C<FS_XFLAG_DAX>, C<FS_XFLAG_HASATTR>,
1273
925=item aio_sync $callback->($status) 1274=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
926 1275
927Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished. 1276Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
928 1277
929=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1278=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
936Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1285Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
937callback with the fdatasync result code. 1286callback with the fdatasync result code.
938 1287
939If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1288If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
940detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1289detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1290
1291=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1292
1293Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1294to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1295code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1296errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
941 1297
942=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status) 1298=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
943 1299
944Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length> 1300Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
945to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific 1301to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
949C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>, 1305C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
950C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and 1306C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
951C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range 1307C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
952manpage for details. 1308manpage for details.
953 1309
954=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) 1310=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
955 1311
956This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a 1312This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
957composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations 1313composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
958(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any 1314(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
959specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get 1315specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
960written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only, 1316written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
961not just directories. 1317not just directories.
1318
1319Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1320C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
962 1321
963Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error. 1322Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
964 1323
965=cut 1324=cut
966 1325
987 }; 1346 };
988 1347
989 $grp 1348 $grp
990} 1349}
991 1350
1351=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1352
1353This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1354scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1355scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1356scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1357it).
1358
1359It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1360area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1361later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1362is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1363a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1364C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1365
1366=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1367
1368This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1369scalars.
1370
1371It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1372range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1373as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1374C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1375C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
1376writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1377
1378=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1379
1380This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1381scalars.
1382
1383It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1384and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1385
1386If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1387
1388On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1389and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1390
1391Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1392documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1393
1394Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1395C<$data> gets destroyed.
1396
1397 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1398 my $data;
1399 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1400 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1401
1402=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1403
1404Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1405C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1406
1407On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1408and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1409
1410Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1411documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1412
1413Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1414
1415 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1416
1417=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1418
1419Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
1420ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
1421the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
1422C<ENOSYS>.
1423
1424C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1425size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1426be queried.
1427
1428C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1429C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1430exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1431the data portion.
1432
1433C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1434C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
1435case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1436instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
1437
1438If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1439C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1440
1441Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1442structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1443following members:
1444
1445 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1446
1447Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1448or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
1449
1450C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1451C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1452C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1453C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1454C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1455C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1456
1457At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
1458C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
1459it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
1460extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
1461
992=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1462=item aio_group $callback->(...)
993 1463
994This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1464This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
995container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1465container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
996many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback 1466many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1032like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is 1502like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1033immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function 1503immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1034except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure. 1504except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1035 1505
1036=back 1506=back
1507
1508
1509=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1510
1511Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1512threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1513could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1514will be used by IO::AIO).
1515
1516One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1517but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1518access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1519
1520Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1521futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1522per operation.
1523
1524For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1525perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1526cannot be perfect, though.
1527
1528IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1529object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1530path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1531
1532Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1533or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1534object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1535gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1536IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1537to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1538
1539For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1540inside, you would write:
1541
1542 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1543 my $etcdir = shift;
1544
1545 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1546 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1547 # when $etcdir is undef.
1548
1549 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1550 # yay
1551 };
1552 };
1553
1554The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
1555creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
1556which is why it is done asynchronously.
1557
1558To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1559either of the following three request calls:
1560
1561 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1562 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1563 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1564
1565As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1566object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1567causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1568
1569 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1570
1571 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1572 $path->[1] = $name;
1573 aio_stat $path, sub {
1574 # ...
1575 };
1576 }
1577
1578There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1579pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1580nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1581will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1582pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1583older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1584string form of the pathname.
1585
1586So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1587C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1588reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1589(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1590
1591The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1592
1593=over 4
1594
1595=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1596
1597Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1598IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1599system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1600to this working directory.
1601
1602If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1603of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1604passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1605request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1606C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1607expected way.
1608
1609=item IO::AIO::CWD
1610
1611This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1612current working directory.
1613
1614Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
1615the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
1616example, these calls are functionally identical:
1617
1618 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1619 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1620
1621=back
1622
1623To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1624C<aio_realpath>:
1625
1626 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1627 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1628 };
1629
1630Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
1631sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1037 1632
1038=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1633=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1039 1634
1040All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1635All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1041called in non-void context. 1636called in non-void context.
1131=item $grp->cancel_subs 1726=item $grp->cancel_subs
1132 1727
1133Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1728Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1134itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1729itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1135 1730
1731The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1732group).
1733
1136=item $grp->result (...) 1734=item $grp->result (...)
1137 1735
1138Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1736Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1139subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value 1737subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1140of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1738of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1156 1754
1157Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1755Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1158generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1756generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1159although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1757although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1160this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example, 1758this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1161C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests, 1759C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1162delaying any later requests for a long time. 1760requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1163 1761
1164To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1762To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1165instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1763instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1166feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1764feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1167below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1765below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1208=over 4 1806=over 4
1209 1807
1210=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1808=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
1211 1809
1212Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1810Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
1213polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1811polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
1214select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1812select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
1215to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1813you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
1216 1814
1217See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1815See C<poll_cb> for an example.
1218 1816
1219=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1817=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
1220 1818
1221Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1819Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
1222regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it 1820been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
1223returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events 1821this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1224are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1225C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1226 1822
1823Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
1824events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1825reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
1826of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
1827C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
1828
1227If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1829If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
1228will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to 1830descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
1229do anything special to have it called later. 1831don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
1832
1833Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1834ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1835a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1836available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1837over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1838requests.
1230 1839
1231Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1840Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1232IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1841IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1842SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
1233 1843
1234 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1844 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1235 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1845 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1236 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1846 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1847
1848=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1849
1850Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1851requests are outstanding anymore.
1852
1853This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
1854become ready, without actually handling them.
1855
1856See C<nreqs> for an example.
1857
1858=item IO::AIO::poll
1859
1860Waits until some requests have been handled.
1861
1862Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1863equivalent to:
1864
1865 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1866
1867=item IO::AIO::flush
1868
1869Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1870
1871Strictly equivalent to:
1872
1873 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1874 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1237 1875
1238=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs 1876=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1239 1877
1240=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds 1878=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1241 1879
1266 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority 1904 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1267 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1905 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1268 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1906 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1269 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1907 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1270 1908
1271=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
1272
1273If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
1274phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1275does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1276synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
1277
1278See C<nreqs> for an example.
1279
1280=item IO::AIO::poll
1281
1282Waits until some requests have been handled.
1283
1284Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1285equivalent to:
1286
1287 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1288
1289=item IO::AIO::flush
1290
1291Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1292
1293Strictly equivalent to:
1294
1295 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1296 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1297
1298=back 1909=back
1299 1910
1300=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS 1911=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1301 1912
1302=over 1913=over
1335 1946
1336Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1947Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1337 1948
1338=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads 1949=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1339 1950
1340Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e., 1951Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1341threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That 1952(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1342means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also 1953timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1343idle, it will free its resources and exit. 1954C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1955exit.
1344 1956
1345This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000) 1957This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1346to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources 1958to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1347under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM). 1959under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1348 1960
1349The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread 1961The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1350creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might 1962creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1351want to use larger values. 1963want to use larger values.
1352 1964
1965=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1966
1967Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1968allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1969
1353=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1970=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1971
1972Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1973you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1974C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1975C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1976longer exceeded.
1977
1978In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1979used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1354 1980
1355This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1981This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1356blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better 1982blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1357use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1983use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1358 1984
1359Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1985Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1360do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1986a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1361C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1362function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1363 1987
1364The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1988 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1365number of outstanding requests.
1366 1989
1367You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1990 for my $path (...) {
1368C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1991 aio_stat $path , ...;
1369as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1992 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1993 }
1994
1995 IO::AIO::flush;
1996
1997The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1998as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1999some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
2000number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
2001
2002The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
2003practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
1370 2004
1371=back 2005=back
1372 2006
1373=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION 2007=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1374 2008
1394Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed, 2028Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1395but not yet processed by poll_cb). 2029but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1396 2030
1397=back 2031=back
1398 2032
2033=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
2034
2035IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
2036some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
2037"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
2038counterpart.
2039
2040=over 4
2041
2042=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
2043
2044Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
2045but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
2046likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
2047operations).
2048
2049Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
2050
2051=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
2052
2053Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
2054manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2055available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2056C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
2057C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
2058
2059On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
2060ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
2061
2062=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
2063
2064Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
2065manpage for details). The following advice constants are
2066available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
2067C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>,
2068C<IO::AIO::MADV_FREE>.
2069
2070On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
2071ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
2072
2073=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
2074
2075Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
2076$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
2077constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
2078C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
2079
2080On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
2081ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
2082
2083=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
2084
2085Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
2086given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
2087success, and false otherwise.
2088
2089The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
2090change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
2091or searching it with regexes and so on.
2092
2093Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
2094
2095The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
2096when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
2097C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
2098
2099This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
2100page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
2101
2102The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
2103filesize.
2104
2105C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
2106C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
2107
2108C<$flags> can be a combination of
2109C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
2110C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
2111or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
2112C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
2113C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
2114C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
2115C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
2116C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
2117C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
2118C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
2119C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
2120C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
2121C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
2122
2123If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
2124
2125C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
2126a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
2127
2128Example:
2129
2130 use Digest::MD5;
2131 use IO::AIO;
2132
2133 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
2134 or die "$!";
2135
2136 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
2137 or die "verybigfile: $!";
2138
2139 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
2140
2141=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
2142
2143Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
2144
2145=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
2146
2147Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
2148C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
2149
2150=item IO::AIO::munlockall
2151
2152Calls the C<munlockall> function.
2153
2154On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
2155ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
2156
2157=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
2158
2159Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
2160C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
2161should be the file offset.
2162
2163C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
2164silently corrupt the data in this case.
2165
2166The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
2167C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
2168C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
2169
2170See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
2171
2172=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
2173
2174Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
2175description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
2176
2177=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
2178
2179Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
2180on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
2181C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
2182size on other systems, drop me a note.
2183
2184=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
2185
2186This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
2187C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
2188perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
2189systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
2190(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
2191
2192If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
2193the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
2194
2195On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
2196
2197On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
2198C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
2199
2200Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
2201time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
2202C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
2203
2204=back
2205
1399=cut 2206=cut
1400 2207
1401min_parallel 8; 2208min_parallel 8;
1402 2209
1403END { flush } 2210END { flush }
1404 2211
14051; 22121;
1406 2213
2214=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2215
2216It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2217automatically into many event loops:
2218
2219 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2220 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2221
2222You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2223some examples of how to do this:
2224
2225 # EV integration
2226 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2227
2228 # Event integration
2229 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2230 poll => 'r',
2231 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2232
2233 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2234 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2235 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2236
2237 # Tk integration
2238 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2239 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2240
2241 # Danga::Socket integration
2242 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2243 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2244
1407=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2245=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1408 2246
1409This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 2247Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
2248considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
2249fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
2250with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
2251pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
2252reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
2253applies to quite a lot of perls.
1410 2254
1411Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2255This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1412can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2256only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1413the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2257using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1414request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1415(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1416parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1417parent process has been reached again.
1418 2258
1419In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 2259You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1420not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 2260forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1421yet. 2261child:
2262
2263=over 4
2264
2265=item IO::AIO::reinit
2266
2267Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2268data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2269happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2270
2271The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2272C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2273the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2274will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2275
2276=back
1422 2277
1423=head2 MEMORY USAGE 2278=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1424 2279
1425Per-request usage: 2280Per-request usage:
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