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Revision 1.276 by root, Fri Sep 22 05:24:41 2017 UTC vs.
Revision 1.294 by root, Sat Aug 25 19:25:32 2018 UTC

 use common::sense;
 use base 'Exporter';
 BEGIN {
-   our $VERSION = 4.35;
+   our $VERSION = 4.54;
    our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
                      aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
                      aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_fcntl aio_ioctl
                      aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
                      aio_rename aio_rename2 aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
                      aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
                      aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
                      aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
                      aio_statvfs
+                     aio_slurp
                      aio_wd);
    our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
    our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
                        min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
                        nreqs nready npending nthreads
                        max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
                        sendfile fadvise madvise
-                       mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
+                       mmap munmap mremap munlock munlockall);
    push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
    @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
    IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
    IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
    IO::AIO::nreqs
    IO::AIO::nready
    IO::AIO::npending
+   $nfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit [EXPERIMENTAL]
-   IO::AIO::min_fdlimit $nfd;
+   IO::AIO::min_fdlimit $nfd [EXPERIMENTAL]
    IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
    IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
    IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
    IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
+   IO::AIO::mremap $scalar, $new_length, $flags[, $new_address]
    IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
    IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
    IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
    IO::AIO::munlockall
 following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
 your system are, as usual, C<0>):
 C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
 C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
-C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
+C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, C<O_TTY_INIT> and C<O_ACCMODE>.
 =item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
 Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
 =item aio_stat  $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
 =item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
-Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
+Works almost exactly like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The
-be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
+callback will be called after the stat and the results will be available
-or C<-s _> etc...
+using C<stat _> or C<-s _> and other tests (with the exception of C<-B>
+and C<-T>).
 The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
 for an explanation.
 Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
 behaviour).
 C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
 C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
 C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
+To access higher resolution stat timestamps, see L<SUBSECOND STAT TIME
+ACCESS>.
 Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
    aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
       $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
       namemax => 255,
       frsize  => 1024,
       fsid    => 1810
    }
-Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
-Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
-   0x0000adf5 adfs
-   0x0000adff affs
-   0x5346414f afs
-   0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
-   0x00000187 autofs
-   0x42465331 befs
-   0x1badface bfs
-   0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
-   0x9123683e btrfs
-   0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
-   0xff534d42 cifs
-   0x73757245 coda
-   0x012ff7b7 coh
-   0x28cd3d45 cramfs
-   0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
-   0x64626720 debugfs
-   0x00001373 devfs
-   0x00001cd1 devpts
-   0x0000f15f ecryptfs
-   0x00414a53 efs
-   0x0000137d ext
-   0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3/ext4
-   0x0000ef51 ext2
-   0xf2f52010 f2fs
-   0x00004006 fat
-   0x65735546 fuseblk
-   0x65735543 fusectl
-   0x0bad1dea futexfs
-   0x01161970 gfs2
-   0x47504653 gpfs
-   0x00004244 hfs
-   0xf995e849 hpfs
-   0x00c0ffee hostfs
-   0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
-   0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
-   0x00009660 isofs
-   0x000072b6 jffs2
-   0x3153464a jfs
-   0x6b414653 k-afs
-   0x0bd00bd0 lustre
-   0x0000137f minix
-   0x0000138f minix 30 char names
-   0x00002468 minix v2
-   0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
-   0x00004d5a minix v3
-   0x19800202 mqueue
-   0x00004d44 msdos
-   0x0000564c novell
-   0x00006969 nfs
-   0x6e667364 nfsd
-   0x00003434 nilfs
-   0x5346544e ntfs
-   0x00009fa1 openprom
-   0x7461636F ocfs2
-   0x00009fa0 proc
-   0x6165676c pstorefs
-   0x0000002f qnx4
-   0x68191122 qnx6
-   0x858458f6 ramfs
-   0x52654973 reiserfs
-   0x00007275 romfs
-   0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
-   0x73636673 securityfs
-   0xf97cff8c selinux
-   0x0000517b smb
-   0x534f434b sockfs
-   0x73717368 squashfs
-   0x62656572 sysfs
-   0x012ff7b6 sysv2
-   0x012ff7b5 sysv4
-   0x01021994 tmpfs
-   0x15013346 udf
-   0x00011954 ufs
-   0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
-   0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
-   0x01021997 v9fs
-   0xa501fcf5 vxfs
-   0xabba1974 xenfs
-   0x012ff7b4 xenix
-   0x58465342 xfs
-   0x012fd16d xia
 =item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
 Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
 and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
 syscalls support them.
-When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
+When called with a pathname, uses utimensat(2) or utimes(2) if available,
-utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
+otherwise utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimens(2)
-otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
+or futimes(2) if available, otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not
+portable.
 Examples:
    # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
    aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
 =over 4
 =item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
-When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
+Normally the callback gets an arrayref consisting of names only (as
-names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
+with C<aio_readdir>). If this flag is set, then the callback gets an
-C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
+arrayref with C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a
-entry in more detail.
+single directory entry in more detail:
 C<$name> is the name of the entry.
 C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
 C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
 C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
 C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
-C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
+C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need
-know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
+to know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed/memory reasons,
-scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
+the C<$type> scalars are read-only: you must not modify them.
 C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
 bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
 systems that do not deliver the inode information.
 short names are tried first.
 =item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
 When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
-suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
+suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat() most or
-all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
+all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely be
-be fastest.
+faster.
-If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
+If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified,
-the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
+then the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order
+for stat'ing all entries, but likely a more optimal order for finding
+subdirectories.
 =item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
 This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
 is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
 C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
 =back
+=item aio_slurp $pathname, $offset, $length, $data, $callback->($status)
+Opens, reads and closes the given file. The data is put into C<$data>,
+which is resized as required.
+If C<$offset> is negative, then it is counted from the end of the file.
+If C<$length> is zero, then the remaining length of the file is
+used. Also, in this case, the same limitations to modifying C<$data> apply
+as when IO::AIO::mmap is used, i.e. it must only be modified in-place
+with C<substr>. If the size of the file is known, specifying a non-zero
+C<$length> results in a performance advantage.
+This request is similar to the older C<aio_load> request, but since it is
+a single request, it might be more efficient to use.
+Example: load F</etc/passwd> into C<$passwd>.
+   my $passwd;
+   aio_slurp "/etc/passwd", 0, 0, $passwd, sub {
+      $_[0] >= 0
+         or die "/etc/passwd: $!\n";
+      printf "/etc/passwd is %d bytes long, and contains:\n", length $passwd;
+      print $passwd;
+   };
+   IO::AIO::flush;
 =item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
 This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
 memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
+Using C<aio_slurp> might be more efficient, as it is a single request.
 =cut
 sub aio_load($$;$) {
    my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
 Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
 efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
 names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
 recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
-C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
+C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that generates many sub requests.
 C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
 this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
 will be chosen (currently 4).
 On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
 C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
 C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
 C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
 C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
-At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
+At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this request is unreliable unless
 C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
-it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
+it to return all extents of a range for files with a large number of
-extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
+extents. The code (only) works around all these issues if C<$count> is
+C<undef>.
 =item aio_group $callback->(...)
 This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
 container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
 There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
 pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
 nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
 will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
 pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
-older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
+older systems. Some functions (such as C<aio_realpath>) will always rely on
-string form of the pathname.
+the string form of the pathname.
 So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
 C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
 reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
 (e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
 The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
 automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
 =back
 =head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
 =head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
 =over 4
 Strictly equivalent to:
    IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
       while IO::AIO::nreqs;
+This function can be useful at program aborts, to make sure outstanding
+I/O has been done (C<IO::AIO> uses an C<END> block which already calls
+this function on normal exits), or when you are merely using C<IO::AIO>
+for its more advanced functions, rather than for async I/O, e.g.:
+   my ($dirs, $nondirs);
+   IO::AIO::aio_scandir "/tmp", 0, sub { ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_ };
+   IO::AIO::flush;
+   # $dirs, $nondirs are now set
 =item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
 =item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
 These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
               poll => 'r', nice => 1,
               cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
 =back
 =head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
 =over
 =item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
 The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
 practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
 =back
 =head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
 =over
 =item IO::AIO::nreqs
 Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
 but not yet processed by poll_cb).
 =back
+=head3 SUBSECOND STAT TIME ACCESS
+Both C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> and perl's C<stat>/C<lstat> functions can
+generally find access/modification and change times with subsecond time
+accuracy of the system supports it, but perl's built-in functions only
+return the integer part.
+The following functions return the timestamps of the most recent
+stat with subsecond precision on most systems and work both after
+C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> and perl's C<stat>/C<lstat> calls. Their return
+value is only meaningful after a successful C<stat>/C<lstat> call, or
+during/after a successful C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> callback.
+This is similar to the L<Time::HiRes> C<stat> functions, but can return
+full resolution without rounding and work with standard perl C<stat>,
+alleviating the need to call the special C<Time::HiRes> functions, which
+do not act like their perl counterparts.
+On operating systems or file systems where subsecond time resolution is
+not supported or could not be detected, a fractional part of C<0> is
+returned, so it is always safe to call these functions.
+=over 4
+=item $seconds = IO::AIO::st_atime, IO::AIO::st_mtime, IO::AIO::st_ctime, IO::AIO::st_btime
+Return the access, modication, change or birth time, respectively,
+including fractional part. Due to the limited precision of floating point,
+the accuracy on most platforms is only a bit better than milliseconds
+for times around now - see the I<nsec> function family, below, for full
+accuracy.
+File birth time is only available when the OS and perl support it (on
+FreeBSD and NetBSD at the time of this writing, although support is
+adaptive, so if your OS/perl gains support, IO::AIO can take avdantage of
+it). On systems where it isn't available, C<0> is currently returned, but
+this might change to C<undef> in a future version.
+=item ($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtime
+Returns access, modification, change and birth time all in one go, and
+maybe more times in the future version.
+=item $nanoseconds = IO::AIO::st_atimensec, IO::AIO::st_mtimensec, IO::AIO::st_ctimensec, IO::AIO::st_btimensec
+Return the fractional access, modifcation, change or birth time, in nanoseconds,
+as an integer in the range C<0> to C<999999999>.
+Note that no accessors are provided for access, modification and
+change times - you need to get those from C<stat _> if required (C<int
+IO::AIO::st_atime> and so on will I<not> generally give you the correct
+value).
+=item $seconds = IO::AIO::st_btimesec
+The (integral) seconds part of the file birth time, if available.
+=item ($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtimensec
+Like the functions above, but returns all four times in one go (and maybe
+more in future versions).
+=item $counter = IO::AIO::st_gen
+Returns the generation counter of the file. This is only available on
+platforms which have this member in their C<struct stat> (most BSDs
+at the time of this writing) and generally only to the root usert. If
+unsupported, C<0> is returned, but this might change to C<undef> in a
+future version.
+=back
+Example: print the high resolution modification time of F</etc>, using
+C<stat>, and C<IO::AIO::aio_stat>.
+   if (stat "/etc") {
+      printf "stat(/etc) mtime: %f\n", IO::AIO::st_mtime;
+   }
+   IO::AIO::aio_stat "/etc", sub {
+      $_[0]
+         and return;
+      printf "aio_stat(/etc) mtime: %d.%09d\n", (stat _)[9], IO::AIO::st_mtimensec;
+   };
+   IO::AIO::flush;
+Output of the awbove on my system, showing reduced and full accuracy:
+   stat(/etc) mtime: 1534043702.020808
+   aio_stat(/etc) mtime: 1534043702.020807792
 =head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
 IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
 some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
 =over 4
 =item $numfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit
+This function is I<EXPERIMENTAL> and subject to change.
 Tries to find the current file descriptor limit and returns it, or
 C<undef> and sets C<$!> in case of an error. The limit is one larger than
 the highest valid file descriptor number.
 =item IO::AIO::min_fdlimit [$numfd]
+This function is I<EXPERIMENTAL> and subject to change.
 Try to increase the current file descriptor limit(s) to at least C<$numfd>
 by changing the soft or hard file descriptor resource limit. If C<$numfd>
 is missing, it will try to set a very high limit, although this is not
 recommended when you know the actual minimum that you require.
 =item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
 Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
+=item IO::AIO::mremap $scalar, $new_length, $flags = MREMAP_MAYMOVE[, $new_address = 0]
+Calls the Linux-specific mremap(2) system call. The C<$scalar> must have
+been mapped by C<IO::AIO::mmap>, and C<$flags> must currently either be
+C<0> or C<IO::AIO::MREMAP_MAYMOVE>.
+Returns true if successful, and false otherwise. If the underlying mmapped
+region has changed address, then the true value has the numerical value
+C<1>, otherwise it has the numerical value C<0>:
+   my $success = IO::AIO::mremap $mmapped, 8192, IO::AIO::MREMAP_MAYMOVE
+      or die "mremap: $!";
+   if ($success*1) {
+      warn "scalar has chanegd address in memory\n";
+   }
+C<IO::AIO::MREMAP_FIXED> and the C<$new_address> argument are currently
+implemented, but not supported and might go away in a future version.
+On systems where this call is not supported or is not emulated, this call
+returns falls and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
 =item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
 Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
 C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
 C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
 Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
 time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
 C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
+Example: create a pipe race-free w.r.t. threads and fork:
+   my ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC
+      or die "pipe2: $!\n";
+=item $fh = IO::AIO::eventfd [$initval, [$flags]]
+This is a direct interface to the Linux L<eventfd(2)> system call. The
+(unhelpful) defaults for C<$initval> and C<$flags> are C<0> for both.
+On success, the new eventfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
+C<undef>. If the eventfd syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
+Please refer to L<eventfd(2)> for more info on this call.
+The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::EFD_CLOEXEC>,
+C<IO::AIO::EFD_NONBLOCK> and C<IO::AIO::EFD_SEMAPHORE> (Linux 2.6.30).
+Example: create a new eventfd filehandle:
+   $fh = IO::AIO::eventfd 0, IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC
+      or die "eventfd: $!\n";
+=item $fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create $clockid[, $flags]
+This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_create(2)> system call. The
+(unhelpful) default for C<$flags> is C<0>.
+On success, the new timerfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
+C<undef>. If the eventfd syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
+Please refer to L<timerfd_create(2)> for more info on this call.
+The following C<$clockid> values are
+available: C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_REALTIME>, C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_MONOTONIC>
+C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_BOOTTIME> (Linux 3.15)
+C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM> (Linux 3.11) and
+C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM> (Linux 3.11).
+The following C<$flags> values are available (Linux
+2.6.27): C<IO::AIO::TFD_NONBLOCK> and C<IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC>.
+Example: create a new timerfd and set it to one-second repeated alarms,
+then wait for two alarms:
+   my $fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create IO::AIO::CLOCK_BOOTTIME, IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC
+      or die "timerfd_create: $!\n";
+   defined IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, 0, 1, 1
+      or die "timerfd_settime: $!\n";
+   for (1..2) {
+      8 == sysread $fh, my $buf, 8
+         or die "timerfd read failure\n";
+      printf "number of expirations (likely 1): %d\n",
+         unpack "Q", $buf;
+   }
+=item ($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, $flags, $new_interval, $nbw_value
+This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_settime(2)> system
+call. Please refer to its manpage for more info on this call.
+The new itimerspec is specified using two (possibly fractional) second
+values, C<$new_interval> and C<$new_value>).
+On success, the current interval and value are returned (as per
+C<timerfd_gettime>). On failure, the empty list is returned.
+The following C<$flags> values are
+available: C<IO::AIO::TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME> and
+C<IO::AIO::TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET>.
+See C<IO::AIO::timerfd_create> for a full example.
+=item ($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_gettime $fh
+This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_gettime(2)> system
+call. Please refer to its manpage for more info on this call.
+On success, returns the current values of interval and value for the given
+timerfd (as potentially fractional second values). On failure, the empty
+list is returned.
 =back
 =cut
 the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
 will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
 =back
+=head2 LINUX-SPECIFIC CALLS
+When a call is documented as "linux-specific" then this means it
+originated on GNU/Linux. C<IO::AIO> will usually try to autodetect the
+availability and compatibility of such calls regardless of the platform
+it is compiled on, so platforms such as FreeBSD which often implement
+these calls will work. When in doubt, call them and see if they fail wth
+C<ENOSYS>.
 =head2 MEMORY USAGE
 Per-request usage:
 Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
 temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
 structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
 =head1 KNOWN BUGS
-Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
+Known bugs will be fixed in the next release :)
+=head1 KNOWN ISSUES
+Calls that try to "import" foreign memory areas (such as C<IO::AIO::mmap>
+or C<IO::AIO::aio_slurp>) do not work with generic lvalues, such as
+non-created hash slots or other scalars I didn't think of. It's best to
+avoid such and either use scalar variables or making sure that the scalar
+exists (e.g. by storing C<undef>) and isn't "funny" (e.g. tied).
+I am not sure anything can be done about this, so this is considered a
+known issue, rather than a bug.
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
 more natural syntax.

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