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1	=head1 NAME	1	=head1 NAME
2		2
3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output	3	IO::AIO - Asynchronous/Advanced Input/Output
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
32	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
33	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
34
35	# Event integration
36	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
37	poll => 'r',
38	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
39
40	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
41	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
42	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
43
44	# Tk integration
45	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
46	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
47
48	# Danga::Socket integration
49	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
50	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
51
52	=head1 DESCRIPTION	31	=head1 DESCRIPTION
53		32
54	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
55	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
56		36
57	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program	37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
58	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation	38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
59	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This	39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
60	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even	40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
…		…
62	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are	42	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
63	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster	43	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
64	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations	44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
65	concurrently.	45	concurrently.
66		46
67	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example	47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
68	sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support	48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
69	nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient or	49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
70	might not work (aio_read fails on sockets/pipes/fifos). Use an event loop	50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
71	for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally fit	51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
72	into such an event loop itself.
73		52
74	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
75	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
76	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
77	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio	56	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
…		…
79	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
80	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
81	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
82	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
83		62
		63	In addition to asynchronous I/O, this module also exports some rather
		64	arcane interfaces, such as C<madvise> or linux's C<splice> system call,
		65	which is why the C<A> in C<AIO> can also mean I<advanced>.
		66
84	Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)	67	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
85	threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate	68	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
86	locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or	69	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
87	never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	70	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
88		71
89	=head2 EXAMPLE	72	=head2 EXAMPLE
90		73
91	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads	74	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
92	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:	75	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
93		76
94	use Fcntl;
95	use Event;	77	use EV;
96	use IO::AIO;	78	use IO::AIO;
97		79
98	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event	80	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
99	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	81	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
100	poll => 'r',
101	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
102		82
103	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	83	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
104	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	84	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
105	my $fh = shift	85	my $fh = shift
106	or die "error while opening: $!";	86	or die "error while opening: $!";
107		87
108	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking	88	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
109	my $size = -s $fh;	89	my $size = -s $fh;
…		…
118		98
119	# file contents now in $contents	99	# file contents now in $contents
120	print $contents;	100	print $contents;
121		101
122	# exit event loop and program	102	# exit event loop and program
123	Event::unloop;	103	EV::break;
124	};	104	};
125	};	105	};
126		106
127	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	107	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
128	# check for sockets etc. etc.	108	# check for sockets etc. etc.
129		109
130	# process events as long as there are some:	110	# process events as long as there are some:
131	Event::loop;	111	EV::run;
132		112
133	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	113	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
134		114
135	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	115	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
136	directly visible to Perl.	116	directly visible to Perl.
…		…
184		164
185	=cut	165	=cut
186		166
187	package IO::AIO;	167	package IO::AIO;
188		168
189	no warnings;	169	use Carp ();
190	use strict 'vars';	170
		171	use common::sense;
191		172
192	use base 'Exporter';	173	use base 'Exporter';
193		174
194	BEGIN {	175	BEGIN {
195	our $VERSION = '2.2';	176	our $VERSION = 4.73;
196		177
197	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	178	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
198	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink	179	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
199	aio_readlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link	180	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_fcntl aio_ioctl
200	aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);	181	aio_sync aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range
		182	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap aio_allocate
		183	aio_rename aio_rename2 aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		184	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		185	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		186	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		187	aio_statvfs
		188	aio_slurp
		189	aio_wd);
		190
201	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	191	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
202	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	192	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
203	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle	193	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
204	nreqs nready npending nthreads	194	nreqs nready npending nthreads
205	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);	195	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		196	sendfile fadvise madvise
		197	mmap munmap mremap munlock munlockall);
		198
		199	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
206		200
207	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	201	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
208		202
209	require XSLoader;	203	require XSLoader;
210	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	204	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
211	}	205	}
212		206
213	=head1 FUNCTIONS	207	=head1 FUNCTIONS
214		208
215	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	209	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		210
		211	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		212	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		213	documentation.
		214
		215	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		216	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		217	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		218	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		219	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		220	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		221	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		222	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		223	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		226	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		232	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		233	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		234	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		236	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		237	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		238	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		239	aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		240	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		241	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		242	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		243	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		244	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		245	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		246	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		247	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		254	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		256	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		257	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		258	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		259	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
		260	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		261	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		262	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		263	aio_group $callback->(...)
		264	aio_nop $callback->()
		265
		266	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		267	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		268
		269	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		270	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		271	IO::AIO::poll
		272	IO::AIO::flush
		273	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		274	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		275	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		276	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		277	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		278	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		279	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		280	IO::AIO::nreqs
		281	IO::AIO::nready
		282	IO::AIO::npending
		283	IO::AIO::reinit
		284
		285	$nfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit [EXPERIMENTAL]
		286	IO::AIO::min_fdlimit $nfd [EXPERIMENTAL]
		287
		288	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		289	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		290
		291	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		292	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		293	IO::AIO::mremap $scalar, $new_length, $flags[, $new_address]
		294	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		295	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		296	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		297	IO::AIO::munlockall
		298
		299	# stat extensions
		300	$counter = IO::AIO::st_gen
		301	$seconds = IO::AIO::st_atime, IO::AIO::st_mtime, IO::AIO::st_ctime, IO::AIO::st_btime
		302	($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtime
		303	$nanoseconds = IO::AIO::st_atimensec, IO::AIO::st_mtimensec, IO::AIO::st_ctimensec, IO::AIO::st_btimensec
		304	$seconds = IO::AIO::st_btimesec
		305	($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtimensec
		306
		307	# very much unportable syscalls
		308	IO::AIO::accept4 $r_fh, $sockaddr, $sockaddr_len, $flags
		309	IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		310	IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		311	$actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		312	($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		313	$fh = IO::AIO::memfd_create $pathname[, $flags]
		314	$fh = IO::AIO::eventfd [$initval, [$flags]]
		315	$fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create $clockid[, $flags]
		316	($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, $flags, $new_interval, $nbw_value
		317	($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_gettime $fh
		318
		319	=head2 API NOTES
216		320
217	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	321	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
218	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	322	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
219	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	323	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
220	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	324	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
221	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	325	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
222	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	326	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
223	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	327	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		328	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		329	"false").
		330
		331	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		332	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
224		333
225	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	334	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
226	internally until the request has finished.	335	internally until the request has finished.
227		336
228	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow	337	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
229	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	338	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
230		339
231	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	340	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
232	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the	341	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
233	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	342	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
234	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	343	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
235	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative	344	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
236	paths.	345	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		346	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		347	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
237		348
238	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass	349	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
239	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without	350	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
240	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	351	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
241	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	352	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
242	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	353	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
243	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.	354	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		355	correct contents.
244		356
245	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO	357	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
246	handles correctly wether it is set or not.	358	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		359
		360	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
247		361
248	=over 4	362	=over 4
249		363
250	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	364	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
251		365
…		…
271	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {	385	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
272	...	386	...
273	};	387	};
274	};	388	};
275		389
		390
276	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust	391	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
277		392
278	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current	393	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
279	priority, so the effect is cumulative.	394	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
280		395
		396
281	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	397	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
282		398
283	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	399	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
284	created filehandle for the file.	400	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
285		401
286	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	402	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
287	for an explanation.	403	for an explanation.
288		404
289	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	405	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
290	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	406	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
291		407
292	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	408	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
293	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	409	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
294	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	410	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
295	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	411	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		412	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		413	change the umask.
296		414
297	Example:	415	Example:
298		416
299	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	417	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
300	if ($_[0]) {	418	if ($_[0]) {
301	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	419	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
302	...	420	...
303	} else {	421	} else {
304	die "open failed: $!\n";	422	die "open failed: $!\n";
305	}	423	}
306	};	424	};
307		425
		426	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		427	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		428	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		429	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		430
		431	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		432	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		433	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_PATH>, C<O_TMPFILE>, C<O_TTY_INIT> and C<O_ACCMODE>.
		434
		435
308	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	436	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
309		437
310	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	438	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
311	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	439	code.
312	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
313	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
314	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
315		440
316	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	441	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
317	therefore best to avoid this function.	442	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		443
		444	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		445	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		446	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		447
		448	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		449	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		450
		451	=cut
		452
		453	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		454
		455	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		456	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		457	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		458	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		459
		460	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		461	case of an error.
		462
		463	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		464	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		465	so don't panic.
		466
		467	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		468	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		469	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		470	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		471	"just work".
318		472
319	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	473	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
320		474
321	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	475	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
322		476
323	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	477	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
324	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	478	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and
325	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	479	calls the callback with the actual number of bytes transferred (or -1 on
326	like the syscall).	480	error, just like the syscall).
		481
		482	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		483	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		484
		485	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		486	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		487	changed by these calls.
		488
		489	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		490	C<$data>.
		491
		492	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		493	C<$data>.
327		494
328	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	495	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
329	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	496	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
330	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	497	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
331		498
332	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	499	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
333	offset C<0> within the scalar:	500	offset C<0> within the scalar:
334		501
335	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	502	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
336	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	503	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
337	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	504	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
338	};	505	};
339		506
		507
340	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	508	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
341		509
342	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	510	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
343	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	511	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
344	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	512	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
345	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	513	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
346	other.	514	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		515	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
347		516
		517	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		518	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		519	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		520	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		521	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		522
		523	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		524	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		525	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		526	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		527	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		528	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		529	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		530	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		531	resource usage.
		532
348	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	533	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
349	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	534	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
350	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	535	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
351		536
352	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	537	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
353	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	538	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		539	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
354	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	540	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
355		541
356	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	542	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
357	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	543	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
358	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	544	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
359	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	545	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
360	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	546	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
361	read.	547	fewer bytes than expected might have been transferred.
		548
362		549
363	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	550	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
364		551
365	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	552	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
366	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	553	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
…		…
369	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary	556	whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
370	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to	557	and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
371	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the	558	(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
372	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	559	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
373		560
374	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	561	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your kernel isn't Linux) it will
375	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	562	be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
		563
376		564
377	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	565	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
378		566
379	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	567	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
380		568
381	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	569	Works almost exactly like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The
382	be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>	570	callback will be called after the stat and the results will be available
383	or C<-s _> etc...	571	using C<stat _> or C<-s _> and other tests (with the exception of C<-B>
		572	and C<-T>).
384		573
385	The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	574	The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
386	for an explanation.	575	for an explanation.
387		576
388	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	577	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
389	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	578	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
390	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	579	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		580
		581	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		582	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		583	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		584	behaviour).
		585
		586	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		587	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		588	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
		589
		590	To access higher resolution stat timestamps, see L<SUBSECOND STAT TIME
		591	ACCESS>.
391		592
392	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	593	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
393		594
394	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	595	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
395	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	596	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
396	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	597	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
397	};	598	};
398		599
		600
		601	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		602
		603	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		604	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		605
		606	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		607	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		608	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		609	is passed.
		610
		611	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		612	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		613
		614	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		615	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		616	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		617	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		618	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		619
		620	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		621
		622	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		623	my $f = $_[0]
		624	or die "statvfs: $!";
		625
		626	use Data::Dumper;
		627	say Dumper $f;
		628	};
		629
		630	# result:
		631	{
		632	bsize => 1024,
		633	bfree => 4333064312,
		634	blocks => 10253828096,
		635	files => 2050765568,
		636	flag => 4096,
		637	favail => 2042092649,
		638	bavail => 4333064312,
		639	ffree => 2042092649,
		640	namemax => 255,
		641	frsize => 1024,
		642	fsid => 1810
		643	}
		644
		645	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		646
		647	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		648	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		649	syscalls support them.
		650
		651	When called with a pathname, uses utimensat(2) or utimes(2) if available,
		652	otherwise utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimens(2)
		653	or futimes(2) if available, otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not
		654	portable.
		655
		656	Examples:
		657
		658	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		659	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		660	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		661	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		662
		663
		664	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		665
		666	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		667	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		668
		669	Examples:
		670
		671	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		672	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		673	# same as above:
		674	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		675
		676
		677	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		678
		679	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		680
		681
		682	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		683
		684	Allocates or frees disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		685	linux C<fallocate> documentation for details.
		686
		687	C<$mode> is usually C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE> to allocate
		688	space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>,
		689	to deallocate a file range.
		690
		691	IO::AIO also supports C<FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE>, to remove a range
		692	(without leaving a hole), C<FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE>, to zero a range,
		693	C<FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE> to insert a range and C<FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE>
		694	to unshare shared blocks (see your L<fallocate(2)> manpage).
		695
		696	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		697	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>, but different filesystems and filetypes
		698	can dictate other limitations.
		699
		700	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		701	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		702
		703
		704	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		705
		706	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		707
		708
399	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	709	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
400		710
401	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	711	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
402	result code.	712	result code.
403		713
		714
404	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	715	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
405		716
406	[EXPERIMENTAL]	717	[EXPERIMENTAL]
407		718
408	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	719	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
409		720
410	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:	721	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
411		722
412	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	723	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		724
		725	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		726	and functions.
413		727
414	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	728	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
415		729
416	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	730	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
417	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	731	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
418		732
		733
419	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	734	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
420		735
421	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	736	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
422	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	737	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
423		738
		739
424	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)	740	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
425		741
426	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to	742	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
427	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the	743	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
428	callback.	744	callback.
429		745
		746
		747	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		748
		749	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		750	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		751	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		752
		753	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		754	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		755
		756
430	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	757	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
431		758
432	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	759	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
433	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	760	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
434		761
		762	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		763	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
		764	of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		765
		766
		767	=item aio_rename2 $srcpath, $dstpath, $flags, $callback->($status)
		768
		769	Basically a version of C<aio_rename> with an additional C<$flags>
		770	argument. Calling this with C<$flags=0> is the same as calling
		771	C<aio_rename>.
		772
		773	Non-zero flags are currently only supported on GNU/Linux systems that
		774	support renameat2. Other systems fail with C<ENOSYS> in this case.
		775
		776	The following constants are available (missing ones are, as usual C<0>),
		777	see renameat2(2) for details:
		778
		779	C<IO::AIO::RENAME_NOREPLACE>, C<IO::AIO::RENAME_EXCHANGE>
		780	and C<IO::AIO::RENAME_WHITEOUT>.
		781
		782
		783	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		784
		785	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		786	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		787	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		788
		789
435	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	790	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
436		791
437	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	792	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
438	result code.	793	result code.
		794
		795	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		796	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
		797	C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		798
439		799
440	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	800	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
441		801
442	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	802	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
443	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	803	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
444	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	804	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
445		805
446	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	806	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
447	with the filenames.	807	array-ref with the filenames.
		808
		809
		810	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		811
		812	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
		813	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		814	C<undef>.
		815
		816	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		817	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		818
		819	=over 4
		820
		821	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		822
		823	Normally the callback gets an arrayref consisting of names only (as
		824	with C<aio_readdir>). If this flag is set, then the callback gets an
		825	arrayref with C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a
		826	single directory entry in more detail:
		827
		828	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		829
		830	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		831
		832	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		833	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		834	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		835
		836	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need
		837	to know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed/memory reasons,
		838	the C<$type> scalars are read-only: you must not modify them.
		839
		840	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		841	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		842	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		843
		844	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		845
		846	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		847	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		848	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		849	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		850
		851	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		852	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		853	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		854	short names are tried first.
		855
		856	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		857
		858	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		859	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat() most or
		860	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely be
		861	faster.
		862
		863	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified,
		864	then the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order
		865	for stat'ing all entries, but likely a more optimal order for finding
		866	subdirectories.
		867
		868	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		869
		870	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		871	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		872	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
		873	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		874
		875	=back
		876
		877
		878	=item aio_slurp $pathname, $offset, $length, $data, $callback->($status)
		879
		880	Opens, reads and closes the given file. The data is put into C<$data>,
		881	which is resized as required.
		882
		883	If C<$offset> is negative, then it is counted from the end of the file.
		884
		885	If C<$length> is zero, then the remaining length of the file is
		886	used. Also, in this case, the same limitations to modifying C<$data> apply
		887	as when IO::AIO::mmap is used, i.e. it must only be modified in-place
		888	with C<substr>. If the size of the file is known, specifying a non-zero
		889	C<$length> results in a performance advantage.
		890
		891	This request is similar to the older C<aio_load> request, but since it is
		892	a single request, it might be more efficient to use.
		893
		894	Example: load F</etc/passwd> into C<$passwd>.
		895
		896	my $passwd;
		897	aio_slurp "/etc/passwd", 0, 0, $passwd, sub {
		898	$_[0] >= 0
		899	or die "/etc/passwd: $!\n";
		900
		901	printf "/etc/passwd is %d bytes long, and contains:\n", length $passwd;
		902	print $passwd;
		903	};
		904	IO::AIO::flush;
		905
		906
		907	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		908
		909	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		910	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		911
		912	Using C<aio_slurp> might be more efficient, as it is a single request.
		913
		914	=cut
		915
		916	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		917	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		918	my $data = \$_[1];
		919
		920	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		921	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		922
		923	aioreq_pri $pri;
		924	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		925	my $fh = shift
		926	or return $grp->result (-1);
		927
		928	aioreq_pri $pri;
		929	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		930	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		931	};
		932	};
		933
		934	$grp
		935	}
448		936
449	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	937	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
450		938
451	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	939	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
452	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	940	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
453	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	941	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
454		942
		943	Existing destination files will be truncated.
		944
455	This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with	945	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
456	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	946	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
457	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	947	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
458	uid/gid, in that order.	948	uid/gid, in that order.
459		949
460	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if	950	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
…		…
470	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	960	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
471		961
472	aioreq_pri $pri;	962	aioreq_pri $pri;
473	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	963	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
474	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	964	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
475	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	965	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
476		966
477	aioreq_pri $pri;	967	aioreq_pri $pri;
478	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	968	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
479	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	969	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
480	aioreq_pri $pri;	970	aioreq_pri $pri;
481	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	971	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
482	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	972	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
483	$grp->result (0);	973	$grp->result (0);
484	close $src_fh;	974	close $src_fh;
485		975
486	# those should not normally block. should. should.	976	my $ch = sub {
		977	aioreq_pri $pri;
		978	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		979	aioreq_pri $pri;
		980	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		981	aioreq_pri $pri;
		982	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		983	}
		984	};
		985	};
		986
		987	aioreq_pri $pri;
		988	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		989	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		990	aioreq_pri $pri;
487	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;	991	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
488	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;	992	} else {
489	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;	993	$ch->();
		994	}
490	close $dst_fh;	995	};
491	} else {	996	} else {
492	$grp->result (-1);	997	$grp->result (-1);
493	close $src_fh;	998	close $src_fh;
494	close $dst_fh;	999	close $dst_fh;
495		1000
…		…
512		1017
513	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	1018	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
514		1019
515	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	1020	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
516	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	1021	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
517	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	1022	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
518		1023
519	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If	1024	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
520	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	1025	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
521	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.	1026	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
522		1027
523	=cut	1028	=cut
524		1029
525	sub aio_move($$;$) {	1030	sub aio_move($$;$) {
526	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	1031	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
…		…
533	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	1038	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
534	aioreq_pri $pri;	1039	aioreq_pri $pri;
535	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	1040	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
536	$grp->result ($_[0]);	1041	$grp->result ($_[0]);
537		1042
538	if (!$_[0]) {	1043	unless ($_[0]) {
539	aioreq_pri $pri;	1044	aioreq_pri $pri;
540	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	1045	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
541	}	1046	}
542	};	1047	};
543	} else {	1048	} else {
…		…
546	};	1051	};
547		1052
548	$grp	1053	$grp
549	}	1054	}
550		1055
551	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1056	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
552		1057
553	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1058	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
554	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of	1059	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
555	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot	1060	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
556	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).	1061	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
557		1062
558	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_	1063	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that generates many sub requests.
559	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that	1064	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
560	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default	1065	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
561	will be chosen (currently 4).	1066	will be chosen (currently 4).
562		1067
563	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	1068	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
…		…
573		1078
574	Implementation notes.	1079	Implementation notes.
575		1080
576	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	1081	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
577		1082
		1083	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		1084	find directories.
		1085
578	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	1086	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
579	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	1087	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
580	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	1088	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
581	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	1089	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
582	of subdirectories will be assumed.	1090	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
583		1091
584	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	1092	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
585	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	1093	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
586	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	1094	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
587	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	1095	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
588	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	1096	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
589	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	1097	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
590	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	1098	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
591	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	1099	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		1100	the filetype information on readdir.
592		1101
593	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1102	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
594	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	1103	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
595		1104
596	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	1105	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
600	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	1109	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
601	directory counting heuristic.	1110	directory counting heuristic.
602		1111
603	=cut	1112	=cut
604		1113
605	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	1114	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
606	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	1115	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
607		1116
608	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	1117	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
609		1118
610	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1119	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
611		1120
612	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;	1121	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
613		1122
614	# stat once	1123	# get a wd object
615	aioreq_pri $pri;	1124	aioreq_pri $pri;
616	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1125	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1126	$_[0]
617	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1127	or return $grp->result ();
618	my $now = time;
619	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
620		1128
621	# read the directory entries	1129	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1130
		1131	# stat once
622	aioreq_pri $pri;	1132	aioreq_pri $pri;
623	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	1133	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
624	my $entries = shift
625	or return $grp->result ();	1134	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		1135	my $now = time;
		1136	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		1137	my $rdxflags = READDIR_DIRS_FIRST;
626		1138
627	# stat the dir another time	1139	if ((stat _)[3] < 2) {
		1140	# at least one non-POSIX filesystem exists
		1141	# that returns useful DT_type values: btrfs,
		1142	# so optimise for this here by requesting dents
		1143	$rdxflags |= READDIR_DENTS;
		1144	}
		1145
		1146	# read the directory entries
628	aioreq_pri $pri;	1147	aioreq_pri $pri;
629	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1148	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, $rdxflags, sub {
630	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1149	my ($entries, $flags) = @_
		1150	or return $grp->result ();
631		1151
		1152	if ($rdxflags & READDIR_DENTS) {
		1153	# if we requested type values, see if we can use them directly.
		1154
		1155	# if there were any DT_UNKNOWN entries then we assume we
		1156	# don't know. alternatively, we could assume that if we get
		1157	# one DT_DIR, then all directories are indeed marked with
		1158	# DT_DIR, but this seems not required for btrfs, and this
		1159	# is basically the "btrfs can't get it's act together" code
		1160	# branch.
		1161	unless ($flags & READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN) {
		1162	# now we have valid DT_ information for all entries,
		1163	# so use it as an optimisation without further stat's.
		1164	# they must also all be at the beginning of @$entries
		1165	# by now.
		1166
632	my $ndirs;	1167	my $dirs;
633		1168
634	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
635	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
636	$ndirs = -1;
637	} else {
638	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
639	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
640	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
641	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
642	}
643
644	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
645	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
646	$entries = [map $_->[0],
647	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
648	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
649	@$entries];
650
651	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
652
653	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
654	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
655	};
656
657	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
658	feed $statgrp sub {
659	return unless @$entries;
660	my $entry = pop @$entries;
661
662	aioreq_pri $pri;
663	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
664	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1169	if (@$entries) {
665	push @nondirs, $entry;	1170	for (0 .. $#$entries) {
666	} else {	1171	if ($entries->[$_][1] != DT_DIR) {
667	# need to check for real directory	1172	# splice out directories
668	aioreq_pri $pri;	1173	$dirs = [splice @$entries, 0, $_];
669	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
670	if (-d _) {
671	push @dirs, $entry;
672
673	unless (--$ndirs) {
674	push @nondirs, @$entries;
675	feed $statgrp;
676	}	1174	last;
677	} else {
678	push @nondirs, $entry;
679	}	1175	}
680	}	1176	}
		1177
		1178	# if we didn't find any non-dir, then all entries are dirs
		1179	unless ($dirs) {
		1180	($dirs, $entries) = ($entries, []);
		1181	}
		1182	} else {
		1183	# directory is empty, so there are no sbdirs
		1184	$dirs = [];
681	}	1185	}
		1186
		1187	# either splice'd the directories out or the dir was empty.
		1188	# convert dents to filenames
		1189	$_ = $_->[0] for @$dirs;
		1190	$_ = $_->[0] for @$entries;
		1191
		1192	return $grp->result ($dirs, $entries);
		1193	}
		1194
		1195	# cannot use, so return to our old ways
		1196	# by pretending we only scanned for names.
		1197	$_ = $_->[0] for @$entries;
		1198	}
		1199
		1200	# stat the dir another time
		1201	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1202	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
		1203	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		1204
		1205	my $ndirs;
		1206
		1207	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
		1208	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
		1209	$ndirs = -1;
		1210	} else {
		1211	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
		1212	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
		1213	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
		1214	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
		1215	}
		1216
		1217	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
		1218
		1219	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
		1220	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		1221	};
		1222
		1223	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
		1224	feed $statgrp sub {
		1225	return unless @$entries;
		1226	my $entry = shift @$entries;
		1227
		1228	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1229	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
		1230	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
		1231	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		1232	push @nondirs, $entry;
		1233	} else {
		1234	# need to check for real directory
		1235	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1236	$wd->[1] = $entry;
		1237	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
		1238	if (-d _) {
		1239	push @dirs, $entry;
		1240
		1241	unless (--$ndirs) {
		1242	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		1243	feed $statgrp;
		1244	}
		1245	} else {
		1246	push @nondirs, $entry;
		1247	}
		1248	}
		1249	}
		1250	};
682	};	1251	};
683	};	1252	};
684	};	1253	};
685	};	1254	};
686	};	1255	};
687		1256
688	$grp	1257	$grp
689	}	1258	}
690		1259
		1260	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		1261
		1262	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		1263	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		1264	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		1265	everything else.
		1266
		1267	=cut
		1268
		1269	sub aio_rmtree;
		1270	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		1271	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1272
		1273	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1274	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1275
		1276	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1277	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		1278	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		1279
		1280	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		1281	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		1282	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1283	};
		1284	};
		1285
		1286	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		1287	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		1288
		1289	add $grp $dirgrp;
		1290	};
		1291
		1292	$grp
		1293	}
		1294
		1295	=item aio_fcntl $fh, $cmd, $arg, $callback->($status)
		1296
		1297	=item aio_ioctl $fh, $request, $buf, $callback->($status)
		1298
		1299	These work just like the C<fcntl> and C<ioctl> built-in functions, except
		1300	they execute asynchronously and pass the return value to the callback.
		1301
		1302	Both calls can be used for a lot of things, some of which make more sense
		1303	to run asynchronously in their own thread, while some others make less
		1304	sense. For example, calls that block waiting for external events, such
		1305	as locking, will also lock down an I/O thread while it is waiting, which
		1306	can deadlock the whole I/O system. At the same time, there might be no
		1307	alternative to using a thread to wait.
		1308
		1309	So in general, you should only use these calls for things that do
		1310	(filesystem) I/O, not for things that wait for other events (network,
		1311	other processes), although if you are careful and know what you are doing,
		1312	you still can.
		1313
		1314	The following constants are available and can be used for normal C<ioctl>
		1315	and C<fcntl> as well (missing ones are, as usual C<0>):
		1316
		1317	C<F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC>,
		1318
		1319	C<F_OFD_GETLK>, C<F_OFD_SETLK>, C<F_OFD_GETLKW>,
		1320
		1321	C<FIFREEZE>, C<FITHAW>, C<FITRIM>, C<FICLONE>, C<FICLONERANGE>, C<FIDEDUPERANGE>.
		1322
		1323	C<F_ADD_SEALS>, C<F_GET_SEALS>, C<F_SEAL_SEAL>, C<F_SEAL_SHRINK>, C<F_SEAL_GROW> and
		1324	C<F_SEAL_WRITE>.
		1325
		1326	C<FS_IOC_GETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_SETFLAGS>, C<FS_IOC_GETVERSION>, C<FS_IOC_SETVERSION>,
		1327	C<FS_IOC_FIEMAP>.
		1328
		1329	C<FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR>, C<FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>,
		1330	C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_PWSALT>, C<FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY>, C<FS_KEY_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE>.
		1331
		1332	C<FS_SECRM_FL>, C<FS_UNRM_FL>, C<FS_COMPR_FL>, C<FS_SYNC_FL>, C<FS_IMMUTABLE_FL>,
		1333	C<FS_APPEND_FL>, C<FS_NODUMP_FL>, C<FS_NOATIME_FL>, C<FS_DIRTY_FL>,
		1334	C<FS_COMPRBLK_FL>, C<FS_NOCOMP_FL>, C<FS_ENCRYPT_FL>, C<FS_BTREE_FL>,
		1335	C<FS_INDEX_FL>, C<FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL>, C<FS_NOTAIL_FL>, C<FS_DIRSYNC_FL>, C<FS_TOPDIR_FL>,
		1336	C<FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE>.
		1337
		1338	C<FS_XFLAG_REALTIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC>, C<FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE>, C<FS_XFLAG_APPEND>,
		1339	C<FS_XFLAG_SYNC>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOATIME>, C<FS_XFLAG_NODUMP>, C<FS_XFLAG_RTINHERIT>,
		1340	C<FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT>, C<FS_XFLAG_NOSYMLINKS>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE>, C<FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT>,
		1341	C<FS_XFLAG_NODEFRAG>, C<FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM>, C<FS_XFLAG_DAX>, C<FS_XFLAG_HASATTR>,
		1342
		1343	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		1344
		1345	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		1346
691	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1347	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
692		1348
693	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	1349	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
694	with the fsync result code.	1350	with the fsync result code.
695		1351
…		…
698	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1354	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
699	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1355	callback with the fdatasync result code.
700		1356
701	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1357	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
702	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1358	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1359
		1360	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1361
		1362	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1363	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1364	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1365	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1366
		1367	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1368
		1369	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1370	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1371	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1372	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1373
		1374	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1375	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1376	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1377	manpage for details.
		1378
		1379	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		1380
		1381	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		1382	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		1383	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		1384	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		1385	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		1386	not just directories.
		1387
		1388	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1389	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		1390
		1391	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		1392
		1393	=cut
		1394
		1395	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		1396	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1397
		1398	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1399	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1400
		1401	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1402	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		1403	my ($fh) = @_;
		1404	if ($fh) {
		1405	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1406	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		1407	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1408
		1409	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1410	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		1411	};
		1412	} else {
		1413	$grp->result (-1);
		1414	}
		1415	};
		1416
		1417	$grp
		1418	}
		1419
		1420	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = MS_SYNC, $callback->($status)
		1421
		1422	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1423	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1424	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1425	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1426	it).
		1427
		1428	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1429	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1430	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1431	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1432	either C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC> or C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>, plus an optional
		1433	C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE>.
		1434
		1435	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1436
		1437	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1438	scalars.
		1439
		1440	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1441	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1442	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1443	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1444	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
		1445	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1446
		1447	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1448
		1449	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1450	scalars.
		1451
		1452	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1453	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1454
		1455	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1456
		1457	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1458	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1459
		1460	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1461	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1462
		1463	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1464	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1465
		1466	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1467	my $data;
		1468	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1469	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1470
		1471	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1472
		1473	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a
		1474	combination of C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT>, C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE> and
		1475	C<IO::AIO::MCL_ONFAULT>).
		1476
		1477	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1478	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>. Similarly, flag combinations not supported
		1479	by the system result in a return value of C<-1> with errno being set to
		1480	C<EINVAL>.
		1481
		1482	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1483	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1484
		1485	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1486
		1487	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1488
		1489	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1490
		1491	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1492	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1493	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1494	C<ENOSYS>.
		1495
		1496	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1497	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1498	be queried.
		1499
		1500	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1501	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1502	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1503	the data portion.
		1504
		1505	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1506	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1507	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1508	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1509
		1510	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1511	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1512
		1513	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1514	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1515	following members:
		1516
		1517	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1518
		1519	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1520	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1521
		1522	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1523	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1524	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1525	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1526	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1527	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1528
		1529	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this request is unreliable unless
		1530	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1531	it to return all extents of a range for files with a large number of
		1532	extents. The code (only) works around all these issues if C<$count> is
		1533	C<undef>.
703		1534
704	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1535	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
705		1536
706	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1537	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
707	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1538	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
745	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function	1576	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
746	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.	1577	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
747		1578
748	=back	1579	=back
749		1580
		1581
		1582	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1583
		1584	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1585	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1586	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1587	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1588
		1589	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1590	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1591	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1592
		1593	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1594	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1595	per operation.
		1596
		1597	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1598	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1599	cannot be perfect, though.
		1600
		1601	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1602	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1603	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1604
		1605	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1606	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1607	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1608	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1609	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1610	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1611
		1612	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1613	inside, you would write:
		1614
		1615	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1616	my $etcdir = shift;
		1617
		1618	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1619	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1620	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1621
		1622	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1623	# yay
		1624	};
		1625	};
		1626
		1627	The fact that C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that
		1628	creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation,
		1629	which is why it is done asynchronously.
		1630
		1631	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1632	either of the following three request calls:
		1633
		1634	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1635	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1636	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1637
		1638	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1639	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1640	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1641
		1642	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1643
		1644	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1645	$path->[1] = $name;
		1646	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1647	# ...
		1648	};
		1649	}
		1650
		1651	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1652	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1653	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1654	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1655	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1656	older systems. Some functions (such as C<aio_realpath>) will always rely on
		1657	the string form of the pathname.
		1658
		1659	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1660	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1661	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1662	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1663
		1664	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1665
		1666	=over 4
		1667
		1668	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1669
		1670	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1671	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1672	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1673	to this working directory.
		1674
		1675	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1676	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1677	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1678	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1679	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1680	expected way.
		1681
		1682	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1683
		1684	This is a compile time constant (object) that represents the process
		1685	current working directory.
		1686
		1687	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1688	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1689	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1690
		1691	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1692	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1693
		1694	=back
		1695
		1696	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1697	C<aio_realpath>:
		1698
		1699	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1700	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1701	};
		1702
		1703	Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
		1704	sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
		1705
750	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1706	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
751		1707
752	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1708	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
753	called in non-void context.	1709	called in non-void context.
754		1710
…		…
757	=item cancel $req	1713	=item cancel $req
758		1714
759	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1715	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
760	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1716	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
761	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1717	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
762	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1718	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
763	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1719	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1720	will not be freed prematurely.
764		1721
765	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1722	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
766		1723
767	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1724	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
768		1725
…		…
819	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1776	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
820	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1777	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
821	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1778	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
822	exist.	1779	exist.
823		1780
824	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1781	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
825	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1782	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
826	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1783	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
827	itself finish.	1784	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1785	finished will the the group itself finish.
828		1786
829	=over 4	1787	=over 4
830		1788
831	=item add $grp ...	1789	=item add $grp ...
832		1790
…		…
841	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1799	=item $grp->cancel_subs
842		1800
843	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1801	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
844	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1802	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
845		1803
		1804	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1805	group).
		1806
846	=item $grp->result (...)	1807	=item $grp->result (...)
847		1808
848	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1809	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
849	subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value	1810	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
850	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1811	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
851	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.	1812	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
852		1813
853	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])	1814	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
854		1815
…		…
865	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1826	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
866		1827
867	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1828	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
868	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1829	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
869	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1830	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
870	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1831	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
871	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1832	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
872	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1833	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
873		1834
874	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1835	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
875	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1836	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
876	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1837	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
…		…
881	not impose any limits).	1842	not impose any limits).
882		1843
883	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1844	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
884	automatically removed from the group.	1845	automatically removed from the group.
885		1846
886	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1847	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1848	C<2> automatically.
887		1849
888	Example:	1850	Example:
889		1851
890	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1852	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
891		1853
…		…
903	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1865	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
904	the group contains less than this many requests.	1866	the group contains less than this many requests.
905		1867
906	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1868	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
907		1869
		1870	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1871	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1872
908	=back	1873	=back
909		1874
		1875
910	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1876	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
911		1877
912	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION	1878	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
913		1879
914	=over 4	1880	=over 4
915		1881
916	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1882	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
917		1883
918	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1884	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
919	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1885	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
920	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1886	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
921	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1887	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
922		1888
923	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1889	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
924		1890
925	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1891	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
926		1892
927	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1893	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
928	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1894	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
929	when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on	1895	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
930	the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
931		1896
		1897	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
		1898	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1899	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
		1900	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
		1901	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
		1902
932	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1903	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
933	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.	1904	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
		1905	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
		1906
		1907	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1908	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1909	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1910	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1911	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1912	requests.
934		1913
935	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1914	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
936	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1915	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1916	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
937		1917
938	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1918	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
939	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1919	poll => 'r', async => 1,
940	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1920	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1921
		1922	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
		1923
		1924	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
		1925	requests are outstanding anymore.
		1926
		1927	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1928	become ready, without actually handling them.
		1929
		1930	See C<nreqs> for an example.
		1931
		1932	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1933
		1934	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1935
		1936	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1937	equivalent to:
		1938
		1939	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1940
		1941	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1942
		1943	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1944
		1945	Strictly equivalent to:
		1946
		1947	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1948	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1949
		1950	This function can be useful at program aborts, to make sure outstanding
		1951	I/O has been done (C<IO::AIO> uses an C<END> block which already calls
		1952	this function on normal exits), or when you are merely using C<IO::AIO>
		1953	for its more advanced functions, rather than for async I/O, e.g.:
		1954
		1955	my ($dirs, $nondirs);
		1956	IO::AIO::aio_scandir "/tmp", 0, sub { ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_ };
		1957	IO::AIO::flush;
		1958	# $dirs, $nondirs are now set
941		1959
942	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1960	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
943		1961
944	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1962	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
945		1963
…		…
970	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1988	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
971	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1989	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
972	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1990	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
973	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1991	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
974		1992
975	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1993	=back
976		1994
977	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
978	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
979	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
980	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
981
982	See C<nreqs> for an example.
983
984	=item IO::AIO::poll
985
986	Waits until some requests have been handled.
987
988	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
989	equivalent to:
990
991	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
992
993	=item IO::AIO::flush
994
995	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
996
997	Strictly equivalent to:
998
999	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1000	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1001		1995
1002	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1996	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
		1997
		1998	=over
1003		1999
1004	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	2000	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
1005		2001
1006	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current	2002	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
1007	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	2003	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
…		…
1035		2031
1036	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	2032	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
1037		2033
1038	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads	2034	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1039		2035
1040	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,	2036	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1041	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That	2037	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1042	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also	2038	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1043	idle, it will free its resources and exit.	2039	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		2040	exit.
1044		2041
1045	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)	2042	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1046	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources	2043	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1047	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).	2044	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1048		2045
1049	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread	2046	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1050	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might	2047	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1051	want to use larger values.	2048	want to use larger values.
1052		2049
		2050	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		2051
		2052	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		2053	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		2054
1053	=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	2055	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		2056
		2057	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		2058	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		2059	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		2060	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		2061	longer exceeded.
		2062
		2063	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		2064	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1054		2065
1055	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	2066	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1056	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	2067	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1057	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	2068	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1058		2069
1059	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	2070	Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1060	to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	2071	a lot of files, you can write something like this:
1061	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1062	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
1063		2072
1064	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	2073	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1065	number of outstanding requests.
1066		2074
1067	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	2075	for my $path (...) {
1068	C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	2076	aio_stat $path , ...;
1069	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	2077	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2078	}
		2079
		2080	IO::AIO::flush;
		2081
		2082	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		2083	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		2084	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		2085	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		2086
		2087	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		2088	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
		2089
		2090	=back
		2091
1070		2092
1071	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION	2093	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		2094
		2095	=over
1072		2096
1073	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	2097	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1074		2098
1075	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending	2099	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1076	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).	2100	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
…		…
1090	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,	2114	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1091	but not yet processed by poll_cb).	2115	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1092		2116
1093	=back	2117	=back
1094		2118
		2119
		2120	=head3 SUBSECOND STAT TIME ACCESS
		2121
		2122	Both C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> and perl's C<stat>/C<lstat> functions can
		2123	generally find access/modification and change times with subsecond time
		2124	accuracy of the system supports it, but perl's built-in functions only
		2125	return the integer part.
		2126
		2127	The following functions return the timestamps of the most recent
		2128	stat with subsecond precision on most systems and work both after
		2129	C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> and perl's C<stat>/C<lstat> calls. Their return
		2130	value is only meaningful after a successful C<stat>/C<lstat> call, or
		2131	during/after a successful C<aio_stat>/C<aio_lstat> callback.
		2132
		2133	This is similar to the L<Time::HiRes> C<stat> functions, but can return
		2134	full resolution without rounding and work with standard perl C<stat>,
		2135	alleviating the need to call the special C<Time::HiRes> functions, which
		2136	do not act like their perl counterparts.
		2137
		2138	On operating systems or file systems where subsecond time resolution is
		2139	not supported or could not be detected, a fractional part of C<0> is
		2140	returned, so it is always safe to call these functions.
		2141
		2142	=over 4
		2143
		2144	=item $seconds = IO::AIO::st_atime, IO::AIO::st_mtime, IO::AIO::st_ctime, IO::AIO::st_btime
		2145
		2146	Return the access, modication, change or birth time, respectively,
		2147	including fractional part. Due to the limited precision of floating point,
		2148	the accuracy on most platforms is only a bit better than milliseconds
		2149	for times around now - see the I<nsec> function family, below, for full
		2150	accuracy.
		2151
		2152	File birth time is only available when the OS and perl support it (on
		2153	FreeBSD and NetBSD at the time of this writing, although support is
		2154	adaptive, so if your OS/perl gains support, IO::AIO can take advantage of
		2155	it). On systems where it isn't available, C<0> is currently returned, but
		2156	this might change to C<undef> in a future version.
		2157
		2158	=item ($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtime
		2159
		2160	Returns access, modification, change and birth time all in one go, and
		2161	maybe more times in the future version.
		2162
		2163	=item $nanoseconds = IO::AIO::st_atimensec, IO::AIO::st_mtimensec, IO::AIO::st_ctimensec, IO::AIO::st_btimensec
		2164
		2165	Return the fractional access, modifcation, change or birth time, in nanoseconds,
		2166	as an integer in the range C<0> to C<999999999>.
		2167
		2168	Note that no accessors are provided for access, modification and
		2169	change times - you need to get those from C<stat _> if required (C<int
		2170	IO::AIO::st_atime> and so on will I<not> generally give you the correct
		2171	value).
		2172
		2173	=item $seconds = IO::AIO::st_btimesec
		2174
		2175	The (integral) seconds part of the file birth time, if available.
		2176
		2177	=item ($atime, $mtime, $ctime, $btime, ...) = IO::AIO::st_xtimensec
		2178
		2179	Like the functions above, but returns all four times in one go (and maybe
		2180	more in future versions).
		2181
		2182	=item $counter = IO::AIO::st_gen
		2183
		2184	Returns the generation counter (in practice this is just a random number)
		2185	of the file. This is only available on platforms which have this member in
		2186	their C<struct stat> (most BSDs at the time of this writing) and generally
		2187	only to the root usert. If unsupported, C<0> is returned, but this might
		2188	change to C<undef> in a future version.
		2189
		2190	=back
		2191
		2192	Example: print the high resolution modification time of F</etc>, using
		2193	C<stat>, and C<IO::AIO::aio_stat>.
		2194
		2195	if (stat "/etc") {
		2196	printf "stat(/etc) mtime: %f\n", IO::AIO::st_mtime;
		2197	}
		2198
		2199	IO::AIO::aio_stat "/etc", sub {
		2200	$_[0]
		2201	and return;
		2202
		2203	printf "aio_stat(/etc) mtime: %d.%09d\n", (stat _)[9], IO::AIO::st_mtimensec;
		2204	};
		2205
		2206	IO::AIO::flush;
		2207
		2208	Output of the awbove on my system, showing reduced and full accuracy:
		2209
		2210	stat(/etc) mtime: 1534043702.020808
		2211	aio_stat(/etc) mtime: 1534043702.020807792
		2212
		2213
		2214	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		2215
		2216	IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
		2217	some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
		2218	"Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous C<aio_*>
		2219	counterpart.
		2220
		2221	=over 4
		2222
		2223	=item $numfd = IO::AIO::get_fdlimit
		2224
		2225	This function is I<EXPERIMENTAL> and subject to change.
		2226
		2227	Tries to find the current file descriptor limit and returns it, or
		2228	C<undef> and sets C<$!> in case of an error. The limit is one larger than
		2229	the highest valid file descriptor number.
		2230
		2231	=item IO::AIO::min_fdlimit [$numfd]
		2232
		2233	This function is I<EXPERIMENTAL> and subject to change.
		2234
		2235	Try to increase the current file descriptor limit(s) to at least C<$numfd>
		2236	by changing the soft or hard file descriptor resource limit. If C<$numfd>
		2237	is missing, it will try to set a very high limit, although this is not
		2238	recommended when you know the actual minimum that you require.
		2239
		2240	If the limit cannot be raised enough, the function makes a best-effort
		2241	attempt to increase the limit as much as possible, using various
		2242	tricks, while still failing. You can query the resulting limit using
		2243	C<IO::AIO::get_fdlimit>.
		2244
		2245	If an error occurs, returns C<undef> and sets C<$!>, otherwise returns
		2246	true.
		2247
		2248	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		2249
		2250	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		2251	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		2252	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		2253	operations).
		2254
		2255	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		2256
		2257	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		2258
		2259	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		2260	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2261	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2262	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		2263	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		2264
		2265	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		2266	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		2267
		2268	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		2269
		2270	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		2271	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2272	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2273	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>,
		2274	C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		2275
		2276	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2277	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2278	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
		2279
		2280	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		2281	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		2282
		2283	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		2284
		2285	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		2286	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		2287	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		2288	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2289
		2290	If C<$offset> is negative, counts from the end. If C<$length> is negative,
		2291	the remaining length of the C<$scalar> is used. If possible, C<$length>
		2292	will be reduced to fit into the C<$scalar>.
		2293
		2294	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		2295	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		2296
		2297	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		2298
		2299	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		2300	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2301	success, and false otherwise.
		2302
		2303	The scalar must exist, but its contents do not matter - this means you
		2304	cannot use a nonexistant array or hash element. When in doubt, C<undef>
		2305	the scalar first.
		2306
		2307	The only operations allowed on the mmapped scalar are C<substr>/C<vec>,
		2308	which don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
		2309	as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
		2310
		2311	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		2312
		2313	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		2314	when the C<$scalar> is undef'd or destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap>
		2315	or C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called on it.
		2316
		2317	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		2318	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		2319
		2320	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		2321	filesize.
		2322
		2323	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		2324	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		2325
		2326	C<$flags> can be a combination of
		2327	C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		2328	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>,
		2329	or a number of system-specific flags (when not available, the are C<0>):
		2330	C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS> (which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this constant),
		2331	C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		2332	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>,
		2333	C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE>,
		2334	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>,
		2335	C<IO::AIO::MAP_FIXED>,
		2336	C<IO::AIO::MAP_GROWSDOWN>,
		2337	C<IO::AIO::MAP_32BIT>,
		2338	C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB> or
		2339	C<IO::AIO::MAP_STACK>.
		2340
		2341	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		2342
		2343	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		2344	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		2345
		2346	Example:
		2347
		2348	use Digest::MD5;
		2349	use IO::AIO;
		2350
		2351	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		2352	or die "$!";
		2353
		2354	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		2355	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		2356
		2357	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		2358
		2359	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		2360
		2361	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		2362
		2363	=item IO::AIO::mremap $scalar, $new_length, $flags = MREMAP_MAYMOVE[, $new_address = 0]
		2364
		2365	Calls the Linux-specific mremap(2) system call. The C<$scalar> must have
		2366	been mapped by C<IO::AIO::mmap>, and C<$flags> must currently either be
		2367	C<0> or C<IO::AIO::MREMAP_MAYMOVE>.
		2368
		2369	Returns true if successful, and false otherwise. If the underlying mmapped
		2370	region has changed address, then the true value has the numerical value
		2371	C<1>, otherwise it has the numerical value C<0>:
		2372
		2373	my $success = IO::AIO::mremap $mmapped, 8192, IO::AIO::MREMAP_MAYMOVE
		2374	or die "mremap: $!";
		2375
		2376	if ($success*1) {
		2377	warn "scalar has chanegd address in memory\n";
		2378	}
		2379
		2380	C<IO::AIO::MREMAP_FIXED> and the C<$new_address> argument are currently
		2381	implemented, but not supported and might go away in a future version.
		2382
		2383	On systems where this call is not supported or is not emulated, this call
		2384	returns falls and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		2385
		2386	=item IO::AIO::mlockall $flags
		2387
		2388	Calls the C<eio_mlockall_sync> function, which is like C<aio_mlockall>,
		2389	but is blocking.
		2390
		2391	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		2392
		2393	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		2394	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		2395
		2396	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		2397
		2398	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		2399
		2400	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		2401	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		2402
		2403	=item $fh = IO::AIO::accept4 $r_fh, $sockaddr, $sockaddr_maxlen, $flags
		2404
		2405	Uses the GNU/Linux C<accept4(2)> syscall, if available, to accept a socket
		2406	and return the new file handle on success, or sets C<$!> and returns
		2407	C<undef> on error.
		2408
		2409	The remote name of the new socket will be stored in C<$sockaddr>, which
		2410	will be extended to allow for at least C<$sockaddr_maxlen> octets. If the
		2411	socket name does not fit into C<$sockaddr_maxlen> octets, this is signaled
		2412	by returning a longer string in C<$sockaddr>, which might or might not be
		2413	truncated.
		2414
		2415	To accept name-less sockets, use C<undef> for C<$sockaddr> and C<0> for
		2416	C<$sockaddr_maxlen>.
		2417
		2418	The main reasons to use this syscall rather than portable C«accept(2)>
		2419	are that you can specify C<SOCK_NONBLOCK> and/or C<SOCK_CLOEXEC>
		2420	flags and you can accept name-less sockets by specifying C<0> for
		2421	C<$sockaddr_maxlen>, which is sadly not possible with perl's interface to
		2422	C<accept>.
		2423
		2424	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2425
		2426	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2427	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2428	should be the file offset.
		2429
		2430	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2431	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2432
		2433	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2434	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2435	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2436
		2437	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2438
		2439	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2440
		2441	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see its manpage and the
		2442	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2443
		2444	=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		2445
		2446	Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
		2447	on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
		2448	C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
		2449	size on other systems, drop me a note.
		2450
		2451	=item ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 [$flags]
		2452
		2453	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<pipe2(2)> system call. If
		2454	C<$flags> is missing or C<0>, then this should be the same as a call to
		2455	perl's built-in C<pipe> function and create a new pipe, and works on
		2456	systems that lack the pipe2 syscall. On win32, this case invokes C<_pipe
		2457	(..., 4096, O_BINARY)>.
		2458
		2459	If C<$flags> is non-zero, it tries to invoke the pipe2 system call with
		2460	the given flags (Linux 2.6.27, glibc 2.9).
		2461
		2462	On success, the read and write file handles are returned.
		2463
		2464	On error, nothing will be returned. If the pipe2 syscall is missing and
		2465	C<$flags> is non-zero, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2466
		2467	Please refer to L<pipe2(2)> for more info on the C<$flags>, but at the
		2468	time of this writing, C<IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC>, C<IO::AIO::O_NONBLOCK> and
		2469	C<IO::AIO::O_DIRECT> (Linux 3.4, for packet-based pipes) were supported.
		2470
		2471	Example: create a pipe race-free w.r.t. threads and fork:
		2472
		2473	my ($rfh, $wfh) = IO::AIO::pipe2 IO::AIO::O_CLOEXEC
		2474	or die "pipe2: $!\n";
		2475
		2476	=item $fh = IO::AIO::memfd_create $pathname[, $flags]
		2477
		2478	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<memfd_create(2)> system
		2479	call. The (unhelpful) default for C<$flags> is C<0>, but your default
		2480	should be C<IO::AIO::MFD_CLOEXEC>.
		2481
		2482	On success, the new memfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
		2483	C<undef>. If the memfd_create syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2484
		2485	Please refer to L<memfd_create(2)> for more info on this call.
		2486
		2487	The following C<$flags> values are available: C<IO::AIO::MFD_CLOEXEC>,
		2488	C<IO::AIO::MFD_ALLOW_SEALING> and C<IO::AIO::MFD_HUGETLB>.
		2489
		2490	Example: create a new memfd.
		2491
		2492	my $fh = IO::AIO::memfd_create "somenameforprocfd", IO::AIO::MFD_CLOEXEC
		2493	or die "m,emfd_create: $!\n";
		2494	=item $fh = IO::AIO::eventfd [$initval, [$flags]]
		2495
		2496	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<eventfd(2)> system call. The
		2497	(unhelpful) defaults for C<$initval> and C<$flags> are C<0> for both.
		2498
		2499	On success, the new eventfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
		2500	C<undef>. If the eventfd syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2501
		2502	Please refer to L<eventfd(2)> for more info on this call.
		2503
		2504	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::EFD_CLOEXEC>,
		2505	C<IO::AIO::EFD_NONBLOCK> and C<IO::AIO::EFD_SEMAPHORE> (Linux 2.6.30).
		2506
		2507	Example: create a new eventfd filehandle:
		2508
		2509	$fh = IO::AIO::eventfd 0, IO::AIO::EFD_CLOEXEC
		2510	or die "eventfd: $!\n";
		2511
		2512	=item $fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create $clockid[, $flags]
		2513
		2514	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_create(2)> system
		2515	call. The (unhelpful) default for C<$flags> is C<0>, but your default
		2516	should be C<IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC>.
		2517
		2518	On success, the new timerfd filehandle is returned, otherwise returns
		2519	C<undef>. If the timerfd_create syscall is missing, fails with C<ENOSYS>.
		2520
		2521	Please refer to L<timerfd_create(2)> for more info on this call.
		2522
		2523	The following C<$clockid> values are
		2524	available: C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_REALTIME>, C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_MONOTONIC>
		2525	C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_BOOTTIME> (Linux 3.15)
		2526	C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM> (Linux 3.11) and
		2527	C<IO::AIO::CLOCK_CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM> (Linux 3.11).
		2528
		2529	The following C<$flags> values are available (Linux
		2530	2.6.27): C<IO::AIO::TFD_NONBLOCK> and C<IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC>.
		2531
		2532	Example: create a new timerfd and set it to one-second repeated alarms,
		2533	then wait for two alarms:
		2534
		2535	my $fh = IO::AIO::timerfd_create IO::AIO::CLOCK_BOOTTIME, IO::AIO::TFD_CLOEXEC
		2536	or die "timerfd_create: $!\n";
		2537
		2538	defined IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, 0, 1, 1
		2539	or die "timerfd_settime: $!\n";
		2540
		2541	for (1..2) {
		2542	8 == sysread $fh, my $buf, 8
		2543	or die "timerfd read failure\n";
		2544
		2545	printf "number of expirations (likely 1): %d\n",
		2546	unpack "Q", $buf;
		2547	}
		2548
		2549	=item ($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_settime $fh, $flags, $new_interval, $nbw_value
		2550
		2551	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_settime(2)> system
		2552	call. Please refer to its manpage for more info on this call.
		2553
		2554	The new itimerspec is specified using two (possibly fractional) second
		2555	values, C<$new_interval> and C<$new_value>).
		2556
		2557	On success, the current interval and value are returned (as per
		2558	C<timerfd_gettime>). On failure, the empty list is returned.
		2559
		2560	The following C<$flags> values are
		2561	available: C<IO::AIO::TFD_TIMER_ABSTIME> and
		2562	C<IO::AIO::TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET>.
		2563
		2564	See C<IO::AIO::timerfd_create> for a full example.
		2565
		2566	=item ($cur_interval, $cur_value) = IO::AIO::timerfd_gettime $fh
		2567
		2568	This is a direct interface to the Linux L<timerfd_gettime(2)> system
		2569	call. Please refer to its manpage for more info on this call.
		2570
		2571	On success, returns the current values of interval and value for the given
		2572	timerfd (as potentially fractional second values). On failure, the empty
		2573	list is returned.
		2574
		2575	=back
		2576
1095	=cut	2577	=cut
1096		2578
1097	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
1098	sub _fd2fh {
1099	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
1100
1101	# try to generate nice filehandles
1102	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
1103	local *$sym;
1104
1105	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1106	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1107	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1108	or return undef;
1109
1110	*$sym
1111	}
1112
1113	min_parallel 8;	2579	min_parallel 8;
1114		2580
1115	END {	2581	END { flush }
1116	min_parallel 1;
1117	flush;
1118	};
1119		2582
1120	1;	2583	1;
1121		2584
		2585	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2586
		2587	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2588	automatically into many event loops:
		2589
		2590	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2591	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2592
		2593	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2594	some examples of how to do this:
		2595
		2596	# EV integration
		2597	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2598
		2599	# Event integration
		2600	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2601	poll => 'r',
		2602	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2603
		2604	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		2605	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2606	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		2607
		2608	# Tk integration
		2609	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		2610	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2611
		2612	# Danga::Socket integration
		2613	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		2614	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2615
1122	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2616	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1123		2617
1124	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2618	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2619	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2620	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2621	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2622	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2623	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2624	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1125		2625
1126	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2626	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1127	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2627	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1128	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2628	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1129	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1130	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1131	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1132	parent process has been reached again.
1133		2629
1134	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2630	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1135	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2631	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1136	yet.	2632	child:
		2633
		2634	=over 4
		2635
		2636	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2637
		2638	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2639	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2640	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2641
		2642	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2643	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2644	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2645	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2646
		2647	=back
		2648
		2649	=head2 LINUX-SPECIFIC CALLS
		2650
		2651	When a call is documented as "linux-specific" then this means it
		2652	originated on GNU/Linux. C<IO::AIO> will usually try to autodetect the
		2653	availability and compatibility of such calls regardless of the platform
		2654	it is compiled on, so platforms such as FreeBSD which often implement
		2655	these calls will work. When in doubt, call them and see if they fail wth
		2656	C<ENOSYS>.
1137		2657
1138	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2658	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1139		2659
1140	Per-request usage:	2660	Per-request usage:
1141		2661
…		…
1143	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly	2663	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1144	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl	2664	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1145	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and	2665	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1146	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.	2666	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1147		2667
1148	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	2668	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1149	problem.	2669	problem.
1150		2670
1151	Per-thread usage:	2671	Per-thread usage:
1152		2672
1153	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for	2673	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1154	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data	2674	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1155	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).	2675	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1156		2676
1157	=head1 KNOWN BUGS	2677	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1158		2678
1159	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.	2679	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release :)
		2680
		2681	=head1 KNOWN ISSUES
		2682
		2683	Calls that try to "import" foreign memory areas (such as C<IO::AIO::mmap>
		2684	or C<IO::AIO::aio_slurp>) do not work with generic lvalues, such as
		2685	non-created hash slots or other scalars I didn't think of. It's best to
		2686	avoid such and either use scalar variables or making sure that the scalar
		2687	exists (e.g. by storing C<undef>) and isn't "funny" (e.g. tied).
		2688
		2689	I am not sure anything can be done about this, so this is considered a
		2690	known issue, rather than a bug.
1160		2691
1161	=head1 SEE ALSO	2692	=head1 SEE ALSO
1162		2693
1163	L<Coro::AIO>.	2694	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		2695	more natural syntax and L<IO::FDPass> for file descriptor passing.
1164		2696
1165	=head1 AUTHOR	2697	=head1 AUTHOR
1166		2698
1167	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	2699	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1168	http://home.schmorp.de/	2700	http://home.schmorp.de/

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