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15		15
16	aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {	16	aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	17	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18	};	18	};
19		19
20	# Event	20	# version 2+ has request and group objects
		21	use IO::AIO 2;
		22
		23	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
		24	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
		25
		26	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
		27	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
		28
		29	# AnyEvent integration
		30	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
		31	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
		32
		33	# Event integration
21	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	34	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22	poll => 'r',	35	poll => 'r',
23	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	36	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24		37
25	# Glib/Gtk2	38	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
26	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	39	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };	40	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28		41
29	# Tk	42	# Tk integration
30	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",	43	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	44	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32		45
33	# Danga::Socket	46	# Danga::Socket integration
34	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>	47	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	48	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37		49
38	=head1 DESCRIPTION	50	=head1 DESCRIPTION
39		51
40	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	52	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41	operating system supports.	53	operating system supports.
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57	=cut	69	=cut
58		70
59	package IO::AIO;	71	package IO::AIO;
60		72
61	no warnings;	73	no warnings;
		74	use strict 'vars';
62		75
63	use base 'Exporter';	76	use base 'Exporter';
64		77
65	use Fcntl ();
66
67	BEGIN {	78	BEGIN {
68	$VERSION = 1.6;	79	our $VERSION = '2.0';
69		80
70	@EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close stat	81	our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
71	aio_aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_symlink	82	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
72	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);	83	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
		84	aio_group);
73	@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel	85	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
74	max_outstanding nreqs);	86
		87	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
75		88
76	require XSLoader;	89	require XSLoader;
77	XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;	90	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
78	}	91	}
79		92
80	=head1 FUNCTIONS	93	=head1 FUNCTIONS
81		94
82	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	95	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
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90	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	103	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
91		104
92	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	105	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
93	internally until the request has finished.	106	internally until the request has finished.
94		107
		108	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
		109	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
		110
95	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	111	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
96	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	112	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
97	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	113	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
98	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	114	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
99	current working directory.	115	current working directory.
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105	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	121	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
106	use something else.	122	use something else.
107		123
108	=over 4	124	=over 4
109		125
110	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback	126	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
111		127
112	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	128	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
113	created filehandle for the file.	129	created filehandle for the file.
114		130
115	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	131	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
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132	} else {	148	} else {
133	die "open failed: $!\n";	149	die "open failed: $!\n";
134	}	150	}
135	};	151	};
136		152
137	=item aio_close $fh, $callback	153	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
138		154
139	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	155	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
140	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	156	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
141	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another	157	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
142	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls	158	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
143	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.	159	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
144		160
145	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	161	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
146	therefore best to avoid this function.	162	therefore best to avoid this function.
147		163
148	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback	164	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
149		165
150	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback	166	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151		167
152	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	168	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
153	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	169	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
154	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	170	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
155	like the syscall).	171	like the syscall).
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164	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	180	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
165	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	181	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
166	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	182	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
167	};	183	};
168		184
		185	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		186
		187	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
		188
		189	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		190	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		191	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		192
		193	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
		194	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
		195	and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
		196	followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
		197	order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
		198
		199	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		200	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		201	errors are being ignored.
		202
		203	=cut
		204
		205	sub aio_move($$$) {
		206	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		207
		208	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		209
		210	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		211	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		212	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		213	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		214	my @stat = stat $src_fh;
		215
		216	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
		217	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		218	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		219	close $src_fh;
		220
		221	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		222	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
		223	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
		224	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
		225	close $dst_fh;
		226
		227	add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
		228	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		229	};
		230	} else {
		231	my $errno = $!;
		232	add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
		233	$! = $errno;
		234	$grp->result (-1);
		235	};
		236	}
		237	};
		238	} else {
		239	$grp->result (-1);
		240	}
		241	},
		242
		243	} else {
		244	$grp->result (-1);
		245	}
		246	};
		247	} else {
		248	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		249	}
		250	};
		251
		252	$grp
		253	}
		254
169	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback	255	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
170		256
171	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	257	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
172	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	258	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
173	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	259	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
174	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	260	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
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187	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	273	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
188	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	274	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
189	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	275	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
190	read.	276	read.
191		277
192	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback	278	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
193		279
194	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	280	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
195	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	281	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
196	argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and	282	argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
197	C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in	283	C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
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201	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	287	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
202		288
203	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	289	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
204	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	290	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
205		291
206	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback	292	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
207		293
208	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback	294	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
209		295
210	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	296	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
211	be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>	297	be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
212	or C<-s _> etc...	298	or C<-s _> etc...
213		299
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223	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	309	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
224	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	310	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
225	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	311	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
226	};	312	};
227		313
228	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback	314	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
229		315
230	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	316	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
231	result code.	317	result code.
232		318
		319	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		320
		321	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
		322	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
		323
		324	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		325
		326	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
		327	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
		328
		329	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		330
		331	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
		332	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		333
233	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback	334	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234		335
235	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	336	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
236	result code.	337	result code.
237		338
238	=item aio_readdir $pathname $callback	339	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
239		340
240	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	341	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
241	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	342	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
242	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	343	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
243		344
244	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	345	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
245	with the filenames.	346	with the filenames.
246		347
		348	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		349
		350	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
		351
		352	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
		353	separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones
		354	you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot
		355	recurse into (everything else).
		356
		357	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub
		358	requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio
		359	requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a
		360	suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).
		361
		362	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
		363	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
		364
		365	Example:
		366
		367	aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
		368	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		369	print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
		370	print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
		371	};
		372
		373	Implementation notes.
		374
		375	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
		376
		377	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
		378	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
		379	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
		380	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
		381	of subdirectories will be assumed.
		382
		383	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
		384	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
		385	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
		386	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
		387	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
		388	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
		389	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
		390	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
		391
		392	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
		393	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
		394
		395	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
		396	fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
		397
		398	It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
		399	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
		400	directory counting heuristic.
		401
		402	=cut
		403
		404	sub aio_scandir($$$) {
		405	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
		406
		407	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		408
		409	$maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;
		410
		411	# stat once
		412	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
		413	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		414	my $now = time;
		415	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		416
		417	# read the directory entries
		418	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
		419	my $entries = shift
		420	or return $grp->result ();
		421
		422	# stat the dir another time
		423	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
		424	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		425
		426	my $ndirs;
		427
		428	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
		429	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
		430	$ndirs = -1;
		431	} else {
		432	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
		433	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
		434	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
		435	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
		436	}
		437
		438	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
		439	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
		440	$entries = [map $_->[0],
		441	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
		442	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
		443	@$entries];
		444
		445	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
		446
		447	my ($statcb, $schedcb);
		448	my $nreq = 0;
		449
		450	$schedcb = sub {
		451	if (@$entries) {
		452	if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
		453	my $ent = pop @$entries;
		454	$nreq++;
		455	add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
		456	}
		457	} elsif (!$nreq) {
		458	# finished
		459	undef $statcb;
		460	undef $schedcb;
		461	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
		462	undef $cb;
		463	}
		464	};
		465	$statcb = sub {
		466	my ($status, $entry) = @_;
		467
		468	if ($status < 0) {
		469	$nreq--;
		470	push @nondirs, $entry;
		471	&$schedcb;
		472	} else {
		473	# need to check for real directory
		474	add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
		475	$nreq--;
		476
		477	if (-d _) {
		478	push @dirs, $entry;
		479
		480	if (!--$ndirs) {
		481	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		482	$entries = [];
		483	}
		484	} else {
		485	push @nondirs, $entry;
		486	}
		487
		488	&$schedcb;
		489	}
		490	}
		491	};
		492
		493	&$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
		494	};
		495	};
		496	};
		497
		498	$grp
		499	}
		500
247	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback	501	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248		502
249	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	503	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
250	with the fsync result code.	504	with the fsync result code.
251		505
252	=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback	506	=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
253		507
254	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	508	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
255	callback with the fdatasync result code.	509	callback with the fdatasync result code.
256		510
257	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	511	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
258	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	512	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		513
		514	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
		515
		516	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		517
		518	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
		519	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
		520	many requests into a single, composite, request.
		521
		522	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
		523	for more info.
		524
		525	Example:
		526
		527	my $grp = aio_group sub {
		528	print "all stats done\n";
		529	};
		530
		531	add $grp
		532	(aio_stat ...),
		533	(aio_stat ...),
		534	...;
		535
		536	=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() NOT EXPORTED
		537
		538	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
		539	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
		540
		541	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
		542	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates
		543	is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application
		544	under artificial I/O pressure.
		545
		546	=back
		547
		548	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
		549
		550	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
		551	called in non-void context.
		552
		553	A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
		554	in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
		555	yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
		556	(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
		557	B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
		558	callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
		559	holds no resources anymore).
		560
		561	=over 4
		562
		563	=item $req->cancel
		564
		565	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
		566	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
		567	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
		568	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
		569	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
		570
		571	=back
		572
		573	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
		574
		575	This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
		576	objects of this class, too.
		577
		578	A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
		579	aio requests.
		580
		581	You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
		582	callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
		583	C<done> state:
		584
		585	my $grp = aio_group sub {
		586	print "all requests are done\n";
		587	};
		588
		589	You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
		590	C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
		591
		592	$grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
		593
		594	add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
		595	$_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
		596
		597	# add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
		598	add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
		599	$grp->result ("ok");
		600	};
		601	};
		602
		603	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
		604	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
		605
		606	The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
		607	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
		608
		609	They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
		610	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
		611
		612	They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
		613
		614	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
		615	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
		616	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
		617	exist.
		618
		619	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
		620	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
		621	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
		622	itself finish.
		623
		624	=over 4
		625
		626	=item $grp->add (...)
		627
		628	=item add $grp ...
		629
		630	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
		631	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
		632	dependencies.
		633
		634	Returns all its arguments.
		635
		636	=item $grp->result (...)
		637
		638	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
		639	subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.
259		640
260	=back	641	=back
261		642
262	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	643	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
263		644
…		…
391	}	772	}
392		773
393	1;	774	1;
394		775
395	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	776	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
		777
		778	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
396		779
397	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	780	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
398	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	781	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
399	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	782	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
400	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result	783	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
401	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in	784	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
402	the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the	785	the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
403	parent process has been reached again.	786	parent process has been reached again.
404		787
		788	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
		789	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
		790	yet.
		791
405	=head1 SEE ALSO	792	=head1 SEE ALSO
406		793
407	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.	794	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).
408		795
409	=head1 AUTHOR	796	=head1 AUTHOR
410		797
411	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	798	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
412	http://home.schmorp.de/	799	http://home.schmorp.de/

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