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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", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10	my ($fh) = @_;	10	my $fh = shift
		11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11	...	12	...
12	};	13	};
13		14
14	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	15	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15		16
16	aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {	17	aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	18	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18	};	19	};
19		20
20	# Event	21	# version 2+ has request and group objects
		22	use IO::AIO 2;
		23
		24	aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
		25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
		26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
		27
		28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
		29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
		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
21	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	36	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22	poll => 'r',	37	poll => 'r',
23	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	38	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24		39
25	# Glib/Gtk2	40	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
26	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	41	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };	42	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28		43
29	# Tk	44	# Tk integration
30	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",	45	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	46	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32		47
33	# Danga::Socket	48	# Danga::Socket integration
34	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>	49	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	50	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36		51
37
38	=head1 DESCRIPTION	52	=head1 DESCRIPTION
39		53
40	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	54	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41	operating system supports.	55	operating system supports.
42		56
		57	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		58	(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
		60	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		61	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		62	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
		64	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		65	concurrently.
		66
		67	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		68	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		69	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very
		70	inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event\|Event>
		71	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
		72
43	Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes	73	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
44	and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or	74	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
45	perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the	75	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
46	pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native	76	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
47	aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often	77	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
48	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,	78	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
49	for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the	79	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
50	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	80	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
		81	using threads anyway.
51		82
52	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	83	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
53	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call	84	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
54	C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other	85	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
55	C<aio_> functions) recursively.	86	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		87
		88	=head2 EXAMPLE
		89
		90	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads
		91	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
		92
		93	use Fcntl;
		94	use Event;
		95	use IO::AIO;
		96
		97	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event
		98	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		99	poll => 'r',
		100	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		101
		102	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
		103	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		104	my $fh = shift
		105	or die "error while opening: $!";
		106
		107	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
		108	my $size = -s $fh;
		109
		110	# queue a request to read the file
		111	my $contents;
		112	aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
		113	$_[0] == $size
		114	or die "short read: $!";
		115
		116	close $fh;
		117
		118	# file contents now in $contents
		119	print $contents;
		120
		121	# exit event loop and program
		122	Event::unloop;
		123	};
		124	};
		125
		126	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
		127	# check for sockets etc. etc.
		128
		129	# process events as long as there are some:
		130	Event::loop;
		131
		132	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
		133
		134	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
		135	directly visible to Perl.
		136
		137	If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
		138	object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
		139	which saves a bit of memory.
		140
		141	The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
		142	are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
		143
		144	During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
		145	in order:
		146
		147	=over 4
		148
		149	=item ready
		150
		151	Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
		152	waiting for a thread to execute it.
		153
		154	=item execute
		155
		156	A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
		157	executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
		158
		159	=item pending
		160
		161	The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
		162
		163	While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
		164	processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
		165	(or another function with the same effect).
		166
		167	=item result
		168
		169	The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
		170
		171	The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
		172	calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
		173	any groups they are contained in.
		174
		175	=item done
		176
		177	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
		178	(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
		179	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
		180	result in a runtime error).
		181
		182	=back
56		183
57	=cut	184	=cut
58		185
59	package IO::AIO;	186	package IO::AIO;
60		187
61	no warnings;	188	no warnings;
		189	use strict 'vars';
62		190
63	use base 'Exporter';	191	use base 'Exporter';
64		192
65	use Fcntl ();
66
67	BEGIN {	193	BEGIN {
68	$VERSION = 1.6;	194	our $VERSION = '2.5';
69		195
70	@EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	196	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
71	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_symlink	197	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
72	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);	198	aio_readlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link
73	@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel	199	aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir
74	max_outstanding nreqs);	200	aio_chown aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);
		201	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block));
		202	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
		203	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
		204	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		205	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);
		206
		207	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
75		208
76	require XSLoader;	209	require XSLoader;
77	XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;	210	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
78	}	211	}
79		212
80	=head1 FUNCTIONS	213	=head1 FUNCTIONS
81		214
82	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	215	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
83		216
84	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	217	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
85	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	218	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
86	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	219	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
87	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	220	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
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90	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	223	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
91		224
92	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	225	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
93	internally until the request has finished.	226	internally until the request has finished.
94		227
		228	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
		229	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
		230
95	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	231	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	232	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
97	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	233	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
98	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	234	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
99	current working directory.	235	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		236	paths.
100		237
101	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	238	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
102	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	239	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
103	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	240	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
104	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	241	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
105	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	242	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
106	use something else.	243	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		244
		245	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		246	handles correctly wether it is set or not.
107		247
108	=over 4	248	=over 4
109		249
		250	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		251
		252	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
		253	C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
		254
		255	The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
		256	and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
		257	first.
		258
		259	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
		260	functions.
		261
		262	Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
		263	higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
		264	open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
		265
		266	aioreq_pri -3;
		267	aio_open ..., sub {
		268	return unless $_[0];
		269
		270	aioreq_pri -2;
		271	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
		272	...
		273	};
		274	};
		275
		276
		277	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		278
		279	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
		280	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		281
		282
110	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback	283	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
111		284
112	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	285	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
113	created filehandle for the file.	286	created filehandle for the file.
114		287
115	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	288	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
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119	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	292	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
120		293
121	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	294	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
122	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	295	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
123	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	296	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
124	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	297	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		298	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		299	change the umask.
125		300
126	Example:	301	Example:
127		302
128	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	303	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
129	if ($_[0]) {	304	if ($_[0]) {
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132	} else {	307	} else {
133	die "open failed: $!\n";	308	die "open failed: $!\n";
134	}	309	}
135	};	310	};
136		311
		312
137	=item aio_close $fh, $callback	313	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
138		314
139	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	315	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
140	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	316	code.
141	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
142	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
143	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
144		317
145	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	318	Unlike the other functions operating on files, this function uses the
146	therefore best to avoid this function.	319	PerlIO layer to close the filehandle. The reason is that the PerlIO API
		320	insists on closing the underlying fd itself, no matter what, and doesn't
		321	allow modifications to the fd. Unfortunately, it is not clear that you can
		322	call PerlIO from different threads (actually, its quite clear that this
		323	won't work in some cases), so while it likely works perfectly with simple
		324	file handles (such as the ones created by C<aio_open>) it might fail in
		325	interesting ways for others.
147		326
		327	Having said that, aio_close tries to clean up the filehandle as much as
		328	possible before handing it to an io thread, and generally does work.
		329
		330
148	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback	331	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
149		332
150	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback	333	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151		334
152	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	335	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset>
153	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	336	into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the
154	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	337	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
155	like the syscall).	338	like the syscall).
156		339
		340	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		341	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		342	changed by these calls.
		343
		344	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>.
		345
		346	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		347	C<$data>.
		348
157	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	349	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
158	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	350	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
159	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	351	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
160		352
161	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	353	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
162	offset C<0> within the scalar:	354	offset C<0> within the scalar:
163		355
164	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	356	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
165	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	357	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
166	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	358	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
167	};	359	};
168		360
		361
169	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback	362	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
170		363
171	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	364	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
172	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	365	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
173	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	366	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
174	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	367	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$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	380	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
188	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	381	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
189	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	382	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
190	read.	383	read.
191		384
		385
192	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback	386	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
193		387
194	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	388	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<$offset>	389	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
196	argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and	390	argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
197	C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in	391	C<$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.	395	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
202		396
203	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	397	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.	398	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
205		399
		400
206	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback	401	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
207		402
208	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback	403	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
209		404
210	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	405	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 _>	406	be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
212	or C<-s _> etc...	407	or C<-s _> etc...
213		408
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223	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	418	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
224	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	419	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
225	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	420	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
226	};	421	};
227		422
		423
		424	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		425
		426	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		427	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		428	syscalls support them.
		429
		430	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		431	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		432	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		433
		434	Examples:
		435
		436	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		437	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		438	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		439	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		440
		441
		442	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		443
		444	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		445	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		446
		447	Examples:
		448
		449	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		450	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		451	# same as above:
		452	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		453
		454
		455	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		456
		457	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		458
		459
		460	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		461
		462	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		463
		464
228	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback	465	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
229		466
230	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	467	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
231	result code.	468	result code.
232		469
		470
		471	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		472
		473	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		474
		475	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
		476
		477	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
		478
		479	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO \| $mode, 0, sub { ...
		480
		481
		482	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		483
		484	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
		485	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
		486
		487
		488	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		489
		490	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
		491	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
		492
		493
		494	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		495
		496	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		497	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		498	callback.
		499
		500
		501	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		502
		503	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
		504	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
		505
		506
		507	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		508
		509	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		510	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		511	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		512
		513
233	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback	514	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234		515
235	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	516	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
236	result code.	517	result code.
237		518
		519
238	=item aio_readdir $pathname $callback	520	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
239		521
240	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	522	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	523	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
242	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	524	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
243		525
244	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	526	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
245	with the filenames.	527	with the filenames.
246		528
		529
		530	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		531
		532	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		533	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		534
		535	=cut
		536
		537	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		538	aio_block {
		539	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		540	my $data = \$_[1];
		541
		542	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		543	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		544
		545	aioreq_pri $pri;
		546	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		547	my $fh = shift
		548	or return $grp->result (-1);
		549
		550	aioreq_pri $pri;
		551	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		552	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		553	};
		554	};
		555
		556	$grp
		557	}
		558	}
		559
		560	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		561
		562	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		563	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		564	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		565
		566	This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with
		567	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
		568	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
		569	uid/gid, in that order.
		570
		571	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		572	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		573	errors are being ignored.
		574
		575	=cut
		576
		577	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
		578	aio_block {
		579	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		580
		581	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		582	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		583
		584	aioreq_pri $pri;
		585	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		586	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		587	my @stat = stat $src_fh;
		588
		589	aioreq_pri $pri;
		590	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT \| O_WRONLY \| O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
		591	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		592	aioreq_pri $pri;
		593	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		594	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		595	$grp->result (0);
		596	close $src_fh;
		597
		598	# those should not normally block. should. should.
		599	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
		600	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
		601	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
		602	close $dst_fh;
		603	} else {
		604	$grp->result (-1);
		605	close $src_fh;
		606	close $dst_fh;
		607
		608	aioreq $pri;
		609	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
		610	}
		611	};
		612	} else {
		613	$grp->result (-1);
		614	}
		615	},
		616
		617	} else {
		618	$grp->result (-1);
		619	}
		620	};
		621
		622	$grp
		623	}
		624	}
		625
		626	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		627
		628	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		629	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		630	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		631
		632	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
		633	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
		634	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
		635
		636	=cut
		637
		638	sub aio_move($$;$) {
		639	aio_block {
		640	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		641
		642	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		643	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		644
		645	aioreq_pri $pri;
		646	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		647	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		648	aioreq_pri $pri;
		649	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
		650	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		651
		652	if (!$_[0]) {
		653	aioreq_pri $pri;
		654	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		655	}
		656	};
		657	} else {
		658	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		659	}
		660	};
		661
		662	$grp
		663	}
		664	}
		665
		666	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		667
		668	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
		669	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
		670	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
		671	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
		672
		673	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
		674	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
		675	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
		676	will be chosen (currently 4).
		677
		678	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
		679	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
		680
		681	Example:
		682
		683	aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
		684	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		685	print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
		686	print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
		687	};
		688
		689	Implementation notes.
		690
		691	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
		692
		693	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
		694	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
		695	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
		696	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
		697	of subdirectories will be assumed.
		698
		699	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
		700	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
		701	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
		702	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
		703	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
		704	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
		705	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
		706	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
		707
		708	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
		709	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
		710
		711	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
		712	fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
		713
		714	It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
		715	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
		716	directory counting heuristic.
		717
		718	=cut
		719
		720	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
		721	aio_block {
		722	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
		723
		724	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		725
		726	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		727
		728	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
		729
		730	# stat once
		731	aioreq_pri $pri;
		732	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
		733	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
		734	my $now = time;
		735	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		736
		737	# read the directory entries
		738	aioreq_pri $pri;
		739	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
		740	my $entries = shift
		741	or return $grp->result ();
		742
		743	# stat the dir another time
		744	aioreq_pri $pri;
		745	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
		746	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
		747
		748	my $ndirs;
		749
		750	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
		751	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
		752	$ndirs = -1;
		753	} else {
		754	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
		755	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
		756	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
		757	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
		758	}
		759
		760	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
		761	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
		762	$entries = [map $_->[0],
		763	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
		764	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
		765	@$entries];
		766
		767	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
		768
		769	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
		770	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		771	};
		772
		773	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
		774	feed $statgrp sub {
		775	return unless @$entries;
		776	my $entry = pop @$entries;
		777
		778	aioreq_pri $pri;
		779	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
		780	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		781	push @nondirs, $entry;
		782	} else {
		783	# need to check for real directory
		784	aioreq_pri $pri;
		785	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
		786	if (-d _) {
		787	push @dirs, $entry;
		788
		789	unless (--$ndirs) {
		790	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		791	feed $statgrp;
		792	}
		793	} else {
		794	push @nondirs, $entry;
		795	}
		796	}
		797	}
		798	};
		799	};
		800	};
		801	};
		802	};
		803
		804	$grp
		805	}
		806	}
		807
		808	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		809
		810	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		811	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		812	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		813	everything else.
		814
		815	=cut
		816
		817	sub aio_rmtree;
		818	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		819	aio_block {
		820	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		821
		822	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		823	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		824
		825	aioreq_pri $pri;
		826	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		827	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		828
		829	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		830	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		831	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		832	};
		833	};
		834
		835	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		836	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		837
		838	add $grp $dirgrp;
		839	};
		840
		841	$grp
		842	}
		843	}
		844
247	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback	845	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248		846
249	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	847	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
250	with the fsync result code.	848	with the fsync result code.
251		849
252	=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback	850	=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
253		851
254	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	852	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
255	callback with the fdatasync result code.	853	callback with the fdatasync result code.
256		854
257	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	855	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.	856	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
259		857
		858	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
		859
		860	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
		861	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
		862	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
		863	and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
		864
		865	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
		866	for more info.
		867
		868	Example:
		869
		870	my $grp = aio_group sub {
		871	print "all stats done\n";
		872	};
		873
		874	add $grp
		875	(aio_stat ...),
		876	(aio_stat ...),
		877	...;
		878
		879	=item aio_nop $callback->()
		880
		881	This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
		882	side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
		883	that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
		884	code.
		885
		886	While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
		887	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
		888	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
		889	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
		890	latency.
		891
		892	=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() NOT EXPORTED
		893
		894	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
		895	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
		896
		897	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
		898	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
		899	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
		900	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
		901
260	=back	902	=back
261		903
		904	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
		905
		906	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
		907	called in non-void context.
		908
		909	=over 4
		910
		911	=item cancel $req
		912
		913	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
		914	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
		915	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
		916	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
		917	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
		918
		919	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
		920
		921	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
		922
		923	=back
		924
		925	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
		926
		927	This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
		928	objects of this class, too.
		929
		930	A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
		931	aio requests.
		932
		933	You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
		934	callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
		935	C<done> state:
		936
		937	my $grp = aio_group sub {
		938	print "all requests are done\n";
		939	};
		940
		941	You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
		942	C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
		943
		944	$grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
		945
		946	add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
		947	$_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
		948
		949	# add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
		950	add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
		951	$grp->result ("ok");
		952	};
		953	};
		954
		955	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
		956	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
		957
		958	=over 4
		959
		960	=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
		961	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
		962
		963	=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
		964	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
		965
		966	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
		967
		968	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
		969	any later time).
		970
		971	=back
		972
		973	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
		974	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
		975	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
		976	exist.
		977
		978	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
		979	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
		980	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
		981	itself finish.
		982
		983	=over 4
		984
		985	=item add $grp ...
		986
		987	=item $grp->add (...)
		988
		989	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
		990	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
		991	dependencies.
		992
		993	Returns all its arguments.
		994
		995	=item $grp->cancel_subs
		996
		997	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
		998	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
		999
		1000	=item $grp->result (...)
		1001
		1002	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
		1003	subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value
		1004	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
		1005	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
		1006
		1007	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
		1008
		1009	Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
		1010	when the argument is missing.
		1011
		1012	Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
		1013	the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
		1014	default (0).
		1015
		1016	Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
		1017	before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
		1018
		1019	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
		1020
		1021	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
		1022	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
		1023	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
		1024	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
		1025	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
		1026	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
		1027
		1028	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
		1029	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
		1030	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
		1031	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
		1032	requests.
		1033
		1034	The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
		1035	not impose any limits).
		1036
		1037	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
		1038	automatically removed from the group.
		1039
		1040	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
		1041
		1042	Example:
		1043
		1044	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
		1045
		1046	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
		1047	limit $grp 4;
		1048	feed $grp sub {
		1049	my $file = pop @files
		1050	or return;
		1051
		1052	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
		1053	};
		1054
		1055	=item limit $grp $num
		1056
		1057	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
		1058	the group contains less than this many requests.
		1059
		1060	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
		1061
		1062	=back
		1063
262	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1064	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
		1065
		1066	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
263		1067
264	=over 4	1068	=over 4
265		1069
266	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1070	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
267		1071
…		…
272		1076
273	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1077	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
274		1078
275	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1079	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
276		1080
277	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1081	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
278	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1082	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
279	when no events are outstanding.	1083	when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on
		1084	the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
		1085
		1086	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
		1087	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
280		1088
281	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1089	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
282	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1090	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
283		1091
284	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1092	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
285	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1093	poll => 'r', async => 1,
286	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1094	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
287		1095
		1096	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1097
		1098	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1099
		1100	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1101	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1102	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1103	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1104	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1105
		1106	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1107	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1108	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1109	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1110
		1111	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1112	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1113	time.
		1114
		1115	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
		1116
		1117	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		1118	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
		1119	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
		1120
		1121	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1122	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1123
		1124	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
		1125	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1126	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
		1127	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1128
288	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1129	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
289		1130
		1131	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
290	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1132	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
291	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait	1133	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
292	for some requests to finish).	1134	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
293		1135
294	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1136	See C<nreqs> for an example.
295		1137
		1138	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1139
		1140	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1141
		1142	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1143	equivalent to:
		1144
		1145	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1146
296	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1147	=item IO::AIO::flush
297		1148
298	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their	1149	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
299	callback has not been invoked yet).
300		1150
301	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:	1151	Strictly equivalent to:
302		1152
303	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1153	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
304	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1154	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
305		1155
306	=item IO::AIO::flush	1156	=back
307		1157
308	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.	1158	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
309		1159
310	Strictly equivalent to:	1160	=over
311
312	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
313	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
314
315	=item IO::AIO::poll
316
317	Waits until some requests have been handled.
318
319	Strictly equivalent to:
320
321	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
322	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
323		1161
324	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1162	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
325		1163
326	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default	1164	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
327	is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time	1165	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
328	(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).	1166	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
		1167	however, is unlimited).
329		1168
330	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1169	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
331	no free thread exists.	1170	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1171	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1172	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
332		1173
333	It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux	1174	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
334	kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher	1175	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
335	parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32	1176	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
336	threads should be fine.	1177	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
337		1178
338	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the	1179	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
339	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.	1180	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
340		1181
341	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads	1182	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
…		…
350	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1191	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
351	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1192	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
352		1193
353	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1194	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
354		1195
		1196	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1197
		1198	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
		1199	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
		1200	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
		1201	idle, it will free its resources and exit.
		1202
		1203	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1204	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1205	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1206
		1207	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1208	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1209	want to use larger values.
		1210
355	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs	1211	=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1212
		1213	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
		1214	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
		1215	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
356		1216
357	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1217	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
358	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until	1218	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
359	some requests have been handled.	1219	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
		1220	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
360		1221
361	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you	1222	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
362	queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set	1223	number of outstanding requests.
363	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
364		1224
365	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1225	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
		1226	C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
		1227	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
366		1228
367	=back	1229	=back
368		1230
		1231	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1232
		1233	=over
		1234
		1235	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1236
		1237	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1238	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1239
		1240	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1241
		1242	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1243	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1244
		1245	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1246
		1247	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1248	executed).
		1249
		1250	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1251
		1252	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1253	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1254
		1255	=back
		1256
369	=cut	1257	=cut
370		1258
371	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
372	sub _fd2fh {
373	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
374
375	# try to generate nice filehandles
376	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
377	local *$sym;
378
379	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
380	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
381	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
382	or return undef;
383
384	*$sym
385	}
386
387	min_parallel 4;	1259	min_parallel 8;
388		1260
389	END {	1261	END { flush }
390	max_parallel 0;
391	}
392		1262
393	1;	1263	1;
394		1264
395	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1265	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
		1266
		1267	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
396		1268
397	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1269	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	1270	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	1271	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
400	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result	1272	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
401	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in	1273	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
402	the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the	1274	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
403	parent process has been reached again.	1275	parent process has been reached again.
404		1276
		1277	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
		1278	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
		1279	yet.
		1280
		1281	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
		1282
		1283	Per-request usage:
		1284
		1285	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
		1286	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
		1287	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
		1288	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
		1289	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
		1290
		1291	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
		1292	problem.
		1293
		1294	Per-thread usage:
		1295
		1296	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
		1297	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
		1298	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
		1299
		1300	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
		1301
		1302	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
		1303
405	=head1 SEE ALSO	1304	=head1 SEE ALSO
406		1305
407	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.	1306	L<Coro::AIO>.
408		1307
409	=head1 AUTHOR	1308	=head1 AUTHOR
410		1309
411	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1310	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
412	http://home.schmorp.de/	1311	http://home.schmorp.de/

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