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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_; 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
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 22 use IO::AIO 2;
22 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 23
25 # Glib/Gtk2 24 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
27 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
28 27
29 # Tk 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32
33 # Danga::Socket
34 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 30
38=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
39 32
40This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
42 36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
52
43Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
44and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
45perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
46pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
47aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61using threads anyway.
51 62
52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
54C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
55C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
109
110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
111
112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
113directly visible to Perl.
114
115If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
116object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
117which saves a bit of memory.
118
119The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
120are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
121
122During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
123in order:
124
125=over 4
126
127=item ready
128
129Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
130waiting for a thread to execute it.
131
132=item execute
133
134A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
135executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
136
137=item pending
138
139The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
140
141While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
142processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
143(or another function with the same effect).
144
145=item result
146
147The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
148
149The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
150calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
151any groups they are contained in.
152
153=item done
154
155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
158result in a runtime error).
159
160=back
56 161
57=cut 162=cut
58 163
59package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
60 165
61no warnings; 166use Carp ();
167
168use common::sense;
62 169
63use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
64 171
65use Fcntl ();
66
67BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
68 $VERSION = 1.6; 173 our $VERSION = '3.65';
69 174
70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
71 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
72 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
73 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel 178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
74 max_outstanding nreqs); 179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
183 aio_statvfs);
184
185 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
186 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
187 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
188 nreqs nready npending nthreads
189 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
190 sendfile fadvise madvise
191 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
192
193 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
194
195 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
75 196
76 require XSLoader; 197 require XSLoader;
77 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 198 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
78} 199}
79 200
80=head1 FUNCTIONS 201=head1 FUNCTIONS
81 202
203=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
204
205This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
206for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
207documentation.
208
209 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
210 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
211 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
212 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
216 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
217 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
218 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
219 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
220 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
221 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
222 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
223 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
224 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
225 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
227 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
229 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
230 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
231 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
232 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
233 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
234 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
235 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
236 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
237 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
238 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
239 aio_sync $callback->($status)
240 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
241 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
242 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
243 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
244 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
245 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
246 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
247 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
248 aio_group $callback->(...)
249 aio_nop $callback->()
250
251 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
252 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
253
254 IO::AIO::poll_wait
255 IO::AIO::poll_cb
256 IO::AIO::poll
257 IO::AIO::flush
258 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
259 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
260 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
261 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
262 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
263 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
264 IO::AIO::nreqs
265 IO::AIO::nready
266 IO::AIO::npending
267
268 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
269 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
270 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
271 IO::AIO::munlockall
272
82=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 273=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
83 274
84All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 275All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
85with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 276with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
86and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 277and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
87which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 278which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
88the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 279the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
89perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 280perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
90syscall has been executed asynchronously. 281syscall has been executed asynchronously.
91 282
92All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 283All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
93internally until the request has finished. 284internally until the request has finished.
94 285
286All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
287further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
288
95The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 289The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
96encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 290encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
97request is being executed, the current working directory could have 291request is being executed, the current working directory could have
98changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 292changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
99current working directory. 293current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
294paths.
100 295
101To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 296To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
102always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 297in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
103etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 298tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
104your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 299your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
105environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 300environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
106use something else. 301use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
302
303This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
304handles correctly whether it is set or not.
107 305
108=over 4 306=over 4
109 307
308=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
309
310Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
311C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
312
313The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
314and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
315first.
316
317The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
318functions.
319
320Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
321higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
322open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
323
324 aioreq_pri -3;
325 aio_open ..., sub {
326 return unless $_[0];
327
328 aioreq_pri -2;
329 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
330 ...
331 };
332 };
333
334
335=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
336
337Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
338priority, so the effect is cumulative.
339
340
110=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 341=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
111 342
112Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 343Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
113created filehandle for the file. 344created filehandle for the file.
114 345
115The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 346The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
119list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 350list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
120 351
121Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 352Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
122didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 353didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
123except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 354except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
124and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 355and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
356by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
357change the umask.
125 358
126Example: 359Example:
127 360
128 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 361 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
129 if ($_[0]) { 362 if ($_[0]) {
130 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 363 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
131 ... 364 ...
132 } else { 365 } else {
133 die "open failed: $!\n"; 366 die "open failed: $!\n";
134 } 367 }
135 }; 368 };
136 369
370
137=item aio_close $fh, $callback 371=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
138 372
139Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 373Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
140code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 374code.
141filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
142time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
143C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
144 375
145This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 376Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
146therefore best to avoid this function. 377closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
147 378
379Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
380use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
381(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
382
383Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
384free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
385
386=cut
387
148=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 388=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
149 389
150=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 390=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 391
152Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 392Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
153into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 393C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
154callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 394and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
155like the syscall). 395error, just like the syscall).
396
397C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
398offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
399
400If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
401be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
402changed by these calls.
403
404If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
405C<$data>.
406
407If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
408C<$data>.
156 409
157The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 410The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
158is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 411is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
159necessary/optional hardware is installed). 412the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
160 413
161Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 414Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
162offset C<0> within the scalar: 415offset C<0> within the scalar:
163 416
164 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 417 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
165 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 418 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
166 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 419 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
167 }; 420 };
168 421
422
169=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback 423=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
170 424
171Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 425Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
172reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 426reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
173file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 427file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
174than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 428than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
175other. 429other.
176 430
177This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 431This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
178zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 432zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
179socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 433socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
180 434
181If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 435If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
436C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,
182emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 437it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of
183regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 438filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
184 439
185Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 440Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
186C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 441C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
187bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 442bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
188provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 443provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
189value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 444value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
190read. 445read.
191 446
447
192=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 448=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
193 449
194C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 450C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
195subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 451subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
196argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 452argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
197C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 453C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
201file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 457file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
202 458
203If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 459If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
204emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 460emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
205 461
462
206=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 463=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
207 464
208=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 465=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
209 466
210Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 467Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
211be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 468be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
212or C<-s _> etc... 469or C<-s _> etc...
213 470
223 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 480 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
224 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 481 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
225 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 482 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
226 }; 483 };
227 484
485
486=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
487
488Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
489whether a file handle or path was passed.
490
491On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
492members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
493C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
494is passed.
495
496The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
497C<ST_NOSUID>.
498
499The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
500their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
501not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
502C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
503C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
504
505Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
506
507 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
508 my $f = $_[0]
509 or die "statvfs: $!";
510
511 use Data::Dumper;
512 say Dumper $f;
513 };
514
515 # result:
516 {
517 bsize => 1024,
518 bfree => 4333064312,
519 blocks => 10253828096,
520 files => 2050765568,
521 flag => 4096,
522 favail => 2042092649,
523 bavail => 4333064312,
524 ffree => 2042092649,
525 namemax => 255,
526 frsize => 1024,
527 fsid => 1810
528 }
529
530
531=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
532
533Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
534and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
535syscalls support them.
536
537When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
538utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
539otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
540
541Examples:
542
543 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
544 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
545 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
546 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
547
548
549=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
550
551Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
552or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
553
554Examples:
555
556 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
557 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
558 # same as above:
559 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
560
561
562=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
563
564Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
565
566
567=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
568
569Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
570
571
228=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 572=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
229 573
230Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 574Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
231result code. 575result code.
232 576
577
578=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
579
580[EXPERIMENTAL]
581
582Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
583
584The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
585
586 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
587
588
589=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
590
591Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
592the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
593
594
595=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
596
597Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
598the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
599
600
601=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
602
603Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
604the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
605callback.
606
607
608=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
609
610Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
611rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
612
613
614=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
615
616Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
617the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
618request is executed, so do not change your umask.
619
620
233=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback 621=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 622
235Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 623Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
236result code. 624result code.
237 625
626
238=item aio_readdir $pathname $callback 627=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
239 628
240Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 629Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
241directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 630directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
242sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 631sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
243 632
244The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 633The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
245with the filenames. 634array-ref with the filenames.
246 635
636
637=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
638
639Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
640behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
641C<undef>.
642
643The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
644flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
645
646=over 4
647
648=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
649
650When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names
651only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
652C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
653entry in more detail.
654
655C<$name> is the name of the entry.
656
657C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
658
659C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
660C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
661C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
662
663C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
664know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
665scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
666
667C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
668bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
669systems that do not deliver the inode information.
670
671=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
672
673When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
674likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly
675find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to
676stat() each entry.
677
678If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
679to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files
680beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with
681short names are tried first.
682
683=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
684
685When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
686suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
687all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
688be fastest.
689
690If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
691the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
692
693=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
694
695This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
696is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
697C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
698C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
699
700=back
701
702
703=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
704
705This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
706memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
707
708=cut
709
710sub aio_load($$;$) {
711 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
712 my $data = \$_[1];
713
714 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
715 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
716
717 aioreq_pri $pri;
718 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
719 my $fh = shift
720 or return $grp->result (-1);
721
722 aioreq_pri $pri;
723 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
724 $grp->result ($_[0]);
725 };
726 };
727
728 $grp
729}
730
731=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
732
733Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
734destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
735a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
736
737This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
738mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
739C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
740uid/gid, in that order.
741
742If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
743possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
744errors are being ignored.
745
746=cut
747
748sub aio_copy($$;$) {
749 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
750
751 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
752 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
753
754 aioreq_pri $pri;
755 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
756 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
757 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
758
759 aioreq_pri $pri;
760 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
761 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
762 aioreq_pri $pri;
763 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
764 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
765 $grp->result (0);
766 close $src_fh;
767
768 my $ch = sub {
769 aioreq_pri $pri;
770 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
771 aioreq_pri $pri;
772 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
773 aioreq_pri $pri;
774 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
775 }
776 };
777 };
778
779 aioreq_pri $pri;
780 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
781 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
782 aioreq_pri $pri;
783 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
784 } else {
785 $ch->();
786 }
787 };
788 } else {
789 $grp->result (-1);
790 close $src_fh;
791 close $dst_fh;
792
793 aioreq $pri;
794 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
795 }
796 };
797 } else {
798 $grp->result (-1);
799 }
800 },
801
802 } else {
803 $grp->result (-1);
804 }
805 };
806
807 $grp
808}
809
810=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
811
812Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
813destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
814a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
815
816This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
817rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
818that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
819
820=cut
821
822sub aio_move($$;$) {
823 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
824
825 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
826 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
827
828 aioreq_pri $pri;
829 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
830 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
831 aioreq_pri $pri;
832 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
833 $grp->result ($_[0]);
834
835 if (!$_[0]) {
836 aioreq_pri $pri;
837 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
838 }
839 };
840 } else {
841 $grp->result ($_[0]);
842 }
843 };
844
845 $grp
846}
847
848=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
849
850Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
851efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
852names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
853recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
854
855C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
856C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
857this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
858will be chosen (currently 4).
859
860On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
861two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
862
863Example:
864
865 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
866 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
867 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
868 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
869 };
870
871Implementation notes.
872
873The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
874
875If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
876find directories.
877
878Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
879of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
880match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
881how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
882number of subdirectories will be assumed.
883
884Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
885currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
886entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
887in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
888entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
889seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
890filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
891data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
892the filetype information on readdir.
893
894If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
895rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
896
897This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
898fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
899
900It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
901as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
902directory counting heuristic.
903
904=cut
905
906sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
907 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
908
909 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
910
911 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
912
913 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
914
915 # stat once
916 aioreq_pri $pri;
917 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
918 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
919 my $now = time;
920 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
921
922 # read the directory entries
923 aioreq_pri $pri;
924 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
925 my $entries = shift
926 or return $grp->result ();
927
928 # stat the dir another time
929 aioreq_pri $pri;
930 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
931 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
932
933 my $ndirs;
934
935 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
936 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
937 $ndirs = -1;
938 } else {
939 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
940 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
941 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
942 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
943 }
944
945 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
946
947 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
948 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
949 };
950
951 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
952 feed $statgrp sub {
953 return unless @$entries;
954 my $entry = shift @$entries;
955
956 aioreq_pri $pri;
957 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
958 if ($_[0] < 0) {
959 push @nondirs, $entry;
960 } else {
961 # need to check for real directory
962 aioreq_pri $pri;
963 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
964 if (-d _) {
965 push @dirs, $entry;
966
967 unless (--$ndirs) {
968 push @nondirs, @$entries;
969 feed $statgrp;
970 }
971 } else {
972 push @nondirs, $entry;
973 }
974 }
975 }
976 };
977 };
978 };
979 };
980 };
981
982 $grp
983}
984
985=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
986
987Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
988status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
989uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
990everything else.
991
992=cut
993
994sub aio_rmtree;
995sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
996 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
997
998 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
999 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1000
1001 aioreq_pri $pri;
1002 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1003 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1004
1005 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1006 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1007 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1008 };
1009 };
1010
1011 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1012 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1013
1014 add $grp $dirgrp;
1015 };
1016
1017 $grp
1018}
1019
1020=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1021
1022Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1023
247=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 1024=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 1025
249Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1026Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
250with the fsync result code. 1027with the fsync result code.
251 1028
252=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 1029=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
253 1030
254Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1031Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
255callback with the fdatasync result code. 1032callback with the fdatasync result code.
256 1033
257If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1034If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
258detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1035detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
259 1036
1037=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1038
1039Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1040to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1041sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1042ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1043
1044C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1045C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1046C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1047manpage for details.
1048
1049=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1050
1051This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1052composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1053(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1054specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1055written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1056not just directories.
1057
1058Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1059C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1060
1061Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1062
1063=cut
1064
1065sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1066 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1067
1068 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1069 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1070
1071 aioreq_pri $pri;
1072 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1073 my ($fh) = @_;
1074 if ($fh) {
1075 aioreq_pri $pri;
1076 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1077 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1078
1079 aioreq_pri $pri;
1080 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1081 };
1082 } else {
1083 $grp->result (-1);
1084 }
1085 };
1086
1087 $grp
1088}
1089
1090=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1091
1092This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1093scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1094scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1095scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1096it).
1097
1098It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1099area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1100later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1101is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1102a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1103C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1104
1105=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1106
1107This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1108scalars.
1109
1110It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1111range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1112as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1113C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1114C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1115writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1116
1117=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1118
1119This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1120scalars.
1121
1122It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1123and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1124
1125If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1126
1127On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1128and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1129
1130Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1131documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1132
1133=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1134
1135Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1136C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1137
1138On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1139and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1140
1141Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1142documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1143
1144=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1145
1146This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1147container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1148many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1149and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
1150
1151Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
1152for more info.
1153
1154Example:
1155
1156 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1157 print "all stats done\n";
1158 };
1159
1160 add $grp
1161 (aio_stat ...),
1162 (aio_stat ...),
1163 ...;
1164
1165=item aio_nop $callback->()
1166
1167This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1168side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1169that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1170code.
1171
1172While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1173phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1174be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1175entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1176latency.
1177
1178=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
1179
1180Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
1181the request workers to sleep for the given time.
1182
1183While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
1184like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1185immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1186except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1187
260=back 1188=back
261 1189
1190=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1191
1192All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1193called in non-void context.
1194
1195=over 4
1196
1197=item cancel $req
1198
1199Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
1200when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
1201entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
1202untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
1203currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1204will not be freed prematurely.
1205
1206=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1207
1208Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
1209
1210=back
1211
1212=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
1213
1214This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
1215objects of this class, too.
1216
1217A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
1218aio requests.
1219
1220You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
1221callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
1222C<done> state:
1223
1224 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1225 print "all requests are done\n";
1226 };
1227
1228You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
1229C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
1230
1231 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
1232
1233 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1234 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1235
1236 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1237 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1238 $grp->result ("ok");
1239 };
1240 };
1241
1242This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
1243C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
1244
1245=over 4
1246
1247=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
1248C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
1249
1250=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
1251only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
1252
1253=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1254
1255=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1256any later time).
1257
1258=back
1259
1260Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1261will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1262C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1263exist.
1264
1265That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1266(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1267the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1268further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1269finished will the the group itself finish.
1270
1271=over 4
1272
1273=item add $grp ...
1274
1275=item $grp->add (...)
1276
1277Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1278be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1279dependencies.
1280
1281Returns all its arguments.
1282
1283=item $grp->cancel_subs
1284
1285Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1286itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1287
1288The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1289group).
1290
1291=item $grp->result (...)
1292
1293Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1294subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1295of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1296no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1297
1298=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1299
1300Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1301when the argument is missing.
1302
1303Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1304the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1305default (0).
1306
1307Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1308before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1309
1310=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1311
1312Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1313generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1314although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1315this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1316C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
1317delaying any later requests for a long time.
1318
1319To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1320instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1321feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1322below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1323requests.
1324
1325The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1326not impose any limits).
1327
1328If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1329automatically removed from the group.
1330
1331If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1332C<2> automatically.
1333
1334Example:
1335
1336 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1337
1338 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1339 limit $grp 4;
1340 feed $grp sub {
1341 my $file = pop @files
1342 or return;
1343
1344 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1345 };
1346
1347=item limit $grp $num
1348
1349Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1350the group contains less than this many requests.
1351
1352Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1353
1354The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1355automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1356
1357=back
1358
262=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1359=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
263 1360
1361=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1362
264=over 4 1363=over 4
265 1364
266=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1365=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
267 1366
268Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1367Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
269polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1368polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
270select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1369select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
271to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1370you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
272 1371
273See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1372See C<poll_cb> for an example.
274 1373
275=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1374=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
276 1375
277Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1376Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
278regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1377regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
279when no events are outstanding. 1378returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
1379are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1380C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1381
1382If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1383will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1384do anything special to have it called later.
280 1385
281Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1386Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
282IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1387IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1388SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
283 1389
284 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1390 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
285 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1391 poll => 'r', async => 1,
286 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1392 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
287 1393
288=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1394=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
289 1395
1396If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
290Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1397phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
291C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1398does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
292for some requests to finish). 1399synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
293 1400
294See C<nreqs> for an example. 1401See C<nreqs> for an example.
295 1402
1403=item IO::AIO::poll
1404
1405Waits until some requests have been handled.
1406
1407Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1408equivalent to:
1409
1410 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1411
296=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1412=item IO::AIO::flush
297 1413
298Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1414Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
299callback has not been invoked yet).
300 1415
301Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1416Strictly equivalent to:
302 1417
303 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1418 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
304 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1419 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
305 1420
306=item IO::AIO::flush 1421=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
307 1422
308Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1423=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
309 1424
310Strictly equivalent to: 1425These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1426that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1427the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1428C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1429of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
311 1430
312 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1431Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
313 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1432syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1433callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1434not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
314 1435
315=item IO::AIO::poll 1436Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1437interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1438time.
316 1439
317Waits until some requests have been handled. 1440For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
318 1441
319Strictly equivalent to: 1442Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1443IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1444program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
320 1445
321 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1446 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
322 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1447 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1448
1449 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1450 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1451 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1452 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1453
1454=back
1455
1456=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1457
1458=over
323 1459
324=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1460=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
325 1461
326Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1462Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
327is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1463default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
328(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1464concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1465however, is unlimited).
329 1466
330IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1467IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
331no free thread exists. 1468no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1469create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1470is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
332 1471
333It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1472It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
334kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1473Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
335parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1474(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
336threads should be fine. 1475versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
337 1476
338Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1477Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
339module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1478module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
340 1479
341=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1480=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
350This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1489This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
351that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1490that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
352 1491
353Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1492Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
354 1493
1494=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1495
1496Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
1497threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
1498means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
1499idle, it will free its resources and exit.
1500
1501This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1502to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1503under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1504
1505The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1506creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1507want to use larger values.
1508
355=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1509=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1510
1511This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1512blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1513use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
356 1514
357Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1515Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
358try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1516do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
359some requests have been handled. 1517C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1518function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
360 1519
361The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1520The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
362queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1521number of outstanding requests.
363this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
364 1522
365Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1523You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
1524C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
1525as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
366 1526
367=back 1527=back
368 1528
1529=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1530
1531=over
1532
1533=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1534
1535Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1536states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1537
1538Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1539
1540 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1541 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1542
1543=item IO::AIO::nready
1544
1545Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1546executed).
1547
1548=item IO::AIO::npending
1549
1550Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1551but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1552
1553=back
1554
1555=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1556
1557IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1558asynchronous.
1559
1560=over 4
1561
1562=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1563
1564Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1565but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1566likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1567operations).
1568
1569Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1570
1571=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1572
1573Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's
1574manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1575avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1576C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1577C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1578
1579On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1580ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1581
1582=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1583
1584Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1585given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1586
1587The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1588change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1589or searching it with regexes and so on.
1590
1591Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1592
1593The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1594when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1595C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1596
1597This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1598page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1599
1600The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1601filesize.
1602
1603C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1604C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1605
1606C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1607C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1608not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1609(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1610constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1611C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1612C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1613
1614If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1615
1616C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1617a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1618
1619Example:
1620
1621 use Digest::MD5;
1622 use IO::AIO;
1623
1624 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1625 or die "$!";
1626
1627 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1628 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1629
1630 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1631
1632=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1633
1634Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1635
1636=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1637
1638Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1639C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1640
1641=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1642
1643Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1644
1645On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1646ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1647
1648=back
1649
369=cut 1650=cut
370 1651
371# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
372sub _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
387min_parallel 4; 1652min_parallel 8;
388 1653
389END { 1654END { flush }
390 max_parallel 0;
391}
392 1655
3931; 16561;
394 1657
1658=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1659
1660It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1661automatically into many event loops:
1662
1663 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1664 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1665
1666You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1667some examples of how to do this:
1668
1669 # EV integration
1670 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1671
1672 # Event integration
1673 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1674 poll => 'r',
1675 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1676
1677 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1678 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1679 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1680
1681 # Tk integration
1682 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1683 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1684
1685 # Danga::Socket integration
1686 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1687 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1688
395=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1689=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1690
1691This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
396 1692
397Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1693Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
398can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1694can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
399the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1695the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
400request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1696request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
401queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1697(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
402the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1698parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
403parent process has been reached again. 1699parent process has been reached again.
404 1700
1701In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1702not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1703yet.
1704
1705=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1706
1707Per-request usage:
1708
1709Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1710bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1711a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1712scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1713will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1714
1715This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1716problem.
1717
1718Per-thread usage:
1719
1720In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1721temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1722structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1723
1724=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1725
1726Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1727
405=head1 SEE ALSO 1728=head1 SEE ALSO
406 1729
407L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1730L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1731more natural syntax.
408 1732
409=head1 AUTHOR 1733=head1 AUTHOR
410 1734
411 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1735 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
412 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1736 http://home.schmorp.de/

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