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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 = '4.15';
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_seek 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_realpath aio_sync
73 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel 178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
74 max_outstanding nreqs); 179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs
185 aio_wd);
186
187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
191 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
192 sendfile fadvise madvise
193 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
194
195 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
196
197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
75 198
76 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
77 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
78} 201}
79 202
80=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
81 204
82=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 205=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206
207This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
208for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209documentation.
210
211 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
214 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
215 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
219 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
220 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
221 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
222 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
223 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
224 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
225 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
226 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
227 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
228 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
231 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
232 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
233 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
234 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
235 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
236 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
237 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
238 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
239 aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
240 aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
241 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
242 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
243 aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
244 aio_sync $callback->($status)
245 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
246 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
249 aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
250 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
251 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
253 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
254 aio_group $callback->(...)
255 aio_nop $callback->()
256
257 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
258 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
259
260 IO::AIO::poll_wait
261 IO::AIO::poll_cb
262 IO::AIO::poll
263 IO::AIO::flush
264 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
265 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
266 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
267 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
269 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
270 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
271 IO::AIO::nreqs
272 IO::AIO::nready
273 IO::AIO::npending
274
275 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
276 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
277 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
278 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
279 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
280 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
281 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
282 IO::AIO::munlockall
283
284=head2 API NOTES
83 285
84All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 286All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
85with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 287with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
86and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 288and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
87which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 289which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
88the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 290the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
89perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 291of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
90syscall has been executed asynchronously. 292error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
293most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
294"false").
295
296Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
297communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
91 298
92All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 299All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
93internally until the request has finished. 300internally until the request has finished.
94 301
302All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
303further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
304
95The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 305The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
96encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 306reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
97request is being executed, the current working directory could have 307current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
98changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 308make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
99current working directory. 309in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
310of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
311relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
312description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
100 313
101To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 314To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
102always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 315in 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 316tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
104your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 317module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
105environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 318effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
106use something else. 319unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
320correct contents.
321
322This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
323handles correctly whether it is set or not.
324
325=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
107 326
108=over 4 327=over 4
109 328
329=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
330
331Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
332C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
333
334The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
335and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
336first.
337
338The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
339functions.
340
341Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
342higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
343open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
344
345 aioreq_pri -3;
346 aio_open ..., sub {
347 return unless $_[0];
348
349 aioreq_pri -2;
350 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
351 ...
352 };
353 };
354
355
356=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
357
358Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
359priority, so the effect is cumulative.
360
361
110=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 362=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
111 363
112Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 364Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
113created filehandle for the file. 365created filehandle for the file.
114 366
115The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 367The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
119list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 371list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
120 372
121Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 373Likewise, C<$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>, 374didn'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, 375except 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). 376and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
377by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
378change the umask.
125 379
126Example: 380Example:
127 381
128 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 382 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
129 if ($_[0]) { 383 if ($_[0]) {
130 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 384 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
131 ... 385 ...
132 } else { 386 } else {
133 die "open failed: $!\n"; 387 die "open failed: $!\n";
134 } 388 }
135 }; 389 };
136 390
391In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
392C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
393following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
394your system are, as usual, C<0>):
395
396C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
397C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
398C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
399
400
137=item aio_close $fh, $callback 401=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
138 402
139Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 403Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
140code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 404code.
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.
144 405
145This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 406Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
146therefore best to avoid this function. 407closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
147 408
409Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
410use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
411(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
412
413Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
414free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
415
416=cut
417
418=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
419
420Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
421C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
422C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
423C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
424
425The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
426case of an error.
427
428In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
429corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
430so don't panic.
431
432As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
433C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
434could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
435Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
436"just work".
437
148=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 438=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
149 439
150=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 440=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 441
152Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 442Reads 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 443C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
154callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 444and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
155like the syscall). 445error, just like the syscall).
446
447C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
448offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
449
450If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
451be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
452changed by these calls.
453
454If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
455C<$data>.
456
457If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
458C<$data>.
156 459
157The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 460The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
158is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 461is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
159necessary/optional hardware is installed). 462the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
160 463
161Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 464Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
162offset C<0> within the scalar: 465offset C<0> within the scalar:
163 466
164 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 467 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
165 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 468 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
166 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 469 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
167 }; 470 };
168 471
472
169=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback 473=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
170 474
171Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 475Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
172reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 476reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
173file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 477file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
174than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 478than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
175other. 479other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
480move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
176 481
482Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
483are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
484read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
485number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
486C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
487
488Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
489C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
490the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
491the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
492into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
493fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
494data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
495the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
496resource usage.
497
177This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 498This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
178zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 499provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
179socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 500a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
180 501
181If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 502If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
182emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 503C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
504C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
183regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 505type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
184 506
185Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 507As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
186C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 508together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
187bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 509on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
188provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 510in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
189value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 511so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
190read. 512fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
191 513
514
192=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 515=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
193 516
194C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 517C<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<$offset> 518subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
196argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 519argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
197C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 520C<$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. 524file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
202 525
203If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 526If 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. 527emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
205 528
529
206=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 530=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
207 531
208=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 532=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
209 533
210Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 534Works 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 _> 535be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
212or C<-s _> etc... 536or C<-s _> etc...
213 537
215for an explanation. 539for an explanation.
216 540
217Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 541Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
218error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 542error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
219unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 543unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
544
545To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
546following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
547be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
548behaviour).
549
550C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
551C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
552C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
220 553
221Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 554Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
222 555
223 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 556 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
224 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 557 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
225 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 558 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
226 }; 559 };
227 560
561
562=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
563
564Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
565whether a file handle or path was passed.
566
567On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
568members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
569C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
570is passed.
571
572The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
573C<ST_NOSUID>.
574
575The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
576their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
577not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
578C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
579C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
580
581Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
582
583 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
584 my $f = $_[0]
585 or die "statvfs: $!";
586
587 use Data::Dumper;
588 say Dumper $f;
589 };
590
591 # result:
592 {
593 bsize => 1024,
594 bfree => 4333064312,
595 blocks => 10253828096,
596 files => 2050765568,
597 flag => 4096,
598 favail => 2042092649,
599 bavail => 4333064312,
600 ffree => 2042092649,
601 namemax => 255,
602 frsize => 1024,
603 fsid => 1810
604 }
605
606
607=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
608
609Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
610and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
611syscalls support them.
612
613When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
614utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
615otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
616
617Examples:
618
619 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
620 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
621 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
622 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
623
624
625=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
626
627Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
628or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
629
630Examples:
631
632 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
633 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
634 # same as above:
635 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
636
637
638=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
639
640Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
641
642
643=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
644
645Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
646
647
228=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 648=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
229 649
230Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 650Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
231result code. 651result code.
232 652
653
654=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
655
656[EXPERIMENTAL]
657
658Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
659
660The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
661
662 aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
663
664See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
665and functions.
666
667=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
668
669Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
670the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
671
672
673=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
674
675Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
676the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
677
678
679=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
680
681Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
682the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
683callback.
684
685
686=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
687
688Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
689C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
690L<Cwd::realpath>).
691
692This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
693directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
694
695
696=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
697
698Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
699rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
700
701
702=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
703
704Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
705the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
706request is executed, so do not change your umask.
707
708
233=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback 709=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 710
235Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 711Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
236result code. 712result code.
237 713
714
238=item aio_readdir $pathname $callback 715=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
239 716
240Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 717Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
241directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 718directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
242sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 719sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
243 720
244The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 721The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
245with the filenames. 722array-ref with the filenames.
246 723
724
725=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
726
727Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
728tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
729C<undef>.
730
731The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
732flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
733
734=over 4
735
736=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
737
738When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
739names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
740C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
741entry in more detail.
742
743C<$name> is the name of the entry.
744
745C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
746
747C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
748C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
749C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
750
751C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
752know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
753scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
754
755C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
756bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
757systems that do not deliver the inode information.
758
759=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
760
761When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
762likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
763you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
764while avoiding to stat() each entry.
765
766If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
767to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
768beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
769short names are tried first.
770
771=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
772
773When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
774suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
775all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
776be fastest.
777
778If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
779the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
780
781=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
782
783This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
784is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
785C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
786C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
787
788=back
789
790
791=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
792
793This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
794memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
795
796=cut
797
798sub aio_load($$;$) {
799 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
800 my $data = \$_[1];
801
802 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
803 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
804
805 aioreq_pri $pri;
806 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
807 my $fh = shift
808 or return $grp->result (-1);
809
810 aioreq_pri $pri;
811 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
812 $grp->result ($_[0]);
813 };
814 };
815
816 $grp
817}
818
819=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
820
821Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
822destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
823a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
824
825This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
826mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
827C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
828uid/gid, in that order.
829
830If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
831possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
832errors are being ignored.
833
834=cut
835
836sub aio_copy($$;$) {
837 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
838
839 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
840 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
841
842 aioreq_pri $pri;
843 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
844 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
845 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
846
847 aioreq_pri $pri;
848 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
849 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
850 aioreq_pri $pri;
851 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
852 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
853 $grp->result (0);
854 close $src_fh;
855
856 my $ch = sub {
857 aioreq_pri $pri;
858 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
859 aioreq_pri $pri;
860 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
861 aioreq_pri $pri;
862 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
863 }
864 };
865 };
866
867 aioreq_pri $pri;
868 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
869 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
870 aioreq_pri $pri;
871 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
872 } else {
873 $ch->();
874 }
875 };
876 } else {
877 $grp->result (-1);
878 close $src_fh;
879 close $dst_fh;
880
881 aioreq $pri;
882 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
883 }
884 };
885 } else {
886 $grp->result (-1);
887 }
888 },
889
890 } else {
891 $grp->result (-1);
892 }
893 };
894
895 $grp
896}
897
898=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
899
900Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
901destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
902a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
903
904This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
905rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
906that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
907
908=cut
909
910sub aio_move($$;$) {
911 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
912
913 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
914 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
915
916 aioreq_pri $pri;
917 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
918 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
919 aioreq_pri $pri;
920 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
921 $grp->result ($_[0]);
922
923 unless ($_[0]) {
924 aioreq_pri $pri;
925 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
926 }
927 };
928 } else {
929 $grp->result ($_[0]);
930 }
931 };
932
933 $grp
934}
935
936=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
937
938Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
939efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
940names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
941recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
942
943C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
944C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
945this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
946will be chosen (currently 4).
947
948On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
949two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
950
951Example:
952
953 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
954 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
955 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
956 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
957 };
958
959Implementation notes.
960
961The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
962
963If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
964find directories.
965
966Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
967of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
968match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
969how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
970number of subdirectories will be assumed.
971
972Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
973currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
974entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
975in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
976entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
977separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
978filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
979data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
980the filetype information on readdir.
981
982If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
983rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
984
985This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
986fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
987
988It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
989as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
990directory counting heuristic.
991
992=cut
993
994sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
995 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
996
997 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
998
999 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1000
1001 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
1002
1003 # get a wd object
1004 aioreq_pri $pri;
1005 add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
1006 $_[0]
1007 or return $grp->result ();
1008
1009 my $wd = [shift, "."];
1010
1011 # stat once
1012 aioreq_pri $pri;
1013 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
1014 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
1015 my $now = time;
1016 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
1017
1018 # read the directory entries
1019 aioreq_pri $pri;
1020 add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
1021 my $entries = shift
1022 or return $grp->result ();
1023
1024 # stat the dir another time
1025 aioreq_pri $pri;
1026 add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
1027 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
1028
1029 my $ndirs;
1030
1031 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
1032 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
1033 $ndirs = -1;
1034 } else {
1035 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
1036 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
1037 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
1038 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
1039 }
1040
1041 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
1042
1043 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
1044 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
1045 };
1046
1047 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
1048 feed $statgrp sub {
1049 return unless @$entries;
1050 my $entry = shift @$entries;
1051
1052 aioreq_pri $pri;
1053 $wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
1054 add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
1055 if ($_[0] < 0) {
1056 push @nondirs, $entry;
1057 } else {
1058 # need to check for real directory
1059 aioreq_pri $pri;
1060 $wd->[1] = $entry;
1061 add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
1062 if (-d _) {
1063 push @dirs, $entry;
1064
1065 unless (--$ndirs) {
1066 push @nondirs, @$entries;
1067 feed $statgrp;
1068 }
1069 } else {
1070 push @nondirs, $entry;
1071 }
1072 }
1073 }
1074 };
1075 };
1076 };
1077 };
1078 };
1079 };
1080
1081 $grp
1082}
1083
1084=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
1085
1086Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1087status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1088uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1089everything else.
1090
1091=cut
1092
1093sub aio_rmtree;
1094sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1095 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1096
1097 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1098 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1099
1100 aioreq_pri $pri;
1101 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1102 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1103
1104 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1105 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1106 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1107 };
1108 };
1109
1110 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1111 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1112
1113 add $grp $dirgrp;
1114 };
1115
1116 $grp
1117}
1118
1119=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1120
1121Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1122
247=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 1123=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 1124
249Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1125Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
250with the fsync result code. 1126with the fsync result code.
251 1127
252=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 1128=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
253 1129
254Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1130Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
255callback with the fdatasync result code. 1131callback with the fdatasync result code.
256 1132
257If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1133If 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. 1134detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
259 1135
1136=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1137
1138Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1139to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1140code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1141errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1142
1143=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1144
1145Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1146to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1147sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1148ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1149
1150C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1151C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1152C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1153manpage for details.
1154
1155=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
1156
1157This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1158composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1159(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1160specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1161written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1162not just directories.
1163
1164Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1165C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1166
1167Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1168
1169=cut
1170
1171sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1172 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1173
1174 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1175 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1176
1177 aioreq_pri $pri;
1178 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1179 my ($fh) = @_;
1180 if ($fh) {
1181 aioreq_pri $pri;
1182 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1183 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1184
1185 aioreq_pri $pri;
1186 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1187 };
1188 } else {
1189 $grp->result (-1);
1190 }
1191 };
1192
1193 $grp
1194}
1195
1196=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1197
1198This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1199scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1200scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1201scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1202it).
1203
1204It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1205area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1206later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1207is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1208a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1209C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1210
1211=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1212
1213This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1214scalars.
1215
1216It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1217range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1218as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1219C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1220C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1221writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1222
1223=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1224
1225This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1226scalars.
1227
1228It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1229and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1230
1231If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1232
1233On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1234and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1235
1236Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1237documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1238
1239Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1240C<$data> gets destroyed.
1241
1242 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1243 my $data;
1244 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1245 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1246
1247=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1248
1249Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1250C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1251
1252On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1253and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1254
1255Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1256documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1257
1258Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1259
1260 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1261
1262=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
1263
1264Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux FIEMAP ioctl,
1265see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If the
1266C<ioctl> is not available on your OS, then this rquiest will fail with
1267C<ENOSYS>.
1268
1269C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
1270size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
1271be queried.
1272
1273C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
1274C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
1275exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
1276the data portion.
1277
1278C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1279C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the file. As a very special
1280case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
1281instead of the extents themselves.
1282
1283If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1284C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
1285
1286Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1287structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
1288following members:
1289
1290 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1291
1292Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
1293or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>):
1294
1295C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
1296C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
1297C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
1298C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
1299C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
1300C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
1301
1302=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1303
1304This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1305container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1306many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1307and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
1308
1309Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
1310for more info.
1311
1312Example:
1313
1314 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1315 print "all stats done\n";
1316 };
1317
1318 add $grp
1319 (aio_stat ...),
1320 (aio_stat ...),
1321 ...;
1322
1323=item aio_nop $callback->()
1324
1325This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1326side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1327that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1328code.
1329
1330While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1331phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1332be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1333entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1334latency.
1335
1336=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
1337
1338Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
1339the request workers to sleep for the given time.
1340
1341While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
1342like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1343immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1344except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1345
260=back 1346=back
261 1347
1348
1349=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
1350
1351Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
1352threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
1353could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
1354will be used by IO::AIO).
1355
1356One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
1357but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
1358access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
1359
1360Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
1361futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
1362per operation.
1363
1364For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
1365perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
1366cannot be perfect, though.
1367
1368IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
1369object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
1370path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
1371
1372Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
1373or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
1374object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
1375gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
1376IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
1377to that IO::AIO::WD object.
1378
1379For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
1380inside, you would write:
1381
1382 aio_wd "/etc", sub {
1383 my $etcdir = shift;
1384
1385 # although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
1386 # to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
1387 # when $etcdir is undef.
1388
1389 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
1390 # yay
1391 };
1392 };
1393
1394That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
1395an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
1396why it is done asynchronously.
1397
1398To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
1399either of the following three request calls:
1400
1401 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
1402 aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
1403 aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
1404
1405As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
1406object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
1407causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
1408
1409 my $path = [$wd, undef];
1410
1411 for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
1412 $path->[1] = $name;
1413 aio_stat $path, sub {
1414 # ...
1415 };
1416 }
1417
1418There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
1419pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
1420nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
1421will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
1422pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
1423older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
1424string form of the pathname.
1425
1426So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
1427C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
1428reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
1429(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
1430
1431The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1432
1433=over 4
1434
1435=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
1436
1437Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
1438IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
1439system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
1440to this working directory.
1441
1442If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
1443of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
1444passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
1445request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
1446C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
1447expected way.
1448
1449If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
1450detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1451
1452=item IO::AIO::CWD
1453
1454This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1455current working directory.
1456
1457Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as
1458if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object,
1459e.g., these calls are functionally identical:
1460
1461 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1462 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1463
1464=back
1465
1466
1467=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1468
1469All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1470called in non-void context.
1471
1472=over 4
1473
1474=item cancel $req
1475
1476Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
1477when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
1478entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
1479untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
1480currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1481will not be freed prematurely.
1482
1483=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1484
1485Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
1486
1487=back
1488
1489=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
1490
1491This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
1492objects of this class, too.
1493
1494A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
1495aio requests.
1496
1497You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
1498callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
1499C<done> state:
1500
1501 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1502 print "all requests are done\n";
1503 };
1504
1505You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
1506C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
1507
1508 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
1509
1510 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1511 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1512
1513 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1514 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1515 $grp->result ("ok");
1516 };
1517 };
1518
1519This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
1520C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
1521
1522=over 4
1523
1524=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
1525C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
1526
1527=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
1528only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
1529
1530=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1531
1532=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1533any later time).
1534
1535=back
1536
1537Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1538will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1539C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1540exist.
1541
1542That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1543(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1544the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1545further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1546finished will the the group itself finish.
1547
1548=over 4
1549
1550=item add $grp ...
1551
1552=item $grp->add (...)
1553
1554Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1555be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1556dependencies.
1557
1558Returns all its arguments.
1559
1560=item $grp->cancel_subs
1561
1562Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1563itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1564
1565The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1566group).
1567
1568=item $grp->result (...)
1569
1570Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1571subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1572of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1573no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1574
1575=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1576
1577Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1578when the argument is missing.
1579
1580Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1581the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1582default (0).
1583
1584Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1585before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1586
1587=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1588
1589Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1590generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1591although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1592this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1593C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
1594requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1595
1596To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1597instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1598feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1599below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1600requests.
1601
1602The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1603not impose any limits).
1604
1605If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1606automatically removed from the group.
1607
1608If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1609C<2> automatically.
1610
1611Example:
1612
1613 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1614
1615 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1616 limit $grp 4;
1617 feed $grp sub {
1618 my $file = pop @files
1619 or return;
1620
1621 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1622 };
1623
1624=item limit $grp $num
1625
1626Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1627the group contains less than this many requests.
1628
1629Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1630
1631The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1632automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1633
1634=back
1635
262=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1636=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
263 1637
1638=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1639
264=over 4 1640=over 4
265 1641
266=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1642=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
267 1643
268Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1644Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
269polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1645polled 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 1646select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
271to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1647you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
272 1648
273See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1649See C<poll_cb> for an example.
274 1650
275=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1651=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
276 1652
277Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1653Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
278regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1654this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
279when no events are outstanding. 1655were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1656reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1657events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1658C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1659
1660If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1661will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1662do anything special to have it called later.
1663
1664Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1665ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1666a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1667available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1668over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1669requests.
280 1670
281Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1671Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
282IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1672IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1673SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
283 1674
284 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1675 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
285 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1676 poll => 'r', async => 1,
286 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1677 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
287 1678
288=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1679=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
289 1680
1681If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
290Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1682phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
291C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1683does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
292for some requests to finish). 1684synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
293 1685
294See C<nreqs> for an example. 1686See C<nreqs> for an example.
295 1687
1688=item IO::AIO::poll
1689
1690Waits until some requests have been handled.
1691
1692Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1693equivalent to:
1694
1695 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1696
296=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1697=item IO::AIO::flush
297 1698
298Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1699Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
299callback has not been invoked yet).
300 1700
301Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1701Strictly equivalent to:
302 1702
303 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1703 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
304 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1704 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
305 1705
306=item IO::AIO::flush 1706=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
307 1707
308Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1708=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
309 1709
310Strictly equivalent to: 1710These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1711that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1712the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1713C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1714of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
311 1715
312 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1716Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
313 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1717syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1718callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1719not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
314 1720
315=item IO::AIO::poll 1721Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1722interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1723time.
316 1724
317Waits until some requests have been handled. 1725For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
318 1726
319Strictly equivalent to: 1727Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1728IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1729program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
320 1730
321 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1731 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
322 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1732 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1733
1734 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1735 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1736 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1737 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1738
1739=back
1740
1741=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1742
1743=over
323 1744
324=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1745=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
325 1746
326Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1747Set 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 1748default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
328(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1749concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1750however, is unlimited).
329 1751
330IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1752IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
331no free thread exists. 1753no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1754create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1755is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
332 1756
333It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1757It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
334kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1758Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
335parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1759(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
336threads should be fine. 1760versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
337 1761
338Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1762Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
339module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1763module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
340 1764
341=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1765=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
350This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1774This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
351that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1775that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
352 1776
353Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1777Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
354 1778
1779=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1780
1781Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1782(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1783timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1784C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1785exit.
1786
1787This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1788to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1789under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1790
1791The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1792creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1793want to use larger values.
1794
1795=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1796
1797Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1798allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1799
355=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1800=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
356 1801
357Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1802Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
358try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1803you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
359some requests have been handled. 1804C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1805C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1806longer exceeded.
360 1807
361The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1808In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
362queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1809used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
363this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
364 1810
365Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1811This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1812blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1813use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1814
1815It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1816a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1817
1818 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1819
1820 for my $path (...) {
1821 aio_stat $path , ...;
1822 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1823 }
1824
1825 IO::AIO::flush;
1826
1827The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1828as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1829some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1830number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1831
1832The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1833practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
366 1834
367=back 1835=back
368 1836
1837=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1838
1839=over
1840
1841=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1842
1843Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1844states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1845
1846Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1847
1848 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1849 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1850
1851=item IO::AIO::nready
1852
1853Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1854executed).
1855
1856=item IO::AIO::npending
1857
1858Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1859but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1860
1861=back
1862
1863=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1864
1865IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1866asynchronous.
1867
1868=over 4
1869
1870=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1871
1872Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1873but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1874likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1875operations).
1876
1877Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1878
1879=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1880
1881Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1882manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1883available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1884C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1885C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1886
1887On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1888ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1889
1890=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1891
1892Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1893manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1894available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1895C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1896
1897On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1898ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1899
1900=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1901
1902Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1903$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1904constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1905C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1906
1907On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1908ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1909
1910=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1911
1912Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1913given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
1914success, and false otherwise.
1915
1916The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1917change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1918or searching it with regexes and so on.
1919
1920Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1921
1922The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1923when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1924C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1925
1926This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1927page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1928
1929The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1930filesize.
1931
1932C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1933C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1934
1935C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1936C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1937not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1938(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1939constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1940C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1941C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1942
1943If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1944
1945C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1946a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1947
1948Example:
1949
1950 use Digest::MD5;
1951 use IO::AIO;
1952
1953 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1954 or die "$!";
1955
1956 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1957 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1958
1959 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1960
1961=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1962
1963Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1964
1965=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1966
1967Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1968C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1969
1970=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1971
1972Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1973
1974On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1975ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1976
1977=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
1978
1979Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
1980C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
1981should be the file offset.
1982
1983C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
1984silently corrupt the data in this case.
1985
1986The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
1987C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
1988C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
1989
1990See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
1991
1992=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
1993
1994Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
1995description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
1996
1997=back
1998
369=cut 1999=cut
370 2000
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; 2001min_parallel 8;
388 2002
389END { 2003END { flush }
390 max_parallel 0;
391}
392 2004
3931; 20051;
394 2006
2007=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
2008
2009It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
2010automatically into many event loops:
2011
2012 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
2013 use AnyEvent::AIO;
2014
2015You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
2016some examples of how to do this:
2017
2018 # EV integration
2019 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
2020
2021 # Event integration
2022 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2023 poll => 'r',
2024 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2025
2026 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
2027 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
2028 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
2029
2030 # Tk integration
2031 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
2032 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2033
2034 # Danga::Socket integration
2035 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
2036 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
2037
395=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 2038=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
396 2039
397Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 2040Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
398can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 2041considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
399the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 2042fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
400request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 2043with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
401queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 2044pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
402the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 2045reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
403parent process has been reached again. 2046applies to quite a lot of perls.
2047
2048This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
2049only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
2050using IO::AIO in the child is not.
2051
2052You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
2053forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
2054child:
2055
2056=over 4
2057
2058=item IO::AIO::reinit
2059
2060Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
2061data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
2062happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
2063
2064The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
2065C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
2066the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
2067will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
2068
2069=back
2070
2071=head2 MEMORY USAGE
2072
2073Per-request usage:
2074
2075Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
2076bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
2077a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
2078scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
2079will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
2080
2081This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
2082problem.
2083
2084Per-thread usage:
2085
2086In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
2087temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
2088structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
2089
2090=head1 KNOWN BUGS
2091
2092Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
404 2093
405=head1 SEE ALSO 2094=head1 SEE ALSO
406 2095
407L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 2096L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
2097more natural syntax.
408 2098
409=head1 AUTHOR 2099=head1 AUTHOR
410 2100
411 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 2101 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
412 http://home.schmorp.de/ 2102 http://home.schmorp.de/

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