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15 15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 18 };
19 19
20 # Event 20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
24 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 36 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 38
25 # Glib/Gtk2 39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 42
29 # Tk 43 # Tk integration
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32 46
33 # Danga::Socket 47 # Danga::Socket integration
34 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36 50
37
38=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
39 52
40This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41operating system supports. 54operating system supports.
42 55
43Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 56In 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 57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
45perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 58in 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 59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
47aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal
49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway.
51 65
52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)
53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
54C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
55C<aio_> functions) recursively. 69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
70
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl.
75
76If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
77object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
78which saves a bit of memory.
79
80The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
81are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
82
83During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
84in order:
85
86=over 4
87
88=item ready
89
90Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
91waiting for a thread to execute it.
92
93=item execute
94
95A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
96executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
97
98=item pending
99
100The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
101
102While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
103processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
104(or another function with the same effect).
105
106=item result
107
108The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
109
110The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
111calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
112any groups they are contained in.
113
114=item done
115
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
117(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error).
56 120
57=cut 121=cut
58 122
59package IO::AIO; 123package IO::AIO;
60 124
61no warnings; 125no warnings;
126use strict 'vars';
62 127
63use base 'Exporter'; 128use base 'Exporter';
64 129
65use Fcntl ();
66
67BEGIN { 130BEGIN {
68 $VERSION = 1.6; 131 our $VERSION = '2.0';
69 132
70 @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
71 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_symlink 134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
72 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
73 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel 136 aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);
74 max_outstanding nreqs); 137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending);
140
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
75 142
76 require XSLoader; 143 require XSLoader;
77 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
78} 145}
79 146
80=head1 FUNCTIONS 147=head1 FUNCTIONS
81 148
82=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
90syscall has been executed asynchronously. 157syscall has been executed asynchronously.
91 158
92All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
93internally until the request has finished. 160internally until the request has finished.
94 161
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164
95The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 165The 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 166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
97request is being executed, the current working directory could have 167request is being executed, the current working directory could have
98changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
99current working directory. 169current working directory.
105environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
106use something else. 176use something else.
107 177
108=over 4 178=over 4
109 179
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181
182Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
183C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
184
185The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
186and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
187first.
188
189The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
190functions.
191
192Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
193higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
194open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
195
196 aioreq_pri -3;
197 aio_open ..., sub {
198 return unless $_[0];
199
200 aioreq_pri -2;
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ...
203 };
204 };
205
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative.
210
110=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
111 212
112Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 213Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
113created filehandle for the file. 214created filehandle for the file.
114 215
115The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 216The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
132 } else { 233 } else {
133 die "open failed: $!\n"; 234 die "open failed: $!\n";
134 } 235 }
135 }; 236 };
136 237
137=item aio_close $fh, $callback 238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
138 239
139Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
140code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
141filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another 242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
142time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls 243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
143C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope. 244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
144 245
145This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
146therefore best to avoid this function. 247therefore best to avoid this function.
147 248
148=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
149 250
150=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 252
152Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
153into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
154callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
155like the syscall). 256like the syscall).
164 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
165 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
166 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
167 }; 268 };
168 269
169=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback 270=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
170 271
171Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 272Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
172reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 273reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
173file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 274file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
174than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 275than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
187bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 288bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
188provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 289provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
189value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 290value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
190read. 291read.
191 292
192=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 293=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
193 294
194C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 295C<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<$offset> 296subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
196argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 297argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
197C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 298C<$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. 302file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
202 303
203If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 304If 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. 305emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
205 306
206=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 307=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
207 308
208=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 309=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
209 310
210Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 311Works 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 _> 312be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
212or C<-s _> etc... 313or C<-s _> etc...
213 314
223 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 324 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
224 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 325 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
225 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 326 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
226 }; 327 };
227 328
228=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 329=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
229 330
230Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 331Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
231result code. 332result code.
232 333
334=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
335
336Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2): the only
337portable value for C<$mode> is C<S_IFIFO> ored with permissions, and C<0>
338for C<$dev>.
339
340=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
341
342Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
343the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
344
345=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
346
347Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
348the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
349
350=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
351
352Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
353rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
354
233=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback 355=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 356
235Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 357Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
236result code. 358result code.
237 359
238=item aio_readdir $pathname $callback 360=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
239 361
240Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 362Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
241directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 363directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
242sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 364sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
243 365
244The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 366The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
245with the filenames. 367with the filenames.
246 368
369=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
370
371Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
372destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
373the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
374
375This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with
376mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
377C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
378uid/gid, in that order.
379
380If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
381possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
382errors are being ignored.
383
384=cut
385
386sub aio_copy($$;$) {
387 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
388
389 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
390 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
391
392 aioreq_pri $pri;
393 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
394 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
395 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
396
397 aioreq_pri $pri;
398 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
399 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
400 aioreq_pri $pri;
401 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
402 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
403 $grp->result (0);
404 close $src_fh;
405
406 # those should not normally block. should. should.
407 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
408 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
409 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
410 close $dst_fh;
411 } else {
412 $grp->result (-1);
413 close $src_fh;
414 close $dst_fh;
415
416 aioreq $pri;
417 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
418 }
419 };
420 } else {
421 $grp->result (-1);
422 }
423 },
424
425 } else {
426 $grp->result (-1);
427 }
428 };
429
430 $grp
431}
432
433=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
434
435Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
436destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
437the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
438
439This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
440rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
441that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
442
443=cut
444
445sub aio_move($$;$) {
446 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
447
448 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
449 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
450
451 aioreq_pri $pri;
452 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
453 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
454 aioreq_pri $pri;
455 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
456 $grp->result ($_[0]);
457
458 if (!$_[0]) {
459 aioreq_pri $pri;
460 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
461 }
462 };
463 } else {
464 $grp->result ($_[0]);
465 }
466 };
467
468 $grp
469}
470
471=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
472
473Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
474efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
475names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
476recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
477
478C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
479C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
480this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
481will be chosen (currently 4).
482
483On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
484two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
485
486Example:
487
488 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
489 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
490 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
491 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
492 };
493
494Implementation notes.
495
496The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
497
498After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
499directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
500isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
501entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
502of subdirectories will be assumed.
503
504Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
505a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
506else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
507likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
508is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
509seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
510filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
511data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
512
513If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
514rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
515
516This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
517fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
518
519It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
520as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
521directory counting heuristic.
522
523=cut
524
525sub aio_scandir($$$) {
526 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
527
528 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
529
530 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
531
532 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
533
534 # stat once
535 aioreq_pri $pri;
536 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
537 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
538 my $now = time;
539 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
540
541 # read the directory entries
542 aioreq_pri $pri;
543 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
544 my $entries = shift
545 or return $grp->result ();
546
547 # stat the dir another time
548 aioreq_pri $pri;
549 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
550 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
551
552 my $ndirs;
553
554 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
555 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
556 $ndirs = -1;
557 } else {
558 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
559 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
560 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
561 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
562 }
563
564 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
565 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
566 $entries = [map $_->[0],
567 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
568 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
569 @$entries];
570
571 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
572
573 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
574 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
575 };
576
577 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
578 feed $statgrp sub {
579 return unless @$entries;
580 my $entry = pop @$entries;
581
582 aioreq_pri $pri;
583 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
584 if ($_[0] < 0) {
585 push @nondirs, $entry;
586 } else {
587 # need to check for real directory
588 aioreq_pri $pri;
589 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
590 if (-d _) {
591 push @dirs, $entry;
592
593 unless (--$ndirs) {
594 push @nondirs, @$entries;
595 feed $statgrp;
596 }
597 } else {
598 push @nondirs, $entry;
599 }
600 }
601 }
602 };
603 };
604 };
605 };
606 };
607
608 $grp
609}
610
247=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 611=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
248 612
249Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 613Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
250with the fsync result code. 614with the fsync result code.
251 615
252=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 616=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
253 617
254Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 618Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
255callback with the fdatasync result code. 619callback with the fdatasync result code.
256 620
257If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 621If 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. 622detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
623
624=item aio_group $callback->(...)
625
626This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
627container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
628many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
629and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
630
631Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
632for more info.
633
634Example:
635
636 my $grp = aio_group sub {
637 print "all stats done\n";
638 };
639
640 add $grp
641 (aio_stat ...),
642 (aio_stat ...),
643 ...;
644
645=item aio_nop $callback->()
646
647This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
648side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
649that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
650code.
651
652While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
653phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
654be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
655entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
656latency.
657
658=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
659
660Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
661the request workers to sleep for the given time.
662
663While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
664like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
665immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
666except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
667
668=back
669
670=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
671
672All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
673called in non-void context.
674
675=over 4
676
677=item cancel $req
678
679Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
680when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
681entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
682untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
683stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
684
685=item cb $req $callback->(...)
686
687Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
688
689=back
690
691=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
692
693This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
694objects of this class, too.
695
696A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
697aio requests.
698
699You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
700callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
701C<done> state:
702
703 my $grp = aio_group sub {
704 print "all requests are done\n";
705 };
706
707You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
708C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
709
710 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
711
712 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
713 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
714
715 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
716 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
717 $grp->result ("ok");
718 };
719 };
720
721This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
722C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
723
724=over 4
725
726=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
727C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
728
729=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
730only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
731
732=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
733
734=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
735any later time).
736
737=back
738
739Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
740will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
741C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
742exist.
743
744That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
745in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
746group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
747itself finish.
748
749=over 4
750
751=item add $grp ...
752
753=item $grp->add (...)
754
755Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
756be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
757dependencies.
758
759Returns all its arguments.
760
761=item $grp->cancel_subs
762
763Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
764itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
765
766=item $grp->result (...)
767
768Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
769subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value
770of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
771no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
772
773=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
774
775Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
776when the argument is missing.
777
778Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
779the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
780default (0).
781
782Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
783before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
784
785=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
786
787Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
788generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
789although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
790this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
791example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
792requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
793
794To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
795instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
796feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
797below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
798requests.
799
800The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
801not impose any limits).
802
803If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
804automatically removed from the group.
805
806If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
807
808Example:
809
810 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
811
812 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
813 limit $grp 4;
814 feed $grp sub {
815 my $file = pop @files
816 or return;
817
818 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
819 };
820
821=item limit $grp $num
822
823Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
824the group contains less than this many requests.
825
826Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
259 827
260=back 828=back
261 829
262=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 830=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
263 831
276 844
277Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 845Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
278regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 846regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
279when no events are outstanding. 847when no events are outstanding.
280 848
849If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
850will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
851
281Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 852Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
282IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 853IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
283 854
284 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 855 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
285 poll => 'r', async => 1, 856 poll => 'r', async => 1,
286 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 857 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
287 858
859=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests
860
861Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests
862at a time.
863
864Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is
865not fast enough to process all requests in time.
866
867Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
868IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
869program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
870
871 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
872 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
873 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });
874
288=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 875=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
289 876
290Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 877Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
291C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 878C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
292for some requests to finish). 879for some requests to finish).
293 880
294See C<nreqs> for an example. 881See C<nreqs> for an example.
295 882
296=item IO::AIO::nreqs 883=item IO::AIO::nreqs
297 884
298Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 885Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
299callback has not been invoked yet). 886states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
300 887
301Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 888Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
302 889
303 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 890 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
304 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 891 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
305 892
893=item IO::AIO::nready
894
895Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
896executed).
897
898=item IO::AIO::npending
899
900Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
901but not yet processed by poll_cb).
902
306=item IO::AIO::flush 903=item IO::AIO::flush
307 904
308Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 905Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
309 906
310Strictly equivalent to: 907Strictly equivalent to:
321 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 918 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
322 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 919 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
323 920
324=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 921=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
325 922
326Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 923Set 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 924default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
328(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 925concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
926however, is unlimited).
329 927
330IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 928IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
331no free thread exists. 929no free thread exists.
332 930
333It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 931It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
334kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 932Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
335parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 933(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
336threads should be fine. 934versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
337 935
338Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 936Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
339module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 937module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
340 938
341=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 939=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
350This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 948This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
351that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 949that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
352 950
353Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 951Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
354 952
355=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 953=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
954
955This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
956blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
957use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
356 958
357Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 959Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
358try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 960to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
359some requests have been handled. 961C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
962function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
360 963
361The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 964The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
362queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 965number of outstanding requests.
363this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
364 966
365Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 967You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
968C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
969as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
366 970
367=back 971=back
368 972
369=cut 973=cut
370 974
382 or return undef; 986 or return undef;
383 987
384 *$sym 988 *$sym
385} 989}
386 990
387min_parallel 4; 991min_parallel 8;
388 992
389END { 993END {
390 max_parallel 0; 994 flush;
391} 995};
392 996
3931; 9971;
394 998
395=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 999=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1000
1001This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
396 1002
397Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1003Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
398can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1004can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
399the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1005the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
400request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1006request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
401queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1007(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 1008parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
403parent process has been reached again. 1009parent process has been reached again.
404 1010
1011In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1012not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1013yet.
1014
1015=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1016
1017Per-request usage:
1018
1019Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1020bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1021a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1022scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1023will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1024
1025This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1026problem.
1027
1028Per-thread usage:
1029
1030In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1031temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1032structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1033
1034=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1035
1036Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1037
405=head1 SEE ALSO 1038=head1 SEE ALSO
406 1039
407L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1040L<Coro::AIO>.
408 1041
409=head1 AUTHOR 1042=head1 AUTHOR
410 1043
411 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1044 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
412 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1045 http://home.schmorp.de/

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