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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 # AnyEvent
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23
20 # Event 24 # Event
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 26 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 28
25 # Glib/Gtk2 29 # Glib/Gtk2
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 32
29 # Tk 33 # Tk
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32 36
48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 53for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
51 55
52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 56Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
59C<aio_> functions) recursively.
54 60
55=cut 61=cut
56 62
57package IO::AIO; 63package IO::AIO;
58 64
65no warnings;
66use strict 'vars';
67
59use base 'Exporter'; 68use base 'Exporter';
60 69
61use Fcntl ();
62
63BEGIN { 70BEGIN {
64 $VERSION = 0.3; 71 our $VERSION = '1.8';
65 72
66 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 73 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
74 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
67 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 75 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move);
68 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 76 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
69 77
70 require XSLoader; 78 require XSLoader;
71 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 79 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
72} 80}
73 81
74=head1 FUNCTIONS 82=head1 FUNCTIONS
75 83
76=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 84=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
77 85
78All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 86All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
79with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 87with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
80and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 88and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
81a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 89which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
82return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 90the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
83usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 91perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
84been executed asynchronously. 92syscall has been executed asynchronously.
85 93
86All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 94All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
95internally until the request has finished.
87 96
88The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 97The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
89is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 98encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
90directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 99request is being executed, the current working directory could have
100changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
91never change the current working directory. 101current working directory.
102
103To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
104always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
105etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
106your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
107environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
108use something else.
92 109
93=over 4 110=over 4
94 111
95=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 112=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
96 113
97Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 114Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
98created filehandle for the file. 115created filehandle for the file.
99 116
100The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 117The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
101for an explanation. 118for an explanation.
102 119
103The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 120The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
104list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 121list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
122
123Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
124didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
125except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
126and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
105 127
106Example: 128Example:
107 129
108 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 130 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
109 if ($_[0]) { 131 if ($_[0]) {
112 } else { 134 } else {
113 die "open failed: $!\n"; 135 die "open failed: $!\n";
114 } 136 }
115 }; 137 };
116 138
117=item aio_close $fh, $callback 139=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
118 140
119Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 141Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
120code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 142code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
121filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 143filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
122the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 144time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
123or just let filehandles go out of scope. 145C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
124 146
147This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
148therefore best to avoid this function.
149
125=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
126 151
127=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
128 153
129Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 154Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
130into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 155into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
131callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 156callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
132like the syscall). 157like the syscall).
133 158
159The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
160is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
161necessary/optional hardware is installed).
162
134Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 163Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
135offset C<0> within the scalar: 164offset C<0> within the scalar:
136 165
137 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 166 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
138 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 167 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
139 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 168 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
140 }; 169 };
141 170
171=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
172
173[EXPERIMENTAL]
174
175Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or destination)
176from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
177
178This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
179rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
180and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
181followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
182order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
183
184If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
185possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
186errors are being ignored.
187
188=cut
189
190sub aio_move($$$) {
191 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
192
193 aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
194 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
195 aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
196 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
197 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
198
199 aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
200 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
201 aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
202 close $src_fh;
203
204 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
205 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
206 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
207 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
208 close $dst_fh;
209
210 aio_unlink $src, sub {
211 $cb->($_[0]);
212 };
213 } else {
214 my $errno = $!;
215 aio_unlink $dst, sub {
216 $! = $errno;
217 $cb->(-1);
218 };
219 }
220 };
221 } else {
222 $cb->(-1);
223 }
224 },
225
226 } else {
227 $cb->(-1);
228 }
229 };
230 } else {
231 $cb->($_[0]);
232 }
233 };
234}
235
236=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
237
238Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
239reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
240file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
241than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
242other.
243
244This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
245zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
246socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
247
248If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
249emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
250regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
251
252Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
253C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
254bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
255provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
256value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
257read.
258
142=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 259=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
143 260
144Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
145the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
146C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
147
148readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 261C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
149subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 262subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
150argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 263argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
151C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 264C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
152whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 265whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
153and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 266and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
154(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 267(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
155file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 268file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
156 269
270If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
271emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
272
157=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 273=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
158 274
159=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 275=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
160 276
161Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 277Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
162be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 278be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
163or C<-s _> etc... 279or C<-s _> etc...
164 280
174 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 290 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
175 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 291 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
176 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 292 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
177 }; 293 };
178 294
179=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 295=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
180 296
181Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 297Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
182result code. 298result code.
183 299
300=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
301
302Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
303the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
304
305=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
306
307Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
308the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
309
310=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
311
312Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
313rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
314
315=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
316
317Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
318result code.
319
320=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
321
322Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
323directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
324sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
325
326The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
327with the filenames.
328
329=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
330
331Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the
332entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse
333into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else).
334
335C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many
336aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding
337aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a
338suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).
339
340On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
341two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
342
343Example:
344
345 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
346 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
347 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
348 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
349 };
350
351Implementation notes.
352
353The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
354
355After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
356directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the
357link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if
358>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be
359assumed.
360
361Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a
362non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every
363entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often
364faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without
365reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds,
366it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which
367will be checked seperately).
368
369If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the
370entries is assumed to be non-directories.
371
372=cut
373
374sub aio_scandir($$$) {
375 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
376
377 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;
378
379 # stat once
380 aio_stat $path, sub {
381 return $cb->() if $_[0];
382 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
383
384 # read the directory entries
385 aio_readdir $path, sub {
386 my $entries = shift
387 or return $cb->();
388
389 # stat the dir another time
390 aio_stat $path, sub {
391 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
392
393 my $ndirs;
394
395 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
396 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) {
397 $ndirs = -1;
398 } else {
399 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
400 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
401 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
402 or return $cb->([], $entries);
403 }
404
405 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
406 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
407 $entries = [map $_->[0],
408 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
409 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
410 @$entries];
411
412 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
413
414 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
415 my $nreq = 0;
416
417 $schedcb = sub {
418 if (@$entries) {
419 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
420 my $ent = pop @$entries;
421 $nreq++;
422 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
423 }
424 } elsif (!$nreq) {
425 # finished
426 undef $statcb;
427 undef $schedcb;
428 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
429 undef $cb;
430 }
431 };
432 $statcb = sub {
433 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
434
435 if ($status < 0) {
436 $nreq--;
437 push @nondirs, $entry;
438 &$schedcb;
439 } else {
440 # need to check for real directory
441 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
442 $nreq--;
443
444 if (-d _) {
445 push @dirs, $entry;
446
447 if (!--$ndirs) {
448 push @nondirs, @$entries;
449 $entries = [];
450 }
451 } else {
452 push @nondirs, $entry;
453 }
454
455 &$schedcb;
456 }
457 }
458 };
459
460 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
461 };
462 };
463 };
464}
465
184=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 466=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
185 467
186Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 468Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
187with the fsync result code. 469with the fsync result code.
188 470
189=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 471=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
190 472
191Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 473Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
192callback with the fdatasync result code. 474callback with the fdatasync result code.
193 475
476If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
477detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
478
194=back 479=back
195 480
196=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 481=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
197 482
198=over 4 483=over 4
199 484
200=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 485=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
201 486
202Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be 487Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
203polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event 488polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
204or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call 489select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
205C<poll_cb> to check the results. 490to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
206 491
207See C<poll_cb> for an example. 492See C<poll_cb> for an example.
208 493
209=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 494=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
210 495
211Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 496Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
212regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 497regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
213when no events are outstanding. 498when no events are outstanding.
214 499
215You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.: 500Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
501IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
216 502
217 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 503 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
218 poll => 'r', async => 1, 504 poll => 'r', async => 1,
219 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 505 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
220 506
221=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 507=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
222 508
223Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 509Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
224select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 510C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
225for some requests to finish). 511for some requests to finish).
226 512
227See C<nreqs> for an example. 513See C<nreqs> for an example.
228 514
229=item IO::AIO::nreqs 515=item IO::AIO::nreqs
230 516
231Returns the number of requests currently outstanding. 517Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
518callback has not been invoked yet).
232 519
233Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 520Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
234 521
235 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 522 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
236 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 523 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
237 524
525=item IO::AIO::flush
526
527Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
528
529Strictly equivalent to:
530
531 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
532 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
533
534=item IO::AIO::poll
535
536Waits until some requests have been handled.
537
538Strictly equivalent to:
539
540 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
541 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
542
238=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 543=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
239 544
240Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 545Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default
241C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 546is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time
242(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 547(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
548
549IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
550no free thread exists.
243 551
244It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 552It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
245kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 553kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
246parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 554parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
247threads should be fine. 555threads should be fine.
248 556
249Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 557Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
250module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 558module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
251and is currently 4).
252 559
253=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 560=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
254 561
255Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 562Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
256the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 563specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
257function blocks until the limit is reached. 564them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
565
566While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
567until the number of threads has been increased again.
258 568
259This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 569This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
260that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 570that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
261 571
262Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 572Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
266Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 576Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
267try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 577try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
268some requests have been handled. 578some requests have been handled.
269 579
270The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 580The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
271queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 581queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
272this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. 582this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
273 583
274Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 584Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
275 585
276=back 586=back
279 589
280# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 590# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
281sub _fd2fh { 591sub _fd2fh {
282 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 592 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
283 593
284 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 594 # try to generate nice filehandles
285 local *AIO_FH; 595 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
286 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 596 local *$sym;
597
598 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
599 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
600 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
287 or return undef; 601 or return undef;
288 602
289 *AIO_FH 603 *$sym
290} 604}
291 605
292min_parallel 4; 606min_parallel 4;
293 607
294END { 608END {
295 max_parallel 0; 609 max_parallel 0;
296} 610}
297 611
2981; 6121;
299 613
614=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
615
616Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
617can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
618the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
619request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
620queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
621the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
622parent process has been reached again.
623
300=head1 SEE ALSO 624=head1 SEE ALSO
301 625
302L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 626L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
303 627
304=head1 AUTHOR 628=head1 AUTHOR

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