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5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_; 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11 ... 12 ...
12 }; 13 };
13 14
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 15 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15 16
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 17 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 18 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 19 };
19 20
20 # AnyEvent 21 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 22 use IO::AIO 2;
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23 23
24 # Event 24 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
26 poll => 'r', 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28 27
29 # Glib/Gtk2 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32
33 # Tk
34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 # Danga::Socket
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40
41 30
42=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
43 32
44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
45operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
46 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
47Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
48and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
49perl, 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
50pthreads 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
51aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
53for 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
54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61using threads anyway.
55 62
56Although 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,
57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
58C<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
59C<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", 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
60 161
61=cut 162=cut
62 163
63package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
64 165
65no warnings; 166use Carp ();
66use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
67 169
68use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
69 171
70BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
71 our $VERSION = '1.8'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.5';
72 174
73 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
74 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
75 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move); 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
76 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_statvfs);
183
184 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
185 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
186 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
187 nreqs nready npending nthreads
188 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
189 sendfile fadvise);
190
191 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
192
193 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
77 194
78 require XSLoader; 195 require XSLoader;
79 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 196 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
80} 197}
81 198
82=head1 FUNCTIONS 199=head1 FUNCTIONS
83 200
201=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
202
203This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
204for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
205documentation.
206
207 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
208 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
209 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
210 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
211 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
212 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
214 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
215 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
216 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
217 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
218 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
219 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
220 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
221 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
222 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
223 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
224 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
225 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
227 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
228 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
229 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
230 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
231 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
232 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
233 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
234 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
235 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
236 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
237 aio_sync $callback->($status)
238 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
239 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
240 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
241 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
242 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
243 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
244 aio_group $callback->(...)
245 aio_nop $callback->()
246
247 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
248 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
249
250 IO::AIO::poll_wait
251 IO::AIO::poll_cb
252 IO::AIO::poll
253 IO::AIO::flush
254 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
255 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
256 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
257 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
258 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
259 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
260 IO::AIO::nreqs
261 IO::AIO::nready
262 IO::AIO::npending
263
264 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
265 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
266 IO::AIO::mlockall $flags
267 IO::AIO::munlockall
268
84=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 269=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
85 270
86All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 271All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
87with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 272with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
88and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 273and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
89which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 274which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
90the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 275the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
91perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 276perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
92syscall has been executed asynchronously. 277syscall has been executed asynchronously.
93 278
94All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 279All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
95internally until the request has finished. 280internally until the request has finished.
96 281
282All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
283further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
284
97The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 285The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
98encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 286encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
99request is being executed, the current working directory could have 287request is being executed, the current working directory could have
100changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 288changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
101current working directory. 289current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
290paths.
102 291
103To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 292To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
104always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 293in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
105etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 294tinkering, 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 295your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
107environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 296environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
108use something else. 297use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
298
299This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
300handles correctly whether it is set or not.
109 301
110=over 4 302=over 4
303
304=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
305
306Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
307C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
308
309The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
310and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
311first.
312
313The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
314functions.
315
316Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
317higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
318open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
319
320 aioreq_pri -3;
321 aio_open ..., sub {
322 return unless $_[0];
323
324 aioreq_pri -2;
325 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
326 ...
327 };
328 };
329
330
331=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
332
333Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
334priority, so the effect is cumulative.
335
111 336
112=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 337=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
113 338
114Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 339Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
115created filehandle for the file. 340created filehandle for the file.
121list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 346list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
122 347
123Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 348Likewise, C<$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>, 349didn'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, 350except 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). 351and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
352by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
353change the umask.
127 354
128Example: 355Example:
129 356
130 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 357 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
131 if ($_[0]) { 358 if ($_[0]) {
134 } else { 361 } else {
135 die "open failed: $!\n"; 362 die "open failed: $!\n";
136 } 363 }
137 }; 364 };
138 365
366
139=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 367=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
140 368
141Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 369Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
142code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 370code.
143filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
144time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
145C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
146 371
147This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 372Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
148therefore best to avoid this function. 373closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
374
375Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
376use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
377(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
378
379Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
380free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
381
382=cut
149 383
150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 384=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 385
152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 386=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153 387
154Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 388Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
155into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 389C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
156callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 390and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
157like the syscall). 391error, just like the syscall).
392
393C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
394offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
395
396If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
397be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
398changed by these calls.
399
400If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
401C<$data>.
402
403If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
404C<$data>.
158 405
159The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 406The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
160is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 407is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
161necessary/optional hardware is installed). 408the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
162 409
163Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 410Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
164offset C<0> within the scalar: 411offset C<0> within the scalar:
165 412
166 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 413 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
167 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 414 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
168 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 415 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
169 }; 416 };
170 417
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}
235 418
236=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 419=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
237 420
238Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 421Tries 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 422reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
243 426
244This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 427This 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 428zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
246socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 429socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
247 430
248If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 431If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
432C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or C<ENOTSOCK>,
249emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 433it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of
250regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 434filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
251 435
252Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 436Please 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 437C<$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 438bytes 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 439provides 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 440value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
257read. 441read.
442
258 443
259=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 444=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
260 445
261C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 446C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
262subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 447subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
268file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 453file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
269 454
270If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 455If 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. 456emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
272 457
458
273=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 459=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
274 460
275=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 461=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
276 462
277Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 463Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
290 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 476 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
291 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 477 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
292 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 478 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
293 }; 479 };
294 480
481
482=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
483
484Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
485whether a file handle or path was passed.
486
487On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
488members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
489C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
490is passed.
491
492The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
493C<ST_NOSUID>.
494
495The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
496their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
497not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
498C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
499C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
500
501Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
502
503 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
504 my $f = $_[0]
505 or die "statvfs: $!";
506
507 use Data::Dumper;
508 say Dumper $f;
509 };
510
511 # result:
512 {
513 bsize => 1024,
514 bfree => 4333064312,
515 blocks => 10253828096,
516 files => 2050765568,
517 flag => 4096,
518 favail => 2042092649,
519 bavail => 4333064312,
520 ffree => 2042092649,
521 namemax => 255,
522 frsize => 1024,
523 fsid => 1810
524 }
525
526
527=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
528
529Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
530and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
531syscalls support them.
532
533When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
534utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
535otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
536
537Examples:
538
539 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
540 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
541 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
542 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
543
544
545=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
546
547Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
548or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
549
550Examples:
551
552 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
553 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
554 # same as above:
555 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
556
557
558=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
559
560Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
561
562
563=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
564
565Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
566
567
295=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 568=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
296 569
297Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 570Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
298result code. 571result code.
299 572
573
574=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
575
576[EXPERIMENTAL]
577
578Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
579
580The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
581
582 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
583
584
300=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 585=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
301 586
302Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 587Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
303the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 588the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
304 589
590
305=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 591=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
306 592
307Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 593Asynchronously 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. 594the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
309 595
596
597=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
598
599Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
600the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
601callback.
602
603
310=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 604=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
311 605
312Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 606Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
313rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 607rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
314 608
609
610=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
611
612Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
613the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
614request is executed, so do not change your umask.
615
616
315=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 617=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
316 618
317Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 619Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
318result code. 620result code.
621
319 622
320=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 623=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
321 624
322Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 625Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
323directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 626directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
324sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 627sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
325 628
326The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 629The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
327with the filenames. 630array-ref with the filenames.
631
632
633=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
634
635Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
636behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
637C<undef>.
638
639The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
640flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
641
642=over 4
643
644=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
645
646When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names
647only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
648C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
649entry in more detail.
650
651C<$name> is the name of the entry.
652
653C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
654
655C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
656C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
657C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
658
659C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
660know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
661scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
662
663C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
664bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
665systems that do not deliver the inode information.
666
667=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
668
669When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
670likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly
671find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to
672stat() each entry.
673
674If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
675to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files
676beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with
677short names are tried first.
678
679=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
680
681When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
682suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
683all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
684be fastest.
685
686If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
687the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
688
689=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
690
691This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
692is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
693C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
694C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
695
696=back
697
698
699=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
700
701This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
702memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
703
704=cut
705
706sub aio_load($$;$) {
707 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
708 my $data = \$_[1];
709
710 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
711 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
712
713 aioreq_pri $pri;
714 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
715 my $fh = shift
716 or return $grp->result (-1);
717
718 aioreq_pri $pri;
719 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
720 $grp->result ($_[0]);
721 };
722 };
723
724 $grp
725}
726
727=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
728
729Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
730destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
731a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
732
733This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
734mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
735C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
736uid/gid, in that order.
737
738If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
739possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
740errors are being ignored.
741
742=cut
743
744sub aio_copy($$;$) {
745 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
746
747 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
748 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
749
750 aioreq_pri $pri;
751 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
752 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
753 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
754
755 aioreq_pri $pri;
756 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
757 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
758 aioreq_pri $pri;
759 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
760 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
761 $grp->result (0);
762 close $src_fh;
763
764 my $ch = sub {
765 aioreq_pri $pri;
766 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
767 aioreq_pri $pri;
768 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
769 aioreq_pri $pri;
770 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
771 }
772 };
773 };
774
775 aioreq_pri $pri;
776 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
777 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
778 aioreq_pri $pri;
779 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
780 } else {
781 $ch->();
782 }
783 };
784 } else {
785 $grp->result (-1);
786 close $src_fh;
787 close $dst_fh;
788
789 aioreq $pri;
790 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
791 }
792 };
793 } else {
794 $grp->result (-1);
795 }
796 },
797
798 } else {
799 $grp->result (-1);
800 }
801 };
802
803 $grp
804}
805
806=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
807
808Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
809destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
810a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
811
812This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
813rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
814that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
815
816=cut
817
818sub aio_move($$;$) {
819 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
820
821 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
822 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
823
824 aioreq_pri $pri;
825 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
826 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
827 aioreq_pri $pri;
828 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
829 $grp->result ($_[0]);
830
831 if (!$_[0]) {
832 aioreq_pri $pri;
833 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
834 }
835 };
836 } else {
837 $grp->result ($_[0]);
838 }
839 };
840
841 $grp
842}
328 843
329=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 844=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
330 845
331Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the 846Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
332entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse 847efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
333into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else). 848names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
849recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
334 850
335C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many 851C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
336aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding 852C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
337aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 853this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
338suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 854will be chosen (currently 4).
339 855
340On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 856On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
341two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 857two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
342 858
343Example: 859Example:
350 866
351Implementation notes. 867Implementation notes.
352 868
353The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 869The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
354 870
871If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
872find directories.
873
355After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 874Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
356directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the 875of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
357link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if 876match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
358>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be 877how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
359assumed. 878number of subdirectories will be assumed.
360 879
361Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a 880Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
362non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every 881currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
363entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often 882entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
883in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
884entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
885seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
364faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without 886filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
365reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds, 887data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
366it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which 888the filetype information on readdir.
367will be checked seperately).
368 889
369If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the 890If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
370entries is assumed to be non-directories. 891rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
892
893This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
894fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
895
896It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
897as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
898directory counting heuristic.
371 899
372=cut 900=cut
373 901
374sub aio_scandir($$$) { 902sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
375 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 903 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
376 904
905 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
906
907 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
908
377 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 909 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
378 910
379 # stat once 911 # stat once
912 aioreq_pri $pri;
380 aio_stat $path, sub { 913 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
381 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 914 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
915 my $now = time;
382 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 916 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
383 917
384 # read the directory entries 918 # read the directory entries
385 aio_readdir $path, sub { 919 aioreq_pri $pri;
920 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
386 my $entries = shift 921 my $entries = shift
387 or return $cb->(); 922 or return $grp->result ();
388 923
389 # stat the dir another time 924 # stat the dir another time
925 aioreq_pri $pri;
390 aio_stat $path, sub { 926 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
391 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 927 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
392 928
393 my $ndirs; 929 my $ndirs;
394 930
395 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 931 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
396 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) { 932 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
397 $ndirs = -1; 933 $ndirs = -1;
398 } else { 934 } else {
399 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 935 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
400 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 936 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
401 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 937 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
402 or return $cb->([], $entries); 938 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
403 } 939 }
404 940
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 @$entries];
411
412 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 941 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
413 942
414 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 943 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
415 my $nreq = 0; 944 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
945 };
416 946
417 $schedcb = sub { 947 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
418 if (@$entries) { 948 feed $statgrp sub {
419 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 949 return unless @$entries;
420 my $ent = pop @$entries; 950 my $entry = shift @$entries;
951
952 aioreq_pri $pri;
953 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
954 if ($_[0] < 0) {
955 push @nondirs, $entry;
956 } else {
957 # need to check for real directory
958 aioreq_pri $pri;
959 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
960 if (-d _) {
961 push @dirs, $entry;
962
963 unless (--$ndirs) {
964 push @nondirs, @$entries;
965 feed $statgrp;
966 }
967 } else {
968 push @nondirs, $entry;
969 }
421 $nreq++; 970 }
422 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
423 } 971 }
424 } elsif (!$nreq) {
425 # finished
426 undef $statcb;
427 undef $schedcb;
428 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
429 undef $cb;
430 } 972 };
431 }; 973 };
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 }; 974 };
462 }; 975 };
463 }; 976 };
977
978 $grp
464} 979}
980
981=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
982
983Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
984status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
985uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
986everything else.
987
988=cut
989
990sub aio_rmtree;
991sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
992 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
993
994 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
995 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
996
997 aioreq_pri $pri;
998 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
999 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1000
1001 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1002 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1003 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1004 };
1005 };
1006
1007 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1008 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1009
1010 add $grp $dirgrp;
1011 };
1012
1013 $grp
1014}
1015
1016=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1017
1018Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
465 1019
466=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1020=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
467 1021
468Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1022Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
469with the fsync result code. 1023with the fsync result code.
474callback with the fdatasync result code. 1028callback with the fdatasync result code.
475 1029
476If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1030If 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. 1031detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
478 1032
1033=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1034
1035Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1036to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1037sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1038ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1039
1040C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1041C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1042C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1043manpage for details.
1044
1045=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1046
1047This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1048composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1049(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1050specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1051written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1052not just directories.
1053
1054Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1055C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1056
1057Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1058
1059=cut
1060
1061sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1062 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1063
1064 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1065 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1066
1067 aioreq_pri $pri;
1068 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1069 my ($fh) = @_;
1070 if ($fh) {
1071 aioreq_pri $pri;
1072 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1073 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1074
1075 aioreq_pri $pri;
1076 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1077 };
1078 } else {
1079 $grp->result (-1);
1080 }
1081 };
1082
1083 $grp
1084}
1085
1086=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1087
1088This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1089scalars (see the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules for details on this, note
1090that the scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is
1091pending on it).
1092
1093It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1094area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1095later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1096is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1097a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1098C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1099
1100=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1101
1102This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1103scalars.
1104
1105It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1106range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1107as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1108C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1109C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1110writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1111
1112=item aio_group $callback->(...)
1113
1114This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
1115container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
1116many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1117and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
1118
1119Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
1120for more info.
1121
1122Example:
1123
1124 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1125 print "all stats done\n";
1126 };
1127
1128 add $grp
1129 (aio_stat ...),
1130 (aio_stat ...),
1131 ...;
1132
1133=item aio_nop $callback->()
1134
1135This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1136side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1137that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1138code.
1139
1140While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1141phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1142be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1143entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1144latency.
1145
1146=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
1147
1148Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
1149the request workers to sleep for the given time.
1150
1151While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
1152like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
1153immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
1154except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
1155
479=back 1156=back
480 1157
1158=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1159
1160All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
1161called in non-void context.
1162
1163=over 4
1164
1165=item cancel $req
1166
1167Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
1168when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
1169entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
1170untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
1171currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1172will not be freed prematurely.
1173
1174=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1175
1176Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
1177
1178=back
1179
1180=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
1181
1182This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
1183objects of this class, too.
1184
1185A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
1186aio requests.
1187
1188You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
1189callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
1190C<done> state:
1191
1192 my $grp = aio_group sub {
1193 print "all requests are done\n";
1194 };
1195
1196You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
1197C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
1198
1199 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
1200
1201 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1202 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1203
1204 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1205 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1206 $grp->result ("ok");
1207 };
1208 };
1209
1210This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
1211C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
1212
1213=over 4
1214
1215=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
1216C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
1217
1218=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
1219only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
1220
1221=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1222
1223=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1224any later time).
1225
1226=back
1227
1228Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
1229will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
1230C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
1231exist.
1232
1233That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1234(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1235the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1236further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1237finished will the the group itself finish.
1238
1239=over 4
1240
1241=item add $grp ...
1242
1243=item $grp->add (...)
1244
1245Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1246be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1247dependencies.
1248
1249Returns all its arguments.
1250
1251=item $grp->cancel_subs
1252
1253Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
1254itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1255
1256The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1257group).
1258
1259=item $grp->result (...)
1260
1261Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1262subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1263of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1264no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1265
1266=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1267
1268Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1269when the argument is missing.
1270
1271Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1272the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1273default (0).
1274
1275Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1276before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1277
1278=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1279
1280Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1281generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1282although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1283this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1284C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
1285delaying any later requests for a long time.
1286
1287To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1288instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1289feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1290below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1291requests.
1292
1293The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1294not impose any limits).
1295
1296If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1297automatically removed from the group.
1298
1299If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1300C<2> automatically.
1301
1302Example:
1303
1304 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1305
1306 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1307 limit $grp 4;
1308 feed $grp sub {
1309 my $file = pop @files
1310 or return;
1311
1312 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1313 };
1314
1315=item limit $grp $num
1316
1317Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1318the group contains less than this many requests.
1319
1320Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1321
1322The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1323automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1324
1325=back
1326
481=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1327=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
482 1328
1329=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1330
483=over 4 1331=over 4
484 1332
485=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1333=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
486 1334
487Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1335Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
488polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1336polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
489select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1337select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
490to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1338you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
491 1339
492See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1340See C<poll_cb> for an example.
493 1341
494=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1342=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
495 1343
496Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1344Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
497regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1345regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
498when no events are outstanding. 1346returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
1347are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1348C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1349
1350If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1351will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1352do anything special to have it called later.
499 1353
500Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1354Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
501IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1355IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1356SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
502 1357
503 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1358 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
504 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1359 poll => 'r', async => 1,
505 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1360 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
506 1361
507=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1362=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
508 1363
1364If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
509Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1365phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
510C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1366does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
511for some requests to finish). 1367synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
512 1368
513See C<nreqs> for an example. 1369See C<nreqs> for an example.
514 1370
1371=item IO::AIO::poll
1372
1373Waits until some requests have been handled.
1374
1375Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1376equivalent to:
1377
1378 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1379
515=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1380=item IO::AIO::flush
516 1381
517Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1382Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
518callback has not been invoked yet).
519 1383
520Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1384Strictly equivalent to:
521 1385
522 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1386 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
523 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1387 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
524 1388
525=item IO::AIO::flush 1389=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
526 1390
527Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1391=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
528 1392
529Strictly equivalent to: 1393These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1394that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1395the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1396C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1397of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
530 1398
531 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1399Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
532 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1400syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1401callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1402not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
533 1403
534=item IO::AIO::poll 1404Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1405interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1406time.
535 1407
536Waits until some requests have been handled. 1408For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
537 1409
538Strictly equivalent to: 1410Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1411IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1412program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
539 1413
540 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1414 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
541 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1415 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1416
1417 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1418 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1419 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1420 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1421
1422=back
1423
1424=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1425
1426=over
542 1427
543=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1428=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
544 1429
545Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1430Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
546is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1431default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
547(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1432concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1433however, is unlimited).
548 1434
549IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1435IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
550no free thread exists. 1436no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1437create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1438is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
551 1439
552It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1440It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
553kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1441Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
554parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1442(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
555threads should be fine. 1443versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
556 1444
557Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1445Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
558module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1446module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
559 1447
560=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1448=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
569This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1457This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
570that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1458that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
571 1459
572Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1460Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
573 1461
1462=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1463
1464Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
1465threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
1466means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
1467idle, it will free its resources and exit.
1468
1469This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1470to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1471under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1472
1473The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1474creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1475want to use larger values.
1476
574=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1477=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1478
1479This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1480blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1481use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
575 1482
576Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1483Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
577try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1484do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
578some requests have been handled. 1485C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1486function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
579 1487
580The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1488The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
581queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1489number of outstanding requests.
582this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
583 1490
584Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1491You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
1492C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
1493as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
585 1494
586=back 1495=back
587 1496
1497=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1498
1499=over
1500
1501=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1502
1503Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1504states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1505
1506Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1507
1508 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1509 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1510
1511=item IO::AIO::nready
1512
1513Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1514executed).
1515
1516=item IO::AIO::npending
1517
1518Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1519but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1520
1521=back
1522
1523=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1524
1525IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1526asynchronous.
1527
1528=over 4
1529
1530=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1531
1532Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1533but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1534likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1535operations).
1536
1537Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1538
1539=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1540
1541Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's
1542manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1543avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1544C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1545C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1546
1547On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1548ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1549
1550=item IO::AIO::mlockall $flags
1551
1552Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1553C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL__FUTURE>).
1554
1555On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns
1556ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mlockall>.
1557
1558=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1559
1560Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1561
1562On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1563ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1564
1565=back
1566
588=cut 1567=cut
589 1568
590# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
591sub _fd2fh {
592 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
593
594 # try to generate nice filehandles
595 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[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, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
601 or return undef;
602
603 *$sym
604}
605
606min_parallel 4; 1569min_parallel 8;
607 1570
608END { 1571END { flush }
609 max_parallel 0;
610}
611 1572
6121; 15731;
613 1574
1575=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1576
1577It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1578automatically into many event loops:
1579
1580 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1581 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1582
1583You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1584some examples of how to do this:
1585
1586 # EV integration
1587 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1588
1589 # Event integration
1590 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1591 poll => 'r',
1592 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1593
1594 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1595 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1596 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1597
1598 # Tk integration
1599 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1600 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1601
1602 # Danga::Socket integration
1603 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1604 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1605
614=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1606=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1607
1608This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
615 1609
616Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1610Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
617can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1611can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
618the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1612the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
619request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1613request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
620queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1614(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
621the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1615parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
622parent process has been reached again. 1616parent process has been reached again.
623 1617
1618In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1619not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1620yet.
1621
1622=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1623
1624Per-request usage:
1625
1626Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1627bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1628a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1629scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1630will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1631
1632This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1633problem.
1634
1635Per-thread usage:
1636
1637In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1638temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1639structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1640
1641=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1642
1643Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1644
624=head1 SEE ALSO 1645=head1 SEE ALSO
625 1646
626L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1647L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1648more natural syntax.
627 1649
628=head1 AUTHOR 1650=head1 AUTHOR
629 1651
630 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1652 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
631 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1653 http://home.schmorp.de/

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