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  aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
     $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
  };
- # AnyEvent
+ # version 2+ has request and group objects
+ use IO::AIO 2;
+ aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
+ my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
+ $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
+ my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
+ add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
+ # AnyEvent integration
  open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
  my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
- # Event
+ # Event integration
  Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
             poll => 'r',
             cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
- # Glib/Gtk2
+ # Glib/Gtk2 integration
  add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
            in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
- # Tk
+ # Tk integration
  Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
                            readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
- # Danga::Socket
+ # Danga::Socket integration
  Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
                              \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
 operating system supports.
-Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes
+In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
-and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or
+requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
-perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the
+in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
-pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native
+to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
-aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
+functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
-not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
+not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal
-for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
+files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
-remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
+aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
+using threads anyway.
-Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
+Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)
-currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
+threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
-C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
+locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
-C<aio_> functions) recursively.
+never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
+=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
+Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
+directly visible to Perl.
+If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
+object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
+which saves a bit of memory.
+The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
+are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
+During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
+in order:
+=over 4
+=item ready
+Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
+waiting for a thread to execute it.
+=item execute
+A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
+executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
+=item pending
+The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
+While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
+processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
+(or another function with the same effect).
+=item result
+The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
+The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
+calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
+any groups they are contained in.
+=item done
+Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
+(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
+aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
+result in a runtime error).
 =cut
 package IO::AIO;
 use strict 'vars';
 use base 'Exporter';
 BEGIN {
-   our $VERSION = '1.8';
+   our $VERSION = '2.0';
-   our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
+   our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
-                    aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
+                     aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
-                    aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move);
+                     aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
-   our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
+                     aio_group aio_nop);
+   our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
+   our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
+                       min_parallel max_parallel nreqs);
+   @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
    require XSLoader;
    XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
 }
 syscall has been executed asynchronously.
 All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
 internally until the request has finished.
+All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
+manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
 The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
 encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
 request is being executed, the current working directory could have
 changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
 current working directory.
 your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
 environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
 use something else.
 =over 4
+=item aioreq_pri $pri
+Sets the priority for the next aio request. The default priority
+is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4> and C<4>,
+respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced first.
+The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_>
+functions.
+Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
+higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
+open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
+   aioreq_pri -3;
+   aio_open ..., sub {
+      return unless $_[0];
+      aioreq_pri -2;
+      aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
+         ...
+      };
+   };
+=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
+Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
+priority, so effects are cumulative.
 =item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
 Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
 created filehandle for the file.
       print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
    };
 =item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
-[EXPERIMENTAL]
-Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or destination)
+Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
-from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
+destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
+the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
 This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
 rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
 and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
 followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
 =cut
 sub aio_move($$$) {
    my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
+   my $grp = aio_group $cb;
-   aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
+   add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
       if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
-         aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
+         add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
             if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
                my @stat = stat $src_fh;
-               aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
+               add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
                   if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
-                     aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
+                     add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
                         close $src_fh;
                         if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
                            utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
                            chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
                            chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
                            close $dst_fh;
-                           aio_unlink $src, sub {
+                           add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
-                              $cb->($_[0]);
+                              $grp->result ($_[0]);
                            };
                         } else {
                            my $errno = $!;
-                           aio_unlink $dst, sub {
+                           add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
                               $! = $errno;
-                              $cb->(-1);
+                              $grp->result (-1);
                            };
                         }
                      };
                   } else {
-                     $cb->(-1);
+                     $grp->result (-1);
                   }
                },
             } else {
-               $cb->(-1);
+               $grp->result (-1);
             }
          };
       } else {
-         $cb->($_[0]);
+         $grp->result ($_[0]);
       }
    };
+   $grp
 }
 =item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
 Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
 The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
 with the filenames.
 =item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
-Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the
+Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
-entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse
+efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
-into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else).
+names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
+recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
-C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many
+C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
-aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding
+C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
-aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a
+this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
-suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).
+will be chosen (currently 6).
 On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
 two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
 Example:
 Implementation notes.
 The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
 After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
-directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the
+directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
-link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if
+isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
->= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be
+entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
-assumed.
+of subdirectories will be assumed.
-Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a
+Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
-non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else).  Then every
+a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
-entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often
+else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
+likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
+is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
+seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
-faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without
+filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
-reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds,
+data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
-it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which
-will be checked seperately).
-If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the
+If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
-entries is assumed to be non-directories.
+rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
+This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
+fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
+It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
+as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
+directory counting heuristic.
 =cut
 sub aio_scandir($$$) {
    my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
+   my $grp = aio_group $cb;
-   $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;
+   $maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0;
    # stat once
-   aio_stat $path, sub {
+   add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
-      return $cb->() if $_[0];
+      return $grp->result () if $_[0];
+      my $now = time;
       my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
       # read the directory entries
-      aio_readdir $path, sub {
+      add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
          my $entries = shift
-            or return $cb->();
+            or return $grp->result ();
          # stat the dir another time
-         aio_stat $path, sub {
+         add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
             my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
             my $ndirs;
             # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
-            if ($hash1 ne $hash2) {
+            if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
                $ndirs = -1;
             } else {
                # if nlink == 2, we are finished
                # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
                $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
-                  or return $cb->([], $entries);
+                  or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
             }
             # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
             # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
             $entries = [map $_->[0],
                               map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
                                  @$entries];
             my (@dirs, @nondirs);
-            my ($statcb, $schedcb);
+            my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
-            my $nreq = 0;
+               $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
+            };
-            $schedcb = sub {
+            limit $statgrp $maxreq;
-               if (@$entries) {
+            feed $statgrp sub {
-                  if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
+               return unless @$entries;
-                     my $ent = pop @$entries;
+               my $entry = pop @$entries;
+               add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
+                  if ($_[0] < 0) {
+                     push @nondirs, $entry;
+                  } else {
+                     # need to check for real directory
+                     add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
+                        if (-d _) {
+                           push @dirs, $entry;
+                           unless (--$ndirs) {
+                              push @nondirs, @$entries;
+                              feed $statgrp;
+                           }
+                        } else {
+                           push @nondirs, $entry;
+                        }
-                     $nreq++;
+                     }
-                     aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
                   }
-               } elsif (!$nreq) {
-                  # finished
-                  undef $statcb;
-                  undef $schedcb;
-                  $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
-                  undef $cb;
-               }
+               };
             };
-            $statcb = sub {
-               my ($status, $entry) = @_;
-               if ($status < 0) {
-                  $nreq--;
-                  push @nondirs, $entry;
-                  &$schedcb;
-               } else {
-                  # need to check for real directory
-                  aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
-                     $nreq--;
-                     if (-d _) {
-                        push @dirs, $entry;
-                        if (!--$ndirs) {
-                           push @nondirs, @$entries;
-                           $entries = [];
-                        }
-                     } else {
-                        push @nondirs, $entry;
-                     }
-                     &$schedcb;
-                  }
-               }
-            };
-            &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
          };
       };
    };
+   $grp
 }
 =item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
 Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
 Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
 callback with the fdatasync result code.
 If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
 detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
+=item aio_group $callback->(...)
+This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
+container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
+many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
+and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
+Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
+for more info.
+Example:
+   my $grp = aio_group sub {
+      print "all stats done\n";
+   };
+   add $grp
+      (aio_stat ...),
+      (aio_stat ...),
+      ...;
+=item aio_nop $callback->()
+This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
+side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
+that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
+code.
+While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
+phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
+be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
+entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
+latency.
+=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->()  *NOT EXPORTED*
+Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
+the request workers to sleep for the given time.
+While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
+like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
+immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
+except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
+=back
+=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
+All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
+called in non-void context.
+=over 4
+=item cancel $req
+Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
+when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
+entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
+untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
+stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
+=item cb $req $callback->(...)
+Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
+=back
+=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
+This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
+objects of this class, too.
+A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
+aio requests.
+You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
+callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
+C<done> state:
+   my $grp = aio_group sub {
+      print "all requests are done\n";
+   };
+You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
+C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
+   $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
+   add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
+      $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
+      # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
+      add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
+         $grp->result ("ok");
+      };
+   };
+This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
+C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
+=over 4
+=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
+C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
+=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
+only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
+=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
+=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
+any later time).
+=back
+Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
+will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
+C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
+exist.
+That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
+in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
+group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
+itself finish.
+=over 4
+=item add $grp ...
+=item $grp->add (...)
+Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
+be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
+dependencies.
+Returns all its arguments.
+=item $grp->cancel_subs
+Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
+itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
+=item $grp->result (...)
+Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
+subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.
+=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
+Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
+generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
+although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
+this might starve other requests for a potentially long time.  For
+example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
+requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
+To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
+instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
+feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
+below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
+requests.
+The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
+not impose any limits).
+If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
+automatically removed from the group.
+If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
+Example:
+   # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
+   my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
+   limit $grp 4;
+   feed $grp sub {
+      my $file = pop @files
+         or return;
+      add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
+   };
+=item limit $grp $num
+Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
+the group contains less than this many requests.
+Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
 =back
 =head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
 Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
 regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
 when no events are outstanding.
+If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
+will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
 Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
 IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
    Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
               poll => 'r', async => 1,
               cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
+=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests
+Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests
+at a time.
+Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is
+not fast enough to process all requests in time.
+Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
+IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
+program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
+   Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
+              poll => 'r', nice => 1,
+              cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });
 =item IO::AIO::poll_wait
 Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
 C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
 for some requests to finish).
    IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
       if IO::AIO::nreqs;
 =item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
-Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default
+Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
-is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time
+default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
-(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
+concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
+however, is unlimited).
 IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
 no free thread exists.
-It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
+It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
-kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
+Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
-parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
+(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
-threads should be fine.
+versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
 Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
 module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
 =item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
 This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
 that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
 Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
-=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
+=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
+This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
+blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
+use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
 Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
-try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
+to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
-some requests have been handled.
+C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
+function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
-The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
+The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
-queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
+number of outstanding requests.
-this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
-Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
+You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
+C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
+as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
 =back
 =cut
       or return undef;
    *$sym
 }
-min_parallel 4;
+min_parallel 8;
 END {
    max_parallel 0;
 }
 1;
 =head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
+This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
 Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
 can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
 the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
-request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
+request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
-queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
+(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
-the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
+parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
 parent process has been reached again.
+In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
+not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
+yet.
+=head2 MEMORY USAGE
+Per-request usage:
+Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
+bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
+a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
+scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
+will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
+This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
+problem.
+Per-thread usage:
+In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
+temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
+structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
+=head1 KNOWN BUGS
+Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
 =head1 SEE ALSO
-L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>.
+L<Coro::AIO>.
 =head1 AUTHOR
  Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
  http://home.schmorp.de/

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