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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 use IO::AIO 2; # version has aio objects 21 # version 2+ has request and group objects
22 use IO::AIO 2;
21 23
24 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
22 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
23 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
24 27
25 # AnyEvent 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
30
31 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, urxvt, pureperl...)
26 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 32 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
27 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb }); 33 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
28 34
29 # Event 35 # EV integration
36 my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
37
38 # Event integration
30 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 39 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
31 poll => 'r', 40 poll => 'r',
32 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 41 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
33 42
34 # Glib/Gtk2 43 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
35 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 44 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 45 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
37 46
38 # Tk 47 # Tk integration
39 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 48 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
40 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 49 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
41 50
42 # Danga::Socket 51 # Danga::Socket integration
43 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 52 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
44 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 53 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
45 54
46
47=head1 DESCRIPTION 55=head1 DESCRIPTION
48 56
49This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 57This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
50operating system supports. 58operating system supports.
51 59
60Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
61(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
62will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
63is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
64when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
65etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
66normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
67on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
68concurrently.
69
70While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
71example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
72support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very
73inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event>
74module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
75
52Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 76In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
53and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 77requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
54perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 78in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
55pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 79to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
56aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 80functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
57not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 81not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
58for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 82files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
59remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 83aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
84using threads anyway.
60 85
61Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 86Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
62currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 87it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
63C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 88yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
64C<aio_> functions) recursively. 89call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
90
91=head2 EXAMPLE
92
93This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads
94F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
95
96 use Fcntl;
97 use Event;
98 use IO::AIO;
99
100 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event
101 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
102 poll => 'r',
103 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
104
105 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
106 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
107 my $fh = shift
108 or die "error while opening: $!";
109
110 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
111 my $size = -s $fh;
112
113 # queue a request to read the file
114 my $contents;
115 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
116 $_[0] == $size
117 or die "short read: $!";
118
119 close $fh;
120
121 # file contents now in $contents
122 print $contents;
123
124 # exit event loop and program
125 Event::unloop;
126 };
127 };
128
129 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
130 # check for sockets etc. etc.
131
132 # process events as long as there are some:
133 Event::loop;
134
135=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
136
137Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
138directly visible to Perl.
139
140If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
141object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
142which saves a bit of memory.
143
144The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
145are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
146
147During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
148in order:
149
150=over 4
151
152=item ready
153
154Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
155waiting for a thread to execute it.
156
157=item execute
158
159A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
160executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
161
162=item pending
163
164The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
165
166While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
167processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
168(or another function with the same effect).
169
170=item result
171
172The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
173
174The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
175calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
176any groups they are contained in.
177
178=item done
179
180Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
181(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
182aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
183result in a runtime error).
184
185=back
65 186
66=cut 187=cut
67 188
68package IO::AIO; 189package IO::AIO;
190
191use Carp ();
69 192
70no warnings; 193no warnings;
71use strict 'vars'; 194use strict 'vars';
72 195
73use base 'Exporter'; 196use base 'Exporter';
74 197
75BEGIN { 198BEGIN {
76 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 199 our $VERSION = '2.62';
77 200
78 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 201 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
79 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 202 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir
80 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 203 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
81 aio_group); 204 aio_fdatasync aio_pathsync aio_readahead
82 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 205 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
206 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
207 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);
208
209 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice aio_block));
210 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
211 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
212 nreqs nready npending nthreads
213 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);
83 214
84 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 215 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
85 216
86 require XSLoader; 217 require XSLoader;
87 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 218 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
88} 219}
89 220
90=head1 FUNCTIONS 221=head1 FUNCTIONS
91 222
92=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 223=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
93 224
94All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 225All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
95with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 226with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
96and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 227and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
97which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 228which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
100syscall has been executed asynchronously. 231syscall has been executed asynchronously.
101 232
102All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 233All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
103internally until the request has finished. 234internally until the request has finished.
104 235
105All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 236All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
106manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 237further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
107 238
108The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 239The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
109encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 240encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
110request is being executed, the current working directory could have 241request is being executed, the current working directory could have
111changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 242changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
112current working directory. 243current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
244paths.
113 245
114To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 246To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
115always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 247in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
116etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 248tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
117your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 249your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
118environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 250environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
119use something else. 251use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
252
253This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
254handles correctly wether it is set or not.
120 255
121=over 4 256=over 4
257
258=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
259
260Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
261C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
262
263The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
264and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
265first.
266
267The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
268functions.
269
270Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
271higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
272open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
273
274 aioreq_pri -3;
275 aio_open ..., sub {
276 return unless $_[0];
277
278 aioreq_pri -2;
279 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
280 ...
281 };
282 };
283
284
285=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
286
287Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
288priority, so the effect is cumulative.
289
122 290
123=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 291=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
124 292
125Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 293Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
126created filehandle for the file. 294created filehandle for the file.
132list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 300list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
133 301
134Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 302Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
135didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 303didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
136except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 304except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
137and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 305and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
306by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
307change the umask.
138 308
139Example: 309Example:
140 310
141 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 311 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
142 if ($_[0]) { 312 if ($_[0]) {
145 } else { 315 } else {
146 die "open failed: $!\n"; 316 die "open failed: $!\n";
147 } 317 }
148 }; 318 };
149 319
320
150=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 321=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
151 322
152Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 323Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
153code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 324code.
154filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
155time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
156C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
157 325
158This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 326Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
159therefore best to avoid this function. 327closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
328
329Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
330use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
331(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
332
333Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
334free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
335
336=cut
160 337
161=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 338=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
162 339
163=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 340=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
164 341
165Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 342Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset>
166into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 343into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the
167callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 344callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
168like the syscall). 345like the syscall).
169 346
347If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
348be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
349changed by these calls.
350
351If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>.
352
353If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
354C<$data>.
355
170The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 356The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
171is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 357is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
172necessary/optional hardware is installed). 358the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
173 359
174Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 360Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
175offset C<0> within the scalar: 361offset C<0> within the scalar:
176 362
177 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 363 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
178 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 364 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
179 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 365 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
180 }; 366 };
181 367
182=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
183
184Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
185destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
186the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
187
188This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
189rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
190and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
191followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
192order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
193
194If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
195possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
196errors are being ignored.
197
198=cut
199
200sub aio_move($$$) {
201 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
202
203 my $grp = aio_group;
204
205 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
206 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
207 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
208 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
209 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
210
211 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
212 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
213 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
214 close $src_fh;
215
216 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
217 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
218 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
219 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
220 close $dst_fh;
221
222 add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
223 $cb->($_[0]);
224 };
225 } else {
226 my $errno = $!;
227 add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
228 $! = $errno;
229 $cb->(-1);
230 };
231 }
232 };
233 } else {
234 $cb->(-1);
235 }
236 },
237
238 } else {
239 $cb->(-1);
240 }
241 };
242 } else {
243 $cb->($_[0]);
244 }
245 };
246
247 $grp
248}
249 368
250=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 369=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
251 370
252Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 371Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
253reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 372reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
267C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 386C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
268bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 387bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
269provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 388provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
270value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 389value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
271read. 390read.
391
272 392
273=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 393=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
274 394
275C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 395C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
276subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 396subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
282file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 402file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
283 403
284If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 404If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
285emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 405emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
286 406
407
287=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 408=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
288 409
289=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 410=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
290 411
291Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 412Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
304 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 425 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
305 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 426 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
306 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 427 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
307 }; 428 };
308 429
430
431=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
432
433Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
434and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
435syscalls support them.
436
437When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
438utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
439otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
440
441Examples:
442
443 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
444 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
445 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
446 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
447
448
449=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
450
451Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
452or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
453
454Examples:
455
456 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
457 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
458 # same as above:
459 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
460
461
462=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
463
464Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
465
466
467=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
468
469Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
470
471
309=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 472=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
310 473
311Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 474Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
312result code. 475result code.
313 476
477
478=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
479
480[EXPERIMENTAL]
481
482Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
483
484The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
485
486 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
487
488
314=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 489=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
315 490
316Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 491Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
317the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 492the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
318 493
494
319=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 495=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
320 496
321Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 497Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
322the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 498the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
323 499
500
501=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
502
503Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
504the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
505callback.
506
507
324=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 508=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
325 509
326Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 510Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
327rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 511rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
328 512
513
514=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
515
516Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
517the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
518request is executed, so do not change your umask.
519
520
329=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 521=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
330 522
331Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 523Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
332result code. 524result code.
525
333 526
334=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 527=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
335 528
336Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 529Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
337directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 530directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
338sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 531sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
339 532
340The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 533The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
341with the filenames. 534with the filenames.
342 535
536
537=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
538
539This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
540memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
541
542=cut
543
544sub aio_load($$;$) {
545 aio_block {
546 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
547 my $data = \$_[1];
548
549 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
550 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
551
552 aioreq_pri $pri;
553 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
554 my $fh = shift
555 or return $grp->result (-1);
556
557 aioreq_pri $pri;
558 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
559 $grp->result ($_[0]);
560 };
561 };
562
563 $grp
564 }
565}
566
567=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
568
569Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
570destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
571the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
572
573This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with
574mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
575C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
576uid/gid, in that order.
577
578If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
579possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
580errors are being ignored.
581
582=cut
583
584sub aio_copy($$;$) {
585 aio_block {
586 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
587
588 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
589 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
590
591 aioreq_pri $pri;
592 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
593 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
594 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
595
596 aioreq_pri $pri;
597 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
598 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
599 aioreq_pri $pri;
600 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
601 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
602 $grp->result (0);
603 close $src_fh;
604
605 # those should not normally block. should. should.
606 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
607 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
608 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
609
610 aioreq_pri $pri;
611 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
612 } else {
613 $grp->result (-1);
614 close $src_fh;
615 close $dst_fh;
616
617 aioreq $pri;
618 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
619 }
620 };
621 } else {
622 $grp->result (-1);
623 }
624 },
625
626 } else {
627 $grp->result (-1);
628 }
629 };
630
631 $grp
632 }
633}
634
635=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
636
637Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
638destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
639the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
640
641This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
642rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
643that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
644
645=cut
646
647sub aio_move($$;$) {
648 aio_block {
649 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
650
651 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
652 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
653
654 aioreq_pri $pri;
655 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
656 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
657 aioreq_pri $pri;
658 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
659 $grp->result ($_[0]);
660
661 if (!$_[0]) {
662 aioreq_pri $pri;
663 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
664 }
665 };
666 } else {
667 $grp->result ($_[0]);
668 }
669 };
670
671 $grp
672 }
673}
674
343=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 675=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
344 676
345Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 677Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
346separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones 678efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
347you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot 679names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
348recurse into (everything else). 680recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
349 681
350C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub 682C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
351requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio 683C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
352requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 684this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
353suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 685will be chosen (currently 4).
354 686
355On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 687On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
356two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 688two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
357 689
358Example: 690Example:
392as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 724as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
393directory counting heuristic. 725directory counting heuristic.
394 726
395=cut 727=cut
396 728
397sub aio_scandir($$$) { 729sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
730 aio_block {
398 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 731 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
399 732
733 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
734
400 my $grp = aio_group; 735 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
401 736
402 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 737 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
403 738
404 # stat once 739 # stat once
740 aioreq_pri $pri;
405 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 741 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
406 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 742 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
407 my $now = time; 743 my $now = time;
408 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 744 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
409 745
410 # read the directory entries 746 # read the directory entries
747 aioreq_pri $pri;
411 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 748 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
412 my $entries = shift 749 my $entries = shift
413 or return $cb->(); 750 or return $grp->result ();
414 751
415 # stat the dir another time 752 # stat the dir another time
753 aioreq_pri $pri;
416 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 754 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
417 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 755 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
418 756
419 my $ndirs; 757 my $ndirs;
420 758
421 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 759 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
422 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 760 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
423 $ndirs = -1; 761 $ndirs = -1;
424 } else { 762 } else {
425 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 763 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
426 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 764 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
427 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 765 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
428 or return $cb->([], $entries); 766 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
429 }
430
431 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
432 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
433 $entries = [map $_->[0],
434 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
435 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
436 @$entries];
437
438 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
439
440 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
441 my $nreq = 0;
442
443 $schedcb = sub {
444 if (@$entries) {
445 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
446 my $ent = pop @$entries;
447 $nreq++;
448 add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
449 }
450 } elsif (!$nreq) {
451 # finished
452 undef $statcb;
453 undef $schedcb;
454 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
455 undef $cb;
456 } 767 }
768
769 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
770 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
771 $entries = [map $_->[0],
772 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
773 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
774 @$entries];
775
776 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
777
778 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
779 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
780 };
781
782 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
783 feed $statgrp sub {
784 return unless @$entries;
785 my $entry = pop @$entries;
786
787 aioreq_pri $pri;
788 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
789 if ($_[0] < 0) {
790 push @nondirs, $entry;
791 } else {
792 # need to check for real directory
793 aioreq_pri $pri;
794 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
795 if (-d _) {
796 push @dirs, $entry;
797
798 unless (--$ndirs) {
799 push @nondirs, @$entries;
800 feed $statgrp;
801 }
802 } else {
803 push @nondirs, $entry;
804 }
805 }
806 }
807 };
808 };
457 }; 809 };
458 $statcb = sub {
459 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
460
461 if ($status < 0) {
462 $nreq--;
463 push @nondirs, $entry;
464 &$schedcb;
465 } else {
466 # need to check for real directory
467 add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
468 $nreq--;
469
470 if (-d _) {
471 push @dirs, $entry;
472
473 if (!--$ndirs) {
474 push @nondirs, @$entries;
475 $entries = [];
476 }
477 } else {
478 push @nondirs, $entry;
479 }
480
481 &$schedcb;
482 }
483 }
484 };
485
486 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
487 }; 810 };
488 }; 811 };
812
813 $grp
489 }; 814 }
490
491 $grp
492} 815}
816
817=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
818
819Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
820status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
821uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
822everything else.
823
824=cut
825
826sub aio_rmtree;
827sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
828 aio_block {
829 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
830
831 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
832 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
833
834 aioreq_pri $pri;
835 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
836 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
837
838 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
839 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
840 $grp->result ($_[0]);
841 };
842 };
843
844 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
845 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
846
847 add $grp $dirgrp;
848 };
849
850 $grp
851 }
852}
853
854=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
855
856Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
493 857
494=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 858=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
495 859
496Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 860Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
497with the fsync result code. 861with the fsync result code.
502callback with the fdatasync result code. 866callback with the fdatasync result code.
503 867
504If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 868If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
505detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 869detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
506 870
871=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
872
873This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
874composite request intended tosync directories after directory operations
875(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
876specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
877written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
878not just directories.
879
880Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
881
882=cut
883
884sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
885 aio_block {
886 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
887
888 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
889 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
890
891 aioreq_pri $pri;
892 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
893 my ($fh) = @_;
894 if ($fh) {
895 aioreq_pri $pri;
896 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
897 $grp->result ($_[0]);
898
899 aioreq_pri $pri;
900 add $grp aio_close $fh;
901 };
902 } else {
903 $grp->result (-1);
904 }
905 };
906
907 $grp
908 }
909}
910
507=item aio_group $callback->() 911=item aio_group $callback->(...)
508
509[EXPERIMENTAL]
510 912
511This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 913This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
512container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 914container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
513many requests into a single, composite, request. 915many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
916and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
514 917
515Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below 918Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
516for more info. 919for more info.
517 920
518Example: 921Example:
524 add $grp 927 add $grp
525 (aio_stat ...), 928 (aio_stat ...),
526 (aio_stat ...), 929 (aio_stat ...),
527 ...; 930 ...;
528 931
932=item aio_nop $callback->()
933
934This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
935side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
936that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
937code.
938
939While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
940phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
941be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
942entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
943latency.
944
529=item aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED* 945=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
530 946
531Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of 947Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
532the request workers to sleep for the given time. 948the request workers to sleep for the given time.
533 949
950While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
951like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
952immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
953except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
954
534=back 955=back
535 956
536=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 957=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
537 958
538All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 959All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
539called in non-void context. 960called in non-void context.
540 961
541A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
542in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
543yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
544(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
545B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
546callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
547holds no resources anymore).
548
549=over 4 962=over 4
550 963
551=item $req->cancel 964=item cancel $req
552 965
553Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 966Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
554when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 967when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
555entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 968entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
556untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 969untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
557stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 970stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
558 971
972=item cb $req $callback->(...)
973
974Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
975
559=back 976=back
560 977
561=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS 978=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
562 979
563This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to 980This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
577You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more 994You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
578C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects: 995C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
579 996
580 $grp->add (aio_unlink "..."); 997 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
581 998
582 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { ... }; 999 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1000 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1001
1002 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1003 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1004 $grp->result ("ok");
1005 };
1006 };
583 1007
584This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of 1008This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
585C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests. 1009C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
586 1010
1011=over 4
1012
587The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to 1013=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
588C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request. 1014C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
589 1015
590They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not 1016=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
591just the request itself, but also all requests it contains. 1017only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
592 1018
593They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects. 1019=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1020
1021=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1022any later time).
1023
1024=back
594 1025
595Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1026Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
596will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1027will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
597C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1028C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
598exist. 1029exist.
599 1030
1031That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
1032in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
1033group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
1034itself finish.
1035
600=over 4 1036=over 4
601 1037
1038=item add $grp ...
1039
602=item $grp->add (...) 1040=item $grp->add (...)
603 1041
604=item add $grp ... 1042Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1043be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1044dependencies.
605 1045
606Add one or more 1046Returns all its arguments.
607Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1047
608when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1048=item $grp->cancel_subs
609entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1049
610untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1050Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
611stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1051itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1052
1053=item $grp->result (...)
1054
1055Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1056subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1057of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1058no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1059
1060=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1061
1062Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1063when the argument is missing.
1064
1065Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1066the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1067default (0).
1068
1069Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1070before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1071
1072=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1073
1074Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1075generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1076although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1077this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
1078example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
1079requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
1080
1081To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1082instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1083feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1084below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1085requests.
1086
1087The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1088not impose any limits).
1089
1090If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1091automatically removed from the group.
1092
1093If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
1094
1095Example:
1096
1097 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1098
1099 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1100 limit $grp 4;
1101 feed $grp sub {
1102 my $file = pop @files
1103 or return;
1104
1105 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1106 };
1107
1108=item limit $grp $num
1109
1110Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1111the group contains less than this many requests.
1112
1113Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
612 1114
613=back 1115=back
614 1116
615=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1117=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1118
1119=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
616 1120
617=over 4 1121=over 4
618 1122
619=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1123=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
620 1124
625 1129
626See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1130See C<poll_cb> for an example.
627 1131
628=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1132=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
629 1133
630Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1134Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
631regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1135regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
632when no events are outstanding. 1136when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on
1137the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1138
1139If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1140will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
633 1141
634Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1142Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
635IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1143IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
636 1144
637 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1145 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
638 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1146 poll => 'r', async => 1,
639 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1147 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
640 1148
1149=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1150
1151=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1152
1153These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1154that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1155the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1156C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1157of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
1158
1159Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1160syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1161callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1162not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1163
1164Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1165interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1166time.
1167
1168For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
1169
1170Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1171IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1172program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
1173
1174 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
1175 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1176
1177 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1178 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1179 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1180 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1181
641=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1182=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
642 1183
1184If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
643Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1185phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
644C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1186does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
645for some requests to finish). 1187synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
646 1188
647See C<nreqs> for an example. 1189See C<nreqs> for an example.
648 1190
1191=item IO::AIO::poll
1192
1193Waits until some requests have been handled.
1194
1195Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1196equivalent to:
1197
1198 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1199
649=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1200=item IO::AIO::flush
650 1201
651Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1202Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
652callback has not been invoked yet).
653 1203
654Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1204Strictly equivalent to:
655 1205
656 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1206 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
657 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1207 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
658 1208
659=item IO::AIO::flush 1209=back
660 1210
661Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1211=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
662 1212
663Strictly equivalent to: 1213=over
664
665 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
666 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
667
668=item IO::AIO::poll
669
670Waits until some requests have been handled.
671
672Strictly equivalent to:
673
674 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
675 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
676 1214
677=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1215=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
678 1216
679Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1217Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
680is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1218default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
681(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1219concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1220however, is unlimited).
682 1221
683IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1222IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
684no free thread exists. 1223no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1224create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1225is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
685 1226
686It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1227It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
687kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1228Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
688parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1229(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
689threads should be fine. 1230versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
690 1231
691Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1232Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
692module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1233module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
693 1234
694=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1235=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
703This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1244This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
704that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1245that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
705 1246
706Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1247Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
707 1248
1249=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1250
1251Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
1252threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
1253means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
1254idle, it will free its resources and exit.
1255
1256This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1257to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1258under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1259
1260The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1261creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1262want to use larger values.
1263
708=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1264=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1265
1266This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1267blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1268use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
709 1269
710Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1270Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
711try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1271do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
712some requests have been handled. 1272C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1273function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
713 1274
714The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1275The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
715queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1276number of outstanding requests.
716this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
717 1277
718Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1278You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
1279C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
1280as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
719 1281
720=back 1282=back
721 1283
1284=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1285
1286=over
1287
1288=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1289
1290Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1291states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1292
1293Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1294
1295 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1296 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1297
1298=item IO::AIO::nready
1299
1300Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1301executed).
1302
1303=item IO::AIO::npending
1304
1305Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1306but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1307
1308=back
1309
722=cut 1310=cut
723 1311
724# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
725sub _fd2fh {
726 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
727
728 # try to generate nice filehandles
729 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
730 local *$sym;
731
732 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
733 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
734 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
735 or return undef;
736
737 *$sym
738}
739
740min_parallel 4; 1312min_parallel 8;
741 1313
742END { 1314END { flush }
743 max_parallel 0;
744}
745 1315
7461; 13161;
747 1317
748=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1318=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
749 1319
750This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1320This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
751 1321
752Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1322Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
753can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1323can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
754the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1324the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
755request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1325request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
756queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1326(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
757the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1327parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
758parent process has been reached again. 1328parent process has been reached again.
759 1329
760In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1330In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
761not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1331not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
762yet. 1332yet.
763 1333
1334=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1335
1336Per-request usage:
1337
1338Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1339bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1340a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1341scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1342will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1343
1344This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1345problem.
1346
1347Per-thread usage:
1348
1349In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1350temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1351structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1352
1353=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1354
1355Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1356
764=head1 SEE ALSO 1357=head1 SEE ALSO
765 1358
766L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete). 1359L<Coro::AIO>.
767 1360
768=head1 AUTHOR 1361=head1 AUTHOR
769 1362
770 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1363 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
771 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1364 http://home.schmorp.de/

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