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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" };
26	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";	29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
27	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
28		30
29	# Event	31	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		32	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		33
		34	# EV integration
		35	my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		36
		37	# Event integration
30	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	38	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
31	poll => 'r',	39	poll => 'r',
32	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	40	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
33		41
34	# Glib/Gtk2	42	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
35	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	43	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };	44	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
37		45
38	# Tk	46	# Tk integration
39	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",	47	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
40	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	48	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
41		49
42	# Danga::Socket	50	# Danga::Socket integration
43	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>	51	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
44	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	52	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
45		53
46
47	=head1 DESCRIPTION	54	=head1 DESCRIPTION
48		55
49	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	56	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
50	operating system supports.	57	operating system supports.
51		58
		59	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		60	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
		61	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
		62	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		63	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		64	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
		65	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
		66	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		67	concurrently.
		68
		69	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		70	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		71	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very
		72	inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event>
		73	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
		74
52	Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes	75	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
53	and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or	76	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
54	perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the	77	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
55	pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native	78	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
56	aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often	79	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
57	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,	80	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
58	for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the	81	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
59	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	82	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
		83	using threads anyway.
60		84
61	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	85	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
62	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call	86	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
63	C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other	87	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
64	C<aio_> functions) recursively.	88	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		89
		90	=head2 EXAMPLE
		91
		92	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads
		93	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
		94
		95	use Fcntl;
		96	use Event;
		97	use IO::AIO;
		98
		99	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event
		100	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		101	poll => 'r',
		102	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		103
		104	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
		105	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		106	my $fh = shift
		107	or die "error while opening: $!";
		108
		109	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
		110	my $size = -s $fh;
		111
		112	# queue a request to read the file
		113	my $contents;
		114	aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
		115	$_[0] == $size
		116	or die "short read: $!";
		117
		118	close $fh;
		119
		120	# file contents now in $contents
		121	print $contents;
		122
		123	# exit event loop and program
		124	Event::unloop;
		125	};
		126	};
		127
		128	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
		129	# check for sockets etc. etc.
		130
		131	# process events as long as there are some:
		132	Event::loop;
		133
		134	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
		135
		136	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
		137	directly visible to Perl.
		138
		139	If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
		140	object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
		141	which saves a bit of memory.
		142
		143	The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
		144	are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
		145
		146	During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
		147	in order:
		148
		149	=over 4
		150
		151	=item ready
		152
		153	Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
		154	waiting for a thread to execute it.
		155
		156	=item execute
		157
		158	A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
		159	executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
		160
		161	=item pending
		162
		163	The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
		164
		165	While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
		166	processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
		167	(or another function with the same effect).
		168
		169	=item result
		170
		171	The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
		172
		173	The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
		174	calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
		175	any groups they are contained in.
		176
		177	=item done
		178
		179	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
		180	(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
		181	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
		182	result in a runtime error).
		183
		184	=back
65		185
66	=cut	186	=cut
67		187
68	package IO::AIO;	188	package IO::AIO;
		189
		190	use Carp ();
69		191
70	no warnings;	192	no warnings;
71	use strict 'vars';	193	use strict 'vars';
72		194
73	use base 'Exporter';	195	use base 'Exporter';
74		196
75	BEGIN {	197	BEGIN {
76	our $VERSION = '2.0';	198	our $VERSION = '3.19';
77		199
78	our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	200	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	201	aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
80	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move	202	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
81	aio_group);	203	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
82	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);	204	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		205	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		206	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);
		207
		208	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
		209	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
		210	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
		211	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		212	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);
		213
		214	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
83		215
84	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	216	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
85		217
86	require XSLoader;	218	require XSLoader;
87	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	219	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
88	}	220	}
89		221
90	=head1 FUNCTIONS	222	=head1 FUNCTIONS
91		223
92	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	224	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
93		225
94	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	226	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
95	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	227	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
96	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	228	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
97	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	229	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
98	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	230	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
99	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	231	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
100	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	232	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
101		233
102	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	234	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
103	internally until the request has finished.	235	internally until the request has finished.
104		236
105	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	237	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
106	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	238	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
107		239
108	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	240	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
109	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	241	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
110	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	242	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
111	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	243	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
112	current working directory.	244	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		245	paths.
113		246
114	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	247	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
115	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	248	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
116	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	249	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
117	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	250	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
118	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	251	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
119	use something else.	252	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		253
		254	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		255	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
120		256
121	=over 4	257	=over 4
		258
		259	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		260
		261	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
		262	C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
		263
		264	The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
		265	and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
		266	first.
		267
		268	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
		269	functions.
		270
		271	Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
		272	higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
		273	open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
		274
		275	aioreq_pri -3;
		276	aio_open ..., sub {
		277	return unless $_[0];
		278
		279	aioreq_pri -2;
		280	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
		281	...
		282	};
		283	};
		284
		285
		286	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		287
		288	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
		289	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		290
122		291
123	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	292	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
124		293
125	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	294	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
126	created filehandle for the file.	295	created filehandle for the file.
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132	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	301	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
133		302
134	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	303	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
135	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	304	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
136	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	305	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
137	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	306	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		307	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		308	change the umask.
138		309
139	Example:	310	Example:
140		311
141	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	312	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
142	if ($_[0]) {	313	if ($_[0]) {
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145	} else {	316	} else {
146	die "open failed: $!\n";	317	die "open failed: $!\n";
147	}	318	}
148	};	319	};
149		320
		321
150	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	322	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
151		323
152	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	324	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
153	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	325	code.
154	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
155	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
156	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
157		326
158	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	327	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
159	therefore best to avoid this function.	328	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		329
		330	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		331	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		332	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		333
		334	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		335	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		336
		337	=cut
160		338
161	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	339	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
162		340
163	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	341	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
164		342
165	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	343	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
166	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	344	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
167	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	345	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
168	like the syscall).	346	error, just like the syscall).
		347
		348	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		349	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		350
		351	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		352	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		353	changed by these calls.
		354
		355	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		356	C<$data>.
		357
		358	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		359	C<$data>.
169		360
170	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	361	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
171	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	362	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
172	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	363	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
173		364
174	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	365	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
175	offset C<0> within the scalar:	366	offset C<0> within the scalar:
176		367
177	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	368	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
178	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	369	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
179	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	370	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
180	};	371	};
181		372
182	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
183
184	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
185	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
186	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
187
188	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
189	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
190	and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
191	followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
192	order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
193
194	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
195	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
196	errors are being ignored.
197
198	=cut
199
200	sub 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		373
250	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	374	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
251		375
252	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	376	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
253	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	377	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
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267	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	391	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
268	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	392	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
269	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	393	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
270	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	394	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
271	read.	395	read.
		396
272		397
273	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	398	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
274		399
275	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	400	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
276	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	401	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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282	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	407	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
283		408
284	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	409	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
285	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	410	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
286		411
		412
287	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	413	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
288		414
289	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	415	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
290		416
291	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	417	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
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304	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	430	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
305	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	431	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
306	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	432	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
307	};	433	};
308		434
		435
		436	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		437
		438	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		439	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		440	syscalls support them.
		441
		442	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		443	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		444	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		445
		446	Examples:
		447
		448	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		449	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		450	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		451	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		452
		453
		454	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		455
		456	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		457	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		458
		459	Examples:
		460
		461	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		462	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		463	# same as above:
		464	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		465
		466
		467	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		468
		469	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		470
		471
		472	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		473
		474	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		475
		476
309	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	477	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
310		478
311	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	479	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
312	result code.	480	result code.
313		481
		482
		483	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		484
		485	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		486
		487	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
		488
		489	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
		490
		491	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		492
		493
314	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	494	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
315		495
316	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	496	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
317	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	497	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
318		498
		499
319	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	500	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
320		501
321	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	502	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
322	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	503	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
323		504
		505
		506	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		507
		508	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		509	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		510	callback.
		511
		512
324	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	513	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
325		514
326	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	515	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
327	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	516	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
328		517
		518
		519	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		520
		521	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		522	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		523	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		524
		525
329	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	526	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
330		527
331	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	528	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
332	result code.	529	result code.
		530
333		531
334	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	532	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
335		533
336	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	534	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
337	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	535	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
338	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	536	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
339		537
340	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	538	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
341	with the filenames.	539	array-ref with the filenames.
		540
		541
		542	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		543
		544	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
		545	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		546	C<undef>.
		547
		548	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		549	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		550
		551	=over 4
		552
		553	=item AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		554
		555	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names
		556	only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		557	C<[$name, $inode, $type]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		558	entry in more detail.
		559
		560	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		561
		562	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		563	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). On systems that do not deliver the
		564	inode information, this will always be zero.
		565
		566	C<$type> is one of the C<AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		567
		568	C<AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<AIO::DT_CHR>, C<AIO::DT_DIR>,
		569	C<AIO::DT_BLK>, C<AIO::DT_REG>, C<AIO::DT_LNK>, C<AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		570	C<AIO::DT_WHT>.
		571
		572	C<AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		573	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		574	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		575
		576	=item AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		577
		578	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		579	likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly
		580	find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to
		581	stat() each entry.
		582
		583	=item AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		584
		585	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		586	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		587	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		588	be fastest.
		589
		590	If both this flag and IO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST are specified, then the
		591	likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		592
		593	=item AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		594
		595	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		596	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		597	C<AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
		598	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		599
		600	=back
		601
		602
		603	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		604
		605	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		606	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		607
		608	=cut
		609
		610	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		611	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		612	my $data = \$_[1];
		613
		614	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		615	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		616
		617	aioreq_pri $pri;
		618	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		619	my $fh = shift
		620	or return $grp->result (-1);
		621
		622	aioreq_pri $pri;
		623	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		624	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		625	};
		626	};
		627
		628	$grp
		629	}
		630
		631	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		632
		633	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		634	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		635	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		636
		637	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
		638	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
		639	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
		640	uid/gid, in that order.
		641
		642	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		643	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		644	errors are being ignored.
		645
		646	=cut
		647
		648	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
		649	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		650
		651	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		652	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		653
		654	aioreq_pri $pri;
		655	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		656	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		657	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might bock over nfs?
		658
		659	aioreq_pri $pri;
		660	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
		661	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		662	aioreq_pri $pri;
		663	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		664	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		665	$grp->result (0);
		666	close $src_fh;
		667
		668	my $ch = sub {
		669	aioreq_pri $pri;
		670	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		671	aioreq_pri $pri;
		672	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		673	aioreq_pri $pri;
		674	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		675	}
		676	};
		677	};
		678
		679	aioreq_pri $pri;
		680	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		681	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		682	aioreq_pri $pri;
		683	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		684	} else {
		685	$ch->();
		686	}
		687	};
		688	} else {
		689	$grp->result (-1);
		690	close $src_fh;
		691	close $dst_fh;
		692
		693	aioreq $pri;
		694	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
		695	}
		696	};
		697	} else {
		698	$grp->result (-1);
		699	}
		700	},
		701
		702	} else {
		703	$grp->result (-1);
		704	}
		705	};
		706
		707	$grp
		708	}
		709
		710	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		711
		712	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		713	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		714	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
		715
		716	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
		717	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
		718	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
		719
		720	=cut
		721
		722	sub aio_move($$;$) {
		723	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		724
		725	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		726	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		727
		728	aioreq_pri $pri;
		729	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		730	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		731	aioreq_pri $pri;
		732	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
		733	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		734
		735	if (!$_[0]) {
		736	aioreq_pri $pri;
		737	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		738	}
		739	};
		740	} else {
		741	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		742	}
		743	};
		744
		745	$grp
		746	}
342		747
343	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	748	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
344		749
345	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	750	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
346	separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones	751	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
347	you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot	752	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
348	recurse into (everything else).	753	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
349		754
350	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub	755	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
351	requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio	756	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
352	requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a	757	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
353	suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).	758	will be chosen (currently 4).
354		759
355	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	760	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
356	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.	761	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
357		762
358	Example:	763	Example:
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392	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	797	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
393	directory counting heuristic.	798	directory counting heuristic.
394		799
395	=cut	800	=cut
396		801
397	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	802	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
398	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	803	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
399		804
		805	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		806
400	my $grp = aio_group;	807	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
401		808
402	$maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;	809	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
403		810
404	# stat once	811	# stat once
		812	aioreq_pri $pri;
405	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	813	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
406	return $cb->() if $_[0];	814	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
407	my $now = time;	815	my $now = time;
408	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	816	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
409		817
410	# read the directory entries	818	# read the directory entries
		819	aioreq_pri $pri;
411	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	820	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
412	my $entries = shift	821	my $entries = shift
413	or return $cb->();	822	or return $grp->result ();
414		823
415	# stat the dir another time	824	# stat the dir another time
		825	aioreq_pri $pri;
416	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	826	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
417	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	827	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
418		828
419	my $ndirs;	829	my $ndirs;
420		830
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423	$ndirs = -1;	833	$ndirs = -1;
424	} else {	834	} else {
425	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	835	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
426	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	836	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
427	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	837	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
428	or return $cb->([], $entries);	838	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
429	}	839	}
430		840
431	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs	841	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
432	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first	842	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
433	$entries = [map $_->[0],	843	$entries = [map $_->[0],
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435	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],	845	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
436	@$entries];	846	@$entries];
437		847
438	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	848	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
439		849
440	my ($statcb, $schedcb);	850	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
441	my $nreq = 0;	851	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		852	};
442		853
443	$schedcb = sub {	854	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
444	if (@$entries) {	855	feed $statgrp sub {
445	if ($nreq < $maxreq) {	856	return unless @$entries;
446	my $ent = pop @$entries;	857	my $entry = pop @$entries;
		858
		859	aioreq_pri $pri;
		860	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
		861	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		862	push @nondirs, $entry;
		863	} else {
		864	# need to check for real directory
		865	aioreq_pri $pri;
		866	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
		867	if (-d _) {
		868	push @dirs, $entry;
		869
		870	unless (--$ndirs) {
		871	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		872	feed $statgrp;
		873	}
		874	} else {
		875	push @nondirs, $entry;
		876	}
447	$nreq++;	877	}
448	add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
449	}	878	}
450	} elsif (!$nreq) {
451	# finished
452	undef $statcb;
453	undef $schedcb;
454	$cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
455	undef $cb;
456	}	879	};
457	};	880	};
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	};	881	};
488	};	882	};
489	};	883	};
490		884
491	$grp	885	$grp
492	}	886	}
493		887
		888	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		889
		890	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		891	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		892	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		893	everything else.
		894
		895	=cut
		896
		897	sub aio_rmtree;
		898	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		899	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		900
		901	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		902	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		903
		904	aioreq_pri $pri;
		905	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		906	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		907
		908	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		909	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		910	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		911	};
		912	};
		913
		914	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		915	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		916
		917	add $grp $dirgrp;
		918	};
		919
		920	$grp
		921	}
		922
		923	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		924
		925	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		926
494	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	927	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
495		928
496	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	929	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
497	with the fsync result code.	930	with the fsync result code.
498		931
…		…
502	callback with the fdatasync result code.	935	callback with the fdatasync result code.
503		936
504	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	937	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
505	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	938	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
506		939
		940	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		941
		942	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		943	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		944	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		945	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		946
		947	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		948	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		949	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		950	manpage for details.
		951
		952	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		953
		954	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		955	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		956	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		957	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		958	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		959	not just directories.
		960
		961	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		962
		963	=cut
		964
		965	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		966	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		967
		968	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		969	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		970
		971	aioreq_pri $pri;
		972	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		973	my ($fh) = @_;
		974	if ($fh) {
		975	aioreq_pri $pri;
		976	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		977	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		978
		979	aioreq_pri $pri;
		980	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		981	};
		982	} else {
		983	$grp->result (-1);
		984	}
		985	};
		986
		987	$grp
		988	}
		989
507	=item aio_group $callback->()	990	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
508
509	[EXPERIMENTAL]
510		991
511	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	992	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
512	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	993	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
513	many requests into a single, composite, request.	994	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
		995	and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
514		996
515	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below	997	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
516	for more info.	998	for more info.
517		999
518	Example:	1000	Example:
…		…
524	add $grp	1006	add $grp
525	(aio_stat ...),	1007	(aio_stat ...),
526	(aio_stat ...),	1008	(aio_stat ...),
527	...;	1009	...;
528		1010
		1011	=item aio_nop $callback->()
		1012
		1013	This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
		1014	side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
		1015	that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
		1016	code.
		1017
		1018	While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
		1019	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
		1020	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
		1021	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
		1022	latency.
		1023
529	=item aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*	1024	=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
530		1025
531	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of	1026	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
532	the request workers to sleep for the given time.	1027	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
533		1028
		1029	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
		1030	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
		1031	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
		1032	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
		1033
534	=back	1034	=back
535		1035
536	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1036	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
537		1037
538	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1038	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
539	called in non-void context.	1039	called in non-void context.
540		1040
541	A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
542	in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
543	yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
544	(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
545	B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
546	callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
547	holds no resources anymore).
548
549	=over 4	1041	=over 4
550		1042
551	=item $req->cancel	1043	=item cancel $req
552		1044
553	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1045	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
554	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1046	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
555	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1047	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
556	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1048	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
557	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1049	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
558		1050
		1051	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
		1052
		1053	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
		1054
559	=back	1055	=back
560		1056
561	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS	1057	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
562		1058
563	This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to	1059	This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
…		…
577	You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more	1073	You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
578	C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:	1074	C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
579		1075
580	$grp->add (aio_unlink "...");	1076	$grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
581		1077
582	add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { ... };	1078	add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
		1079	$_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
		1080
		1081	# add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
		1082	add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
		1083	$grp->result ("ok");
		1084	};
		1085	};
583		1086
584	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of	1087	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
585	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.	1088	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
586		1089
		1090	=over 4
		1091
587	The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to	1092	=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
588	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.	1093	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
589		1094
590	They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not	1095	=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
591	just the request itself, but also all requests it contains.	1096	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
592		1097
593	They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.	1098	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
		1099
		1100	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
		1101	any later time).
		1102
		1103	=back
594		1104
595	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1105	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
596	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1106	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
597	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1107	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
598	exist.	1108	exist.
599		1109
		1110	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
		1111	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
		1112	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
		1113	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1114	finished will the the group itself finish.
		1115
600	=over 4	1116	=over 4
601		1117
		1118	=item add $grp ...
		1119
602	=item $grp->add (...)	1120	=item $grp->add (...)
603		1121
604	=item add $grp ...	1122	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
		1123	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
		1124	dependencies.
605		1125
606	Add one or more	1126	Returns all its arguments.
607	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1127
608	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1128	=item $grp->cancel_subs
609	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1129
610	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1130	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
611	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1131	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
		1132
		1133	=item $grp->result (...)
		1134
		1135	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
		1136	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
		1137	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
		1138	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
		1139
		1140	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
		1141
		1142	Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
		1143	when the argument is missing.
		1144
		1145	Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
		1146	the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
		1147	default (0).
		1148
		1149	Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
		1150	before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
		1151
		1152	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
		1153
		1154	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
		1155	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
		1156	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
		1157	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
		1158	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
		1159	delaying any later requests for a long time.
		1160
		1161	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
		1162	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
		1163	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
		1164	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
		1165	requests.
		1166
		1167	The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
		1168	not impose any limits).
		1169
		1170	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
		1171	automatically removed from the group.
		1172
		1173	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1174	C<2> automatically.
		1175
		1176	Example:
		1177
		1178	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
		1179
		1180	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
		1181	limit $grp 4;
		1182	feed $grp sub {
		1183	my $file = pop @files
		1184	or return;
		1185
		1186	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
		1187	};
		1188
		1189	=item limit $grp $num
		1190
		1191	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
		1192	the group contains less than this many requests.
		1193
		1194	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
		1195
		1196	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1197	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
612		1198
613	=back	1199	=back
614		1200
615	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1201	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
		1202
		1203	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
616		1204
617	=over 4	1205	=over 4
618		1206
619	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1207	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
620		1208
…		…
625		1213
626	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1214	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
627		1215
628	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1216	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
629		1217
630	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1218	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
631	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1219	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
632	when no events are outstanding.	1220	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
		1221	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
		1222	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
		1223
		1224	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
		1225	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1226	do anything special to have it called later.
633		1227
634	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1228	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
635	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1229	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
636		1230
637	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1231	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
638	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1232	poll => 'r', async => 1,
639	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1233	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
640		1234
		1235	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1236
		1237	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1238
		1239	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1240	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1241	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1242	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1243	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1244
		1245	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1246	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1247	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1248	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1249
		1250	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1251	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1252	time.
		1253
		1254	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
		1255
		1256	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		1257	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
		1258	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
		1259
		1260	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1261	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1262
		1263	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
		1264	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1265	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
		1266	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1267
641	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1268	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
642		1269
		1270	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
643	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1271	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
644	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait	1272	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
645	for some requests to finish).	1273	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
646		1274
647	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1275	See C<nreqs> for an example.
648		1276
		1277	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1278
		1279	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1280
		1281	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1282	equivalent to:
		1283
		1284	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1285
649	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1286	=item IO::AIO::flush
650		1287
651	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their	1288	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
652	callback has not been invoked yet).
653		1289
654	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:	1290	Strictly equivalent to:
655		1291
656	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1292	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
657	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1293	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
658		1294
659	=item IO::AIO::flush	1295	=back
660		1296
661	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.	1297	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
662		1298
663	Strictly equivalent to:	1299	=over
664
665	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
666	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
667
668	=item IO::AIO::poll
669
670	Waits until some requests have been handled.
671
672	Strictly equivalent to:
673
674	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
675	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
676		1300
677	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1301	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
678		1302
679	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default	1303	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
680	is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time	1304	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
681	(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).	1305	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
		1306	however, is unlimited).
682		1307
683	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1308	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
684	no free thread exists.	1309	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1310	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1311	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
685		1312
686	It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux	1313	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
687	kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher	1314	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
688	parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32	1315	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
689	threads should be fine.	1316	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
690		1317
691	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the	1318	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
692	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.	1319	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
693		1320
694	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads	1321	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
…		…
703	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1330	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
704	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1331	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
705		1332
706	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1333	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
707		1334
		1335	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1336
		1337	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
		1338	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
		1339	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
		1340	idle, it will free its resources and exit.
		1341
		1342	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1343	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1344	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1345
		1346	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1347	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1348	want to use larger values.
		1349
708	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs	1350	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1351
		1352	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
		1353	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
		1354	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
709		1355
710	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1356	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
711	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until	1357	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
712	some requests have been handled.	1358	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
		1359	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
713		1360
714	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you	1361	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
715	queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set	1362	number of outstanding requests.
716	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
717		1363
718	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1364	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
		1365	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
		1366	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
719		1367
720	=back	1368	=back
721		1369
		1370	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1371
		1372	=over
		1373
		1374	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1375
		1376	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1377	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1378
		1379	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1380
		1381	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1382	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1383
		1384	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1385
		1386	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1387	executed).
		1388
		1389	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1390
		1391	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1392	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1393
		1394	=back
		1395
722	=cut	1396	=cut
723		1397
724	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
725	sub _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
740	min_parallel 4;	1398	min_parallel 8;
741		1399
742	END {	1400	END { flush }
743	max_parallel 0;
744	}
745		1401
746	1;	1402	1;
747		1403
748	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1404	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
749		1405
750	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1406	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
751		1407
752	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1408	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
753	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1409	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
754	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1410	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
755	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result	1411	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
756	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in	1412	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
757	the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the	1413	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
758	parent process has been reached again.	1414	parent process has been reached again.
759		1415
760	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	1416	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
761	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	1417	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
762	yet.	1418	yet.
763		1419
		1420	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
		1421
		1422	Per-request usage:
		1423
		1424	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
		1425	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
		1426	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
		1427	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
		1428	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
		1429
		1430	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
		1431	problem.
		1432
		1433	Per-thread usage:
		1434
		1435	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
		1436	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
		1437	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
		1438
		1439	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
		1440
		1441	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
		1442
764	=head1 SEE ALSO	1443	=head1 SEE ALSO
765		1444
766	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).	1445	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1446	more natural syntax.
767		1447
768	=head1 AUTHOR	1448	=head1 AUTHOR
769		1449
770	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1450	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
771	http://home.schmorp.de/	1451	http://home.schmorp.de/

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