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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
18 }; 19 };
19 20
20 # version 2+ has request and group objects 21 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2; 22 use IO::AIO 2;
22 23
24 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
23 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 25 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25 27
26 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28 30
31 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
32 use AnyEvent::AIO;
33
29 # AnyEvent integration 34 # EV integration
30 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 35 my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
31 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32 36
33 # Event integration 37 # Event integration
34 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 38 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35 poll => 'r', 39 poll => 'r',
36 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 40 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50=head1 DESCRIPTION 54=head1 DESCRIPTION
51 55
52This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 56This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
53operating system supports. 57operating system supports.
54 58
59Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
60(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
61will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
62is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
63when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
64etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
65normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
66on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
67concurrently.
68
69While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
70example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
71support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very
72inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event>
73module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
74
55Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 75In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
56and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 76requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
57perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 77in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
58pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 78to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
59aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 79functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
60not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 80not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
61for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 81files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
62remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 82aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
83using threads anyway.
63 84
64Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 85Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
65currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 86it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
66C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 87yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
67C<aio_> functions) recursively. 88call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
89
90=head2 EXAMPLE
91
92This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads
93F</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
136Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
137directly visible to Perl.
138
139If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
140object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
141which saves a bit of memory.
142
143The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
144are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
145
146During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
147in order:
148
149=over 4
150
151=item ready
152
153Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
154waiting for a thread to execute it.
155
156=item execute
157
158A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
159executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
160
161=item pending
162
163The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
164
165While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
166processing 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
171The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
172
173The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
174calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
175any groups they are contained in.
176
177=item done
178
179Request 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
181aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
182result in a runtime error).
183
184=back
68 185
69=cut 186=cut
70 187
71package IO::AIO; 188package IO::AIO;
189
190use Carp ();
72 191
73no warnings; 192no warnings;
74use strict 'vars'; 193use strict 'vars';
75 194
76use base 'Exporter'; 195use base 'Exporter';
77 196
78BEGIN { 197BEGIN {
79 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 198 our $VERSION = '3.17';
80 199
81 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
82 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 201 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir
83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 202 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
84 aio_group); 203 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
85 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
86 215
87 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 216 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88 217
89 require XSLoader; 218 require XSLoader;
90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 219 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91} 220}
92 221
93=head1 FUNCTIONS 222=head1 FUNCTIONS
94 223
95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 224=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
96 225
97All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 226All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
98with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 227with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
99and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 228and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 229which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
101the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 230the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
102perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 231perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
103syscall has been executed asynchronously. 232syscall has been executed asynchronously.
104 233
105All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 234All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106internally until the request has finished. 235internally until the request has finished.
107 236
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 237All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 238further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110 239
111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 240The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
112encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 241encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
113request is being executed, the current working directory could have 242request is being executed, the current working directory could have
114changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 243changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
115current working directory. 244current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
245paths.
116 246
117To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 247To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
118always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 248in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
119etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 249tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
120your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 250your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
121environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 251environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
122use something else. 252use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
253
254This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
255handles correctly whether it is set or not.
123 256
124=over 4 257=over 4
258
259=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
260
261Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
262C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
263
264The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
265and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
266first.
267
268The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
269functions.
270
271Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
272higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
273open 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
288Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
289priority, so the effect is cumulative.
290
125 291
126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 292=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
127 293
128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 294Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129created filehandle for the file. 295created filehandle for the file.
135list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 301list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136 302
137Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 303Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
138didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 304didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
139except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 305except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
140and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 306and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
307by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
308change the umask.
141 309
142Example: 310Example:
143 311
144 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 312 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
145 if ($_[0]) { 313 if ($_[0]) {
148 } else { 316 } else {
149 die "open failed: $!\n"; 317 die "open failed: $!\n";
150 } 318 }
151 }; 319 };
152 320
321
153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 322=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
154 323
155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 324Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 325code.
157filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
158time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
159C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
160 326
161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 327Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
162therefore best to avoid this function. 328closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
329
330Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
331use 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
334Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
335free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
336
337=cut
163 338
164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 339=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
165 340
166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 341=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
167 342
168Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 343Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from the specified C<$fh> and C<$offset>
169into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 344into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset> and calls the
170callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 345callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
171like the syscall). 346like the syscall).
172 347
348If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
349be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
350changed by these calls.
351
352If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of C<$data>.
353
354If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
355C<$data>.
356
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 357The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 358is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
175necessary/optional hardware is installed). 359the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176 360
177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 361Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
178offset C<0> within the scalar: 362offset C<0> within the scalar:
179 363
180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 364 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 365 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 366 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
183 }; 367 };
184 368
185=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
186
187Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
188destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
189the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
190
191This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
192rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
193and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
194followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
195order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
196
197If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
198possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
199errors are being ignored.
200
201=cut
202
203sub aio_move($$$) {
204 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
205
206 my $grp = aio_group;
207
208 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
209 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
210 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
211 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
212 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
213
214 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
215 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
216 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
217 close $src_fh;
218
219 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
220 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
221 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
222 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
223 close $dst_fh;
224
225 add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
226 $cb->($_[0]);
227 };
228 } else {
229 my $errno = $!;
230 add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
231 $! = $errno;
232 $cb->(-1);
233 };
234 }
235 };
236 } else {
237 $cb->(-1);
238 }
239 },
240
241 } else {
242 $cb->(-1);
243 }
244 };
245 } else {
246 $cb->($_[0]);
247 }
248 };
249
250 $grp
251}
252 369
253=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 370=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
254 371
255Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 372Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
256reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 373reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
270C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 387C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
271bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 388bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
272provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 389provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
273value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 390value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
274read. 391read.
392
275 393
276=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 394=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
277 395
278C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 396C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
279subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 397subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
285file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 403file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
286 404
287If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 405If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
288emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 406emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
289 407
408
290=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 409=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
291 410
292=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 411=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
293 412
294Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 413Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
307 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 426 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
308 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 427 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
309 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 428 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
310 }; 429 };
311 430
431
432=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
433
434Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
435and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
436syscalls support them.
437
438When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
439utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
440otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
441
442Examples:
443
444 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
445 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
446 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
447 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
448
449
450=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
451
452Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
453or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
454
455Examples:
456
457 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
458 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
459 # same as above:
460 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
461
462
463=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
464
465Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
466
467
468=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
469
470Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
471
472
312=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 473=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
313 474
314Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 475Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
315result code. 476result code.
316 477
478
479=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
480
481[EXPERIMENTAL]
482
483Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
484
485The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
486
487 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
488
489
317=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 490=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
318 491
319Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 492Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
320the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 493the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
321 494
495
322=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 496=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
323 497
324Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 498Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
325the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 499the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
326 500
501
502=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
503
504Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
505the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
506callback.
507
508
327=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 509=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
328 510
329Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 511Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
330rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 512rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
331 513
514
515=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
516
517Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
518the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
519request is executed, so do not change your umask.
520
521
332=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 522=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
333 523
334Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 524Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
335result code. 525result code.
526
336 527
337=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 528=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
338 529
339Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 530Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
340directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 531directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
341sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 532sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
342 533
343The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 534The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
344with the filenames. 535with the filenames.
345 536
537
538=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
539
540This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
541memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
542
543=cut
544
545sub aio_load($$;$) {
546 my ($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), $$data, 0, sub {
559 $grp->result ($_[0]);
560 };
561 };
562
563 $grp
564}
565
566=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
567
568Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
569destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
570the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
571
572This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
573mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
574C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
575uid/gid, in that order.
576
577If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
578possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
579errors are being ignored.
580
581=cut
582
583sub aio_copy($$;$) {
584 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
585
586 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
587 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
588
589 aioreq_pri $pri;
590 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
591 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
592 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
593
594 aioreq_pri $pri;
595 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
596 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
597 aioreq_pri $pri;
598 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
599 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
600 $grp->result (0);
601 close $src_fh;
602
603 # those should not normally block. should. should.
604 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
605 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
606 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
607
608 aioreq_pri $pri;
609 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
610 } else {
611 $grp->result (-1);
612 close $src_fh;
613 close $dst_fh;
614
615 aioreq $pri;
616 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
617 }
618 };
619 } else {
620 $grp->result (-1);
621 }
622 },
623
624 } else {
625 $grp->result (-1);
626 }
627 };
628
629 $grp
630}
631
632=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
633
634Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
635destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
636the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
637
638This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
639rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
640that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
641
642=cut
643
644sub aio_move($$;$) {
645 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
646
647 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
648 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
649
650 aioreq_pri $pri;
651 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
652 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
653 aioreq_pri $pri;
654 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
655 $grp->result ($_[0]);
656
657 if (!$_[0]) {
658 aioreq_pri $pri;
659 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
660 }
661 };
662 } else {
663 $grp->result ($_[0]);
664 }
665 };
666
667 $grp
668}
669
346=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 670=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
347 671
348Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 672Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
349separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones 673efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
350you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot 674names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
351recurse into (everything else). 675recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
352 676
353C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub 677C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
354requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio 678C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
355requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 679this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
356suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 680will be chosen (currently 4).
357 681
358On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 682On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
359two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 683two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
360 684
361Example: 685Example:
395as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 719as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
396directory counting heuristic. 720directory counting heuristic.
397 721
398=cut 722=cut
399 723
400sub aio_scandir($$$) { 724sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
401 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 725 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
402 726
727 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
728
403 my $grp = aio_group; 729 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
404 730
405 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 731 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
406 732
407 # stat once 733 # stat once
734 aioreq_pri $pri;
408 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 735 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
409 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 736 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
410 my $now = time; 737 my $now = time;
411 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 738 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
412 739
413 # read the directory entries 740 # read the directory entries
741 aioreq_pri $pri;
414 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 742 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
415 my $entries = shift 743 my $entries = shift
416 or return $cb->(); 744 or return $grp->result ();
417 745
418 # stat the dir another time 746 # stat the dir another time
747 aioreq_pri $pri;
419 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 748 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
420 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 749 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
421 750
422 my $ndirs; 751 my $ndirs;
423 752
426 $ndirs = -1; 755 $ndirs = -1;
427 } else { 756 } else {
428 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 757 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
429 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 758 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
430 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 759 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
431 or return $cb->([], $entries); 760 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
432 } 761 }
433 762
434 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs 763 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
435 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first 764 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
436 $entries = [map $_->[0], 765 $entries = [map $_->[0],
438 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length], 767 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
439 @$entries]; 768 @$entries];
440 769
441 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 770 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
442 771
443 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 772 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
444 my $nreq = 0; 773 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
774 };
445 775
446 $schedcb = sub { 776 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
447 if (@$entries) { 777 feed $statgrp sub {
448 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 778 return unless @$entries;
449 my $ent = pop @$entries; 779 my $entry = pop @$entries;
780
781 aioreq_pri $pri;
782 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
783 if ($_[0] < 0) {
784 push @nondirs, $entry;
785 } else {
786 # need to check for real directory
787 aioreq_pri $pri;
788 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
789 if (-d _) {
790 push @dirs, $entry;
791
792 unless (--$ndirs) {
793 push @nondirs, @$entries;
794 feed $statgrp;
795 }
796 } else {
797 push @nondirs, $entry;
798 }
450 $nreq++; 799 }
451 add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
452 } 800 }
453 } elsif (!$nreq) {
454 # finished
455 undef $statcb;
456 undef $schedcb;
457 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
458 undef $cb;
459 } 801 };
460 }; 802 };
461 $statcb = sub {
462 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
463
464 if ($status < 0) {
465 $nreq--;
466 push @nondirs, $entry;
467 &$schedcb;
468 } else {
469 # need to check for real directory
470 add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
471 $nreq--;
472
473 if (-d _) {
474 push @dirs, $entry;
475
476 if (!--$ndirs) {
477 push @nondirs, @$entries;
478 $entries = [];
479 }
480 } else {
481 push @nondirs, $entry;
482 }
483
484 &$schedcb;
485 }
486 }
487 };
488
489 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
490 }; 803 };
491 }; 804 };
492 }; 805 };
493 806
494 $grp 807 $grp
495} 808}
496 809
810=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
811
812Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
813status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
814uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
815everything else.
816
817=cut
818
819sub aio_rmtree;
820sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
821 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
822
823 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
824 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
825
826 aioreq_pri $pri;
827 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
828 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
829
830 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
831 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
832 $grp->result ($_[0]);
833 };
834 };
835
836 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
837 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
838
839 add $grp $dirgrp;
840 };
841
842 $grp
843}
844
845=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
846
847Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
848
497=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 849=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
498 850
499Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 851Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
500with the fsync result code. 852with the fsync result code.
501 853
505callback with the fdatasync result code. 857callback with the fdatasync result code.
506 858
507If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 859If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
508detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 860detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
509 861
862=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
863
864Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
865to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
866sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
867ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
868
869C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
870C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
871C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
872manpage for details.
873
874=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
875
876This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
877composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
878(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
879specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
880written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
881not just directories.
882
883Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
884
885=cut
886
887sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
888 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
889
890 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
891 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
892
893 aioreq_pri $pri;
894 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
895 my ($fh) = @_;
896 if ($fh) {
897 aioreq_pri $pri;
898 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
899 $grp->result ($_[0]);
900
901 aioreq_pri $pri;
902 add $grp aio_close $fh;
903 };
904 } else {
905 $grp->result (-1);
906 }
907 };
908
909 $grp
910}
911
510=item aio_group $callback->() 912=item aio_group $callback->(...)
511
512[EXPERIMENTAL]
513 913
514This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 914This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
515container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 915container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
516many requests into a single, composite, request. 916many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
917and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
517 918
518Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below 919Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
519for more info. 920for more info.
520 921
521Example: 922Example:
527 add $grp 928 add $grp
528 (aio_stat ...), 929 (aio_stat ...),
529 (aio_stat ...), 930 (aio_stat ...),
530 ...; 931 ...;
531 932
933=item aio_nop $callback->()
934
935This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
936side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
937that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
938code.
939
940While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
941phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
942be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
943entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
944latency.
945
532=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED* 946=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
533 947
534Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of 948Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
535the request workers to sleep for the given time. 949the request workers to sleep for the given time.
536 950
537While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests 951While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
538like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates 952like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
539is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application 953immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
540under artificial I/O pressure. 954except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
541 955
542=back 956=back
543 957
544=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 958=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
545 959
546All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 960All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
547called in non-void context. 961called in non-void context.
548 962
549A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
550in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
551yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
552(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
553B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
554callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
555holds no resources anymore).
556
557=over 4 963=over 4
558 964
559=item $req->cancel 965=item cancel $req
560 966
561Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 967Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
562when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 968when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
563entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 969entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
564untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 970untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
565stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 971stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
566 972
973=item cb $req $callback->(...)
974
975Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
976
567=back 977=back
568 978
569=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS 979=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
570 980
571This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to 981This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
585You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more 995You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
586C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects: 996C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
587 997
588 $grp->add (aio_unlink "..."); 998 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
589 999
590 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { ... }; 1000 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1001 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1002
1003 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1004 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1005 $grp->result ("ok");
1006 };
1007 };
591 1008
592This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of 1009This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
593C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests. 1010C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
594 1011
1012=over 4
1013
595The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to 1014=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
596C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request. 1015C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
597 1016
598They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not 1017=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
599just the request itself, but also all requests it contains. 1018only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
600 1019
601They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects. 1020=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1021
1022=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1023any later time).
1024
1025=back
602 1026
603Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1027Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
604will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1028will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
605C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1029C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
606exist. 1030exist.
607 1031
1032That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1033(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1034the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1035further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1036finished will the the group itself finish.
1037
608=over 4 1038=over 4
609 1039
1040=item add $grp ...
1041
610=item $grp->add (...) 1042=item $grp->add (...)
611 1043
612=item add $grp ... 1044Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1045be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1046dependencies.
613 1047
614Add one or more 1048Returns all its arguments.
615Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1049
616when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1050=item $grp->cancel_subs
617entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1051
618untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1052Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
619stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1053itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1054
1055=item $grp->result (...)
1056
1057Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1058subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1059of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1060no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1061
1062=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1063
1064Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1065when the argument is missing.
1066
1067Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1068the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1069default (0).
1070
1071Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1072before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1073
1074=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1075
1076Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1077generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1078although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1079this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1080C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
1081delaying any later requests for a long time.
1082
1083To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1084instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1085feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1086below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1087requests.
1088
1089The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1090not impose any limits).
1091
1092If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1093automatically removed from the group.
1094
1095If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1096C<2> automatically.
1097
1098Example:
1099
1100 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1101
1102 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1103 limit $grp 4;
1104 feed $grp sub {
1105 my $file = pop @files
1106 or return;
1107
1108 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1109 };
1110
1111=item limit $grp $num
1112
1113Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1114the group contains less than this many requests.
1115
1116Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1117
1118The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1119automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
620 1120
621=back 1121=back
622 1122
623=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1123=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
1124
1125=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
624 1126
625=over 4 1127=over 4
626 1128
627=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1129=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
628 1130
633 1135
634See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1136See C<poll_cb> for an example.
635 1137
636=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1138=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
637 1139
638Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1140Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
639regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1141regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
640when no events are outstanding. 1142returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
1143are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
1144C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1145
1146If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1147will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1148do anything special to have it called later.
641 1149
642Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1150Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
643IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1151IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
644 1152
645 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1153 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
646 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1154 poll => 'r', async => 1,
647 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1155 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
648 1156
1157=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1158
1159=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1160
1161These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1162that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1163the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1164C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1165of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
1166
1167Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1168syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1169callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1170not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1171
1172Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1173interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1174time.
1175
1176For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
1177
1178Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1179IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1180program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
1181
1182 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
1183 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1184
1185 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1186 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1187 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1188 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1189
649=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1190=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
650 1191
1192If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
651Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1193phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
652C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1194does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
653for some requests to finish). 1195synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
654 1196
655See C<nreqs> for an example. 1197See C<nreqs> for an example.
656 1198
1199=item IO::AIO::poll
1200
1201Waits until some requests have been handled.
1202
1203Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1204equivalent to:
1205
1206 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1207
657=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1208=item IO::AIO::flush
658 1209
659Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1210Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
660callback has not been invoked yet).
661 1211
662Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1212Strictly equivalent to:
663 1213
664 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1214 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
665 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1215 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
666 1216
667=item IO::AIO::flush 1217=back
668 1218
669Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1219=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
670 1220
671Strictly equivalent to: 1221=over
672
673 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
674 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
675
676=item IO::AIO::poll
677
678Waits until some requests have been handled.
679
680Strictly equivalent to:
681
682 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
683 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
684 1222
685=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1223=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
686 1224
687Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1225Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
688is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1226default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
689(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1227concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1228however, is unlimited).
690 1229
691IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1230IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
692no free thread exists. 1231no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1232create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1233is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
693 1234
694It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1235It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
695kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1236Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
696parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1237(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
697threads should be fine. 1238versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
698 1239
699Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1240Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
700module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1241module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
701 1242
702=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1243=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
711This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1252This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
712that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1253that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
713 1254
714Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1255Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
715 1256
1257=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1258
1259Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
1260threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
1261means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
1262idle, it will free its resources and exit.
1263
1264This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1265to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1266under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1267
1268The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1269creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1270want to use larger values.
1271
716=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1272=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1273
1274This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1275blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1276use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
717 1277
718Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1278Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
719try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1279do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
720some requests have been handled. 1280C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1281function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
721 1282
722The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1283The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
723queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1284number of outstanding requests.
724this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
725 1285
726Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1286You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
1287C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
1288as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
727 1289
728=back 1290=back
729 1291
1292=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1293
1294=over
1295
1296=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1297
1298Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1299states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1300
1301Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1302
1303 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1304 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1305
1306=item IO::AIO::nready
1307
1308Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1309executed).
1310
1311=item IO::AIO::npending
1312
1313Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1314but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1315
1316=back
1317
730=cut 1318=cut
731 1319
732# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
733sub _fd2fh {
734 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
735
736 # try to generate nice filehandles
737 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
738 local *$sym;
739
740 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
741 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
742 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
743 or return undef;
744
745 *$sym
746}
747
748min_parallel 4; 1320min_parallel 8;
749 1321
750END { 1322END { flush }
751 max_parallel 0;
752}
753 1323
7541; 13241;
755 1325
756=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1326=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
757 1327
758This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1328This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
759 1329
760Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1330Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
761can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1331can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
762the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1332the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
763request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1333request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
764queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1334(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
765the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1335parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
766parent process has been reached again. 1336parent process has been reached again.
767 1337
768In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1338In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
769not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1339not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
770yet. 1340yet.
771 1341
1342=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1343
1344Per-request usage:
1345
1346Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1347bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1348a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1349scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1350will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1351
1352This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1353problem.
1354
1355Per-thread usage:
1356
1357In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1358temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1359structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1360
1361=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1362
1363Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1364
772=head1 SEE ALSO 1365=head1 SEE ALSO
773 1366
774L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete). 1367L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1368more natural syntax.
775 1369
776=head1 AUTHOR 1370=head1 AUTHOR
777 1371
778 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1372 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
779 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1373 http://home.schmorp.de/

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