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4 4
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", IO::AIO::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
29 # AnyEvent integration
30 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
31 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32
33 # Event integration
34 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35 poll => 'r',
36 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
37
38 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
39 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
40 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
41
42 # Tk integration
43 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
44 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
45
46 # Danga::Socket integration
47 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
48 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
50=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
51 32
52This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
53operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
54 36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
52
55Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 53In 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 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
57perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
58pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
59aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
60not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 58not 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 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
62remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
61using threads anyway.
63 62
64Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
65currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 64it 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 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
67C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
109
110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
111
112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
113directly visible to Perl.
114
115If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
116object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
117which saves a bit of memory.
118
119The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
120are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
121
122During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
123in order:
124
125=over 4
126
127=item ready
128
129Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
130waiting for a thread to execute it.
131
132=item execute
133
134A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
135executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
136
137=item pending
138
139The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
140
141While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
142processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
143(or another function with the same effect).
144
145=item result
146
147The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
148
149The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
150calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
151any groups they are contained in.
152
153=item done
154
155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
158result in a runtime error).
159
160=back
68 161
69=cut 162=cut
70 163
71package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
72 165
73no warnings; 166use Carp ();
74use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
75 169
76use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
77 171
78BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
79 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.93';
80 174
81 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
82 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync aio_fsync
178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
84 aio_group); 183 aio_statvfs);
85 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 184
185 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
186 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
187 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
188 nreqs nready npending nthreads
189 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
190 sendfile fadvise madvise
191 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
192
193 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
86 194
87 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 195 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88 196
89 require XSLoader; 197 require XSLoader;
90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 198 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91} 199}
92 200
93=head1 FUNCTIONS 201=head1 FUNCTIONS
94 202
203=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
204
205This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
206for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
207documentation.
208
209 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
210 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
211 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
212 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
216 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
217 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
218 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
219 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
220 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
221 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
222 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
223 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
224 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
225 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
227 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
228 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
230 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
231 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
232 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
233 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
234 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
235 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
236 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
237 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
238 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
239 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
240 aio_sync $callback->($status)
241 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
242 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
244 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
245 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
246 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
247 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
248 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
249 aio_group $callback->(...)
250 aio_nop $callback->()
251
252 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
253 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
254
255 IO::AIO::poll_wait
256 IO::AIO::poll_cb
257 IO::AIO::poll
258 IO::AIO::flush
259 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
260 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
261 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
262 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
263 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
264 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
265 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
266 IO::AIO::nreqs
267 IO::AIO::nready
268 IO::AIO::npending
269
270 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
271 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
272 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
273 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
274 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
275 IO::AIO::munlockall
276
95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 277=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
96 278
97All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 279All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
98with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 280with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
99and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 281and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 282which 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 283the 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 284perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
103syscall has been executed asynchronously. 285syscall has been executed asynchronously.
104 286
105All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 287All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106internally until the request has finished. 288internally until the request has finished.
107 289
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 290All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 291further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110 292
111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 293The 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 294encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
113request is being executed, the current working directory could have 295request is being executed, the current working directory could have
114changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 296changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
115current working directory. 297current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
298paths.
116 299
117To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 300To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
118always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 301in 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 302tinkering, 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 303your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
121environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 304environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
122use something else. 305use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
306
307This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
308handles correctly whether it is set or not.
123 309
124=over 4 310=over 4
311
312=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
313
314Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
315C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
316
317The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
318and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
319first.
320
321The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
322functions.
323
324Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
325higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
326open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
327
328 aioreq_pri -3;
329 aio_open ..., sub {
330 return unless $_[0];
331
332 aioreq_pri -2;
333 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
334 ...
335 };
336 };
337
338
339=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
340
341Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
342priority, so the effect is cumulative.
343
125 344
126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 345=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
127 346
128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 347Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129created filehandle for the file. 348created filehandle for the file.
135list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 354list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136 355
137Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 356Likewise, C<$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>, 357didn'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, 358except 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). 359and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
360by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
361change the umask.
141 362
142Example: 363Example:
143 364
144 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 365 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
145 if ($_[0]) { 366 if ($_[0]) {
146 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 367 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
147 ... 368 ...
148 } else { 369 } else {
149 die "open failed: $!\n"; 370 die "open failed: $!\n";
150 } 371 }
151 }; 372 };
152 373
374In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
375C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
376following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
377your system are, as usual, C<0>):
378
379C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
380C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
381C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
382
383
153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 384=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
154 385
155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 386Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 387code.
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.
160 388
161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 389Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
162therefore best to avoid this function. 390closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
391
392Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
393use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
394(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
395
396Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
397free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
398
399=cut
163 400
164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 401=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
165 402
166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 403=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
167 404
168Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 405Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
169into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 406C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
170callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 407and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
171like the syscall). 408error, just like the syscall).
409
410C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
411offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
412
413If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
414be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
415changed by these calls.
416
417If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
418C<$data>.
419
420If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
421C<$data>.
172 422
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 423The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 424is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
175necessary/optional hardware is installed). 425the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176 426
177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 427Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
178offset C<0> within the scalar: 428offset C<0> within the scalar:
179 429
180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 430 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 431 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 432 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
183 }; 433 };
184 434
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}
252 435
253=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 436=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
254 437
255Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 438Tries 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 439reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
257file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 440file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
258than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 441than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
259other. 442other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
443move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
260 444
445Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
446are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
447read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
448number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
449C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
450
451Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
452C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
453the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
454the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
455into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
456fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
457data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
458the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
459resource usage.
460
261This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 461This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
262zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 462provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
263socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 463a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
264 464
265If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 465If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
266emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 466C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
467C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
267regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 468type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
268 469
269Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 470As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
270C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 471together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
271bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 472on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
272provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 473in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
273value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 474so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
274read. 475fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
476
275 477
276=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 478=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
277 479
278C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 480C<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> 481subsequent 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. 487file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
286 488
287If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 489If 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. 490emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
289 491
492
290=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 493=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
291 494
292=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 495=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
293 496
294Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 497Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
299for an explanation. 502for an explanation.
300 503
301Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 504Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
302error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 505error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
303unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 506unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
507
508To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
509following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
510be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
511behaviour).
512
513C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
514C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
515C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
304 516
305Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 517Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
306 518
307 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 519 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
308 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 520 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
309 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 521 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
310 }; 522 };
311 523
524
525=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
526
527Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
528whether a file handle or path was passed.
529
530On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
531members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
532C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
533is passed.
534
535The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
536C<ST_NOSUID>.
537
538The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
539their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
540not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
541C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
542C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
543
544Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
545
546 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
547 my $f = $_[0]
548 or die "statvfs: $!";
549
550 use Data::Dumper;
551 say Dumper $f;
552 };
553
554 # result:
555 {
556 bsize => 1024,
557 bfree => 4333064312,
558 blocks => 10253828096,
559 files => 2050765568,
560 flag => 4096,
561 favail => 2042092649,
562 bavail => 4333064312,
563 ffree => 2042092649,
564 namemax => 255,
565 frsize => 1024,
566 fsid => 1810
567 }
568
569
570=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
571
572Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
573and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
574syscalls support them.
575
576When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
577utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
578otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
579
580Examples:
581
582 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
583 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
584 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
585 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
586
587
588=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
589
590Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
591or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
592
593Examples:
594
595 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
596 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
597 # same as above:
598 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
599
600
601=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
602
603Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
604
605
606=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
607
608Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
609
610
312=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 611=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
313 612
314Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 613Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
315result code. 614result code.
316 615
616
617=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
618
619[EXPERIMENTAL]
620
621Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
622
623The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
624
625 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
626
627See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
628and functions.
629
317=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 630=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
318 631
319Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 632Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
320the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 633the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
321 634
635
322=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 636=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
323 637
324Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 638Asynchronously 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. 639the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
326 640
641
642=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
643
644Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
645the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
646callback.
647
648
649=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
650
651Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
652C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
653L<Cwd::realpath>).
654
655This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
656directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
657
658
327=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 659=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
328 660
329Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 661Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
330rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 662rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
331 663
664
665=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
666
667Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
668the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
669request is executed, so do not change your umask.
670
671
332=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 672=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
333 673
334Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 674Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
335result code. 675result code.
676
336 677
337=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 678=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
338 679
339Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 680Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
340directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 681directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
341sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 682sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
342 683
343The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 684The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
344with the filenames. 685array-ref with the filenames.
686
687
688=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
689
690Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
691behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
692C<undef>.
693
694The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
695flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
696
697=over 4
698
699=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
700
701When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
702names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
703C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
704entry in more detail.
705
706C<$name> is the name of the entry.
707
708C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
709
710C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
711C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
712C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
713
714C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
715know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
716scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
717
718C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
719bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
720systems that do not deliver the inode information.
721
722=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
723
724When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
725likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
726you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
727while avoiding to stat() each entry.
728
729If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
730to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
731beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
732short names are tried first.
733
734=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
735
736When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
737suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
738all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
739be fastest.
740
741If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
742the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
743
744=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
745
746This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
747is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
748C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
749C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
750
751=back
752
753
754=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
755
756This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
757memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
758
759=cut
760
761sub aio_load($$;$) {
762 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
763 my $data = \$_[1];
764
765 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
766 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
767
768 aioreq_pri $pri;
769 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
770 my $fh = shift
771 or return $grp->result (-1);
772
773 aioreq_pri $pri;
774 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
775 $grp->result ($_[0]);
776 };
777 };
778
779 $grp
780}
781
782=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
783
784Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
785destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
786a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
787
788This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
789mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
790C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
791uid/gid, in that order.
792
793If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
794possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
795errors are being ignored.
796
797=cut
798
799sub aio_copy($$;$) {
800 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
801
802 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
803 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
804
805 aioreq_pri $pri;
806 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
807 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
808 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
809
810 aioreq_pri $pri;
811 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
812 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
813 aioreq_pri $pri;
814 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
815 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
816 $grp->result (0);
817 close $src_fh;
818
819 my $ch = sub {
820 aioreq_pri $pri;
821 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
822 aioreq_pri $pri;
823 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
824 aioreq_pri $pri;
825 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
826 }
827 };
828 };
829
830 aioreq_pri $pri;
831 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
832 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
833 aioreq_pri $pri;
834 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
835 } else {
836 $ch->();
837 }
838 };
839 } else {
840 $grp->result (-1);
841 close $src_fh;
842 close $dst_fh;
843
844 aioreq $pri;
845 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
846 }
847 };
848 } else {
849 $grp->result (-1);
850 }
851 },
852
853 } else {
854 $grp->result (-1);
855 }
856 };
857
858 $grp
859}
860
861=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
862
863Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
864destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
865a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
866
867This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
868rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
869that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
870
871=cut
872
873sub aio_move($$;$) {
874 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
875
876 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
877 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
878
879 aioreq_pri $pri;
880 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
881 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
882 aioreq_pri $pri;
883 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
884 $grp->result ($_[0]);
885
886 unless ($_[0]) {
887 aioreq_pri $pri;
888 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
889 }
890 };
891 } else {
892 $grp->result ($_[0]);
893 }
894 };
895
896 $grp
897}
345 898
346=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 899=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
347 900
348Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 901Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
349separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones 902efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
350you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot 903names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
351recurse into (everything else). 904recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
352 905
353C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub 906C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
354requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio 907C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
355requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 908this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
356suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 909will be chosen (currently 4).
357 910
358On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 911On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
359two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 912two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
360 913
361Example: 914Example:
368 921
369Implementation notes. 922Implementation notes.
370 923
371The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 924The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
372 925
926If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
927find directories.
928
373After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 929Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
374directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 930of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
375isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 931match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
376entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 932how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
377of subdirectories will be assumed. 933number of subdirectories will be assumed.
378 934
379Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 935Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
380a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 936currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
381else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 937entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
382likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 938in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
383is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 939entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
384seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 940seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
385filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 941filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
386data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 942data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
943the filetype information on readdir.
387 944
388If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 945If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
389rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 946rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
390 947
391This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 948This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
395as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 952as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
396directory counting heuristic. 953directory counting heuristic.
397 954
398=cut 955=cut
399 956
400sub aio_scandir($$$) { 957sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
401 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 958 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
402 959
960 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
961
403 my $grp = aio_group; 962 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
404 963
405 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 964 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
406 965
407 # stat once 966 # stat once
967 aioreq_pri $pri;
408 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 968 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
409 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 969 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
410 my $now = time; 970 my $now = time;
411 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 971 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
412 972
413 # read the directory entries 973 # read the directory entries
974 aioreq_pri $pri;
414 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 975 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
415 my $entries = shift 976 my $entries = shift
416 or return $cb->(); 977 or return $grp->result ();
417 978
418 # stat the dir another time 979 # stat the dir another time
980 aioreq_pri $pri;
419 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 981 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
420 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 982 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
421 983
422 my $ndirs; 984 my $ndirs;
423 985
424 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 986 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
425 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 987 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
426 $ndirs = -1; 988 $ndirs = -1;
427 } else { 989 } else {
428 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 990 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
429 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 991 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
430 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 992 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
431 or return $cb->([], $entries); 993 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
432 } 994 }
433 995
434 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
435 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
436 $entries = [map $_->[0],
437 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
438 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
439 @$entries];
440
441 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 996 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
442 997
443 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 998 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
444 my $nreq = 0; 999 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
1000 };
445 1001
446 $schedcb = sub { 1002 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
447 if (@$entries) { 1003 feed $statgrp sub {
448 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 1004 return unless @$entries;
449 my $ent = pop @$entries; 1005 my $entry = shift @$entries;
1006
1007 aioreq_pri $pri;
1008 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
1009 if ($_[0] < 0) {
1010 push @nondirs, $entry;
1011 } else {
1012 # need to check for real directory
1013 aioreq_pri $pri;
1014 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
1015 if (-d _) {
1016 push @dirs, $entry;
1017
1018 unless (--$ndirs) {
1019 push @nondirs, @$entries;
1020 feed $statgrp;
1021 }
1022 } else {
1023 push @nondirs, $entry;
1024 }
450 $nreq++; 1025 }
451 add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
452 } 1026 }
453 } elsif (!$nreq) {
454 # finished
455 undef $statcb;
456 undef $schedcb;
457 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
458 undef $cb;
459 } 1027 };
460 }; 1028 };
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 }; 1029 };
491 }; 1030 };
492 }; 1031 };
493 1032
494 $grp 1033 $grp
495} 1034}
496 1035
1036=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1037
1038Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1039status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1040uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1041everything else.
1042
1043=cut
1044
1045sub aio_rmtree;
1046sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1047 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1048
1049 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1050 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1051
1052 aioreq_pri $pri;
1053 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1054 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1055
1056 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1057 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1058 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1059 };
1060 };
1061
1062 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1063 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1064
1065 add $grp $dirgrp;
1066 };
1067
1068 $grp
1069}
1070
1071=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1072
1073Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1074
497=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1075=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
498 1076
499Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1077Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
500with the fsync result code. 1078with the fsync result code.
501 1079
505callback with the fdatasync result code. 1083callback with the fdatasync result code.
506 1084
507If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1085If 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. 1086detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
509 1087
1088=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1089
1090Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1091to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1092sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1093ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1094
1095C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1096C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1097C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1098manpage for details.
1099
1100=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1101
1102This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1103composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1104(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1105specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1106written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1107not just directories.
1108
1109Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1110C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1111
1112Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1113
1114=cut
1115
1116sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1117 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1118
1119 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1120 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1121
1122 aioreq_pri $pri;
1123 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1124 my ($fh) = @_;
1125 if ($fh) {
1126 aioreq_pri $pri;
1127 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1128 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1129
1130 aioreq_pri $pri;
1131 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1132 };
1133 } else {
1134 $grp->result (-1);
1135 }
1136 };
1137
1138 $grp
1139}
1140
1141=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1142
1143This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1144scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1145scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1146scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1147it).
1148
1149It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1150area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1151later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1152is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1153a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1154C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1155
1156=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1157
1158This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1159scalars.
1160
1161It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1162range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1163as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1164C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1165C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1166writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1167
1168=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1169
1170This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1171scalars.
1172
1173It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1174and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1175
1176If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1177
1178On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1179and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1180
1181Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1182documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1183
1184Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1185C<$data> gets destroyed.
1186
1187 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1188 my $data;
1189 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1190 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1191
1192=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1193
1194Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1195C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1196
1197On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1198and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1199
1200Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1201documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1202
1203Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1204
1205 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1206
510=item aio_group $callback->() 1207=item aio_group $callback->(...)
511
512[EXPERIMENTAL]
513 1208
514This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1209This 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 1210container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
516many requests into a single, composite, request. 1211many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1212and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
517 1213
518Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below 1214Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
519for more info. 1215for more info.
520 1216
521Example: 1217Example:
527 add $grp 1223 add $grp
528 (aio_stat ...), 1224 (aio_stat ...),
529 (aio_stat ...), 1225 (aio_stat ...),
530 ...; 1226 ...;
531 1227
1228=item aio_nop $callback->()
1229
1230This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1231side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1232that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1233code.
1234
1235While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1236phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1237be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1238entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1239latency.
1240
532=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED* 1241=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
533 1242
534Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of 1243Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
535the request workers to sleep for the given time. 1244the request workers to sleep for the given time.
536 1245
537While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests 1246While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
538like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates 1247like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
539is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application 1248immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
540under artificial I/O pressure. 1249except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
541 1250
542=back 1251=back
543 1252
544=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1253=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
545 1254
546All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1255All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
547called in non-void context. 1256called in non-void context.
548 1257
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 1258=over 4
558 1259
559=item $req->cancel 1260=item cancel $req
560 1261
561Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1262Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
562when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1263when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
563entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1264entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
564untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1265untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
565stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1266currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1267will not be freed prematurely.
1268
1269=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1270
1271Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
566 1272
567=back 1273=back
568 1274
569=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS 1275=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
570 1276
585You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more 1291You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
586C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects: 1292C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
587 1293
588 $grp->add (aio_unlink "..."); 1294 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
589 1295
590 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { ... }; 1296 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1297 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1298
1299 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1300 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1301 $grp->result ("ok");
1302 };
1303 };
591 1304
592This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of 1305This 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. 1306C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
594 1307
1308=over 4
1309
595The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to 1310=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
596C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request. 1311C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
597 1312
598They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not 1313=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
599just the request itself, but also all requests it contains. 1314only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
600 1315
601They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects. 1316=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1317
1318=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1319any later time).
1320
1321=back
602 1322
603Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1323Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
604will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1324will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
605C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1325C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
606exist. 1326exist.
607 1327
1328That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1329(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1330the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1331further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1332finished will the the group itself finish.
1333
608=over 4 1334=over 4
609 1335
1336=item add $grp ...
1337
610=item $grp->add (...) 1338=item $grp->add (...)
611 1339
612=item add $grp ... 1340Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1341be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1342dependencies.
613 1343
614Add one or more 1344Returns all its arguments.
615Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1345
616when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1346=item $grp->cancel_subs
617entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1347
618untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1348Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
619stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1349itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1350
1351The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1352group).
1353
1354=item $grp->result (...)
1355
1356Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1357subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1358of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1359no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1360
1361=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1362
1363Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1364when the argument is missing.
1365
1366Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1367the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1368default (0).
1369
1370Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1371before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1372
1373=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1374
1375Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1376generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1377although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1378this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1379C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
1380delaying any later requests for a long time.
1381
1382To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1383instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1384feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1385below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1386requests.
1387
1388The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1389not impose any limits).
1390
1391If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1392automatically removed from the group.
1393
1394If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1395C<2> automatically.
1396
1397Example:
1398
1399 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1400
1401 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1402 limit $grp 4;
1403 feed $grp sub {
1404 my $file = pop @files
1405 or return;
1406
1407 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1408 };
1409
1410=item limit $grp $num
1411
1412Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1413the group contains less than this many requests.
1414
1415Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1416
1417The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1418automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
620 1419
621=back 1420=back
622 1421
623=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1422=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
624 1423
1424=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1425
625=over 4 1426=over 4
626 1427
627=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1428=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
628 1429
629Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1430Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
630polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1431polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
631select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1432select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
632to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1433you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
633 1434
634See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1435See C<poll_cb> for an example.
635 1436
636=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1437=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
637 1438
638Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1439Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
639regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1440this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
640when no events are outstanding. 1441were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1442reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1443events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1444C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1445
1446If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1447will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1448do anything special to have it called later.
1449
1450Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1451ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1452a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1453available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1454over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1455requests.
641 1456
642Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1457Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
643IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1458IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1459SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
644 1460
645 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1461 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
646 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1462 poll => 'r', async => 1,
647 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1463 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
648 1464
649=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1465=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
650 1466
1467If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
651Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1468phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
652C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1469does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
653for some requests to finish). 1470synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
654 1471
655See C<nreqs> for an example. 1472See C<nreqs> for an example.
656 1473
1474=item IO::AIO::poll
1475
1476Waits until some requests have been handled.
1477
1478Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1479equivalent to:
1480
1481 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1482
657=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1483=item IO::AIO::flush
658 1484
659Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1485Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
660callback has not been invoked yet).
661 1486
662Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1487Strictly equivalent to:
663 1488
664 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1489 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
665 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1490 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
666 1491
667=item IO::AIO::flush 1492=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
668 1493
669Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1494=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
670 1495
671Strictly equivalent to: 1496These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1497that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1498the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1499C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1500of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
672 1501
673 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1502Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
674 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1503syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1504callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1505not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
675 1506
676=item IO::AIO::poll 1507Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1508interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1509time.
677 1510
678Waits until some requests have been handled. 1511For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
679 1512
680Strictly equivalent to: 1513Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1514IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1515program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
681 1516
682 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1517 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
683 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1518 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1519
1520 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1521 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1522 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1523 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1524
1525=back
1526
1527=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1528
1529=over
684 1530
685=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1531=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
686 1532
687Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1533Set 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 1534default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
689(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1535concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1536however, is unlimited).
690 1537
691IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1538IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
692no free thread exists. 1539no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1540create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1541is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
693 1542
694It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1543It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
695kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1544Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
696parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1545(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
697threads should be fine. 1546versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
698 1547
699Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1548Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
700module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1549module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
701 1550
702=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1551=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
711This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1560This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
712that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1561that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
713 1562
714Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1563Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
715 1564
1565=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1566
1567Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1568(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1569timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1570C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1571exit.
1572
1573This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1574to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1575under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1576
1577The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1578creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1579want to use larger values.
1580
1581=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1582
1583Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1584allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1585
716=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1586=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
717 1587
718Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1588Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
719try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1589you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
720some requests have been handled. 1590C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1591C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1592longer exceeded.
721 1593
722The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1594In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
723queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1595used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
724this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
725 1596
726Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1597This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1598blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1599use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1600
1601It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1602a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1603
1604 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1605
1606 for my $path (...) {
1607 aio_stat $path , ...;
1608 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1609 }
1610
1611 IO::AIO::flush;
1612
1613The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1614as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1615some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1616number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1617
1618The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1619practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
727 1620
728=back 1621=back
729 1622
1623=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1624
1625=over
1626
1627=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1628
1629Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1630states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1631
1632Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1633
1634 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1635 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1636
1637=item IO::AIO::nready
1638
1639Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1640executed).
1641
1642=item IO::AIO::npending
1643
1644Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1645but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1646
1647=back
1648
1649=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1650
1651IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1652asynchronous.
1653
1654=over 4
1655
1656=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1657
1658Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1659but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1660likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1661operations).
1662
1663Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1664
1665=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1666
1667Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1668manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1669avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1670C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1671C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1672
1673On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1674ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1675
1676=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1677
1678Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1679manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1680avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1681C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1682
1683On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1684ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1685
1686=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1687
1688Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1689$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1690constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1691C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1692
1693On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1694ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1695
1696=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1697
1698Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1699given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1700
1701The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1702change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1703or searching it with regexes and so on.
1704
1705Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1706
1707The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1708when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1709C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1710
1711This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1712page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1713
1714The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1715filesize.
1716
1717C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1718C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1719
1720C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1721C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1722not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1723(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1724constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1725C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1726C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1727
1728If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1729
1730C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1731a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1732
1733Example:
1734
1735 use Digest::MD5;
1736 use IO::AIO;
1737
1738 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1739 or die "$!";
1740
1741 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1742 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1743
1744 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1745
1746=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1747
1748Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1749
1750=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1751
1752Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1753C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1754
1755=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1756
1757Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1758
1759On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1760ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1761
1762=back
1763
730=cut 1764=cut
731 1765
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; 1766min_parallel 8;
749 1767
750END { 1768END { flush }
751 max_parallel 0;
752}
753 1769
7541; 17701;
755 1771
1772=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1773
1774It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1775automatically into many event loops:
1776
1777 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1778 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1779
1780You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1781some examples of how to do this:
1782
1783 # EV integration
1784 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1785
1786 # Event integration
1787 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1788 poll => 'r',
1789 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1790
1791 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1792 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1793 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1794
1795 # Tk integration
1796 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1797 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1798
1799 # Danga::Socket integration
1800 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1801 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1802
756=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1803=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
757 1804
758This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1805Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1806considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1807fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1808with defined behaviour in perl. IO::AIO uses pthreads, so this applies,
1809but many other extensions and (for inexplicable reasons) perl itself often
1810is linked against pthreads, so this limitation applies.
759 1811
760Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1812Some operating systems have extensions that allow safe use of fork, and
761can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1813this module should do "the right thing" on those, and tries on others. At
762the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1814the time of this writing (2011) only GNU/Linux supports these extensions
763request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1815to POSIX.
764queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
765the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
766parent process has been reached again.
767 1816
768In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1817=head2 MEMORY USAGE
769not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1818
770yet. 1819Per-request usage:
1820
1821Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1822bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1823a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1824scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1825will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1826
1827This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1828problem.
1829
1830Per-thread usage:
1831
1832In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1833temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1834structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1835
1836=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1837
1838Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
771 1839
772=head1 SEE ALSO 1840=head1 SEE ALSO
773 1841
774L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete). 1842L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1843more natural syntax.
775 1844
776=head1 AUTHOR 1845=head1 AUTHOR
777 1846
778 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1847 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
779 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1848 http://home.schmorp.de/

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