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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 = '4.0';
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
178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
184 aio_statvfs
84 aio_group); 185 aio_wd);
85 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 186
187 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
188 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
189 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
190 nreqs nready npending nthreads
191 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
192 sendfile fadvise madvise
193 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
194
195 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
86 196
87 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 197 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88 198
89 require XSLoader; 199 require XSLoader;
90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 200 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91} 201}
92 202
93=head1 FUNCTIONS 203=head1 FUNCTIONS
94 204
205=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
206
207This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
208for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
209documentation.
210
211 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
212 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
213 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
214 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
217 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
218 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
219 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
220 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
221 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
223 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
224 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
225 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
226 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
227 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
228 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
230 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
231 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
232 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
233 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
234 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
235 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
236 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
237 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
238 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
239 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
240 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
241 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
242 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync $callback->($status)
244 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
245 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
246 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
247 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
248 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
249 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
250 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
251 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
252 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
253 aio_group $callback->(...)
254 aio_nop $callback->()
255
256 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
257 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
258
259 IO::AIO::poll_wait
260 IO::AIO::poll_cb
261 IO::AIO::poll
262 IO::AIO::flush
263 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
264 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
265 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
266 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
267 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
268 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
269 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
270 IO::AIO::nreqs
271 IO::AIO::nready
272 IO::AIO::npending
273
274 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
275 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
276 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
277 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
278 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
279 IO::AIO::munlockall
280
95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 281=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
96 282
97All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 283All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
98with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 284with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
99and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 285and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 286which 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 287the 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 288perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
103syscall has been executed asynchronously. 289syscall has been executed asynchronously.
104 290
105All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 291All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106internally until the request has finished. 292internally until the request has finished.
107 293
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 294All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 295further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110 296
111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 297The 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 298encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
113request is being executed, the current working directory could have 299request is being executed, the current working directory could have
114changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 300changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
115current working directory. 301current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
302paths.
116 303
117To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 304To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
118always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 305in 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 306tinkering, 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 307your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
121environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 308environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
122use something else. 309use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
310
311This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
312handles correctly whether it is set or not.
123 313
124=over 4 314=over 4
315
316=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
317
318Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
319C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
320
321The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
322and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
323first.
324
325The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
326functions.
327
328Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
329higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
330open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
331
332 aioreq_pri -3;
333 aio_open ..., sub {
334 return unless $_[0];
335
336 aioreq_pri -2;
337 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
338 ...
339 };
340 };
341
342
343=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
344
345Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
346priority, so the effect is cumulative.
347
125 348
126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 349=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
127 350
128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 351Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129created filehandle for the file. 352created filehandle for the file.
135list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 358list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136 359
137Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 360Likewise, C<$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>, 361didn'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, 362except 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). 363and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
364by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
365change the umask.
141 366
142Example: 367Example:
143 368
144 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 369 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
145 if ($_[0]) { 370 if ($_[0]) {
146 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 371 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
147 ... 372 ...
148 } else { 373 } else {
149 die "open failed: $!\n"; 374 die "open failed: $!\n";
150 } 375 }
151 }; 376 };
152 377
378In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
379C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
380following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
381your system are, as usual, C<0>):
382
383C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
384C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
385C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
386
387
153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 388=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
154 389
155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 390Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 391code.
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.
160 392
161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 393Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
162therefore best to avoid this function. 394closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
395
396Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
397use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
398(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
399
400Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
401free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
402
403=cut
163 404
164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 405=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
165 406
166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 407=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
167 408
168Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 409Reads 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 410C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
170callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 411and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
171like the syscall). 412error, just like the syscall).
413
414C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
415offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
416
417If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
418be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
419changed by these calls.
420
421If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
422C<$data>.
423
424If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
425C<$data>.
172 426
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 427The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 428is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
175necessary/optional hardware is installed). 429the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176 430
177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 431Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
178offset C<0> within the scalar: 432offset C<0> within the scalar:
179 433
180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 434 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 435 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 436 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
183 }; 437 };
184 438
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}
252 439
253=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 440=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
254 441
255Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 442Tries 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 443reading 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 444file 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 445than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
259other. 446other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
447move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
260 448
449Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
450are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
451read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
452number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
453C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
454
455Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
456C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
457the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
458the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
459into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
460fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
461data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
462the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
463resource usage.
464
261This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 465This 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 466provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
263socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 467a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
264 468
265If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 469If 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 470C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
471C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
267regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 472type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
268 473
269Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 474As 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 475together 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 476on 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 477in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
273value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 478so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
274read. 479fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
480
275 481
276=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 482=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
277 483
278C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 484C<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> 485subsequent 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. 491file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
286 492
287If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 493If 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. 494emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
289 495
496
290=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 497=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
291 498
292=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 499=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
293 500
294Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 501Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
299for an explanation. 506for an explanation.
300 507
301Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 508Currently, 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 509error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
303unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 510unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
511
512To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
513following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
514be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
515behaviour).
516
517C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
518C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
519C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
304 520
305Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 521Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
306 522
307 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 523 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
308 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 524 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
309 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 525 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
310 }; 526 };
311 527
528
529=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
530
531Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
532whether a file handle or path was passed.
533
534On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
535members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
536C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
537is passed.
538
539The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
540C<ST_NOSUID>.
541
542The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
543their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
544not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
545C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
546C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
547
548Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
549
550 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
551 my $f = $_[0]
552 or die "statvfs: $!";
553
554 use Data::Dumper;
555 say Dumper $f;
556 };
557
558 # result:
559 {
560 bsize => 1024,
561 bfree => 4333064312,
562 blocks => 10253828096,
563 files => 2050765568,
564 flag => 4096,
565 favail => 2042092649,
566 bavail => 4333064312,
567 ffree => 2042092649,
568 namemax => 255,
569 frsize => 1024,
570 fsid => 1810
571 }
572
573
574=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
575
576Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
577and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
578syscalls support them.
579
580When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
581utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
582otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
583
584Examples:
585
586 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
587 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
588 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
589 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
590
591
592=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
593
594Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
595or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
596
597Examples:
598
599 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
600 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
601 # same as above:
602 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
603
604
605=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
606
607Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
608
609
610=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
611
612Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
613
614
312=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 615=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
313 616
314Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 617Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
315result code. 618result code.
316 619
620
621=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
622
623[EXPERIMENTAL]
624
625Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
626
627The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
628
629 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
630
631See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
632and functions.
633
317=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 634=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
318 635
319Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 636Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
320the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 637the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
321 638
639
322=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 640=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
323 641
324Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 642Asynchronously 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. 643the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
326 644
645
646=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
647
648Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
649the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
650callback.
651
652
653=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
654
655Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
656C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
657L<Cwd::realpath>).
658
659This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
660directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
661
662
327=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 663=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
328 664
329Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 665Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
330rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 666rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
331 667
668
669=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
670
671Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
672the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
673request is executed, so do not change your umask.
674
675
332=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 676=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
333 677
334Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 678Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
335result code. 679result code.
680
336 681
337=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 682=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
338 683
339Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 684Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
340directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 685directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
341sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 686sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
342 687
343The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 688The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
344with the filenames. 689array-ref with the filenames.
690
691
692=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
693
694Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
695tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
696C<undef>.
697
698The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
699flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
700
701=over 4
702
703=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
704
705When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
706names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
707C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
708entry in more detail.
709
710C<$name> is the name of the entry.
711
712C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
713
714C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
715C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
716C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
717
718C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
719know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
720scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
721
722C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
723bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
724systems that do not deliver the inode information.
725
726=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
727
728When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
729likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
730you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
731while avoiding to stat() each entry.
732
733If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
734to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
735beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
736short names are tried first.
737
738=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
739
740When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
741suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
742all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
743be fastest.
744
745If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
746the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
747
748=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
749
750This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
751is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
752C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
753C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
754
755=back
756
757
758=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
759
760This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
761memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
762
763=cut
764
765sub aio_load($$;$) {
766 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
767 my $data = \$_[1];
768
769 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
770 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
771
772 aioreq_pri $pri;
773 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
774 my $fh = shift
775 or return $grp->result (-1);
776
777 aioreq_pri $pri;
778 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
779 $grp->result ($_[0]);
780 };
781 };
782
783 $grp
784}
785
786=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
787
788Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
789destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
790a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
791
792This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
793mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
794C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
795uid/gid, in that order.
796
797If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
798possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
799errors are being ignored.
800
801=cut
802
803sub aio_copy($$;$) {
804 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
805
806 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
807 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
808
809 aioreq_pri $pri;
810 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
811 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
812 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
813
814 aioreq_pri $pri;
815 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
816 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
817 aioreq_pri $pri;
818 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
819 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
820 $grp->result (0);
821 close $src_fh;
822
823 my $ch = sub {
824 aioreq_pri $pri;
825 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
826 aioreq_pri $pri;
827 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
828 aioreq_pri $pri;
829 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
830 }
831 };
832 };
833
834 aioreq_pri $pri;
835 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
836 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
837 aioreq_pri $pri;
838 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
839 } else {
840 $ch->();
841 }
842 };
843 } else {
844 $grp->result (-1);
845 close $src_fh;
846 close $dst_fh;
847
848 aioreq $pri;
849 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
850 }
851 };
852 } else {
853 $grp->result (-1);
854 }
855 },
856
857 } else {
858 $grp->result (-1);
859 }
860 };
861
862 $grp
863}
864
865=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
866
867Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
868destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
869a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
870
871This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
872rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
873that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
874
875=cut
876
877sub aio_move($$;$) {
878 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
879
880 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
881 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
882
883 aioreq_pri $pri;
884 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
885 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
886 aioreq_pri $pri;
887 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
888 $grp->result ($_[0]);
889
890 unless ($_[0]) {
891 aioreq_pri $pri;
892 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
893 }
894 };
895 } else {
896 $grp->result ($_[0]);
897 }
898 };
899
900 $grp
901}
345 902
346=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 903=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
347 904
348Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 905Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
349separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones 906efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
350you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot 907names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
351recurse into (everything else). 908recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
352 909
353C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub 910C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
354requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio 911C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
355requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 912this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
356suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 913will be chosen (currently 4).
357 914
358On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 915On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
359two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 916two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
360 917
361Example: 918Example:
368 925
369Implementation notes. 926Implementation notes.
370 927
371The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 928The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
372 929
930If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
931find directories.
932
373After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 933Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
374directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 934of 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 935match (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 936how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
377of subdirectories will be assumed. 937number of subdirectories will be assumed.
378 938
379Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 939Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
380a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 940currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
381else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 941entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
382likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 942in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
383is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 943entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
384seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 944separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
385filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 945filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
386data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 946data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
947the filetype information on readdir.
387 948
388If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 949If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
389rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 950rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
390 951
391This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 952This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
395as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 956as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
396directory counting heuristic. 957directory counting heuristic.
397 958
398=cut 959=cut
399 960
400sub aio_scandir($$$) { 961sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
401 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 962 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
402 963
964 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
965
403 my $grp = aio_group; 966 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
404 967
405 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 968 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
406 969
407 # stat once 970 # stat once
971 aioreq_pri $pri;
408 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 972 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
409 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 973 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
410 my $now = time; 974 my $now = time;
411 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 975 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
412 976
413 # read the directory entries 977 # read the directory entries
978 aioreq_pri $pri;
414 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 979 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
415 my $entries = shift 980 my $entries = shift
416 or return $cb->(); 981 or return $grp->result ();
417 982
418 # stat the dir another time 983 # stat the dir another time
984 aioreq_pri $pri;
419 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 985 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
420 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 986 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
421 987
422 my $ndirs; 988 my $ndirs;
423 989
424 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 990 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
425 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 991 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
426 $ndirs = -1; 992 $ndirs = -1;
427 } else { 993 } else {
428 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 994 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
429 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 995 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
430 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 996 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
431 or return $cb->([], $entries); 997 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
432 } 998 }
433 999
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 @$entries];
440
441 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 1000 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
442 1001
443 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 1002 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
444 my $nreq = 0; 1003 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
1004 };
445 1005
446 $schedcb = sub { 1006 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
447 if (@$entries) { 1007 feed $statgrp sub {
448 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 1008 return unless @$entries;
449 my $ent = pop @$entries; 1009 my $entry = shift @$entries;
1010
1011 aioreq_pri $pri;
1012 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
1013 if ($_[0] < 0) {
1014 push @nondirs, $entry;
1015 } else {
1016 # need to check for real directory
1017 aioreq_pri $pri;
1018 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
1019 if (-d _) {
1020 push @dirs, $entry;
1021
1022 unless (--$ndirs) {
1023 push @nondirs, @$entries;
1024 feed $statgrp;
1025 }
1026 } else {
1027 push @nondirs, $entry;
1028 }
450 $nreq++; 1029 }
451 add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
452 } 1030 }
453 } elsif (!$nreq) {
454 # finished
455 undef $statcb;
456 undef $schedcb;
457 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
458 undef $cb;
459 } 1031 };
460 }; 1032 };
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 }; 1033 };
491 }; 1034 };
492 }; 1035 };
493 1036
494 $grp 1037 $grp
495} 1038}
496 1039
1040=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1041
1042Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1043status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1044uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1045everything else.
1046
1047=cut
1048
1049sub aio_rmtree;
1050sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1051 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1052
1053 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1054 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1055
1056 aioreq_pri $pri;
1057 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1058 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1059
1060 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1061 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1062 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1063 };
1064 };
1065
1066 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1067 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1068
1069 add $grp $dirgrp;
1070 };
1071
1072 $grp
1073}
1074
1075=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1076
1077Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1078
497=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1079=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
498 1080
499Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1081Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
500with the fsync result code. 1082with the fsync result code.
501 1083
505callback with the fdatasync result code. 1087callback with the fdatasync result code.
506 1088
507If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1089If 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. 1090detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
509 1091
1092=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1093
1094Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1095to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1096code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1097errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1098
1099=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1100
1101Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1102to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1103sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1104ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1105
1106C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1107C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1108C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1109manpage for details.
1110
1111=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1112
1113This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1114composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1115(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1116specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1117written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1118not just directories.
1119
1120Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1121C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1122
1123Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1124
1125=cut
1126
1127sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1128 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1129
1130 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1131 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1132
1133 aioreq_pri $pri;
1134 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1135 my ($fh) = @_;
1136 if ($fh) {
1137 aioreq_pri $pri;
1138 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1139 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1140
1141 aioreq_pri $pri;
1142 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1143 };
1144 } else {
1145 $grp->result (-1);
1146 }
1147 };
1148
1149 $grp
1150}
1151
1152=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1153
1154This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1155scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1156scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1157scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1158it).
1159
1160It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1161area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1162later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1163is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1164a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1165C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1166
1167=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1168
1169This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1170scalars.
1171
1172It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1173range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1174as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1175C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1176C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1177writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1178
1179=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1180
1181This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1182scalars.
1183
1184It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1185and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1186
1187If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1188
1189On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1190and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1191
1192Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1193documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1194
1195Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1196C<$data> gets destroyed.
1197
1198 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1199 my $data;
1200 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1201 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1202
1203=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1204
1205Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1206C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1207
1208On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1209and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1210
1211Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1212documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1213
1214Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1215
1216 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
1217
510=item aio_group $callback->() 1218=item aio_group $callback->(...)
511
512[EXPERIMENTAL]
513 1219
514This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1220This 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 1221container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
516many requests into a single, composite, request. 1222many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
1223and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
517 1224
518Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below 1225Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
519for more info. 1226for more info.
520 1227
521Example: 1228Example:
527 add $grp 1234 add $grp
528 (aio_stat ...), 1235 (aio_stat ...),
529 (aio_stat ...), 1236 (aio_stat ...),
530 ...; 1237 ...;
531 1238
1239=item aio_nop $callback->()
1240
1241This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
1242side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
1243that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
1244code.
1245
1246While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
1247phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
1248be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
1249entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
1250latency.
1251
532=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED* 1252=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
533 1253
534Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of 1254Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
535the request workers to sleep for the given time. 1255the request workers to sleep for the given time.
536 1256
537While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests 1257While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
538like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates 1258like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
539is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application 1259immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
540under artificial I/O pressure. 1260except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
541 1261
542=back 1262=back
543 1263
544=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1264=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
545 1265
546All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when 1266All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
547called in non-void context. 1267called in non-void context.
548 1268
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 1269=over 4
558 1270
559=item $req->cancel 1271=item cancel $req
560 1272
561Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1273Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
562when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1274when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
563entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1275entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
564untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1276untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
565stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1277currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1278will not be freed prematurely.
1279
1280=item cb $req $callback->(...)
1281
1282Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
566 1283
567=back 1284=back
568 1285
569=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS 1286=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
570 1287
585You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more 1302You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
586C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects: 1303C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
587 1304
588 $grp->add (aio_unlink "..."); 1305 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
589 1306
590 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { ... }; 1307 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
1308 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
1309
1310 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
1311 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
1312 $grp->result ("ok");
1313 };
1314 };
591 1315
592This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of 1316This 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. 1317C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
594 1318
1319=over 4
1320
595The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to 1321=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
596C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request. 1322C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
597 1323
598They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not 1324=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
599just the request itself, but also all requests it contains. 1325only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
600 1326
601They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects. 1327=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
1328
1329=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
1330any later time).
1331
1332=back
602 1333
603Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1334Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
604will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1335will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
605C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1336C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
606exist. 1337exist.
607 1338
1339That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
1340(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
1341the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
1342further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1343finished will the the group itself finish.
1344
608=over 4 1345=over 4
609 1346
1347=item add $grp ...
1348
610=item $grp->add (...) 1349=item $grp->add (...)
611 1350
612=item add $grp ... 1351Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
1352be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
1353dependencies.
613 1354
614Add one or more 1355Returns all its arguments.
615Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1356
616when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1357=item $grp->cancel_subs
617entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1358
618untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1359Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
619stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1360itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
1361
1362The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1363group).
1364
1365=item $grp->result (...)
1366
1367Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
1368subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1369of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1370no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1371
1372=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1373
1374Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1375when the argument is missing.
1376
1377Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1378the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1379default (0).
1380
1381Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1382before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
1383
1384=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
1385
1386Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
1387generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
1388although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
1389this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
1390C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
1391delaying any later requests for a long time.
1392
1393To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
1394instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
1395feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
1396below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
1397requests.
1398
1399The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
1400not impose any limits).
1401
1402If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
1403automatically removed from the group.
1404
1405If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1406C<2> automatically.
1407
1408Example:
1409
1410 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
1411
1412 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
1413 limit $grp 4;
1414 feed $grp sub {
1415 my $file = pop @files
1416 or return;
1417
1418 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
1419 };
1420
1421=item limit $grp $num
1422
1423Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
1424the group contains less than this many requests.
1425
1426Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
1427
1428The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1429automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
620 1430
621=back 1431=back
622 1432
623=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1433=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
624 1434
1435=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1436
625=over 4 1437=over 4
626 1438
627=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1439=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
628 1440
629Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1441Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
630polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1442polled 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 1443select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
632to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1444you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
633 1445
634See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1446See C<poll_cb> for an example.
635 1447
636=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1448=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
637 1449
638Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1450Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
639regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1451this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
640when no events are outstanding. 1452were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1453reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1454events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1455C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1456
1457If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1458will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1459do anything special to have it called later.
1460
1461Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1462ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1463a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1464available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1465over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1466requests.
641 1467
642Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1468Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
643IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1469IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1470SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
644 1471
645 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1472 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
646 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1473 poll => 'r', async => 1,
647 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1474 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
648 1475
649=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1476=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
650 1477
1478If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
651Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1479phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
652C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1480does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
653for some requests to finish). 1481synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
654 1482
655See C<nreqs> for an example. 1483See C<nreqs> for an example.
656 1484
1485=item IO::AIO::poll
1486
1487Waits until some requests have been handled.
1488
1489Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1490equivalent to:
1491
1492 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1493
657=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1494=item IO::AIO::flush
658 1495
659Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1496Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
660callback has not been invoked yet).
661 1497
662Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1498Strictly equivalent to:
663 1499
664 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1500 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
665 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1501 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
666 1502
667=item IO::AIO::flush 1503=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
668 1504
669Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1505=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
670 1506
671Strictly equivalent to: 1507These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1508that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1509the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1510C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1511of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
672 1512
673 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1513Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
674 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1514syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1515callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1516not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
675 1517
676=item IO::AIO::poll 1518Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1519interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1520time.
677 1521
678Waits until some requests have been handled. 1522For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
679 1523
680Strictly equivalent to: 1524Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1525IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1526program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
681 1527
682 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1528 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
683 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1529 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1530
1531 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1532 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1533 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1534 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1535
1536=back
1537
1538=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1539
1540=over
684 1541
685=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1542=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
686 1543
687Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1544Set 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 1545default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
689(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1546concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1547however, is unlimited).
690 1548
691IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1549IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
692no free thread exists. 1550no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1551create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1552is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
693 1553
694It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1554It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
695kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1555Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
696parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1556(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
697threads should be fine. 1557versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
698 1558
699Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1559Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
700module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1560module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
701 1561
702=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1562=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
711This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1571This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
712that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1572that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
713 1573
714Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1574Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
715 1575
1576=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1577
1578Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1579(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1580timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1581C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1582exit.
1583
1584This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1585to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1586under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1587
1588The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1589creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1590want to use larger values.
1591
1592=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1593
1594Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1595allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1596
716=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1597=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
717 1598
718Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1599Sets 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 1600you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
720some requests have been handled. 1601C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1602C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1603longer exceeded.
721 1604
722The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1605In 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 1606used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
724this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
725 1607
726Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1608This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1609blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1610use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1611
1612It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1613a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1614
1615 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1616
1617 for my $path (...) {
1618 aio_stat $path , ...;
1619 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1620 }
1621
1622 IO::AIO::flush;
1623
1624The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1625as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1626some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1627number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1628
1629The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1630practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
727 1631
728=back 1632=back
729 1633
1634=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1635
1636=over
1637
1638=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1639
1640Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1641states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1642
1643Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1644
1645 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1646 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1647
1648=item IO::AIO::nready
1649
1650Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1651executed).
1652
1653=item IO::AIO::npending
1654
1655Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1656but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1657
1658=back
1659
1660=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1661
1662IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1663asynchronous.
1664
1665=over 4
1666
1667=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1668
1669Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1670but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1671likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1672operations).
1673
1674Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1675
1676=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1677
1678Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1679manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1680available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1681C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1682C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1683
1684On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1685ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1686
1687=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1688
1689Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1690manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1691available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1692C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1693
1694On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1695ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1696
1697=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1698
1699Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1700$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1701constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1702C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1703
1704On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1705ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1706
1707=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1708
1709Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1710given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1711
1712The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1713change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1714or searching it with regexes and so on.
1715
1716Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1717
1718The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1719when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1720C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1721
1722This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1723page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1724
1725The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1726filesize.
1727
1728C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1729C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1730
1731C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1732C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1733not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1734(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1735constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1736C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1737C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1738
1739If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1740
1741C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1742a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1743
1744Example:
1745
1746 use Digest::MD5;
1747 use IO::AIO;
1748
1749 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1750 or die "$!";
1751
1752 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1753 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1754
1755 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1756
1757=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1758
1759Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1760
1761=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1762
1763Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1764C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1765
1766=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1767
1768Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1769
1770On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1771ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1772
1773=back
1774
730=cut 1775=cut
731 1776
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; 1777min_parallel 8;
749 1778
750END { 1779END { flush }
751 max_parallel 0;
752}
753 1780
7541; 17811;
755 1782
1783=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1784
1785It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1786automatically into many event loops:
1787
1788 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1789 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1790
1791You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1792some examples of how to do this:
1793
1794 # EV integration
1795 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1796
1797 # Event integration
1798 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1799 poll => 'r',
1800 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1801
1802 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1803 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1804 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1805
1806 # Tk integration
1807 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1808 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1809
1810 # Danga::Socket integration
1811 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1812 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1813
756=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1814=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
757 1815
758This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1816Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1817considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1818fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1819with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
1820pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
1821reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
1822applies to quite a lot of perls.
759 1823
760Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1824This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
761can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1825only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
762the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1826using IO::AIO in the child is not.
763request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
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 1827
768In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1828You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
769not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1829forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
770yet. 1830child:
1831
1832=over 4
1833
1834=item IO::AIO::reinit
1835
1836Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
1837data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
1838happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
1839
1840The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
1841C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
1842the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
1843will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
1844
1845=back
1846
1847=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1848
1849Per-request usage:
1850
1851Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1852bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1853a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1854scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1855will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1856
1857This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1858problem.
1859
1860Per-thread usage:
1861
1862In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1863temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1864structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1865
1866=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1867
1868Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
771 1869
772=head1 SEE ALSO 1870=head1 SEE ALSO
773 1871
774L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete). 1872L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1873more natural syntax.
775 1874
776=head1 AUTHOR 1875=head1 AUTHOR
777 1876
778 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1877 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
779 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1878 http://home.schmorp.de/

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