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3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output 3IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_;
11 ...
12 };
13
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 };
19
20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25
26 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28
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);
8 49
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 50=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 51
11This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 52This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12operating system supports. 53operating system supports.
19not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 60not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
20for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 61for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
21remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 62remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
22 63
23Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 64Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
24currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 65currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
66C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
67C<aio_> functions) recursively.
25 68
26=head2 API NOTES 69=cut
70
71package IO::AIO;
72
73no warnings;
74use strict 'vars';
75
76use base 'Exporter';
77
78BEGIN {
79 our $VERSION = '2.0';
80
81 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
82 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
84 aio_group);
85 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
86
87 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88
89 require XSLoader;
90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91}
92
93=head1 FUNCTIONS
94
95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
27 96
28All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 97All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
29with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 98with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
30and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 99and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
31a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
32return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 101the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
33usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 102perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
34been executed asynchronously. 103syscall has been executed asynchronously.
35 104
36All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 105All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106internally until the request has finished.
37 107
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110
38The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
39is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 112encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
40directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 113request is being executed, the current working directory could have
114changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
41never change the current working directory. 115current working directory.
116
117To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
118always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
119etc.), 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
121environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
122use something else.
42 123
43=over 4 124=over 4
44 125
45=cut
46
47package IO::AIO;
48
49use base 'Exporter';
50
51use Fcntl ();
52
53BEGIN {
54 $VERSION = 0.2;
55
56 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
57 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);
58 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel nreqs);
59
60 require XSLoader;
61 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
62}
63
64=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
65
66Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is
67C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
68(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
69
70It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some linux
71kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
72parallelity => MUCH higher latency).
73
74Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this
75module automatically starts a single async thread.
76
77=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
78
79Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than
80the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
81function blocks until the limit is reached.
82
83This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
84that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
85
86Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
87
88=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
89
90Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be
91polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event
92or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call
93C<poll_cb> to check the results.
94
95See C<poll_cb> for an example.
96
97=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
98
99Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
100regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
101when no events are outstanding.
102
103You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.:
104
105 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
106 poll => 'r', async => 1,
107 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
108
109=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
110
111Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
112select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
113for some requests to finish).
114
115See C<nreqs> for an example.
116
117=item IO::AIO::nreqs
118
119Returns the number of requests currently outstanding.
120
121Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
122
123 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
124 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
125
126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
127 127
128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129created filehandle for the file. 129created filehandle for the file.
130 130
131The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 131The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
132for an explanation. 132for an explanation.
133 133
134The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 134The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
135list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 135list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136
137Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
138didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
139except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
140and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
136 141
137Example: 142Example:
138 143
139 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 144 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
140 if ($_[0]) { 145 if ($_[0]) {
143 } else { 148 } else {
144 die "open failed: $!\n"; 149 die "open failed: $!\n";
145 } 150 }
146 }; 151 };
147 152
148=item aio_close $fh, $callback 153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
149 154
150Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
151code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
152filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 157filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
153the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 158time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
154or just let filehandles go out of scope. 159C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
155 160
161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
162therefore best to avoid this function.
163
156=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
157 165
158=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
159 167
160Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 168Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
161into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 169into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
162callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 170callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
163like the syscall). 171like the syscall).
164 172
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
175necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176
165Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
166offset C<0> within the scalar: 178offset C<0> within the scalar:
167 179
168 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
169 $_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; 181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
170 print "read <$buffer>\n"; 182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
171 }; 183 };
172 184
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
253=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
254
255Tries 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
257file 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
259other.
260
261This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
262zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
263socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
264
265If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
266emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
267regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
268
269Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
270C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
271bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
272provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
273value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
274read.
275
173=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 276=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
174 277
175Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
176the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
177C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
178
179readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 278C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
180subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 279subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
181argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 280argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
182C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 281C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
183whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 282whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
184and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 283and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
185(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 284(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
186file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 285file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
187 286
287If 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.
289
188=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 290=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
189 291
190=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 292=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
191 293
192Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 294Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
193be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 295be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
194or C<-s _> etc... 296or C<-s _> etc...
195 297
205 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 307 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
206 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 308 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
207 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 309 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
208 }; 310 };
209 311
210=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 312=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
211 313
212Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 314Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
213result code. 315result code.
214 316
317=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
318
319Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
320the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
321
322=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
323
324Asynchronously 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.
326
327=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
328
329Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
330rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
331
332=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
333
334Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
335result code.
336
337=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
338
339Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
340directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
341sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
342
343The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
344with the filenames.
345
346=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
347
348Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
349separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones
350you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot
351recurse into (everything else).
352
353C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub
354requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio
355requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a
356suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).
357
358On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
359two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
360
361Example:
362
363 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
364 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
365 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
366 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
367 };
368
369Implementation notes.
370
371The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
372
373After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
374directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
375isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
376entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
377of subdirectories will be assumed.
378
379Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
380a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
381else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
382likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
383is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
384seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
385filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
386data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
387
388If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
389rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
390
391This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
392fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
393
394It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
395as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
396directory counting heuristic.
397
398=cut
399
400sub aio_scandir($$$) {
401 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
402
403 my $grp = aio_group;
404
405 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;
406
407 # stat once
408 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
409 return $cb->() if $_[0];
410 my $now = time;
411 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
412
413 # read the directory entries
414 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
415 my $entries = shift
416 or return $cb->();
417
418 # stat the dir another time
419 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
420 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
421
422 my $ndirs;
423
424 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
425 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
426 $ndirs = -1;
427 } else {
428 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
429 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
430 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
431 or return $cb->([], $entries);
432 }
433
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 @$entries];
440
441 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
442
443 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
444 my $nreq = 0;
445
446 $schedcb = sub {
447 if (@$entries) {
448 if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
449 my $ent = pop @$entries;
450 $nreq++;
451 add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
452 }
453 } elsif (!$nreq) {
454 # finished
455 undef $statcb;
456 undef $schedcb;
457 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
458 undef $cb;
459 }
460 };
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 };
491 };
492 };
493
494 $grp
495}
496
215=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 497=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
216 498
217Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 499Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
218with the fsync result code. 500with the fsync result code.
219 501
220=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 502=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
221 503
222Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 504Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
223callback with the fdatasync result code. 505callback with the fdatasync result code.
506
507If 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.
509
510=item aio_group $callback->()
511
512[EXPERIMENTAL]
513
514This 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
516many requests into a single, composite, request.
517
518Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
519for more info.
520
521Example:
522
523 my $grp = aio_group sub {
524 print "all stats done\n";
525 };
526
527 add $grp
528 (aio_stat ...),
529 (aio_stat ...),
530 ...;
531
532=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
533
534Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
535the request workers to sleep for the given time.
536
537While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
538like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates
539is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application
540under artificial I/O pressure.
541
542=back
543
544=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
545
546All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
547called in non-void context.
548
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
558
559=item $req->cancel
560
561Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
562when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
563entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
564untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
565stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
566
567=back
568
569=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
570
571This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
572objects of this class, too.
573
574A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
575aio requests.
576
577You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
578callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
579C<done> state:
580
581 my $grp = aio_group sub {
582 print "all requests are done\n";
583 };
584
585You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
586C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
587
588 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
589
590 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { ... };
591
592This 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.
594
595The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
596C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
597
598They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
599just the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
600
601They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
602
603Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
604will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
605C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
606exist.
607
608=over 4
609
610=item $grp->add (...)
611
612=item add $grp ...
613
614Add one or more
615Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
616when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
617entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
618untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
619stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
620
621=back
622
623=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
624
625=over 4
626
627=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
628
629Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
630polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
631select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
632to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
633
634See C<poll_cb> for an example.
635
636=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
637
638Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
639regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
640when no events are outstanding.
641
642Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
643IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
644
645 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
646 poll => 'r', async => 1,
647 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
648
649=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
650
651Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
652C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
653for some requests to finish).
654
655See C<nreqs> for an example.
656
657=item IO::AIO::nreqs
658
659Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
660callback has not been invoked yet).
661
662Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
663
664 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
665 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
666
667=item IO::AIO::flush
668
669Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
670
671Strictly equivalent to:
672
673 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
674 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
675
676=item IO::AIO::poll
677
678Waits until some requests have been handled.
679
680Strictly equivalent to:
681
682 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
683 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
684
685=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
686
687Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default
688is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time
689(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
690
691IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
692no free thread exists.
693
694It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux
695kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
696parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32
697threads should be fine.
698
699Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
700module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
701
702=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
703
704Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
705specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
706them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
707
708While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
709until the number of threads has been increased again.
710
711This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
712that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
713
714Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
715
716=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
717
718Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
719try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
720some requests have been handled.
721
722The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
723queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
724this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
725
726Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
727
728=back
224 729
225=cut 730=cut
226 731
227# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 732# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
228sub _fd2fh { 733sub _fd2fh {
229 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 734 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
230 735
231 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 736 # try to generate nice filehandles
232 local *AIO_FH; 737 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
233 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 738 local *$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
234 or return undef; 743 or return undef;
235 744
236 *AIO_FH 745 *$sym
237} 746}
238 747
239min_parallel 4; 748min_parallel 4;
240 749
241END { 750END {
242 max_parallel 0; 751 max_parallel 0;
243} 752}
244 753
2451; 7541;
246 755
247=back 756=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
248 757
249=head1 BUGS 758This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
250 759
251 - could be optimized to use more semaphores instead of filehandles. 760Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
761can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
762the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
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
768In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
769not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
770yet.
252 771
253=head1 SEE ALSO 772=head1 SEE ALSO
254 773
255L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 774L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).
256 775
257=head1 AUTHOR 776=head1 AUTHOR
258 777
259 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 778 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
260 http://home.schmorp.de/ 779 http://home.schmorp.de/

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