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5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use IO::AIO;	7	use IO::AIO;
8		8
9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10	my ($fh) = @_;	10	my $fh = shift
		11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11	...	12	...
12	};	13	};
13		14
14	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	15	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15		16
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18	};	19	};
19		20
20	# version 2+ has request and group objects	21	# version 2+ has request and group objects
21	use IO::AIO 2;	22	use IO::AIO 2;
22		23
		24	aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
23	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue	26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25		27
26	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };	28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;	29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28		30
		31	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		32	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		33
29	# AnyEvent integration	34	# EV integration
30	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";	35	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
31	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32		36
33	# Event integration	37	# Event integration
34	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	38	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35	poll => 'r',	39	poll => 'r',
36	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	40	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
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48	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	52	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49		53
50	=head1 DESCRIPTION	54	=head1 DESCRIPTION
51		55
52	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	56	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
53	operating system supports.	57	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		58	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
54		59
		60	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		61	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
		62	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
		63	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		64	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		65	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
		66	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
		67	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		68	concurrently.
		69
		70	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		71	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		72	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
		73	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
		74	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
		75
55	Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes	76	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
56	and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or	77	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
57	perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the	78	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
58	pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native	79	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
59	aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often	80	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
60	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,	81	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
61	for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the	82	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
62	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	83	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
		84	using threads anyway.
63		85
64	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	86	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
65	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call	87	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
66	C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other	88	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
67	C<aio_> functions) recursively.	89	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		90
		91	=head2 EXAMPLE
		92
		93	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
		94	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
		95
		96	use Fcntl;
		97	use EV;
		98	use IO::AIO;
		99
		100	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
		101	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		102
		103	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
		104	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		105	my $fh = shift
		106	or die "error while opening: $!";
		107
		108	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
		109	my $size = -s $fh;
		110
		111	# queue a request to read the file
		112	my $contents;
		113	aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
		114	$_[0] == $size
		115	or die "short read: $!";
		116
		117	close $fh;
		118
		119	# file contents now in $contents
		120	print $contents;
		121
		122	# exit event loop and program
		123	EV::unloop;
		124	};
		125	};
		126
		127	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
		128	# check for sockets etc. etc.
		129
		130	# process events as long as there are some:
		131	EV::loop;
		132
		133	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
		134
		135	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
		136	directly visible to Perl.
		137
		138	If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
		139	object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
		140	which saves a bit of memory.
		141
		142	The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
		143	are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
		144
		145	During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
		146	in order:
		147
		148	=over 4
		149
		150	=item ready
		151
		152	Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
		153	waiting for a thread to execute it.
		154
		155	=item execute
		156
		157	A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
		158	executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
		159
		160	=item pending
		161
		162	The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
		163
		164	While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
		165	processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
		166	(or another function with the same effect).
		167
		168	=item result
		169
		170	The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
		171
		172	The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
		173	calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
		174	any groups they are contained in.
		175
		176	=item done
		177
		178	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
		179	(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
		180	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
		181	result in a runtime error).
		182
		183	=back
68		184
69	=cut	185	=cut
70		186
71	package IO::AIO;	187	package IO::AIO;
72		188
73	no warnings;	189	use Carp ();
74	use strict 'vars';	190
		191	use common::sense;
75		192
76	use base 'Exporter';	193	use base 'Exporter';
77		194
78	BEGIN {	195	BEGIN {
79	our $VERSION = '2.0';	196	our $VERSION = '3.31';
80		197
81	our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	198	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	199	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	200	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_sync aio_fsync
84	aio_group);	201	aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
85	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);	202	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		203	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		204	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate);
		205
		206	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
		207	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
		208	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
		209	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		210	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		211	sendfile fadvise);
		212
		213	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
86		214
87	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	215	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88		216
89	require XSLoader;	217	require XSLoader;
90	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	218	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91	}	219	}
92		220
93	=head1 FUNCTIONS	221	=head1 FUNCTIONS
94		222
95	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	223	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
96		224
97	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	225	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
98	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	226	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
99	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	227	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
100	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	228	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
101	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	229	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
102	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	230	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
103	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	231	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
104		232
105	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	233	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106	internally until the request has finished.	234	internally until the request has finished.
107		235
108	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	236	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
109	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	237	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110		238
111	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	239	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
112	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	240	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
113	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	241	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
114	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	242	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
115	current working directory.	243	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		244	paths.
116		245
117	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	246	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
118	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	247	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
119	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	248	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
120	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	249	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
121	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	250	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
122	use something else.	251	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		252
		253	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		254	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
123		255
124	=over 4	256	=over 4
		257
		258	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		259
		260	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
		261	C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
		262
		263	The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
		264	and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
		265	first.
		266
		267	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
		268	functions.
		269
		270	Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
		271	higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
		272	open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
		273
		274	aioreq_pri -3;
		275	aio_open ..., sub {
		276	return unless $_[0];
		277
		278	aioreq_pri -2;
		279	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
		280	...
		281	};
		282	};
		283
		284
		285	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		286
		287	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
		288	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		289
125		290
126	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	291	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
127		292
128	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	293	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129	created filehandle for the file.	294	created filehandle for the file.
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135	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	300	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136		301
137	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	302	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
138	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	303	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
139	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	304	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
140	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	305	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		306	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		307	change the umask.
141		308
142	Example:	309	Example:
143		310
144	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	311	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
145	if ($_[0]) {	312	if ($_[0]) {
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148	} else {	315	} else {
149	die "open failed: $!\n";	316	die "open failed: $!\n";
150	}	317	}
151	};	318	};
152		319
		320
153	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	321	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
154		322
155	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	323	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
156	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	324	code.
157	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
158	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
159	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
160		325
161	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	326	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
162	therefore best to avoid this function.	327	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		328
		329	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		330	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		331	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		332
		333	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		334	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		335
		336	=cut
163		337
164	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	338	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
165		339
166	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	340	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
167		341
168	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	342	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
169	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	343	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
170	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	344	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
171	like the syscall).	345	error, just like the syscall).
		346
		347	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		348	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		349
		350	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		351	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		352	changed by these calls.
		353
		354	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		355	C<$data>.
		356
		357	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		358	C<$data>.
172		359
173	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	360	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	361	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
175	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	362	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176		363
177	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	364	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
178	offset C<0> within the scalar:	365	offset C<0> within the scalar:
179		366
180	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	367	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
181	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	368	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
182	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	369	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
183	};	370	};
184		371
185	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
186
187	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
188
189	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
190	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
191	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
192
193	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
194	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
195	and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
196	followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
197	order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
198
199	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
200	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
201	errors are being ignored.
202
203	=cut
204
205	sub aio_move($$$) {
206	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
207
208	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
209
210	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
211	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
212	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
213	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
214	my @stat = stat $src_fh;
215
216	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
217	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
218	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
219	close $src_fh;
220
221	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
222	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
223	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
224	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
225	close $dst_fh;
226
227	add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
228	$grp->result ($_[0]);
229	};
230	} else {
231	my $errno = $!;
232	add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
233	$! = $errno;
234	$grp->result (-1);
235	};
236	}
237	};
238	} else {
239	$grp->result (-1);
240	}
241	},
242
243	} else {
244	$grp->result (-1);
245	}
246	};
247	} else {
248	$grp->result ($_[0]);
249	}
250	};
251
252	$grp
253	}
254		372
255	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	373	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
256		374
257	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	375	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
258	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	376	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
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272	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	390	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
273	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	391	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
274	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	392	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
275	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	393	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
276	read.	394	read.
		395
277		396
278	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	397	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
279		398
280	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	399	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
281	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	400	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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287	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	406	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
288		407
289	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	408	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
290	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	409	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
291		410
		411
292	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	412	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
293		413
294	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	414	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
295		415
296	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	416	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
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309	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	429	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
310	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	430	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
311	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	431	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
312	};	432	};
313		433
		434
		435	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		436
		437	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		438	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		439	syscalls support them.
		440
		441	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		442	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		443	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		444
		445	Examples:
		446
		447	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		448	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		449	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		450	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		451
		452
		453	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		454
		455	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		456	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		457
		458	Examples:
		459
		460	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		461	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		462	# same as above:
		463	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		464
		465
		466	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		467
		468	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		469
		470
		471	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		472
		473	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		474
		475
314	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	476	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
315		477
316	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	478	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
317	result code.	479	result code.
318		480
		481
		482	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		483
		484	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		485
		486	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
		487
		488	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
		489
		490	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		491
		492
319	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	493	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
320		494
321	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	495	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
322	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	496	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
323		497
		498
324	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	499	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
325		500
326	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	501	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
327	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	502	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
328		503
		504
		505	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		506
		507	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		508	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		509	callback.
		510
		511
329	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	512	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
330		513
331	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	514	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
332	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	515	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
333		516
		517
		518	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		519
		520	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		521	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		522	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		523
		524
334	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	525	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
335		526
336	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	527	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
337	result code.	528	result code.
		529
338		530
339	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	531	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
340		532
341	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	533	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
342	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	534	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
343	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	535	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
344		536
345	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	537	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
346	with the filenames.	538	array-ref with the filenames.
		539
		540
		541	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		542
		543	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
		544	behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		545	C<undef>.
		546
		547	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		548	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		549
		550	=over 4
		551
		552	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		553
		554	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref with of names
		555	only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		556	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		557	entry in more detail.
		558
		559	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		560
		561	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		562
		563	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		564	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		565	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		566
		567	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		568	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		569	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		570
		571	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		572	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		573	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		574
		575	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		576
		577	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		578	likely directories come first. This is useful when you need to quickly
		579	find directories, or you want to find all directories while avoiding to
		580	stat() each entry.
		581
		582	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		583	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are files
		584	beginning with ".", or otherwise files with no dots, of which files with
		585	short names are tried first.
		586
		587	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		588
		589	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		590	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		591	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		592	be fastest.
		593
		594	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		595	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		596
		597	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		598
		599	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		600	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		601	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
		602	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		603
		604	=back
		605
		606
		607	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		608
		609	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		610	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		611
		612	=cut
		613
		614	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		615	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		616	my $data = \$_[1];
		617
		618	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		619	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		620
		621	aioreq_pri $pri;
		622	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		623	my $fh = shift
		624	or return $grp->result (-1);
		625
		626	aioreq_pri $pri;
		627	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		628	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		629	};
		630	};
		631
		632	$grp
		633	}
		634
		635	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		636
		637	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		638	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		639	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		640
		641	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
		642	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
		643	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
		644	uid/gid, in that order.
		645
		646	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		647	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		648	errors are being ignored.
		649
		650	=cut
		651
		652	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
		653	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		654
		655	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		656	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		657
		658	aioreq_pri $pri;
		659	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		660	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		661	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
		662
		663	aioreq_pri $pri;
		664	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
		665	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		666	aioreq_pri $pri;
		667	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		668	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		669	$grp->result (0);
		670	close $src_fh;
		671
		672	my $ch = sub {
		673	aioreq_pri $pri;
		674	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		675	aioreq_pri $pri;
		676	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		677	aioreq_pri $pri;
		678	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		679	}
		680	};
		681	};
		682
		683	aioreq_pri $pri;
		684	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		685	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		686	aioreq_pri $pri;
		687	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		688	} else {
		689	$ch->();
		690	}
		691	};
		692	} else {
		693	$grp->result (-1);
		694	close $src_fh;
		695	close $dst_fh;
		696
		697	aioreq $pri;
		698	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
		699	}
		700	};
		701	} else {
		702	$grp->result (-1);
		703	}
		704	},
		705
		706	} else {
		707	$grp->result (-1);
		708	}
		709	};
		710
		711	$grp
		712	}
		713
		714	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		715
		716	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		717	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		718	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		719
		720	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
		721	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
		722	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
		723
		724	=cut
		725
		726	sub aio_move($$;$) {
		727	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		728
		729	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		730	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		731
		732	aioreq_pri $pri;
		733	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		734	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		735	aioreq_pri $pri;
		736	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
		737	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		738
		739	if (!$_[0]) {
		740	aioreq_pri $pri;
		741	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		742	}
		743	};
		744	} else {
		745	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		746	}
		747	};
		748
		749	$grp
		750	}
347		751
348	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	752	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
349		753
350	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
351
352	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	754	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
353	separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones	755	efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
354	you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot	756	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
355	recurse into (everything else).	757	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
356		758
357	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many sub	759	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
358	requests. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio	760	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
359	requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a	761	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
360	suitable default will be chosen (currently 8).	762	will be chosen (currently 4).
361		763
362	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	764	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
363	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.	765	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
364		766
365	Example:	767	Example:
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372		774
373	Implementation notes.	775	Implementation notes.
374		776
375	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	777	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
376		778
		779	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		780	find directories.
		781
377	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	782	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
378	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	783	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
379	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	784	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
380	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	785	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
381	of subdirectories will be assumed.	786	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
382		787
383	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	788	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
384	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	789	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
385	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	790	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
386	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	791	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
387	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	792	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
388	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	793	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
389	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	794	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
390	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	795	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		796	the filetype information on readdir.
391		797
392	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	798	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
393	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	799	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
394		800
395	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	801	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
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399	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	805	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
400	directory counting heuristic.	806	directory counting heuristic.
401		807
402	=cut	808	=cut
403		809
404	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	810	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
405	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	811	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
406		812
		813	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		814
407	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	815	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
408		816
409	$maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0;	817	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
410		818
411	# stat once	819	# stat once
		820	aioreq_pri $pri;
412	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	821	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
413	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	822	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
414	my $now = time;	823	my $now = time;
415	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	824	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
416		825
417	# read the directory entries	826	# read the directory entries
		827	aioreq_pri $pri;
418	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	828	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
419	my $entries = shift	829	my $entries = shift
420	or return $grp->result ();	830	or return $grp->result ();
421		831
422	# stat the dir another time	832	# stat the dir another time
		833	aioreq_pri $pri;
423	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	834	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
424	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	835	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
425		836
426	my $ndirs;	837	my $ndirs;
427		838
428	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	839	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
429	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	840	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
430	$ndirs = -1;	841	$ndirs = -1;
431	} else {	842	} else {
432	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	843	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
433	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	844	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
434	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	845	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
435	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	846	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
436	}	847	}
437		848
438	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
439	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
440	$entries = [map $_->[0],
441	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
442	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
443	@$entries];
444
445	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	849	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
446		850
447	my ($statcb, $schedcb);	851	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
448	my $nreq = 0;	852	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
		853	};
449		854
450	$schedcb = sub {	855	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
451	if (@$entries) {	856	feed $statgrp sub {
452	if ($nreq < $maxreq) {	857	return unless @$entries;
453	my $ent = pop @$entries;	858	my $entry = shift @$entries;
		859
		860	aioreq_pri $pri;
		861	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
		862	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		863	push @nondirs, $entry;
		864	} else {
		865	# need to check for real directory
		866	aioreq_pri $pri;
		867	add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
		868	if (-d _) {
		869	push @dirs, $entry;
		870
		871	unless (--$ndirs) {
		872	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		873	feed $statgrp;
		874	}
		875	} else {
		876	push @nondirs, $entry;
		877	}
454	$nreq++;	878	}
455	add $grp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
456	}	879	}
457	} elsif (!$nreq) {
458	# finished
459	undef $statcb;
460	undef $schedcb;
461	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
462	undef $cb;
463	}	880	};
464	};	881	};
465	$statcb = sub {
466	my ($status, $entry) = @_;
467
468	if ($status < 0) {
469	$nreq--;
470	push @nondirs, $entry;
471	&$schedcb;
472	} else {
473	# need to check for real directory
474	add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
475	$nreq--;
476
477	if (-d _) {
478	push @dirs, $entry;
479
480	if (!--$ndirs) {
481	push @nondirs, @$entries;
482	$entries = [];
483	}
484	} else {
485	push @nondirs, $entry;
486	}
487
488	&$schedcb;
489	}
490	}
491	};
492
493	&$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
494	};	882	};
495	};	883	};
496	};	884	};
497		885
498	$grp	886	$grp
499	}	887	}
500		888
		889	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		890
		891	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		892	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		893	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		894	everything else.
		895
		896	=cut
		897
		898	sub aio_rmtree;
		899	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		900	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		901
		902	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		903	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		904
		905	aioreq_pri $pri;
		906	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		907	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		908
		909	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		910	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		911	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		912	};
		913	};
		914
		915	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		916	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		917
		918	add $grp $dirgrp;
		919	};
		920
		921	$grp
		922	}
		923
		924	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		925
		926	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		927
501	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	928	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
502		929
503	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	930	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
504	with the fsync result code.	931	with the fsync result code.
505		932
…		…
509	callback with the fdatasync result code.	936	callback with the fdatasync result code.
510		937
511	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	938	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
512	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	939	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
513		940
		941	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		942
		943	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		944	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		945	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		946	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		947
		948	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		949	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		950	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		951	manpage for details.
		952
		953	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		954
		955	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		956	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		957	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		958	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		959	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		960	not just directories.
		961
		962	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		963	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		964
		965	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		966
		967	=cut
		968
		969	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		970	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		971
		972	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		973	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		974
		975	aioreq_pri $pri;
		976	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		977	my ($fh) = @_;
		978	if ($fh) {
		979	aioreq_pri $pri;
		980	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		981	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		982
		983	aioreq_pri $pri;
		984	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		985	};
		986	} else {
		987	$grp->result (-1);
		988	}
		989	};
		990
		991	$grp
		992	}
		993
514	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	994	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
515
516	[EXPERIMENTAL]
517		995
518	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	996	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
519	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	997	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
520	many requests into a single, composite, request.	998	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
		999	and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
521		1000
522	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below	1001	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
523	for more info.	1002	for more info.
524		1003
525	Example:	1004	Example:
…		…
531	add $grp	1010	add $grp
532	(aio_stat ...),	1011	(aio_stat ...),
533	(aio_stat ...),	1012	(aio_stat ...),
534	...;	1013	...;
535		1014
		1015	=item aio_nop $callback->()
		1016
		1017	This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
		1018	side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
		1019	that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
		1020	code.
		1021
		1022	While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
		1023	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
		1024	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
		1025	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
		1026	latency.
		1027
536	=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*	1028	=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
537		1029
538	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of	1030	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
539	the request workers to sleep for the given time.	1031	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
540		1032
541	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests	1033	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
542	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates	1034	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
543	is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application	1035	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
544	under artificial I/O pressure.	1036	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
545		1037
546	=back	1038	=back
547		1039
548	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1040	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
549		1041
550	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1042	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
551	called in non-void context.	1043	called in non-void context.
552		1044
553	A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
554	in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
555	yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
556	(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
557	B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
558	callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
559	holds no resources anymore).
560
561	=over 4	1045	=over 4
562		1046
563	=item $req->cancel	1047	=item cancel $req
564		1048
565	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1049	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
566	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1050	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
567	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1051	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
568	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1052	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
569	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1053	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1054	will not be freed prematurely.
		1055
		1056	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
		1057
		1058	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
570		1059
571	=back	1060	=back
572		1061
573	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS	1062	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
574		1063
…		…
601	};	1090	};
602		1091
603	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of	1092	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
604	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.	1093	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
605		1094
		1095	=over 4
		1096
606	The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to	1097	=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
607	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.	1098	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
608		1099
609	They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not	1100	=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
610	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.	1101	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
611		1102
612	They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.	1103	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
		1104
		1105	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
		1106	any later time).
		1107
		1108	=back
613		1109
614	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1110	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
615	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1111	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
616	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1112	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
617	exist.	1113	exist.
618		1114
619	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1115	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
620	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1116	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
621	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1117	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
622	itself finish.	1118	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1119	finished will the the group itself finish.
623		1120
624	=over 4	1121	=over 4
625		1122
		1123	=item add $grp ...
		1124
626	=item $grp->add (...)	1125	=item $grp->add (...)
627
628	=item add $grp ...
629		1126
630	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can	1127	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
631	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular	1128	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
632	dependencies.	1129	dependencies.
633		1130
634	Returns all its arguments.	1131	Returns all its arguments.
635		1132
		1133	=item $grp->cancel_subs
		1134
		1135	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
		1136	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
		1137
		1138	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1139	group).
		1140
636	=item $grp->result (...)	1141	=item $grp->result (...)
637		1142
638	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1143	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
639	subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.	1144	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
		1145	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
		1146	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
		1147
		1148	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
		1149
		1150	Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
		1151	when the argument is missing.
		1152
		1153	Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
		1154	the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
		1155	default (0).
		1156
		1157	Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
		1158	before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
		1159
		1160	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
		1161
		1162	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
		1163	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
		1164	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
		1165	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
		1166	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
		1167	delaying any later requests for a long time.
		1168
		1169	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
		1170	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
		1171	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
		1172	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
		1173	requests.
		1174
		1175	The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
		1176	not impose any limits).
		1177
		1178	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
		1179	automatically removed from the group.
		1180
		1181	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1182	C<2> automatically.
		1183
		1184	Example:
		1185
		1186	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
		1187
		1188	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
		1189	limit $grp 4;
		1190	feed $grp sub {
		1191	my $file = pop @files
		1192	or return;
		1193
		1194	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
		1195	};
		1196
		1197	=item limit $grp $num
		1198
		1199	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
		1200	the group contains less than this many requests.
		1201
		1202	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
		1203
		1204	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1205	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
640		1206
641	=back	1207	=back
642		1208
643	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1209	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
644		1210
		1211	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1212
645	=over 4	1213	=over 4
646		1214
647	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1215	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
648		1216
649	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1217	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
650	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1218	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
651	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1219	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
652	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1220	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
653		1221
654	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1222	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
655		1223
656	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1224	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
657		1225
658	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1226	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
659	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1227	regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed, or C<-1> if it
660	when no events are outstanding.	1228	returned earlier for whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events
		1229	are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on the settings of
		1230	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
		1231
		1232	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
		1233	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1234	do anything special to have it called later.
661		1235
662	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1236	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
663	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1237	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1238	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
664		1239
665	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1240	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
666	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1241	poll => 'r', async => 1,
667	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1242	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
668		1243
		1244	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1245
		1246	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1247
		1248	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1249	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1250	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1251	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1252	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1253
		1254	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1255	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1256	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1257	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1258
		1259	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1260	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1261	time.
		1262
		1263	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
		1264
		1265	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		1266	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
		1267	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
		1268
		1269	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1270	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1271
		1272	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
		1273	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1274	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
		1275	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1276
669	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1277	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
670		1278
		1279	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
671	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1280	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
672	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait	1281	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
673	for some requests to finish).	1282	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
674		1283
675	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1284	See C<nreqs> for an example.
676		1285
		1286	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1287
		1288	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1289
		1290	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1291	equivalent to:
		1292
		1293	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1294
677	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1295	=item IO::AIO::flush
678		1296
679	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their	1297	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
680	callback has not been invoked yet).
681		1298
682	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:	1299	Strictly equivalent to:
683		1300
684	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1301	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
685	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1302	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
686		1303
687	=item IO::AIO::flush	1304	=back
688		1305
689	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.	1306	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
690		1307
691	Strictly equivalent to:	1308	=over
692
693	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
694	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
695
696	=item IO::AIO::poll
697
698	Waits until some requests have been handled.
699
700	Strictly equivalent to:
701
702	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
703	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
704		1309
705	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1310	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
706		1311
707	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default	1312	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
708	is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time	1313	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
709	(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).	1314	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
		1315	however, is unlimited).
710		1316
711	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1317	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
712	no free thread exists.	1318	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1319	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1320	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
713		1321
714	It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux	1322	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
715	kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher	1323	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
716	parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32	1324	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
717	threads should be fine.	1325	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
718		1326
719	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the	1327	Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
720	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.	1328	module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
721		1329
722	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads	1330	=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
…		…
731	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1339	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
732	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1340	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
733		1341
734	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1342	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
735		1343
		1344	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1345
		1346	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
		1347	threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
		1348	means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
		1349	idle, it will free its resources and exit.
		1350
		1351	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1352	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1353	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1354
		1355	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1356	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1357	want to use larger values.
		1358
736	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs	1359	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1360
		1361	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
		1362	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
		1363	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
737		1364
738	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1365	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
739	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until	1366	do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
740	some requests have been handled.	1367	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
		1368	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
741		1369
742	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you	1370	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
743	queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set	1371	number of outstanding requests.
744	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
745		1372
746	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1373	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
		1374	C<max_outstanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
		1375	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
747		1376
748	=back	1377	=back
749		1378
		1379	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1380
		1381	=over
		1382
		1383	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1384
		1385	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1386	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1387
		1388	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1389
		1390	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1391	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1392
		1393	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1394
		1395	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1396	executed).
		1397
		1398	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1399
		1400	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1401	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1402
		1403	=back
		1404
		1405	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1406
		1407	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1408	asynchronous.
		1409
		1410	=over 4
		1411
		1412	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1413
		1414	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1415	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1416	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1417	operations).
		1418
		1419	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		1420
		1421	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1422
		1423	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see it's
		1424	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1425	avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1426	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		1427	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		1428
		1429	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		1430	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		1431
		1432	=back
		1433
750	=cut	1434	=cut
751		1435
752	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
753	sub _fd2fh {
754	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
755
756	# try to generate nice filehandles
757	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
758	local *$sym;
759
760	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
761	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
762	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
763	or return undef;
764
765	*$sym
766	}
767
768	min_parallel 4;	1436	min_parallel 8;
769		1437
770	END {	1438	END { flush }
771	max_parallel 0;
772	}
773		1439
774	1;	1440	1;
775		1441
776	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1442	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
777		1443
778	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1444	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
779		1445
780	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1446	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
781	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1447	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
782	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1448	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
783	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result	1449	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
784	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in	1450	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
785	the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the	1451	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
786	parent process has been reached again.	1452	parent process has been reached again.
787		1453
788	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	1454	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
789	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	1455	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
790	yet.	1456	yet.
791		1457
		1458	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
		1459
		1460	Per-request usage:
		1461
		1462	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
		1463	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
		1464	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
		1465	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
		1466	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
		1467
		1468	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
		1469	problem.
		1470
		1471	Per-thread usage:
		1472
		1473	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
		1474	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
		1475	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
		1476
		1477	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
		1478
		1479	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
		1480
792	=head1 SEE ALSO	1481	=head1 SEE ALSO
793		1482
794	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).	1483	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1484	more natural syntax.
795		1485
796	=head1 AUTHOR	1486	=head1 AUTHOR
797		1487
798	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1488	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
799	http://home.schmorp.de/	1489	http://home.schmorp.de/

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