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4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use IO::AIO;	7	use IO::AIO;
8		8
9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	9	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10	my ($fh) = @_;	10	my $fh = shift
		11	or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11	...	12	...
12	};	13	};
13		14
14	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	15	aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15		16
…		…
18	};	19	};
19		20
20	# version 2+ has request and group objects	21	# version 2+ has request and group objects
21	use IO::AIO 2;	22	use IO::AIO 2;
22		23
		24	aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
23	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };	25	my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue	26	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25		27
26	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };	28	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;	29	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28		30
29	# AnyEvent integration
30	open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
31	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32
33	# Event integration
34	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35	poll => 'r',
36	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
37
38	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
39	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
40	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
41
42	# Tk integration
43	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
44	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
45
46	# Danga::Socket integration
47	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
48	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
50	=head1 DESCRIPTION	31	=head1 DESCRIPTION
51		32
52	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
53	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
54		36
		37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
		38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
		39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
		40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
		41	when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
		42	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
		43	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
		44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
		45	concurrently.
		46
		47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
		48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
		49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
		50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
		51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
		52
55	Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes	53	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	54	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	55	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	56	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	57	functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
60	not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,	58	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	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
62	remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
		61	using threads anyway.
63		62
64	Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is	63	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
65	currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call	64	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	65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
67	C<aio_> functions) recursively.	66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		67
		68	=head2 EXAMPLE
		69
		70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
		71	F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
		72
		73	use EV;
		74	use IO::AIO;
		75
		76	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
		77	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		78
		79	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
		80	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		81	my $fh = shift
		82	or die "error while opening: $!";
		83
		84	# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
		85	my $size = -s $fh;
		86
		87	# queue a request to read the file
		88	my $contents;
		89	aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
		90	$_[0] == $size
		91	or die "short read: $!";
		92
		93	close $fh;
		94
		95	# file contents now in $contents
		96	print $contents;
		97
		98	# exit event loop and program
		99	EV::unloop;
		100	};
		101	};
		102
		103	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
		104	# check for sockets etc. etc.
		105
		106	# process events as long as there are some:
		107	EV::loop;
		108
		109	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
		110
		111	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
		112	directly visible to Perl.
		113
		114	If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
		115	object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
		116	which saves a bit of memory.
		117
		118	The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
		119	are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
		120
		121	During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
		122	in order:
		123
		124	=over 4
		125
		126	=item ready
		127
		128	Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
		129	waiting for a thread to execute it.
		130
		131	=item execute
		132
		133	A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
		134	executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
		135
		136	=item pending
		137
		138	The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
		139
		140	While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
		141	processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
		142	(or another function with the same effect).
		143
		144	=item result
		145
		146	The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
		147
		148	The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
		149	calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
		150	any groups they are contained in.
		151
		152	=item done
		153
		154	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
		155	(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
		156	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
		157	result in a runtime error).
		158
		159	=back
68		160
69	=cut	161	=cut
70		162
71	package IO::AIO;	163	package IO::AIO;
72		164
73	no warnings;	165	use Carp ();
74	use strict 'vars';	166
		167	use common::sense;
75		168
76	use base 'Exporter';	169	use base 'Exporter';
77		170
78	BEGIN {	171	BEGIN {
79	our $VERSION = '2.0';	172	our $VERSION = '4.19';
80		173
81	our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat	174	our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_seek aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
82	aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink	175	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	176	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
		177	aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_allocate
		178	aio_pathsync aio_readahead aio_fiemap
		179	aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
		180	aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
		181	aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
		182	aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
		183	aio_statvfs
84	aio_group);	184	aio_wd);
85	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);	185
		186	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
		187	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
		188	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
		189	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		190	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		191	sendfile fadvise madvise
		192	mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
		193
		194	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
86		195
87	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	196	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88		197
89	require XSLoader;	198	require XSLoader;
90	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	199	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91	}	200	}
92		201
93	=head1 FUNCTIONS	202	=head1 FUNCTIONS
94		203
95	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	204	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		205
		206	This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for
		207	quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		208	documentation.
		209
		210	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		211	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		212	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		213	aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
		214	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		215	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		216	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		217	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		218	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		219	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		220	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		221	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		222	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		227	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		230	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		231	aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		232	aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link)
		233	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		234	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		235	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		236	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		237	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		238	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		239	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		240	aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		241	aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		242	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		243	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		244	aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		245	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		246	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		247	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		254	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		255	aio_group $callback->(...)
		256	aio_nop $callback->()
		257
		258	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		259	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		260
		261	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		262	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		263	IO::AIO::poll
		264	IO::AIO::flush
		265	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		266	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		267	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		268	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		269	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		270	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		271	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		272	IO::AIO::nreqs
		273	IO::AIO::nready
		274	IO::AIO::npending
		275
		276	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		277	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		278	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
		279	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		280	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		281	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		282	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		283	IO::AIO::munlockall
		284
		285	=head2 API NOTES
96		286
97	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	287	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
98	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	288	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
99	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	289	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
100	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	290	which must be a code reference. This code reference will be called after
101	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	291	the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. The results
102	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	292	of the request will be passed as arguments to the callback (and, if an
103	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	293	error occured, in C<$!>) - for most requests the syscall return code (e.g.
		294	most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which usually delivers
		295	"false").
		296
		297	Some requests (such as C<aio_readdir>) pass the actual results and
		298	communicate failures by passing C<undef>.
104		299
105	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	300	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106	internally until the request has finished.	301	internally until the request has finished.
107		302
108	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	303	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
109	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	304	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110		305
111	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	306	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<should> be absolute. The
112	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	307	reason for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the
113	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	308	current working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can
114	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	309	make sure that you never change the current working directory anywhere
115	current working directory.	310	in the program and then use relative paths. You can also take advantage
		311	of IO::AIOs working directory abstraction, that lets you specify paths
		312	relative to some previously-opened "working directory object" - see the
		313	description of the C<IO::AIO::WD> class later in this document.
116		314
117	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	315	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	316	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	317	tinkering, b) are in your native filesystem encoding, c) use the Encode
120	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	318	module and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in
121	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	319	effect in the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on
122	use something else.	320	unicode filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the
		321	correct contents.
		322
		323	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		324	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
		325
		326	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
123		327
124	=over 4	328	=over 4
125		329
		330	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		331
		332	Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
		333	C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
		334
		335	The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
		336	and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
		337	first.
		338
		339	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
		340	functions.
		341
		342	Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
		343	higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
		344	open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
		345
		346	aioreq_pri -3;
		347	aio_open ..., sub {
		348	return unless $_[0];
		349
		350	aioreq_pri -2;
		351	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
		352	...
		353	};
		354	};
		355
		356
		357	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		358
		359	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
		360	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		361
		362
126	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	363	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
127		364
128	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	365	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
129	created filehandle for the file.	366	created filehandle for the file (or C<undef> in case of an error).
130		367
131	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,	368	The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
132	for an explanation.	369	for an explanation.
133		370
134	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a	371	The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
135	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	372	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136		373
137	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	374	Likewise, C<$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>,	375	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,	376	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).	377	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		378	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		379	change the umask.
141		380
142	Example:	381	Example:
143		382
144	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	383	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
145	if ($_[0]) {	384	if ($_[0]) {
146	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	385	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
147	...	386	...
148	} else {	387	} else {
149	die "open failed: $!\n";	388	die "open failed: $!\n";
150	}	389	}
151	};	390	};
152		391
		392	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		393	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		394	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		395	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		396
		397	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		398	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		399	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		400
		401
153	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	402	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
154		403
155	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	404	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
156	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	405	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		406
161	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	407	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
162	therefore best to avoid this function.	408	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		409
		410	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		411	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		412	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		413
		414	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		415	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		416
		417	=cut
		418
		419	=item aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
		420
		421	Seeks the filehandle to the new C<$offset>, similarly to perl's
		422	C<sysseek>. The C<$whence> can use the traditional values (C<0> for
		423	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_SET>, C<1> for C<IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR> or C<2> for
		424	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_END>).
		425
		426	The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or C<-1> in
		427	case of an error.
		428
		429	In theory, the C<$whence> constants could be different than the
		430	corresponding values from L<Fcntl>, but perl guarantees they are the same,
		431	so don't panic.
		432
		433	As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
		434	C<IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA> and C<IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE> are available, if they
		435	could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in C<aio_seek> or
		436	Perl's C<sysseek> can be made though, although I would naively assume they
		437	"just work".
163		438
164	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	439	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
165		440
166	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	441	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
167		442
168	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	443	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	444	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
170	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	445	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
171	like the syscall).	446	error, just like the syscall).
		447
		448	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		449	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		450
		451	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		452	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		453	changed by these calls.
		454
		455	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		456	C<$data>.
		457
		458	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		459	C<$data>.
172		460
173	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	461	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	462	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
175	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	463	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176		464
177	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	465	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
178	offset C<0> within the scalar:	466	offset C<0> within the scalar:
179		467
180	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	468	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
181	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	469	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
182	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	470	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
183	};	471	};
184		472
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		473
255	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	474	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
256		475
257	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	476	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	477	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
259	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	478	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
260	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	479	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
261	other.	480	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		481	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
262		482
		483	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		484	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		485	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		486	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		487	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		488
		489	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		490	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		491	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		492	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		493	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		494	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		495	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		496	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		497	resource usage.
		498
263	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	499	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
264	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	500	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
265	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	501	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
266		502
267	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	503	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
268	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	504	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		505	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
269	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	506	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
270		507
271	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	508	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
272	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	509	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
273	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	510	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
274	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	511	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
275	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	512	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
276	read.	513	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
		514
277		515
278	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	516	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
279		517
280	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	518	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>	519	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
…		…
287	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	525	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
288		526
289	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	527	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.	528	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
291		529
		530
292	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	531	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
293		532
294	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	533	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
295		534
296	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	535	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
…		…
301	for an explanation.	540	for an explanation.
302		541
303	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	542	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
304	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	543	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
305	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	544	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		545
		546	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		547	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		548	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		549	behaviour).
		550
		551	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		552	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		553	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
306		554
307	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	555	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
308		556
309	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	557	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
310	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	558	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
311	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	559	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
312	};	560	};
313		561
		562
		563	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		564
		565	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		566	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		567
		568	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		569	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		570	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		571	is passed.
		572
		573	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		574	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		575
		576	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		577	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		578	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		579	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		580	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		581
		582	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		583
		584	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		585	my $f = $_[0]
		586	or die "statvfs: $!";
		587
		588	use Data::Dumper;
		589	say Dumper $f;
		590	};
		591
		592	# result:
		593	{
		594	bsize => 1024,
		595	bfree => 4333064312,
		596	blocks => 10253828096,
		597	files => 2050765568,
		598	flag => 4096,
		599	favail => 2042092649,
		600	bavail => 4333064312,
		601	ffree => 2042092649,
		602	namemax => 255,
		603	frsize => 1024,
		604	fsid => 1810
		605	}
		606
		607	Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values used by
		608	Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when C<$^O> is C<linux>:
		609
		610	0x0000adf5 adfs
		611	0x0000adff affs
		612	0x5346414f afs
		613	0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
		614	0x00000187 autofs
		615	0x42465331 befs
		616	0x1badface bfs
		617	0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
		618	0x9123683e btrfs
		619	0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
		620	0xff534d42 cifs
		621	0x73757245 coda
		622	0x012ff7b7 coh
		623	0x28cd3d45 cramfs
		624	0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
		625	0x64626720 debugfs
		626	0x00001373 devfs
		627	0x00001cd1 devpts
		628	0x0000f15f ecryptfs
		629	0x00414a53 efs
		630	0x0000137d ext
		631	0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
		632	0x0000ef51 ext2
		633	0x00004006 fat
		634	0x65735546 fuseblk
		635	0x65735543 fusectl
		636	0x0bad1dea futexfs
		637	0x01161970 gfs2
		638	0x47504653 gpfs
		639	0x00004244 hfs
		640	0xf995e849 hpfs
		641	0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
		642	0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
		643	0x00009660 isofs
		644	0x000072b6 jffs2
		645	0x3153464a jfs
		646	0x6b414653 k-afs
		647	0x0bd00bd0 lustre
		648	0x0000137f minix
		649	0x0000138f minix 30 char names
		650	0x00002468 minix v2
		651	0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
		652	0x00004d5a minix v3
		653	0x19800202 mqueue
		654	0x00004d44 msdos
		655	0x0000564c novell
		656	0x00006969 nfs
		657	0x6e667364 nfsd
		658	0x00003434 nilfs
		659	0x5346544e ntfs
		660	0x00009fa1 openprom
		661	0x7461636F ocfs2
		662	0x00009fa0 proc
		663	0x6165676c pstorefs
		664	0x0000002f qnx4
		665	0x858458f6 ramfs
		666	0x52654973 reiserfs
		667	0x00007275 romfs
		668	0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
		669	0x73636673 securityfs
		670	0xf97cff8c selinux
		671	0x0000517b smb
		672	0x534f434b sockfs
		673	0x73717368 squashfs
		674	0x62656572 sysfs
		675	0x012ff7b6 sysv2
		676	0x012ff7b5 sysv4
		677	0x01021994 tmpfs
		678	0x15013346 udf
		679	0x00011954 ufs
		680	0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
		681	0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
		682	0x01021997 v9fs
		683	0xa501fcf5 vxfs
		684	0xabba1974 xenfs
		685	0x012ff7b4 xenix
		686	0x58465342 xfs
		687	0x012fd16d xia
		688
		689	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		690
		691	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		692	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		693	syscalls support them.
		694
		695	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		696	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		697	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		698
		699	Examples:
		700
		701	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		702	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		703	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		704	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		705
		706
		707	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		708
		709	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		710	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		711
		712	Examples:
		713
		714	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		715	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		716	# same as above:
		717	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		718
		719
		720	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		721
		722	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		723
		724
		725	=item aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
		726
		727	Allocates or freed disk space according to the C<$mode> argument. See the
		728	linux C<fallocate> docuemntation for details.
		729
		730	C<$mode> can currently be C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>
		731	to allocate space, or C<IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
		732	IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE>, to deallocate a file range.
		733
		734	The file system block size used by C<fallocate> is presumably the
		735	C<f_bsize> returned by C<statvfs>.
		736
		737	If C<fallocate> isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
		738	emulation will be attempted), passes C<-1> and sets C<$!> to C<ENOSYS>.
		739
		740
		741	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		742
		743	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		744
		745
314	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	746	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
315		747
316	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	748	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
317	result code.	749	result code.
318		750
		751
		752	=item aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		753
		754	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		755
		756	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
		757
		758	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
		759
		760	aio_mknod $pathname, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		761
		762	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		763	and functions.
		764
319	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	765	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
320		766
321	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	767	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.	768	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
323		769
		770
324	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	771	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
325		772
326	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	773	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.	774	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
328		775
		776
		777	=item aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
		778
		779	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		780	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		781	callback.
		782
		783
		784	=item aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
		785
		786	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		787	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
		788	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		789
		790	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		791	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		792
		793
329	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	794	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
330		795
331	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	796	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
332	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	797	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
333		798
		799	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		800	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> as C<$srcpath> is specialcased - instead
		801	of failing, C<rename> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		802
		803
		804	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		805
		806	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		807	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		808	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		809
		810
334	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	811	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
335		812
336	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	813	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
337	result code.	814	result code.
		815
		816	On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
		817	natively, the case C<[$wd, "."]> is specialcased - instead of failing,
		818	C<rmdir> is called on the absolute path of C<$wd>.
		819
338		820
339	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	821	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
340		822
341	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	823	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	824	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
343	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	825	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
344		826
345	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	827	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
346	with the filenames.	828	array-ref with the filenames.
347		829
		830
		831	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		832
		833	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
		834	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		835	C<undef>.
		836
		837	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		838	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		839
		840	=over 4
		841
		842	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		843
		844	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
		845	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		846	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		847	entry in more detail.
		848
		849	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		850
		851	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		852
		853	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		854	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		855	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		856
		857	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		858	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		859	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		860
		861	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		862	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		863	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		864
		865	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		866
		867	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		868	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		869	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		870	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		871
		872	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		873	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		874	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		875	short names are tried first.
		876
		877	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		878
		879	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		880	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		881	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		882	be fastest.
		883
		884	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		885	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		886
		887	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		888
		889	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		890	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		891	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
		892	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		893
		894	=back
		895
		896
		897	=item aio_load $pathname, $data, $callback->($status)
		898
		899	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		900	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		901
		902	=cut
		903
		904	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		905	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		906	my $data = \$_[1];
		907
		908	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		909	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		910
		911	aioreq_pri $pri;
		912	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		913	my $fh = shift
		914	or return $grp->result (-1);
		915
		916	aioreq_pri $pri;
		917	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		918	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		919	};
		920	};
		921
		922	$grp
		923	}
		924
		925	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		926
		927	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		928	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		929	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		930
		931	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
		932	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
		933	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
		934	uid/gid, in that order.
		935
		936	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
		937	possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
		938	errors are being ignored.
		939
		940	=cut
		941
		942	sub aio_copy($$;$) {
		943	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		944
		945	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		946	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		947
		948	aioreq_pri $pri;
		949	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		950	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
		951	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
		952
		953	aioreq_pri $pri;
		954	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
		955	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
		956	aioreq_pri $pri;
		957	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
		958	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
		959	$grp->result (0);
		960	close $src_fh;
		961
		962	my $ch = sub {
		963	aioreq_pri $pri;
		964	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		965	aioreq_pri $pri;
		966	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		967	aioreq_pri $pri;
		968	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		969	}
		970	};
		971	};
		972
		973	aioreq_pri $pri;
		974	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		975	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		976	aioreq_pri $pri;
		977	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
		978	} else {
		979	$ch->();
		980	}
		981	};
		982	} else {
		983	$grp->result (-1);
		984	close $src_fh;
		985	close $dst_fh;
		986
		987	aioreq $pri;
		988	add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
		989	}
		990	};
		991	} else {
		992	$grp->result (-1);
		993	}
		994	},
		995
		996	} else {
		997	$grp->result (-1);
		998	}
		999	};
		1000
		1001	$grp
		1002	}
		1003
		1004	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		1005
		1006	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
		1007	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
		1008	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
		1009
		1010	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
		1011	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
		1012	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
		1013
		1014	=cut
		1015
		1016	sub aio_move($$;$) {
		1017	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
		1018
		1019	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1020	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1021
		1022	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1023	add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
		1024	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
		1025	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1026	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
		1027	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1028
		1029	unless ($_[0]) {
		1030	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1031	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
		1032	}
		1033	};
		1034	} else {
		1035	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1036	}
		1037	};
		1038
		1039	$grp
		1040	}
		1041
348	=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)	1042	=item aio_scandir $pathname, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
349
350	[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
351		1043
352	Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to	1044	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	1045	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	1046	names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
355	recurse into (everything else).	1047	recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
356		1048
357	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_	1049	C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
358	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that	1050	C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
359	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default	1051	this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
360	will be chosen (currently 6).	1052	will be chosen (currently 4).
361		1053
362	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives	1054	On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
363	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.	1055	two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
364		1056
365	Example:	1057	Example:
…		…
372		1064
373	Implementation notes.	1065	Implementation notes.
374		1066
375	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	1067	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
376		1068
		1069	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		1070	find directories.
		1071
377	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	1072	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
378	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	1073	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	1074	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	1075	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
381	of subdirectories will be assumed.	1076	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
382		1077
383	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	1078	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
384	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	1079	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,	1080	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	1081	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	1082	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	1083	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
389	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	1084	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
390	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	1085	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		1086	the filetype information on readdir.
391		1087
392	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	1088	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
393	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	1089	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
394		1090
395	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	1091	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
399	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	1095	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
400	directory counting heuristic.	1096	directory counting heuristic.
401		1097
402	=cut	1098	=cut
403		1099
404	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	1100	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
405	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	1101	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
406		1102
		1103	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1104
407	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	1105	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
408		1106
409	$maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0;	1107	$maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
410		1108
411	# stat once	1109	# get a wd object
		1110	aioreq_pri $pri;
412	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1111	add $grp aio_wd $path, sub {
		1112	$_[0]
		1113	or return $grp->result ();
		1114
		1115	my $wd = [shift, "."];
		1116
		1117	# stat once
		1118	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1119	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
413	return $grp->result () if $_[0];	1120	return $grp->result () if $_[0];
414	my $now = time;	1121	my $now = time;
415	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1122	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
416		1123
417	# read the directory entries	1124	# read the directory entries
418	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	1125	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1126	add $grp aio_readdirx $wd, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
419	my $entries = shift	1127	my $entries = shift
420	or return $grp->result ();	1128	or return $grp->result ();
421		1129
422	# stat the dir another time	1130	# stat the dir another time
		1131	aioreq_pri $pri;
423	add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {	1132	add $grp aio_stat $wd, sub {
424	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	1133	my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
425		1134
426	my $ndirs;	1135	my $ndirs;
427		1136
428	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	1137	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
429	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	1138	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
430	$ndirs = -1;	1139	$ndirs = -1;
431	} else {	1140	} else {
432	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	1141	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
433	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	1142	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
434	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	1143	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
435	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	1144	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
436	}	1145	}
437		1146
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	@$entries];
444
445	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1147	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
446		1148
447	my ($statcb, $schedcb);
448	my $nreq = 0;
449
450	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group;	1149	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
451
452	$schedcb = sub {
453	if (@$entries) {
454	if ($nreq < $maxreq) {
455	my $ent = pop @$entries;
456	$nreq++;
457	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
458	}
459	} elsif (!$nreq) {
460	# finished
461	$statgrp->cancel;
462	undef $statcb;
463	undef $schedcb;
464	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1150	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
465	}	1151	};
		1152
		1153	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
		1154	feed $statgrp sub {
		1155	return unless @$entries;
		1156	my $entry = shift @$entries;
		1157
		1158	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1159	$wd->[1] = "$entry/.";
		1160	add $statgrp aio_stat $wd, sub {
		1161	if ($_[0] < 0) {
		1162	push @nondirs, $entry;
		1163	} else {
		1164	# need to check for real directory
		1165	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1166	$wd->[1] = $entry;
		1167	add $statgrp aio_lstat $wd, sub {
		1168	if (-d _) {
		1169	push @dirs, $entry;
		1170
		1171	unless (--$ndirs) {
		1172	push @nondirs, @$entries;
		1173	feed $statgrp;
		1174	}
		1175	} else {
		1176	push @nondirs, $entry;
		1177	}
		1178	}
		1179	}
		1180	};
		1181	};
466	};	1182	};
467	$statcb = sub {
468	my ($status, $entry) = @_;
469
470	if ($status < 0) {
471	$nreq--;
472	push @nondirs, $entry;
473	&$schedcb;
474	} else {
475	# need to check for real directory
476	add $grp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
477	$nreq--;
478
479	if (-d _) {
480	push @dirs, $entry;
481
482	if (!--$ndirs) {
483	push @nondirs, @$entries;
484	$entries = [];
485	}
486	} else {
487	push @nondirs, $entry;
488	}
489
490	&$schedcb;
491	}
492	}
493	};
494
495	&$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
496	};	1183	};
497	};	1184	};
498	};	1185	};
499		1186
500	$grp	1187	$grp
501	}	1188	}
502		1189
		1190	=item aio_rmtree $pathname, $callback->($status)
		1191
		1192	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		1193	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		1194	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		1195	everything else.
		1196
		1197	=cut
		1198
		1199	sub aio_rmtree;
		1200	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		1201	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1202
		1203	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1204	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1205
		1206	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1207	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		1208	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		1209
		1210	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		1211	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		1212	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1213	};
		1214	};
		1215
		1216	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		1217	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		1218
		1219	add $grp $dirgrp;
		1220	};
		1221
		1222	$grp
		1223	}
		1224
		1225	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		1226
		1227	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		1228
503	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1229	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
504		1230
505	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	1231	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
506	with the fsync result code.	1232	with the fsync result code.
507		1233
…		…
511	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1237	callback with the fdatasync result code.
512		1238
513	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1239	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
514	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1240	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
515		1241
		1242	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1243
		1244	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1245	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1246	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1247	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1248
		1249	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1250
		1251	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1252	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1253	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1254	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1255
		1256	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1257	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1258	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1259	manpage for details.
		1260
		1261	=item aio_pathsync $pathname, $callback->($status)
		1262
		1263	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		1264	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		1265	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		1266	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		1267	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		1268	not just directories.
		1269
		1270	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1271	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		1272
		1273	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		1274
		1275	=cut
		1276
		1277	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		1278	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1279
		1280	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1281	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1282
		1283	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1284	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		1285	my ($fh) = @_;
		1286	if ($fh) {
		1287	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1288	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		1289	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1290
		1291	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1292	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		1293	};
		1294	} else {
		1295	$grp->result (-1);
		1296	}
		1297	};
		1298
		1299	$grp
		1300	}
		1301
		1302	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1303
		1304	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1305	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1306	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1307	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1308	it).
		1309
		1310	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1311	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1312	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1313	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1314	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1315	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1316
		1317	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1318
		1319	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1320	scalars.
		1321
		1322	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1323	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1324	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1325	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1326	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory pages (by reading and
		1327	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1328
		1329	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1330
		1331	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1332	scalars.
		1333
		1334	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1335	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1336
		1337	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1338
		1339	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1340	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1341
		1342	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1343	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1344
		1345	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1346	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1347
		1348	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1349	my $data;
		1350	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1351	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1352
		1353	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1354
		1355	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1356	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1357
		1358	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1359	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1360
		1361	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1362	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1363
		1364	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1365
		1366	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
		1367
		1368	=item aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
		1369
		1370	Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux C<FIEMAP>
		1371	ioctl, see L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for details). If
		1372	the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this request will fail with
		1373	C<ENOSYS>.
		1374
		1375	C<$start> is the starting offset to query extents for, C<$length> is the
		1376	size of the range to query - if it is C<undef>, then the whole file will
		1377	be queried.
		1378
		1379	C<$flags> is a combination of flags (C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> or
		1380	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR> - C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT> is also
		1381	exported), and is normally C<0> or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC> to query
		1382	the data portion.
		1383
		1384	C<$count> is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
		1385	C<undef>, then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very special
		1386	case, if it is C<0>, then the callback receives the number of extents
		1387	instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see below).
		1388
		1389	If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
		1390	C<errno> value C<IO::AIO::EBADR> is available to test for flag errors.
		1391
		1392	Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
		1393	structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with the
		1394	following members:
		1395
		1396	[$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
		1397
		1398	Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically either C<0>
		1399	or C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST> (1)):
		1400
		1401	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN>,
		1402	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED>,
		1403	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED>,
		1404	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL>,
		1405	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN>, C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED> or
		1406	C<IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED>.
		1407
		1408	At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable unless
		1409	C<$count> is C<undef>, as the kernel has all sorts of bugs preventing
		1410	it to return all extents of a range for files with large number of
		1411	extents. The code works around all these issues if C<$count> is undef.
		1412
516	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1413	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
517
518	[EXPERIMENTAL]
519		1414
520	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1415	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
521	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1416	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
522	many requests into a single, composite, request.	1417	many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
		1418	and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
523		1419
524	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below	1420	Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
525	for more info.	1421	for more info.
526		1422
527	Example:	1423	Example:
…		…
533	add $grp	1429	add $grp
534	(aio_stat ...),	1430	(aio_stat ...),
535	(aio_stat ...),	1431	(aio_stat ...),
536	...;	1432	...;
537		1433
		1434	=item aio_nop $callback->()
		1435
		1436	This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
		1437	side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
		1438	that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
		1439	code.
		1440
		1441	While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
		1442	phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
		1443	be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
		1444	entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
		1445	latency.
		1446
538	=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*	1447	=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
539		1448
540	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of	1449	Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
541	the request workers to sleep for the given time.	1450	the request workers to sleep for the given time.
542		1451
543	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests	1452	While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
544	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates	1453	like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
545	is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application	1454	immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
546	under artificial I/O pressure.	1455	except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
547		1456
548	=back	1457	=back
		1458
		1459
		1460	=head2 IO::AIO::WD - multiple working directories
		1461
		1462	Your process only has one current working directory, which is used by all
		1463	threads. This makes it hard to use relative paths (some other component
		1464	could call C<chdir> at any time, and it is hard to control when the path
		1465	will be used by IO::AIO).
		1466
		1467	One solution for this is to always use absolute paths. This usually works,
		1468	but can be quite slow (the kernel has to walk the whole path on every
		1469	access), and can also be a hassle to implement.
		1470
		1471	Newer POSIX systems have a number of functions (openat, fdopendir,
		1472	futimensat and so on) that make it possible to specify working directories
		1473	per operation.
		1474
		1475	For portability, and because the clowns who "designed", or shall I write,
		1476	perpetrated this new interface were obviously half-drunk, this abstraction
		1477	cannot be perfect, though.
		1478
		1479	IO::AIO allows you to convert directory paths into a so-called IO::AIO::WD
		1480	object. This object stores the canonicalised, absolute version of the
		1481	path, and on systems that allow it, also a directory file descriptor.
		1482
		1483	Everywhere where a pathname is accepted by IO::AIO (e.g. in C<aio_stat>
		1484	or C<aio_unlink>), one can specify an array reference with an IO::AIO::WD
		1485	object and a pathname instead (or the IO::AIO::WD object alone, which
		1486	gets interpreted as C<[$wd, "."]>). If the pathname is absolute, the
		1487	IO::AIO::WD object is ignored, otherwise the pathname is resolved relative
		1488	to that IO::AIO::WD object.
		1489
		1490	For example, to get a wd object for F</etc> and then stat F<passwd>
		1491	inside, you would write:
		1492
		1493	aio_wd "/etc", sub {
		1494	my $etcdir = shift;
		1495
		1496	# although $etcdir can be undef on error, there is generally no reason
		1497	# to check for errors here, as aio_stat will fail with ENOENT
		1498	# when $etcdir is undef.
		1499
		1500	aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
		1501	# yay
		1502	};
		1503	};
		1504
		1505	That C<aio_wd> is a request and not a normal function shows that creating
		1506	an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which is
		1507	why it is done asynchronously.
		1508
		1509	To stat the directory obtained with C<aio_wd> above, one could write
		1510	either of the following three request calls:
		1511
		1512	aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
		1513	aio_lstat [$wd, "."], sub { ... # "." relative to $wd (i.e. $wd itself)
		1514	aio_lstat $wd , sub { ... # shorthand for the previous
		1515
		1516	As with normal pathnames, IO::AIO keeps a copy of the working directory
		1517	object and the pathname string, so you could write the following without
		1518	causing any issues due to C<$path> getting reused:
		1519
		1520	my $path = [$wd, undef];
		1521
		1522	for my $name (qw(abc def ghi)) {
		1523	$path->[1] = $name;
		1524	aio_stat $path, sub {
		1525	# ...
		1526	};
		1527	}
		1528
		1529	There are some caveats: when directories get renamed (or deleted), the
		1530	pathname string doesn't change, so will point to the new directory (or
		1531	nowhere at all), while the directory fd, if available on the system,
		1532	will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
		1533	pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
		1534	older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
		1535	string form of the pathname.
		1536
		1537	So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
		1538	C<chdir>, to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for future
		1539	reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same directory
		1540	(e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
		1541
		1542	The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
		1543
		1544	=over 4
		1545
		1546	=item aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		1547
		1548	Asynchonously canonicalise the given pathname and convert it to an
		1549	IO::AIO::WD object representing it. If possible and supported on the
		1550	system, also open a directory fd to speed up pathname resolution relative
		1551	to this working directory.
		1552
		1553	If something goes wrong, then C<undef> is passwd to the callback instead
		1554	of a working directory object and C<$!> is set appropriately. Since
		1555	passing C<undef> as working directory component of a pathname fails the
		1556	request with C<ENOENT>, there is often no need for error checking in the
		1557	C<aio_wd> callback, as future requests using the value will fail in the
		1558	expected way.
		1559
		1560	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
		1561	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1562
		1563	=item IO::AIO::CWD
		1564
		1565	This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
		1566	current working directory.
		1567
		1568	Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is as if
		1569	the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory object. For
		1570	example, these calls are functionally identical:
		1571
		1572	aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
		1573	aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
		1574
		1575	=back
		1576
		1577	To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
		1578	C<aio_realpath>:
		1579
		1580	aio_realpath $wd, sub {
		1581	warn "path is $_[0]\n";
		1582	};
		1583
		1584	Currently, C<aio_statvfs> always, and C<aio_rename> and C<aio_rmdir>
		1585	sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
549		1586
550	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS	1587	=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
551		1588
552	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when	1589	All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
553	called in non-void context.	1590	called in non-void context.
554		1591
555	A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
556	in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
557	yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
558	(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
559	B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
560	callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
561	holds no resources anymore).
562
563	=over 4	1592	=over 4
564		1593
565	=item $req->cancel	1594	=item cancel $req
566		1595
567	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1596	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
568	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1597	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
569	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1598	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
570	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1599	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
571	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1600	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1601	will not be freed prematurely.
		1602
		1603	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
		1604
		1605	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
572		1606
573	=back	1607	=back
574		1608
575	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS	1609	=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
576		1610
…		…
603	};	1637	};
604		1638
605	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of	1639	This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
606	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.	1640	C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
607		1641
		1642	=over 4
		1643
608	The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to	1644	=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
609	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.	1645	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
610		1646
611	They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not	1647	=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
612	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.	1648	only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
613		1649
614	They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.	1650	=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
615		1651
616	You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or	1652	=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
617	any later time).	1653	any later time).
		1654
		1655	=back
618		1656
619	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1657	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
620	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1658	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
621	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1659	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
622	exist.	1660	exist.
623		1661
624	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1662	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
625	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1663	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
626	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1664	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
627	itself finish.	1665	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1666	finished will the the group itself finish.
628		1667
629	=over 4	1668	=over 4
630		1669
		1670	=item add $grp ...
		1671
631	=item $grp->add (...)	1672	=item $grp->add (...)
632
633	=item add $grp ...
634		1673
635	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can	1674	Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
636	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular	1675	be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
637	dependencies.	1676	dependencies.
638		1677
639	Returns all its arguments.	1678	Returns all its arguments.
640		1679
		1680	=item $grp->cancel_subs
		1681
		1682	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
		1683	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
		1684
		1685	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1686	group).
		1687
641	=item $grp->result (...)	1688	=item $grp->result (...)
642		1689
643	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1690	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
644	subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.	1691	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
		1692	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
		1693	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
645		1694
646	=item $grp->set_feeder ($callback->($grp))	1695	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
647		1696
648	[VERY EXPERIMENTAL]	1697	Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
		1698	when the argument is missing.
		1699
		1700	Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
		1701	the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
		1702	default (0).
		1703
		1704	Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
		1705	before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
		1706
		1707	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
649		1708
650	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1709	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
651	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1710	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
652	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1711	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
653	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1712	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
654	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1713	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands of C<aio_stat>
655	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1714	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
656		1715
657	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1716	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
658	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1717	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
659	feeder will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<feeder_limit>,	1718	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
660	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1719	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
661	requests.	1720	requests.
662		1721
663	The feeder can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does not	1722	The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
664	impose any limits).	1723	not impose any limits).
665		1724
666	If the feeder does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1725	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
667	automatically removed from the group.	1726	automatically removed from the group.
668		1727
669	If the feeder limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1728	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1729	C<2> automatically.
670		1730
671	Example:	1731	Example:
672		1732
673	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1733	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
674		1734
675	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };	1735	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
676	$grp->feeder_limit (4);	1736	limit $grp 4;
677	$grp->set_feeder (sub {	1737	feed $grp sub {
678	my $file = pop @files	1738	my $file = pop @files
679	or return;	1739	or return;
680		1740
681	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };	1741	add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
682	});	1742	};
683		1743
684	=item $grp->feeder_limit ($num)	1744	=item limit $grp $num
685		1745
686	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1746	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
687	the group contains less than this many requests.	1747	the group contains less than this many requests.
688		1748
689	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1749	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
690		1750
		1751	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1752	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1753
691	=back	1754	=back
692		1755
693	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1756	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
694		1757
		1758	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1759
695	=over 4	1760	=over 4
696		1761
697	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1762	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
698		1763
699	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1764	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
700	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1765	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
701	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1766	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
702	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1767	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
703		1768
704	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1769	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
705		1770
706	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1771	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
707		1772
708	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1773	Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they have
709	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1774	been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have to call
710	when no events are outstanding.	1775	this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
		1776
		1777	Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there were no
		1778	events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1779	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount
		1780	of events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req>,
		1781	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time> and C<IO::AIO::max_outstanding>.
		1782
		1783	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll file
		1784	descriptor will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you
		1785	don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
		1786
		1787	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1788	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1789	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1790	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1791	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1792	requests.
711		1793
712	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1794	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
713	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1795	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1796	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
714		1797
715	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1798	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
716	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1799	poll => 'r', async => 1,
717	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1800	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
718		1801
719	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1802	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
720		1803
721	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1804	Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
722	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait	1805	requests are outstanding anymore.
723	for some requests to finish).	1806
		1807	This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests to
		1808	become ready, without actually handling them.
724		1809
725	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1810	See C<nreqs> for an example.
726		1811
		1812	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1813
		1814	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1815
		1816	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1817	equivalent to:
		1818
		1819	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1820
727	=item IO::AIO::nreqs	1821	=item IO::AIO::flush
728		1822
729	Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their	1823	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
730	callback has not been invoked yet).
731		1824
732	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:	1825	Strictly equivalent to:
733		1826
734	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1827	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
735	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1828	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
736		1829
737	=item IO::AIO::flush	1830	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
738		1831
739	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.	1832	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
740		1833
741	Strictly equivalent to:	1834	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1835	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1836	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1837	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1838	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
742		1839
743	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1840	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
744	while IO::AIO::nreqs;	1841	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1842	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1843	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
745		1844
746	=item IO::AIO::poll	1845	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1846	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1847	time.
747		1848
748	Waits until some requests have been handled.	1849	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
749		1850
750	Strictly equivalent to:	1851	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
		1852	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
		1853	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
751		1854
752	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb	1855	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
753	if IO::AIO::nreqs;	1856	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1857
		1858	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
		1859	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1860	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
		1861	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1862
		1863	=back
		1864
		1865	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
		1866
		1867	=over
754		1868
755	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1869	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
756		1870
757	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current	1871	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
758	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	1872	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
759	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,	1873	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
760	however, is unlimited).	1874	however, is unlimited).
761		1875
762	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1876	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
763	no free thread exists.	1877	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1878	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1879	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
764		1880
765	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some	1881	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
766	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads	1882	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
767	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6	1883	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
768	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.	1884	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
…		…
782	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1898	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
783	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1899	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
784		1900
785	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1901	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
786		1902
		1903	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1904
		1905	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
		1906	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
		1907	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
		1908	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1909	exit.
		1910
		1911	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1912	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1913	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1914
		1915	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1916	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1917	want to use larger values.
		1918
		1919	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1920
		1921	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1922	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1923
787	=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs	1924	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
788		1925
789	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1926	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
790	try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until	1927	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
791	some requests have been handled.	1928	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1929	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1930	longer exceeded.
792		1931
793	The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you	1932	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
794	queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set	1933	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
795	this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
796		1934
797	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1935	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
		1936	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
		1937	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
		1938
		1939	It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
		1940	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
		1941
		1942	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
		1943
		1944	for my $path (...) {
		1945	aio_stat $path , ...;
		1946	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1947	}
		1948
		1949	IO::AIO::flush;
		1950
		1951	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1952	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1953	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1954	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1955
		1956	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1957	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
798		1958
799	=back	1959	=back
800		1960
		1961	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1962
		1963	=over
		1964
		1965	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1966
		1967	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1968	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1969
		1970	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1971
		1972	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1973	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1974
		1975	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1976
		1977	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1978	executed).
		1979
		1980	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1981
		1982	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1983	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1984
		1985	=back
		1986
		1987	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1988
		1989	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1990	asynchronous.
		1991
		1992	=over 4
		1993
		1994	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1995
		1996	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1997	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1998	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1999	operations).
		2000
		2001	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		2002
		2003	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		2004
		2005	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		2006	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2007	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2008	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		2009	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		2010
		2011	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		2012	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		2013
		2014	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		2015
		2016	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		2017	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		2018	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		2019	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		2020
		2021	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		2022	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		2023
		2024	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		2025
		2026	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		2027	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		2028	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		2029	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		2030
		2031	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		2032	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		2033
		2034	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		2035
		2036	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		2037	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true on
		2038	success, and false otherwise.
		2039
		2040	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		2041	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		2042	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		2043
		2044	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		2045
		2046	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		2047	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		2048	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		2049
		2050	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		2051	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		2052
		2053	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		2054	filesize.
		2055
		2056	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		2057	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		2058
		2059	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		2060	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
		2061	not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
		2062	(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
		2063	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		2064	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
		2065	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
		2066
		2067	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		2068
		2069	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		2070	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		2071
		2072	Example:
		2073
		2074	use Digest::MD5;
		2075	use IO::AIO;
		2076
		2077	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		2078	or die "$!";
		2079
		2080	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		2081	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		2082
		2083	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		2084
		2085	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		2086
		2087	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		2088
		2089	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		2090
		2091	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		2092	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		2093
		2094	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		2095
		2096	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		2097
		2098	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		2099	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		2100
		2101	=item IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
		2102
		2103	Calls the GNU/Linux C<splice(2)> syscall, if available. If C<$r_off> or
		2104	C<$w_off> are C<undef>, then C<NULL> is passed for these, otherwise they
		2105	should be the file offset.
		2106
		2107	C<$r_fh> and C<$w_fh> should not refer to the same file, as splice might
		2108	silently corrupt the data in this case.
		2109
		2110	The following symbol flag values are available: C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE>,
		2111	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK>, C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE> and
		2112	C<IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT>.
		2113
		2114	See the C<splice(2)> manpage for details.
		2115
		2116	=item IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
		2117
		2118	Calls the GNU/Linux C<tee(2)> syscall, see it's manpage and the
		2119	description for C<IO::AIO::splice> above for details.
		2120
		2121	=item $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
		2122
		2123	Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works only
		2124	on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and fails with
		2125	C<-1>/C<ENOSYS> everywhere else. If anybody knows how to influence pipe buffer
		2126	size on other systems, drop me a note.
		2127
		2128	=back
		2129
801	=cut	2130	=cut
802		2131
803	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
804	sub _fd2fh {
805	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
806
807	# try to generate nice filehandles
808	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
809	local *$sym;
810
811	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
812	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
813	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
814	or return undef;
815
816	*$sym
817	}
818
819	min_parallel 8;	2132	min_parallel 8;
820		2133
821	END {	2134	END { flush }
822	max_parallel 0;
823	}
824		2135
825	1;	2136	1;
826		2137
		2138	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		2139
		2140	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		2141	automatically into many event loops:
		2142
		2143	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		2144	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		2145
		2146	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		2147	some examples of how to do this:
		2148
		2149	# EV integration
		2150	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		2151
		2152	# Event integration
		2153	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2154	poll => 'r',
		2155	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2156
		2157	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		2158	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		2159	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		2160
		2161	# Tk integration
		2162	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		2163	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2164
		2165	# Danga::Socket integration
		2166	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		2167	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		2168
827	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	2169	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
828		2170
829	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	2171	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		2172	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		2173	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		2174	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		2175	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		2176	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		2177	applies to quite a lot of perls.
830		2178
831	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	2179	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
832	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	2180	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
833	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	2181	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
834	request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
835	queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
836	the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
837	parent process has been reached again.
838		2182
839	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	2183	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
840	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	2184	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
841	yet.	2185	child:
		2186
		2187	=over 4
		2188
		2189	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		2190
		2191	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		2192	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		2193	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		2194
		2195	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		2196	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		2197	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		2198	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		2199
		2200	=back
842		2201
843	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	2202	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
844		2203
		2204	Per-request usage:
		2205
845	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 128 bytes	2206	Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
846	of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly a few	2207	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
847	hundred bytes). Perl scalars and other data passed into aio requests will	2208	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
848	also be locked.	2209	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
		2210	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
849		2211
850	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	2212	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
851	problem.	2213	problem.
852		2214
853	Each thread needs a stack area which is usually around 16k, sometimes much	2215	Per-thread usage:
854	larger, depending on the OS.	2216
		2217	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
		2218	temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
		2219	structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
		2220
		2221	=head1 KNOWN BUGS
		2222
		2223	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
855		2224
856	=head1 SEE ALSO	2225	=head1 SEE ALSO
857		2226
858	L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).	2227	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		2228	more natural syntax.
859		2229
860	=head1 AUTHOR	2230	=head1 AUTHOR
861		2231
862	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	2232	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
863	http://home.schmorp.de/	2233	http://home.schmorp.de/

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