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15 15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 18 };
19 19
20 # Event 20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25
26 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28
29 # AnyEvent integration
30 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
31 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32
33 # Event integration
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 34 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 35 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 36 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 37
25 # Glib/Gtk2 38 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 39 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 40 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 41
29 # Tk 42 # Tk integration
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 43 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 44 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32 45
33 # Danga::Socket 46 # Danga::Socket integration
34 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 47 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 48 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36
37 49
38=head1 DESCRIPTION 50=head1 DESCRIPTION
39 51
40This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 52This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41operating system supports. 53operating system supports.
48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 60not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 61for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 62remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
51 63
52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 64Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is
53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 65currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call
66C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other
67C<aio_> functions) recursively.
54 68
55=cut 69=cut
56 70
57package IO::AIO; 71package IO::AIO;
58 72
73no warnings;
74use strict 'vars';
75
59use base 'Exporter'; 76use base 'Exporter';
60 77
61use Fcntl ();
62
63BEGIN { 78BEGIN {
64 $VERSION = 0.3; 79 our $VERSION = '2.0';
65 80
66 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 81 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
82 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
67 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
84 aio_group);
68 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 85 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
86
87 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
69 88
70 require XSLoader; 89 require XSLoader;
71 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
72} 91}
73 92
74=head1 FUNCTIONS 93=head1 FUNCTIONS
75 94
76=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
77 96
78All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 97All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
79with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 98with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
80and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 99and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
81a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
82return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 101the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
83usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 102perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
84been executed asynchronously. 103syscall has been executed asynchronously.
85 104
86All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 105All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
106internally until the request has finished.
87 107
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110
88The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
89is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 112encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
90directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 113request is being executed, the current working directory could have
114changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
91never change the current working directory. 115current working directory.
116
117To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
118always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
119etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
120your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
121environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
122use something else.
92 123
93=over 4 124=over 4
94 125
95=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
96 127
97Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
98created filehandle for the file. 129created filehandle for the file.
99 130
100The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 131The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
101for an explanation. 132for an explanation.
102 133
103The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 134The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
104list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 135list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136
137Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
138didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
139except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
140and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
105 141
106Example: 142Example:
107 143
108 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 144 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
109 if ($_[0]) { 145 if ($_[0]) {
112 } else { 148 } else {
113 die "open failed: $!\n"; 149 die "open failed: $!\n";
114 } 150 }
115 }; 151 };
116 152
117=item aio_close $fh, $callback 153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
118 154
119Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
120code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
121filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 157filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
122the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 158time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
123or just let filehandles go out of scope. 159C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
124 160
161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
162therefore best to avoid this function.
163
125=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
126 165
127=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
128 167
129Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 168Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
130into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 169into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
131callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 170callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
132like the syscall). 171like the syscall).
133 172
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
175necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176
134Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
135offset C<0> within the scalar: 178offset C<0> within the scalar:
136 179
137 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
138 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
139 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
140 }; 183 };
141 184
185=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
186
187[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
188
189Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
190destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
191the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
192
193This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
194rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
195and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
196followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
197order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
198
199If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
200possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
201errors are being ignored.
202
203=cut
204
205sub 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
255=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
256
257Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
258reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
259file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
260than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
261other.
262
263This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
264zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
265socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
266
267If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
268emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
269regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
270
271Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
272C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
273bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
274provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
275value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
276read.
277
142=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 278=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
143 279
144Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
145the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
146C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
147
148readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 280C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
149subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 281subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
150argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 282argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
151C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 283C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
152whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 284whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
153and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 285and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
154(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 286(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
155file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 287file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
156 288
289If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
290emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
291
157=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 292=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
158 293
159=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 294=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
160 295
161Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 296Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
162be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 297be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
163or C<-s _> etc... 298or C<-s _> etc...
164 299
174 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 309 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
175 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 310 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
176 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 311 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
177 }; 312 };
178 313
179=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 314=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
180 315
181Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 316Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
182result code. 317result code.
183 318
319=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
320
321Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
322the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
323
324=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
325
326Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
327the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
328
329=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
330
331Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
332rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
333
334=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
335
336Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
337result code.
338
339=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
340
341Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
342directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
343sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
344
345The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
346with the filenames.
347
348=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
349
350[EXPERIMENTAL due to internal aio_group use]
351
352Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
353separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones
354you can recurse into (directories or links to them), and ones you cannot
355recurse into (everything else).
356
357C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
358C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
359this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
360will be chosen (currently 6).
361
362On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
363two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
364
365Example:
366
367 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
368 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
369 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
370 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
371 };
372
373Implementation notes.
374
375The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
376
377After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
378directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
379isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
380entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
381of subdirectories will be assumed.
382
383Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
384a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
385else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
386likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
387is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
388seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
389filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
390data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
391
392If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
393rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
394
395This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
396fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
397
398It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
399as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
400directory counting heuristic.
401
402=cut
403
404sub aio_scandir($$$) {
405 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
406
407 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
408
409 $maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0;
410
411 # stat once
412 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
413 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
414 my $now = time;
415 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
416
417 # read the directory entries
418 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
419 my $entries = shift
420 or return $grp->result ();
421
422 # stat the dir another time
423 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
424 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
425
426 my $ndirs;
427
428 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
429 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
430 $ndirs = -1;
431 } else {
432 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
433 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
434 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
435 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
436 }
437
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 @$entries];
444
445 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
446
447 my ($statcb, $schedcb);
448 my $nreq = 0;
449
450 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group;
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);
465 }
466 };
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 };
497 };
498 };
499
500 $grp
501}
502
184=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 503=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
185 504
186Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 505Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
187with the fsync result code. 506with the fsync result code.
188 507
189=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 508=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
190 509
191Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 510Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
192callback with the fdatasync result code. 511callback with the fdatasync result code.
193 512
513If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
514detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
515
516=item aio_group $callback->(...)
517
518[EXPERIMENTAL]
519
520This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
521container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
522many requests into a single, composite, request.
523
524Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
525for more info.
526
527Example:
528
529 my $grp = aio_group sub {
530 print "all stats done\n";
531 };
532
533 add $grp
534 (aio_stat ...),
535 (aio_stat ...),
536 ...;
537
538=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
539
540Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
541the request workers to sleep for the given time.
542
543While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
544like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates
545is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application
546under artificial I/O pressure.
547
194=back 548=back
195 549
550=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
551
552All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
553called in non-void context.
554
555A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
556in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
557yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
558(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
559B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
560callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
561holds no resources anymore).
562
563=over 4
564
565=item $req->cancel
566
567Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
568when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
569entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
570untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
571stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
572
573=back
574
575=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
576
577This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
578objects of this class, too.
579
580A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
581aio requests.
582
583You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
584callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
585C<done> state:
586
587 my $grp = aio_group sub {
588 print "all requests are done\n";
589 };
590
591You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
592C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
593
594 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
595
596 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
597 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
598
599 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
600 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
601 $grp->result ("ok");
602 };
603 };
604
605This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
606C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
607
608=over 4
609
610=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
611C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
612
613=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
614only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
615
616=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
617
618=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
619any later time).
620
621=item * This does not harmonise well with C<max_outstanding>, so best do
622not combine C<aio_group> with it. Groups and feeders are recommended for
623this kind of concurrency-limiting.
624
625=back
626
627Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
628will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
629C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
630exist.
631
632That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
633in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
634group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
635itself finish.
636
637=over 4
638
639=item $grp->add (...)
640
641=item add $grp ...
642
643Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
644be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
645dependencies.
646
647Returns all its arguments.
648
649=item $grp->result (...)
650
651Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
652subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.
653
654=item $grp->set_feeder ($callback->($grp))
655
656[VERY EXPERIMENTAL]
657
658Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
659generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
660although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
661this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
662example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
663requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
664
665To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
666instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
667feeder will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<feeder_limit>,
668below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
669requests.
670
671The feeder can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does not
672impose any limits).
673
674If the feeder does not queue more requests when called, it will be
675automatically removed from the group.
676
677If the feeder limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
678
679Example:
680
681 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
682
683 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
684 $grp->feeder_limit (4);
685 $grp->set_feeder (sub {
686 my $file = pop @files
687 or return;
688
689 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
690 });
691
692=item $grp->feeder_limit ($num)
693
694Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
695the group contains less than this many requests.
696
697Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
698
699=back
700
196=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 701=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
197 702
198=over 4 703=over 4
199 704
200=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 705=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
201 706
202Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be 707Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
203polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event 708polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
204or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call 709select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
205C<poll_cb> to check the results. 710to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
206 711
207See C<poll_cb> for an example. 712See C<poll_cb> for an example.
208 713
209=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 714=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
210 715
211Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 716Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
212regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 717regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
213when no events are outstanding. 718when no events are outstanding.
214 719
215You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.: 720Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
721IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
216 722
217 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 723 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
218 poll => 'r', async => 1, 724 poll => 'r', async => 1,
219 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 725 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
220 726
221=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 727=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
222 728
223Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 729Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
224select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 730C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
225for some requests to finish). 731for some requests to finish).
226 732
227See C<nreqs> for an example. 733See C<nreqs> for an example.
228 734
229=item IO::AIO::nreqs 735=item IO::AIO::nreqs
230 736
231Returns the number of requests currently outstanding. 737Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
738callback has not been invoked yet).
232 739
233Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 740Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
234 741
235 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 742 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
236 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 743 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
253 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 760 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
254 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 761 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
255 762
256=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 763=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
257 764
258Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 765Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
259C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 766default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
260(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 767concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
768however, is unlimited).
261 769
770IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
771no free thread exists.
772
262It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 773It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
263kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 774Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
264parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 775(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
265threads should be fine. 776versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
266 777
267Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 778Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
268module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 779module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
269and is currently 4).
270 780
271=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 781=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
272 782
273Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 783Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
274the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 784specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
275function blocks until the limit is reached. 785them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
786
787While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
788until the number of threads has been increased again.
276 789
277This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 790This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
278that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 791that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
279 792
280Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 793Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
281 794
282=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 795=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
796
797[DEPRECATED]
283 798
284Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 799Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
285try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 800try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
286some requests have been handled. 801some requests have been handled.
287 802
288The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 803The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
289queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 804queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
290this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. 805this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
806
807This function does not work well together with C<aio_group>'s, and their
808feeder interface is better suited to limiting concurrency, so do not use
809this function.
291 810
292Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 811Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
293 812
294=back 813=back
295 814
297 816
298# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 817# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
299sub _fd2fh { 818sub _fd2fh {
300 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 819 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
301 820
302 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 821 # try to generate nice filehandles
303 local *AIO_FH; 822 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
304 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 823 local *$sym;
824
825 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
826 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
827 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
305 or return undef; 828 or return undef;
306 829
307 *AIO_FH 830 *$sym
308} 831}
309 832
310min_parallel 4; 833min_parallel 8;
311 834
312END { 835END {
313 max_parallel 0; 836 max_parallel 0;
314} 837}
315 838
3161; 8391;
317 840
841=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
842
843This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
844
845Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
846can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
847the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
848request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
849queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
850the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
851parent process has been reached again.
852
853In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
854not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
855yet.
856
857=head2 MEMORY USAGE
858
859Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 128 bytes
860of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly a few
861hundred bytes). Perl scalars and other data passed into aio requests will
862also be locked.
863
864This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
865problem.
866
867Each thread needs a stack area which is usually around 16k, sometimes much
868larger, depending on the OS.
869
318=head1 SEE ALSO 870=head1 SEE ALSO
319 871
320L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 872L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).
321 873
322=head1 AUTHOR 874=head1 AUTHOR
323 875
324 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 876 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
325 http://home.schmorp.de/ 877 http://home.schmorp.de/

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