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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 {
10 my ($fh) = @_;
11 ...
12 };
13
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 };
19
20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
24 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25
26 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28
29 # AnyEvent integration
30 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
31 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
32
33 # Event integration
34 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
35 poll => 'r',
36 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
37
38 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
39 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
40 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
41
42 # Tk integration
43 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
44 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
45
46 # Danga::Socket integration
47 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
48 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
49
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 50=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 51
11This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 52This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
12operating system supports. Currently, it falls back to Linux::AIO if that 53operating system supports.
13module is available, or uses pthreads to emulato aio functionality.
14 54
15Currently, in this module a number of threads are started that execute 55Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes
16your read/writes and signal their completion. You don't need thread 56and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or
17support in your libc or perl, and the threads created by this module will 57perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the
18not be visible to the pthreads library. 58pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native
59aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
60not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently,
61for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the
62remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway.
19 63
20Although 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
21not 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.
22 68
23=head2 API NOTES 69=cut
70
71package IO::AIO;
72
73no warnings;
74use strict 'vars';
75
76use base 'Exporter';
77
78BEGIN {
79 our $VERSION = '2.0';
80
81 our @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
82 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
84 aio_group aio_nop);
85 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs);
86
87 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
88
89 require XSLoader;
90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
91}
92
93=head1 FUNCTIONS
94
95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
24 96
25All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 97All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
26with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 98with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
27and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 99and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
28a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
29return 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
30usually 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
31been executed asynchronously. 103syscall has been executed asynchronously.
32 104
33All 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.
34 107
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110
35The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
36is 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
37directory 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
38never 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.
39 123
40=over 4 124=over 4
41 125
42=cut
43
44package IO::AIO;
45
46use base 'Exporter';
47
48BEGIN {
49 $VERSION = 0.1;
50
51 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink
52 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead);
53 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel nreqs);
54
55 require XSLoader;
56 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION;
57}
58
59=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
60
61Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is
62C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time
63(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited).
64
65It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some linux
66kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher
67parallelity => MUCH higher latency).
68
69Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this
70module automatically starts a single async thread.
71
72=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
73
74Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than
75the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This
76function blocks until the limit is reached.
77
78This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
79that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
80
81Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
82
83=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
84
85Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be
86polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event
87or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call
88C<poll_cb> to check the results.
89
90See C<poll_cb> for an example.
91
92=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
93
94Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
95regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
96when no events are outstanding.
97
98You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.:
99
100 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
101 poll => 'r', async => 1,
102 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
103
104=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
105
106Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
107select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
108for some requests to finish).
109
110See C<nreqs> for an example.
111
112=item IO::AIO::nreqs
113
114Returns the number of requests currently outstanding.
115
116Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
117
118 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
119 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
120
121=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
122 127
123Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with the 128Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
124filedescriptor (NOT a perl filehandle, sorry for that, but watch out, this 129created filehandle for the file.
125might change in the future).
126 130
127The 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,
128for an explanation. 132for an explanation.
129 133
130The 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
131list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 135list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
136
137Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
138didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
139except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
140and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
132 141
133Example: 142Example:
134 143
135 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 144 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
136 if ($_[0] >= 0) { 145 if ($_[0]) {
137 open my $fh, "<&$_[0]"; # create a copy for perl
138 aio_close $_[0], sub { }; # close the aio handle
139 print "open successful, fh is $fh\n"; 146 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
140 ... 147 ...
141 } else { 148 } else {
142 die "open failed: $!\n"; 149 die "open failed: $!\n";
143 } 150 }
144 }; 151 };
145 152
146=item aio_close $fh, $callback 153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
147 154
148Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result code. 155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
157filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
158time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
159C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
149 160
161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
162therefore best to avoid this function.
163
150=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
151 165
152=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
153 167
154Reads 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>
155into 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
156callback 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
157like the syscall). 171like the syscall).
158 172
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
175necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176
159Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
160offset C<0> within the scalar: 178offset C<0> within the scalar:
161 179
162 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
163 $_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; 181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
164 print "read <$buffer>\n"; 182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
165 }; 183 };
166 184
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
167=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 278=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
168 279
169Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
170the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
171C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
172
173readahead() 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
174subsequent 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>
175argument 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
176C<$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
177whole 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
178and 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
179(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
180file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 287file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
181 288
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
182=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 292=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
183 293
184=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 294=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
185 295
186Works 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
187be 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 _>
188or C<-s _> etc... 298or C<-s _> etc...
189 299
199 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 309 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
200 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 310 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
201 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 311 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
202 }; 312 };
203 313
204=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 314=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
205 315
206Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 316Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
207result code. 317result code.
208 318
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
209=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 503=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
210 504
211Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 505Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
212with the fsync result code. 506with the fsync result code.
213 507
214=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 508=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
215 509
216Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 510Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
217callback with the fdatasync result code. 511callback with the fdatasync result code.
218 512
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 aio_nop $callback->()
539
540This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
541side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
542that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
543code.
544
545While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
546phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
547be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
548entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
549latency.
550
551=item IO::AIO::aio_sleep $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
552
553Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
554the request workers to sleep for the given time.
555
556While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
557like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates
558is immense, so do not use this function except to put your application
559under artificial I/O pressure.
560
561=back
562
563=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
564
565All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
566called in non-void context.
567
568A request always moves through the following five states in its lifetime,
569in order: B<ready> (request has been created, but has not been executed
570yet), B<execute> (request is currently being executed), B<pending>
571(request has been executed but callback has not been called yet),
572B<result> (results are being processed synchronously, includes calling the
573callback) and B<done> (request has reached the end of its lifetime and
574holds no resources anymore).
575
576=over 4
577
578=item cancel $req
579
580Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
581when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
582entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
583untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
584stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
585
586=item cb $req $callback->(...)
587
588Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
589
590=back
591
592=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
593
594This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
595objects of this class, too.
596
597A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
598aio requests.
599
600You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
601callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
602C<done> state:
603
604 my $grp = aio_group sub {
605 print "all requests are done\n";
606 };
607
608You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
609C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
610
611 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
612
613 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
614 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
615
616 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
617 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
618 $grp->result ("ok");
619 };
620 };
621
622This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
623C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
624
625=over 4
626
627=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
628C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
629
630=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
631only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
632
633=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
634
635=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
636any later time).
637
638=item * This does not harmonise well with C<max_outstanding>, so best do
639not combine C<aio_group> with it. Groups and feeders are recommended for
640this kind of concurrency-limiting.
641
642=back
643
644Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
645will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
646C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
647exist.
648
649That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
650in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
651group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
652itself finish.
653
654=over 4
655
656=item add $grp ...
657
658=item $grp->add (...)
659
660Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
661be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
662dependencies.
663
664Returns all its arguments.
665
666=item $grp->result (...)
667
668Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
669subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed.
670
671=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
672
673[VERY EXPERIMENTAL]
674
675Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
676generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
677although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
678this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
679example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
680requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
681
682To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
683instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
684feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<feed_limit>,
685below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
686requests.
687
688The feed can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does not
689impose any limits).
690
691If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
692automatically removed from the group.
693
694If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
695
696Example:
697
698 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
699
700 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
701 feed_limit $grp 4;
702 feed $grp sub {
703 my $file = pop @files
704 or return;
705
706 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
707 };
708
709=item feed_limit $grp $num
710
711Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
712the group contains less than this many requests.
713
714Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
715
716=back
717
718=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
719
720=over 4
721
722=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
723
724Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
725polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
726select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
727to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
728
729See C<poll_cb> for an example.
730
731=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
732
733Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
734regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
735when no events are outstanding.
736
737Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
738IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
739
740 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
741 poll => 'r', async => 1,
742 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
743
744=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
745
746Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
747C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
748for some requests to finish).
749
750See C<nreqs> for an example.
751
752=item IO::AIO::nreqs
753
754Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their
755callback has not been invoked yet).
756
757Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
758
759 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
760 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
761
762=item IO::AIO::flush
763
764Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
765
766Strictly equivalent to:
767
768 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
769 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
770
771=item IO::AIO::poll
772
773Waits until some requests have been handled.
774
775Strictly equivalent to:
776
777 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
778 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
779
780=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
781
782Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
783default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
784concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
785however, is unlimited).
786
787IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
788no free thread exists.
789
790It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
791Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
792(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
793versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
794
795Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
796module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
797
798=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
799
800Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
801specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
802them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
803
804While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
805until the number of threads has been increased again.
806
807This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
808that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
809
810Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
811
812=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
813
814[DEPRECATED]
815
816Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
817try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
818some requests have been handled.
819
820The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
821queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
822this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
823
824This function does not work well together with C<aio_group>'s, and their
825feeder interface is better suited to limiting concurrency, so do not use
826this function.
827
828Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
829
830=back
831
219=cut 832=cut
220 833
834# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
835sub _fd2fh {
836 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
837
838 # try to generate nice filehandles
839 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
840 local *$sym;
841
842 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
843 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
844 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
845 or return undef;
846
847 *$sym
848}
849
221min_parallel 4; 850min_parallel 8;
222 851
223END { 852END {
224 max_parallel 0; 853 max_parallel 0;
225} 854}
226 855
2271; 8561;
228 857
229=back 858=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
230 859
231=head1 BUGS 860This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
232 861
233 - aio_open gives a fd, but all other functions expect a perl filehandle. 862Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
863can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
864the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
865request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result
866queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in
867the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit ste in the
868parent process has been reached again.
869
870In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
871not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
872yet.
873
874=head2 MEMORY USAGE
875
876Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 128 bytes
877of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly a few
878hundred bytes). Perl scalars and other data passed into aio requests will
879also be locked.
880
881This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
882problem.
883
884Each thread needs a stack area which is usually around 16k, sometimes much
885larger, depending on the OS.
234 886
235=head1 SEE ALSO 887=head1 SEE ALSO
236 888
237L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 889L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).
238 890
239=head1 AUTHOR 891=head1 AUTHOR
240 892
241 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 893 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
242 http://home.schmorp.de/ 894 http://home.schmorp.de/

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