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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 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 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.
56 68
57=cut 69=cut
58 70
59package IO::AIO; 71package IO::AIO;
60 72
73no warnings;
74use strict 'vars';
75
61use base 'Exporter'; 76use base 'Exporter';
62 77
63use Fcntl ();
64
65BEGIN { 78BEGIN {
66 $VERSION = 0.9; 79 our $VERSION = '2.0';
67 80
68 @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
69 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 83 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
84 aio_group aio_nop);
70 @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';
71 88
72 require XSLoader; 89 require XSLoader;
73 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 90 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
74} 91}
75 92
76=head1 FUNCTIONS 93=head1 FUNCTIONS
77 94
78=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 95=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
83which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 100which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
84the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 101the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
85perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 102perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
86syscall has been executed asynchronously. 103syscall has been executed asynchronously.
87 104
88All 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.
89 107
108All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
109manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
110
90The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 111The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
91for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the current 112encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
92working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure 113request is being executed, the current working directory could have
93that you never change the current working directory. 114changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
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.
94 123
95=over 4 124=over 4
96 125
97=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 126=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
98 127
99Asynchronously 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
100created filehandle for the file. 129created filehandle for the file.
101 130
102The 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,
119 } else { 148 } else {
120 die "open failed: $!\n"; 149 die "open failed: $!\n";
121 } 150 }
122 }; 151 };
123 152
124=item aio_close $fh, $callback 153=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
125 154
126Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 155Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
127code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 156code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
128filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another 157filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
129time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls 158time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
130C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope. 159C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
131 160
132This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 161This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
133therefore best to avoid this function. 162therefore best to avoid this function.
134 163
135=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 164=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
136 165
137=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 166=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
138 167
139Reads 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>
140into 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
141callback 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
142like the syscall). 171like the syscall).
143 172
173The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
174is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
175necessary/optional hardware is installed).
176
144Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 177Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
145offset C<0> within the scalar: 178offset C<0> within the scalar:
146 179
147 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 180 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
148 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 181 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
149 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 182 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
150 }; 183 };
151 184
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
152=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 278=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
153
154Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
155the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS
156isn't Linux) the status will be C<-1> and C<$!> is set to C<ENOSYS>.
157 279
158C<aio_readahead> 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
159subsequent 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>
160argument 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
161C<$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
162whole 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
163and 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
164(off-set+length). C<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
165file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 287file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
166 288
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
167=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 292=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
168 293
169=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 294=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
170 295
171Works 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
172be 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 _>
173or C<-s _> etc... 298or C<-s _> etc...
174 299
184 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 309 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
185 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 310 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
186 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 311 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
187 }; 312 };
188 313
189=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 314=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
190 315
191Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 316Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
192result code. 317result code.
193 318
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
194=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 503=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
195 504
196Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 505Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
197with the fsync result code. 506with the fsync result code.
198 507
199=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 508=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
200 509
201Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 510Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
202callback with the fdatasync result code. Might set C<$!> to C<ENOSYS> if 511callback with the fdatasync result code.
203C<fdatasync> is not available. 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.
204 715
205=back 716=back
206 717
207=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 718=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
208 719
266 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 777 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
267 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 778 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
268 779
269=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 780=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
270 781
271Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 782Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
272C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 783default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
273(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 784concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
785however, is unlimited).
274 786
787IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
788no free thread exists.
789
275It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 790It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
276kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 791Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
277parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 792(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
278threads should be fine. 793versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
279 794
280Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 795Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
281module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 796module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
282and is currently 4).
283 797
284=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 798=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
285 799
286Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 800Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
287the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 801specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
288function blocks until the limit is reached. 802them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
803
804While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
805until the number of threads has been increased again.
289 806
290This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 807This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
291that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 808that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
292 809
293Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 810Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
294 811
295=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 812=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs
813
814[DEPRECATED]
296 815
297Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 816Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
298try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 817try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until
299some requests have been handled. 818some requests have been handled.
300 819
301The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 820The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you
302queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 821queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set
303this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. 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.
304 827
305Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 828Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
306 829
307=back 830=back
308 831
310 833
311# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 834# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
312sub _fd2fh { 835sub _fd2fh {
313 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 836 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
314 837
315 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 838 # try to generate nice filehandles
316 local *AIO_FH; 839 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
317 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 840 local *$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
318 or return undef; 845 or return undef;
319 846
320 *AIO_FH 847 *$sym
321} 848}
322 849
323min_parallel 4; 850min_parallel 8;
324 851
325END { 852END {
326 max_parallel 0; 853 max_parallel 0;
327} 854}
328 855
3291; 8561;
330 857
858=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
859
860This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
861
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.
886
331=head1 SEE ALSO 887=head1 SEE ALSO
332 888
333L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 889L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO> (obsolete).
334 890
335=head1 AUTHOR 891=head1 AUTHOR
336 892
337 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 893 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
338 http://home.schmorp.de/ 894 http://home.schmorp.de/

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