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4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use IO::AIO; 7 use IO::AIO;
8 8
9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 9 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
10 my ($fh) = @_; 10 my $fh = shift
11 or die "/etc/passwd: $!";
11 ... 12 ...
12 }; 13 };
13 14
14 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; 15 aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
15 16
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue 26 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26 27
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; 28 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; 29 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29 30
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
36 poll => 'r',
37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
38
39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
42
43 # Tk integration
44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
46
47 # Danga::Socket integration
48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
51=head1 DESCRIPTION 31=head1 DESCRIPTION
52 32
53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 33This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54operating system supports. 34operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
35(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
36
37Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
38(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
39will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
40is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
41when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
42etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
43normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
44on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
45concurrently.
46
47While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
48example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
49support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
50very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
51module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
55 52
56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your 53In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support 54requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
58in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible 55in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio 56to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 57functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal 58not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and 59files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented 60aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway. 61using threads anyway.
65 62
66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-) 63Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate 64it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or 65yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively. 66call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
67
68=head2 EXAMPLE
69
70This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
71F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
72
73 use Fcntl;
74 use EV;
75 use IO::AIO;
76
77 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
78 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
79
80 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
81 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
82 my $fh = shift
83 or die "error while opening: $!";
84
85 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
86 my $size = -s $fh;
87
88 # queue a request to read the file
89 my $contents;
90 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
91 $_[0] == $size
92 or die "short read: $!";
93
94 close $fh;
95
96 # file contents now in $contents
97 print $contents;
98
99 # exit event loop and program
100 EV::unloop;
101 };
102 };
103
104 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
105 # check for sockets etc. etc.
106
107 # process events as long as there are some:
108 EV::loop;
70 109
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME 110=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72 111
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not 112Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl. 113directly visible to Perl.
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore 155Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
117(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual 156(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or 157aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error). 158result in a runtime error).
120 159
160=back
161
121=cut 162=cut
122 163
123package IO::AIO; 164package IO::AIO;
124 165
125no warnings; 166use Carp ();
126use strict 'vars'; 167
168use common::sense;
127 169
128use base 'Exporter'; 170use base 'Exporter';
129 171
130BEGIN { 172BEGIN {
131 our $VERSION = '2.0'; 173 our $VERSION = '3.93';
132 174
133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 175 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close
134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 176 aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_readdirx
135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move 177 aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync aio_fsync
178 aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_pathsync aio_readahead
179 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
180 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
181 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
182 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
136 aio_group aio_nop); 183 aio_statvfs);
184
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 185 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 186 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs); 187 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
188 nreqs nready npending nthreads
189 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
190 sendfile fadvise madvise
191 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
192
193 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
140 194
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 195 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
142 196
143 require XSLoader; 197 require XSLoader;
144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 198 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
145} 199}
146 200
147=head1 FUNCTIONS 201=head1 FUNCTIONS
148 202
203=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
204
205This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
206for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
207documentation.
208
209 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
210 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
211 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
212 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
216 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
217 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
218 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
219 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
220 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
221 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
222 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
223 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
224 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
225 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
227 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
228 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
229 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
230 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
231 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
232 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
233 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
234 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
235 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
236 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
237 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
238 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
239 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
240 aio_sync $callback->($status)
241 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
242 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
243 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
244 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
245 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
246 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
247 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
248 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
249 aio_group $callback->(...)
250 aio_nop $callback->()
251
252 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
253 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
254
255 IO::AIO::poll_wait
256 IO::AIO::poll_cb
257 IO::AIO::poll
258 IO::AIO::flush
259 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
260 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
261 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
262 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
263 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
264 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
265 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
266 IO::AIO::nreqs
267 IO::AIO::nready
268 IO::AIO::npending
269
270 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
271 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
272 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
273 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
274 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
275 IO::AIO::munlockall
276
149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 277=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
150 278
151All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 279All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
152with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 280with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
153and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 281and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 282which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
155the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 283the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
156perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 284perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
157syscall has been executed asynchronously. 285syscall has been executed asynchronously.
158 286
159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 287All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished. 288internally until the request has finished.
161 289
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 290All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 291further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164 292
165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 293The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 294encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
167request is being executed, the current working directory could have 295request is being executed, the current working directory could have
168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 296changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
169current working directory. 297current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
298paths.
170 299
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 300To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 301in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
173etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 302tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
174your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 303your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 304environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else. 305use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
306
307This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
308handles correctly whether it is set or not.
177 309
178=over 4 310=over 4
179 311
180=item aioreq_pri $pri 312=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181 313
182Sets the priority for the next aio request. The default priority 314Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
315C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
316
183is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4> and C<4>, 317The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
184respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced first. 318and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
319first.
185 320
186The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_> 321The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
187functions. 322functions.
188 323
189Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with 324Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
190higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority 325higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
191open requests (potentially spamming the cache): 326open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
198 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 333 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
199 ... 334 ...
200 }; 335 };
201 }; 336 };
202 337
338
203=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 339=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
204 340
205Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 341Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
206priority, so effects are cumulative. 342priority, so the effect is cumulative.
343
207 344
208=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 345=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
209 346
210Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 347Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
211created filehandle for the file. 348created filehandle for the file.
217list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 354list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
218 355
219Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 356Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
220didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 357didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
221except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 358except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
222and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 359and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
360by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
361change the umask.
223 362
224Example: 363Example:
225 364
226 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 365 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
227 if ($_[0]) { 366 if ($_[0]) {
228 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 367 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
229 ... 368 ...
230 } else { 369 } else {
231 die "open failed: $!\n"; 370 die "open failed: $!\n";
232 } 371 }
233 }; 372 };
234 373
374In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
375C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
376following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
377your system are, as usual, C<0>):
378
379C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
380C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
381C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
382
383
235=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 384=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
236 385
237Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 386Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
238code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 387code.
239filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
240time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
241C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
242 388
243This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 389Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
244therefore best to avoid this function. 390closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
391
392Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
393use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
394(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
395
396Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
397free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
398
399=cut
245 400
246=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 401=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
247 402
248=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 403=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
249 404
250Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 405Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
251into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 406C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
252callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 407and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
253like the syscall). 408error, just like the syscall).
409
410C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
411offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
412
413If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
414be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
415changed by these calls.
416
417If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
418C<$data>.
419
420If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
421C<$data>.
254 422
255The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 423The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
256is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 424is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
257necessary/optional hardware is installed). 425the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
258 426
259Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 427Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
260offset C<0> within the scalar: 428offset C<0> within the scalar:
261 429
262 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 430 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
263 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 431 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
264 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 432 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
265 }; 433 };
266 434
267=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
268
269Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
270destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
271the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
272
273This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
274rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
275and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
276followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
277order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
278
279If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
280possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
281errors are being ignored.
282
283=cut
284
285sub aio_move($$$) {
286 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
287
288 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
289
290 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
291 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
292 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
293 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
294 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
295
296 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
297 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
298 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
299 close $src_fh;
300
301 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
302 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
303 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
304 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
305 close $dst_fh;
306
307 add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
308 $grp->result ($_[0]);
309 };
310 } else {
311 my $errno = $!;
312 add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
313 $! = $errno;
314 $grp->result (-1);
315 };
316 }
317 };
318 } else {
319 $grp->result (-1);
320 }
321 },
322
323 } else {
324 $grp->result (-1);
325 }
326 };
327 } else {
328 $grp->result ($_[0]);
329 }
330 };
331
332 $grp
333}
334 435
335=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 436=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
336 437
337Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 438Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
338reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 439reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
339file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 440file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
340than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each 441than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
341other. 442other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
443move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
342 444
445Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
446are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
447read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
448number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
449C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
450
451Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
452C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
453the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
454the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
455into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
456fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
457data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
458the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
459resource usage.
460
343This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 461This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
344zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 462provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
345socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 463a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
346 464
347If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 465If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
348emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 466C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
467C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
349regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 468type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
350 469
351Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 470As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
352C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 471together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
353bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 472on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
354provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 473in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
355value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 474so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
356read. 475fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
476
357 477
358=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 478=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
359 479
360C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 480C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
361subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 481subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
367file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 487file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
368 488
369If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 489If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
370emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. 490emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
371 491
492
372=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 493=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
373 494
374=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 495=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
375 496
376Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 497Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
381for an explanation. 502for an explanation.
382 503
383Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 504Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
384error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 505error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
385unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 506unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
507
508To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
509following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
510be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
511behaviour).
512
513C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
514C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
515C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
386 516
387Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 517Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
388 518
389 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 519 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
390 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 520 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
391 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 521 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
392 }; 522 };
393 523
524
525=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
526
527Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
528whether a file handle or path was passed.
529
530On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
531members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
532C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
533is passed.
534
535The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
536C<ST_NOSUID>.
537
538The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
539their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
540not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
541C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
542C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
543
544Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
545
546 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
547 my $f = $_[0]
548 or die "statvfs: $!";
549
550 use Data::Dumper;
551 say Dumper $f;
552 };
553
554 # result:
555 {
556 bsize => 1024,
557 bfree => 4333064312,
558 blocks => 10253828096,
559 files => 2050765568,
560 flag => 4096,
561 favail => 2042092649,
562 bavail => 4333064312,
563 ffree => 2042092649,
564 namemax => 255,
565 frsize => 1024,
566 fsid => 1810
567 }
568
569
570=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
571
572Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
573and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
574syscalls support them.
575
576When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
577utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
578otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
579
580Examples:
581
582 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
583 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
584 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
585 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
586
587
588=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
589
590Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
591or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
592
593Examples:
594
595 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
596 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
597 # same as above:
598 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
599
600
601=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
602
603Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
604
605
606=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
607
608Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
609
610
394=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 611=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
395 612
396Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 613Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
397result code. 614result code.
398 615
616
617=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
618
619[EXPERIMENTAL]
620
621Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
622
623The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
624
625 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
626
627See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
628and functions.
629
399=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 630=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
400 631
401Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 632Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
402the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 633the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
403 634
635
404=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 636=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
405 637
406Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 638Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
407the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 639the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
408 640
641
642=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
643
644Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
645the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
646callback.
647
648
649=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
650
651Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
652C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
653L<Cwd::realpath>).
654
655This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
656directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
657
658
409=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 659=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
410 660
411Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 661Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
412rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 662rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
413 663
664
665=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
666
667Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
668the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
669request is executed, so do not change your umask.
670
671
414=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 672=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
415 673
416Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 674Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
417result code. 675result code.
676
418 677
419=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 678=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
420 679
421Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 680Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
422directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 681directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
423sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 682sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
424 683
425The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 684The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
426with the filenames. 685array-ref with the filenames.
686
687
688=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
689
690Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows to tune
691behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
692C<undef>.
693
694The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
695flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
696
697=over 4
698
699=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
700
701When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
702names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
703C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
704entry in more detail.
705
706C<$name> is the name of the entry.
707
708C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
709
710C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
711C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
712C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
713
714C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
715know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
716scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
717
718C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
719bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
720systems that do not deliver the inode information.
721
722=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
723
724When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
725likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
726you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
727while avoiding to stat() each entry.
728
729If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
730to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
731beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
732short names are tried first.
733
734=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
735
736When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
737suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
738all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
739be fastest.
740
741If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
742the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
743
744=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
745
746This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
747is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
748C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absense of this flag therefore indicates that all
749C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
750
751=back
752
753
754=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
755
756This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
757memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
758
759=cut
760
761sub aio_load($$;$) {
762 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
763 my $data = \$_[1];
764
765 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
766 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
767
768 aioreq_pri $pri;
769 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
770 my $fh = shift
771 or return $grp->result (-1);
772
773 aioreq_pri $pri;
774 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
775 $grp->result ($_[0]);
776 };
777 };
778
779 $grp
780}
781
782=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
783
784Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
785destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
786a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
787
788This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
789mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
790C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
791uid/gid, in that order.
792
793If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
794possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
795errors are being ignored.
796
797=cut
798
799sub aio_copy($$;$) {
800 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
801
802 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
803 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
804
805 aioreq_pri $pri;
806 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
807 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
808 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
809
810 aioreq_pri $pri;
811 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
812 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
813 aioreq_pri $pri;
814 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
815 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
816 $grp->result (0);
817 close $src_fh;
818
819 my $ch = sub {
820 aioreq_pri $pri;
821 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
822 aioreq_pri $pri;
823 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
824 aioreq_pri $pri;
825 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
826 }
827 };
828 };
829
830 aioreq_pri $pri;
831 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
832 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
833 aioreq_pri $pri;
834 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
835 } else {
836 $ch->();
837 }
838 };
839 } else {
840 $grp->result (-1);
841 close $src_fh;
842 close $dst_fh;
843
844 aioreq $pri;
845 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
846 }
847 };
848 } else {
849 $grp->result (-1);
850 }
851 },
852
853 } else {
854 $grp->result (-1);
855 }
856 };
857
858 $grp
859}
860
861=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
862
863Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
864destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
865a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
866
867This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
868rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
869that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
870
871=cut
872
873sub aio_move($$;$) {
874 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
875
876 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
877 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
878
879 aioreq_pri $pri;
880 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
881 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
882 aioreq_pri $pri;
883 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
884 $grp->result ($_[0]);
885
886 unless ($_[0]) {
887 aioreq_pri $pri;
888 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
889 }
890 };
891 } else {
892 $grp->result ($_[0]);
893 }
894 };
895
896 $grp
897}
427 898
428=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 899=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
429 900
430Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 901Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
431efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 902efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
433recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories). 904recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
434 905
435C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_ 906C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
436C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that 907C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
437this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default 908this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
438will be chosen (currently 6). 909will be chosen (currently 4).
439 910
440On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 911On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
441two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 912two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
442 913
443Example: 914Example:
450 921
451Implementation notes. 922Implementation notes.
452 923
453The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 924The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
454 925
926If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
927find directories.
928
455After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 929Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
456directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 930of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
457isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 931match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
458entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 932how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
459of subdirectories will be assumed. 933number of subdirectories will be assumed.
460 934
461Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 935Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
462a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 936currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
463else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 937entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
464likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 938in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
465is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 939entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
466seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 940seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
467filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 941filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
468data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 942data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
943the filetype information on readdir.
469 944
470If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 945If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
471rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 946rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
472 947
473This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 948This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
477as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 952as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
478directory counting heuristic. 953directory counting heuristic.
479 954
480=cut 955=cut
481 956
482sub aio_scandir($$$) { 957sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
483 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 958 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
484 959
960 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
961
485 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 962 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
486 963
487 $maxreq = 6 if $maxreq <= 0; 964 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
488 965
489 # stat once 966 # stat once
967 aioreq_pri $pri;
490 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 968 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
491 return $grp->result () if $_[0]; 969 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
492 my $now = time; 970 my $now = time;
493 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 971 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
494 972
495 # read the directory entries 973 # read the directory entries
974 aioreq_pri $pri;
496 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 975 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
497 my $entries = shift 976 my $entries = shift
498 or return $grp->result (); 977 or return $grp->result ();
499 978
500 # stat the dir another time 979 # stat the dir another time
980 aioreq_pri $pri;
501 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub { 981 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
502 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 982 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
503 983
504 my $ndirs; 984 my $ndirs;
505 985
506 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 986 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
507 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 987 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
508 $ndirs = -1; 988 $ndirs = -1;
509 } else { 989 } else {
510 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 990 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
511 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 991 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
512 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 992 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
513 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 993 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
514 } 994 }
515 995
516 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
517 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
518 $entries = [map $_->[0],
519 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
520 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
521 @$entries];
522
523 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 996 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
524 997
525 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 998 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
526 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 999 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
527 }; 1000 };
528 1001
529 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1002 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
530 feed $statgrp sub { 1003 feed $statgrp sub {
531 return unless @$entries; 1004 return unless @$entries;
532 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1005 my $entry = shift @$entries;
533 1006
1007 aioreq_pri $pri;
534 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1008 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
535 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1009 if ($_[0] < 0) {
536 push @nondirs, $entry; 1010 push @nondirs, $entry;
537 } else { 1011 } else {
538 # need to check for real directory 1012 # need to check for real directory
1013 aioreq_pri $pri;
539 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub { 1014 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
540 if (-d _) { 1015 if (-d _) {
541 push @dirs, $entry; 1016 push @dirs, $entry;
542 1017
543 unless (--$ndirs) { 1018 unless (--$ndirs) {
556 }; 1031 };
557 1032
558 $grp 1033 $grp
559} 1034}
560 1035
1036=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1037
1038Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1039status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1040uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1041everything else.
1042
1043=cut
1044
1045sub aio_rmtree;
1046sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1047 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1048
1049 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1050 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1051
1052 aioreq_pri $pri;
1053 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1054 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1055
1056 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1057 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1058 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1059 };
1060 };
1061
1062 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1063 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1064
1065 add $grp $dirgrp;
1066 };
1067
1068 $grp
1069}
1070
1071=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1072
1073Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1074
561=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1075=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
562 1076
563Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1077Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
564with the fsync result code. 1078with the fsync result code.
565 1079
568Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1082Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
569callback with the fdatasync result code. 1083callback with the fdatasync result code.
570 1084
571If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1085If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
572detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 1086detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1087
1088=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1089
1090Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1091to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1092sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1093ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1094
1095C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1096C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1097C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1098manpage for details.
1099
1100=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1101
1102This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1103composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1104(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1105specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1106written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1107not just directories.
1108
1109Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1110C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1111
1112Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1113
1114=cut
1115
1116sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1117 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1118
1119 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1120 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1121
1122 aioreq_pri $pri;
1123 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1124 my ($fh) = @_;
1125 if ($fh) {
1126 aioreq_pri $pri;
1127 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1128 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1129
1130 aioreq_pri $pri;
1131 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1132 };
1133 } else {
1134 $grp->result (-1);
1135 }
1136 };
1137
1138 $grp
1139}
1140
1141=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1142
1143This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1144scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1145scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1146scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1147it).
1148
1149It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1150area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1151later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1152is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1153a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1154C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1155
1156=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1157
1158This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1159scalars.
1160
1161It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1162range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1163as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1164C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1165C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1166writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1167
1168=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1169
1170This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1171scalars.
1172
1173It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1174and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1175
1176If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1177
1178On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1179and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1180
1181Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1182documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1183
1184Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1185C<$data> gets destroyed.
1186
1187 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1188 my $data;
1189 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1190 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1191
1192=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1193
1194Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1195C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1196
1197On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1198and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1199
1200Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1201documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1202
1203Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1204
1205 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
573 1206
574=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1207=item aio_group $callback->(...)
575 1208
576This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1209This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
577container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle 1210container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
627=item cancel $req 1260=item cancel $req
628 1261
629Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1262Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
630when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1263when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
631entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1264entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
632untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1265untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
633stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1266currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1267will not be freed prematurely.
634 1268
635=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1269=item cb $req $callback->(...)
636 1270
637Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1271Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
638 1272
689Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1323Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
690will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1324will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
691C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1325C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
692exist. 1326exist.
693 1327
694That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1328That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
695in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1329(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
696group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1330the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
697itself finish. 1331further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1332finished will the the group itself finish.
698 1333
699=over 4 1334=over 4
700 1335
701=item add $grp ... 1336=item add $grp ...
702 1337
711=item $grp->cancel_subs 1346=item $grp->cancel_subs
712 1347
713Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1348Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
714itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early. 1349itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
715 1350
1351The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1352group).
1353
716=item $grp->result (...) 1354=item $grp->result (...)
717 1355
718Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1356Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
719subrequests have finished. By default, no argument will be passed. 1357subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
1358of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
1359no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
1360
1361=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
1362
1363Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
1364when the argument is missing.
1365
1366Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
1367the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
1368default (0).
1369
1370Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
1371before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
720 1372
721=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1373=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
722 1374
723Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1375Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
724generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1376generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
725although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group, 1377although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
726this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1378this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
727example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1379C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
728requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1380delaying any later requests for a long time.
729 1381
730To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1382To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
731instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1383instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
732feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>, 1384feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
733below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more 1385below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
737not impose any limits). 1389not impose any limits).
738 1390
739If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1391If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
740automatically removed from the group. 1392automatically removed from the group.
741 1393
742If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1394If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1395C<2> automatically.
743 1396
744Example: 1397Example:
745 1398
746 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1399 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
747 1400
759Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1412Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
760the group contains less than this many requests. 1413the group contains less than this many requests.
761 1414
762Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1415Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
763 1416
1417The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1418automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1419
764=back 1420=back
765 1421
766=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1422=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
767 1423
1424=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1425
768=over 4 1426=over 4
769 1427
770=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1428=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
771 1429
772Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1430Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
773polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1431polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
774select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1432select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
775to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1433you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
776 1434
777See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1435See C<poll_cb> for an example.
778 1436
779=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1437=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
780 1438
781Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1439Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
782regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1440this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
783when no events are outstanding. 1441were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1442reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1443events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1444C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
1445
1446If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
1447will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1448do anything special to have it called later.
1449
1450Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1451ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1452a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1453available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1454over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1455requests.
784 1456
785Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1457Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
786IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1458IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1459SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
787 1460
788 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1461 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
789 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1462 poll => 'r', async => 1,
790 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1463 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
791 1464
792=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1465=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
793 1466
1467If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
794Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1468phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
795C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 1469does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
796for some requests to finish). 1470synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
797 1471
798See C<nreqs> for an example. 1472See C<nreqs> for an example.
799 1473
1474=item IO::AIO::poll
1475
1476Waits until some requests have been handled.
1477
1478Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1479equivalent to:
1480
1481 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1482
800=item IO::AIO::nreqs 1483=item IO::AIO::flush
801 1484
802Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 1485Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
803callback has not been invoked yet).
804 1486
805Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 1487Strictly equivalent to:
806 1488
807 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1489 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
808 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1490 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
809 1491
810=item IO::AIO::flush 1492=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
811 1493
812Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 1494=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
813 1495
814Strictly equivalent to: 1496These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1497that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1498the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1499C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1500of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
815 1501
816 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1502Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
817 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 1503syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1504callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1505not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
818 1506
819=item IO::AIO::poll 1507Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1508interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1509time.
820 1510
821Waits until some requests have been handled. 1511For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
822 1512
823Strictly equivalent to: 1513Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
1514IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
1515program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
824 1516
825 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 1517 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
826 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 1518 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1519
1520 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
1521 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1522 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
1523 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1524
1525=back
1526
1527=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
1528
1529=over
827 1530
828=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1531=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
829 1532
830Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1533Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
831default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1534default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
832concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 1535concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
833however, is unlimited). 1536however, is unlimited).
834 1537
835IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1538IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
836no free thread exists. 1539no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1540create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1541is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
837 1542
838It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 1543It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
839Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads 1544Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
840(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 1545(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
841versions, 4-32 threads should be fine. 1546versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
855This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1560This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
856that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1561that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
857 1562
858Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1563Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
859 1564
1565=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1566
1567Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1568(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1569timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1570C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1571exit.
1572
1573This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1574to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1575under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1576
1577The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1578creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1579want to use larger values.
1580
1581=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1582
1583Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1584allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1585
860=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1586=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
861 1587
862[REMOVED]
863
864Pre-2.x versions used max_outstanding for a crude request queue length limit.
865
866In 2.x+ you are advised to use a group and a feeder to limit
867concurrency. The max_outstanding feature ran very unstable (endless
868recursions causing segfaults, bad interaction with groups etc.) and was
869removed.
870
871I am deeply sorry, but I am still on the hunt for a good limiting interface.
872
873Original description was as follows:
874
875Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you try 1588Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
876to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1589you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
877some requests have been handled. 1590C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1591C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1592longer exceeded.
1593
1594In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1595used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
1596
1597This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1598blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1599use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
1600
1601It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
1602a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1603
1604 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1605
1606 for my $path (...) {
1607 aio_stat $path , ...;
1608 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1609 }
1610
1611 IO::AIO::flush;
1612
1613The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1614as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1615some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1616number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1617
1618The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1619practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
878 1620
879=back 1621=back
880 1622
1623=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1624
1625=over
1626
1627=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1628
1629Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1630states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1631
1632Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1633
1634 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1635 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1636
1637=item IO::AIO::nready
1638
1639Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1640executed).
1641
1642=item IO::AIO::npending
1643
1644Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1645but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1646
1647=back
1648
1649=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1650
1651IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1652asynchronous.
1653
1654=over 4
1655
1656=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1657
1658Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1659but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1660likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1661operations).
1662
1663Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1664
1665=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1666
1667Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1668manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1669avaiable: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1670C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1671C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1672
1673On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1674ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1675
1676=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1677
1678Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1679manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1680avaiable: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1681C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1682
1683On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1684ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1685
1686=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1687
1688Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1689$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1690constants are avaiable: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1691C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1692
1693On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1694ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1695
1696=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1697
1698Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1699given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1700
1701The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1702change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1703or searching it with regexes and so on.
1704
1705Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1706
1707The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1708when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1709C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1710
1711This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1712page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1713
1714The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1715filesize.
1716
1717C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1718C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1719
1720C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1721C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1722not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1723(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1724constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1725C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1726C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1727
1728If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1729
1730C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1731a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1732
1733Example:
1734
1735 use Digest::MD5;
1736 use IO::AIO;
1737
1738 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1739 or die "$!";
1740
1741 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1742 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1743
1744 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1745
1746=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1747
1748Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1749
1750=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1751
1752Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1753C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1754
1755=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1756
1757Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1758
1759On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1760ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1761
1762=back
1763
881=cut 1764=cut
882 1765
883# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
884sub _fd2fh {
885 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
886
887 # try to generate nice filehandles
888 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
889 local *$sym;
890
891 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
892 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
893 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
894 or return undef;
895
896 *$sym
897}
898
899min_parallel 8; 1766min_parallel 8;
900 1767
901END { 1768END { flush }
902 max_parallel 0;
903}
904 1769
9051; 17701;
906 1771
1772=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1773
1774It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1775automatically into many event loops:
1776
1777 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1778 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1779
1780You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1781some examples of how to do this:
1782
1783 # EV integration
1784 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1785
1786 # Event integration
1787 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1788 poll => 'r',
1789 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1790
1791 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1792 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1793 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1794
1795 # Tk integration
1796 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1797 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1798
1799 # Danga::Socket integration
1800 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1801 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1802
907=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1803=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
908 1804
909This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1805Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1806considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1807fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1808with defined behaviour in perl. IO::AIO uses pthreads, so this applies,
1809but many other extensions and (for inexplicable reasons) perl itself often
1810is linked against pthreads, so this limitation applies.
910 1811
911Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1812Some operating systems have extensions that allow safe use of fork, and
912can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1813this module should do "the right thing" on those, and tries on others. At
913the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1814the time of this writing (2011) only GNU/Linux supports these extensions
914request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue 1815to POSIX.
915(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
916parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
917parent process has been reached again.
918
919In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
920not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
921yet.
922 1816
923=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1817=head2 MEMORY USAGE
924 1818
925Per-request usage: 1819Per-request usage:
926 1820
928bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1822bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
929a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1823a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
930scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and 1824scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
931will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1825will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
932 1826
933This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1827This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
934problem. 1828problem.
935 1829
936Per-thread usage: 1830Per-thread usage:
937 1831
938In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 1832In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
943 1837
944Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1838Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
945 1839
946=head1 SEE ALSO 1840=head1 SEE ALSO
947 1841
948L<Coro::AIO>. 1842L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1843more natural syntax.
949 1844
950=head1 AUTHOR 1845=head1 AUTHOR
951 1846
952 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1847 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
953 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1848 http://home.schmorp.de/

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