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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 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
24 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29
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
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 36 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 38
25 # Glib/Gtk2 39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb, 1 }; 41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 42
29 # Tk 43 # Tk integration
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32 46
33 # Danga::Socket 47 # Danga::Socket integration
34 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
35 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36 50
37
38=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
39 52
40This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
41operating system supports. 54operating system supports.
42 55
43Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
44and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
45perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 58in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
46pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 59to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
47aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
48not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal
49for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 62files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
50remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway.
51 65
52Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 66Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)
53currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
70
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl.
75
76If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
77object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
78which saves a bit of memory.
79
80The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
81are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
82
83During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
84in order:
85
86=over 4
87
88=item ready
89
90Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
91waiting for a thread to execute it.
92
93=item execute
94
95A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
96executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
97
98=item pending
99
100The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
101
102While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
103processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
104(or another function with the same effect).
105
106=item result
107
108The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
109
110The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
111calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
112any groups they are contained in.
113
114=item done
115
116Request 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
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error).
54 120
55=cut 121=cut
56 122
57package IO::AIO; 123package IO::AIO;
58 124
125no warnings;
126use strict 'vars';
127
59use base 'Exporter'; 128use base 'Exporter';
60 129
61use Fcntl ();
62
63BEGIN { 130BEGIN {
64 $VERSION = 0.5; 131 our $VERSION = '2.0';
65 132
66 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
67 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
68 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
136 aio_group aio_nop);
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending);
140
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
69 142
70 require XSLoader; 143 require XSLoader;
71 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
72} 145}
73 146
74=head1 FUNCTIONS 147=head1 FUNCTIONS
75 148
76=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
81which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
82the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike 155the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
83perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given 156perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
84syscall has been executed asynchronously. 157syscall has been executed asynchronously.
85 158
86All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished.
87 161
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164
88The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
89for this is that at the time the request is being executed, the current 166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
90working directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure 167request is being executed, the current working directory could have
91that you never change the current working directory. 168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
169current working directory.
170
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
173etc.), 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
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else.
92 177
93=over 4 178=over 4
94 179
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181
182Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
183C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
184
185The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
186and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
187first.
188
189The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
190functions.
191
192Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
193higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
194open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
195
196 aioreq_pri -3;
197 aio_open ..., sub {
198 return unless $_[0];
199
200 aioreq_pri -2;
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ...
203 };
204 };
205
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative.
210
95=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
96 212
97Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 213Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
98created filehandle for the file. 214created filehandle for the file.
99 215
100The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 216The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
117 } else { 233 } else {
118 die "open failed: $!\n"; 234 die "open failed: $!\n";
119 } 235 }
120 }; 236 };
121 237
122=item aio_close $fh, $callback 238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
123 239
124Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
125code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
126filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another 242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
127time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls 243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
128C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope. 244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
129 245
130This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
131therefore best to avoid this function. 247therefore best to avoid this function.
132 248
133=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
134 250
135=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
136 252
137Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
138into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
139callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
140like the syscall). 256like the syscall).
141 257
258The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
259is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
260necessary/optional hardware is installed).
261
142Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 262Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
143offset C<0> within the scalar: 263offset C<0> within the scalar:
144 264
145 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
146 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
147 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
148 }; 268 };
149 269
270=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
271
272Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
273destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
274the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
275
276This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
277rename files with C<EXDEV>, it creates the destination file with mode 0200
278and copies the contents of the source file into it using C<aio_sendfile>,
279followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, in that
280order, and unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
281
282If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
283possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
284errors are being ignored.
285
286=cut
287
288sub aio_move($$$) {
289 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
290
291 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
292 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
293
294 aioreq_pri $pri;
295 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
296 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
297 aioreq_pri $pri;
298 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
299 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
300 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
301
302 aioreq_pri $pri;
303 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_WRONLY, 0200, sub {
304 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
305 aioreq_pri $pri;
306 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
307 close $src_fh;
308
309 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
310 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
311 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
312 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
313 close $dst_fh;
314
315 aioreq_pri $pri;
316 add $grp aio_unlink $src, sub {
317 $grp->result ($_[0]);
318 };
319 } else {
320 my $errno = $!;
321 aioreq_pri $pri;
322 add $grp aio_unlink $dst, sub {
323 $! = $errno;
324 $grp->result (-1);
325 };
326 }
327 };
328 } else {
329 $grp->result (-1);
330 }
331 },
332
333 } else {
334 $grp->result (-1);
335 }
336 };
337 } else {
338 $grp->result ($_[0]);
339 }
340 };
341
342 $grp
343}
344
345=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
346
347Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
348reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
349file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
350than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
351other.
352
353This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
354zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
355socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
356
357If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
358emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
359regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
360
361Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
362C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
363bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
364provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
365value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
366read.
367
150=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 368=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
151
152Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
153the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS
154isn't Linux) the status will be C<-1> and C<$!> is set to C<ENOSYS>.
155 369
156C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 370C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
157subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 371subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
158argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 372argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
159C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 373C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
160whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 374whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
161and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 375and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
162(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the 376(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
163file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 377file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
164 378
379If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
380emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
381
165=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 382=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
166 383
167=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 384=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
168 385
169Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 386Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
170be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 387be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
171or C<-s _> etc... 388or C<-s _> etc...
172 389
182 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 399 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
183 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 400 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
184 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 401 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
185 }; 402 };
186 403
187=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 404=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
188 405
189Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 406Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
190result code. 407result code.
191 408
409=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
410
411Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
412the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
413
414=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
415
416Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
417the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
418
419=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
420
421Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
422rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
423
424=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
425
426Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
427result code.
428
429=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
430
431Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
432directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
433sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
434
435The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
436with the filenames.
437
438=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
439
440Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
441efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
442names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
443recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
444
445C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
446C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
447this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
448will be chosen (currently 4).
449
450On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
451two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
452
453Example:
454
455 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
456 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
457 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
458 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
459 };
460
461Implementation notes.
462
463The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
464
465After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
466directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
467isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
468entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
469of subdirectories will be assumed.
470
471Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
472a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
473else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
474likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
475is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
476seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
477filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
478data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
479
480If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
481rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
482
483This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
484fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
485
486It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
487as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
488directory counting heuristic.
489
490=cut
491
492sub aio_scandir($$$) {
493 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
494
495 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
496
497 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
498
499 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
500
501 # stat once
502 aioreq_pri $pri;
503 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
504 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
505 my $now = time;
506 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
507
508 # read the directory entries
509 aioreq_pri $pri;
510 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
511 my $entries = shift
512 or return $grp->result ();
513
514 # stat the dir another time
515 aioreq_pri $pri;
516 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
517 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
518
519 my $ndirs;
520
521 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
522 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
523 $ndirs = -1;
524 } else {
525 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
526 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
527 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
528 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
529 }
530
531 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
532 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
533 $entries = [map $_->[0],
534 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
535 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
536 @$entries];
537
538 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
539
540 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
541 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
542 };
543
544 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
545 feed $statgrp sub {
546 return unless @$entries;
547 my $entry = pop @$entries;
548
549 aioreq_pri $pri;
550 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
551 if ($_[0] < 0) {
552 push @nondirs, $entry;
553 } else {
554 # need to check for real directory
555 aioreq_pri $pri;
556 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
557 if (-d _) {
558 push @dirs, $entry;
559
560 unless (--$ndirs) {
561 push @nondirs, @$entries;
562 feed $statgrp;
563 }
564 } else {
565 push @nondirs, $entry;
566 }
567 }
568 }
569 };
570 };
571 };
572 };
573 };
574
575 $grp
576}
577
192=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 578=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
193 579
194Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 580Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
195with the fsync result code. 581with the fsync result code.
196 582
197=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 583=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
198 584
199Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 585Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
200callback with the fdatasync result code. Might set C<$!> to C<ENOSYS> if 586callback with the fdatasync result code.
201C<fdatasync> is not available. 587
588If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
589detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
590
591=item aio_group $callback->(...)
592
593This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
594container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
595many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
596and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
597
598Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
599for more info.
600
601Example:
602
603 my $grp = aio_group sub {
604 print "all stats done\n";
605 };
606
607 add $grp
608 (aio_stat ...),
609 (aio_stat ...),
610 ...;
611
612=item aio_nop $callback->()
613
614This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
615side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
616that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
617code.
618
619While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
620phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
621be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
622entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
623latency.
624
625=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
626
627Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
628the request workers to sleep for the given time.
629
630While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
631like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
632immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
633except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
634
635=back
636
637=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
638
639All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
640called in non-void context.
641
642=over 4
643
644=item cancel $req
645
646Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
647when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
648entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
649untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
650stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
651
652=item cb $req $callback->(...)
653
654Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
655
656=back
657
658=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
659
660This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
661objects of this class, too.
662
663A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
664aio requests.
665
666You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
667callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
668C<done> state:
669
670 my $grp = aio_group sub {
671 print "all requests are done\n";
672 };
673
674You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
675C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
676
677 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
678
679 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
680 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
681
682 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
683 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
684 $grp->result ("ok");
685 };
686 };
687
688This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
689C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
690
691=over 4
692
693=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
694C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
695
696=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
697only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
698
699=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
700
701=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
702any later time).
703
704=back
705
706Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
707will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
708C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
709exist.
710
711That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
712in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
713group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
714itself finish.
715
716=over 4
717
718=item add $grp ...
719
720=item $grp->add (...)
721
722Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
723be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
724dependencies.
725
726Returns all its arguments.
727
728=item $grp->cancel_subs
729
730Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
731itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
732
733=item $grp->result (...)
734
735Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
736subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value
737of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
738no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
739
740=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
741
742Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
743when the argument is missing.
744
745Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
746the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
747default (0).
748
749Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
750before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
751
752=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
753
754Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
755generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
756although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
757this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
758example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
759requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
760
761To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
762instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
763feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
764below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
765requests.
766
767The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
768not impose any limits).
769
770If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
771automatically removed from the group.
772
773If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
774
775Example:
776
777 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
778
779 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
780 limit $grp 4;
781 feed $grp sub {
782 my $file = pop @files
783 or return;
784
785 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
786 };
787
788=item limit $grp $num
789
790Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
791the group contains less than this many requests.
792
793Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
202 794
203=back 795=back
204 796
205=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 797=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
206 798
219 811
220Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 812Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
221regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 813regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
222when no events are outstanding. 814when no events are outstanding.
223 815
816If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
817will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
818
224Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 819Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
225IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 820IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
226 821
227 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 822 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
228 poll => 'r', async => 1, 823 poll => 'r', async => 1,
229 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 824 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
230 825
826=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests
827
828Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests
829at a time.
830
831Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is
832not fast enough to process all requests in time.
833
834Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
835IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
836program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
837
838 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
839 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
840 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });
841
231=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 842=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
232 843
233Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 844Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
234C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 845C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
235for some requests to finish). 846for some requests to finish).
236 847
237See C<nreqs> for an example. 848See C<nreqs> for an example.
238 849
239=item IO::AIO::nreqs 850=item IO::AIO::nreqs
240 851
241Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 852Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
242callback has not been invoked yet). 853states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
243 854
244Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 855Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
245 856
246 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 857 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
247 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 858 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
248 859
860=item IO::AIO::nready
861
862Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
863executed).
864
865=item IO::AIO::npending
866
867Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
868but not yet processed by poll_cb).
869
249=item IO::AIO::flush 870=item IO::AIO::flush
250 871
251Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 872Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
252 873
253Strictly equivalent to: 874Strictly equivalent to:
264 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 885 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
265 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 886 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
266 887
267=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 888=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
268 889
269Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 890Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
270C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 891default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
271(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 892concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
893however, is unlimited).
272 894
895IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
896no free thread exists.
897
273It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 898It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
274kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 899Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
275parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 900(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
276threads should be fine. 901versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
277 902
278Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 903Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
279module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 904module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
280and is currently 4).
281 905
282=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 906=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
283 907
284Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 908Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
285the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 909specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
286function blocks until the limit is reached. 910them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
911
912While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
913until the number of threads has been increased again.
287 914
288This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 915This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
289that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 916that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
290 917
291Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 918Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
292 919
293=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 920=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
921
922This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
923blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
924use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
294 925
295Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 926Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
296try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 927to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
297some requests have been handled. 928C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
929function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
298 930
299The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 931The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
300queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 932number of outstanding requests.
301this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
302 933
303Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 934You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
935C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
936as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
304 937
305=back 938=back
306 939
307=cut 940=cut
308 941
309# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 942# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
310sub _fd2fh { 943sub _fd2fh {
311 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 944 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
312 945
313 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 946 # try to generate nice filehandles
314 local *AIO_FH; 947 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
315 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 948 local *$sym;
949
950 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
951 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
952 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
316 or return undef; 953 or return undef;
317 954
318 *AIO_FH 955 *$sym
319} 956}
320 957
321min_parallel 4; 958min_parallel 8;
322
323END {
324 max_parallel 0;
325}
326 959
3271; 9601;
328 961
962=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
963
964This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
965
966Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
967can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
968the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
969request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
970(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
971parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
972parent process has been reached again.
973
974In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
975not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
976yet.
977
978=head2 MEMORY USAGE
979
980Per-request usage:
981
982Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
983bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
984a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
985scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
986will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
987
988This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
989problem.
990
991Per-thread usage:
992
993In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
994temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
995structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
996
997=head1 KNOWN BUGS
998
999Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1000
329=head1 SEE ALSO 1001=head1 SEE ALSO
330 1002
331L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1003L<Coro::AIO>.
332 1004
333=head1 AUTHOR 1005=head1 AUTHOR
334 1006
335 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1007 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
336 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1008 http://home.schmorp.de/

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