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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 = '4.0';
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
178 aio_fsync aio_syncfs aio_fdatasync aio_sync_file_range aio_fallocate
179 aio_pathsync aio_readahead
180 aio_rename aio_link aio_move aio_copy aio_group
181 aio_nop aio_mknod aio_load aio_rmtree aio_mkdir aio_chown
182 aio_chmod aio_utime aio_truncate
183 aio_msync aio_mtouch aio_mlock aio_mlockall
136 aio_group aio_nop); 184 aio_statvfs);
185
137 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice)); 186 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
138 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush 187 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
139 min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending); 188 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
189 nreqs nready npending nthreads
190 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
191 sendfile fadvise madvise
192 mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
193
194 push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
140 195
141 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ'; 196 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
142 197
143 require XSLoader; 198 require XSLoader;
144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION); 199 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
145} 200}
146 201
147=head1 FUNCTIONS 202=head1 FUNCTIONS
148 203
204=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
205
206This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
207for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
208documentation.
209
210 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
211 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
212 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
213 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
214 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
215 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
216 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
217 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
218 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
219 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
220 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
221 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
222 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
223 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
224 aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
225 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
226 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
227 aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
228 aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
229 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
230 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
231 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
232 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
233 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
234 IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
235 IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
236 aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
237 aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
238 aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
239 aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
240 aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
241 aio_sync $callback->($status)
242 aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
243 aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
244 aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
245 aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
246 aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
247 aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
248 aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
249 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
250 aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
251 aio_group $callback->(...)
252 aio_nop $callback->()
253
254 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
255 aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
256
257 IO::AIO::poll_wait
258 IO::AIO::poll_cb
259 IO::AIO::poll
260 IO::AIO::flush
261 IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
262 IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
263 IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
264 IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
265 IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
266 IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
267 IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
268 IO::AIO::nreqs
269 IO::AIO::nready
270 IO::AIO::npending
271
272 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
273 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
274 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
275 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
276 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
277 IO::AIO::munlockall
278
149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 279=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
150 280
151All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 281All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
152with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 282with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
153and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 283and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 284which 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 285the 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 286perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
157syscall has been executed asynchronously. 287syscall has been executed asynchronously.
158 288
159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 289All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished. 290internally until the request has finished.
161 291
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further 292All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. 293further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164 294
165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 295The 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 296encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
167request is being executed, the current working directory could have 297request is being executed, the current working directory could have
168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 298changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
169current working directory. 299current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
300paths.
170 301
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 302To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 303in 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 304tinkering, 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 305your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 306environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else. 307use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
308
309This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
310handles correctly whether it is set or not.
177 311
178=over 4 312=over 4
179 313
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 314=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181 315
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { 335 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ... 336 ...
203 }; 337 };
204 }; 338 };
205 339
340
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust 341=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207 342
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current 343Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative. 344priority, so the effect is cumulative.
345
210 346
211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 347=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
212 348
213Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 349Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
214created filehandle for the file. 350created filehandle for the file.
220list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. 356list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
221 357
222Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it 358Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
223didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, 359didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
224except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, 360except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
225and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). 361and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
362by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
363change the umask.
226 364
227Example: 365Example:
228 366
229 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 367 aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
230 if ($_[0]) { 368 if ($_[0]) {
231 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; 369 print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
232 ... 370 ...
233 } else { 371 } else {
234 die "open failed: $!\n"; 372 die "open failed: $!\n";
235 } 373 }
236 }; 374 };
237 375
376In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
377C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
378following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
379your system are, as usual, C<0>):
380
381C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
382C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
383C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
384
385
238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 386=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
239 387
240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 388Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 389code.
242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
245 390
246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's 391Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
247therefore best to avoid this function. 392closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
393
394Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
395use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
396(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
397
398Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
399free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
400
401=cut
248 402
249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 403=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
250 404
251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 405=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
252 406
253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 407Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 408C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 409and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
256like the syscall). 410error, just like the syscall).
411
412C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
413offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
414
415If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
416be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
417changed by these calls.
418
419If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
420C<$data>.
421
422If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
423C<$data>.
257 424
258The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request 425The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
259is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the 426is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
260necessary/optional hardware is installed). 427the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
261 428
262Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at 429Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
263offset C<0> within the scalar: 430offset C<0> within the scalar:
264 431
265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 432 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 433 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 434 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
268 }; 435 };
269 436
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}
344 437
345=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 438=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
346 439
347Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 440Tries 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 441reading 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 442file 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 443than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
351other. 444other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
445move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
352 446
447Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
448are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
449read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
450number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
451C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
452
453Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
454C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
455the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
456the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
457into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
458fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
459data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
460the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
461resource usage.
462
353This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide 463This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
354zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a 464provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
355socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file. 465a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
356 466
357If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be 467If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
358emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle 468C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
469C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
359regardless of the limitations of the operating system. 470type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
360 471
361Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from 472As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
362C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many 473together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
363bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only 474on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
364provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result 475in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
365value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been 476so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
366read. 477fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
478
367 479
368=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 480=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
369 481
370C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that 482C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
371subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 483subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
377file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 489file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
378 490
379If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be 491If 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. 492emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
381 493
494
382=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 495=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
383 496
384=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 497=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
385 498
386Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 499Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
391for an explanation. 504for an explanation.
392 505
393Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an 506Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
394error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated 507error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
395unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. 508unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
509
510To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
511following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
512be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
513behaviour).
514
515C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
516C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
517C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
396 518
397Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: 519Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
398 520
399 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 521 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
400 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 522 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
401 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 523 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
402 }; 524 };
403 525
526
527=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
528
529Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
530whether a file handle or path was passed.
531
532On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
533members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
534C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
535is passed.
536
537The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
538C<ST_NOSUID>.
539
540The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
541their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
542not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
543C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
544C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
545
546Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
547
548 aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
549 my $f = $_[0]
550 or die "statvfs: $!";
551
552 use Data::Dumper;
553 say Dumper $f;
554 };
555
556 # result:
557 {
558 bsize => 1024,
559 bfree => 4333064312,
560 blocks => 10253828096,
561 files => 2050765568,
562 flag => 4096,
563 favail => 2042092649,
564 bavail => 4333064312,
565 ffree => 2042092649,
566 namemax => 255,
567 frsize => 1024,
568 fsid => 1810
569 }
570
571
572=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
573
574Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
575and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
576syscalls support them.
577
578When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
579utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
580otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
581
582Examples:
583
584 # set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
585 aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
586 # set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
587 aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
588
589
590=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
591
592Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
593or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
594
595Examples:
596
597 # same as "chown root path" in the shell:
598 aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
599 # same as above:
600 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
601
602
603=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
604
605Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
606
607
608=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
609
610Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
611
612
404=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 613=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
405 614
406Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 615Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
407result code. 616result code.
408 617
618
619=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
620
621[EXPERIMENTAL]
622
623Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
624
625The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
626
627 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
628
629See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
630and functions.
631
409=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 632=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
410 633
411Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 634Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
412the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code. 635the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
413 636
637
414=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 638=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
415 639
416Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at 640Asynchronously 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. 641the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
418 642
643
644=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
645
646Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
647the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
648callback.
649
650
651=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
652
653Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
654C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
655L<Cwd::realpath>).
656
657This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
658directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
659
660
419=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 661=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
420 662
421Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as 663Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
422rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 664rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
423 665
666
667=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
668
669Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
670the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
671request is executed, so do not change your umask.
672
673
424=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 674=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
425 675
426Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 676Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
427result code. 677result code.
678
428 679
429=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 680=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
430 681
431Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire 682Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
432directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be 683directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
433sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 684sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
434 685
435The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 686The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
436with the filenames. 687array-ref with the filenames.
688
689
690=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
691
692Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
693tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
694C<undef>.
695
696The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
697flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
698
699=over 4
700
701=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
702
703When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
704names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
705C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
706entry in more detail.
707
708C<$name> is the name of the entry.
709
710C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
711
712C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
713C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
714C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
715
716C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
717know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
718scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
719
720C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
721bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
722systems that do not deliver the inode information.
723
724=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
725
726When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
727likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
728you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
729while avoiding to stat() each entry.
730
731If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
732to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
733beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
734short names are tried first.
735
736=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
737
738When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
739suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
740all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
741be fastest.
742
743If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
744the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
745
746=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
747
748This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
749is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
750C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
751C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
752
753=back
754
755
756=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
757
758This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
759memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
760
761=cut
762
763sub aio_load($$;$) {
764 my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
765 my $data = \$_[1];
766
767 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
768 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
769
770 aioreq_pri $pri;
771 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
772 my $fh = shift
773 or return $grp->result (-1);
774
775 aioreq_pri $pri;
776 add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
777 $grp->result ($_[0]);
778 };
779 };
780
781 $grp
782}
783
784=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
785
786Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
787destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
788a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
789
790This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
791mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
792C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
793uid/gid, in that order.
794
795If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
796possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
797errors are being ignored.
798
799=cut
800
801sub aio_copy($$;$) {
802 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
803
804 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
805 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
806
807 aioreq_pri $pri;
808 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
809 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
810 my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
811
812 aioreq_pri $pri;
813 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
814 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
815 aioreq_pri $pri;
816 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
817 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
818 $grp->result (0);
819 close $src_fh;
820
821 my $ch = sub {
822 aioreq_pri $pri;
823 add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
824 aioreq_pri $pri;
825 add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
826 aioreq_pri $pri;
827 add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
828 }
829 };
830 };
831
832 aioreq_pri $pri;
833 add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
834 if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
835 aioreq_pri $pri;
836 add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
837 } else {
838 $ch->();
839 }
840 };
841 } else {
842 $grp->result (-1);
843 close $src_fh;
844 close $dst_fh;
845
846 aioreq $pri;
847 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
848 }
849 };
850 } else {
851 $grp->result (-1);
852 }
853 },
854
855 } else {
856 $grp->result (-1);
857 }
858 };
859
860 $grp
861}
862
863=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
864
865Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
866destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
867a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
868
869This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
870rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
871that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
872
873=cut
874
875sub aio_move($$;$) {
876 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
877
878 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
879 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
880
881 aioreq_pri $pri;
882 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
883 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
884 aioreq_pri $pri;
885 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
886 $grp->result ($_[0]);
887
888 unless ($_[0]) {
889 aioreq_pri $pri;
890 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
891 }
892 };
893 } else {
894 $grp->result ($_[0]);
895 }
896 };
897
898 $grp
899}
437 900
438=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 901=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
439 902
440Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to 903Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
441efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of 904efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
460 923
461Implementation notes. 924Implementation notes.
462 925
463The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 926The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
464 927
928If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
929find directories.
930
465After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 931Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
466directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and 932of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
467isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many 933match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
468entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number 934how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
469of subdirectories will be assumed. 935number of subdirectories will be assumed.
470 936
471Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without 937Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
472a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything 938currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
473else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, 939entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
474likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry 940in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
475is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked 941entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
476seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because 942separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
477filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode 943filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
478data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). 944data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
945the filetype information on readdir.
479 946
480If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the 947If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
481rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. 948rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
482 949
483This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which 950This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
487as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the 954as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
488directory counting heuristic. 955directory counting heuristic.
489 956
490=cut 957=cut
491 958
492sub aio_scandir($$$) { 959sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
493 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 960 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
494 961
495 my $pri = aioreq_pri; 962 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
496 963
497 my $grp = aio_group $cb; 964 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
505 my $now = time; 972 my $now = time;
506 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 973 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
507 974
508 # read the directory entries 975 # read the directory entries
509 aioreq_pri $pri; 976 aioreq_pri $pri;
510 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub { 977 add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
511 my $entries = shift 978 my $entries = shift
512 or return $grp->result (); 979 or return $grp->result ();
513 980
514 # stat the dir another time 981 # stat the dir another time
515 aioreq_pri $pri; 982 aioreq_pri $pri;
521 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 988 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
522 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) { 989 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
523 $ndirs = -1; 990 $ndirs = -1;
524 } else { 991 } else {
525 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 992 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
526 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 993 # for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
527 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 994 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
528 or return $grp->result ([], $entries); 995 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
529 } 996 }
530 997
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); 998 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
539 999
540 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub { 1000 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
541 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs); 1001 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
542 }; 1002 };
543 1003
544 limit $statgrp $maxreq; 1004 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
545 feed $statgrp sub { 1005 feed $statgrp sub {
546 return unless @$entries; 1006 return unless @$entries;
547 my $entry = pop @$entries; 1007 my $entry = shift @$entries;
548 1008
549 aioreq_pri $pri; 1009 aioreq_pri $pri;
550 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub { 1010 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
551 if ($_[0] < 0) { 1011 if ($_[0] < 0) {
552 push @nondirs, $entry; 1012 push @nondirs, $entry;
573 }; 1033 };
574 1034
575 $grp 1035 $grp
576} 1036}
577 1037
1038=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
1039
1040Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
1041status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
1042uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
1043everything else.
1044
1045=cut
1046
1047sub aio_rmtree;
1048sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
1049 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1050
1051 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1052 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1053
1054 aioreq_pri $pri;
1055 add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
1056 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
1057
1058 my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
1059 add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
1060 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1061 };
1062 };
1063
1064 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
1065 (aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
1066
1067 add $grp $dirgrp;
1068 };
1069
1070 $grp
1071}
1072
1073=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
1074
1075Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
1076
578=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 1077=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
579 1078
580Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 1079Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
581with the fsync result code. 1080with the fsync result code.
582 1081
585Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 1084Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
586callback with the fdatasync result code. 1085callback with the fdatasync result code.
587 1086
588If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 1087If 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. 1088detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
1089
1090=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
1091
1092Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
1093to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
1094code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
1095errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
1096
1097=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
1098
1099Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
1100to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
1101sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
1102ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
1103
1104C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
1105C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
1106C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
1107manpage for details.
1108
1109=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
1110
1111This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
1112composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
1113(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
1114specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
1115written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
1116not just directories.
1117
1118Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
1119C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
1120
1121Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
1122
1123=cut
1124
1125sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
1126 my ($path, $cb) = @_;
1127
1128 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
1129 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
1130
1131 aioreq_pri $pri;
1132 add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
1133 my ($fh) = @_;
1134 if ($fh) {
1135 aioreq_pri $pri;
1136 add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
1137 $grp->result ($_[0]);
1138
1139 aioreq_pri $pri;
1140 add $grp aio_close $fh;
1141 };
1142 } else {
1143 $grp->result (-1);
1144 }
1145 };
1146
1147 $grp
1148}
1149
1150=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1151
1152This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
1153scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
1154scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
1155scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
1156it).
1157
1158It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
1159area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
1160later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
1161is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
1162a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
1163C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
1164
1165=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
1166
1167This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1168scalars.
1169
1170It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
1171range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
1172as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
1173C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
1174C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
1175writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
1176
1177=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
1178
1179This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
1180scalars.
1181
1182It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
1183and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
1184
1185If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
1186
1187On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
1188and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1189
1190Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
1191documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1192
1193Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
1194C<$data> gets destroyed.
1195
1196 open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
1197 my $data;
1198 IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
1199 aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
1200
1201=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
1202
1203Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
1204C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
1205
1206On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
1207and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
1208
1209Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
1210documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
1211
1212Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
1213
1214 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
590 1215
591=item aio_group $callback->(...) 1216=item aio_group $callback->(...)
592 1217
593This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a 1218This 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 1219container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
644=item cancel $req 1269=item cancel $req
645 1270
646Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution 1271Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
647when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when 1272when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
648entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise 1273entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
649untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be 1274untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
650stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely. 1275currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
1276will not be freed prematurely.
651 1277
652=item cb $req $callback->(...) 1278=item cb $req $callback->(...)
653 1279
654Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. 1280Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
655 1281
706Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they 1332Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
707will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the 1333will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
708C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to 1334C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
709exist. 1335exist.
710 1336
711That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And 1337That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
712in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the 1338(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
713group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group 1339the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
714itself finish. 1340further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
1341finished will the the group itself finish.
715 1342
716=over 4 1343=over 4
717 1344
718=item add $grp ... 1345=item add $grp ...
719 1346
728=item $grp->cancel_subs 1355=item $grp->cancel_subs
729 1356
730Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request 1357Cancel 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. 1358itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
732 1359
1360The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
1361group).
1362
733=item $grp->result (...) 1363=item $grp->result (...)
734 1364
735Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all 1365Set 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 1366subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
737of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default, 1367of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
738no argument will be passed and errno is zero. 1368no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
739 1369
740=item $grp->errno ([$errno]) 1370=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
741 1371
752=item feed $grp $callback->($grp) 1382=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
753 1383
754Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached 1384Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
755generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that, 1385generator 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, 1386although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
757this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For 1387this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
758example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> 1388C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
759requests, delaying any later requests for a long time. 1389delaying any later requests for a long time.
760 1390
761To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can 1391To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
762instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The 1392instead 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>, 1393feed 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 1394below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
768not impose any limits). 1398not impose any limits).
769 1399
770If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be 1400If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
771automatically removed from the group. 1401automatically removed from the group.
772 1402
773If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically. 1403If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
1404C<2> automatically.
774 1405
775Example: 1406Example:
776 1407
777 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: 1408 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
778 1409
790Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever 1421Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
791the group contains less than this many requests. 1422the group contains less than this many requests.
792 1423
793Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process. 1424Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
794 1425
1426The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
1427automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
1428
795=back 1429=back
796 1430
797=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 1431=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
798 1432
1433=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1434
799=over 4 1435=over 4
800 1436
801=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 1437=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
802 1438
803Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be 1439Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
804polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or 1440polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
805select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have 1441select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
806to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. 1442you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
807 1443
808See C<poll_cb> for an example. 1444See C<poll_cb> for an example.
809 1445
810=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 1446=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
811 1447
812Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 1448Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
813regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 1449this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
814when no events are outstanding. 1450were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
1451reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1452events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
1453C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
815 1454
816If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle 1455If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
817will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns. 1456will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
1457do anything special to have it called later.
1458
1459Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
1460ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
1461a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
1462available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
1463over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
1464requests.
818 1465
819Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1466Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
820IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 1467IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
1468SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
821 1469
822 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1470 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
823 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1471 poll => 'r', async => 1,
824 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1472 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
825 1473
826=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests 1474=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
827 1475
828Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests 1476If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
829at a time. 1477phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
1478does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
1479synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
830 1480
831Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is 1481See C<nreqs> for an example.
832not fast enough to process all requests in time. 1482
1483=item IO::AIO::poll
1484
1485Waits until some requests have been handled.
1486
1487Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
1488equivalent to:
1489
1490 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1491
1492=item IO::AIO::flush
1493
1494Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
1495
1496Strictly equivalent to:
1497
1498 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1499 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1500
1501=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
1502
1503=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
1504
1505These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
1506that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
1507the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
1508C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
1509of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
1510
1511Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
1512syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
1513callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
1514not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
1515
1516Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
1517interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
1518time.
1519
1520For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
833 1521
834Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 1522Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
835IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the 1523IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
836program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. 1524program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
837 1525
1526 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
1527 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
1528
1529 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
838 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1530 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
839 poll => 'r', nice => 1, 1531 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
840 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 }); 1532 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
841 1533
842=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 1534=back
843 1535
844Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 1536=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
845C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
846for some requests to finish).
847 1537
848See C<nreqs> for an example. 1538=over
849
850=item IO::AIO::nreqs
851
852Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
853states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
854
855Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
856
857 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
858 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
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
870=item IO::AIO::flush
871
872Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
873
874Strictly equivalent to:
875
876 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
877 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
878
879=item IO::AIO::poll
880
881Waits until some requests have been handled.
882
883Strictly equivalent to:
884
885 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
886 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
887 1539
888=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1540=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
889 1541
890Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current 1542Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
891default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute 1543default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
892concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, 1544concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
893however, is unlimited). 1545however, is unlimited).
894 1546
895IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1547IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
896no free thread exists. 1548no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1549create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1550is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
897 1551
898It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some 1552It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
899Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads 1553Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
900(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 1554(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
901versions, 4-32 threads should be fine. 1555versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
915This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1569This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
916that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1570that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
917 1571
918Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1572Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
919 1573
1574=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1575
1576Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
1577(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
1578timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
1579C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
1580exit.
1581
1582This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1583to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1584under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1585
1586The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1587creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1588want to use larger values.
1589
1590=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
1591
1592Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
1593allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
1594
920=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs 1595=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1596
1597Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
1598you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
1599C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
1600C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
1601longer exceeded.
1602
1603In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
1604used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
921 1605
922This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it 1606This 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 1607blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
924use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback. 1608use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
925 1609
926Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1610It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
927to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the 1611a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
928C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
929function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
930 1612
931The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the 1613 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
932number of outstanding requests.
933 1614
934You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, 1615 for my $path (...) {
935C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or 1616 aio_stat $path , ...;
936as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values). 1617 IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1618 }
1619
1620 IO::AIO::flush;
1621
1622The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
1623as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
1624some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
1625number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
1626
1627The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
1628practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
937 1629
938=back 1630=back
939 1631
1632=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1633
1634=over
1635
1636=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1637
1638Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1639states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1640
1641Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1642
1643 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1644 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1645
1646=item IO::AIO::nready
1647
1648Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1649executed).
1650
1651=item IO::AIO::npending
1652
1653Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1654but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1655
1656=back
1657
1658=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1659
1660IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
1661asynchronous.
1662
1663=over 4
1664
1665=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1666
1667Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
1668but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
1669likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
1670operations).
1671
1672Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
1673
1674=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
1675
1676Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
1677manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1678available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1679C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
1680C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
1681
1682On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
1683ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
1684
1685=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
1686
1687Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
1688manpage for details). The following advice constants are
1689available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
1690C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
1691
1692On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
1693ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
1694
1695=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
1696
1697Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
1698$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
1699constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
1700C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
1701
1702On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
1703ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
1704
1705=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1706
1707Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
1708given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
1709
1710The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
1711change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
1712or searching it with regexes and so on.
1713
1714Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
1715
1716The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
1717when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
1718C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
1719
1720This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
1721page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
1722
1723The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
1724filesize.
1725
1726C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
1727C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
1728
1729C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
1730C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
1731not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
1732(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
1733constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
1734C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
1735C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
1736
1737If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
1738
1739C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
1740a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
1741
1742Example:
1743
1744 use Digest::MD5;
1745 use IO::AIO;
1746
1747 open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
1748 or die "$!";
1749
1750 IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
1751 or die "verybigfile: $!";
1752
1753 my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
1754
1755=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
1756
1757Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
1758
1759=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
1760
1761Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
1762C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
1763
1764=item IO::AIO::munlockall
1765
1766Calls the C<munlockall> function.
1767
1768On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
1769ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
1770
1771=back
1772
940=cut 1773=cut
941 1774
942# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
943sub _fd2fh {
944 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
945
946 # try to generate nice filehandles
947 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[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, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
953 or return undef;
954
955 *$sym
956}
957
958min_parallel 8; 1775min_parallel 8;
959 1776
1777END { flush }
1778
9601; 17791;
961 1780
1781=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1782
1783It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
1784automatically into many event loops:
1785
1786 # AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
1787 use AnyEvent::AIO;
1788
1789You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
1790some examples of how to do this:
1791
1792 # EV integration
1793 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
1794
1795 # Event integration
1796 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1797 poll => 'r',
1798 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1799
1800 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
1801 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1802 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
1803
1804 # Tk integration
1805 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
1806 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1807
1808 # Danga::Socket integration
1809 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
1810 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1811
962=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1812=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
963 1813
964This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: 1814Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
1815considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
1816fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
1817with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
1818pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
1819reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
1820applies to quite a lot of perls.
965 1821
966Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1822This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
967can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1823only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
968the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1824using IO::AIO in the child is not.
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 1825
974In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had 1826You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
975not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used 1827forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
976yet. 1828child:
1829
1830=over 4
1831
1832=item IO::AIO::reinit
1833
1834Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
1835data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
1836happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
1837
1838The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
1839C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
1840the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
1841will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
1842
1843=back
977 1844
978=head2 MEMORY USAGE 1845=head2 MEMORY USAGE
979 1846
980Per-request usage: 1847Per-request usage:
981 1848
983bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly 1850bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
984a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl 1851a 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 1852scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
986will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. 1853will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
987 1854
988This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a 1855This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
989problem. 1856problem.
990 1857
991Per-thread usage: 1858Per-thread usage:
992 1859
993In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for 1860In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
998 1865
999Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. 1866Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1000 1867
1001=head1 SEE ALSO 1868=head1 SEE ALSO
1002 1869
1003L<Coro::AIO>. 1870L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
1871more natural syntax.
1004 1872
1005=head1 AUTHOR 1873=head1 AUTHOR
1006 1874
1007 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1875 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1008 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1876 http://home.schmorp.de/

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