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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 # AnyEvent 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
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb }); 32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23 33
24 # Event 34 # Event integration
25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
26 poll => 'r', 36 poll => 'r',
27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28 38
29 # Glib/Gtk2 39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32 42
33 # Tk 43 # Tk integration
34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36 46
37 # Danga::Socket 47 # Danga::Socket integration
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40 50
41
42=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
43 52
44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
45operating system supports. 54operating system supports.
46 55
47Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
48and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
49perl, 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
50pthreads 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
51aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal
53for 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
54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway.
55 65
56Although 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-)
57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
59C<aio_> functions) recursively. 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).
60 120
61=cut 121=cut
62 122
63package IO::AIO; 123package IO::AIO;
64 124
65no warnings; 125no warnings;
126use strict 'vars';
66 127
67use base 'Exporter'; 128use base 'Exporter';
68 129
69use Fcntl ();
70
71BEGIN { 130BEGIN {
72 $VERSION = '1.72'; 131 our $VERSION = '2.0';
73 132
74 @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
75 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
76 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
77 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel 136 aio_group aio_nop);
78 max_outstanding nreqs); 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';
79 142
80 require XSLoader; 143 require XSLoader;
81 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
82} 145}
83 146
84=head1 FUNCTIONS 147=head1 FUNCTIONS
85 148
86=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
94syscall has been executed asynchronously. 157syscall has been executed asynchronously.
95 158
96All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
97internally until the request has finished. 160internally until the request has finished.
98 161
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164
99The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
100encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
101request is being executed, the current working directory could have 167request is being executed, the current working directory could have
102changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
103current working directory. 169current working directory.
108your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 174your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
109environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
110use something else. 176use something else.
111 177
112=over 4 178=over 4
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.
113 210
114=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
115 212
116Asynchronously 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
117created filehandle for the file. 214created filehandle for the file.
168 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
169 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
170 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
171 }; 268 };
172 269
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
173=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 345=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
174 346
175Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts 347Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
176reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current 348reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
177file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more 349file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
232=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 404=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
233 405
234Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 406Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
235result code. 407result code.
236 408
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
237=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 424=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
238 425
239Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 426Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
240result code. 427result code.
241 428
248The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 435The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
249with the filenames. 436with the filenames.
250 437
251=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 438=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
252 439
253Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the 440Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
254entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse 441efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
255into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else). 442names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
443recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
256 444
257C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many 445C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
258aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding 446C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
259aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 447this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
260suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 448will be chosen (currently 4).
261 449
262On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 450On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
263two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 451two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
264 452
265Example: 453Example:
273Implementation notes. 461Implementation notes.
274 462
275The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 463The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
276 464
277After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 465After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
278directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the 466directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
279link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if 467isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
280>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be 468entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
281assumed. 469of subdirectories will be assumed.
282 470
283Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a 471Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
284non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every 472a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
285entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often 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
286faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without 477filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
287reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds, 478data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
288it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which
289will be checked seperately).
290 479
291If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the 480If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
292entries is assumed to be non-directories. 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.
293 489
294=cut 490=cut
295 491
296sub aio_scandir($$$) { 492sub aio_scandir($$$) {
297 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 493 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
298 494
495 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
496
497 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
498
299 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 499 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
300 500
301 # stat once 501 # stat once
502 aioreq_pri $pri;
302 aio_stat $path, sub { 503 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
303 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 504 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
505 my $now = time;
304 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 506 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
305 507
306 # read the directory entries 508 # read the directory entries
509 aioreq_pri $pri;
307 aio_readdir $path, sub { 510 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
308 my $entries = shift 511 my $entries = shift
309 or return $cb->(); 512 or return $grp->result ();
310 513
311 # stat the dir another time 514 # stat the dir another time
515 aioreq_pri $pri;
312 aio_stat $path, sub { 516 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
313 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 517 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
314 518
315 my $ndirs; 519 my $ndirs;
316 520
317 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 521 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
318 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) { 522 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
319 $ndirs = -1; 523 $ndirs = -1;
320 } else { 524 } else {
321 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 525 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
322 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 526 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
323 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 527 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
324 or return $cb->([], $entries); 528 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
325 } 529 }
326 530
327 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs 531 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
328 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first 532 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
329 $entries = [map $_->[0], 533 $entries = [map $_->[0],
331 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length], 535 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
332 @$entries]; 536 @$entries];
333 537
334 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 538 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
335 539
336 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 540 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
337 my $nreq = 0; 541 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
542 };
338 543
339 $schedcb = sub { 544 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
340 if (@$entries) { 545 feed $statgrp sub {
341 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 546 return unless @$entries;
342 my $ent = pop @$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 }
343 $nreq++; 567 }
344 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
345 } 568 }
346 } elsif (!$nreq) {
347 # finished
348 undef $statcb;
349 undef $schedcb;
350 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
351 undef $cb;
352 } 569 };
353 }; 570 };
354 $statcb = sub {
355 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
356
357 if ($status < 0) {
358 $nreq--;
359 push @nondirs, $entry;
360 &$schedcb;
361 } else {
362 # need to check for real directory
363 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
364 $nreq--;
365
366 if (-d _) {
367 push @dirs, $entry;
368
369 if (!--$ndirs) {
370 push @nondirs, @$entries;
371 $entries = [];
372 }
373 } else {
374 push @nondirs, $entry;
375 }
376
377 &$schedcb;
378 }
379 }
380 };
381
382 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
383 }; 571 };
384 }; 572 };
385 }; 573 };
574
575 $grp
386} 576}
387 577
388=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 578=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
389 579
390Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 580Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
395Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 585Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
396callback with the fdatasync result code. 586callback with the fdatasync result code.
397 587
398If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 588If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
399detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 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.
400 794
401=back 795=back
402 796
403=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 797=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
404 798
417 811
418Process 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
419regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 813regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
420when no events are outstanding. 814when no events are outstanding.
421 815
816If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
817will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
818
422Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 819Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
423IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 820IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
424 821
425 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 822 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
426 poll => 'r', async => 1, 823 poll => 'r', async => 1,
427 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 824 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
428 825
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
429=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 842=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
430 843
431Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 844Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
432C<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
433for some requests to finish). 846for some requests to finish).
434 847
435See C<nreqs> for an example. 848See C<nreqs> for an example.
436 849
437=item IO::AIO::nreqs 850=item IO::AIO::nreqs
438 851
439Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 852Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
440callback has not been invoked yet). 853states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
441 854
442Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 855Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
443 856
444 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 857 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
445 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 858 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
446 859
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
447=item IO::AIO::flush 870=item IO::AIO::flush
448 871
449Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. 872Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
450 873
451Strictly equivalent to: 874Strictly equivalent to:
462 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 885 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
463 if IO::AIO::nreqs; 886 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
464 887
465=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 888=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
466 889
467Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 890Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
468is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 891default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
469(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 892concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
893however, is unlimited).
470 894
471IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 895IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
472no free thread exists. 896no free thread exists.
473 897
474It 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
475kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 899Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
476parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 900(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
477threads should be fine. 901versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
478 902
479Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 903Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
480module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 904module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
481 905
482=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 906=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
491This 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
492that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 916that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
493 917
494Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 918Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
495 919
496=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 920=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
921
922This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
923blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
924use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
497 925
498Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 926Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
499try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 927to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
500some requests have been handled. 928C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
929function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
501 930
502The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 931The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
503queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 932number of outstanding requests.
504this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
505 933
506Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 934You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
935C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
936as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
507 937
508=back 938=back
509 939
510=cut 940=cut
511 941
523 or return undef; 953 or return undef;
524 954
525 *$sym 955 *$sym
526} 956}
527 957
528min_parallel 4; 958min_parallel 8;
529
530END {
531 max_parallel 0;
532}
533 959
5341; 9601;
535 961
536=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 962=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
963
964This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
537 965
538Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 966Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
539can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 967can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
540the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 968the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
541request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 969request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
542queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 970(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
543the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 971parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
544parent process has been reached again. 972parent process has been reached again.
545 973
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
546=head1 SEE ALSO 1001=head1 SEE ALSO
547 1002
548L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1003L<Coro::AIO>.
549 1004
550=head1 AUTHOR 1005=head1 AUTHOR
551 1006
552 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1007 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
553 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1008 http://home.schmorp.de/

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