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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
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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
53	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	33	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54	operating system supports.	34	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to C<libeio>
		35	(L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
55		36
56	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program	37	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
57	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation	38	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
58	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This	39	will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
59	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even	40	is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
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61	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are	42	etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
62	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster	43	normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
63	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations	44	on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
64	concurrently.	45	concurrently.
65		46
66	While this works on all types of file descriptors (for example sockets),	47	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for
67	using these functions on file descriptors that support nonblocking	48	example sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that
68	operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient. Use an event	49	support nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is
69	loop for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally	50	very inefficient. Use an event loop for that (such as the L<EV>
70	fit into such an event loop itself.	51	module): IO::AIO will naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
71		52
72	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	53	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
73	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support	54	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
74	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible	55	in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
75	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio	56	to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
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77	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal	58	not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
78	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and	59	files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
79	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented	60	aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
80	using threads anyway.	61	using threads anyway.
81		62
82	Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)	63	Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads,
83	threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate	64	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
84	locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or	65	yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never
85	never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.	66	call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
		67
		68	=head2 EXAMPLE
		69
		70	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads
		71	F</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;
86		109
87	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	110	=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
88		111
89	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not	112	Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
90	directly visible to Perl.	113	directly visible to Perl.
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132	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore	155	Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
133	(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
134	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or	157	aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
135	result in a runtime error).	158	result in a runtime error).
136		159
		160	=back
		161
137	=cut	162	=cut
138		163
139	package IO::AIO;	164	package IO::AIO;
140		165
141	no warnings;	166	use Carp ();
142	use strict 'vars';	167
		168	use common::sense;
143		169
144	use base 'Exporter';	170	use base 'Exporter';
145		171
146	BEGIN {	172	BEGIN {
147	our $VERSION = '2.0';	173	our $VERSION = '4.0';
148		174
149	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
150	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
151	aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move	177	aio_scandir aio_symlink aio_readlink aio_realpath aio_sync
152	aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);	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
		184	aio_statvfs
		185	aio_wd);
		186
153	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));	187	our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
154	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush	188	our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
155	min_parallel max_parallel nreqs nready npending);	189	min_parallel max_parallel max_idle idle_timeout
		190	nreqs nready npending nthreads
		191	max_poll_time max_poll_reqs
		192	sendfile fadvise madvise
		193	mmap munmap munlock munlockall);
		194
		195	push @AIO_REQ, qw(aio_busy); # not exported
156		196
157	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';	197	@IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
158		198
159	require XSLoader;	199	require XSLoader;
160	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);	200	XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
161	}	201	}
162		202
163	=head1 FUNCTIONS	203	=head1 FUNCTIONS
164		204
		205	=head2 QUICK OVERVIEW
		206
		207	This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
		208	for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		209	documentation.
		210
		211	aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
		212	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		213	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		214	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		215	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		216	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		217	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		218	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		219	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		220	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		221	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		222	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		223	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		224	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		225	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		226	aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		227	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		228	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		229	aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		230	aio_realpath $path, $callback->($link)
		231	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		232	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		233	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		234	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		235	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		236	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		237	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		238	aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		239	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		240	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		241	aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		242	aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		243	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		244	aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		245	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		246	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		247	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		248	aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		249	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		250	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		251	aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		252	aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		253	aio_group $callback->(...)
		254	aio_nop $callback->()
		255
		256	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		257	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		258
		259	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		260	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		261	IO::AIO::poll
		262	IO::AIO::flush
		263	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		264	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		265	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		266	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		267	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		268	IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		269	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		270	IO::AIO::nreqs
		271	IO::AIO::nready
		272	IO::AIO::npending
		273
		274	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		275	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		276	IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
		277	IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
		278	IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		279	IO::AIO::munlockall
		280
165	=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS	281	=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
166		282
167	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	283	All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
168	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,	284	with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
169	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument	285	and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
170	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with	286	which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
171	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike	287	the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
172	perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given	288	perl, which usually delivers "false") as its sole argument after the given
173	syscall has been executed asynchronously.	289	syscall has been executed asynchronously.
174		290
175	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle	291	All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
176	internally until the request has finished.	292	internally until the request has finished.
177		293
178	All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further	294	All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
179	manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.	295	further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
180		296
181	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and	297	The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
182	encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the	298	encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
183	request is being executed, the current working directory could have	299	request is being executed, the current working directory could have
184	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the	300	changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
185	current working directory.	301	current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
		302	paths.
186		303
187	To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)	304	To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
188	always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir	305	in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
189	etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode	306	tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
190	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user	307	your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
191	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)	308	environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
192	use something else.	309	use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
		310
		311	This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
		312	handles correctly whether it is set or not.
193		313
194	=over 4	314	=over 4
195		315
196	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]	316	=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
197		317
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217	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {	337	aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
218	...	338	...
219	};	339	};
220	};	340	};
221		341
		342
222	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust	343	=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
223		344
224	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current	345	Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
225	priority, so effects are cumulative.	346	priority, so the effect is cumulative.
		347
226		348
227	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)	349	=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
228		350
229	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly	351	Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
230	created filehandle for the file.	352	created filehandle for the file.
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236	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.	358	list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
237		359
238	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it	360	Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
239	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,	361	didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
240	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,	362	except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
241	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).	363	and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). Note that the C<$mode> will be modified
		364	by the umask in effect then the request is being executed, so better never
		365	change the umask.
242		366
243	Example:	367	Example:
244		368
245	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	369	aio_open "/etc/passwd", IO::AIO::O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
246	if ($_[0]) {	370	if ($_[0]) {
247	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";	371	print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n";
248	...	372	...
249	} else {	373	} else {
250	die "open failed: $!\n";	374	die "open failed: $!\n";
251	}	375	}
252	};	376	};
253		377
		378	In addition to all the common open modes/flags (C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>,
		379	C<O_RDWR>, C<O_CREAT>, C<O_TRUNC>, C<O_EXCL> and C<O_APPEND>), the
		380	following POSIX and non-POSIX constants are available (missing ones on
		381	your system are, as usual, C<0>):
		382
		383	C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DIRECT>, C<O_NOATIME>, C<O_CLOEXEC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NOFOLLOW>,
		384	C<O_NONBLOCK>, C<O_EXEC>, C<O_SEARCH>, C<O_DIRECTORY>, C<O_DSYNC>,
		385	C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_SYNC> and C<O_TTY_INIT>.
		386
		387
254	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)	388	=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
255		389
256	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result	390	Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
257	code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl	391	code.
258	filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
259	time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
260	C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
261		392
262	This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's	393	Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl I<insists> very strongly on
263	therefore best to avoid this function.	394	closing the file descriptor associated with the filehandle itself.
		395
		396	Therefore, C<aio_close> will not close the filehandle - instead it will
		397	use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of a pipe
		398	(the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
		399
		400	Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will not be
		401	free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
		402
		403	=cut
264		404
265	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	405	=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
266		406
267	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)	407	=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
268		408
269	Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>	409	Reads or writes C<$length> bytes from or to the specified C<$fh> and
270	into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the	410	C<$offset> into the scalar given by C<$data> and offset C<$dataoffset>
271	callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just	411	and calls the callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on
272	like the syscall).	412	error, just like the syscall).
		413
		414	C<aio_read> will, like C<sysread>, shrink or grow the C<$data> scalar to
		415	offset plus the actual number of bytes read.
		416
		417	If C<$offset> is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset will
		418	be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset will not be
		419	changed by these calls.
		420
		421	If C<$length> is undefined in C<aio_write>, use the remaining length of
		422	C<$data>.
		423
		424	If C<$dataoffset> is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of
		425	C<$data>.
273		426
274	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request	427	The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
275	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the	428	is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War III (if
276	necessary/optional hardware is installed).	429	the necessary/optional hardware is installed).
277		430
278	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at	431	Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
279	offset C<0> within the scalar:	432	offset C<0> within the scalar:
280		433
281	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {	434	aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
282	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";	435	$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
283	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";	436	print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
284	};	437	};
285		438
		439
286	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)	440	=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
287		441
288	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts	442	Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
289	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current	443	reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
290	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more	444	file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
291	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each	445	than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
292	other.	446	other. The same C<$in_fh> works fine though, as this function does not
		447	move or use the file offset of C<$in_fh>.
293		448
		449	Please note that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from C<$in_fh> than
		450	are written, and there is no way to find out how many more bytes have been
		451	read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only provides the
		452	number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result value equals
		453	C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been read.
		454
		455	Unlike with other C<aio_> functions, it makes a lot of sense to use
		456	C<aio_sendfile> on non-blocking sockets, as long as one end (typically
		457	the C<$in_fh>) is a file - the file I/O will then be asynchronous, while
		458	the socket I/O will be non-blocking. Note, however, that you can run
		459	into a trap where C<aio_sendfile> reads some data with readahead, then
		460	fails to write all data, and when the socket is ready the next time, the
		461	data in the cache is already lost, forcing C<aio_sendfile> to again hit
		462	the disk. Explicit C<aio_read> + C<aio_write> let's you better control
		463	resource usage.
		464
294	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide	465	This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile>-like syscall to
295	zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a	466	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to
296	socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.	467	a socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to an mmap'able file.
297		468
298	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	469	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with C<ENOSYS>,
299	emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle	470	C<EINVAL>, C<ENOTSUP>, C<EOPNOTSUPP>, C<EAFNOSUPPORT>, C<EPROTOTYPE> or
		471	C<ENOTSOCK>, it will be emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any
300	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	472	type of filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
301		473
302	Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from	474	As native sendfile syscalls (as practically any non-POSIX interface hacked
303	C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	475	together in a hurry to improve benchmark numbers) tend to be rather buggy
304	bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only	476	on many systems, this implementation tries to work around some known bugs
305	provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result	477	in Linux and FreeBSD kernels (probably others, too), but that might fail,
306	value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been	478	so you really really should check the return value of C<aio_sendfile> -
307	read.	479	fewre bytes than expected might have been transferred.
		480
308		481
309	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)	482	=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
310		483
311	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that	484	C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
312	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>	485	subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
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318	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.	491	file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
319		492
320	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be	493	If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
321	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.	494	emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
322		495
		496
323	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)	497	=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
324		498
325	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)	499	=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
326		500
327	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will	501	Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
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332	for an explanation.	506	for an explanation.
333		507
334	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an	508	Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an
335	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated	509	error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated
336	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.	510	unless perl itself is compiled with large file support.
		511
		512	To help interpret the mode and dev/rdev stat values, IO::AIO offers the
		513	following constants and functions (if not implemented, the constants will
		514	be C<0> and the functions will either C<croak> or fall back on traditional
		515	behaviour).
		516
		517	C<S_IFMT>, C<S_IFIFO>, C<S_IFCHR>, C<S_IFBLK>, C<S_IFLNK>, C<S_IFREG>,
		518	C<S_IFDIR>, C<S_IFWHT>, C<S_IFSOCK>, C<IO::AIO::major $dev_t>,
		519	C<IO::AIO::minor $dev_t>, C<IO::AIO::makedev $major, $minor>.
337		520
338	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:	521	Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>:
339		522
340	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	523	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
341	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	524	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
342	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	525	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
343	};	526	};
344		527
		528
		529	=item aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		530
		531	Works like the POSIX C<statvfs> or C<fstatvfs> syscalls, depending on
		532	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		533
		534	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the following
		535	members: C<bsize>, C<frsize>, C<blocks>, C<bfree>, C<bavail>, C<files>,
		536	C<ffree>, C<favail>, C<fsid>, C<flag> and C<namemax>. On failure, C<undef>
		537	is passed.
		538
		539	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: C<ST_RDONLY> and
		540	C<ST_NOSUID>.
		541
		542	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		543	their correct value when available, or to C<0> on systems that do
		544	not support them: C<ST_NODEV>, C<ST_NOEXEC>, C<ST_SYNCHRONOUS>,
		545	C<ST_MANDLOCK>, C<ST_WRITE>, C<ST_APPEND>, C<ST_IMMUTABLE>, C<ST_NOATIME>,
		546	C<ST_NODIRATIME> and C<ST_RELATIME>.
		547
		548	Example: stat C</wd> and dump out the data if successful.
		549
		550	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		551	my $f = $_[0]
		552	or die "statvfs: $!";
		553
		554	use Data::Dumper;
		555	say Dumper $f;
		556	};
		557
		558	# result:
		559	{
		560	bsize => 1024,
		561	bfree => 4333064312,
		562	blocks => 10253828096,
		563	files => 2050765568,
		564	flag => 4096,
		565	favail => 2042092649,
		566	bavail => 4333064312,
		567	ffree => 2042092649,
		568	namemax => 255,
		569	frsize => 1024,
		570	fsid => 1810
		571	}
		572
		573
		574	=item aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		575
		576	Works like perl's C<utime> function (including the special case of $atime
		577	and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if the underlying
		578	syscalls support them.
		579
		580	When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise
		581	utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if available,
		582	otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable.
		583
		584	Examples:
		585
		586	# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)):
		587	aio_utime "path", undef, undef;
		588	# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch:
		589	aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0
		590
		591
		592	=item aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		593
		594	Works like perl's C<chown> function, except that C<undef> for either $uid
		595	or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can also be used).
		596
		597	Examples:
		598
		599	# same as "chown root path" in the shell:
		600	aio_chown "path", 0, -1;
		601	# same as above:
		602	aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
		603
		604
		605	=item aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		606
		607	Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
		608
		609
		610	=item aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		611
		612	Works like perl's C<chmod> function.
		613
		614
345	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)	615	=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
346		616
347	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the	617	Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
348	result code.	618	result code.
349		619
		620
350	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)	621	=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
351		622
		623	[EXPERIMENTAL]
		624
352	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).	625	Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
353		626
354	The only portable (POSIX) way of calling this function is:	627	The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
355		628
356	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...	629	aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
		630
		631	See C<aio_stat> for info about some potentially helpful extra constants
		632	and functions.
357		633
358	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	634	=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
359		635
360	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	636	Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
361	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	637	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
362		638
		639
363	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	640	=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
364		641
365	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at	642	Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
366	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.	643	the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
367		644
		645
		646	=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		647
		648	Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
		649	the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
		650	callback.
		651
		652
		653	=item aio_realpath $path, $callback->($path)
		654
		655	Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
		656	C<$path>. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as
		657	L<Cwd::realpath>).
		658
		659	This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current working
		660	directory by passing it a path of F<.> (a single dot).
		661
		662
368	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	663	=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
369		664
370	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as	665	Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
371	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.	666	rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
372		667
		668
		669	=item aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		670
		671	Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
		672	the result code. C<$mode> will be modified by the umask at the time the
		673	request is executed, so do not change your umask.
		674
		675
373	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)	676	=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
374		677
375	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the	678	Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
376	result code.	679	result code.
		680
377		681
378	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)	682	=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
379		683
380	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire	684	Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
381	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be	685	directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
382	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.	686	sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
383		687
384	The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref	688	The callback is passed a single argument which is either C<undef> or an
385	with the filenames.	689	array-ref with the filenames.
		690
		691
		692	=item aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		693
		694	Quite similar to C<aio_readdir>, but the C<$flags> argument allows one to
		695	tune behaviour and output format. In case of an error, C<$entries> will be
		696	C<undef>.
		697
		698	The flags are a combination of the following constants, ORed together (the
		699	flags will also be passed to the callback, possibly modified):
		700
		701	=over 4
		702
		703	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS
		704
		705	When this flag is off, then the callback gets an arrayref consisting of
		706	names only (as with C<aio_readdir>), otherwise it gets an arrayref with
		707	C<[$name, $type, $inode]> arrayrefs, each describing a single directory
		708	entry in more detail.
		709
		710	C<$name> is the name of the entry.
		711
		712	C<$type> is one of the C<IO::AIO::DT_xxx> constants:
		713
		714	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>, C<IO::AIO::DT_FIFO>, C<IO::AIO::DT_CHR>, C<IO::AIO::DT_DIR>,
		715	C<IO::AIO::DT_BLK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_REG>, C<IO::AIO::DT_LNK>, C<IO::AIO::DT_SOCK>,
		716	C<IO::AIO::DT_WHT>.
		717
		718	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN> means just that: readdir does not know. If you need to
		719	know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed reasons, the C<$type>
		720	scalars are read-only: you can not modify them.
		721
		722	C<$inode> is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems with 64
		723	bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has unspecified content on
		724	systems that do not deliver the inode information.
		725
		726	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		727
		728	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order where
		729	likely directories come first, in optimal stat order. This is useful when
		730	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all directories
		731	while avoiding to stat() each entry.
		732
		733	If the system returns type information in readdir, then this is used
		734	to find directories directly. Otherwise, likely directories are names
		735	beginning with ".", or otherwise names with no dots, of which names with
		736	short names are tried first.
		737
		738	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER
		739
		740	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an order
		741	suitable for stat()'ing each one. That is, when you plan to stat()
		742	all files in the given directory, then the returned order will likely
		743	be fastest.
		744
		745	If both this flag and C<IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST> are specified, then
		746	the likely dirs come first, resulting in a less optimal stat order.
		747
		748	=item IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		749
		750	This flag should not be set when calling C<aio_readdirx>. Instead, it
		751	is being set by C<aio_readdirx>, when any of the C<$type>'s found were
		752	C<IO::AIO::DT_UNKNOWN>. The absence of this flag therefore indicates that all
		753	C<$type>'s are known, which can be used to speed up some algorithms.
		754
		755	=back
		756
		757
		758	=item aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		759
		760	This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file into
		761	memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
		762
		763	=cut
		764
		765	sub aio_load($$;$) {
		766	my ($path, undef, $cb) = @_;
		767	my $data = \$_[1];
		768
		769	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		770	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		771
		772	aioreq_pri $pri;
		773	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		774	my $fh = shift
		775	or return $grp->result (-1);
		776
		777	aioreq_pri $pri;
		778	add $grp aio_read $fh, 0, (-s $fh), $$data, 0, sub {
		779	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		780	};
		781	};
		782
		783	$grp
		784	}
386		785
387	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	786	=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
388		787
389	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	788	Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
390	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	789	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
391	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	790	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
392		791
393	This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with	792	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
394	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	793	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
395	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	794	C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
396	uid/gid, in that order.	795	uid/gid, in that order.
397		796
398	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if	797	If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
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408	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	807	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
409		808
410	aioreq_pri $pri;	809	aioreq_pri $pri;
411	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	810	add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
412	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {	811	if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
413	my @stat = stat $src_fh;	812	my @stat = stat $src_fh; # hmm, might block over nfs?
414		813
415	aioreq_pri $pri;	814	aioreq_pri $pri;
416	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {	815	add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
417	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {	816	if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
418	aioreq_pri $pri;	817	aioreq_pri $pri;
419	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {	818	add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
420	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {	819	if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
421	$grp->result (0);	820	$grp->result (0);
422	close $src_fh;	821	close $src_fh;
423		822
424	# those should not normally block. should. should.	823	my $ch = sub {
		824	aioreq_pri $pri;
		825	add $grp aio_chmod $dst_fh, $stat[2] & 07777, sub {
		826	aioreq_pri $pri;
		827	add $grp aio_chown $dst_fh, $stat[4], $stat[5], sub {
		828	aioreq_pri $pri;
		829	add $grp aio_close $dst_fh;
		830	}
		831	};
		832	};
		833
		834	aioreq_pri $pri;
		835	add $grp aio_utime $dst_fh, $stat[8], $stat[9], sub {
		836	if ($_[0] < 0 && $! == ENOSYS) {
		837	aioreq_pri $pri;
425	utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;	838	add $grp aio_utime $dst, $stat[8], $stat[9], $ch;
426	chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;	839	} else {
427	chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;	840	$ch->();
		841	}
428	close $dst_fh;	842	};
429	} else {	843	} else {
430	$grp->result (-1);	844	$grp->result (-1);
431	close $src_fh;	845	close $src_fh;
432	close $dst_fh;	846	close $dst_fh;
433		847
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450		864
451	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	865	=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
452		866
453	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or	867	Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
454	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with	868	destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
455	the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.	869	a status of C<0> (ok) or C<-1> (error, see C<$!>).
456		870
457	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If	871	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first; if
458	rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if	872	rename fails with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
459	that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.	873	that is successful, unlinks the C<$srcpath>.
460		874
461	=cut	875	=cut
462		876
463	sub aio_move($$;$) {	877	sub aio_move($$;$) {
464	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;	878	my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
…		…
471	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {	885	if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
472	aioreq_pri $pri;	886	aioreq_pri $pri;
473	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {	887	add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
474	$grp->result ($_[0]);	888	$grp->result ($_[0]);
475		889
476	if (!$_[0]) {	890	unless ($_[0]) {
477	aioreq_pri $pri;	891	aioreq_pri $pri;
478	add $grp aio_unlink $src;	892	add $grp aio_unlink $src;
479	}	893	}
480	};	894	};
481	} else {	895	} else {
…		…
511		925
512	Implementation notes.	926	Implementation notes.
513		927
514	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.	928	The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
515		929
		930	If readdir returns file type information, then this is used directly to
		931	find directories.
		932
516	After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the	933	Otherwise, after reading the directory, the modification time, size etc.
517	directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and	934	of the directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they
518	isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many	935	match (and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide
519	entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number	936	how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the
520	of subdirectories will be assumed.	937	number of subdirectories will be assumed.
521		938
522	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without	939	Then entries will be sorted into likely directories a non-initial dot
523	a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything	940	currently) and likely non-directories (see C<aio_readdirx>). Then every
524	else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,	941	entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first,
525	likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry	942	in order of their inode numbers. If that succeeds, it assumes that the
526	is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked	943	entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
527	seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because	944	separately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
528	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode	945	filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
529	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).	946	data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature), even on systems that cannot return
		947	the filetype information on readdir.
530		948
531	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the	949	If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
532	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.	950	rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
533		951
534	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which	952	This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
…		…
538	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the	956	as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
539	directory counting heuristic.	957	directory counting heuristic.
540		958
541	=cut	959	=cut
542		960
543	sub aio_scandir($$$) {	961	sub aio_scandir($$;$) {
544	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;	962	my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
545		963
546	my $pri = aioreq_pri;	964	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
547		965
548	my $grp = aio_group $cb;	966	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
…		…
556	my $now = time;	974	my $now = time;
557	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];	975	my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
558		976
559	# read the directory entries	977	# read the directory entries
560	aioreq_pri $pri;	978	aioreq_pri $pri;
561	add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {	979	add $grp aio_readdirx $path, READDIR_DIRS_FIRST, sub {
562	my $entries = shift	980	my $entries = shift
563	or return $grp->result ();	981	or return $grp->result ();
564		982
565	# stat the dir another time	983	# stat the dir another time
566	aioreq_pri $pri;	984	aioreq_pri $pri;
…		…
572	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy	990	# take the slow route if anything looks fishy
573	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {	991	if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
574	$ndirs = -1;	992	$ndirs = -1;
575	} else {	993	} else {
576	# if nlink == 2, we are finished	994	# if nlink == 2, we are finished
577	# on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2	995	# for non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
578	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2	996	$ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
579	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);	997	or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
580	}	998	}
581		999
582	# sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
583	# dirs == files without ".", short entries first
584	$entries = [map $_->[0],
585	sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
586	map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
587	@$entries];
588
589	my (@dirs, @nondirs);	1000	my (@dirs, @nondirs);
590		1001
591	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {	1002	my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
592	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);	1003	$grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
593	};	1004	};
594		1005
595	limit $statgrp $maxreq;	1006	limit $statgrp $maxreq;
596	feed $statgrp sub {	1007	feed $statgrp sub {
597	return unless @$entries;	1008	return unless @$entries;
598	my $entry = pop @$entries;	1009	my $entry = shift @$entries;
599		1010
600	aioreq_pri $pri;	1011	aioreq_pri $pri;
601	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {	1012	add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
602	if ($_[0] < 0) {	1013	if ($_[0] < 0) {
603	push @nondirs, $entry;	1014	push @nondirs, $entry;
…		…
624	};	1035	};
625		1036
626	$grp	1037	$grp
627	}	1038	}
628		1039
		1040	=item aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		1041
		1042	Delete a directory tree starting (and including) C<$path>, return the
		1043	status of the final C<rmdir> only. This is a composite request that
		1044	uses C<aio_scandir> to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink
		1045	everything else.
		1046
		1047	=cut
		1048
		1049	sub aio_rmtree;
		1050	sub aio_rmtree($;$) {
		1051	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1052
		1053	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1054	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1055
		1056	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1057	add $grp aio_scandir $path, 0, sub {
		1058	my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
		1059
		1060	my $dirgrp = aio_group sub {
		1061	add $grp aio_rmdir $path, sub {
		1062	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1063	};
		1064	};
		1065
		1066	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_rmtree "$path/$_" for @$dirs;
		1067	(aioreq_pri $pri), add $dirgrp aio_unlink "$path/$_" for @$nondirs;
		1068
		1069	add $grp $dirgrp;
		1070	};
		1071
		1072	$grp
		1073	}
		1074
		1075	=item aio_sync $callback->($status)
		1076
		1077	Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished.
		1078
629	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)	1079	=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
630		1080
631	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback	1081	Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
632	with the fsync result code.	1082	with the fsync result code.
633		1083
…		…
636	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the	1086	Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
637	callback with the fdatasync result code.	1087	callback with the fdatasync result code.
638		1088
639	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be	1089	If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
640	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.	1090	detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
		1091
		1092	=item aio_syncfs $fh, $callback->($status)
		1093
		1094	Asynchronously call the syncfs syscall to sync the filesystem associated
		1095	to the given filehandle and call the callback with the syncfs result
		1096	code. If syncfs is not available, calls sync(), but returns C<-1> and sets
		1097	errno to C<ENOSYS> nevertheless.
		1098
		1099	=item aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		1100
		1101	Sync the data portion of the file specified by C<$offset> and C<$length>
		1102	to disk (but NOT the metadata), by calling the Linux-specific
		1103	sync_file_range call. If sync_file_range is not available or it returns
		1104	ENOSYS, then fdatasync or fsync is being substituted.
		1105
		1106	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE>,
		1107	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE> and
		1108	C<IO::AIO::SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER>: refer to the sync_file_range
		1109	manpage for details.
		1110
		1111	=item aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		1112
		1113	This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is a
		1114	composite request intended to sync directories after directory operations
		1115	(E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating systems or have any
		1116	specific effect, but usually it makes sure that directory changes get
		1117	written to disc. It works for anything that can be opened for read-only,
		1118	not just directories.
		1119
		1120	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods when
		1121	C<fsync> on the directory fails (such as calling C<sync>).
		1122
		1123	Passes C<0> when everything went ok, and C<-1> on error.
		1124
		1125	=cut
		1126
		1127	sub aio_pathsync($;$) {
		1128	my ($path, $cb) = @_;
		1129
		1130	my $pri = aioreq_pri;
		1131	my $grp = aio_group $cb;
		1132
		1133	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1134	add $grp aio_open $path, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
		1135	my ($fh) = @_;
		1136	if ($fh) {
		1137	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1138	add $grp aio_fsync $fh, sub {
		1139	$grp->result ($_[0]);
		1140
		1141	aioreq_pri $pri;
		1142	add $grp aio_close $fh;
		1143	};
		1144	} else {
		1145	$grp->result (-1);
		1146	}
		1147	};
		1148
		1149	$grp
		1150	}
		1151
		1152	=item aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1153
		1154	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on mmap(2)ed
		1155	scalars (see the C<IO::AIO::mmap> function, although it also works on data
		1156	scalars managed by the L<Sys::Mmap> or L<Mmap> modules, note that the
		1157	scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio operation is pending on
		1158	it).
		1159
		1160	It calls the C<msync> function of your OS, if available, with the memory
		1161	area starting at C<$offset> in the string and ending C<$length> bytes
		1162	later. If C<$length> is negative, counts from the end, and if C<$length>
		1163	is C<undef>, then it goes till the end of the string. The flags can be
		1164	a combination of C<IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC>, C<IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE> and
		1165	C<IO::AIO::MS_SYNC>.
		1166
		1167	=item aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		1168
		1169	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1170	scalars.
		1171
		1172	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified
		1173	range inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same
		1174	as for C<aio_msync>, above, except for flags, which must be either
		1175	C<0> (which reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		1176	C<IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY>, which modifies the memory page s(by reading and
		1177	writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
		1178
		1179	=item aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
		1180
		1181	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on mmap(2)ed
		1182	scalars.
		1183
		1184	It reads in all the pages of the underlying storage into memory (if any)
		1185	and locks them, so they are not getting swapped/paged out or removed.
		1186
		1187	If C<$length> is undefined, then the scalar will be locked till the end.
		1188
		1189	On systems that do not implement C<mlock>, this function returns C<-1>
		1190	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1191
		1192	Note that the corresponding C<munlock> is synchronous and is
		1193	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1194
		1195	Example: open a file, mmap and mlock it - both will be undone when
		1196	C<$data> gets destroyed.
		1197
		1198	open my $fh, "<", $path or die "$path: $!";
		1199	my $data;
		1200	IO::AIO::mmap $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh;
		1201	aio_mlock $data; # mlock in background
		1202
		1203	=item aio_mlockall $flags, $callback->($status)
		1204
		1205	Calls the C<mlockall> function with the given C<$flags> (a combination of
		1206	C<IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT> and C<IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE>).
		1207
		1208	On systems that do not implement C<mlockall>, this function returns C<-1>
		1209	and sets errno to C<ENOSYS>.
		1210
		1211	Note that the corresponding C<munlockall> is synchronous and is
		1212	documented under L<MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS>.
		1213
		1214	Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into memory.
		1215
		1216	aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
641		1217
642	=item aio_group $callback->(...)	1218	=item aio_group $callback->(...)
643		1219
644	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a	1220	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
645	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle	1221	container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
…		…
695	=item cancel $req	1271	=item cancel $req
696		1272
697	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution	1273	Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
698	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when	1274	when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
699	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise	1275	entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
700	untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be	1276	untouched (with the exception of readdir). That means that requests that
701	stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.	1277	currently execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request
		1278	will not be freed prematurely.
702		1279
703	=item cb $req $callback->(...)	1280	=item cb $req $callback->(...)
704		1281
705	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.	1282	Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
706		1283
…		…
757	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they	1334	Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
758	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the	1335	will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
759	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to	1336	C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
760	exist.	1337	exist.
761		1338
762	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And	1339	That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests
763	in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the	1340	(precisely before the callback has been invoked, which is only done within
764	group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group	1341	the C<poll_cb>). And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add
765	itself finish.	1342	further requests to the group. And only when all those requests have
		1343	finished will the the group itself finish.
766		1344
767	=over 4	1345	=over 4
768		1346
769	=item add $grp ...	1347	=item add $grp ...
770		1348
…		…
779	=item $grp->cancel_subs	1357	=item $grp->cancel_subs
780		1358
781	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request	1359	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
782	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.	1360	itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
783		1361
		1362	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to the
		1363	group).
		1364
784	=item $grp->result (...)	1365	=item $grp->result (...)
785		1366
786	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all	1367	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
787	subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value	1368	subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the current value
788	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,	1369	of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
789	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.	1370	no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
790		1371
791	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])	1372	=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
792		1373
…		…
803	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)	1384	=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
804		1385
805	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached	1386	Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
806	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,	1387	generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
807	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,	1388	although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
808	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For	1389	this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For example,
809	example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>	1390	C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat> requests,
810	requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.	1391	delaying any later requests for a long time.
811		1392
812	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can	1393	To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
813	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The	1394	instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
814	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,	1395	feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
815	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more	1396	below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
…		…
819	not impose any limits).	1400	not impose any limits).
820		1401
821	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be	1402	If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
822	automatically removed from the group.	1403	automatically removed from the group.
823		1404
824	If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.	1405	If the feed limit is C<0> when this method is called, it will be set to
		1406	C<2> automatically.
825		1407
826	Example:	1408	Example:
827		1409
828	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:	1410	# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
829		1411
…		…
841	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever	1423	Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
842	the group contains less than this many requests.	1424	the group contains less than this many requests.
843		1425
844	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.	1426	Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
845		1427
		1428	The default value for the limit is C<0>, but note that setting a feeder
		1429	automatically bumps it up to C<2>.
		1430
846	=back	1431	=back
847		1432
848	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	1433	=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
849		1434
		1435	=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1436
850	=over 4	1437	=over 4
851		1438
852	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	1439	=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
853		1440
854	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be	1441	Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
855	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or	1442	polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. EV, Glib,
856	select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have	1443	select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable
857	to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.	1444	you have to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
858		1445
859	See C<poll_cb> for an example.	1446	See C<poll_cb> for an example.
860		1447
861	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb	1448	=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
862		1449
863	Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this	1450	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
864	regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately	1451	this regularly. Returns C<0> if all events could be processed (or there
865	when no events are outstanding.	1452	were no events to process), or C<-1> if it returned earlier for whatever
		1453	reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
		1454	events processed depends on the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and
		1455	C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
866		1456
867	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle	1457	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
868	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.	1458	will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns, so normally you don't have to
		1459	do anything special to have it called later.
		1460
		1461	Apart from calling C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> when the event filehandle becomes
		1462	ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops which submit
		1463	a lot of requests, to make sure the results get processed when they become
		1464	available and not just when the loop is finished and the event loop takes
		1465	over again. This function returns very fast when there are no outstanding
		1466	requests.
869		1467
870	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1468	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
871	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	1469	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in the
		1470	SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
872		1471
873	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1472	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
874	poll => 'r', async => 1,	1473	poll => 'r', async => 1,
875	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1474	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
876		1475
877	=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests	1476	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
878		1477
879	Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests	1478	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
880	at a time.	1479	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply
		1480	does a C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to
		1481	synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
881		1482
882	Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is	1483	See C<nreqs> for an example.
883	not fast enough to process all requests in time.	1484
		1485	=item IO::AIO::poll
		1486
		1487	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		1488
		1489	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		1490	equivalent to:
		1491
		1492	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1493
		1494	=item IO::AIO::flush
		1495
		1496	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		1497
		1498	Strictly equivalent to:
		1499
		1500	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1501	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1502
		1503	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		1504
		1505	=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		1506
		1507	These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
		1508	that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
		1509	the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
		1510	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
		1511	of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
		1512
		1513	Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
		1514	syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
		1515	callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
		1516	not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
		1517
		1518	Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
		1519	interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
		1520	time.
		1521
		1522	For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
884		1523
885	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	1524	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
886	IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the	1525	IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
887	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.	1526	program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
888		1527
		1528	# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
		1529	IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
		1530
		1531	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
889	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1532	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
890	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1533	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
891	cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });	1534	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
892		1535
893	=item IO::AIO::poll_wait	1536	=back
894		1537
895	Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a	1538	=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
896	C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
897	for some requests to finish).
898		1539
899	See C<nreqs> for an example.	1540	=over
900
901	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
902
903	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
904	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
905
906	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
907
908	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
909	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
910
911	=item IO::AIO::nready
912
913	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
914	executed).
915
916	=item IO::AIO::npending
917
918	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
919	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
920
921	=item IO::AIO::flush
922
923	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
924
925	Strictly equivalent to:
926
927	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
928	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
929
930	=item IO::AIO::poll
931
932	Waits until some requests have been handled.
933
934	Strictly equivalent to:
935
936	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
937	if IO::AIO::nreqs;
938		1541
939	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1542	=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
940		1543
941	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current	1544	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
942	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	1545	default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
943	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,	1546	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
944	however, is unlimited).	1547	however, is unlimited).
945		1548
946	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and	1549	IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
947	no free thread exists.	1550	no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
		1551	create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
		1552	is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
948		1553
949	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some	1554	It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
950	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads	1555	Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
951	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6	1556	(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
952	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.	1557	versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
…		…
966	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure	1571	This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
967	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.	1572	that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
968		1573
969	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.	1574	Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
970		1575
		1576	=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		1577
		1578	Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle
		1579	(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within the idle
		1580	timeout (default: 10 seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while
		1581	C<$nthreads> other threads are also idle, it will free its resources and
		1582	exit.
		1583
		1584	This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
		1585	to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
		1586	under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
		1587
		1588	The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
		1589	creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
		1590	want to use larger values.
		1591
		1592	=item IO::AIO::idle_timeout $seconds
		1593
		1594	Sets the minimum idle timeout (default 10) after which worker threads are
		1595	allowed to exit. SEe C<IO::AIO::max_idle>.
		1596
971	=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs	1597	=item IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		1598
		1599	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If
		1600	you do queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to
		1601	C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> (and other functions calling C<poll_cb>, such as
		1602	C<IO::AIO::flush> or C<IO::AIO::poll>) will block until the limit is no
		1603	longer exceeded.
		1604
		1605	In other words, this setting does not enforce a queue limit, but can be
		1606	used to make poll functions block if the limit is exceeded.
972		1607
973	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it	1608	This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
974	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better	1609	blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
975	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.	1610	use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
976		1611
977	Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you	1612	It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to stat
978	to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the	1613	a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
979	C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
980	function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
981		1614
982	The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the	1615	IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
983	number of outstanding requests.
984		1616
985	You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,	1617	for my $path (...) {
986	C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or	1618	aio_stat $path , ...;
987	as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).	1619	IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1620	}
		1621
		1622	IO::AIO::flush;
		1623
		1624	The call to C<poll_cb> inside the loop will normally return instantly, but
		1625	as soon as more thna C<32> reqeusts are in-flight, it will block until
		1626	some requests have been handled. This keeps the loop from pushing a large
		1627	number of C<aio_stat> requests onto the queue.
		1628
		1629	The default value for C<max_outstanding> is very large, so there is no
		1630	practical limit on the number of outstanding requests.
988		1631
989	=back	1632	=back
990		1633
		1634	=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
		1635
		1636	=over
		1637
		1638	=item IO::AIO::nreqs
		1639
		1640	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
		1641	states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
		1642
		1643	Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
		1644
		1645	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1646	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
		1647
		1648	=item IO::AIO::nready
		1649
		1650	Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
		1651	executed).
		1652
		1653	=item IO::AIO::npending
		1654
		1655	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
		1656	but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1657
		1658	=back
		1659
		1660	=head3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1661
		1662	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1663	asynchronous.
		1664
		1665	=over 4
		1666
		1667	=item IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1668
		1669	Calls the C<eio_sendfile_sync> function, which is like C<aio_sendfile>,
		1670	but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know the input data is
		1671	likely cached already and the output filehandle is set to non-blocking
		1672	operations).
		1673
		1674	Returns the number of bytes copied, or C<-1> on error.
		1675
		1676	=item IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1677
		1678	Simply calls the C<posix_fadvise> function (see its
		1679	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1680	available: C<IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1681	C<IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE>,
		1682	C<IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED>.
		1683
		1684	On systems that do not implement C<posix_fadvise>, this function returns
		1685	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_fadvise>.
		1686
		1687	=item IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $len, $advice
		1688
		1689	Simply calls the C<posix_madvise> function (see its
		1690	manpage for details). The following advice constants are
		1691	available: C<IO::AIO::MADV_NORMAL>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_SEQUENTIAL>,
		1692	C<IO::AIO::MADV_RANDOM>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_WILLNEED>, C<IO::AIO::MADV_DONTNEED>.
		1693
		1694	On systems that do not implement C<posix_madvise>, this function returns
		1695	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<posix_madvise>.
		1696
		1697	=item IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $len, $protect
		1698
		1699	Simply calls the C<mprotect> function on the preferably AIO::mmap'ed
		1700	$scalar (see its manpage for details). The following protect
		1701	constants are available: C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ>,
		1702	C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>.
		1703
		1704	On systems that do not implement C<mprotect>, this function returns
		1705	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<mprotect>.
		1706
		1707	=item IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		1708
		1709	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to the
		1710	given C<$scalar>, which will act like a string scalar.
		1711
		1712	The only operations allowed on the scalar are C<substr>/C<vec> that don't
		1713	change the string length, and most read-only operations such as copying it
		1714	or searching it with regexes and so on.
		1715
		1716	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		1717
		1718	The memory map associated with the C<$scalar> is automatically removed
		1719	when the C<$scalar> is destroyed, or when the C<IO::AIO::mmap> or
		1720	C<IO::AIO::munmap> functions are called.
		1721
		1722	This calls the C<mmap>(2) function internally. See your system's manual
		1723	page for details on the C<$length>, C<$prot> and C<$flags> parameters.
		1724
		1725	The C<$length> must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		1726	filesize.
		1727
		1728	C<$prot> is a combination of C<IO::AIO::PROT_NONE>, C<IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC>,
		1729	C<IO::AIO::PROT_READ> and/or C<IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE>,
		1730
		1731	C<$flags> can be a combination of C<IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED> or
		1732	C<IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE>, or a number of system-specific flags (when
		1733	not available, the are defined as 0): C<IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS>
		1734	(which is set to C<MAP_ANON> if your system only provides this
		1735	constant), C<IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED>,
		1736	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE>, C<IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE> or
		1737	C<IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK>
		1738
		1739	If C<$fh> is C<undef>, then a file descriptor of C<-1> is passed.
		1740
		1741	C<$offset> is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must be
		1742	a multiple of C<IO::AIO::PAGESIZE> and defaults to C<0>.
		1743
		1744	Example:
		1745
		1746	use Digest::MD5;
		1747	use IO::AIO;
		1748
		1749	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		1750	or die "$!";
		1751
		1752	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		1753	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		1754
		1755	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		1756
		1757	=item IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		1758
		1759	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the C<$scalar>.
		1760
		1761	=item IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
		1762
		1763	Calls the C<munlock> function, undoing the effects of a previous
		1764	C<aio_mlock> call (see its description for details).
		1765
		1766	=item IO::AIO::munlockall
		1767
		1768	Calls the C<munlockall> function.
		1769
		1770	On systems that do not implement C<munlockall>, this function returns
		1771	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of C<munlockall>.
		1772
		1773	=back
		1774
991	=cut	1775	=cut
992		1776
993	# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
994	sub _fd2fh {
995	return undef if $_[0] < 0;
996
997	# try to generate nice filehandles
998	my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
999	local *$sym;
1000
1001	open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
1002	or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
1003	or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
1004	or return undef;
1005
1006	*$sym
1007	}
1008
1009	min_parallel 8;	1777	min_parallel 8;
1010		1778
1011	END {	1779	END { flush }
1012	min_parallel 1;
1013	flush;
1014	};
1015		1780
1016	1;	1781	1;
1017		1782
		1783	=head1 EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1784
		1785	It is recommended to use L<AnyEvent::AIO> to integrate IO::AIO
		1786	automatically into many event loops:
		1787
		1788	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		1789	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		1790
		1791	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		1792	some examples of how to do this:
		1793
		1794	# EV integration
		1795	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1796
		1797	# Event integration
		1798	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1799	poll => 'r',
		1800	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1801
		1802	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		1803	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1804	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		1805
		1806	# Tk integration
		1807	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		1808	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1809
		1810	# Danga::Socket integration
		1811	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		1812	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1813
1018	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR	1814	=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1019		1815
1020	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1816	Usage of pthreads in a program changes the semantics of fork
		1817	considerably. Specifically, only async-safe functions can be called after
		1818	fork. Perl doesn't know about this, so in general, you cannot call fork
		1819	with defined behaviour in perl if pthreads are involved. IO::AIO uses
		1820	pthreads, so this applies, but many other extensions and (for inexplicable
		1821	reasons) perl itself often is linked against pthreads, so this limitation
		1822	applies to quite a lot of perls.
1021		1823
1022	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests	1824	This module no longer tries to fight your OS, or POSIX. That means IO::AIO
1023	can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After	1825	only works in the process that loaded it. Forking is fully supported, but
1024	the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues	1826	using IO::AIO in the child is not.
1025	request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1026	(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1027	parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1028	parent process has been reached again.
1029		1827
1030	In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had	1828	You might get around by not I<using> IO::AIO before (or after)
1031	not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used	1829	forking. You could also try to call the L<IO::AIO::reinit> function in the
1032	yet.	1830	child:
		1831
		1832	=over 4
		1833
		1834	=item IO::AIO::reinit
		1835
		1836	Abandons all current requests and I/O threads and simply reinitialises all
		1837	data structures. This is not an operation supported by any standards, but
		1838	happens to work on GNU/Linux and some newer BSD systems.
		1839
		1840	The only reasonable use for this function is to call it after forking, if
		1841	C<IO::AIO> was used in the parent. Calling it while IO::AIO is active in
		1842	the process will result in undefined behaviour. Calling it at any time
		1843	will also result in any undefined (by POSIX) behaviour.
		1844
		1845	=back
1033		1846
1034	=head2 MEMORY USAGE	1847	=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1035		1848
1036	Per-request usage:	1849	Per-request usage:
1037		1850
…		…
1039	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly	1852	bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1040	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl	1853	a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1041	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and	1854	scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1042	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.	1855	will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1043		1856
1044	This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a	1857	This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1045	problem.	1858	problem.
1046		1859
1047	Per-thread usage:	1860	Per-thread usage:
1048		1861
1049	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for	1862	In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
…		…
1054		1867
1055	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.	1868	Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1056		1869
1057	=head1 SEE ALSO	1870	=head1 SEE ALSO
1058		1871
1059	L<Coro::AIO>.	1872	L<AnyEvent::AIO> for easy integration into event loops, L<Coro::AIO> for a
		1873	more natural syntax.
1060		1874
1061	=head1 AUTHOR	1875	=head1 AUTHOR
1062		1876
1063	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	1877	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1064	http://home.schmorp.de/	1878	http://home.schmorp.de/

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