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15 15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 18 };
19 19
20 # Event 20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
24 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29
30 # AnyEvent integration
31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
33
34 # Event integration
21 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
22 poll => 'r', 36 poll => 'r',
23 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
24 38
25 # Glib/Gtk2 39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
26 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
27 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
28 42
29 # Tk 43 # Tk integration
30 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
31 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
32 46
47 # Danga::Socket integration
48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
50
33=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
34 52
35This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
36operating system supports. 54operating system supports.
37 55
38Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 56In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
39and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 57requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
40perl, 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
41pthreads 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
42aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 60functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
43not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 61not well-supported or restricted (Linux doesn't allow them on normal
44for 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
45remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 63aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
64using threads anyway.
46 65
47Although 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-)
48currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. 67threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
68locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
69never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
70
71=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
72
73Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
74directly visible to Perl.
75
76If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
77object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
78which saves a bit of memory.
79
80The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
81are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
82
83During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
84in order:
85
86=over 4
87
88=item ready
89
90Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
91waiting for a thread to execute it.
92
93=item execute
94
95A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
96executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
97
98=item pending
99
100The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
101
102While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
103processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
104(or another function with the same effect).
105
106=item result
107
108The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
109
110The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
111calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
112any groups they are contained in.
113
114=item done
115
116Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
117(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
118aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
119result in a runtime error).
49 120
50=cut 121=cut
51 122
52package IO::AIO; 123package IO::AIO;
53 124
125no warnings;
126use strict 'vars';
127
54use base 'Exporter'; 128use base 'Exporter';
55 129
56use Fcntl ();
57
58BEGIN { 130BEGIN {
59 $VERSION = 0.2; 131 our $VERSION = '2.0';
60 132
61 @EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink 133 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
62 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 134 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
63 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); 135 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link aio_move
136 aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);
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';
64 142
65 require XSLoader; 143 require XSLoader;
66 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 144 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
67} 145}
68 146
69=head1 FUNCTIONS 147=head1 FUNCTIONS
70 148
71=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 149=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS
72 150
73All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 151All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
74with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 152with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
75and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be 153and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
76a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall 154which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
77return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which 155the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike
78usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has 156perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given
79been executed asynchronously. 157syscall has been executed asynchronously.
80 158
81All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. 159All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
160internally until the request has finished.
82 161
162All requests return objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow further
163manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
164
83The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason 165The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
84is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working 166encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the
85directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you 167request is being executed, the current working directory could have
168changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
86never change the current working directory. 169current working directory.
170
171To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a)
172always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir
173etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
174your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
175environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
176use something else.
87 177
88=over 4 178=over 4
89 179
180=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
181
182Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
183C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
184
185The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
186and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
187first.
188
189The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
190functions.
191
192Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
193higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
194open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
195
196 aioreq_pri -3;
197 aio_open ..., sub {
198 return unless $_[0];
199
200 aioreq_pri -2;
201 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
202 ...
203 };
204 };
205
206=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
207
208Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
209priority, so effects are cumulative.
210
90=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback 211=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
91 212
92Asynchronously 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
93created filehandle for the file. 214created filehandle for the file.
94 215
95The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, 216The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above,
96for an explanation. 217for an explanation.
97 218
98The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a 219The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a
99list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. 220list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>.
221
222Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it
223didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>,
224except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files,
225and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do).
100 226
101Example: 227Example:
102 228
103 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { 229 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
104 if ($_[0]) { 230 if ($_[0]) {
107 } else { 233 } else {
108 die "open failed: $!\n"; 234 die "open failed: $!\n";
109 } 235 }
110 }; 236 };
111 237
112=item aio_close $fh, $callback 238=item aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
113 239
114Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result 240Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result
115code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl 241code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl
116filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when 242filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another
117the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> 243time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls
118or just let filehandles go out of scope. 244C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope.
119 245
246This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's
247therefore best to avoid this function.
248
120=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 249=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
121 250
122=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback 251=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
123 252
124Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> 253Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset>
125into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the 254into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the
126callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just 255callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just
127like the syscall). 256like the syscall).
128 257
258The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request
259is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the
260necessary/optional hardware is installed).
261
129Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at 262Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at
130offset C<0> within the scalar: 263offset C<0> within the scalar:
131 264
132 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { 265 aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub {
133 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 266 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
134 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; 267 print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n";
135 }; 268 };
136 269
270=item aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
271
272Tries to copy C<$length> bytes from C<$in_fh> to C<$out_fh>. It starts
273reading at byte offset C<$in_offset>, and starts writing at the current
274file offset of C<$out_fh>. Because of that, it is not safe to issue more
275than one C<aio_sendfile> per C<$out_fh>, as they will interfere with each
276other.
277
278This call tries to make use of a native C<sendfile> syscall to provide
279zero-copy operation. For this to work, C<$out_fh> should refer to a
280socket, and C<$in_fh> should refer to mmap'able file.
281
282If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be
283emulated, so you can call C<aio_sendfile> on any type of filehandle
284regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
285
286Please note, however, that C<aio_sendfile> can read more bytes from
287C<$in_fh> than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
288bytes have been read from C<aio_sendfile> alone, as C<aio_sendfile> only
289provides the number of bytes written to C<$out_fh>. Only if the result
290value equals C<$length> one can assume that C<$length> bytes have been
291read.
292
137=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback 293=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
138 294
139Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using
140the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be
141C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS.
142
143readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that 295C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that
144subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> 296subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset>
145argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and 297argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and
146C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in 298C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in
147whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary 299whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary
148and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to 300and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to
149(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the 301(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the
150file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. 302file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged.
151 303
304If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be
305emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect.
306
152=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback 307=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
153 308
154=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback 309=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
155 310
156Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will 311Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will
157be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> 312be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _>
158or C<-s _> etc... 313or C<-s _> etc...
159 314
169 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { 324 aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
170 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; 325 $_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
171 print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; 326 print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
172 }; 327 };
173 328
174=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback 329=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
175 330
176Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 331Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
177result code. 332result code.
178 333
334=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
335
336Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
337
338The only portable (POSIX) way of calling this function is:
339
340 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
341
342=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
343
344Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
345the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
346
347=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
348
349Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
350the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
351
352=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
353
354Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
355rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
356
357=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
358
359Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
360result code.
361
362=item aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
363
364Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, C<aio_readdir> reads an entire
365directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries will not be
366sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
367
368The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
369with the filenames.
370
371=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
372
373Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
374destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
375the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
376
377This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with
378mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
379C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
380uid/gid, in that order.
381
382If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
383possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
384errors are being ignored.
385
386=cut
387
388sub aio_copy($$;$) {
389 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
390
391 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
392 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
393
394 aioreq_pri $pri;
395 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
396 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
397 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
398
399 aioreq_pri $pri;
400 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
401 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
402 aioreq_pri $pri;
403 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
404 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
405 $grp->result (0);
406 close $src_fh;
407
408 # those should not normally block. should. should.
409 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
410 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
411 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
412 close $dst_fh;
413 } else {
414 $grp->result (-1);
415 close $src_fh;
416 close $dst_fh;
417
418 aioreq $pri;
419 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
420 }
421 };
422 } else {
423 $grp->result (-1);
424 }
425 },
426
427 } else {
428 $grp->result (-1);
429 }
430 };
431
432 $grp
433}
434
435=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
436
437Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
438destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
439the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
440
441This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
442rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
443that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
444
445=cut
446
447sub aio_move($$;$) {
448 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
449
450 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
451 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
452
453 aioreq_pri $pri;
454 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
455 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
456 aioreq_pri $pri;
457 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
458 $grp->result ($_[0]);
459
460 if (!$_[0]) {
461 aioreq_pri $pri;
462 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
463 }
464 };
465 } else {
466 $grp->result ($_[0]);
467 }
468 };
469
470 $grp
471}
472
473=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
474
475Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
476efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
477names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
478recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
479
480C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
481C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
482this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
483will be chosen (currently 4).
484
485On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
486two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
487
488Example:
489
490 aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub {
491 my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_;
492 print "real directories: @$dirs\n";
493 print "everything else: @$nondirs\n";
494 };
495
496Implementation notes.
497
498The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
499
500After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
501directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
502isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
503entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
504of subdirectories will be assumed.
505
506Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
507a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
508else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
509likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
510is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
511seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
512filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
513data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
514
515If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
516rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
517
518This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
519fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
520
521It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
522as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
523directory counting heuristic.
524
525=cut
526
527sub aio_scandir($$$) {
528 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
529
530 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
531
532 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
533
534 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
535
536 # stat once
537 aioreq_pri $pri;
538 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
539 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
540 my $now = time;
541 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
542
543 # read the directory entries
544 aioreq_pri $pri;
545 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
546 my $entries = shift
547 or return $grp->result ();
548
549 # stat the dir another time
550 aioreq_pri $pri;
551 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
552 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
553
554 my $ndirs;
555
556 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
557 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
558 $ndirs = -1;
559 } else {
560 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
561 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
562 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
563 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
564 }
565
566 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
567 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
568 $entries = [map $_->[0],
569 sort { $b->[1] cmp $a->[1] }
570 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
571 @$entries];
572
573 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
574
575 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
576 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
577 };
578
579 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
580 feed $statgrp sub {
581 return unless @$entries;
582 my $entry = pop @$entries;
583
584 aioreq_pri $pri;
585 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
586 if ($_[0] < 0) {
587 push @nondirs, $entry;
588 } else {
589 # need to check for real directory
590 aioreq_pri $pri;
591 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
592 if (-d _) {
593 push @dirs, $entry;
594
595 unless (--$ndirs) {
596 push @nondirs, @$entries;
597 feed $statgrp;
598 }
599 } else {
600 push @nondirs, $entry;
601 }
602 }
603 }
604 };
605 };
606 };
607 };
608 };
609
610 $grp
611}
612
179=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback 613=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
180 614
181Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 615Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
182with the fsync result code. 616with the fsync result code.
183 617
184=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback 618=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
185 619
186Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the 620Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the
187callback with the fdatasync result code. 621callback with the fdatasync result code.
188 622
623If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
624detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
625
626=item aio_group $callback->(...)
627
628This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
629container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
630many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
631and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
632
633Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
634for more info.
635
636Example:
637
638 my $grp = aio_group sub {
639 print "all stats done\n";
640 };
641
642 add $grp
643 (aio_stat ...),
644 (aio_stat ...),
645 ...;
646
647=item aio_nop $callback->()
648
649This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
650side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
651that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
652code.
653
654While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
655phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
656be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
657entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
658latency.
659
660=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
661
662Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
663the request workers to sleep for the given time.
664
665While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
666like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
667immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
668except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
669
189=back 670=back
190 671
672=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
673
674All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
675called in non-void context.
676
677=over 4
678
679=item cancel $req
680
681Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
682when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
683entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
684untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
685stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
686
687=item cb $req $callback->(...)
688
689Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
690
691=back
692
693=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
694
695This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
696objects of this class, too.
697
698A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
699aio requests.
700
701You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
702callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
703C<done> state:
704
705 my $grp = aio_group sub {
706 print "all requests are done\n";
707 };
708
709You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
710C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
711
712 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
713
714 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
715 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
716
717 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
718 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
719 $grp->result ("ok");
720 };
721 };
722
723This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
724C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
725
726=over 4
727
728=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
729C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
730
731=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
732only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
733
734=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
735
736=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
737any later time).
738
739=back
740
741Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
742will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
743C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
744exist.
745
746That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
747in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
748group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
749itself finish.
750
751=over 4
752
753=item add $grp ...
754
755=item $grp->add (...)
756
757Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
758be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
759dependencies.
760
761Returns all its arguments.
762
763=item $grp->cancel_subs
764
765Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
766itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
767
768=item $grp->result (...)
769
770Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
771subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value
772of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
773no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
774
775=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
776
777Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
778when the argument is missing.
779
780Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
781the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
782default (0).
783
784Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
785before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
786
787=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
788
789Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
790generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
791although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
792this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
793example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
794requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
795
796To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
797instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
798feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
799below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
800requests.
801
802The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
803not impose any limits).
804
805If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
806automatically removed from the group.
807
808If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
809
810Example:
811
812 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
813
814 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
815 limit $grp 4;
816 feed $grp sub {
817 my $file = pop @files
818 or return;
819
820 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
821 };
822
823=item limit $grp $num
824
825Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
826the group contains less than this many requests.
827
828Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
829
830=back
831
191=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 832=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
192 833
193=over 4 834=over 4
194 835
195=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 836=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
196 837
197Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be 838Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be
198polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event 839polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or
199or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call 840select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have
200C<poll_cb> to check the results. 841to call C<poll_cb> to check the results.
201 842
202See C<poll_cb> for an example. 843See C<poll_cb> for an example.
203 844
204=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 845=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
205 846
206Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 847Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
207regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 848regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
208when no events are outstanding. 849when no events are outstanding.
209 850
210You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.: 851If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
852will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
853
854Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
855IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
211 856
212 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 857 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
213 poll => 'r', async => 1, 858 poll => 'r', async => 1,
214 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 859 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
215 860
861=item IO::AIO::poll_some $max_requests
862
863Similar to C<poll_cb>, but only processes up to C<$max_requests> requests
864at a time.
865
866Useful if you want to ensure some level of interactiveness when perl is
867not fast enough to process all requests in time.
868
869Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
870IO::AIO::poll_some with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
871program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
872
873 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
874 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
875 cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_some 256 });
876
216=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 877=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
217 878
218Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 879Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
219select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 880C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait
220for some requests to finish). 881for some requests to finish).
221 882
222See C<nreqs> for an example. 883See C<nreqs> for an example.
223 884
224=item IO::AIO::nreqs 885=item IO::AIO::nreqs
225 886
226Returns the number of requests currently outstanding. 887Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
888states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
227 889
228Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 890Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
229 891
230 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 892 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
231 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 893 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
232 894
895=item IO::AIO::nready
896
897Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
898executed).
899
900=item IO::AIO::npending
901
902Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
903but not yet processed by poll_cb).
904
905=item IO::AIO::flush
906
907Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
908
909Strictly equivalent to:
910
911 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
912 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
913
914=item IO::AIO::poll
915
916Waits until some requests have been handled.
917
918Strictly equivalent to:
919
920 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
921 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
922
233=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 923=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
234 924
235Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is 925Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
236C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time 926default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
237(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 927concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
928however, is unlimited).
238 929
930IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
931no free thread exists.
932
239It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 933It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
240kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 934Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
241parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 935(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
242threads should be fine. 936versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
243 937
244Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this 938Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
245module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, 939module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
246and is currently 4).
247 940
248=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 941=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
249 942
250Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than 943Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the
251the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This 944specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills
252function blocks until the limit is reached. 945them. This function blocks until the limit is reached.
946
947While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed
948until the number of threads has been increased again.
253 949
254This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 950This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
255that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 951that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
256 952
257Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 953Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
258 954
259=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 955=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
956
957This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
958blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
959use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
260 960
261Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 961Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
262try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 962to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
263some requests have been handled. 963C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
964function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
264 965
265The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 966The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
266queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set 967number of outstanding requests.
267this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
268 968
269Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 969You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
970C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
971as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
270 972
271=back 973=back
272 974
273=cut 975=cut
274 976
275# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle 977# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle
276sub _fd2fh { 978sub _fd2fh {
277 return undef if $_[0] < 0; 979 return undef if $_[0] < 0;
278 980
279 # try to be perl5.6-compatible 981 # try to generate nice filehandles
280 local *AIO_FH; 982 my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]";
281 open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" 983 local *$sym;
984
985 open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix
986 or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this
987 or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this
282 or return undef; 988 or return undef;
283 989
284 *AIO_FH 990 *$sym
285} 991}
286 992
287min_parallel 4; 993min_parallel 8;
288 994
289END { 995END {
290 max_parallel 0; 996 flush;
291} 997};
292 998
2931; 9991;
294 1000
1001=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1002
1003This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
1004
1005Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
1006can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
1007the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
1008request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
1009(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
1010parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
1011parent process has been reached again.
1012
1013In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1014not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1015yet.
1016
1017=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1018
1019Per-request usage:
1020
1021Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1022bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1023a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1024scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1025will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1026
1027This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1028problem.
1029
1030Per-thread usage:
1031
1032In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1033temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1034structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1035
1036=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1037
1038Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1039
295=head1 SEE ALSO 1040=head1 SEE ALSO
296 1041
297L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1042L<Coro::AIO>.
298 1043
299=head1 AUTHOR 1044=head1 AUTHOR
300 1045
301 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1046 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
302 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1047 http://home.schmorp.de/

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