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15 15
16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { 16 aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub {
17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; 17 $_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!";
18 }; 18 };
19 19
20 # AnyEvent 20 # version 2+ has request and group objects
21 use IO::AIO 2;
22
23 aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority
24 my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { };
25 $req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
26
27 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
28 add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
29
30 # AnyEvent integration
21 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; 31 open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!";
22 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb }); 32 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb });
23 33
24 # Event 34 # Event integration
25 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 35 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
26 poll => 'r', 36 poll => 'r',
27 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 37 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
28 38
29 # Glib/Gtk2 39 # Glib/Gtk2 integration
30 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 40 add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
31 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; 41 in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
32 42
33 # Tk 43 # Tk integration
34 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", 44 Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
35 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 45 readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
36 46
37 # Danga::Socket 47 # Danga::Socket integration
38 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => 48 Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
39 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 49 \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
40 50
41
42=head1 DESCRIPTION 51=head1 DESCRIPTION
43 52
44This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your 53This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
45operating system supports. 54operating system supports.
46 55
56Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
57(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation
58will still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This
59is extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even
60when doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers
61etc.), but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are
62normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much faster
63on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat operations
64concurrently.
65
66While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example
67sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support
68nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient or
69might not work (aio_read fails on sockets/pipes/fifos). Use an event loop
70for that (such as the L<Event|Event> module): IO::AIO will naturally fit
71into such an event loop itself.
72
47Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes 73In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
48and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or 74requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support
49perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the 75in perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible
50pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native 76to perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio
51aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often 77functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often
52not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, 78not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal
53for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the 79files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and
54remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. 80aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented
81using threads anyway.
55 82
56Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is 83Although the module will work with in the presence of other (Perl-)
57currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call 84threads, it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate
58C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other 85locking yourself, always call C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or
59C<aio_> functions) recursively. 86never call C<poll_cb> (or other C<aio_> functions) recursively.
87
88=head2 EXAMPLE
89
90This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads
91F</etc/passwd> asynchronously:
92
93 use Fcntl;
94 use Event;
95 use IO::AIO;
96
97 # register the IO::AIO callback with Event
98 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
99 poll => 'r',
100 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
101
102 # queue the request to open /etc/passwd
103 aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
104 my $fh = $_[0]
105 or die "error while opening: $!";
106
107 # stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking
108 my $size = -s $fh;
109
110 # queue a request to read the file
111 my $contents;
112 aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub {
113 $_[0] == $size
114 or die "short read: $!";
115
116 close $fh;
117
118 # file contents now in $contents
119 print $contents;
120
121 # exit event loop and program
122 Event::unloop;
123 };
124 };
125
126 # possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
127 # check for sockets etc. etc.
128
129 # process events as long as there are some:
130 Event::loop;
131
132=head1 REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
133
134Every C<aio_*> function creates a request. which is a C data structure not
135directly visible to Perl.
136
137If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl
138object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned,
139which saves a bit of memory.
140
141The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash contents
142are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you like in it.
143
144During their existance, aio requests travel through the following states,
145in order:
146
147=over 4
148
149=item ready
150
151Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready state,
152waiting for a thread to execute it.
153
154=item execute
155
156A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently
157executing it (e.g. blocking in read).
158
159=item pending
160
161The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing.
162
163While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result
164processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling C<poll_cb>
165(or another function with the same effect).
166
167=item result
168
169The request results are processed synchronously by C<poll_cb>.
170
171The C<poll_cb> function will process all outstanding aio requests by
172calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and managing
173any groups they are contained in.
174
175=item done
176
177Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources anymore
178(except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to the actual
179aio request is severed and calling its methods will either do nothing or
180result in a runtime error).
181
182=back
60 183
61=cut 184=cut
62 185
63package IO::AIO; 186package IO::AIO;
64 187
65no warnings; 188no warnings;
189use strict 'vars';
66 190
67use base 'Exporter'; 191use base 'Exporter';
68 192
69use Fcntl ();
70
71BEGIN { 193BEGIN {
72 $VERSION = '1.73'; 194 our $VERSION = '2.2';
73 195
74 @EXPORT = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat 196 our @AIO_REQ = qw(aio_sendfile aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat
75 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink 197 aio_lstat aio_unlink aio_rmdir aio_readdir aio_scandir aio_symlink
76 aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); 198 aio_readlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead aio_rename aio_link
77 @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel 199 aio_move aio_copy aio_group aio_nop aio_mknod);
78 max_outstanding nreqs); 200 our @EXPORT = (@AIO_REQ, qw(aioreq_pri aioreq_nice));
201 our @EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb poll_wait flush
202 min_parallel max_parallel max_idle
203 nreqs nready npending nthreads
204 max_poll_time max_poll_reqs);
205
206 @IO::AIO::GRP::ISA = 'IO::AIO::REQ';
79 207
80 require XSLoader; 208 require XSLoader;
81 XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; 209 XSLoader::load ("IO::AIO", $VERSION);
82} 210}
83 211
84=head1 FUNCTIONS 212=head1 FUNCTIONS
85 213
86=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS 214=head2 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
87 215
88All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 216All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
89with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, 217with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical,
90and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument 218and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument
91which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with 219which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with
94syscall has been executed asynchronously. 222syscall has been executed asynchronously.
95 223
96All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle 224All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle
97internally until the request has finished. 225internally until the request has finished.
98 226
227All functions return request objects of type L<IO::AIO::REQ> that allow
228further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight.
229
99The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and 230The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and
100encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the 231encoded as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the
101request is being executed, the current working directory could have 232request is being executed, the current working directory could have
102changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the 233changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the
103current working directory. 234current working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative
235paths.
104 236
105To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) 237To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always pass
106always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir 238in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) without
107etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode 239tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode
108your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user 240your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user
109environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) 241environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e)
110use something else. 242use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
243
244This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
245handles correctly wether it is set or not.
111 246
112=over 4 247=over 4
248
249=item $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
250
251Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request and, if
252C<$pri> is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
253
254The default priority is C<0>, the minimum and maximum priorities are C<-4>
255and C<4>, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced
256first.
257
258The priority will be reset to C<0> after each call to one of the C<aio_*>
259functions.
260
261Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it with
262higher priority so the read request is serviced before other low priority
263open requests (potentially spamming the cache):
264
265 aioreq_pri -3;
266 aio_open ..., sub {
267 return unless $_[0];
268
269 aioreq_pri -2;
270 aio_read $_[0], ..., sub {
271 ...
272 };
273 };
274
275=item aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
276
277Similar to C<aioreq_pri>, but subtracts the given value from the current
278priority, so the effect is cumulative.
113 279
114=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 280=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
115 281
116Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly 282Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly
117created filehandle for the file. 283created filehandle for the file.
232=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 398=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
233 399
234Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 400Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
235result code. 401result code.
236 402
403=item aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
404
405[EXPERIMENTAL]
406
407Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2).
408
409The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is:
410
411 aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ...
412
413=item aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
414
415Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
416the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
417
418=item aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
419
420Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at C<$srcpath> at
421the path C<$dstpath> and call the callback with the result code.
422
423=item aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
424
425Asynchronously read the symlink specified by C<$path> and pass it to
426the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to the
427callback.
428
429=item aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
430
431Asynchronously rename the object at C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath>, just as
432rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
433
237=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 434=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
238 435
239Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the 436Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the
240result code. 437result code.
241 438
246sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries. 443sorted, and will B<NOT> include the C<.> and C<..> entries.
247 444
248The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref 445The callback a single argument which is either C<undef> or an array-ref
249with the filenames. 446with the filenames.
250 447
448=item aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
449
450Try to copy the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
451destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
452the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
453
454This is a composite request that it creates the destination file with
455mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
456C<aio_sendfile>, followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
457uid/gid, in that order.
458
459If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, if
460possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and uid/gid, where
461errors are being ignored.
462
463=cut
464
465sub aio_copy($$;$) {
466 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
467
468 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
469 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
470
471 aioreq_pri $pri;
472 add $grp aio_open $src, O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
473 if (my $src_fh = $_[0]) {
474 my @stat = stat $src_fh;
475
476 aioreq_pri $pri;
477 add $grp aio_open $dst, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0200, sub {
478 if (my $dst_fh = $_[0]) {
479 aioreq_pri $pri;
480 add $grp aio_sendfile $dst_fh, $src_fh, 0, $stat[7], sub {
481 if ($_[0] == $stat[7]) {
482 $grp->result (0);
483 close $src_fh;
484
485 # those should not normally block. should. should.
486 utime $stat[8], $stat[9], $dst;
487 chmod $stat[2] & 07777, $dst_fh;
488 chown $stat[4], $stat[5], $dst_fh;
489 close $dst_fh;
490 } else {
491 $grp->result (-1);
492 close $src_fh;
493 close $dst_fh;
494
495 aioreq $pri;
496 add $grp aio_unlink $dst;
497 }
498 };
499 } else {
500 $grp->result (-1);
501 }
502 },
503
504 } else {
505 $grp->result (-1);
506 }
507 };
508
509 $grp
510}
511
512=item aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
513
514Try to move the I<file> (directories not supported as either source or
515destination) from C<$srcpath> to C<$dstpath> and call the callback with
516the C<0> (error) or C<-1> ok.
517
518This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. If
519rename files with C<EXDEV>, it copies the file with C<aio_copy> and, if
520that is successful, unlinking the C<$srcpath>.
521
522=cut
523
524sub aio_move($$;$) {
525 my ($src, $dst, $cb) = @_;
526
527 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
528 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
529
530 aioreq_pri $pri;
531 add $grp aio_rename $src, $dst, sub {
532 if ($_[0] && $! == EXDEV) {
533 aioreq_pri $pri;
534 add $grp aio_copy $src, $dst, sub {
535 $grp->result ($_[0]);
536
537 if (!$_[0]) {
538 aioreq_pri $pri;
539 add $grp aio_unlink $src;
540 }
541 };
542 } else {
543 $grp->result ($_[0]);
544 }
545 };
546
547 $grp
548}
549
251=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) 550=item aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
252 551
253Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) and tries to separate the 552Scans a directory (similar to C<aio_readdir>) but additionally tries to
254entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of names, ones you can recurse 553efficiently separate the entries of directory C<$path> into two sets of
255into (directories), and ones you cannot recurse into (everything else). 554names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones you cannot
555recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to directories).
256 556
257C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that consists of many 557C<aio_scandir> is a composite request that creates of many sub requests_
258aio-primitives. C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding 558C<$maxreq> specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio requests that
259aio requests that this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a 559this function generates. If it is C<< <= 0 >>, then a suitable default
260suitable default will be chosen (currently 8). 560will be chosen (currently 4).
261 561
262On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives 562On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it receives
263two array-refs with path-relative entry names. 563two array-refs with path-relative entry names.
264 564
265Example: 565Example:
273Implementation notes. 573Implementation notes.
274 574
275The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can. 575The C<aio_readdir> cannot be avoided, but C<stat()>'ing every entry can.
276 576
277After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the 577After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the
278directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match, the 578directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match (and
279link count will be used to decide how many entries are directories (if 579isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide how many
280>= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number of subdirectories will be 580entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge of the number
281assumed. 581of subdirectories will be assumed.
282 582
283Then entires will be sorted into likely directories (everything without a 583Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything without
284non-initial dot) and likely non-directories (everything else). Then every 584a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories (everything
285entry + C</.> will be C<stat>'ed, likely directories first. This is often 585else). Then every entry plus an appended C</.> will be C<stat>'ed,
586likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes that the entry
587is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will be checked
588seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry itself because
286faster because filesystems might detect the type of the entry without 589filesystems might detect the type of the entry without reading the inode
287reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). If that succeeds, 590data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature).
288it assumes that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which
289will be checked seperately).
290 591
291If the known number of directories has been reached, the rest of the 592If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been reached, the
292entries is assumed to be non-directories. 593rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories.
594
595This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which
596fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around.
597
598It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced efficiency
599as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which disables the
600directory counting heuristic.
293 601
294=cut 602=cut
295 603
296sub aio_scandir($$$) { 604sub aio_scandir($$$) {
297 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_; 605 my ($path, $maxreq, $cb) = @_;
298 606
607 my $pri = aioreq_pri;
608
609 my $grp = aio_group $cb;
610
299 $maxreq = 8 if $maxreq <= 0; 611 $maxreq = 4 if $maxreq <= 0;
300 612
301 # stat once 613 # stat once
614 aioreq_pri $pri;
302 aio_stat $path, sub { 615 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
303 return $cb->() if $_[0]; 616 return $grp->result () if $_[0];
617 my $now = time;
304 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 618 my $hash1 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
305 619
306 # read the directory entries 620 # read the directory entries
621 aioreq_pri $pri;
307 aio_readdir $path, sub { 622 add $grp aio_readdir $path, sub {
308 my $entries = shift 623 my $entries = shift
309 or return $cb->(); 624 or return $grp->result ();
310 625
311 # stat the dir another time 626 # stat the dir another time
627 aioreq_pri $pri;
312 aio_stat $path, sub { 628 add $grp aio_stat $path, sub {
313 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9]; 629 my $hash2 = join ":", (stat _)[0,1,3,7,9];
314 630
315 my $ndirs; 631 my $ndirs;
316 632
317 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy 633 # take the slow route if anything looks fishy
318 if ($hash1 ne $hash2) { 634 if ($hash1 ne $hash2 or (stat _)[9] == $now) {
319 $ndirs = -1; 635 $ndirs = -1;
320 } else { 636 } else {
321 # if nlink == 2, we are finished 637 # if nlink == 2, we are finished
322 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2 638 # on non-posix-fs's, we rely on nlink < 2
323 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2 639 $ndirs = (stat _)[3] - 2
324 or return $cb->([], $entries); 640 or return $grp->result ([], $entries);
325 } 641 }
326 642
327 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs 643 # sort into likely dirs and likely nondirs
328 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first 644 # dirs == files without ".", short entries first
329 $entries = [map $_->[0], 645 $entries = [map $_->[0],
331 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length], 647 map [$_, sprintf "%s%04d", (/.\./ ? "1" : "0"), length],
332 @$entries]; 648 @$entries];
333 649
334 my (@dirs, @nondirs); 650 my (@dirs, @nondirs);
335 651
336 my ($statcb, $schedcb); 652 my $statgrp = add $grp aio_group sub {
337 my $nreq = 0; 653 $grp->result (\@dirs, \@nondirs);
654 };
338 655
339 $schedcb = sub { 656 limit $statgrp $maxreq;
340 if (@$entries) { 657 feed $statgrp sub {
341 if ($nreq < $maxreq) { 658 return unless @$entries;
342 my $ent = pop @$entries; 659 my $entry = pop @$entries;
660
661 aioreq_pri $pri;
662 add $statgrp aio_stat "$path/$entry/.", sub {
663 if ($_[0] < 0) {
664 push @nondirs, $entry;
665 } else {
666 # need to check for real directory
667 aioreq_pri $pri;
668 add $statgrp aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
669 if (-d _) {
670 push @dirs, $entry;
671
672 unless (--$ndirs) {
673 push @nondirs, @$entries;
674 feed $statgrp;
675 }
676 } else {
677 push @nondirs, $entry;
678 }
343 $nreq++; 679 }
344 aio_stat "$path/$ent/.", sub { $statcb->($_[0], $ent) };
345 } 680 }
346 } elsif (!$nreq) {
347 # finished
348 undef $statcb;
349 undef $schedcb;
350 $cb->(\@dirs, \@nondirs) if $cb;
351 undef $cb;
352 } 681 };
353 }; 682 };
354 $statcb = sub {
355 my ($status, $entry) = @_;
356
357 if ($status < 0) {
358 $nreq--;
359 push @nondirs, $entry;
360 &$schedcb;
361 } else {
362 # need to check for real directory
363 aio_lstat "$path/$entry", sub {
364 $nreq--;
365
366 if (-d _) {
367 push @dirs, $entry;
368
369 if (!--$ndirs) {
370 push @nondirs, @$entries;
371 $entries = [];
372 }
373 } else {
374 push @nondirs, $entry;
375 }
376
377 &$schedcb;
378 }
379 }
380 };
381
382 &$schedcb while @$entries && $nreq < $maxreq;
383 }; 683 };
384 }; 684 };
385 }; 685 };
686
687 $grp
386} 688}
387 689
388=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) 690=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
389 691
390Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback 692Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback
396callback with the fdatasync result code. 698callback with the fdatasync result code.
397 699
398If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be 700If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be
399detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. 701detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead.
400 702
703=item aio_group $callback->(...)
704
705This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it is a
706container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want to bundle
707many requests into a single, composite, request with a definite callback
708and the ability to cancel the whole request with its subrequests.
709
710Returns an object of class L<IO::AIO::GRP>. See its documentation below
711for more info.
712
713Example:
714
715 my $grp = aio_group sub {
716 print "all stats done\n";
717 };
718
719 add $grp
720 (aio_stat ...),
721 (aio_stat ...),
722 ...;
723
724=item aio_nop $callback->()
725
726This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only used for
727side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request to a group so
728that finishing the requests in the group depends on executing the given
729code.
730
731While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution
732phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will not
733be executed immediately but only after other requests in the queue have
734entered their execution phase. This can be used to measure request
735latency.
736
737=item IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED*
738
739Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts one of
740the request workers to sleep for the given time.
741
742While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling requests
743like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead this creates is
744immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do not use this function
745except to put your application under artificial I/O pressure.
746
401=back 747=back
402 748
749=head2 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
750
751All non-aggregate C<aio_*> functions return an object of this class when
752called in non-void context.
753
754=over 4
755
756=item cancel $req
757
758Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping execution
759when entering the B<execute> state and skipping calling the callback when
760entering the the B<result> state, but will leave the request otherwise
761untouched. That means that requests that currently execute will not be
762stopped and resources held by the request will not be freed prematurely.
763
764=item cb $req $callback->(...)
765
766Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request.
767
768=back
769
770=head2 IO::AIO::GRP CLASS
771
772This class is a subclass of L<IO::AIO::REQ>, so all its methods apply to
773objects of this class, too.
774
775A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple other
776aio requests.
777
778You create one by calling the C<aio_group> constructing function with a
779callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered the
780C<done> state:
781
782 my $grp = aio_group sub {
783 print "all requests are done\n";
784 };
785
786You add requests by calling the C<add> method with one or more
787C<IO::AIO::REQ> objects:
788
789 $grp->add (aio_unlink "...");
790
791 add $grp aio_stat "...", sub {
792 $_[0] or return $grp->result ("error");
793
794 # add another request dynamically, if first succeeded
795 add $grp aio_open "...", sub {
796 $grp->result ("ok");
797 };
798 };
799
800This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of
801C<aio_move> for an application) that work and feel like simple requests.
802
803=over 4
804
805=item * The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to
806C<IO::AIO::poll_cb>, just like any other request.
807
808=item * They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel not
809only the request itself, but also all requests it contains.
810
811=item * They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects.
812
813=item * You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback (or
814any later time).
815
816=back
817
818Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they
819will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the
820C<done> state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to
821exist.
822
823That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. And
824in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to the
825group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the group
826itself finish.
827
828=over 4
829
830=item add $grp ...
831
832=item $grp->add (...)
833
834Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of L<IO::AIO::REQ> can
835be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create circular
836dependencies.
837
838Returns all its arguments.
839
840=item $grp->cancel_subs
841
842Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group request
843itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a result early.
844
845=item $grp->result (...)
846
847Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback when all
848subrequests have finished and set thre groups errno to the current value
849of errno (just like calling C<errno> without an error number). By default,
850no argument will be passed and errno is zero.
851
852=item $grp->errno ([$errno])
853
854Sets the group errno value to C<$errno>, or the current value of errno
855when the argument is missing.
856
857Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored when
858the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value from its
859default (0).
860
861Calling C<result> will also set errno, so make sure you either set C<$!>
862before the call to C<result>, or call c<errno> after it.
863
864=item feed $grp $callback->($grp)
865
866Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an attached
867generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind this is that,
868although you could just queue as many requests as you want in a group,
869this might starve other requests for a potentially long time. For
870example, C<aio_scandir> might generate hundreds of thousands C<aio_stat>
871requests, delaying any later requests for a long time.
872
873To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can
874instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those requests. The
875feed callback will be called whenever there are few enough (see C<limit>,
876below) requests active in the group itself and is expected to queue more
877requests.
878
879The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. C<add> does
880not impose any limits).
881
882If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be
883automatically removed from the group.
884
885If the feed limit is C<0>, it will be set to C<2> automatically.
886
887Example:
888
889 # stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently:
890
891 my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" };
892 limit $grp 4;
893 feed $grp sub {
894 my $file = pop @files
895 or return;
896
897 add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... };
898 };
899
900=item limit $grp $num
901
902Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called whenever
903the group contains less than this many requests.
904
905Setting the limit to C<0> will pause the feeding process.
906
907=back
908
403=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 909=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
910
911=head3 EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
404 912
405=over 4 913=over 4
406 914
407=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno 915=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
408 916
413 921
414See C<poll_cb> for an example. 922See C<poll_cb> for an example.
415 923
416=item IO::AIO::poll_cb 924=item IO::AIO::poll_cb
417 925
418Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this 926Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this
419regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately 927regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately
420when no events are outstanding. 928when no events are outstanding. The amount of events processed depends on
929the settings of C<IO::AIO::max_poll_req> and C<IO::AIO::max_poll_time>.
930
931If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the filehandle
932will still be ready when C<poll_cb> returns.
421 933
422Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls 934Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
423IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: 935IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:
424 936
425 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 937 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
426 poll => 'r', async => 1, 938 poll => 'r', async => 1,
427 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 939 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
428 940
941=item IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
942
943=item IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
944
945These set the maximum number of requests (default C<0>, meaning infinity)
946that are being processed by C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> in one call, respectively
947the maximum amount of time (default C<0>, meaning infinity) spent in
948C<IO::AIO::poll_cb> to process requests (more correctly the mininum amount
949of time C<poll_cb> is allowed to use).
950
951Setting C<max_poll_time> to a non-zero value creates an overhead of one
952syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem unless your
953callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really really slow (I am
954not mentioning Solaris here). Using C<max_poll_reqs> incurs no overhead.
955
956Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of
957interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests in
958time.
959
960For interactive programs, values such as C<0.01> to C<0.1> should be fine.
961
962Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
963IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of the
964program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load.
965
966 # try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb
967 IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1;
968
969 # use a low priority so other tasks have priority
970 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
971 poll => 'r', nice => 1,
972 cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
973
429=item IO::AIO::poll_wait 974=item IO::AIO::poll_wait
430 975
431Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a 976Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a
432C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait 977C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously
433for some requests to finish). 978wait for some requests to finish).
434 979
435See C<nreqs> for an example. 980See C<nreqs> for an example.
436 981
982=item IO::AIO::poll
983
984Waits until some requests have been handled.
985
986Strictly equivalent to:
987
988 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
989 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
990
437=item IO::AIO::nreqs 991=item IO::AIO::flush
438 992
439Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their 993Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
440callback has not been invoked yet).
441 994
442Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: 995Strictly equivalent to:
443 996
444 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb 997 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
445 while IO::AIO::nreqs; 998 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
446 999
447=item IO::AIO::flush 1000=head3 CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
448
449Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
450
451Strictly equivalent to:
452
453 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
454 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
455
456=item IO::AIO::poll
457
458Waits until some requests have been handled.
459
460Strictly equivalent to:
461
462 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
463 if IO::AIO::nreqs;
464 1001
465=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads 1002=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
466 1003
467Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default 1004Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current
468is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time 1005default is C<8>, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
469(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). 1006concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
1007however, is unlimited).
470 1008
471IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and 1009IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and
472no free thread exists. 1010no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred requests can
1011create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns out that everything
1012is in the cache and could have been processed faster by a single thread.
473 1013
474It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux 1014It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as some
475kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher 1015Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads
476parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 1016(higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6
477threads should be fine. 1017versions, 4-32 threads should be fine.
478 1018
479Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the 1019Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the
480module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. 1020module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load.
481 1021
482=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads 1022=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
491This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure 1031This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure
492that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. 1032that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests.
493 1033
494Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1034Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function.
495 1035
1036=item IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
1037
1038Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle (i.e.,
1039threads that did not get a request to process within 10 seconds). That
1040means if a thread becomes idle while C<$nthreads> other threads are also
1041idle, it will free its resources and exit.
1042
1043This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or 1000)
1044to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free resources
1045under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily consume 30MB of RAM).
1046
1047The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread
1048creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you might
1049want to use larger values.
1050
496=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs 1051=item $oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
1052
1053This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because it
1054blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is inexact: Better
1055use an C<aio_group> together with a feed callback.
497 1056
498Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you 1057Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you
499try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until 1058to queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the
500some requests have been handled. 1059C<poll_cb> (and C<poll_some> and other functions calling C<poll_cb>)
1060function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded.
501 1061
502The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you 1062The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on the
503queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set 1063number of outstanding requests.
504this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>.
505 1064
506Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. 1065You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore,
1066C<max_oustsanding> is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low values) or
1067as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow (with large values).
1068
1069=head3 STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1070
1071=item IO::AIO::nreqs
1072
1073Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or pending
1074states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked yet).
1075
1076Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore:
1077
1078 IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
1079 while IO::AIO::nreqs;
1080
1081=item IO::AIO::nready
1082
1083Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet
1084executed).
1085
1086=item IO::AIO::npending
1087
1088Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state (executed,
1089but not yet processed by poll_cb).
507 1090
508=back 1091=back
509 1092
510=cut 1093=cut
511 1094
523 or return undef; 1106 or return undef;
524 1107
525 *$sym 1108 *$sym
526} 1109}
527 1110
528min_parallel 4; 1111min_parallel 8;
529 1112
530END { 1113END {
531 max_parallel 0; 1114 min_parallel 1;
532} 1115 flush;
1116};
533 1117
5341; 11181;
535 1119
536=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR 1120=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR
1121
1122This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
537 1123
538Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests 1124Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests
539can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After 1125can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After
540the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues 1126the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues
541request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result 1127request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result queue
542queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in 1128(so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled in the
543the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the 1129parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in the
544parent process has been reached again. 1130parent process has been reached again.
545 1131
1132In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had
1133not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been used
1134yet.
1135
1136=head2 MEMORY USAGE
1137
1138Per-request usage:
1139
1140Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200
1141bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly
1142a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl
1143scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and
1144will consume memory till the request has entered the done state.
1145
1146This is now awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a
1147problem.
1148
1149Per-thread usage:
1150
1151In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for
1152temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data
1153structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS).
1154
1155=head1 KNOWN BUGS
1156
1157Known bugs will be fixed in the next release.
1158
546=head1 SEE ALSO 1159=head1 SEE ALSO
547 1160
548L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. 1161L<Coro::AIO>.
549 1162
550=head1 AUTHOR 1163=head1 AUTHOR
551 1164
552 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1165 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
553 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1166 http://home.schmorp.de/

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