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=head1 NAME |
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IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output |
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=head1 SYNOPSIS |
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use IO::AIO; |
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aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { |
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my ($fh) = @_; |
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... |
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}; |
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aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; |
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aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { |
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$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; |
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}; |
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# Event |
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Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
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poll => 'r', |
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cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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# Glib/Gtk2 |
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add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
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in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 }; |
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# Tk |
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Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", |
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readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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# Danga::Socket |
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Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => |
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\&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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=head1 DESCRIPTION |
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This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your |
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operating system supports. |
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Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes |
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and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or |
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perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the |
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pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native |
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aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often |
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not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, |
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for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the |
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remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. |
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Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is |
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currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself, always call |
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C<poll_cb> from within the same thread, or never call C<poll_cb> (or other |
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C<aio_> functions) recursively. |
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=cut |
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package IO::AIO; |
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no warnings; |
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use base 'Exporter'; |
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use Fcntl (); |
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BEGIN { |
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$VERSION = 1.5; |
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@EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink |
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aio_rmdir aio_symlink aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); |
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@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); |
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require XSLoader; |
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XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; |
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} |
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=head1 FUNCTIONS |
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=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS |
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All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall |
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with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, |
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and they all accept an additional (and optional) C<$callback> argument |
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which must be a code reference. This code reference will get called with |
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the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike |
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perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given |
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syscall has been executed asynchronously. |
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All functions expecting a filehandle keep a copy of the filehandle |
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internally until the request has finished. |
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The pathnames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute and |
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encoded in byte form. The reason for the former is that at the time the |
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request is being executed, the current working directory could have |
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changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the |
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current working directory. |
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To encode pathnames to byte form, either make sure you either: a) |
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always pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir |
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etc.), b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module and encode |
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your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in the user |
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environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode filenames or e) |
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use something else. |
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=over 4 |
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=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback |
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Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly |
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created filehandle for the file. |
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The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, |
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for an explanation. |
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The C<$flags> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a |
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list. They are the same as used by C<sysopen>. |
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Likewise, C<$mode> specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it |
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didn't exist and C<O_CREAT> has been given, just like perl's C<sysopen>, |
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except that it is mandatory (i.e. use C<0> if you don't create new files, |
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and C<0666> or C<0777> if you do). |
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Example: |
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aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { |
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if ($_[0]) { |
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print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; |
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... |
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} else { |
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die "open failed: $!\n"; |
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} |
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}; |
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=item aio_close $fh, $callback |
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Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result |
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code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl |
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filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor another |
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time when the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls |
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C<close> or just let filehandles go out of scope. |
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This is supposed to be a bug in the API, so that might change. It's |
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therefore best to avoid this function. |
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=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback |
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=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback |
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Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> |
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into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the |
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callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just |
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like the syscall). |
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The C<$data> scalar I<MUST NOT> be modified in any way while the request |
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is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or WW3 (if the |
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necessary/optional hardware is installed). |
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Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, starting at |
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offset C<0> within the scalar: |
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aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { |
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$_[0] > 0 or die "read error: $!"; |
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print "read $_[0] bytes: <$buffer>\n"; |
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}; |
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=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback |
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C<aio_readahead> populates the page cache with data from a file so that |
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subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> |
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argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and |
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C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in |
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whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary |
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and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to |
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(off-set+length). C<aio_readahead> does not read beyond the end of the |
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file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. |
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If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it will be |
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emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a similar effect. |
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=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback |
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=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback |
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Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will |
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be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> |
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or C<-s _> etc... |
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The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, |
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for an explanation. |
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Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an |
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error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated |
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unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. |
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Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: |
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aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { |
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$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; |
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print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; |
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}; |
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=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback |
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Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the |
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result code. |
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=item aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback |
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Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with the |
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result code. |
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=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback |
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Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback |
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with the fsync result code. |
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=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback |
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Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the |
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callback with the fdatasync result code. |
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If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't be |
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detected, it will be emulated by calling C<fsync> instead. |
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=back |
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=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS |
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=over 4 |
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=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno |
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Return the I<request result pipe file descriptor>. This filehandle must be |
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polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event or |
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select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe becomes readable you have |
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to call C<poll_cb> to check the results. |
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See C<poll_cb> for an example. |
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=item IO::AIO::poll_cb |
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Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this |
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regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately |
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when no events are outstanding. |
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Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls |
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IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: |
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Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
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poll => 'r', async => 1, |
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cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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=item IO::AIO::poll_wait |
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Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a |
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C<select> on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait |
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for some requests to finish). |
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See C<nreqs> for an example. |
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=item IO::AIO::nreqs |
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Returns the number of requests currently outstanding (i.e. for which their |
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callback has not been invoked yet). |
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Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: |
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IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
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while IO::AIO::nreqs; |
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=item IO::AIO::flush |
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Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. |
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Strictly equivalent to: |
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IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
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while IO::AIO::nreqs; |
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=item IO::AIO::poll |
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Waits until some requests have been handled. |
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Strictly equivalent to: |
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IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
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if IO::AIO::nreqs; |
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=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads |
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Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The current default |
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is C<4>, which means four asynchronous operations can be done at one time |
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(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). |
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IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued and |
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no free thread exists. |
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It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux |
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kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher |
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parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 |
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threads should be fine. |
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Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as the |
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module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate load. |
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=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads |
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Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than the |
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specified number of threads are currently running, this function kills |
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them. This function blocks until the limit is reached. |
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While C<$nthreads> are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed |
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until the number of threads has been increased again. |
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This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure |
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that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. |
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Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. |
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=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs |
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Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you |
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try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until |
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some requests have been handled. |
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The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you |
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queue up many requests in a loop it often improves speed if you set |
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this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. |
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Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. |
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=back |
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=cut |
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# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle |
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sub _fd2fh { |
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return undef if $_[0] < 0; |
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# try to generate nice filehandles |
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my $sym = "IO::AIO::fd#$_[0]"; |
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local *$sym; |
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open *$sym, "+<&=$_[0]" # usually works under any unix |
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or open *$sym, "<&=$_[0]" # cygwin needs this |
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or open *$sym, ">&=$_[0]" # or this |
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or return undef; |
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*$sym |
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} |
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min_parallel 4; |
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END { |
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max_parallel 0; |
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} |
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=head2 FORK BEHAVIOUR |
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Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests |
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can be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After |
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the fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues |
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request/result processing, while the child clears the request/result |
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queue (so the requests started before the fork will only be handled in |
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the parent). Threats will be started on demand until the limit ste in the |
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parent process has been reached again. |
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=head1 SEE ALSO |
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L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. |
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=head1 AUTHOR |
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Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
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http://home.schmorp.de/ |
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=cut |
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