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NAME |
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IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output |
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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 = shift |
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or die "/etc/passwd: $!"; |
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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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# version 2+ has request and group objects |
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use IO::AIO 2; |
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aioreq_pri 4; # give next request a very high priority |
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my $req = aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; |
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$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue |
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my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" }; |
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add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...; |
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# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, urxvt, pureperl...) |
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open my $fh, "<&=" . IO::AIO::poll_fileno or die "$!"; |
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my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => 'r', cb => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb }); |
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# EV integration |
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my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; |
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# Event integration |
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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 integration |
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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 integration |
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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 integration |
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Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno => |
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\&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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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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Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program |
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(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation will |
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still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This is |
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extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even when |
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doing heavy I/O (GUI programs, high performance network servers etc.), |
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but can also be used to easily do operations in parallel that are |
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normally done sequentially, e.g. stat'ing many files, which is much |
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faster on a RAID volume or over NFS when you do a number of stat |
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operations concurrently. |
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While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example |
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sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support |
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nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient. |
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Use an event loop for that (such as the Event module): IO::AIO will |
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naturally fit into such an event loop itself. |
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In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your |
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requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in |
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perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to |
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perl. In the future, this module might make use of the native aio |
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functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often |
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not well-supported or restricted (GNU/Linux doesn't allow them on normal |
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files currently, for example), and they would only support aio_read and |
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aio_write, so the remaining functionality would have to be implemented |
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using threads anyway. |
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Although the module will work in the presence of other (Perl-) threads, |
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it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking |
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yourself, always call "poll_cb" from within the same thread, or never |
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call "poll_cb" (or other "aio_" functions) recursively. |
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EXAMPLE |
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This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads |
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/etc/passwd asynchronously: |
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use Fcntl; |
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use Event; |
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use IO::AIO; |
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# register the IO::AIO callback with 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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# queue the request to open /etc/passwd |
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aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { |
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my $fh = shift |
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or die "error while opening: $!"; |
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# stat'ing filehandles is generally non-blocking |
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my $size = -s $fh; |
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# queue a request to read the file |
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my $contents; |
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aio_read $fh, 0, $size, $contents, 0, sub { |
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$_[0] == $size |
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or die "short read: $!"; |
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close $fh; |
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# file contents now in $contents |
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print $contents; |
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# exit event loop and program |
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Event::unloop; |
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}; |
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}; |
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# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows, |
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# check for sockets etc. etc. |
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# process events as long as there are some: |
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Event::loop; |
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REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME |
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Every "aio_*" function creates a request. which is a C data structure |
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not directly visible to Perl. |
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If called in non-void context, every request function returns a Perl |
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object representing the request. In void context, nothing is returned, |
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which saves a bit of memory. |
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The perl object is a fairly standard ref-to-hash object. The hash |
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contents are not used by IO::AIO so you are free to store anything you |
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like in it. |
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During their existance, aio requests travel through the following |
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states, in order: |
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ready |
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Immediately after a request is created it is put into the ready |
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state, waiting for a thread to execute it. |
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execute |
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A thread has accepted the request for processing and is currently |
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executing it (e.g. blocking in read). |
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pending |
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The request has been executed and is waiting for result processing. |
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While request submission and execution is fully asynchronous, result |
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processing is not and relies on the perl interpreter calling |
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"poll_cb" (or another function with the same effect). |
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result |
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The request results are processed synchronously by "poll_cb". |
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The "poll_cb" function will process all outstanding aio requests by |
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calling their callbacks, freeing memory associated with them and |
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managing any groups they are contained in. |
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done |
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Request has reached the end of its lifetime and holds no resources |
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anymore (except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to |
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the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will |
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either do nothing or result in a runtime error). |
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FUNCTIONS |
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AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS |
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All the "aio_*" calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall |
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with the same name (sans "aio_"). The arguments are similar or |
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identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback |
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argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will get |
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called with the syscall return code (e.g. most syscalls return -1 on |
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error, unlike perl, which usually delivers "false") as it's sole |
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argument when the given 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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All functions return request objects of type IO::AIO::REQ that allow |
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further manipulation of those requests while they are in-flight. |
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The pathnames you pass to these routines *must* be absolute and encoded |
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as octets. The reason for the former is that at the time the request is |
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being executed, the current working directory could have changed. |
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Alternatively, you can make sure that you never change the current |
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working directory anywhere in the program and then use relative paths. |
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To encode pathnames as octets, either make sure you either: a) always |
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pass in filenames you got from outside (command line, readdir etc.) |
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without tinkering, b) are ASCII or ISO 8859-1, c) use the Encode module |
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and encode your pathnames to the locale (or other) encoding in effect in |
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the user environment, d) use Glib::filename_from_unicode on unicode |
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filenames or e) use something else to ensure your scalar has the correct |
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contents. |
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This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO |
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handles correctly wether it is set or not. |
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$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] |
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Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request |
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and, if $pri is given, sets the priority for the next aio request. |
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The default priority is 0, the minimum and maximum priorities are -4 |
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and 4, respectively. Requests with higher priority will be serviced |
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first. |
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The priority will be reset to 0 after each call to one of the |
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"aio_*" functions. |
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Example: open a file with low priority, then read something from it |
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with higher priority so the read request is serviced before other |
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low priority open requests (potentially spamming the cache): |
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aioreq_pri -3; |
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aio_open ..., sub { |
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return unless $_[0]; |
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aioreq_pri -2; |
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aio_read $_[0], ..., sub { |
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... |
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}; |
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}; |
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aioreq_nice $pri_adjust |
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Similar to "aioreq_pri", but subtracts the given value from the |
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current priority, so the effect is cumulative. |
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aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) |
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Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a |
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newly created filehandle for the file. |
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The pathname passed to "aio_open" must be absolute. See API NOTES, |
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above, for an explanation. |
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The $flags argument is a bitmask. See the "Fcntl" module for a list. |
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They are the same as used by "sysopen". |
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Likewise, $mode specifies the mode of the newly created file, if it |
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didn't exist and "O_CREAT" has been given, just like perl's |
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"sysopen", except that it is mandatory (i.e. use 0 if you don't |
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create new files, and 0666 or 0777 if you do). Note that the $mode |
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will be modified by the umask in effect then the request is being |
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executed, so better never change the umask. |
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Example: |
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aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { |
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if ($_[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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aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) |
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Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result |
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code. |
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Unfortunately, you can't do this to perl. Perl *insists* very |
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strongly on closing the file descriptor associated with the |
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filehandle itself. Here is what aio_close will try: |
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1. dup()licate the fd |
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2. asynchronously close() the duplicated fd |
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3. dup()licate the fd once more |
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4. let perl close() the filehandle |
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5. asynchronously close the duplicated fd |
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The idea is that the first close() flushes stuff to disk that |
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closing an fd will flush, so when perl closes the fd, nothing much |
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will need to be flushed. The second async. close() will then flush |
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stuff to disk that closing the last fd to the file will flush. |
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Just FYI, SuSv3 has this to say on close: |
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All outstanding record locks owned by the process on the file |
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associated with the file descriptor shall be removed. |
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If fildes refers to a socket, close() shall cause the socket to be |
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destroyed. ... close() shall block for up to the current linger |
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interval until all data is transmitted. |
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[this actually sounds like a specification bug, but who knows] |
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And at least Linux additionally actually flushes stuff on every |
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close, even when the file itself is still open. |
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Sounds enourmously inefficient and complicated? Yes... please show |
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me how to nuke perl's fd out of existence... |
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aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) |
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aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) |
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Reads or writes $length bytes from the specified $fh and $offset |
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into the scalar given by $data and offset $dataoffset and calls the |
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callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, |
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just like the syscall). |
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If $offset is undefined, then the current file descriptor offset |
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will be used (and updated), otherwise the file descriptor offset |
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will not be changed by these calls. |
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If $length is undefined in "aio_write", use the remaining length of |
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$data. |
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If $dataoffset is less than zero, it will be counted from the end of |
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$data. |
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The $data scalar *MUST NOT* be modified in any way while the request |
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is outstanding. Modifying it can result in segfaults or World War |
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III (if the necessary/optional hardware is installed). |
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Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar $buffer, starting at |
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offset 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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aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) |
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Tries to copy $length bytes from $in_fh to $out_fh. It starts |
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reading at byte offset $in_offset, and starts writing at the current |
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file offset of $out_fh. Because of that, it is not safe to issue |
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more than one "aio_sendfile" per $out_fh, as they will interfere |
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with each other. |
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This call tries to make use of a native "sendfile" syscall to |
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provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, $out_fh should refer |
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to a socket, and $in_fh should refer to mmap'able file. |
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If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be |
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emulated, so you can call "aio_sendfile" on any type of filehandle |
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regardless of the limitations of the operating system. |
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Please note, however, that "aio_sendfile" can read more bytes from |
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$in_fh than are written, and there is no way to find out how many |
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bytes have been read from "aio_sendfile" alone, as "aio_sendfile" |
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only provides the number of bytes written to $out_fh. Only if the |
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result value equals $length one can assume that $length bytes have |
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been read. |
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aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) |
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"aio_readahead" populates the page cache with data from a file so |
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that subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The |
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$offset argument specifies the starting point from which data is to |
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be read and $length specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is |
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performed in whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down |
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to a page boundary and bytes are read up to the next page boundary |
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greater than or equal to (off-set+length). "aio_readahead" does not |
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read beyond the end of the file. The current file offset of the file |
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is left unchanged. |
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If that syscall doesn't exist (likely if your OS isn't Linux) it |
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will be emulated by simply reading the data, which would have a |
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similar effect. |
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aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) |
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aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) |
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Works like perl's "stat" or "lstat" in void context. The callback |
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will be called after the stat and the results will be available |
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using "stat _" or "-s _" etc... |
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The pathname passed to "aio_stat" must be absolute. See API NOTES, |
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above, for an explanation. |
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Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of |
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returning an error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be |
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silently truncated unless perl itself is compiled with large file |
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support. |
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Example: Print the length of /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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aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) |
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Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of |
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$atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if |
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the underlying syscalls support them. |
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When called with a pathname, uses utimes(2) if available, otherwise |
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utime(2). If called on a file descriptor, uses futimes(2) if |
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available, otherwise returns ENOSYS, so this is not portable. |
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Examples: |
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# set atime and mtime to current time (basically touch(1)): |
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aio_utime "path", undef, undef; |
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# set atime to current time and mtime to beginning of the epoch: |
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aio_utime "path", time, undef; # undef==0 |
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aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status) |
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Works like perl's "chown" function, except that "undef" for either |
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$uid or $gid is being interpreted as "do not change" (but -1 can |
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also be used). |
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Examples: |
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# same as "chown root path" in the shell: |
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aio_chown "path", 0, -1; |
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# same as above: |
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aio_chown "path", 0, undef; |
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aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) |
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Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). |
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aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) |
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Works like perl's "chmod" function. |
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aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) |
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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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aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) |
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[EXPERIMENTAL] |
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Asynchronously create a device node (or fifo). See mknod(2). |
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The only (POSIX-) portable way of calling this function is: |
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aio_mknod $path, IO::AIO::S_IFIFO | $mode, 0, sub { ... |
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aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) |
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Asynchronously create a new link to the existing object at $srcpath |
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at the path $dstpath and call the callback with the result code. |
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aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) |
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Asynchronously create a new symbolic link to the existing object at |
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$srcpath at the path $dstpath and call the callback with the result |
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code. |
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aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link) |
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Asynchronously read the symlink specified by $path and pass it to |
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the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to |
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the callback. |
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aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) |
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Asynchronously rename the object at $srcpath to $dstpath, just as |
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rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. |
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aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) |
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Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with |
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the result code. $mode will be modified by the umask at the time the |
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request is executed, so do not change your umask. |
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aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) |
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Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with |
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the result code. |
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aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) |
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Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, "aio_readdir" reads an |
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entire directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries |
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will not be sorted, and will NOT include the "." and ".." entries. |
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The callback a single argument which is either "undef" or an |
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array-ref with the filenames. |
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aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status) |
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This is a composite request that tries to fully load the given file |
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into memory. Status is the same as with aio_read. |
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aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) |
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Try to copy the *file* (directories not supported as either source |
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or destination) from $srcpath to $dstpath and call the callback with |
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the 0 (error) or -1 ok. |
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This is a composite request that it creates the destination file |
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with mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it |
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using "aio_sendfile", followed by restoring atime, mtime, access |
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mode and uid/gid, in that order. |
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If an error occurs, the partial destination file will be unlinked, |
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if possible, except when setting atime, mtime, access mode and |
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uid/gid, where errors are being ignored. |
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aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) |
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Try to move the *file* (directories not supported as either source |
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or destination) from $srcpath to $dstpath and call the callback with |
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the 0 (error) or -1 ok. |
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This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first. |
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If rename files with "EXDEV", it copies the file with "aio_copy" |
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and, if that is successful, unlinking the $srcpath. |
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aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs) |
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Scans a directory (similar to "aio_readdir") but additionally tries |
497 |
to efficiently separate the entries of directory $path into two sets |
498 |
of names, directories you can recurse into (directories), and ones |
499 |
you cannot recurse into (everything else, including symlinks to |
500 |
directories). |
501 |
|
502 |
"aio_scandir" is a composite request that creates of many sub |
503 |
requests_ $maxreq specifies the maximum number of outstanding aio |
504 |
requests that this function generates. If it is "<= 0", then a |
505 |
suitable default will be chosen (currently 4). |
506 |
|
507 |
On error, the callback is called without arguments, otherwise it |
508 |
receives two array-refs with path-relative entry names. |
509 |
|
510 |
Example: |
511 |
|
512 |
aio_scandir $dir, 0, sub { |
513 |
my ($dirs, $nondirs) = @_; |
514 |
print "real directories: @$dirs\n"; |
515 |
print "everything else: @$nondirs\n"; |
516 |
}; |
517 |
|
518 |
Implementation notes. |
519 |
|
520 |
The "aio_readdir" cannot be avoided, but "stat()"'ing every entry |
521 |
can. |
522 |
|
523 |
After reading the directory, the modification time, size etc. of the |
524 |
directory before and after the readdir is checked, and if they match |
525 |
(and isn't the current time), the link count will be used to decide |
526 |
how many entries are directories (if >= 2). Otherwise, no knowledge |
527 |
of the number of subdirectories will be assumed. |
528 |
|
529 |
Then entries will be sorted into likely directories (everything |
530 |
without a non-initial dot currently) and likely non-directories |
531 |
(everything else). Then every entry plus an appended "/." will be |
532 |
"stat"'ed, likely directories first. If that succeeds, it assumes |
533 |
that the entry is a directory or a symlink to directory (which will |
534 |
be checked seperately). This is often faster than stat'ing the entry |
535 |
itself because filesystems might detect the type of the entry |
536 |
without reading the inode data (e.g. ext2fs filetype feature). |
537 |
|
538 |
If the known number of directories (link count - 2) has been |
539 |
reached, the rest of the entries is assumed to be non-directories. |
540 |
|
541 |
This only works with certainty on POSIX (= UNIX) filesystems, which |
542 |
fortunately are the vast majority of filesystems around. |
543 |
|
544 |
It will also likely work on non-POSIX filesystems with reduced |
545 |
efficiency as those tend to return 0 or 1 as link counts, which |
546 |
disables the directory counting heuristic. |
547 |
|
548 |
aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status) |
549 |
Delete a directory tree starting (and including) $path, return the |
550 |
status of the final "rmdir" only. This is a composite request that |
551 |
uses "aio_scandir" to recurse into and rmdir directories, and unlink |
552 |
everything else. |
553 |
|
554 |
aio_sync $callback->($status) |
555 |
Asynchronously call sync and call the callback when finished. |
556 |
|
557 |
aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status) |
558 |
Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the |
559 |
callback with the fsync result code. |
560 |
|
561 |
aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status) |
562 |
Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the |
563 |
callback with the fdatasync result code. |
564 |
|
565 |
If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't |
566 |
be detected, it will be emulated by calling "fsync" instead. |
567 |
|
568 |
aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status) |
569 |
This request tries to open, fsync and close the given path. This is |
570 |
a composite request intended tosync directories after directory |
571 |
operations (E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating |
572 |
systems or have any specific effect, but usually it makes sure that |
573 |
directory changes get written to disc. It works for anything that |
574 |
can be opened for read-only, not just directories. |
575 |
|
576 |
Passes 0 when everything went ok, and -1 on error. |
577 |
|
578 |
aio_group $callback->(...) |
579 |
This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it |
580 |
is a container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want |
581 |
to bundle many requests into a single, composite, request with a |
582 |
definite callback and the ability to cancel the whole request with |
583 |
its subrequests. |
584 |
|
585 |
Returns an object of class IO::AIO::GRP. See its documentation below |
586 |
for more info. |
587 |
|
588 |
Example: |
589 |
|
590 |
my $grp = aio_group sub { |
591 |
print "all stats done\n"; |
592 |
}; |
593 |
|
594 |
add $grp |
595 |
(aio_stat ...), |
596 |
(aio_stat ...), |
597 |
...; |
598 |
|
599 |
aio_nop $callback->() |
600 |
This is a special request - it does nothing in itself and is only |
601 |
used for side effects, such as when you want to add a dummy request |
602 |
to a group so that finishing the requests in the group depends on |
603 |
executing the given code. |
604 |
|
605 |
While this request does nothing, it still goes through the execution |
606 |
phase and still requires a worker thread. Thus, the callback will |
607 |
not be executed immediately but only after other requests in the |
608 |
queue have entered their execution phase. This can be used to |
609 |
measure request latency. |
610 |
|
611 |
IO::AIO::aio_busy $fractional_seconds, $callback->() *NOT EXPORTED* |
612 |
Mainly used for debugging and benchmarking, this aio request puts |
613 |
one of the request workers to sleep for the given time. |
614 |
|
615 |
While it is theoretically handy to have simple I/O scheduling |
616 |
requests like sleep and file handle readable/writable, the overhead |
617 |
this creates is immense (it blocks a thread for a long time) so do |
618 |
not use this function except to put your application under |
619 |
artificial I/O pressure. |
620 |
|
621 |
IO::AIO::REQ CLASS |
622 |
All non-aggregate "aio_*" functions return an object of this class when |
623 |
called in non-void context. |
624 |
|
625 |
cancel $req |
626 |
Cancels the request, if possible. Has the effect of skipping |
627 |
execution when entering the execute state and skipping calling the |
628 |
callback when entering the the result state, but will leave the |
629 |
request otherwise untouched. That means that requests that currently |
630 |
execute will not be stopped and resources held by the request will |
631 |
not be freed prematurely. |
632 |
|
633 |
cb $req $callback->(...) |
634 |
Replace (or simply set) the callback registered to the request. |
635 |
|
636 |
IO::AIO::GRP CLASS |
637 |
This class is a subclass of IO::AIO::REQ, so all its methods apply to |
638 |
objects of this class, too. |
639 |
|
640 |
A IO::AIO::GRP object is a special request that can contain multiple |
641 |
other aio requests. |
642 |
|
643 |
You create one by calling the "aio_group" constructing function with a |
644 |
callback that will be called when all contained requests have entered |
645 |
the "done" state: |
646 |
|
647 |
my $grp = aio_group sub { |
648 |
print "all requests are done\n"; |
649 |
}; |
650 |
|
651 |
You add requests by calling the "add" method with one or more |
652 |
"IO::AIO::REQ" objects: |
653 |
|
654 |
$grp->add (aio_unlink "..."); |
655 |
|
656 |
add $grp aio_stat "...", sub { |
657 |
$_[0] or return $grp->result ("error"); |
658 |
|
659 |
# add another request dynamically, if first succeeded |
660 |
add $grp aio_open "...", sub { |
661 |
$grp->result ("ok"); |
662 |
}; |
663 |
}; |
664 |
|
665 |
This makes it very easy to create composite requests (see the source of |
666 |
"aio_move" for an application) that work and feel like simple requests. |
667 |
|
668 |
* The IO::AIO::GRP objects will be cleaned up during calls to |
669 |
"IO::AIO::poll_cb", just like any other request. |
670 |
|
671 |
* They can be canceled like any other request. Canceling will cancel |
672 |
not only the request itself, but also all requests it contains. |
673 |
|
674 |
* They can also can also be added to other IO::AIO::GRP objects. |
675 |
|
676 |
* You must not add requests to a group from within the group callback |
677 |
(or any later time). |
678 |
|
679 |
Their lifetime, simplified, looks like this: when they are empty, they |
680 |
will finish very quickly. If they contain only requests that are in the |
681 |
"done" state, they will also finish. Otherwise they will continue to |
682 |
exist. |
683 |
|
684 |
That means after creating a group you have some time to add requests. |
685 |
And in the callbacks of those requests, you can add further requests to |
686 |
the group. And only when all those requests have finished will the the |
687 |
group itself finish. |
688 |
|
689 |
add $grp ... |
690 |
$grp->add (...) |
691 |
Add one or more requests to the group. Any type of IO::AIO::REQ can |
692 |
be added, including other groups, as long as you do not create |
693 |
circular dependencies. |
694 |
|
695 |
Returns all its arguments. |
696 |
|
697 |
$grp->cancel_subs |
698 |
Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group |
699 |
request itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a |
700 |
result early. |
701 |
|
702 |
$grp->result (...) |
703 |
Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback |
704 |
when all subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the |
705 |
current value of errno (just like calling "errno" without an error |
706 |
number). By default, no argument will be passed and errno is zero. |
707 |
|
708 |
$grp->errno ([$errno]) |
709 |
Sets the group errno value to $errno, or the current value of errno |
710 |
when the argument is missing. |
711 |
|
712 |
Every aio request has an associated errno value that is restored |
713 |
when the callback is invoked. This method lets you change this value |
714 |
from its default (0). |
715 |
|
716 |
Calling "result" will also set errno, so make sure you either set $! |
717 |
before the call to "result", or call c<errno> after it. |
718 |
|
719 |
feed $grp $callback->($grp) |
720 |
Sets a feeder/generator on this group: every group can have an |
721 |
attached generator that generates requests if idle. The idea behind |
722 |
this is that, although you could just queue as many requests as you |
723 |
want in a group, this might starve other requests for a potentially |
724 |
long time. For example, "aio_scandir" might generate hundreds of |
725 |
thousands "aio_stat" requests, delaying any later requests for a |
726 |
long time. |
727 |
|
728 |
To avoid this, and allow incremental generation of requests, you can |
729 |
instead a group and set a feeder on it that generates those |
730 |
requests. The feed callback will be called whenever there are few |
731 |
enough (see "limit", below) requests active in the group itself and |
732 |
is expected to queue more requests. |
733 |
|
734 |
The feed callback can queue as many requests as it likes (i.e. "add" |
735 |
does not impose any limits). |
736 |
|
737 |
If the feed does not queue more requests when called, it will be |
738 |
automatically removed from the group. |
739 |
|
740 |
If the feed limit is 0, it will be set to 2 automatically. |
741 |
|
742 |
Example: |
743 |
|
744 |
# stat all files in @files, but only ever use four aio requests concurrently: |
745 |
|
746 |
my $grp = aio_group sub { print "finished\n" }; |
747 |
limit $grp 4; |
748 |
feed $grp sub { |
749 |
my $file = pop @files |
750 |
or return; |
751 |
|
752 |
add $grp aio_stat $file, sub { ... }; |
753 |
}; |
754 |
|
755 |
limit $grp $num |
756 |
Sets the feeder limit for the group: The feeder will be called |
757 |
whenever the group contains less than this many requests. |
758 |
|
759 |
Setting the limit to 0 will pause the feeding process. |
760 |
|
761 |
SUPPORT FUNCTIONS |
762 |
EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION |
763 |
$fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno |
764 |
Return the *request result pipe file descriptor*. This filehandle |
765 |
must be polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module |
766 |
(e.g. Event or select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe |
767 |
becomes readable you have to call "poll_cb" to check the results. |
768 |
|
769 |
See "poll_cb" for an example. |
770 |
|
771 |
IO::AIO::poll_cb |
772 |
Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call |
773 |
this regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns |
774 |
immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of events |
775 |
processed depends on the settings of "IO::AIO::max_poll_req" and |
776 |
"IO::AIO::max_poll_time". |
777 |
|
778 |
If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the |
779 |
filehandle will still be ready when "poll_cb" returns. |
780 |
|
781 |
Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls |
782 |
IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority: |
783 |
|
784 |
Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
785 |
poll => 'r', async => 1, |
786 |
cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
787 |
|
788 |
IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs |
789 |
IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds |
790 |
These set the maximum number of requests (default 0, meaning |
791 |
infinity) that are being processed by "IO::AIO::poll_cb" in one |
792 |
call, respectively the maximum amount of time (default 0, meaning |
793 |
infinity) spent in "IO::AIO::poll_cb" to process requests (more |
794 |
correctly the mininum amount of time "poll_cb" is allowed to use). |
795 |
|
796 |
Setting "max_poll_time" to a non-zero value creates an overhead of |
797 |
one syscall per request processed, which is not normally a problem |
798 |
unless your callbacks are really really fast or your OS is really |
799 |
really slow (I am not mentioning Solaris here). Using |
800 |
"max_poll_reqs" incurs no overhead. |
801 |
|
802 |
Setting these is useful if you want to ensure some level of |
803 |
interactiveness when perl is not fast enough to process all requests |
804 |
in time. |
805 |
|
806 |
For interactive programs, values such as 0.01 to 0.1 should be fine. |
807 |
|
808 |
Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls |
809 |
IO::AIO::poll_cb with low priority, to ensure that other parts of |
810 |
the program get the CPU sometimes even under high AIO load. |
811 |
|
812 |
# try not to spend much more than 0.1s in poll_cb |
813 |
IO::AIO::max_poll_time 0.1; |
814 |
|
815 |
# use a low priority so other tasks have priority |
816 |
Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
817 |
poll => 'r', nice => 1, |
818 |
cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
819 |
|
820 |
IO::AIO::poll_wait |
821 |
If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result |
822 |
phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading |
823 |
(simply does a "select" on the filehandle. This is useful if you |
824 |
want to synchronously wait for some requests to finish). |
825 |
|
826 |
See "nreqs" for an example. |
827 |
|
828 |
IO::AIO::poll |
829 |
Waits until some requests have been handled. |
830 |
|
831 |
Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly |
832 |
equivalent to: |
833 |
|
834 |
IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
835 |
|
836 |
IO::AIO::flush |
837 |
Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled. |
838 |
|
839 |
Strictly equivalent to: |
840 |
|
841 |
IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
842 |
while IO::AIO::nreqs; |
843 |
|
844 |
CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS |
845 |
IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads |
846 |
Set the minimum number of AIO threads to $nthreads. The current |
847 |
default is 8, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute |
848 |
concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests, |
849 |
however, is unlimited). |
850 |
|
851 |
IO::AIO starts threads only on demand, when an AIO request is queued |
852 |
and no free thread exists. Please note that queueing up a hundred |
853 |
requests can create demand for a hundred threads, even if it turns |
854 |
out that everything is in the cache and could have been processed |
855 |
faster by a single thread. |
856 |
|
857 |
It is recommended to keep the number of threads relatively low, as |
858 |
some Linux kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of |
859 |
threads (higher parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current |
860 |
Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 threads should be fine. |
861 |
|
862 |
Under most circumstances you don't need to call this function, as |
863 |
the module selects a default that is suitable for low to moderate |
864 |
load. |
865 |
|
866 |
IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads |
867 |
Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to $nthreads. If more than |
868 |
the specified number of threads are currently running, this function |
869 |
kills them. This function blocks until the limit is reached. |
870 |
|
871 |
While $nthreads are zero, aio requests get queued but not executed |
872 |
until the number of threads has been increased again. |
873 |
|
874 |
This module automatically runs "max_parallel 0" at program end, to |
875 |
ensure that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding |
876 |
requests. |
877 |
|
878 |
Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. |
879 |
|
880 |
IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads |
881 |
Limit the number of threads (default: 4) that are allowed to idle |
882 |
(i.e., threads that did not get a request to process within 10 |
883 |
seconds). That means if a thread becomes idle while $nthreads other |
884 |
threads are also idle, it will free its resources and exit. |
885 |
|
886 |
This is useful when you allow a large number of threads (e.g. 100 or |
887 |
1000) to allow for extremely high load situations, but want to free |
888 |
resources under normal circumstances (1000 threads can easily |
889 |
consume 30MB of RAM). |
890 |
|
891 |
The default is probably ok in most situations, especially if thread |
892 |
creation is fast. If thread creation is very slow on your system you |
893 |
might want to use larger values. |
894 |
|
895 |
$oldmaxreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs |
896 |
This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because |
897 |
it blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is |
898 |
inexact: Better use an "aio_group" together with a feed callback. |
899 |
|
900 |
Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to $nreqs. If you do |
901 |
queue up more than this number of requests, the next call to the |
902 |
"poll_cb" (and "poll_some" and other functions calling "poll_cb") |
903 |
function will block until the limit is no longer exceeded. |
904 |
|
905 |
The default value is very large, so there is no practical limit on |
906 |
the number of outstanding requests. |
907 |
|
908 |
You can still queue as many requests as you want. Therefore, |
909 |
"max_oustsanding" is mainly useful in simple scripts (with low |
910 |
values) or as a stop gap to shield against fatal memory overflow |
911 |
(with large values). |
912 |
|
913 |
STATISTICAL INFORMATION |
914 |
IO::AIO::nreqs |
915 |
Returns the number of requests currently in the ready, execute or |
916 |
pending states (i.e. for which their callback has not been invoked |
917 |
yet). |
918 |
|
919 |
Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: |
920 |
|
921 |
IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
922 |
while IO::AIO::nreqs; |
923 |
|
924 |
IO::AIO::nready |
925 |
Returns the number of requests currently in the ready state (not yet |
926 |
executed). |
927 |
|
928 |
IO::AIO::npending |
929 |
Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state |
930 |
(executed, but not yet processed by poll_cb). |
931 |
|
932 |
FORK BEHAVIOUR |
933 |
This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks: |
934 |
|
935 |
Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests can |
936 |
be added in other threads and no results will be processed. After the |
937 |
fork the parent simply leaves the quiescent state and continues |
938 |
request/result processing, while the child frees the request/result |
939 |
queue (so that the requests started before the fork will only be handled |
940 |
in the parent). Threads will be started on demand until the limit set in |
941 |
the parent process has been reached again. |
942 |
|
943 |
In short: the parent will, after a short pause, continue as if fork had |
944 |
not been called, while the child will act as if IO::AIO has not been |
945 |
used yet. |
946 |
|
947 |
MEMORY USAGE |
948 |
Per-request usage: |
949 |
|
950 |
Each aio request uses - depending on your architecture - around 100-200 |
951 |
bytes of memory. In addition, stat requests need a stat buffer (possibly |
952 |
a few hundred bytes), readdir requires a result buffer and so on. Perl |
953 |
scalars and other data passed into aio requests will also be locked and |
954 |
will consume memory till the request has entered the done state. |
955 |
|
956 |
This is not awfully much, so queuing lots of requests is not usually a |
957 |
problem. |
958 |
|
959 |
Per-thread usage: |
960 |
|
961 |
In the execution phase, some aio requests require more memory for |
962 |
temporary buffers, and each thread requires a stack and other data |
963 |
structures (usually around 16k-128k, depending on the OS). |
964 |
|
965 |
KNOWN BUGS |
966 |
Known bugs will be fixed in the next release. |
967 |
|
968 |
SEE ALSO |
969 |
Coro::AIO. |
970 |
|
971 |
AUTHOR |
972 |
Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
973 |
http://home.schmorp.de/ |
974 |
|