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64 64
65 EXAMPLE 65 EXAMPLE
66 This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads /etc/passwd 66 This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads /etc/passwd
67 asynchronously: 67 asynchronously:
68 68
69 use Fcntl;
70 use EV; 69 use EV;
71 use IO::AIO; 70 use IO::AIO;
72 71
73 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV 72 # register the IO::AIO callback with EV
74 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb; 73 my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
146 the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will 145 the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will
147 either do nothing or result in a runtime error). 146 either do nothing or result in a runtime error).
148 147
149FUNCTIONS 148FUNCTIONS
150 QUICK OVERVIEW 149 QUICK OVERVIEW
151 This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions 150 This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for quick
152 for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function 151 reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
153 documentation. 152 documentation.
154 153
155 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd) 154 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
156 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 155 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
157 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 156 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
157 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
158 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 158 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
159 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 159 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
160 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 160 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
161 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 161 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
162 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 162 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
163 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 163 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
164 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs) 164 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
165 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 165 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
166 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status) 166 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
167 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
167 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 168 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
168 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 169 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
170 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
169 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 171 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
170 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 172 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
171 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 173 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
172 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 174 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
173 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link) 175 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
174 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($link) 176 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
175 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 177 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
176 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 178 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
177 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 179 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
178 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 180 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
179 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags) 181 aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
215 IO::AIO::nready 217 IO::AIO::nready
216 IO::AIO::npending 218 IO::AIO::npending
217 219
218 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count 220 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
219 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice 221 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
222 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
223 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
220 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice 224 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
221 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect 225 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
222 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef 226 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
223 IO::AIO::munlockall 227 IO::AIO::munlockall
224 228
225 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 229 API NOTES
226 All the "aio_*" calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 230 All the "aio_*" calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
227 with the same name (sans "aio_"). The arguments are similar or 231 with the same name (sans "aio_"). The arguments are similar or
228 identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback 232 identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback
229 argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will be 233 argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will be
230 called after the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. 234 called after the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion.
260 else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 264 else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
261 265
262 This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 266 This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
263 handles correctly whether it is set or not. 267 handles correctly whether it is set or not.
264 268
269 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
265 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 270 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
266 Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request 271 Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request
267 and, if $pri is given, sets the priority for the next aio request. 272 and, if $pri is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
268 273
269 The default priority is 0, the minimum and maximum priorities are -4 274 The default priority is 0, the minimum and maximum priorities are -4
291 Similar to "aioreq_pri", but subtracts the given value from the 296 Similar to "aioreq_pri", but subtracts the given value from the
292 current priority, so the effect is cumulative. 297 current priority, so the effect is cumulative.
293 298
294 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 299 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
295 Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a 300 Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a
296 newly created filehandle for the file. 301 newly created filehandle for the file (or "undef" in case of an
302 error).
297 303
298 The pathname passed to "aio_open" must be absolute. See API NOTES, 304 The pathname passed to "aio_open" must be absolute. See API NOTES,
299 above, for an explanation. 305 above, for an explanation.
300 306
301 The $flags argument is a bitmask. See the "Fcntl" module for a list. 307 The $flags argument is a bitmask. See the "Fcntl" module for a list.
340 will use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of 346 will use dup2 to overwrite the file descriptor with the write-end of
341 a pipe (the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached). 347 a pipe (the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
342 348
343 Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will 349 Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will
344 not be free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed. 350 not be free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
351
352 aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
353 Seeks the filehandle to the new $offset, similarly to perl's
354 "sysseek". The $whence can use the traditional values (0 for
355 "IO::AIO::SEEK_SET", 1 for "IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR" or 2 for
356 "IO::AIO::SEEK_END").
357
358 The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or -1
359 in case of an error.
360
361 In theory, the $whence constants could be different than the
362 corresponding values from Fcntl, but perl guarantees they are the
363 same, so don't panic.
364
365 As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
366 "IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA" and "IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE" are available, if they
367 could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in
368 "aio_seek" or Perl's "sysseek" can be made though, although I would
369 naively assume they "just work".
345 370
346 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 371 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
347 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 372 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
348 Reads or writes $length bytes from or to the specified $fh and 373 Reads or writes $length bytes from or to the specified $fh and
349 $offset into the scalar given by $data and offset $dataoffset and 374 $offset into the scalar given by $data and offset $dataoffset and
504 namemax => 255, 529 namemax => 255,
505 frsize => 1024, 530 frsize => 1024,
506 fsid => 1810 531 fsid => 1810
507 } 532 }
508 533
534 Here is a (likely partial - send me updates!) list of fsid values
535 used by Linux - it is safe to hardcode these when $^O is "linux":
536
537 0x0000adf5 adfs
538 0x0000adff affs
539 0x5346414f afs
540 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
541 0x00000187 autofs
542 0x42465331 befs
543 0x1badface bfs
544 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
545 0x9123683e btrfs
546 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
547 0xff534d42 cifs
548 0x73757245 coda
549 0x012ff7b7 coh
550 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
551 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
552 0x64626720 debugfs
553 0x00001373 devfs
554 0x00001cd1 devpts
555 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
556 0x00414a53 efs
557 0x0000137d ext
558 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
559 0x0000ef51 ext2
560 0x00004006 fat
561 0x65735546 fuseblk
562 0x65735543 fusectl
563 0x0bad1dea futexfs
564 0x01161970 gfs2
565 0x47504653 gpfs
566 0x00004244 hfs
567 0xf995e849 hpfs
568 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
569 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
570 0x00009660 isofs
571 0x000072b6 jffs2
572 0x3153464a jfs
573 0x6b414653 k-afs
574 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
575 0x0000137f minix
576 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
577 0x00002468 minix v2
578 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
579 0x00004d5a minix v3
580 0x19800202 mqueue
581 0x00004d44 msdos
582 0x0000564c novell
583 0x00006969 nfs
584 0x6e667364 nfsd
585 0x00003434 nilfs
586 0x5346544e ntfs
587 0x00009fa1 openprom
588 0x7461636F ocfs2
589 0x00009fa0 proc
590 0x6165676c pstorefs
591 0x0000002f qnx4
592 0x858458f6 ramfs
593 0x52654973 reiserfs
594 0x00007275 romfs
595 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
596 0x73636673 securityfs
597 0xf97cff8c selinux
598 0x0000517b smb
599 0x534f434b sockfs
600 0x73717368 squashfs
601 0x62656572 sysfs
602 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
603 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
604 0x01021994 tmpfs
605 0x15013346 udf
606 0x00011954 ufs
607 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
608 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
609 0x01021997 v9fs
610 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
611 0xabba1974 xenfs
612 0x012ff7b4 xenix
613 0x58465342 xfs
614 0x012fd16d xia
615
509 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 616 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
510 Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of 617 Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of
511 $atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if 618 $atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if
512 the underlying syscalls support them. 619 the underlying syscalls support them.
513 620
535 aio_chown "path", 0, undef; 642 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
536 643
537 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 644 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
538 Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 645 Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
539 646
647 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
648 Allocates or frees disk space according to the $mode argument. See
649 the linux "fallocate" documentation for details.
650
651 $mode can currently be 0 or "IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE" to
652 allocate space, or "IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
653 IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE", to deallocate a file range.
654
655 The file system block size used by "fallocate" is presumably the
656 "f_bsize" returned by "statvfs".
657
658 If "fallocate" isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
659 emulation will be attempted), passes -1 and sets $! to "ENOSYS".
660
540 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 661 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
541 Works like perl's "chmod" function. 662 Works like perl's "chmod" function.
542 663
543 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 664 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
544 Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 665 Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
570 the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to 691 the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to
571 the callback. 692 the callback.
572 693
573 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path) 694 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
574 Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in 695 Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
575 $path. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as 696 $path. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
576 Cwd::realpath). 697 Cwd::realpath).
577 698
578 This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current 699 This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current
579 working directory by passing it a path of . (a single dot). 700 working directory by passing it a path of . (a single dot).
580 701
581 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 702 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
582 Asynchronously rename the object at $srcpath to $dstpath, just as 703 Asynchronously rename the object at $srcpath to $dstpath, just as
583 rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 704 rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
705
706 On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
707 natively, the case "[$wd, "."]" as $srcpath is specialcased -
708 instead of failing, "rename" is called on the absolute path of $wd.
584 709
585 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 710 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
586 Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 711 Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with
587 the result code. $mode will be modified by the umask at the time the 712 the result code. $mode will be modified by the umask at the time the
588 request is executed, so do not change your umask. 713 request is executed, so do not change your umask.
589 714
590 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 715 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
591 Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with 716 Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with
592 the result code. 717 the result code.
718
719 On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
720 natively, the case "[$wd, "."]" is specialcased - instead of
721 failing, "rmdir" is called on the absolute path of $wd.
593 722
594 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 723 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
595 Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, "aio_readdir" reads an 724 Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, "aio_readdir" reads an
596 entire directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries 725 entire directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries
597 will not be sorted, and will NOT include the "." and ".." entries. 726 will not be sorted, and will NOT include the "." and ".." entries.
820 949
821 It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified range 950 It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified range
822 inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same as for 951 inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same as for
823 "aio_msync", above, except for flags, which must be either 0 (which 952 "aio_msync", above, except for flags, which must be either 0 (which
824 reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or 953 reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
825 "IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY", which modifies the memory page s(by reading 954 "IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY", which modifies the memory pages (by reading
826 and writing an octet from it, which dirties the page). 955 and writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
827 956
828 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status) 957 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
829 This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on 958 This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on
830 mmap(2)ed scalars. 959 mmap(2)ed scalars.
862 991
863 Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into 992 Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into
864 memory. 993 memory.
865 994
866 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE; 995 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
996
997 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
998 Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux "FIEMAP"
999 ioctl, see <http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for
1000 details). If the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this
1001 request will fail with "ENOSYS".
1002
1003 $start is the starting offset to query extents for, $length is the
1004 size of the range to query - if it is "undef", then the whole file
1005 will be queried.
1006
1007 $flags is a combination of flags ("IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC" or
1008 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR" - "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT" is
1009 also exported), and is normally 0 or "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC" to
1010 query the data portion.
1011
1012 $count is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1013 "undef", then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very
1014 special case, if it is 0, then the callback receives the number of
1015 extents instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see
1016 below).
1017
1018 If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1019 "errno" value "IO::AIO::EBADR" is available to test for flag errors.
1020
1021 Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1022 structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with
1023 the following members:
1024
1025 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1026
1027 Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically
1028 either 0 or "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST" (1)):
1029
1030 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST", "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN",
1031 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC", "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED",
1032 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED",
1033 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED",
1034 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE",
1035 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL",
1036 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN", "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED"
1037 or "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED".
1038
1039 At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable
1040 unless $count is "undef", as the kernel has all sorts of bugs
1041 preventing it to return all extents of a range for files with large
1042 number of extents. The code works around all these issues if $count
1043 is undef.
867 1044
868 aio_group $callback->(...) 1045 aio_group $callback->(...)
869 This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it 1046 This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it
870 is a container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want 1047 is a container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want
871 to bundle many requests into a single, composite, request with a 1048 to bundle many requests into a single, composite, request with a
951 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub { 1128 aio_stat [$etcdir, "passwd"], sub {
952 # yay 1129 # yay
953 }; 1130 };
954 }; 1131 };
955 1132
956 That "aio_wd" is a request and not a normal function shows that creating 1133 The fact that "aio_wd" is a request and not a normal function shows that
957 an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking operation, which 1134 creating an IO::AIO::WD object is itself a potentially blocking
958 is why it is done asynchronously. 1135 operation, which is why it is done asynchronously.
959 1136
960 To stat the directory obtained with "aio_wd" above, one could write 1137 To stat the directory obtained with "aio_wd" above, one could write
961 either of the following three request calls: 1138 either of the following three request calls:
962 1139
963 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string 1140 aio_lstat "/etc" , sub { ... # pathname as normal string
983 will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a 1160 will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a
984 pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on 1161 pathname will use the directory fd on newer systems, and the string on
985 older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the 1162 older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
986 string form of the pathname. 1163 string form of the pathname.
987 1164
988 So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against 1165 So this functionality is mainly useful to get some protection against
989 "chdir", to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for 1166 "chdir", to easily get an absolute path out of a relative path for
990 future reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same 1167 future reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same
991 directory (e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory). 1168 directory (e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
992 1169
993 The following functions implement this working directory abstraction: 1170 The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1003 Since passing "undef" as working directory component of a pathname 1180 Since passing "undef" as working directory component of a pathname
1004 fails the request with "ENOENT", there is often no need for error 1181 fails the request with "ENOENT", there is often no need for error
1005 checking in the "aio_wd" callback, as future requests using the 1182 checking in the "aio_wd" callback, as future requests using the
1006 value will fail in the expected way. 1183 value will fail in the expected way.
1007 1184
1008 If this call isn't available because your OS lacks it or it couldn't
1009 be detected, it will be emulated by calling "fsync" instead.
1010
1011 IO::AIO::CWD 1185 IO::AIO::CWD
1012 This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process 1186 This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1013 current working directory. 1187 current working directory.
1014 1188
1015 Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is 1189 Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is
1016 as if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory 1190 as if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory
1017 object, e.g., these calls are functionally identical: 1191 object. For example, these calls are functionally identical:
1018 1192
1019 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... }; 1193 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1020 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... }; 1194 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1195
1196 To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1197 "aio_realpath":
1198
1199 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1200 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1201 };
1202
1203 Currently, "aio_statvfs" always, and "aio_rename" and "aio_rmdir"
1204 sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1021 1205
1022 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1206 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1023 All non-aggregate "aio_*" functions return an object of this class when 1207 All non-aggregate "aio_*" functions return an object of this class when
1024 called in non-void context. 1208 called in non-void context.
1025 1209
1177 results. 1361 results.
1178 1362
1179 See "poll_cb" for an example. 1363 See "poll_cb" for an example.
1180 1364
1181 IO::AIO::poll_cb 1365 IO::AIO::poll_cb
1182 Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call 1366 Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they
1367 have been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have
1368 to call this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1369
1183 this regularly. Returns 0 if all events could be processed (or there 1370 Returns 0 if all events could be processed (or there were no events
1184 were no events to process), or -1 if it returned earlier for 1371 to process), or -1 if it returned earlier for whatever reason.
1185 whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. 1372 Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1186 The amount of events processed depends on the settings of 1373 events processed depends on the settings of "IO::AIO::max_poll_req",
1187 "IO::AIO::max_poll_req" and "IO::AIO::max_poll_time". 1374 "IO::AIO::max_poll_time" and "IO::AIO::max_outstanding".
1188 1375
1189 If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the 1376 If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll
1190 filehandle will still be ready when "poll_cb" returns, so normally 1377 file descriptor will still be ready when "poll_cb" returns, so
1191 you don't have to do anything special to have it called later. 1378 normally you don't have to do anything special to have it called
1379 later.
1192 1380
1193 Apart from calling "IO::AIO::poll_cb" when the event filehandle 1381 Apart from calling "IO::AIO::poll_cb" when the event filehandle
1194 becomes ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops 1382 becomes ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops
1195 which submit a lot of requests, to make sure the results get 1383 which submit a lot of requests, to make sure the results get
1196 processed when they become available and not just when the loop is 1384 processed when they become available and not just when the loop is
1204 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1392 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1205 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1393 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1206 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1394 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1207 1395
1208 IO::AIO::poll_wait 1396 IO::AIO::poll_wait
1209 If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result 1397 Wait until either at least one request is in the result phase or no
1210 phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading 1398 requests are outstanding anymore.
1211 (simply does a "select" on the filehandle. This is useful if you 1399
1212 want to synchronously wait for some requests to finish). 1400 This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests
1401 to become ready, without actually handling them.
1213 1402
1214 See "nreqs" for an example. 1403 See "nreqs" for an example.
1215 1404
1216 IO::AIO::poll 1405 IO::AIO::poll
1217 Waits until some requests have been handled. 1406 Waits until some requests have been handled.
1329 1518
1330 This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because 1519 This is a very bad function to use in interactive programs because
1331 it blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is 1520 it blocks, and a bad way to reduce concurrency because it is
1332 inexact: Better use an "aio_group" together with a feed callback. 1521 inexact: Better use an "aio_group" together with a feed callback.
1333 1522
1334 It's main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to 1523 Its main use is in scripts without an event loop - when you want to
1335 stat a lot of files, you can write somehting like this: 1524 stat a lot of files, you can write somehting like this:
1336 1525
1337 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32; 1526 IO::AIO::max_outstanding 32;
1338 1527
1339 for my $path (...) { 1528 for my $path (...) {
1370 IO::AIO::npending 1559 IO::AIO::npending
1371 Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state 1560 Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state
1372 (executed, but not yet processed by poll_cb). 1561 (executed, but not yet processed by poll_cb).
1373 1562
1374 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS 1563 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
1375 IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not 1564 IO::AIO implements some functions that are useful when you want to use
1376 asynchronous. 1565 some "Advanced I/O" function not available to in Perl, without going the
1566 "Asynchronous I/O" route. Many of these have an asynchronous "aio_*"
1567 counterpart.
1377 1568
1378 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count 1569 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
1379 Calls the "eio_sendfile_sync" function, which is like 1570 Calls the "eio_sendfile_sync" function, which is like
1380 "aio_sendfile", but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know 1571 "aio_sendfile", but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know
1381 the input data is likely cached already and the output filehandle is 1572 the input data is likely cached already and the output filehandle is
1412 On systems that do not implement "mprotect", this function returns 1603 On systems that do not implement "mprotect", this function returns
1413 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "mprotect". 1604 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "mprotect".
1414 1605
1415 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset] 1606 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1416 Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to 1607 Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to
1417 the given $scalar, which will act like a string scalar. 1608 the given $scalar, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true
1609 on success, and false otherwise.
1418 1610
1419 The only operations allowed on the scalar are "substr"/"vec" that 1611 The only operations allowed on the scalar are "substr"/"vec" that
1420 don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such 1612 don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
1421 as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on. 1613 as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
1422 1614
1472 IO::AIO::munlockall 1664 IO::AIO::munlockall
1473 Calls the "munlockall" function. 1665 Calls the "munlockall" function.
1474 1666
1475 On systems that do not implement "munlockall", this function returns 1667 On systems that do not implement "munlockall", this function returns
1476 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "munlockall". 1668 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "munlockall".
1669
1670 IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
1671 Calls the GNU/Linux splice(2) syscall, if available. If $r_off or
1672 $w_off are "undef", then "NULL" is passed for these, otherwise they
1673 should be the file offset.
1674
1675 $r_fh and $w_fh should not refer to the same file, as splice might
1676 silently corrupt the data in this case.
1677
1678 The following symbol flag values are available:
1679 "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE", "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK",
1680 "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE" and "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT".
1681
1682 See the splice(2) manpage for details.
1683
1684 IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
1685 Calls the GNU/Linux tee(2) syscall, see its manpage and the
1686 description for "IO::AIO::splice" above for details.
1687
1688 $actual_size = IO::AIO::pipesize $r_fh[, $new_size]
1689 Attempts to query or change the pipe buffer size. Obviously works
1690 only on pipes, and currently works only on GNU/Linux systems, and
1691 fails with -1/"ENOSYS" everywhere else. If anybody knows how to
1692 influence pipe buffer size on other systems, drop me a note.
1477 1693
1478EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1694EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1479 It is recommended to use AnyEvent::AIO to integrate IO::AIO 1695 It is recommended to use AnyEvent::AIO to integrate IO::AIO
1480 automatically into many event loops: 1696 automatically into many event loops:
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