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146 the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will 146 the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will
147 either do nothing or result in a runtime error). 147 either do nothing or result in a runtime error).
148 148
149FUNCTIONS 149FUNCTIONS
150 QUICK OVERVIEW 150 QUICK OVERVIEW
151 This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions 151 This section simply lists the prototypes most of the functions for quick
152 for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function 152 reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
153 documentation. 153 documentation.
154 154
155 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd) 155 aio_wd $pathname, $callback->($wd)
156 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 156 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
157 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status) 157 aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
158 aio_seek $fh,$offset,$whence, $callback->($offs)
158 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 159 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
159 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 160 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
160 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval) 161 aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
161 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval) 162 aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
162 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status) 163 aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
163 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status) 164 aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
164 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs) 165 aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
165 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 166 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
166 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status) 167 aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
168 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
167 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 169 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
168 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 170 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
171 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
169 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 172 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
170 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status) 173 aio_mknod $pathname, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
171 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 174 aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
172 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 175 aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
173 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link) 176 aio_readlink $pathname, $callback->($link)
215 IO::AIO::nready 218 IO::AIO::nready
216 IO::AIO::npending 219 IO::AIO::npending
217 220
218 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count 221 IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
219 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice 222 IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
223 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags[, $fh[, $offset]]
224 IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
220 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice 225 IO::AIO::madvise $scalar, $offset, $length, $advice
221 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect 226 IO::AIO::mprotect $scalar, $offset, $length, $protect
222 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef 227 IO::AIO::munlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef
223 IO::AIO::munlockall 228 IO::AIO::munlockall
224 229
225 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS 230 API NOTES
226 All the "aio_*" calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall 231 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 232 with the same name (sans "aio_"). The arguments are similar or
228 identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback 233 identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback
229 argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will be 234 argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will be
230 called after the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion. 235 called after the syscall has been executed in an asynchronous fashion.
260 else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents. 265 else to ensure your scalar has the correct contents.
261 266
262 This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO 267 This works, btw. independent of the internal UTF-8 bit, which IO::AIO
263 handles correctly whether it is set or not. 268 handles correctly whether it is set or not.
264 269
270 AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
265 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri] 271 $prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
266 Returns the priority value that would be used for the next request 272 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. 273 and, if $pri is given, sets the priority for the next aio request.
268 274
269 The default priority is 0, the minimum and maximum priorities are -4 275 The default priority is 0, the minimum and maximum priorities are -4
291 Similar to "aioreq_pri", but subtracts the given value from the 297 Similar to "aioreq_pri", but subtracts the given value from the
292 current priority, so the effect is cumulative. 298 current priority, so the effect is cumulative.
293 299
294 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh) 300 aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
295 Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a 301 Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a
296 newly created filehandle for the file. 302 newly created filehandle for the file (or "undef" in case of an
303 error).
297 304
298 The pathname passed to "aio_open" must be absolute. See API NOTES, 305 The pathname passed to "aio_open" must be absolute. See API NOTES,
299 above, for an explanation. 306 above, for an explanation.
300 307
301 The $flags argument is a bitmask. See the "Fcntl" module for a list. 308 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 347 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). 348 a pipe (the pipe fd will be created on demand and will be cached).
342 349
343 Or in other words: the file descriptor will be closed, but it will 350 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. 351 not be free for reuse until the perl filehandle is closed.
352
353 aio_seek $fh, $offset, $whence, $callback->($offs)
354 Seeks the filehandle to the new $offset, similarly to perl's
355 "sysseek". The $whence can use the traditional values (0 for
356 "IO::AIO::SEEK_SET", 1 for "IO::AIO::SEEK_CUR" or 2 for
357 "IO::AIO::SEEK_END").
358
359 The resulting absolute offset will be passed to the callback, or -1
360 in case of an error.
361
362 In theory, the $whence constants could be different than the
363 corresponding values from Fcntl, but perl guarantees they are the
364 same, so don't panic.
365
366 As a GNU/Linux (and maybe Solaris) extension, also the constants
367 "IO::AIO::SEEK_DATA" and "IO::AIO::SEEK_HOLE" are available, if they
368 could be found. No guarantees about suitability for use in
369 "aio_seek" or Perl's "sysseek" can be made though, although I would
370 naively assume they "just work".
345 371
346 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 372 aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
347 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval) 373 aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
348 Reads or writes $length bytes from or to the specified $fh and 374 Reads or writes $length bytes from or to the specified $fh and
349 $offset into the scalar given by $data and offset $dataoffset and 375 $offset into the scalar given by $data and offset $dataoffset and
504 namemax => 255, 530 namemax => 255,
505 frsize => 1024, 531 frsize => 1024,
506 fsid => 1810 532 fsid => 1810
507 } 533 }
508 534
535 Here is a (likely partial) list of fsid values used by Linux - it is
536 safe to hardcode these when the $^O is "linux":
537
538 0x0000adf5 adfs
539 0x0000adff affs
540 0x5346414f afs
541 0x09041934 anon-inode filesystem
542 0x00000187 autofs
543 0x42465331 befs
544 0x1badface bfs
545 0x42494e4d binfmt_misc
546 0x9123683e btrfs
547 0x0027e0eb cgroupfs
548 0xff534d42 cifs
549 0x73757245 coda
550 0x012ff7b7 coh
551 0x28cd3d45 cramfs
552 0x453dcd28 cramfs-wend (wrong endianness)
553 0x64626720 debugfs
554 0x00001373 devfs
555 0x00001cd1 devpts
556 0x0000f15f ecryptfs
557 0x00414a53 efs
558 0x0000137d ext
559 0x0000ef53 ext2/ext3
560 0x0000ef51 ext2
561 0x00004006 fat
562 0x65735546 fuseblk
563 0x65735543 fusectl
564 0x0bad1dea futexfs
565 0x01161970 gfs2
566 0x47504653 gpfs
567 0x00004244 hfs
568 0xf995e849 hpfs
569 0x958458f6 hugetlbfs
570 0x2bad1dea inotifyfs
571 0x00009660 isofs
572 0x000072b6 jffs2
573 0x3153464a jfs
574 0x6b414653 k-afs
575 0x0bd00bd0 lustre
576 0x0000137f minix
577 0x0000138f minix 30 char names
578 0x00002468 minix v2
579 0x00002478 minix v2 30 char names
580 0x00004d5a minix v3
581 0x19800202 mqueue
582 0x00004d44 msdos
583 0x0000564c novell
584 0x00006969 nfs
585 0x6e667364 nfsd
586 0x00003434 nilfs
587 0x5346544e ntfs
588 0x00009fa1 openprom
589 0x7461636F ocfs2
590 0x00009fa0 proc
591 0x6165676c pstorefs
592 0x0000002f qnx4
593 0x858458f6 ramfs
594 0x52654973 reiserfs
595 0x00007275 romfs
596 0x67596969 rpc_pipefs
597 0x73636673 securityfs
598 0xf97cff8c selinux
599 0x0000517b smb
600 0x534f434b sockfs
601 0x73717368 squashfs
602 0x62656572 sysfs
603 0x012ff7b6 sysv2
604 0x012ff7b5 sysv4
605 0x01021994 tmpfs
606 0x15013346 udf
607 0x00011954 ufs
608 0x54190100 ufs byteswapped
609 0x00009fa2 usbdevfs
610 0x01021997 v9fs
611 0xa501fcf5 vxfs
612 0xabba1974 xenfs
613 0x012ff7b4 xenix
614 0x58465342 xfs
615 0x012fd16d xia
616
509 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status) 617 aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
510 Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of 618 Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of
511 $atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if 619 $atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if
512 the underlying syscalls support them. 620 the underlying syscalls support them.
513 621
535 aio_chown "path", 0, undef; 643 aio_chown "path", 0, undef;
536 644
537 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status) 645 aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
538 Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2). 646 Works like truncate(2) or ftruncate(2).
539 647
648 aio_allocate $fh, $mode, $offset, $len, $callback->($status)
649 Allocates or freed disk space according to the $mode argument. See
650 the linux "fallocate" docuemntation for details.
651
652 $mode can currently be 0 or "IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE" to
653 allocate space, or "IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
654 IO::AIO::FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE", to deallocate a file range.
655
656 The file system block size used by "fallocate" is presumably the
657 "f_bsize" returned by "statvfs".
658
659 If "fallocate" isn't available or cannot be emulated (currently no
660 emulation will be attempted), passes -1 and sets $! to "ENOSYS".
661
540 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status) 662 aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
541 Works like perl's "chmod" function. 663 Works like perl's "chmod" function.
542 664
543 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status) 665 aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
544 Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the 666 Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the
570 the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to 692 the callback. If an error occurs, nothing or undef gets passed to
571 the callback. 693 the callback.
572 694
573 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path) 695 aio_realpath $pathname, $callback->($path)
574 Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in 696 Asynchronously make the path absolute and resolve any symlinks in
575 $path. The resulting path only consists of directories (Same as 697 $path. The resulting path only consists of directories (same as
576 Cwd::realpath). 698 Cwd::realpath).
577 699
578 This request can be used to get the absolute path of the current 700 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). 701 working directory by passing it a path of . (a single dot).
580 702
581 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status) 703 aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
582 Asynchronously rename the object at $srcpath to $dstpath, just as 704 Asynchronously rename the object at $srcpath to $dstpath, just as
583 rename(2) and call the callback with the result code. 705 rename(2) and call the callback with the result code.
706
707 On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
708 natively, the case "[$wd, "."]" as $srcpath is specialcased -
709 instead of failing, "rename" is called on the absolute path of $wd.
584 710
585 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status) 711 aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
586 Asynchronously mkdir (create) a directory and call the callback with 712 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 713 the result code. $mode will be modified by the umask at the time the
588 request is executed, so do not change your umask. 714 request is executed, so do not change your umask.
589 715
590 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status) 716 aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
591 Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with 717 Asynchronously rmdir (delete) a directory and call the callback with
592 the result code. 718 the result code.
719
720 On systems that support the AIO::WD working directory abstraction
721 natively, the case "[$wd, "."]" is specialcased - instead of
722 failing, "rmdir" is called on the absolute path of $wd.
593 723
594 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries) 724 aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
595 Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, "aio_readdir" reads an 725 Unlike the POSIX call of the same name, "aio_readdir" reads an
596 entire directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries 726 entire directory (i.e. opendir + readdir + closedir). The entries
597 will not be sorted, and will NOT include the "." and ".." entries. 727 will not be sorted, and will NOT include the "." and ".." entries.
820 950
821 It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified range 951 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 952 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 953 "aio_msync", above, except for flags, which must be either 0 (which
824 reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or 954 reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
825 "IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY", which modifies the memory page s(by reading 955 "IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY", which modifies the memory pages (by reading
826 and writing an octet from it, which dirties the page). 956 and writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
827 957
828 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status) 958 aio_mlock $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, $callback->($status)
829 This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on 959 This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on
830 mmap(2)ed scalars. 960 mmap(2)ed scalars.
862 992
863 Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into 993 Example: asynchronously lock all current and future pages into
864 memory. 994 memory.
865 995
866 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE; 996 aio_mlockall IO::AIO::MCL_FUTURE;
997
998 aio_fiemap $fh, $start, $length, $flags, $count, $cb->(\@extents)
999 Queries the extents of the given file (by calling the Linux "FIEMAP"
1000 ioctl, see <http://cvs.schmorp.de/IO-AIO/doc/fiemap.txt> for
1001 details). If the ioctl is not available on your OS, then this
1002 request will fail with "ENOSYS".
1003
1004 $start is the starting offset to query extents for, $length is the
1005 size of the range to query - if it is "undef", then the whole file
1006 will be queried.
1007
1008 $flags is a combination of flags ("IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC" or
1009 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR" - "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT" is
1010 also exported), and is normally 0 or "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC" to
1011 query the data portion.
1012
1013 $count is the maximum number of extent records to return. If it is
1014 "undef", then IO::AIO queries all extents of the range. As a very
1015 special case, if it is 0, then the callback receives the number of
1016 extents instead of the extents themselves (which is unreliable, see
1017 below).
1018
1019 If an error occurs, the callback receives no arguments. The special
1020 "errno" value "IO::AIO::EBADR" is available to test for flag errors.
1021
1022 Otherwise, the callback receives an array reference with extent
1023 structures. Each extent structure is an array reference itself, with
1024 the following members:
1025
1026 [$logical, $physical, $length, $flags]
1027
1028 Flags is any combination of the following flag values (typically
1029 either 0 or "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST" (1)):
1030
1031 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST", "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN",
1032 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC", "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED",
1033 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED",
1034 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED",
1035 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE",
1036 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL",
1037 "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN", "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED"
1038 or "IO::AIO::FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED".
1039
1040 At the time of this writing (Linux 3.2), this requets is unreliable
1041 unless $count is "undef", as the kernel has all sorts of bugs
1042 preventing it to return all extents of a range for files with large
1043 number of extents. The code works around all these issues if $count
1044 is undef.
867 1045
868 aio_group $callback->(...) 1046 aio_group $callback->(...)
869 This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it 1047 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 1048 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 1049 to bundle many requests into a single, composite, request with a
983 will still point to the original directory. Most functions accepting a 1161 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 1162 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 1163 older systems. Some functions (such as realpath) will always rely on the
986 string form of the pathname. 1164 string form of the pathname.
987 1165
988 So this fucntionality is mainly useful to get some protection against 1166 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 1167 "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 1168 future reference, and to speed up doing many operations in the same
991 directory (e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory). 1169 directory (e.g. when stat'ing all files in a directory).
992 1170
993 The following functions implement this working directory abstraction: 1171 The following functions implement this working directory abstraction:
1012 This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process 1190 This is a compiletime constant (object) that represents the process
1013 current working directory. 1191 current working directory.
1014 1192
1015 Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is 1193 Specifying this object as working directory object for a pathname is
1016 as if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory 1194 as if the pathname would be specified directly, without a directory
1017 object, e.g., these calls are functionally identical: 1195 object. For example, these calls are functionally identical:
1018 1196
1019 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... }; 1197 aio_stat "somefile", sub { ... };
1020 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... }; 1198 aio_stat [IO::AIO::CWD, "somefile"], sub { ... };
1199
1200 To recover the path associated with an IO::AIO::WD object, you can use
1201 "aio_realpath":
1202
1203 aio_realpath $wd, sub {
1204 warn "path is $_[0]\n";
1205 };
1206
1207 Currently, "aio_statvfs" always, and "aio_rename" and "aio_rmdir"
1208 sometimes, fall back to using an absolue path.
1021 1209
1022 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS 1210 IO::AIO::REQ CLASS
1023 All non-aggregate "aio_*" functions return an object of this class when 1211 All non-aggregate "aio_*" functions return an object of this class when
1024 called in non-void context. 1212 called in non-void context.
1025 1213
1177 results. 1365 results.
1178 1366
1179 See "poll_cb" for an example. 1367 See "poll_cb" for an example.
1180 1368
1181 IO::AIO::poll_cb 1369 IO::AIO::poll_cb
1182 Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call 1370 Process some requests that have reached the result phase (i.e. they
1371 have been executed but the results are not yet reported). You have
1372 to call this "regularly" to finish outstanding requests.
1373
1183 this regularly. Returns 0 if all events could be processed (or there 1374 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 1375 to process), or -1 if it returned earlier for whatever reason.
1185 whatever reason. Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. 1376 Returns immediately when no events are outstanding. The amount of
1186 The amount of events processed depends on the settings of 1377 events processed depends on the settings of "IO::AIO::max_poll_req",
1187 "IO::AIO::max_poll_req" and "IO::AIO::max_poll_time". 1378 "IO::AIO::max_poll_time" and "IO::AIO::max_outstanding".
1188 1379
1189 If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the 1380 If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the poll
1190 filehandle will still be ready when "poll_cb" returns, so normally 1381 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. 1382 normally you don't have to do anything special to have it called
1383 later.
1192 1384
1193 Apart from calling "IO::AIO::poll_cb" when the event filehandle 1385 Apart from calling "IO::AIO::poll_cb" when the event filehandle
1194 becomes ready, it can be beneficial to call this function from loops 1386 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 1387 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 1388 processed when they become available and not just when the loop is
1204 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, 1396 Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
1205 poll => 'r', async => 1, 1397 poll => 'r', async => 1,
1206 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 1398 cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
1207 1399
1208 IO::AIO::poll_wait 1400 IO::AIO::poll_wait
1209 If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result 1401 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 1402 requests are outstanding anymore.
1211 (simply does a "select" on the filehandle. This is useful if you 1403
1212 want to synchronously wait for some requests to finish). 1404 This is useful if you want to synchronously wait for some requests
1405 to become ready, without actually handling them.
1213 1406
1214 See "nreqs" for an example. 1407 See "nreqs" for an example.
1215 1408
1216 IO::AIO::poll 1409 IO::AIO::poll
1217 Waits until some requests have been handled. 1410 Waits until some requests have been handled.
1412 On systems that do not implement "mprotect", this function returns 1605 On systems that do not implement "mprotect", this function returns
1413 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "mprotect". 1606 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "mprotect".
1414 1607
1415 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset] 1608 IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
1416 Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to 1609 Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to
1417 the given $scalar, which will act like a string scalar. 1610 the given $scalar, which will act like a string scalar. Returns true
1611 on success, and false otherwise.
1418 1612
1419 The only operations allowed on the scalar are "substr"/"vec" that 1613 The only operations allowed on the scalar are "substr"/"vec" that
1420 don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such 1614 don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
1421 as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on. 1615 as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
1422 1616
1472 IO::AIO::munlockall 1666 IO::AIO::munlockall
1473 Calls the "munlockall" function. 1667 Calls the "munlockall" function.
1474 1668
1475 On systems that do not implement "munlockall", this function returns 1669 On systems that do not implement "munlockall", this function returns
1476 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "munlockall". 1670 ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "munlockall".
1671
1672 IO::AIO::splice $r_fh, $r_off, $w_fh, $w_off, $length, $flags
1673 Calls the GNU/Linux splice(2) syscall, if available. If $r_off or
1674 $w_off are "undef", then "NULL" is passed for these, otherwise they
1675 should be the file offset.
1676
1677 $r_fh and $w_fh should not refer to the same file, as splice might
1678 silently corrupt the data in this case.
1679
1680 The following symbol flag values are available:
1681 "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MOVE", "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK",
1682 "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_MORE" and "IO::AIO::SPLICE_F_GIFT".
1683
1684 See the splice(2) manpage for details.
1685
1686 IO::AIO::tee $r_fh, $w_fh, $length, $flags
1687 Calls the GNU/Linux tee(2) syscall, see it's manpage and the
1688 description for "IO::AIO::splice" above for details.
1477 1689
1478EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION 1690EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
1479 It is recommended to use AnyEvent::AIO to integrate IO::AIO 1691 It is recommended to use AnyEvent::AIO to integrate IO::AIO
1480 automatically into many event loops: 1692 automatically into many event loops:
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