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24	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue	24	$req->cancel; # cancel request if still in queue
25		25
26	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };	26	my $grp = aio_group sub { print "all stats done\n" };
27	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;	27	add $grp aio_stat "..." for ...;
28		28
29	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
30	use AnyEvent::AIO;
31
32	# EV integration
33	my $w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
34
35	# Event integration
36	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
37	poll => 'r',
38	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
39
40	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
41	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
42	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
43
44	# Tk integration
45	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
46	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
47
48	# Danga::Socket integration
49	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
50	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
51
52	DESCRIPTION	29	DESCRIPTION
53	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your	30	This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your
54	operating system supports.	31	operating system supports. It is implemented as an interface to "libeio"
		32	(<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libeio.html>).
55		33
56	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program	34	Asynchronous means that operations that can normally block your program
57	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation will	35	(e.g. reading from disk) will be done asynchronously: the operation will
58	still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This is	36	still block, but you can do something else in the meantime. This is
59	extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even when	37	extremely useful for programs that need to stay interactive even when
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64	operations concurrently.	42	operations concurrently.
65		43
66	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example	44	While most of this works on all types of file descriptors (for example
67	sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support	45	sockets), using these functions on file descriptors that support
68	nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient.	46	nonblocking operation (again, sockets, pipes etc.) is very inefficient.
69	Use an event loop for that (such as the Event module): IO::AIO will	47	Use an event loop for that (such as the EV module): IO::AIO will
70	naturally fit into such an event loop itself.	48	naturally fit into such an event loop itself.
71		49
72	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your	50	In this version, a number of threads are started that execute your
73	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in	51	requests and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in
74	perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to	52	perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to
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83	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking	61	it is currently not reentrant in any way, so use appropriate locking
84	yourself, always call "poll_cb" from within the same thread, or never	62	yourself, always call "poll_cb" from within the same thread, or never
85	call "poll_cb" (or other "aio_" functions) recursively.	63	call "poll_cb" (or other "aio_" functions) recursively.
86		64
87	EXAMPLE	65	EXAMPLE
88	This is a simple example that uses the Event module and loads	66	This is a simple example that uses the EV module and loads /etc/passwd
89	/etc/passwd asynchronously:	67	asynchronously:
90		68
91	use Fcntl;	69	use Fcntl;
92	use Event;	70	use EV;
93	use IO::AIO;	71	use IO::AIO;
94		72
95	# register the IO::AIO callback with Event	73	# register the IO::AIO callback with EV
96	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	74	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
97	poll => 'r',
98	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
99		75
100	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd	76	# queue the request to open /etc/passwd
101	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {	77	aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub {
102	my $fh = shift	78	my $fh = shift
103	or die "error while opening: $!";	79	or die "error while opening: $!";
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115		91
116	# file contents now in $contents	92	# file contents now in $contents
117	print $contents;	93	print $contents;
118		94
119	# exit event loop and program	95	# exit event loop and program
120	Event::unloop;	96	EV::unloop;
121	};	97	};
122	};	98	};
123		99
124	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,	100	# possibly queue up other requests, or open GUI windows,
125	# check for sockets etc. etc.	101	# check for sockets etc. etc.
126		102
127	# process events as long as there are some:	103	# process events as long as there are some:
128	Event::loop;	104	EV::loop;
129		105
130	REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME	106	REQUEST ANATOMY AND LIFETIME
131	Every "aio_*" function creates a request. which is a C data structure	107	Every "aio_*" function creates a request. which is a C data structure
132	not directly visible to Perl.	108	not directly visible to Perl.
133		109
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169	anymore (except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to	145	anymore (except possibly for the Perl object, but its connection to
170	the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will	146	the actual aio request is severed and calling its methods will
171	either do nothing or result in a runtime error).	147	either do nothing or result in a runtime error).
172		148
173	FUNCTIONS	149	FUNCTIONS
		150	QUICK OVERVIEW
		151	This section simply lists the prototypes of the most important functions
		152	for quick reference. See the following sections for function-by-function
		153	documentation.
		154
		155	aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback->($fh)
		156	aio_close $fh, $callback->($status)
		157	aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		158	aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset, $callback->($retval)
		159	aio_sendfile $out_fh, $in_fh, $in_offset, $length, $callback->($retval)
		160	aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback->($retval)
		161	aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback->($status)
		162	aio_lstat $fh, $callback->($status)
		163	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		164	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
		165	aio_chown $fh_or_path, $uid, $gid, $callback->($status)
		166	aio_truncate $fh_or_path, $offset, $callback->($status)
		167	aio_chmod $fh_or_path, $mode, $callback->($status)
		168	aio_unlink $pathname, $callback->($status)
		169	aio_mknod $path, $mode, $dev, $callback->($status)
		170	aio_link $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		171	aio_symlink $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		172	aio_readlink $path, $callback->($link)
		173	aio_rename $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		174	aio_mkdir $pathname, $mode, $callback->($status)
		175	aio_rmdir $pathname, $callback->($status)
		176	aio_readdir $pathname, $callback->($entries)
		177	aio_readdirx $pathname, $flags, $callback->($entries, $flags)
		178	IO::AIO::READDIR_DENTS IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
		179	IO::AIO::READDIR_STAT_ORDER IO::AIO::READDIR_FOUND_UNKNOWN
		180	aio_load $path, $data, $callback->($status)
		181	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		182	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
		183	aio_scandir $path, $maxreq, $callback->($dirs, $nondirs)
		184	aio_rmtree $path, $callback->($status)
		185	aio_sync $callback->($status)
		186	aio_fsync $fh, $callback->($status)
		187	aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback->($status)
		188	aio_sync_file_range $fh, $offset, $nbytes, $flags, $callback->($status)
		189	aio_pathsync $path, $callback->($status)
		190	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		191	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0, $callback->($status)
		192	aio_group $callback->(...)
		193	aio_nop $callback->()
		194
		195	$prev_pri = aioreq_pri [$pri]
		196	aioreq_nice $pri_adjust
		197
		198	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		199	IO::AIO::poll_cb
		200	IO::AIO::poll
		201	IO::AIO::flush
		202	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
		203	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
		204	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
		205	IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads
		206	IO::AIO::max_idle $nthreads
		207	IO::AIO::max_outstanding $maxreqs
		208	IO::AIO::nreqs
		209	IO::AIO::nready
		210	IO::AIO::npending
		211
		212	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		213	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		214	IO::AIO::mlockall $flags
		215	IO::AIO::munlockall
		216
174	AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS	217	AIO REQUEST FUNCTIONS
175	All the "aio_*" calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall	218	All the "aio_*" calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall
176	with the same name (sans "aio_"). The arguments are similar or	219	with the same name (sans "aio_"). The arguments are similar or
177	identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback	220	identical, and they all accept an additional (and optional) $callback
178	argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will get	221	argument which must be a code reference. This code reference will get
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314	more than one "aio_sendfile" per $out_fh, as they will interfere	357	more than one "aio_sendfile" per $out_fh, as they will interfere
315	with each other.	358	with each other.
316		359
317	This call tries to make use of a native "sendfile" syscall to	360	This call tries to make use of a native "sendfile" syscall to
318	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, $out_fh should refer	361	provide zero-copy operation. For this to work, $out_fh should refer
319	to a socket, and $in_fh should refer to mmap'able file.	362	to a socket, and $in_fh should refer to an mmap'able file.
320		363
321	If the native sendfile call fails or is not implemented, it will be	364	If a native sendfile cannot be found or it fails with "ENOSYS",
		365	"ENOTSUP", "EOPNOTSUPP", "EAFNOSUPPORT", "EPROTOTYPE" or "ENOTSOCK",
322	emulated, so you can call "aio_sendfile" on any type of filehandle	366	it will be emulated, so you can call "aio_sendfile" on any type of
323	regardless of the limitations of the operating system.	367	filehandle regardless of the limitations of the operating system.
324		368
325	Please note, however, that "aio_sendfile" can read more bytes from	369	Please note, however, that "aio_sendfile" can read more bytes from
326	$in_fh than are written, and there is no way to find out how many	370	$in_fh than are written, and there is no way to find out how many
327	bytes have been read from "aio_sendfile" alone, as "aio_sendfile"	371	bytes have been read from "aio_sendfile" alone, as "aio_sendfile"
328	only provides the number of bytes written to $out_fh. Only if the	372	only provides the number of bytes written to $out_fh. Only if the
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363	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {	407	aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub {
364	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";	408	$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!";
365	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";	409	print "size is ", -s _, "\n";
366	};	410	};
367		411
		412	aio_statvfs $fh_or_path, $callback->($statvfs)
		413	Works like the POSIX "statvfs" or "fstatvfs" syscalls, depending on
		414	whether a file handle or path was passed.
		415
		416	On success, the callback is passed a hash reference with the
		417	following members: "bsize", "frsize", "blocks", "bfree", "bavail",
		418	"files", "ffree", "favail", "fsid", "flag" and "namemax". On
		419	failure, "undef" is passed.
		420
		421	The following POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* constants are defined: "ST_RDONLY"
		422	and "ST_NOSUID".
		423
		424	The following non-POSIX IO::AIO::ST_* flag masks are defined to
		425	their correct value when available, or to 0 on systems that do not
		426	support them: "ST_NODEV", "ST_NOEXEC", "ST_SYNCHRONOUS",
		427	"ST_MANDLOCK", "ST_WRITE", "ST_APPEND", "ST_IMMUTABLE",
		428	"ST_NOATIME", "ST_NODIRATIME" and "ST_RELATIME".
		429
		430	Example: stat "/wd" and dump out the data if successful.
		431
		432	aio_statvfs "/wd", sub {
		433	my $f = $_[0]
		434	or die "statvfs: $!";
		435
		436	use Data::Dumper;
		437	say Dumper $f;
		438	};
		439
		440	# result:
		441	{
		442	bsize => 1024,
		443	bfree => 4333064312,
		444	blocks => 10253828096,
		445	files => 2050765568,
		446	flag => 4096,
		447	favail => 2042092649,
		448	bavail => 4333064312,
		449	ffree => 2042092649,
		450	namemax => 255,
		451	frsize => 1024,
		452	fsid => 1810
		453	}
		454
368	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)	455	aio_utime $fh_or_path, $atime, $mtime, $callback->($status)
369	Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of	456	Works like perl's "utime" function (including the special case of
370	$atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if	457	$atime and $mtime being undef). Fractional times are supported if
371	the underlying syscalls support them.	458	the underlying syscalls support them.
372		459
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474	you need to know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed	561	you need to know, you have to run stat yourself. Also, for speed
475	reasons, the $type scalars are read-only: you can not modify	562	reasons, the $type scalars are read-only: you can not modify
476	them.	563	them.
477		564
478	$inode is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems	565	$inode is the inode number (which might not be exact on systems
479	with 64 bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). On systems that do	566	with 64 bit inode numbers and 32 bit perls). This field has
480	not deliver the inode information, this will always be zero.	567	unspecified content on systems that do not deliver the inode
		568	information.
481		569
482	IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST	570	IO::AIO::READDIR_DIRS_FIRST
483	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an	571	When this flag is set, then the names will be returned in an
484	order where likely directories come first. This is useful when	572	order where likely directories come first. This is useful when
485	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all	573	you need to quickly find directories, or you want to find all
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512	into memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.	600	into memory. Status is the same as with aio_read.
513		601
514	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	602	aio_copy $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
515	Try to copy the file (directories not supported as either source	603	Try to copy the file (directories not supported as either source
516	or destination) from $srcpath to $dstpath and call the callback with	604	or destination) from $srcpath to $dstpath and call the callback with
517	the 0 (error) or -1 ok.	605	a status of 0 (ok) or -1 (error, see $!).
518		606
519	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with	607	This is a composite request that creates the destination file with
520	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using	608	mode 0200 and copies the contents of the source file into it using
521	"aio_sendfile", followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and	609	"aio_sendfile", followed by restoring atime, mtime, access mode and
522	uid/gid, in that order.	610	uid/gid, in that order.
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526	uid/gid, where errors are being ignored.	614	uid/gid, where errors are being ignored.
527		615
528	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)	616	aio_move $srcpath, $dstpath, $callback->($status)
529	Try to move the file (directories not supported as either source	617	Try to move the file (directories not supported as either source
530	or destination) from $srcpath to $dstpath and call the callback with	618	or destination) from $srcpath to $dstpath and call the callback with
531	the 0 (error) or -1 ok.	619	a status of 0 (ok) or -1 (error, see $!).
532		620
533	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first;	621	This is a composite request that tries to rename(2) the file first;
534	if rename fails with "EXDEV", it copies the file with "aio_copy"	622	if rename fails with "EXDEV", it copies the file with "aio_copy"
535	and, if that is successful, unlinks the $srcpath.	623	and, if that is successful, unlinks the $srcpath.
536		624
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631	operations (E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating	719	operations (E.g. rename). This might not work on all operating
632	systems or have any specific effect, but usually it makes sure that	720	systems or have any specific effect, but usually it makes sure that
633	directory changes get written to disc. It works for anything that	721	directory changes get written to disc. It works for anything that
634	can be opened for read-only, not just directories.	722	can be opened for read-only, not just directories.
635		723
		724	Future versions of this function might fall back to other methods
		725	when "fsync" on the directory fails (such as calling "sync").
		726
636	Passes 0 when everything went ok, and -1 on error.	727	Passes 0 when everything went ok, and -1 on error.
		728
		729	aio_msync $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0,
		730	$callback->($status)
		731	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which only works on
		732	mmap(2)ed scalars (see the "IO::AIO::mmap" function, although it
		733	also works on data scalars managed by the Sys::Mmap or Mmap modules,
		734	note that the scalar must only be modified in-place while an aio
		735	operation is pending on it).
		736
		737	It calls the "msync" function of your OS, if available, with the
		738	memory area starting at $offset in the string and ending $length
		739	bytes later. If $length is negative, counts from the end, and if
		740	$length is "undef", then it goes till the end of the string. The
		741	flags can be a combination of "IO::AIO::MS_ASYNC",
		742	"IO::AIO::MS_INVALIDATE" and "IO::AIO::MS_SYNC".
		743
		744	aio_mtouch $scalar, $offset = 0, $length = undef, flags = 0,
		745	$callback->($status)
		746	This is a rather advanced IO::AIO call, which works best on
		747	mmap(2)ed scalars.
		748
		749	It touches (reads or writes) all memory pages in the specified range
		750	inside the scalar. All caveats and parameters are the same as for
		751	"aio_msync", above, except for flags, which must be either 0 (which
		752	reads all pages and ensures they are instantiated) or
		753	"IO::AIO::MT_MODIFY", which modifies the memory page s(by reading
		754	and writing an octet from it, which dirties the page).
637		755
638	aio_group $callback->(...)	756	aio_group $callback->(...)
639	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it	757	This is a very special aio request: Instead of doing something, it
640	is a container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want	758	is a container for other aio requests, which is useful if you want
641	to bundle many requests into a single, composite, request with a	759	to bundle many requests into a single, composite, request with a
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757		875
758	$grp->cancel_subs	876	$grp->cancel_subs
759	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group	877	Cancel all subrequests and clears any feeder, but not the group
760	request itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a	878	request itself. Useful when you queued a lot of events but got a
761	result early.	879	result early.
		880
		881	The group request will finish normally (you cannot add requests to
		882	the group).
762		883
763	$grp->result (...)	884	$grp->result (...)
764	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback	885	Set the result value(s) that will be passed to the group callback
765	when all subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the	886	when all subrequests have finished and set the groups errno to the
766	current value of errno (just like calling "errno" without an error	887	current value of errno (just like calling "errno" without an error
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826	SUPPORT FUNCTIONS	947	SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
827	EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION	948	EVENT PROCESSING AND EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
828	$fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno	949	$fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno
829	Return the request result pipe file descriptor. This filehandle	950	Return the request result pipe file descriptor. This filehandle
830	must be polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module	951	must be polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module
831	(e.g. Event or select, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the pipe	952	(e.g. EV, Glib, select and so on, see below or the SYNOPSIS). If the
832	becomes readable you have to call "poll_cb" to check the results.	953	pipe becomes readable you have to call "poll_cb" to check the
		954	results.
833		955
834	See "poll_cb" for an example.	956	See "poll_cb" for an example.
835		957
836	IO::AIO::poll_cb	958	IO::AIO::poll_cb
837	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call	959	Process some outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call
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844	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the	966	If not all requests were processed for whatever reason, the
845	filehandle will still be ready when "poll_cb" returns, so normally	967	filehandle will still be ready when "poll_cb" returns, so normally
846	you don't have to do anything special to have it called later.	968	you don't have to do anything special to have it called later.
847		969
848	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls	970	Example: Install an Event watcher that automatically calls
849	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority:	971	IO::AIO::poll_cb with high priority (more examples can be found in
		972	the SYNOPSIS section, at the top of this document):
850		973
851	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	974	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
852	poll => 'r', async => 1,	975	poll => 'r', async => 1,
853	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);	976	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		977
		978	IO::AIO::poll_wait
		979	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
		980	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading
		981	(simply does a "select" on the filehandle. This is useful if you
		982	want to synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
		983
		984	See "nreqs" for an example.
		985
		986	IO::AIO::poll
		987	Waits until some requests have been handled.
		988
		989	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
		990	equivalent to:
		991
		992	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		993
		994	IO::AIO::flush
		995	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
		996
		997	Strictly equivalent to:
		998
		999	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
		1000	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
854		1001
855	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs	1002	IO::AIO::max_poll_reqs $nreqs
856	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds	1003	IO::AIO::max_poll_time $seconds
857	These set the maximum number of requests (default 0, meaning	1004	These set the maximum number of requests (default 0, meaning
858	infinity) that are being processed by "IO::AIO::poll_cb" in one	1005	infinity) that are being processed by "IO::AIO::poll_cb" in one
…		…
882	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority	1029	# use a low priority so other tasks have priority
883	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,	1030	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
884	poll => 'r', nice => 1,	1031	poll => 'r', nice => 1,
885	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);	1032	cb => &IO::AIO::poll_cb);
886		1033
887	IO::AIO::poll_wait
888	If there are any outstanding requests and none of them in the result
889	phase, wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading
890	(simply does a "select" on the filehandle. This is useful if you
891	want to synchronously wait for some requests to finish).
892
893	See "nreqs" for an example.
894
895	IO::AIO::poll
896	Waits until some requests have been handled.
897
898	Returns the number of requests processed, but is otherwise strictly
899	equivalent to:
900
901	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
902
903	IO::AIO::flush
904	Wait till all outstanding AIO requests have been handled.
905
906	Strictly equivalent to:
907
908	IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb
909	while IO::AIO::nreqs;
910
911	CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS	1034	CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF THREADS
912	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads	1035	IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads
913	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to $nthreads. The current	1036	Set the minimum number of AIO threads to $nthreads. The current
914	default is 8, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute	1037	default is 8, which means eight asynchronous operations can execute
915	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,	1038	concurrently at any one time (the number of outstanding requests,
…		…
993	executed).	1116	executed).
994		1117
995	IO::AIO::npending	1118	IO::AIO::npending
996	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state	1119	Returns the number of requests currently in the pending state
997	(executed, but not yet processed by poll_cb).	1120	(executed, but not yet processed by poll_cb).
		1121
		1122	MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
		1123	IO::AIO implements some functions that might be useful, but are not
		1124	asynchronous.
		1125
		1126	IO::AIO::sendfile $ofh, $ifh, $offset, $count
		1127	Calls the "eio_sendfile_sync" function, which is like
		1128	"aio_sendfile", but is blocking (this makes most sense if you know
		1129	the input data is likely cached already and the output filehandle is
		1130	set to non-blocking operations).
		1131
		1132	Returns the number of bytes copied, or -1 on error.
		1133
		1134	IO::AIO::fadvise $fh, $offset, $len, $advice
		1135	Simply calls the "posix_fadvise" function (see it's manpage for
		1136	details). The following advice constants are avaiable:
		1137	"IO::AIO::FADV_NORMAL", "IO::AIO::FADV_SEQUENTIAL",
		1138	"IO::AIO::FADV_RANDOM", "IO::AIO::FADV_NOREUSE",
		1139	"IO::AIO::FADV_WILLNEED", "IO::AIO::FADV_DONTNEED".
		1140
		1141	On systems that do not implement "posix_fadvise", this function
		1142	returns ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "posix_fadvise".
		1143
		1144	IO::AIO::mmap $scalar, $length, $prot, $flags, $fh[, $offset]
		1145	Memory-maps a file (or anonymous memory range) and attaches it to
		1146	the given $scalar, which will act like a string scalar.
		1147
		1148	The only operations allowed on the scalar are "substr"/"vec" that
		1149	don't change the string length, and most read-only operations such
		1150	as copying it or searching it with regexes and so on.
		1151
		1152	Anything else is unsafe and will, at best, result in memory leaks.
		1153
		1154	The memory map associated with the $scalar is automatically removed
		1155	when the $scalar is destroyed, or when the "IO::AIO::mmap" or
		1156	"IO::AIO::munmap" functions are called.
		1157
		1158	This calls the "mmap"(2) function internally. See your system's
		1159	manual page for details on the $length, $prot and $flags parameters.
		1160
		1161	The $length must be larger than zero and smaller than the actual
		1162	filesize.
		1163
		1164	$prot is a combination of "IO::AIO::PROT_NONE",
		1165	"IO::AIO::PROT_EXEC", "IO::AIO::PROT_READ" and/or
		1166	"IO::AIO::PROT_WRITE",
		1167
		1168	$flags can be a combination of "IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED" or
		1169	"IO::AIO::MAP_PRIVATE", or a number of system-specific flags (when
		1170	not available, the are defined as 0): "IO::AIO::MAP_ANONYMOUS"
		1171	(which is set to "MAP_ANON" if your system only provides this
		1172	constant), "IO::AIO::MAP_HUGETLB", "IO::AIO::MAP_LOCKED",
		1173	"IO::AIO::MAP_NORESERVE", "IO::AIO::MAP_POPULATE" or
		1174	"IO::AIO::MAP_NONBLOCK"
		1175
		1176	If $fh is "undef", then a file descriptor of -1 is passed.
		1177
		1178	$offset is the offset from the start of the file - it generally must
		1179	be a multiple of "IO::AIO::PAGESIZE" and defaults to 0.
		1180
		1181	Example:
		1182
		1183	use Digest::MD5;
		1184	use IO::AIO;
		1185
		1186	open my $fh, "<verybigfile"
		1187	or die "$!";
		1188
		1189	IO::AIO::mmap my $data, -s $fh, IO::AIO::PROT_READ, IO::AIO::MAP_SHARED, $fh
		1190	or die "verybigfile: $!";
		1191
		1192	my $fast_md5 = md5 $data;
		1193
		1194	IO::AIO::munmap $scalar
		1195	Removes a previous mmap and undefines the $scalar.
		1196
		1197	IO::AIO::mlockall $flags
		1198	Calls the "mlockall" function with the given $flags (a combination
		1199	of "IO::AIO::MCL_CURRENT" and "IO::AIO::MCL__FUTURE").
		1200
		1201	On systems that do not implement "mlockall", this function returns
		1202	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "mlockall".
		1203
		1204	IO::AIO::munlockall
		1205	Calls the "munlockall" function.
		1206
		1207	On systems that do not implement "munlockall", this function returns
		1208	ENOSYS, otherwise the return value of "munlockall".
		1209
		1210	EVENT LOOP INTEGRATION
		1211	It is recommended to use AnyEvent::AIO to integrate IO::AIO
		1212	automatically into many event loops:
		1213
		1214	# AnyEvent integration (EV, Event, Glib, Tk, POE, urxvt, pureperl...)
		1215	use AnyEvent::AIO;
		1216
		1217	You can also integrate IO::AIO manually into many event loops, here are
		1218	some examples of how to do this:
		1219
		1220	# EV integration
		1221	my $aio_w = EV::io IO::AIO::poll_fileno, EV::READ, \&IO::AIO::poll_cb;
		1222
		1223	# Event integration
		1224	Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1225	poll => 'r',
		1226	cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1227
		1228	# Glib/Gtk2 integration
		1229	add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno,
		1230	in => sub { IO::AIO::poll_cb; 1 };
		1231
		1232	# Tk integration
		1233	Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "",
		1234	readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		1235
		1236	# Danga::Socket integration
		1237	Danga::Socket->AddOtherFds (IO::AIO::poll_fileno =>
		1238	\&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
998		1239
999	FORK BEHAVIOUR	1240	FORK BEHAVIOUR
1000	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:	1241	This module should do "the right thing" when the process using it forks:
1001		1242
1002	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests can	1243	Before the fork, IO::AIO enters a quiescent state where no requests can

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