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=head1 NAME |
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IO::AIO - Asynchronous Input/Output |
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=head1 SYNOPSIS |
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use IO::AIO; |
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aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { |
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my ($fh) = @_; |
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... |
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}; |
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aio_unlink "/tmp/file", sub { }; |
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aio_read $fh, 30000, 1024, $buffer, 0, sub { |
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$_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; |
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}; |
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# Event |
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Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
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poll => 'r', |
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cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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# Glib/Gtk2 |
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add_watch Glib::IO IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
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\&IO::AIO::poll_cb; |
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# Tk |
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Tk::Event::IO->fileevent (IO::AIO::poll_fileno, "", |
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readable => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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=head1 DESCRIPTION |
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This module implements asynchronous I/O using whatever means your |
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operating system supports. |
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Currently, a number of threads are started that execute your read/writes |
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and signal their completion. You don't need thread support in your libc or |
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perl, and the threads created by this module will not be visible to the |
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pthreads library. In the future, this module might make use of the native |
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aio functions available on many operating systems. However, they are often |
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not well-supported (Linux doesn't allow them on normal files currently, |
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for example), and they would only support aio_read and aio_write, so the |
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remaining functionality would have to be implemented using threads anyway. |
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Although the module will work with in the presence of other threads, it is |
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currently not reentrant, so use appropriate locking yourself. |
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=cut |
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package IO::AIO; |
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use base 'Exporter'; |
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use Fcntl (); |
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BEGIN { |
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$VERSION = 0.2; |
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@EXPORT = qw(aio_read aio_write aio_open aio_close aio_stat aio_lstat aio_unlink |
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aio_fsync aio_fdatasync aio_readahead); |
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@EXPORT_OK = qw(poll_fileno poll_cb min_parallel max_parallel max_outstanding nreqs); |
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require XSLoader; |
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XSLoader::load IO::AIO, $VERSION; |
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} |
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=head1 FUNCTIONS |
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=head2 AIO FUNCTIONS |
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All the C<aio_*> calls are more or less thin wrappers around the syscall |
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with the same name (sans C<aio_>). The arguments are similar or identical, |
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and they all accept an additional C<$callback> argument which must be |
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a code reference. This code reference will get called with the syscall |
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return code (e.g. most syscalls return C<-1> on error, unlike perl, which |
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usually delivers "false") as it's sole argument when the given syscall has |
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been executed asynchronously. |
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All functions that expect a filehandle will also accept a file descriptor. |
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The filenames you pass to these routines I<must> be absolute. The reason |
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is that at the time the request is being executed, the current working |
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directory could have changed. Alternatively, you can make sure that you |
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never change the current working directory. |
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=over 4 |
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=item aio_open $pathname, $flags, $mode, $callback |
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Asynchronously open or create a file and call the callback with a newly |
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created filehandle for the file. |
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The pathname passed to C<aio_open> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, |
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for an explanation. |
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The C<$mode> argument is a bitmask. See the C<Fcntl> module for a |
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list. They are the same as used in C<sysopen>. |
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Example: |
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aio_open "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY, 0, sub { |
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if ($_[0]) { |
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print "open successful, fh is $_[0]\n"; |
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... |
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} else { |
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die "open failed: $!\n"; |
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} |
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}; |
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=item aio_close $fh, $callback |
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Asynchronously close a file and call the callback with the result |
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code. I<WARNING:> although accepted, you should not pass in a perl |
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filehandle here, as perl will likely close the file descriptor itself when |
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the filehandle is destroyed. Normally, you can safely call perls C<close> |
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or just let filehandles go out of scope. |
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=item aio_read $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback |
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=item aio_write $fh,$offset,$length, $data,$dataoffset,$callback |
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Reads or writes C<length> bytes from the specified C<fh> and C<offset> |
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into the scalar given by C<data> and offset C<dataoffset> and calls the |
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callback without the actual number of bytes read (or -1 on error, just |
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like the syscall). |
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Example: Read 15 bytes at offset 7 into scalar C<$buffer>, strating at |
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offset C<0> within the scalar: |
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aio_read $fh, 7, 15, $buffer, 0, sub { |
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$_[0] >= 0 or die "read error: $!"; |
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print "read <$buffer>\n"; |
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}; |
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=item aio_readahead $fh,$offset,$length, $callback |
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Asynchronously reads the specified byte range into the page cache, using |
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the C<readahead> syscall. If that syscall doesn't exist the status will be |
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C<-1> and C<$!> is set to ENOSYS. |
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readahead() populates the page cache with data from a file so that |
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subsequent reads from that file will not block on disk I/O. The C<$offset> |
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argument specifies the starting point from which data is to be read and |
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C<$length> specifies the number of bytes to be read. I/O is performed in |
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whole pages, so that offset is effectively rounded down to a page boundary |
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and bytes are read up to the next page boundary greater than or equal to |
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(off-set+length). aio_readahead() does not read beyond the end of the |
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file. The current file offset of the file is left unchanged. |
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=item aio_stat $fh_or_path, $callback |
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=item aio_lstat $fh, $callback |
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Works like perl's C<stat> or C<lstat> in void context. The callback will |
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be called after the stat and the results will be available using C<stat _> |
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or C<-s _> etc... |
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The pathname passed to C<aio_stat> must be absolute. See API NOTES, above, |
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for an explanation. |
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Currently, the stats are always 64-bit-stats, i.e. instead of returning an |
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error when stat'ing a large file, the results will be silently truncated |
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unless perl itself is compiled with large file support. |
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Example: Print the length of F</etc/passwd>: |
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aio_stat "/etc/passwd", sub { |
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$_[0] and die "stat failed: $!"; |
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print "size is ", -s _, "\n"; |
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}; |
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=item aio_unlink $pathname, $callback |
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Asynchronously unlink (delete) a file and call the callback with the |
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result code. |
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=item aio_fsync $fh, $callback |
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Asynchronously call fsync on the given filehandle and call the callback |
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with the fsync result code. |
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=item aio_fdatasync $fh, $callback |
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Asynchronously call fdatasync on the given filehandle and call the |
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callback with the fdatasync result code. |
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=back |
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=head2 SUPPORT FUNCTIONS |
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=over 4 |
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=item $fileno = IO::AIO::poll_fileno |
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Return the I<request result pipe filehandle>. This filehandle must be |
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polled for reading by some mechanism outside this module (e.g. Event |
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or select, see below). If the pipe becomes readable you have to call |
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C<poll_cb> to check the results. |
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See C<poll_cb> for an example. |
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=item IO::AIO::poll_cb |
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Process all outstanding events on the result pipe. You have to call this |
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regularly. Returns the number of events processed. Returns immediately |
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when no events are outstanding. |
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You can use Event to multiplex, e.g.: |
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Event->io (fd => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, |
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poll => 'r', async => 1, |
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cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); |
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=item IO::AIO::poll_wait |
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Wait till the result filehandle becomes ready for reading (simply does a |
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select on the filehandle. This is useful if you want to synchronously wait |
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for some requests to finish). |
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See C<nreqs> for an example. |
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=item IO::AIO::nreqs |
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Returns the number of requests currently outstanding. |
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Example: wait till there are no outstanding requests anymore: |
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IO::AIO::poll_wait, IO::AIO::poll_cb |
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while IO::AIO::nreqs; |
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=item IO::AIO::min_parallel $nthreads |
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Set the minimum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. The default is |
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C<1>, which means a single asynchronous operation can be done at one time |
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(the number of outstanding operations, however, is unlimited). |
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It is recommended to keep the number of threads low, as some Linux |
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kernel versions will scale negatively with the number of threads (higher |
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parallelity => MUCH higher latency). With current Linux 2.6 versions, 4-32 |
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threads should be fine. |
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Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function, as this |
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module automatically starts some threads (the exact number might change, |
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and is currently 4). |
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=item IO::AIO::max_parallel $nthreads |
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Sets the maximum number of AIO threads to C<$nthreads>. If more than |
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the specified number of threads are currently running, kill them. This |
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function blocks until the limit is reached. |
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This module automatically runs C<max_parallel 0> at program end, to ensure |
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that all threads are killed and that there are no outstanding requests. |
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Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. |
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=item $oldnreqs = IO::AIO::max_outstanding $nreqs |
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Sets the maximum number of outstanding requests to C<$nreqs>. If you |
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try to queue up more than this number of requests, the caller will block until |
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some requests have been handled. |
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The default is very large, so normally there is no practical limit. If you |
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queue up many requests in a loop it it often improves speed if you set |
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this to a relatively low number, such as C<100>. |
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Under normal circumstances you don't need to call this function. |
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=back |
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=cut |
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# support function to convert a fd into a perl filehandle |
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sub _fd2fh { |
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return undef if $_[0] < 0; |
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# try to be perl5.6-compatible |
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local *AIO_FH; |
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open AIO_FH, "+<&=$_[0]" |
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or return undef; |
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*AIO_FH |
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} |
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min_parallel 4; |
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END { |
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max_parallel 0; |
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} |
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=head1 SEE ALSO |
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L<Coro>, L<Linux::AIO>. |
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=head1 AUTHOR |
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Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
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http://home.schmorp.de/ |
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=cut |
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