NAME IO::Async::Loop::Ppoll - use IO::Async with ppoll(2) SYNOPSIS use IO::Async::Loop::Ppoll; my $loop = IO::Async::Loop::Ppoll->new(); $loop->add( ... ); $loop->add( IO::Async::Signal->new( name =< 'HUP', on_receipt => sub { ... }, ) ); $loop->run; DESCRIPTION This subclass of IO::Async::Loop::Poll uses an IO::Ppoll object instead of a IO::Poll to perform read-ready and write-ready tests so that they can be mixed with signal handling. The ppoll() system call atomically switches the process's signal mask, performs a wait exactly as poll() would, then switches it back. This allows a process to block the signals it cares about, but switch in an empty signal mask during the poll, allowing it to handle file IO and signals concurrently. CONSTRUCTOR new $loop = IO::Async::Loop::Ppoll->new( %args ) This function returns a new instance of a IO::Async::Loop::Ppoll object. It takes the following named arguments: poll The IO::Ppoll object to use for notification. Optional; if a value is not given, a new IO::Ppoll object will be constructed. METHODS As this is a subclass of IO::Async::Loop::Poll, all of its methods are inherited. Expect where noted below, all of the class's methods behave identically to IO::Async::Loop::Poll. loop_once $count = $loop->loop_once( $timeout ) This method calls the poll() method on the stored IO::Ppoll object, passing in the value of $timeout, and processes the results of that call. It returns the total number of IO::Async::Notifier callbacks invoked, or undef if the underlying poll() method returned an error. If the poll() was interrupted by a signal, then 0 is returned instead. SEE ALSO * IO::Ppoll - Object interface to Linux's ppoll() call * IO::Async::Loop::Poll - a set using an IO::Poll object AUTHOR Paul Evans