package Cache::FastMmap; use Data::Dumper; =head1 NAME Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache =head1 SYNOPSIS use Cache::FastMmap; # Uses vaguely sane defaults $Cache = Cache::FastMmap->new(); $Cache->set($Key, $Value); $Value = $Cache->get($Key); =head1 ABSTRACT A shared memory cache through an mmap'ed file. It's core is written in C for performance. It uses fcntl locking to ensure multiple processes can safely access the cache at the same time. It uses a basic LRU algorithm to keep the most used entries in the cache. =head1 DESCRIPTION In multi-process environments (eg mod_perl, forking daemons, etc), it's common to want to cache information, but have that cache shared between processes. Many solutions already exist, and may suit your situation better: =over 4 =item * I<MLDBM::Sync> - acts as a database, data is not automatically expired, slow =item * I<IPC::MM> - hash implementation is broken, data is not automatically expired, slow =item * I<Cache::FileCache> - lots of features, slow =item * I<Cache::SharedMemoryCache> - lots of features, VERY slow. Uses IPC::ShareLite which freeze/thaws ALL data at each read/write =item * I<DBI> - use your favourite RDBMS. can perform well, need a DB server running. very global. socket connection latency =item * I<Cache::Mmap> - similar to this module, in pure perl. slows down with larger pages =back In the case I was working on, I needed: =over 4 =item * Automatic expiry and space management =item * Very fast access to lots of small items =back Which is why I developed this module. It tries to be quite efficient through a number of means: =over 4 =item * Core code is written in C for performance =item * It uses multiple pages within a file, and uses Fcntl to only lock a page at a time to reduce contention when multiple processes access the cache. =item * It uses a dual level hashing system (hash to find page, then hash within each page to find a slot) to make most I<get> calls O(1) and fast =item * On each I<set>, if there are slots and page space available, only the slot has to be updated and the data written at the end of the used data space. If either runs out, a re-organisation of the page is performed to create new slots/space which is done in an efficient way =back The class also supports read-through, and write-back or write-through callbacks to access the real data if it's not in the cache, meaning that code like this: my $Value = $Cache->get($Key); if (!defined $Value) { $Value = $RealDataSource->get($Key); $Cache->set($Key, $Value) } Isn't required, you instead specify in the constructor: Cache::FastMmap->new( ... context => $RealDataSourceHandle, read_cb => sub { $_[0]->get($_[1]) }, write_cb => sub { $_[0]->set($_[1], $_[2]) }, ); And then: my $Value = $Cache->get($Key); $Cache->set($Key, $NewValue); Will just work and will be read/written to the underlying data source as needed automatically =head1 PERFORMANCE If you're storing relatively large and complex structures into the cache, then you're limited by the speed of the Storable module. If you're storing simple structures, or raw data, then Cache::FastMmap has noticeable performance improvements. See I<http://cpan.robm.fastmail.fm/cache_perf.html> for some comparisons to other modules. =head1 METHODS =over 4 =cut # Modules/Export/XSLoader {{{ use 5.008; use strict; use warnings; use bytes; use Cache::FastMmap::CImpl; require Exporter; our @ISA = qw(Exporter); # Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export # names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead. # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants. # This allows declaration use Cache::FastMmap ':all'; # If you do not need this, moving things directly into @EXPORT or @EXPORT_OK # will save memory. our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw( ) ] ); our @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } ); our @EXPORT = qw( ); our $VERSION = '1.05'; use constant FC_ISDIRTY => 1; # }}} =item I<new(%Opts)> Create a new Cache::FastMmap object. Basic global parameters are: =over 4 =item * B<share_file> File to mmap for sharing of data (default: /tmp/sharefile) =item * B<init_file> Clear any existing values and re-initialise file. Useful to do in a parent that forks off children to ensure that file is empty at the start (default: 0) B<Note:> This is quite important to do in the parent to ensure a consistent file structure. The shared file is not perfectly transaction safe, and so if a child is killed at the wrong instant, it might leave the the cache file in an inconsistent state. =item * B<raw_values> Store values as raw binary data rather than using Storable to free/thaw data structures (default: 0) =item * B<expire_time> Maximum time to hold values in the cache in seconds. A value of 0 means does no explicit expiry time, and values are expired only based on LRU usage. Can be expressed as 1m, 1h, 1d for minutes/hours/days respectively. (default: 0) =back You may specify the cache size as: =over 4 =item * B<cache_size> Size of cache. Can be expresses as 1k, 1m for kilobytes or megabytes respectively. Automatically guesses page size/page count values. =back Or specify explicit page size/page count values. If none of these are specified, the values page_size = 64k and num_pages = 89 are used. =over 4 =item * B<page_size> Size of each page. Must be a power of 2 between 4k and 1024k. If not, is rounded to the nearest value. =item * B<num_pages> Number of pages. Should be a prime number for best hashing =back The cache allows the use of callbacks for reading/writing data to an underlying data store. =over 4 =item * B<context> Opaque reference passed as the first parameter to any callback function if specified =item * B<read_cb> Callback to read data from the underlying data store. Called as: $read_cb->($context, $Key) Should return the value to use. This value will be saved in the cache for future retrievals. Return undef if there is no value for the given key =item * B<write_cb> Callback to write data to the underlying data store. Called as: $write_cb->($context, $Key, $Value) In 'write_through' mode, it's always called as soon as a I<set(...)> is called on the Cache::FastMmap class. In 'write_back' mode, it's called when a value is expunged from the cache if it's been changed by a I<set(...)> rather than read from the underlying store with the I<read_cb> above. Note: Expired items do not result in the I<write_cb> being called if 'write_back' caching is enabled. The expired items are just thrown away Also remember that I<write_cb> may be called in a different process to the one that placed the data in the cache in the first place =item * B<delete_cb> Callback to delete data from the underlying data store. Called as: $delete_cb->($context, $Key) Called as soon as I<remove(...)> is called on the Cache::FastMmap class =item * B<cache_not_found> If set to true, then if the I<read_cb> is called and it returns undef to say nothing was found, then that information is stored in the cache, so that next time a I<get(...)> is called on that key, undef is returned immediately rather than again calling the I<read_cb> =item * B<write_action> Either 'write_back' or 'write_through'. (default: write_through) =item * B<empty_on_exit> When you have 'write_back' mode enabled, then you really want to make sure all values from the cache are expunged when your program exits so any changes are written back. This is a bit tricky, because we don't know if you're in a child, so you must ensure that the parent process either explicitly calls I<empty()> or that this flag is set to true when the parent connects to the cache, and false in all the children =back =cut sub new { my $Proto = shift; my $Class = ref($Proto) || $Proto; my %Args = @_; my $Self = {}; bless ($Self, $Class); # Work out cache file and whether to init my $share_file = $Self->{share_file} = $Args{share_file} || '/tmp/sharefile'; my $init_file = $Args{init_file} || 0; # Storing raw/storable values? my $raw_values = $Self->{raw_values} = int($Args{raw_values} || 0); # Need storable module if not using raw values if (!$raw_values) { eval "use Storable qw(freeze thaw); 1;" || die "Could not load Storable module: $@"; } # Work out expiry time in seconds my $expire_time = $Args{expire_time} || 0; my %Times = (m => 60, h => 60*60, d => 24*60*60); $expire_time *= $Times{$1} if $expire_time =~ s/([mhd])$//i; $Self->{expire_time} = $expire_time = int($expire_time); # Function rounds to the nearest power of 2 sub RoundPow2 { return int(2 ** int(log($_[0])/log(2)) + 0.1); } # Work out cache size my ($cache_size, $num_pages, $page_size); my %Sizes = (k => 1024, m => 1024*1024); if ($cache_size = $Args{cache_size}) { $cache_size *= $Sizes{$1} if $cache_size =~ s/([km])$//i; $num_pages = 89; # Increase num_pages till we exceed $page_size = RoundPow2($cache_size / $num_pages); while ($num_pages * $page_size <= $cache_size) { $num_pages = $num_pages * 2 + 1; } $page_size = 4096 if $page_size < 4096; } else { ($num_pages, $page_size) = @Args{qw(num_pages page_size)}; $num_pages ||= 89; $page_size ||= 65536; $page_size *= $Sizes{$1} if $page_size =~ s/([km])$//i; $page_size = RoundPow2($page_size); } $cache_size = $num_pages * $page_size; @$Self{qw(cache_size num_pages page_size)} = ($cache_size, $num_pages, $page_size); # Number of slots to start in each page my $StartSlots = int($Args{StartSlots} || 0) || 89; # Save read through/write back/write through details my $write_back = ($Args{write_action} || 'write_through') eq 'write_back'; @$Self{qw(context read_cb write_cb delete_cb)} = @Args{qw(context read_cb write_cb delete_cb)}; @$Self{qw(empty_on_exit cache_not_found write_back)} = (@Args{qw(empty_on_exit cache_not_found)}, $write_back); # Initialise C cache code my $Cache = Cache::FastMmap::CImpl::fc_new(); # We bless the returned scalar ref into the same namespace, # and store it in our own hash ref. We have to be sure # that we only call C functions on this scalar ref, and # only call PERL functions the hash ref we return bless ($Cache, 'Cache::FastMmap::CImpl'); $Self->{Cache} = $Cache; # Setup cache parameters $Cache->fc_set_param('init_file', $init_file); $Cache->fc_set_param('page_size', $page_size); $Cache->fc_set_param('num_pages', $num_pages); $Cache->fc_set_param('expire_time', $expire_time); $Cache->fc_set_param('share_file', $share_file); # And initialise it $Cache->fc_init(); # All done, return PERL hash ref as class return $Self; } =item I<get($Key)> Search cache for given Key. Returns undef if not found. If I<read_cb> specified and not found, calls the callback to try and find the value for the key, and if found (or 'cache_not_found' is set), stores it into the cache and returns the found value =cut sub get { my ($Self, $Cache) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}); # Hash value, lock page, read result my ($HashPage, $HashSlot) = $Cache->fc_hash($_[1]); $Cache->fc_lock($HashPage); my ($Val, $Flags, $Found) = $Cache->fc_read($HashSlot, $_[1]); # Value not found, check underlying data store if (!$Found && (my $read_cb = $Self->{read_cb})) { # Callback to read from underlying data store $Val = eval { $read_cb->($Self->{context}, $_[1]); }; # If we found it, or want to cache not-found, store back into our cache if (defined $Val || $Self->{cache_not_found}) { # Are we doing writeback's? If so, need to mark as dirty in cache my $write_back = $Self->{write_back}; # If not using raw values, use freeze() to turn data $Val = freeze($Val) if !$Self->{raw_values}; # Get key/value len (we've got 'use bytes'), and do expunge check to # create space if needed my $KVLen = length($_[1]) + length($Val); $Self->_expunge_page(2, 1, $KVLen); $Cache->fc_write($HashSlot, $_[1], $Val, 0); } } # Unlock page and return any found value $Cache->fc_unlock(); # If not using raw values, use thaw() to turn data back into object if (!$Self->{raw_values}) { $Val = thaw($Val); } return $Val; } =item I<set($Key, $Value)> Store specified key/value pair into cache =cut sub set { my ($Self, $Cache) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}); # Hash value, lock page my ($HashPage, $HashSlot) = $Cache->fc_hash($_[1]); $Cache->fc_lock($HashPage); # Are we doing writeback's? If so, need to mark as dirty in cache my $write_back = $Self->{write_back}; # If not using raw values, use freeze() to turn data my $Val = $Self->{raw_values} ? $_[2] : freeze($_[2]); # Get key/value len (we've got 'use bytes'), and do expunge check to # create space if needed my $KVLen = length($_[1]) + length($Val); $Self->_expunge_page(2, 1, $KVLen); # Now store into cache my $DidStore = $Cache->fc_write($HashSlot, $_[1], $Val, $write_back ? FC_ISDIRTY : 0); # Unlock page $Cache->fc_unlock(); # If we're doing write-through, or write-back and didn't get into cache, # write back to the underlying store if ((!$write_back || !$DidStore) && (my $write_cb = $Self->{write_cb})) { eval { $write_cb->($Self->{context}, $_[1], $_[2]); }; } return $DidStore; } =item I<remove($Key)> Delete the given key from the cache =cut sub remove { my ($Self, $Cache) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}); # Hash value, lock page, read result my ($HashPage, $HashSlot) = $Cache->fc_hash($_[1]); $Cache->fc_lock($HashPage); my ($DidDel, $Flags) = $Cache->fc_delete($HashSlot, $_[1]); $Cache->fc_unlock(); # If we deleted from the cache, and it's not dirty, also delete # from underlying store if ((!$DidDel || ($DidDel && !($Flags & FC_ISDIRTY))) && (my $delete_cb = $Self->{delete_cb})) { eval { $delete_cb->($Self->{context}, $_[1]); }; } return $DidDel; } =item I<clear()> Clear all items from the cache Note: If you're using callbacks, this has no effect on items in the underlying data store. No delete callbacks are made =cut sub clear { my $Self = shift; $Self->_expunge_all(1, 0); } =item I<purge()> Clear all expired items from the cache Note: If you're using callbacks, this has no effect on items in the underlying data store. No delete callbacks are made, and no write callbacks are made for the expired data =cut sub purge { my $Self = shift; $Self->_expunge_all(0, 0); } =item I<empty()> Empty all items from the cache. Note: If 'write_back' mode is enabled, any changed items are written back to the underlying store. Expired items are not written back to the underlying store =cut sub empty { my $Self = shift; $Self->_expunge_all(1, 1); } =item I<get_keys($Mode)> Get a list of keys/values held in the cache. May immediately be out of date because of the shared access nature of the cache If $Mode == 0, an array of keys is returned If $Mode == 1, then an array of hashrefs, with 'key', 'last_access', 'expire_time' and 'flags' keys is returned If $Mode == 2, then hashrefs also contain 'value' key =cut sub get_keys { my ($Self, $Cache) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}); my $Mode = $_[1] || 0; return $Cache->fc_get_keys($Mode) if $Mode <= 1 || ($Mode == 2 && $Self->{raw_values}); # If we're getting values as well, and they're not raw, unfreeze them my @Details = $Cache->fc_get_keys(2); for (@Details) { $_->{value} = thaw($_->{value}); } return @Details; } =back =cut =head1 INTERNAL METHODS =over 4 =cut =item I<_expunge_all($Mode)> Expunge all items from the cache Expunged items (that have not expired) are written back to the underlying store if write_back is enabled =cut sub _expunge_all { my ($Self, $Cache, $Mode, $WB) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}, $_[1], $_[2]); # Repeat expunge for each page for (0 .. $Self->{num_pages}-1) { $Cache->fc_lock($_); $Self->_expunge_page($Mode, $WB, 0); $Cache->fc_unlock(); } } =item I<_expunge_page($Mode, $WB, $Len)> Expunge items from the current page to make space for $Len bytes key/value items Expunged items (that have not expired) are written back to the underlying store if write_back is enabled =cut sub _expunge_page { my ($Self, $Cache, $Mode, $WB, $Len) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}, @_[1 .. 3]); # If writeback mode, need to get expunged items to write back my $write_cb = $Self->{write_back} && $WB ? $Self->{write_cb} : undef; my @WBItems = $Cache->fc_expunge($Mode, $write_cb ? 1 : 0, $Len); for (@WBItems) { next if !($_->{flags} & FC_ISDIRTY); eval { $write_cb->($Self->{context}, $_->{key}, $_->{value}); }; } } sub DESTROY { my ($Self, $Cache) = ($_[0], $_[0]->{Cache}); # Expunge all entries on exit if requested if ($Self->{empty_on_exit} && $Cache) { $Self->empty(); } if ($Cache) { # The destructor calls close for us $Cache = undef; delete $Self->{Cache}; } } 1; __END__ =back =head1 SEE ALSO I<MLDBM::Sync>, I<IPC::MM>, I<Cache::FileCache>, I<Cache::SharedMemoryCache>, I<DBI>, I<Cache::Mmap> Latest news/details can also be found at: http://cpan.robm.fastmail.fm/cachefastmmap/ =head1 AUTHOR Rob Mueller E<lt>cpan@robm.fastmail.fmE<gt> =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 2003 by FastMail IP Partners This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut