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<h1 class="topictitle1">Asynchronous I/O</h1>
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<div><p>Asynchronous I/O APIs provide a method for threaded client server
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models to perform highly concurrent and memory efficient I/O.</p>
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<p>In previous threaded client/server models, typically two I/O models have
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prevailed. The first model dedicated one thread per client connection. The
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first model consumes too many threads and can incur a substantial sleep and
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wake up cost. The second model minimizes the number of threads by issuing
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the <span class="apiname">select()</span> API on a large set of client connections and
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delegating a readied client connection or request to a thread. In the second
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model, you must select or mark on each subsequent select, which can cause
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a substantial amount of redundant work.</p>
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<p>Asynchronous I/O and overlapped I/O resolve both these dilemmas by passing
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data to and from user buffers after control has been returned to the user
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application. Asynchronous I/O notifies these worker threads when data is available
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to be read or when a connection has become ready to transmit data. </p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Asynchronous I/O advantages</h4><ul><li>Asynchronous I/O uses system resources more efficiently. Data copies from
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and to user buffers are asynchronous to the application initiating the request.
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This overlapped processing makes efficient use of multiple processors and
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in many cases improves paging rates because system buffers are freed for reuse
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when data arrives.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O minimizes process/thread wait time.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O provides immediate service to client requests.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O decreases the sleep and wake up cost on average.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O handles "bursty application" efficiently.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O provides better scalability.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O provides the most efficient method of handling large
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data transfers. The fillBuffer flag on the <span class="apiname">QsoStartRecv()</span> API
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informs the operating system to acquire a large amount of data before completing
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the Asynchronous I/O. Large amounts of data can also be sent with one asynchronous
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operation.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O minimizes the number of threads that are needed.</li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O optionally can use timers to specify the maximum time
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allowed for this operation to complete asynchronously. Servers close a client
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connection if it has been idle for a set amount of time. The asynchronous
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timers allow the server to enforce this time limit. </li>
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<li>Asynchronous I/O initiates secure session asynchronously with the <span class="apiname">gsk_secure_soc_startInit()</span> API.</li>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. Asynchronous I/O APIs</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e71">Function</th>
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<th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e73">Description</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">gsk_secure_soc_startInit() </span></td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Starts an asynchronous negotiation of a secure session,
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using the attributes set for the SSL environment and the secure session. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This
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API only supports sockets with address family AF_INET or AF_INET6 and type
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SOCK_STREAM. </div>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">gsk_secure_soc_startRecv()</span></td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Starts an asynchronous receive operation on a secure
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session. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This API only supports sockets with address family AF_INET
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or AF_INET6 and type SOCK_STREAM. </div>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">gsk_secure_soc_startSend()</span></td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Starts an asynchronous send operation on a secure
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session. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This API only supports sockets with address family AF_INET
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or AF_INET6 and type SOCK_STREAM. </div>
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</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoCreateIOCompletionPort()</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Creates a common wait point for completed
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asynchronous overlapped I/O operations. The <span class="apiname">QsoCreateIOCompletionPort()</span> function
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returns a port handle that represents the wait point. This handle is specified
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on the <span class="apiname">QsoStartRecv()</span>, <span class="apiname">QsoStartSend()</span>, <span class="apiname">QsoStartAccept()</span>, <span class="apiname">gsk_secure_soc_startRecv()</span>, or <span class="apiname">gsk_secure_soc_startSend()</span> functions to initiate
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asynchronous overlapped I/O operations. Also this handle can be used with <span class="apiname">QsoPostIOCompletion()</span> to
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post an event on the associated I/O completion port.</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoDestroyIOCompletionPort()</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Destroys an I/O completion port.</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoWaitForIOCompletionPort()</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Waits for completed overlapped I/O operation.
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The I/O completion port represents this wait point.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoStartAccept()</span></td>
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<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Starts an asynchronous accept operation. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This
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API only supports sockets with address family AF_INET or AF_INET6 and type
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SOCK_STREAM. </div>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoStartRecv()</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Starts an asynchronous receive operation.
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This API only supports sockets with address family AF_INET or AF_INET6
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and type SOCK_STREAM. </div>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoStartSend()</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Starts an asynchronous send operation. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This
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API only supports sockets with the AF_INET or AF_INET6 address families with
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the SOCK_STREAM socket type.</div>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e71 "><span class="apiname">QsoPostIOCompletion()</span></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Allows an application to notify a completion
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port that some function or activity has occurred. </td>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">How asynchronous I/O works</h4><p>An application
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creates an I/O completion port using the <span class="apiname">QsoCreateIOCompletionPort()</span> API.
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This API returns a handle that can be used to schedule and wait for completion
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of asynchronous I/O requests. The application starts an input or an output
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function, specifying an I/O completion port handle. When the
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I/O is completed, status information and an application-defined handle is
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posted to the specified I/O completion port. The post to the I/O completion
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port wakes up exactly one of possibly many threads that are waiting. The application
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receives the following items:</p>
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<ul><li>A buffer that was supplied on the original request</li>
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<li>The length of data that was processed to or from that buffer</li>
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<li>An indication of what type of I/O operation has been completed</li>
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<li>Application-defined handle that was passed on the initial I/O request</li>
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<p>This application handle can be the socket descriptor
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identifying the client connection, or a pointer to storage that contains extensive
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information about the state of the client connection. Since the operation
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was completed and the application handle was passed, the worker thread determines
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the next step to complete the client connection. Worker threads that process
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these completed asynchronous operations can handle many different client requests
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and are not tied to just one. Because copying to and from user buffers occurs
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asynchronously to the server processes, the wait time for client request diminishes.
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This can be beneficial on systems where there are multiple processors.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Asynchronous I/O structure</h4><p>An application
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that uses asynchronous I/O has the structure demonstrated by the following
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code fragment.</p>
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<div class="p"> <pre>#include <qsoasync.h>
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struct Qso_OverlappedIO_t
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Qso_DescriptorHandle_t descriptorHandle;
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void *buffer;
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size_t bufferLength;
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int postFlag : 1;
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int fillBuffer : 1;
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int postFlagResult : 1;
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int reserved1 : 29;
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int returnValue;
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int operationCompleted;
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int secureDataTransferSize;
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unsigned int bytesAvailable;
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struct timeval operationWaitTime;
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int postedDescriptor;
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="aconcepts.htm" title="Advanced socket concepts go beyond a general discussion of what sockets are and how they work. They provide ways to design socket applications for larger and more complex networks.">Advanced socket concepts</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="xasynchi0.htm" title="An application creates an I/O completion port using the QsoCreateIOCompletionPort() API.">Example: Use asynchronous I/O</a></div>
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<div><a href="designrec.htm" title="Before working with socket applications, assess the functional requirements, goals, and needs of the socket application.">Socket application design recommendations</a></div>
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<div><a href="xcodesigns.htm" title="There are a number of ways that you can design a connection-oriented socket server on the iSeries. These example programs can be used to create your own connection-oriented designs.">Examples: Connection-oriented designs</a></div>
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<div><a href="xsignals.htm" title="Signals allow you to be notified when a process or application becomes blocked.">Example: Use signals with blocking socket APIs</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../apis/gskstartinit.htm">gsk_secure_soc_startInit()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/gskstartrecv.htm">gsk_secure_soc_startRecv()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/gskstartsend.htm">gsk_secure_soc_startSend()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/createiocompletionport.htm">QsoCreateIOCompletionPort()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/destroyiocompletionport.htm">QSoDestroyIOCompletionPort()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/waitforiocompletion.htm">QsoWaitForIOCompletionPort()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/startaccept.htm">QsoStartAccept()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/startsend.htm">QsoStartSend()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/startrecv.htm">QsoStartRecv()</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apis/postiocompletion.htm">QsoPostIOCompletion()</a></div>
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