Mail::SpamAssassin::AsyncLoop(3)

NAME
Mail::SpamAssassin::AsyncLoop - scanner asynchronous event loop

DESCRIPTION
An asynchronous event loop used for long-running operations, performed "in the background" during the Mail::SpamAssassin::check() scan operation, such as DNS blocklist lookups.

METHODS

$ent = $async->start_lookup($ent, $master_deadline)
    Register the start of a long-running asynchronous lookup operation. $ent is a hash reference containing the following items:

    key (required)
        A key string, unique to this lookup. This is what is reported in debug messages, used as the key for "get_lookup()", etc.

    id (required)
        An ID string, also unique to this lookup. Typically, this is the DNS packet ID as returned by DnsResolver's "bgsend" method. Sadly, the Net::DNS architecture forces us to keep a separate ID string for this task instead of reusing "key" -- if you are not using DNS lookups through DnsResolver, it should be OK to just reuse "key".

    type (required)
        A string, typically one word, used to describe the type of lookup in log messages, such as "DNSBL", "MX", "TXT".

    zone (optional)
        A zone specification (typically a DNS zone name - e.g. host, domain, or RBL) which may be used as a key to look up per-zone settings. No semantics on this parameter is imposed by this module. Currently used to fetch by-zone timeouts.

    timeout_initial (optional)
        An initial value of elapsed time for which we are willing to wait for a response (time in seconds, floating point value is allowed). When elapsed time since a query started exceeds the timeout value and there are no other queries to wait for, the query is aborted. The actual timeout value ranges from timeout_initial and gradually approaches timeout_min (see next parameter) as the number of already completed queries approaches the number of all queries started.

        If a caller does not explicitly provide this parameter or its value is undefined, a default initial timeout value is settable by a configuration variable rbl_timeout.

        If a value of the timeout_initial parameter is below timeout_min, the initial timeout is set to timeout_min.

    timeout_min (optional)
        A lower bound (in seconds) to which the actual timeout approaches as the number of queries completed approaches the number of all queries started. Defaults to 0.2 * timeout_initial.

    $ent is returned by this method, with its contents augmented by additional information.

$ent = $async->bgsend_and_start_lookup($domain, $type, $class, $ent, $cb, %options)
    A common idiom: calls "bgsend", followed by a call to "start_lookup", returning the argument $ent object as modified by "start_lookup" and filled-in with a query ID.

$ent = $async->get_lookup($key)
    Retrieve the pending-lookup object for the given key $key.

    If the lookup is complete, this will return "undef".

    Note that a lookup is still considered "pending" until "complete_lookups()" is called, even if it has been reported as complete via "set_response_packet()".

$async->log_lookups_timing()
    Log sorted timing for all completed lookups.

$alldone = $async->complete_lookups()
    Perform a poll of the pending lookups, to see if any are completed. Callbacks on completed queries will be called from poll_responses().

    If there are no lookups remaining, or if too much time has elapsed since any results were returned, 1 is returned, otherwise 0.

$async->abort_remaining_lookups()
    Abort any remaining lookups.

$async->set_response_packet($id, $pkt, $key, $timestamp)
    Register a "response packet" for a given query. $id is the ID for the query, and must match the "id" supplied in "start_lookup()". $pkt is the packet object for the response. A parameter $key identifies an entry in a hash %{$self->{pending_lookups}} where the object which spawned this query can be found, and through which futher information about the query is accessible.

    $pkt may be undef, indicating that no response packet is available, but a query has completed (e.g. was aborted or dismissed) and is no longer "pending".

    The DNS resolver's response packet $pkt will be made available to a callback subroutine through its argument as well as in "$ent-<gt"{response_packet}>.

$async->report_id_complete($id,$key,$key,$timestamp)
    Legacy. Equivalent to $self->set_response_packet($id,undef,$key,$timestamp), i.e. providing undef as a response packet. Register that a query has completed and is no longer "pending". $id is the ID for the query, and must match the "id" supplied in "start_lookup()".

    One or the other of "set_response_packet()" or "report_id_complete()" should be called, but not both.

$time = $async->last_poll_responses_time()
    Get the time of the last call to "poll_responses()" (which is called from "complete_lookups()". If "poll_responses()" was never called or "abort_remaining_lookups()" has been called "last_poll_responses_time()" will return undef.