This file is indexed.

/usr/share/perl5/Gearman/Worker.pm is in libgearman-client-perl 2.004.012-1.

This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o644.

The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
 30
 31
 32
 33
 34
 35
 36
 37
 38
 39
 40
 41
 42
 43
 44
 45
 46
 47
 48
 49
 50
 51
 52
 53
 54
 55
 56
 57
 58
 59
 60
 61
 62
 63
 64
 65
 66
 67
 68
 69
 70
 71
 72
 73
 74
 75
 76
 77
 78
 79
 80
 81
 82
 83
 84
 85
 86
 87
 88
 89
 90
 91
 92
 93
 94
 95
 96
 97
 98
 99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
package Gearman::Worker;
use version;
$Gearman::Worker::VERSION = version->declare("2.004.012");

use strict;
use warnings;

use base "Gearman::Objects";

=head1 NAME

Gearman::Worker - Worker for gearman distributed job system

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Gearman::Worker;
    my $worker = Gearman::Worker->new;
    $worker->job_servers(
      '127.0.0.1',
      {
        host      => '10.0.0.1',
        port      => 4730,
        socket_cb => sub {...},
        use_ssl   => 1,
        ca_file   => ...,
        cert_file => ...,
        key_file  => ...,
      }
    );

    $worker->register_function($funcname => $subref);

    $worker->work(
      stop_if => sub {
        my ($is_idle, $last_job_time) = @_;
        # stop idle worker
        return $is_idle;
      }
    );


=head1 DESCRIPTION

I<Gearman::Worker> is a worker class for the Gearman distributed job system,
providing a framework for receiving and serving jobs from a Gearman server.

Callers instantiate a I<Gearman::Worker> object, register a list of functions
and capabilities that they can handle, then enter an event loop, waiting
for the server to send jobs.

The worker can send a return value back to the server, which then gets
sent back to the client that requested the job; or it can simply execute
silently.

=head1 USAGE

=head2 Gearman::Worker->new(%options)

Creates a new I<Gearman::Worker> object, and returns the object.

If I<%options> is provided, initializes the new worker object with the
settings in I<%options>, which can contain:

I<Gearman::Worker> is derived from L<Gearman::Objects>

=over 4

=item * job_servers

List of job servers. Value should be an array reference, hash reference
or scalar.
It will be ignored if this worker is running as a child
process of a gearman server.

=item * prefix

Calls I<prefix> (see below) to set the prefix / namespace.

=item * client_id

Unique worker identifier for C<job_servers>.

=back

=head2 $worker-E<gt>prefix($prefix)

Sets the namespace / prefix for the function names.  This is useful
for sharing job servers between different applications or different
instances of the same application (different development sandboxes for
example).

The namespace is currently implemented as a simple tab separated
concatenation of the prefix and the function name.

=head1 EXAMPLES

=head2 Summation

This is an example worker that receives a request to sum up a list of
integers.

    use Gearman::Worker;
    use Storable qw( thaw );
    use List::Util qw( sum );
    my $worker = Gearman::Worker->new;
    $worker->job_servers('127.0.0.1');
    $worker->register_function(sum => sub { sum @{ thaw($_[0]->arg) } });
    $worker->work while 1;

See the L<Gearman::Client> documentation for a sample client sending the
I<sum> job.

=head1 NOTE

If you intend using UTF-8 data with SSL based connection,
beware there is no UTF-8 support in underlying L<Net::SSLeay>.
L<perlunicode/"Forcing-Unicode-in-Perl-(Or-Unforcing-Unicode-in-Perl)"> describes proper workarounds.

=head1 METHODS

=cut

use Carp          ();
use Gearman::Util ();
use Gearman::Job;
use Storable ();

use fields (
    'last_connect_fail',    # host:port -> unixtime
    'down_since',           # host:port -> unixtime
    'connecting',           # host:port -> unixtime connect started at
    'can',        # ability -> subref     (ability is func with optional prefix)
    'timeouts',   # ability -> timeouts
    'client_id',  # random identifier string, no whitespace
    'parent_pipe',  # bool/obj:  if we're a child process of a gearman server,
                    #   this is socket to our parent process.  also means parent
                    #   sock can never disconnect or timeout, etc..
);

sub new {
    my ($class, %opts) = @_;
    my $self = $class;
    $self = fields::new($class) unless ref $self;

    if ($ENV{GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO}) {
        if ($opts{job_servers}) {
            warn join ' ', __PACKAGE__,
                'ignores job_servers if $ENV{GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO} is set';

            # delete job_servers to insure Gearman::Objects
            # does not treat correspondent object property
            delete($opts{job_servers});
        } ## end if ($opts{job_servers})
    } ## end if ($ENV{GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO...})

    $self->SUPER::new(%opts);

    $self->{last_connect_fail} = {};
    $self->{down_since}        = {};
    $self->{can}               = {};
    $self->{timeouts}          = {};
    $self->{client_id}         = $opts{client_id}
        || join('', map { chr(int(rand(26)) + 97) } (1 .. 30));

    if ($ENV{GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO}) {
        open my $sock, '+<&', \*STDIN
            or die "Unable to dup STDIN to socket for worker to use.";
        $self->{job_servers} = [$sock];
        $self->{parent_pipe} = $sock;

        die "Unable to initialize connection to gearmand"
            unless $self->_set_client_id($sock);
    } ## end if ($ENV{GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO...})

    return $self;
} ## end sub new

=head2 reset_abilities

tell all the jobservers that this worker can't do anything

B<return> true if C<reset_abilityes> request successfully transmitted to C<job_servers>

=cut

sub reset_abilities {
    my $self = shift;
    my $req  = _rc("reset_abilities");

    $self->{can}      = {};
    $self->{timeouts} = {};

    return $self->_register_all($req);
} ## end sub reset_abilities

=head2 work(%opts)

Endless loop takes a job and wait for the next one.
You can pass "stop_if", "on_start", "on_complete" and "on_fail" callbacks in I<%opts>.

=cut

my %job_done;

sub work {
    my ($self, %opts) = @_;
    my $stop_if     = delete($opts{stop_if}) || sub {0};
    my $complete_cb = delete $opts{on_complete};
    my $fail_cb     = delete $opts{on_fail};
    my $start_cb    = delete $opts{on_start};
    die "Unknown opts" if %opts;

    my $grab_req     = _rc("grab_job");
    my $presleep_req = _rc("pre_sleep");

    my $last_job_time;

    my $on_connect = sub {
        return _send($_[0], \$presleep_req);
    };

    my %js_map = map { $self->_js_str($_) => $_ } $self->job_servers;

    # "Active" job servers are servers that have woken us up and should be
    # queried to see if they have jobs for us to handle. On our first pass
    # in the loop we contact all servers.
    my %active_js = map { $_ => 1 } keys(%js_map);

    # ( js => last_update_time, ... )
    my %last_update_time;

    while (1) {

        # "Jobby" job servers are the set of server which we will contact
        # on this pass through the loop, because we need to clear and use
        # the "Active" set to plan for our next pass through the loop.
        my @jobby_js = keys %active_js;

        %active_js = ();

        my $js_count  = @jobby_js;
        my $js_offset = int(rand($js_count));

        for (my $i = 0; $i < $js_count; $i++) {
            my $js_index = ($i + $js_offset) % $js_count;
            my $js_str   = $jobby_js[$js_index];
            my $js       = $js_map{$js_str};
            my $jss      = $self->_get_js_sock(
                $js,
                on_connect            => $on_connect,
                register_on_reconnect => 1
            ) or next;

            # TODO: add an optional sleep in here for the test suite
            # to test gearmand server going away here.  (SIGPIPE on
            # send_req, etc) this testing has been done manually, at
            # least.
            unless (_send($jss, \$grab_req)) {
                if ($!{EPIPE} && $self->{parent_pipe}) {

                    # our parent process died, so let's just quit
                    # gracefully.
                    exit(0);
                } ## end if ($!{EPIPE} && $self...)

                $self->_uncache_sock($js, "grab_job_timeout");
                delete $last_update_time{$js_str};
                next;
            } ## end unless (_send($jss, \$grab_req...))

            # if we're a child process talking over a unix pipe, give more
            # time, since we know there are no network issues, and also
            # because on failure, we can't "reconnect".  all we can do is
            # die and hope our parent process respawns us.
            my $timeout = $self->{parent_pipe} ? 5 : 0.50;
            unless (Gearman::Util::wait_for_readability($jss->fileno, $timeout))
            {
                $self->_uncache_sock($js, "grab_job_timeout");
                delete $last_update_time{$js_str};
                next;
            } ## end unless (Gearman::Util::wait_for_readability...)

            my $res;
            do {
                my $err;
                $res = Gearman::Util::read_res_packet($jss, \$err);
                unless ($res) {
                    $self->_uncache_sock($js, "read_res_error");
                    delete $last_update_time{$js_str};
                    next;
                }
            } while ($res->{type} eq "noop");

            if ($res->{type} eq "no_job") {
                unless (_send($jss, \$presleep_req)) {
                    delete $last_update_time{$js_str};
                    $self->_uncache_sock($js, "write_presleep_error");
                }
                $last_update_time{$js_str} = time;
                next;
            } ## end if ($res->{type} eq "no_job")

            unless ($res->{type} eq "job_assign") {
                my $msg = "unexpected packet type: $res->{type}";

                if ($res->{type} eq "error") {
                    $msg .= " [${$res->{blobref}}]\n";
                    $msg =~ s/\0/ -- /g;
                }
                die $msg;
            } ## end unless ($res->{type} eq "job_assign")

            ${ $res->{blobref} } =~ s/^(.+?)\0(.+?)\0//
                or die "regexp on job_assign failed";
            my ($handle, $ability) = ($1, $2);
            my $job = Gearman::Job->new(
                func   => $ability,
                argref => $res->{blobref},
                handle => $handle,
                jss    => $jss,
                js     => $js
            );

            my $jobhandle = join("//", $js_str, $job->handle);
            $start_cb->($jobhandle) if $start_cb;

            my $handler = $self->{can}{$ability};
            my $ret     = eval { $handler->($job); };
            my $err     = $@;
            warn "Job '$ability' died: $err" if $err;

            $last_update_time{$js_str} = $last_job_time = time();
            if ($err) {
                my $exception_req
                    = _rc("work_exception",
                    _join0($handle, Storable::nfreeze(\$err)));
                unless (_send($jss, \$exception_req)) {
                    $self->_uncache_sock($js, "write_res_error");
                    next;
                }
            } ## end if ($err)

            if (!defined $job_done{ $job->handle }) {
                if (defined $ret) {
                    $self->send_work_complete($job, $ret);
                }
                else {
                    $self->send_work_fail($job);
                }
            } ## end if (!defined $job_done...)

            my $done = delete $job_done{ $job->handle };
            if ($done->{command} eq "work_complete") {
                $complete_cb->($jobhandle, $ret) if $complete_cb;
            }
            else {
                $fail_cb->($jobhandle, $err) if $fail_cb;
            }

            unless ($done->{result}) {
                $self->_uncache_sock($js, "write_res_error");
                next;
            }

            $active_js{$js_str} = 1;
        } ## end for (my $i = 0; $i < $js_count...)

        my @jss;

        foreach my $js_str (keys(%js_map)) {
            my $jss = $self->_get_js_sock(
                $js_map{$js_str},
                on_connect            => $on_connect,
                register_on_reconnect => 1
            ) or next;
            push @jss, [$js_str, $jss];
        } ## end foreach my $js_str (keys(%js_map...))

        my $wake_vec = '';

        foreach my $j (@jss) {
            (undef, my $_jss) = @{$j};
            my $fd = $_jss->fileno;
            vec($wake_vec, $fd, 1) = 1;
        }

        my $timeout = keys(%active_js) ? 0 : (10 + rand(2));

        # chill for some arbitrary time until we're woken up again
        my $nready = select(my $wout = $wake_vec, undef, undef, $timeout);

        if ($nready) {
            foreach my $j (@jss) {
                my ($js_str, $jss) = @{$j};
                my $fd = $jss->fileno;
                $active_js{$js_str} = 1
                    if vec($wout, $fd, 1);
            } ## end foreach my $j (@jss)
        } ## end if ($nready)

        my $is_idle = scalar(keys %active_js) > 0 ? 0 : 1;

        return if $stop_if->($is_idle, $last_job_time);

        my $update_since = time - (15 + rand 60);

        while (my ($js_str, $last_update) = each %last_update_time) {
            $active_js{$js_str} = 1 if $last_update < $update_since;
        }
    } ## end while (1)

} ## end sub work

=head2 $worker->register_function($funcname, $subref)

=head2 $worker->register_function($funcname, $timeout, $subref)

Registers the function C<$funcname> as being provided by the worker
C<$worker>, and advertises these capabilities to all of the job servers
defined in this worker.

C<$subref> must be a subroutine reference that will be invoked when the
worker receives a request for this function. It will be passed a
L<Gearman::Job> object representing the job that has been received by the
worker.

C<$timeout> is an optional parameter specifying how long the jobserver will
wait for your subroutine to give an answer. Exceeding this time will result
in the jobserver reassigning the task and ignoring your result. This prevents
a gimpy worker from ruining the 'user experience' in many situations.

B<return> true if C<$funcname> registration successfully transmitted to C<job_servers>

=cut

sub register_function {
    my $self = shift;
    my $func = shift;
    $func || return;

    my $timeout;
    if (ref($_[0]) ne 'CODE') {
        $timeout = shift;
    }

    my $subref  = shift;
    my $ability = $self->func($func);
    $self->{can}{$ability} = $subref;

    if (defined $timeout) {
        $self->{timeouts}{$ability} = $timeout;
    }

    my @job_servers = $self->job_servers();
    @job_servers || return;

    my $done = 0;
    foreach my $js (@job_servers) {
        $self->_register_function($ability, $js) && $done++;
    }

    return $done == scalar @job_servers;
} ## end sub register_function

=head2 unregister_function($funcname)

send cant_do C<$funcname> request to L<job_servers>

B<return> true if CANT_DO C<$funcname> request successfully transmitted to C<job_servers>

=cut

sub unregister_function {
    my ($self, $func) = @_;
    my $ability = $self->func($func);
    delete $self->{can}{$ability};

    my $req = _rc("cant_do", $ability);
    return $self->_register_all($req);
} ## end sub unregister_function

=head2 job_servers(@servers)

Override L<Gearman::Objects> method to skip job server initialization if
working with L<Gearman::Server>.

Calling this method will do nothing in a worker that is running as a child
process of a gearman server.

=cut

sub job_servers {
    my $self = shift;
    $ENV{GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO} && return $self->{job_servers};

    return $self->SUPER::job_servers(@_);
} ## end sub job_servers

=head2 send_work_complete($job, $v)

notify the server (and listening clients) that job completed successfully

=cut

sub send_work_complete {
    return shift->_finish_job_request("work_complete", @_);
}

=head2 send_work_data($job, $data)

Use this method to update the client with data from a running job.

=cut

sub send_work_data {
    my ($self, $job, $data) = @_;
    return $self->_job_request("work_data", $job,
        ref($data) ? ${$data} : $data);
}

=head2 send_work_warning($job, $message)

Use this method to send a warning C<$message> to the server (and any listening clients) with regard to the running C<job>.

=cut

sub send_work_warning {
    my ($self, $job, $msg) = @_;
    return $self->_job_request("work_warning", $job, $msg);
}

=head2 send_work_exception($job, $exception)

Use this method to notify the server (and any listening clients) that the C<job> failed with the given C<$exception>.

If you are using L<Gearman::Client>, you have to set parameter exceptions properly to get worker exception notifications.

=cut

sub send_work_exception {
    my ($self) = shift;
    return $self->_finish_job_request("work_exception", @_);
}

=head2 send_work_fail($job)

Use this method to notify the server (and any listening clients) that the job failed.

=cut

sub send_work_fail {
    return shift->_finish_job_request("work_fail", shift);
}

=head2 send_work_status($job, $numerator, $denominator)

Use this method to send periodically to the server status update for long running jobs to update the percentage
complete.

=cut

sub send_work_status {
    my ($self, $job, $numerator, $denominator) = @_;
    return $self->_job_request("work_status", $job, $numerator, $denominator);
}

# _finish_job_request($cmd, $job, [$v])
#
# send some data or message to the client for finished job
# $cmd = work_complete || work_fail
#
sub _finish_job_request {
    my ($self, $cmd, $job, $v) = @_;
    my $res = $self->_job_request($cmd, $job, ref($v) ? ${$v} : $v);

    # set job done flag because work method check it
    $job_done{ $job->handle } = { command => $cmd, result => $res };

    return $res;
} ## end sub _finish_job_request

# _job_request($cmd, $job, [$v])
#
# send some data to the client for the running job
#
sub _job_request {
    my ($self, $cmd, $job, $v) = @_;
    my $req = _rc($cmd, $v ? _join0($job->handle, $v) : $job->handle);

    return _send($job->{jss}, \$req);
} ## end sub _job_request

#
# _register_all($req)
#
sub _register_all {
    my ($self, $req) = @_;
    my @job_servers = $self->job_servers();
    my $done        = 0;
    foreach my $js (@job_servers) {
        my $jss = $self->_get_js_sock($js);

        ($jss && $req) || next;

        unless (_send($jss, \$req)) {
            $self->_uncache_sock($js, "$req request failed");
            next;
        }

        $done++;
    } ## end foreach my $js (@job_servers)

    return $done == scalar @job_servers;
} ## end sub _register_all

#
# _get_js_sock($js, %opts)
#
sub _get_js_sock {
    my ($self, $js, %opts) = @_;
    $js || return;

    my $js_str     = $self->_js_str($js);
    my $on_connect = delete $opts{on_connect};

    # Someday should warn when called with extra opts.

    warn "getting job server socket: $js_str" if $self->debug;

    # special case, if we're a child process of a gearman::server
    # parent process, talking over a unix pipe...
    return $self->{parent_pipe} if $self->{parent_pipe};

    if (my $sock = $self->_sock_cache($js)) {
        return $sock if getpeername($sock);

        $self->_uncache_sock($js, "getpeername failed");
    }

    my $now        = time;
    my $down_since = $self->{down_since}{$js_str};
    if ($down_since) {
        my $down_for = $now - $down_since;
        warn "$js_str down for $down_for" if $self->debug;

        my $retry_period = $down_for > 60 ? 30 : (int($down_for / 2) + 1);
        if ($self->{last_connect_fail}{$js_str} > $now - $retry_period) {
            return;
        }
    } ## end if ($down_since)

    warn "connecting to '$js_str'" if $self->debug;

    my $sock = $self->socket($js, 1);
    unless ($sock) {
        $self->{down_since}{$js_str} ||= $now;
        $self->{last_connect_fail}{$js_str} = $now;

        return;
    } ## end unless ($sock)

    $sock->autoflush(1);
    $self->sock_nodelay($sock);

    delete $self->{last_connect_fail}{$js_str};
    delete $self->{down_since}{$js_str};

    if ($opts{register_on_reconnect}) {
        my @fail = ();
        foreach (keys %{ $self->{can} }) {
            $self->_register_function($_, $js, $sock) || push @fail, $_;
        }

        if (@fail) {
            $self->_uncache_sock($js, join ' ', "failed registration of",
                @fail);
            return;
        }
    } ## end if ($opts{register_on_reconnect...})

    $self->_sock_cache($js, $sock);

    if ($on_connect && !$on_connect->($sock)) {
        $self->_uncache_sock($js, "on connect callback failed");
        return;
    }

    return $sock;
} ## end sub _get_js_sock

=head2 _uncache_sock($js, $reason)

close TCP connection

=cut

sub _uncache_sock {
    my ($self, $js, $reason) = @_;

    # we can't reconnect as a child process, so all we can do is die and hope our
    # parent process respawns us...
    die "Error/timeout talking to gearman parent process: [$reason]"
        if $self->{parent_pipe};

    $self->debug && warn join ' ', "close connection to", $self->_js_str($js),
        $reason || '';

    # normal case, we just close this TCP connection and we'll reconnect later.
    # delete cached sock
    $self->_sock_cache($js, undef, 1);
} ## end sub _uncache_sock

#
# _set_client_id($sock)
#
sub _set_client_id {
    my ($self, $sock) = @_;
    my $req = _rc("set_client_id", $self->{client_id});
    return _send($sock, \$req);
}

#
# _set_ability($sock, $ability, [$timeout])
#
sub _set_ability {
    my ($self, $sock, $ability, $timeout) = @_;
    my $req;
    if (defined $timeout) {
        $req = _rc("can_do_timeout", _join0($ability, $timeout));
    }
    else {
        $req = _rc("can_do", $ability);
    }
    return _send($sock, \$req);
} ## end sub _set_ability

#
# _register_function($ability, $js, [$sock])
# set client id
# can do
#
sub _register_function {
    my ($self, $ability, $js, $sock) = @_;
    $sock ||= $self->_get_js_sock($js);
    $sock || return;

    unless ($self->_set_client_id($sock)) {
        $self->_uncache_sock($js, "set client id request failed");
        return;
    }

    unless ($self->_set_ability($sock, $ability, $self->{timeouts}{$ability})) {
        $self->_uncache_sock($js, "can do request failed");
        return;
    }

    return 1;
} ## end sub _register_function

#
# _send($jss, $req_ref)
#
# send C<$req> to C<$jss>
#
*_send = \&Gearman::Util::send_req;

#
# _rc($cmd, [@val])
#
*_rc = \&Gearman::Util::pack_req_command;

#
# _join0(@v)
#
sub _join0 {
    return join("\0", @_);
}

1;
__END__

=head1 WORKERS AS CHILD PROCESSES

Gearman workers can be run as child processes of a parent process
which embeds L<Gearman::Server>.  When such a parent process
fork/execs a worker, it sets the environment variable
GEARMAN_WORKER_USE_STDIO to true before launching the worker. If this
variable is set to true, then the L<job_servers|job_servers(@servers)> function and option for
new() are ignored and the unix socket bound to STDIN/OUT are used
instead as the IO path to the gearman server.