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31.Dd February 25, 1999
32.Dt MPOOL 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm mpool
36.Nd "shared memory buffer pool"
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In db.h
39.In mpool.h
40.Ft MPOOL *
41.Fn mpool_open "void *key" "int fd" "pgno_t pagesize" "pgno_t maxcache"
42.Ft void
43.Fo mpool_filter
44.Fa "MPOOL *mp"
45.Fa "void (*pgin)(void *, pgno_t, void *)"
46.Fa "void (*pgout)(void *, pgno_t, void *)"
47.Fa "void *pgcookie"
48.Fc
49.Ft void *
50.Fn mpool_new "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t *pgnoaddr" "u_int flags"
51.Ft int
52.Fn mpool_delete "MPOOL *mp" "void *page"
53.Ft void *
54.Fn mpool_get "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t pgno" "u_int flags"
55.Ft int
56.Fn mpool_put "MPOOL *mp" "void *pgaddr" "u_int flags"
57.Ft int
58.Fn mpool_sync "MPOOL *mp"
59.Ft int
60.Fn mpool_close "MPOOL *mp"
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm mpool
64library interface is intended to provide page oriented buffer management
65of files.
66.Pp
67The
68.Fn mpool_open
69function initializes a memory pool.
70The
71.Fa key
72argument is currently ignored.
73The
74.Fa fd
75argument is a file descriptor for the underlying file, which must be seekable.
76.Pp
77The
78.Fa pagesize
79argument is the size, in bytes, of the pages into which the file is broken up.
80The
81.Fa maxcache
82argument is the maximum number of pages from the underlying file to cache
83at any one time.
84This value is not relative to the number of processes which share a file's
85buffers, but will be the largest value specified by any of the processes
86sharing the file.
87.Pp
88The
89.Fn mpool_filter
90function is intended to make transparent input and output processing of the
91pages possible.
92If the
93.Fa pgin
94function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is read into the memory
95pool from the backing file.
96If the
97.Fa pgout
98function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is written into the
99backing file.
100Both functions are called with the
101.Fa pgcookie
102pointer, the page number and a pointer to the page to being read or written.
103.Pp
104The function
105.Fn mpool_new
106takes an
107.Dv MPOOL
108pointer, an address, and a set of flags as arguments.
109If a new page can be allocated, a pointer to the page is returned and
110the page number is stored into the
111.Fa pgnoaddr
112address.
113Otherwise,
114.Dv NULL
115is returned and
116.Va errno
117is set.
118The flags value is formed by
119.Tn OR Ns 'ing
120the following values:
121.Bl -tag -width Ds
122.It Dv MPOOL_PAGE_REQUEST
123Allocate a new page with a specific page number.
124.It Dv MPOOL_PAGE_NEXT
125Allocate a new page with the next page number.
126.El
127.Pp
128The function
129.Fn mpool_delete
130deletes the specified page from a pool and frees the page.
131It takes an
132.Dv MPOOL
133pointer and a page as arguments.
134The page must have been generated by
135.Fn mpool_new .
136.Pp
137The
138.Fn mpool_get
139function takes a
140.Ft MPOOL
141pointer and a page number as arguments.
142If the page exists, a pointer to the page is returned.
143Otherwise,
144.Dv NULL
145is returned and
146.Va errno
147is set.
148The
149.Fa flags
150argument is not currently used.
151.Pp
152The
153.Fn mpool_put
154function unpins the page referenced by
155.Fa pgaddr .
156The
157.Fa pgaddr
158argument
159must be an address previously returned by
160.Fn mpool_get
161or
162.Fn mpool_new .
163The
164.Fa flags
165argument is specified by
166.Em or Ns 'ing
167any of the following values:
168.Bl -tag -width indent
169.It Dv MPOOL_DIRTY
170The page has been modified and needs to be written to the backing file.
171.El
172.Pp
173The
174.Fn mpool_put
175function
176returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
177.Pp
178The
179.Fn mpool_sync
180function writes all modified pages associated with the
181.Ft MPOOL
182pointer to the
183backing file.
184The
185.Fn mpool_sync
186function
187returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
188.Pp
189The
190.Fn mpool_close
191function free's up any allocated memory associated with the memory pool
192cookie.
193Modified pages are
194.Em not
195written to the backing file.
196The
197.Fn mpool_close
198function
199returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
200.Sh ERRORS
201The
202.Fn mpool_open
203function may fail and set
204.Va errno
205for any of the errors specified for the library routine
206.Xr malloc 3 .
207.Pp
208The
209.Fn mpool_get
210function may fail and set
211.Va errno
212for the following:
213.Bl -tag -width Er
214.It Bq Er EINVAL
215The requested record does not exist.
216.El
217.Pp
218The
219.Fn mpool_new
220and
221.Fn mpool_get
222functions may fail and set
223.Va errno
224for any of the errors specified for the library routines
225.Xr read 2 ,
226.Xr write 2 ,
227and
228.Xr malloc 3 .
229.Pp
230The
231.Fn mpool_sync
232function may fail and set
233.Va errno
234for any of the errors specified for the library routine
235.Xr write 2 .
236.Pp
237The
238.Fn mpool_close
239function may fail and set
240.Va errno
241for any of the errors specified for the library routine
242.Xr free 3 .
243.Sh SEE ALSO
244.Xr btree 3 ,
245.Xr dbopen 3 ,
246.Xr hash 3 ,
247.Xr recno 3
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