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31.Dd June 17, 2011
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 specified by
151.Em or Ns 'ing
152any of the following values:
153.Bl -tag -width indent
154.It Dv MPOOL_IGNOREPIN
155The page returned is not pinned;
156page will otherwise be pinned on return.
157.El
158.Pp
159The
160.Fn mpool_put
161function unpins the page referenced by
162.Fa pgaddr .
163The
164.Fa pgaddr
165argument
166must be an address previously returned by
167.Fn mpool_get
168or
169.Fn mpool_new .
170The
171.Fa flags
172argument is specified by
173.Em or Ns 'ing
174any of the following values:
175.Bl -tag -width indent
176.It Dv MPOOL_DIRTY
177The page has been modified and needs to be written to the backing file.
178.El
179.Pp
180The
181.Fn mpool_put
182function
183returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
184.Pp
185The
186.Fn mpool_sync
187function writes all modified pages associated with the
188.Ft MPOOL
189pointer to the
190backing file.
191The
192.Fn mpool_sync
193function
194returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
195.Pp
196The
197.Fn mpool_close
198function free's up any allocated memory associated with the memory pool
199cookie.
200Modified pages are
201.Em not
202written to the backing file.
203The
204.Fn mpool_close
205function
206returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
207.Sh ERRORS
208The
209.Fn mpool_open
210function may fail and set
211.Va errno
212for any of the errors specified for the library routine
213.Xr malloc 3 .
214.Pp
215The
216.Fn mpool_get
217function may fail and set
218.Va errno
219for the following:
220.Bl -tag -width Er
221.It Bq Er EINVAL
222The requested record does not exist.
223.El
224.Pp
225The
226.Fn mpool_new
227and
228.Fn mpool_get
229functions may fail and set
230.Va errno
231for any of the errors specified for the library routines
232.Xr read 2 ,
233.Xr write 2 ,
234and
235.Xr malloc 3 .
236.Pp
237The
238.Fn mpool_sync
239function may fail and set
240.Va errno
241for any of the errors specified for the library routine
242.Xr write 2 .
243.Pp
244The
245.Fn mpool_close
246function may fail and set
247.Va errno
248for any of the errors specified for the library routine
249.Xr free 3 .
250.Sh SEE ALSO
251.Xr btree 3 ,
252.Xr dbopen 3 ,
253.Xr hash 3 ,
254.Xr recno 3
255