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35.Dd June 4, 1993
36.Dt MPOOL 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mpool
40.Nd "shared memory buffer pool"
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In db.h
43.In mpool.h
44.Ft MPOOL *
45.Fn mpool_open "void *key" "int fd" "pgno_t pagesize" "pgno_t maxcache"
46.Ft void
47.Fo mpool_filter
48.Fa "MPOOL *mp"
49.Fa "void (*pgin)(void *, pgno_t, void *)"
50.Fa "void (*pgout)(void *, pgno_t, void *)"
51.Fa "void *pgcookie"
52.Fc
53.Ft void *
54.Fn mpool_new "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t *pgnoaddr"
55.Ft void *
56.Fn mpool_get "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t pgno" "u_int flags"
57.Ft int
58.Fn mpool_put "MPOOL *mp" "void *pgaddr" "u_int flags"
59.Ft int
60.Fn mpool_sync "MPOOL *mp"
61.Ft int
62.Fn mpool_close "MPOOL *mp"
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64The
65.Nm mpool
66library interface is intended to provide page oriented buffer management
67of files.
68The buffers may be shared between processes.
69.Pp
70The
71.Fn mpool_open
72function initializes a memory pool.
73The
74.Fa key
75argument is the byte string used to negotiate between multiple
76processes wishing to share buffers.
77If the file buffers are mapped in shared memory, all processes using
78the same key will share the buffers.
79If
80.Fa key
81is
82.Dv NULL ,
83the buffers are mapped into private memory.
84The
85.Fa fd
86argument is a file descriptor for the underlying file, which must be seekable.
87If
88.Fa key
89is
90.No non\- Ns Dv NULL
91and matches a file already being mapped, the
92.Fa fd
93argument is ignored.
94.Pp
95The
96.Fa pagesize
97argument is the size, in bytes, of the pages into which the file is broken up.
98The
99.Fa maxcache
100argument is the maximum number of pages from the underlying file to cache
101at any one time.
102This value is not relative to the number of processes which share a file's
103buffers, but will be the largest value specified by any of the processes
104sharing the file.
105.Pp
106The
107.Fn mpool_filter
108function is intended to make transparent input and output processing of the
109pages possible.
110If the
111.Fa pgin
112function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is read into the memory
113pool from the backing file.
114If the
115.Fa pgout
116function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is written into the
117backing file.
118Both functions are called with the
119.Fa pgcookie
120pointer, the page number and a pointer to the page to being read or written.
121.Pp
122The
123.Fn mpool_new
124function takes an
125.Ft MPOOL
126pointer and an address as arguments.
127If a new page can be allocated, a pointer to the page is returned and
128the page number is stored into the
129.Fa pgnoaddr
130address.
131Otherwise,
132.Dv NULL
133is returned and
134.Va errno
135is set.
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 doesn't 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
248