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31.Dd June 4, 1993
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"
51.Ft void *
52.Fn mpool_get "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t pgno" "u_int flags"
53.Ft int
54.Fn mpool_put "MPOOL *mp" "void *pgaddr" "u_int flags"
55.Ft int
56.Fn mpool_sync "MPOOL *mp"
57.Ft int
58.Fn mpool_close "MPOOL *mp"
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm mpool
62library interface is intended to provide page oriented buffer management
63of files.
64.Pp
65The
66.Fn mpool_open
67function initializes a memory pool.
68The
69.Fa key
70argument is currently ignored.
71The
72.Fa fd
73argument is a file descriptor for the underlying file, which must be seekable.
74.Pp
75The
76.Fa pagesize
77argument is the size, in bytes, of the pages into which the file is broken up.
78The
79.Fa maxcache
80argument is the maximum number of pages from the underlying file to cache
81at any one time.
82This value is not relative to the number of processes which share a file's
83buffers, but will be the largest value specified by any of the processes
84sharing the file.
85.Pp
86The
87.Fn mpool_filter
88function is intended to make transparent input and output processing of the
89pages possible.
90If the
91.Fa pgin
92function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is read into the memory
93pool from the backing file.
94If the
95.Fa pgout
96function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is written into the
97backing file.
98Both functions are called with the
99.Fa pgcookie
100pointer, the page number and a pointer to the page to being read or written.
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn mpool_new
104function takes an
105.Ft MPOOL
106pointer and an address as arguments.
107If a new page can be allocated, a pointer to the page is returned and
108the page number is stored into the
109.Fa pgnoaddr
110address.
111Otherwise,
112.Dv NULL
113is returned and
114.Va errno
115is set.
116.Pp
117The
118.Fn mpool_get
119function takes a
120.Ft MPOOL
121pointer and a page number as arguments.
122If the page exists, a pointer to the page is returned.
123Otherwise,
124.Dv NULL
125is returned and
126.Va errno
127is set.
128The
129.Fa flags
130argument is not currently used.
131.Pp
132The
133.Fn mpool_put
134function unpins the page referenced by
135.Fa pgaddr .
136The
137.Fa pgaddr
138argument
139must be an address previously returned by
140.Fn mpool_get
141or
142.Fn mpool_new .
143The
144.Fa flags
145argument is specified by
146.Em or Ns 'ing
147any of the following values:
148.Bl -tag -width indent
149.It Dv MPOOL_DIRTY
150The page has been modified and needs to be written to the backing file.
151.El
152.Pp
153The
154.Fn mpool_put
155function
156returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
157.Pp
158The
159.Fn mpool_sync
160function writes all modified pages associated with the
161.Ft MPOOL
162pointer to the
163backing file.
164The
165.Fn mpool_sync
166function
167returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
168.Pp
169The
170.Fn mpool_close
171function free's up any allocated memory associated with the memory pool
172cookie.
173Modified pages are
174.Em not
175written to the backing file.
176The
177.Fn mpool_close
178function
179returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.
180.Sh ERRORS
181The
182.Fn mpool_open
183function may fail and set
184.Va errno
185for any of the errors specified for the library routine
186.Xr malloc 3 .
187.Pp
188The
189.Fn mpool_get
190function may fail and set
191.Va errno
192for the following:
193.Bl -tag -width Er
194.It Bq Er EINVAL
195The requested record does not exist.
196.El
197.Pp
198The
199.Fn mpool_new
200and
201.Fn mpool_get
202functions may fail and set
203.Va errno
204for any of the errors specified for the library routines
205.Xr read 2 ,
206.Xr write 2 ,
207and
208.Xr malloc 3 .
209.Pp
210The
211.Fn mpool_sync
212function may fail and set
213.Va errno
214for any of the errors specified for the library routine
215.Xr write 2 .
216.Pp
217The
218.Fn mpool_close
219function may fail and set
220.Va errno
221for any of the errors specified for the library routine
222.Xr free 3 .
223.Sh SEE ALSO
224.Xr btree 3 ,
225.Xr dbopen 3 ,
226.Xr hash 3 ,
227.Xr recno 3
228