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27.Dd January 16, 2004
28.Dt G_ACCESS 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm g_access
32.Nd "control access to GEOM consumers and their providers"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In geom/geom.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn g_access "struct g_consumer *cp" "int dcr" "int dcw" "int dce"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn g_access
40function allows to open, close, and generally change access to the provider
41which is attached to the given consumer
42.Fa cp .
43The arguments
44.Fa dcr ,
45.Fa dcw ,
46and
47.Fa dce
48represent relative read, write, and exclusive access count changes.
49Read and write access counts are self explanatory, and
50exclusive access counts deny write access to other interested parties.
51A provider's access count is the sum of the access counts of all
52attached consumers.
53.Pp
54After attaching a consumer to a provider with
55.Xr g_attach 9 ,
56the
57.Fn g_access
58function has to be called on the consumer before starting I/O requests.
59.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
60The consumer has to be attached to a provider.
61.Pp
62The intended change must not result in a negative access count.
63.Pp
64No-operation is not permitted
65.Fa ( dcr
66=
67.Fa dcw
68=
69.Fa dce
70=
71.Li 0 ) .
72.Pp
73The provider's geom must have an access method defined (e.g.,
74.Va gp->access ) .
75.Pp
76The topology lock has to be held.
77.Sh RETURN VALUES
78The
79.Fn g_access
80function returns 0 if successful; otherwise an error code is returned.
81Note that
82.Fn g_access
83cannot fail when the arguments
84.Fa dcr ,
85.Fa dcw ,
86and
87.Fa dce
88are less than or equal to 0.
89.Sh EXAMPLES
90Create a consumer, attach it to a given provider, gain read access and
91read first sector.
92.Bd -literal -offset indent
93void
94some_function(struct g_geom *mygeom, struct g_provider *pp)
95{
96	struct g_consumer *cp;
97	void *ptr;
98	int error;
99
100	g_topology_assert();
101
102	/* Create new consumer on 'mygeom' geom. */
103	cp = g_new_consumer(mygeom);
104	/* Attach newly created consumer to given provider. */
105	if (g_attach(cp, pp) != 0) {
106		g_destroy_consumer(cp);
107		return;
108	}
109	/* Open provider for reading through our consumer. */
110	error = g_access(cp, 1, 0, 0);
111	if (error != 0) {
112		printf("Cannot access provider: %s\\n", error);
113		g_detach(cp);
114		g_destroy_consumer(cp);
115		return;
116	}
117
118	/*
119	 * Don't hold topology lock while reading.
120	 */
121	g_topology_unlock();
122	ptr = g_read_data(cp, 0, pp->sectorsize, &error);
123	if (ptr == NULL)
124		printf("Error while reading: %d\\n", error);
125	/*
126	 * Do something useful with data.
127	 */
128	g_topology_lock();
129
130	/* Disconnect from provider (release access count). */
131	g_access(cp, -1, 0, 0);
132	/* Detach from provider. */
133	g_detach(cp);
134	/* Destroy consumer. */
135	g_destroy_consumer(cp);
136}
137.Ed
138.Sh ERRORS
139Possible errors:
140.Bl -tag -width Er
141.It Bq Er EPERM
142The function is trying to open a provider with an exclusive access count, but
143it is already open for writing.
144.It Bq Er EPERM
145The function is trying to open a provider for writing, but it is already
146exclusively open.
147.El
148.Pp
149Any other error that can be returned by the provider's access method.
150.Sh SEE ALSO
151.Xr geom 4 ,
152.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
153.Xr g_attach 9 ,
154.Xr g_bio 9 ,
155.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
156.Xr g_data 9 ,
157.Xr g_event 9 ,
158.Xr g_geom 9 ,
159.Xr g_provider 9 ,
160.Xr g_provider_by_name 9 ,
161.Xr g_wither_geom 9
162.Sh AUTHORS
163.An -nosplit
164This manual page was written by
165.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .
166