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25.Dd January 16, 2004
26.Dt G_CONSUMER 9
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm g_new_consumer ,
30.Nm g_destroy_consumer
31.Nd "GEOM consumers management"
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In geom/geom.h
34.Ft "struct g_consumer *"
35.Fn g_new_consumer "struct g_geom *gp"
36.Ft void
37.Fn g_destroy_consumer "struct g_consumer *cp"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39A GEOM consumer is the backdoor through which a geom connects to
40another GEOM provider and through which I/O requests are sent.
41.Pp
42The
43.Fn g_new_consumer
44function creates a new consumer on geom
45.Fa gp .
46Before using the new consumer, it has to be attached to a provider with
47.Xr g_attach 9
48and opened with
49.Xr g_access 9 .
50.Pp
51The
52.Fn g_destroy_consumer
53function destroys the given consumer and cancels all related pending events.
54This function is the last stage of killing an unwanted consumer.
55.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
56.Fn g_new_consumer :
57.Bl -item -offset indent
58.It
59The geom
60.Fa gp
61has to have an
62.Va orphan
63method defined.
64.It
65The topology lock has to be held.
66.El
67.Pp
68.Fn g_destroy_consumer :
69.Bl -item -offset indent
70.It
71The consumer must not be attached to a provider.
72.It
73The access count has to be 0.
74.It
75The topology lock has to be held.
76.El
77.Sh RETURN VALUES
78The
79.Fn g_new_consumer
80function
81returns a pointer to the newly created consumer.
82.Sh EXAMPLES
83Create consumer, attach it to given provider, gain read access and clean up.
84.Bd -literal -offset indent
85void
86some_function(struct g_geom *mygeom, struct g_provider *pp)
87{
88	struct g_consumer *cp;
89
90	g_topology_assert();
91
92	/* Create new consumer on 'mygeom' geom. */
93	cp = g_new_consumer(mygeom);
94	/* Attach newly created consumer to given provider. */
95	if (g_attach(cp, pp) != 0) {
96		g_destroy_consumer(cp);
97		return;
98	}
99	/* Open provider for reading through our consumer. */
100	if (g_access(cp, 1, 0, 0) != 0) {
101		g_detach(cp);
102		g_destroy_consumer(cp);
103		return;
104	}
105
106	g_topology_unlock();
107	/*
108	 * Read data from provider.
109	 */
110	g_topology_lock();
111
112	/* Disconnect from provider (release access count). */
113	g_access(cp, -1, 0, 0);
114	/* Detach from provider. */
115	g_detach(cp);
116	/* Destroy consumer. */
117	g_destroy_consumer(cp);
118}
119.Ed
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr geom 4 ,
122.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
123.Xr g_access 9 ,
124.Xr g_attach 9 ,
125.Xr g_bio 9 ,
126.Xr g_data 9 ,
127.Xr g_event 9 ,
128.Xr g_geom 9 ,
129.Xr g_provider 9 ,
130.Xr g_provider_by_name 9 ,
131.Xr g_wither_geom 9
132.Sh AUTHORS
133.An -nosplit
134This manual page was written by
135.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .
136