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25.Dd April 24, 2016
26.Dt G_GEOM 9
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm g_new_geomf ,
30.Nm g_destroy_geom
31.Nd "geom management"
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In geom/geom.h
34.Ft "struct g_geom *"
35.Fn g_new_geomf "struct g_class *mp" "const char *fmt" ...
36.Ft void
37.Fn g_destroy_geom "struct g_geom *gp"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The geom (do not confuse
40.Dq geom
41with
42.Dq GEOM )
43is an instance of a GEOM class.
44For example: in a typical i386
45.Fx
46system, there will be one geom
47of class MBR for each disk.
48The geom's name is not really important, it is only used in the XML
49dump and for debugging purposes.
50There can be many geoms with the same name.
51.Pp
52The
53.Fn g_new_geomf
54function creates a new geom, which will be an instance of the class
55.Fa mp .
56The geom's name is created in a
57.Xr printf 3 Ns
58-like way from the rest of the arguments.
59.Pp
60The
61.Fn g_destroy_geom
62function destroys the given geom immediately and cancels all related pending
63events.
64.Pp
65The
66.Vt g_geom
67structure
68contains fields that should be set by the caller after geom creation, but before
69creating any providers or consumers related to this geom (not all are required):
70.Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
71.It Vt "g_start_t *" Va start
72Pointer to a function used for I/O processing.
73.It Vt "g_spoiled_t *" Va spoiled
74Pointer to a function used for consumers spoiling.
75.It Vt "g_dumpconf_t *" Va dumpconf
76Pointer to a function used for configuration in XML format dumping.
77.It Vt "g_access_t *" Va access
78Pointer to a function used for access control.
79.It Vt "g_orphan_t *" Va orphan
80Pointer to a function used to inform about orphaned consumer.
81.It Vt "g_ioctl_t *" Va ioctl
82Pointer to a function used for handling ioctl requests.
83.It Vt "void *" Va softc
84Field for private use.
85.El
86.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
87If you intend to use providers in this geom you must set field
88.Va start
89of your geom.
90.Pp
91If you are planning to use consumers in your geom you must set fields
92.Va orphan
93and
94.Va access
95for it.
96.Pp
97.Fn g_new_geomf :
98.Bl -item -offset indent
99.It
100Class
101.Fa mp
102must be valid (registered in GEOM).
103.It
104The topology lock has to be held.
105.El
106.Pp
107.Fn g_destroy_geom :
108.Bl -item -offset indent
109.It
110The geom cannot possess any providers.
111.It
112The geom cannot possess any consumers.
113.It
114The topology lock has to be held.
115.El
116.Sh RETURN VALUES
117The
118.Fn g_new_geomf
119function
120returns a pointer to the newly created geom.
121.Sh EXAMPLES
122Create an example geom.
123.Bd -literal -offset indent
124static void
125g_example_start(struct bio *bp)
126{
127
128	[...]
129}
130
131static void
132g_example_orphan(struct g_consumer *cp)
133{
134
135	g_topology_assert();
136
137	[...]
138}
139
140static void
141g_example_spoiled(struct g_consumer *cp)
142{
143
144	g_topology_assert();
145
146	[...]
147}
148
149static int
150g_example_access(struct g_provider *pp, int dr, int dw, int de)
151{
152
153	[...]
154}
155
156static struct g_geom *
157create_example_geom(struct g_class *myclass)
158{
159	struct g_geom *gp;
160
161	g_topology_lock();
162	gp = g_new_geomf(myclass, "example_geom");
163	g_topology_unlock();
164	gp->start = g_example_start;
165	gp->orphan = g_example_orphan;
166	gp->spoiled = g_example_spoiled;
167	gp->access = g_example_access;
168	gp->softc = NULL;
169
170	return (gp);
171}
172
173static int
174destroy_example_geom(struct g_geom *gp)
175{
176
177	g_topology_lock();
178	if (!LIST_EMPTY(&gp->provider) ||
179	    !LIST_EMPTY(&gp->consumer)) {
180		g_topology_unlock();
181		return (EBUSY);
182	}
183	g_destroy_geom(gp);
184	g_topology_unlock();
185
186	return (0);
187}
188.Ed
189.Sh SEE ALSO
190.Xr geom 4 ,
191.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
192.Xr g_access 9 ,
193.Xr g_attach 9 ,
194.Xr g_bio 9 ,
195.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
196.Xr g_data 9 ,
197.Xr g_event 9 ,
198.Xr g_provider 9 ,
199.Xr g_provider_by_name 9 ,
200.Xr g_wither_geom 9
201.Sh AUTHORS
202.An -nosplit
203This manual page was written by
204.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .
205