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27.Dd January 16, 2004
28.Dt G_GEOM 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm g_new_geomf ,
32.Nm g_destroy_geom
33.Nd "geom management"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In geom/geom.h
36.Ft "struct g_geom *"
37.Fn g_new_geomf "struct g_class *mp" "const char *fmt" ...
38.Ft void
39.Fn g_destroy_geom "struct g_geom *gp"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The geom (do not confuse
42.Dq geom
43with
44.Dq GEOM )
45is an instance of a GEOM class.
46For example: in a typical i386
47.Fx
48system, there will be one geom
49of class MBR for each disk.
50The geom's name is not really important, it is only used in the XML
51dump and for debugging purposes.
52There can be many geoms with the same name.
53.Pp
54The
55.Fn g_new_geomf
56function creates a new geom, which will be an instance of the class
57.Fa mp .
58The geom's name is created in a
59.Xr printf 3 Ns
60-like way from the rest of the arguments.
61.Pp
62The
63.Fn g_destroy_geom
64function destroys the given geom immediately and cancels all related pending
65events.
66.Pp
67The
68.Vt g_geom
69structure
70contains fields that should be set by the caller after geom creation, but before
71creating any providers or consumers related to this geom (not all are required):
72.Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
73.It Vt "g_start_t *" Va start
74Pointer to a function used for I/O processing.
75.It Vt "g_spoiled_t *" Va spoiled
76Pointer to a function used for consumers spoiling.
77.It Vt "g_dumpconf_t *" Va dumpconf
78Pointer to a function used for configuration in XML format dumping.
79.It Vt "g_access_t *" Va access
80Pointer to a function used for access control.
81.It Vt "g_orphan_t *" Va orphan
82Pointer to a function used to inform about orphaned consumer.
83.It Vt "g_ioctl_t *" Va ioctl
84Pointer to a function used for handling ioctl requests.
85.It Vt "void *" Va softc
86Field for private use.
87.El
88.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
89If you intend to use providers in this geom you must set field
90.Va start
91of your geom.
92.Pp
93If you are planning to use consumers in your geom you must set fields
94.Va orphan
95and
96.Va access
97for it.
98.Pp
99.Fn g_new_geomf :
100.Bl -item -offset indent
101.It
102Class
103.Fa mp
104must be valid (registered in GEOM).
105.It
106The topology lock has to be held.
107.El
108.Pp
109.Fn g_destroy_geom :
110.Bl -item -offset indent
111.It
112The geom cannot possess any providers.
113.It
114The geom cannot possess any consumers.
115.It
116The topology lock has to be held.
117.El
118.Sh RETURN VALUES
119The
120.Fn g_new_geomf
121function
122returns a pointer to the newly created geom.
123.Sh EXAMPLES
124Create an example geom.
125.Bd -literal -offset indent
126static struct geom *
127g_example_start(struct bio *bp)
128{
129
130	[...]
131}
132
133static void
134g_example_orphan(struct g_consumer *cp)
135{
136
137	g_topology_assert();
138
139	[...]
140}
141
142static void
143g_example_spoiled(struct g_consumer *cp)
144{
145
146	g_topology_assert();
147
148	[...]
149}
150
151static void
152g_example_access(struct g_provider *pp, int dr, int dw, int de)
153{
154
155	[...]
156}
157
158static struct g_geom *
159create_example_geom(struct g_class *myclass)
160{
161	struct g_geom *gp;
162
163	g_topology_lock();
164	gp = g_new_geomf(myclass, "example_geom");
165	g_topology_unlock();
166	gp->start = g_example_start;
167	gp->orphan = g_example_orphan;
168	gp->spoiled = g_example_spoiled;
169	gp->access = g_example_access;
170	gp->softc = NULL;
171
172	return (gp);
173}
174
175static int
176destroy_example_geom(struct g_geom *gp)
177{
178
179	g_topology_lock();
180	if (!LIST_EMPTY(&gp->provider) ||
181	    !LIST_EMPTY(&gp->consumer)) {
182		g_topology_unlock();
183		return (EBUSY);
184	}
185	g_destroy_geom(gp);
186	g_topology_unlock();
187
188	return (0);
189}
190.Ed
191.Sh SEE ALSO
192.Xr geom 4 ,
193.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
194.Xr g_access 9 ,
195.Xr g_attach 9 ,
196.Xr g_bio 9 ,
197.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
198.Xr g_data 9 ,
199.Xr g_event 9 ,
200.Xr g_provider 9 ,
201.Xr g_provider_by_name 9 ,
202.Xr g_wither_geom 9
203.Sh AUTHORS
204.An -nosplit
205This manual page was written by
206.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org .
207