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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)mpool.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" .Dd June 17, 2011 .Dt MPOOL 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mpool .Nd "shared memory buffer pool" .Sh SYNOPSIS .In db.h .In mpool.h .Ft MPOOL * .Fn mpool_open "void *key" "int fd" "pgno_t pagesize" "pgno_t maxcache" .Ft void .Fo mpool_filter .Fa "MPOOL *mp" .Fa "void (*pgin)(void *, pgno_t, void *)" .Fa "void (*pgout)(void *, pgno_t, void *)" .Fa "void *pgcookie" .Fc .Ft void * .Fn mpool_new "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t *pgnoaddr" "u_int flags" .Ft int .Fn mpool_delete "MPOOL *mp" "void *page" .Ft void * .Fn mpool_get "MPOOL *mp" "pgno_t pgno" "u_int flags" .Ft int .Fn mpool_put "MPOOL *mp" "void *pgaddr" "u_int flags" .Ft int .Fn mpool_sync "MPOOL *mp" .Ft int .Fn mpool_close "MPOOL *mp" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm mpool library interface is intended to provide page oriented buffer management of files. .Pp The .Fn mpool_open function initializes a memory pool. The .Fa key argument is currently ignored. The .Fa fd argument is a file descriptor for the underlying file, which must be seekable. .Pp The .Fa pagesize argument is the size, in bytes, of the pages into which the file is broken up. The .Fa maxcache argument is the maximum number of pages from the underlying file to cache at any one time. This value is not relative to the number of processes which share a file's buffers, but will be the largest value specified by any of the processes sharing the file. .Pp The .Fn mpool_filter function is intended to make transparent input and output processing of the pages possible. If the .Fa pgin function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is read into the memory pool from the backing file. If the .Fa pgout function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is written into the backing file. Both functions are called with the .Fa pgcookie pointer, the page number and a pointer to the page to being read or written. .Pp The function .Fn mpool_new takes an .Dv MPOOL pointer, an address, and a set of flags as arguments. If a new page can be allocated, a pointer to the page is returned and the page number is stored into the .Fa pgnoaddr address. Otherwise, .Dv NULL is returned and .Va errno is set. The flags value is formed by .Tn OR Ns 'ing the following values: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Dv MPOOL_PAGE_REQUEST Allocate a new page with a specific page number. .It Dv MPOOL_PAGE_NEXT Allocate a new page with the next page number. .El .Pp The function .Fn mpool_delete deletes the specified page from a pool and frees the page. It takes an .Dv MPOOL pointer and a page as arguments. The page must have been generated by .Fn mpool_new . .Pp The .Fn mpool_get function takes a .Ft MPOOL pointer and a page number as arguments. If the page exists, a pointer to the page is returned. Otherwise, .Dv NULL is returned and .Va errno is set. The .Fa flags argument is specified by .Em or Ns 'ing any of the following values: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Dv MPOOL_IGNOREPIN The page returned is not pinned; page will otherwise be pinned on return. .El .Pp The .Fn mpool_put function unpins the page referenced by .Fa pgaddr . The .Fa pgaddr argument must be an address previously returned by .Fn mpool_get or .Fn mpool_new . The .Fa flags argument is specified by .Em or Ns 'ing any of the following values: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Dv MPOOL_DIRTY The page has been modified and needs to be written to the backing file. .El .Pp The .Fn mpool_put function returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs. .Pp The .Fn mpool_sync function writes all modified pages associated with the .Ft MPOOL pointer to the backing file. The .Fn mpool_sync function returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs. .Pp The .Fn mpool_close function free's up any allocated memory associated with the memory pool cookie. Modified pages are .Em not written to the backing file. The .Fn mpool_close function returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn mpool_open function may fail and set .Va errno for any of the errors specified for the library routine .Xr malloc 3 . .Pp The .Fn mpool_get function may fail and set .Va errno for the following: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINVAL The requested record does not exist. .El .Pp The .Fn mpool_new and .Fn mpool_get functions may fail and set .Va errno for any of the errors specified for the library routines .Xr read 2 , .Xr write 2 , and .Xr malloc 3 . .Pp The .Fn mpool_sync function may fail and set .Va errno for any of the errors specified for the library routine .Xr write 2 . .Pp The .Fn mpool_close function may fail and set .Va errno for any of the errors specified for the library routine .Xr free 3 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr btree 3 , .Xr dbopen 3 , .Xr hash 3 , .Xr recno 3