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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPL.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_DM_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_H
+#define _LINUX_DM_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_H
+
+#include "dm-block-manager.h"
+
+struct dm_transaction_manager;
+struct dm_space_map;
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * This manages the scope of a transaction. It also enforces immutability
+ * of the on-disk data structures by limiting access to writeable blocks.
+ *
+ * Clients should not fiddle with the block manager directly.
+ */
+
+void dm_tm_destroy(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
+
+/*
+ * The non-blocking version of a transaction manager is intended for use in
+ * fast path code that needs to do lookups e.g. a dm mapping function.
+ * You create the non-blocking variant from a normal tm. The interface is
+ * the same, except that most functions will just return -EWOULDBLOCK.
+ * Methods that return void yet may block should not be called on a clone
+ * viz. dm_tm_inc, dm_tm_dec. Call dm_tm_destroy() as you would with a normal
+ * tm when you've finished with it. You may not destroy the original prior
+ * to clones.
+ */
+struct dm_transaction_manager *dm_tm_create_non_blocking_clone(struct dm_transaction_manager *real);
+
+/*
+ * We use a 2-phase commit here.
+ *
+ * i) In the first phase the block manager is told to start flushing, and
+ * the changes to the space map are written to disk. You should interrogate
+ * your particular space map to get detail of its root node etc. to be
+ * included in your superblock.
+ *
+ * ii) @root will be committed last. You shouldn't use more than the
+ * first 512 bytes of @root if you wish the transaction to survive a power
+ * failure. You *must* have a write lock held on @root for both stage (i)
+ * and (ii). The commit will drop the write lock.
+ */
+int dm_tm_pre_commit(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
+int dm_tm_commit(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, struct dm_block *root);
+
+/*
+ * These methods are the only way to get hold of a writeable block.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * dm_tm_new_block() is pretty self-explanatory. Make sure you do actually
+ * write to the whole of @data before you unlock, otherwise you could get
+ * a data leak. (The other option is for tm_new_block() to zero new blocks
+ * before handing them out, which will be redundant in most, if not all,
+ * cases).
+ * Zeroes the new block and returns with write lock held.
+ */
+int dm_tm_new_block(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm,
+ struct dm_block_validator *v,
+ struct dm_block **result);
+
+/*
+ * dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block and copies the data from @orig
+ * to it. It then decrements the reference count on original block. Use
+ * this to update the contents of a block in a data structure, don't
+ * confuse this with a clone - you shouldn't access the orig block after
+ * this operation. Because the tm knows the scope of the transaction it
+ * can optimise requests for a shadow of a shadow to a no-op. Don't forget
+ * to unlock when you've finished with the shadow.
+ *
+ * The @inc_children flag is used to tell the caller whether it needs to
+ * adjust reference counts for children. (Data in the block may refer to
+ * other blocks.)
+ *
+ * Shadowing implicitly drops a reference on @orig so you must not have
+ * it locked when you call this.
+ */
+int dm_tm_shadow_block(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t orig,
+ struct dm_block_validator *v,
+ struct dm_block **result, int *inc_children);
+
+/*
+ * Read access. You can lock any block you want. If there's a write lock
+ * on it outstanding then it'll block.
+ */
+int dm_tm_read_lock(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b,
+ struct dm_block_validator *v,
+ struct dm_block **result);
+
+int dm_tm_unlock(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, struct dm_block *b);
+
+/*
+ * Functions for altering the reference count of a block directly.
+ */
+void dm_tm_inc(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b);
+
+void dm_tm_dec(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b);
+
+int dm_tm_ref(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b,
+ uint32_t *result);
+
+struct dm_block_manager *dm_tm_get_bm(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
+
+/*
+ * A little utility that ties the knot by producing a transaction manager
+ * that has a space map managed by the transaction manager...
+ *
+ * Returns a tm that has an open transaction to write the new disk sm.
+ * Caller should store the new sm root and commit.
+ */
+int dm_tm_create_with_sm(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t sb_location,
+ struct dm_block_validator *sb_validator,
+ struct dm_transaction_manager **tm,
+ struct dm_space_map **sm, struct dm_block **sblock);
+
+int dm_tm_open_with_sm(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t sb_location,
+ struct dm_block_validator *sb_validator,
+ size_t root_offset, size_t root_max_len,
+ struct dm_transaction_manager **tm,
+ struct dm_space_map **sm, struct dm_block **sblock);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_DM_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_H */