MPOOL(3) | Library Functions Manual | MPOOL(3)

# NAME

`mpool`, `mpool_open`, `mpool_filter`, `mpool_new`, `mpool_get`, `mpool_put`, `mpool_sync`, `mpool_close` —
shared memory buffer pool

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <db.h>`
`#include <mpool.h>`

MPOOL *
`mpool_open`(DBT *key, int fd, pgno_t pagesize, pgno_t maxcache);

void
`mpool_filter`(MPOOL *mp, void (*pgin)(void *, pgno_t, void *), void (*pgout)(void *, pgno_t, void *), void *pgcookie);

void *
`mpool_new`(MPOOL *mp, pgno_t *pgnoaddr);

void *
`mpool_get`(MPOOL *mp, pgno_t pgno, u_int flags);

int
`mpool_put`(MPOOL *mp, void *pgaddr, u_int flags);

int
`mpool_sync`(MPOOL *mp);

int
`mpool_close`(MPOOL *mp);

# DESCRIPTION

`mpool` is the library interface intended to provide page oriented buffer management of files. The buffers may be shared between processes.

The function `mpool_open`() initializes a memory pool. The key argument is the byte string used to negotiate between multiple processes wishing to share buffers. If the file buffers are mapped in shared memory, all processes using the same key will share the buffers. If key is `NULL`, the buffers are mapped into private memory. The fd argument is a file descriptor for the underlying file, which must be seekable. If key is non-`NULL` and matches a file already being mapped, the fd argument is ignored.

The pagesize argument is the size, in bytes, of the pages into which the file is broken up. The 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.

The `mpool_filter`() function is intended to make transparent input and output processing of the pages possible. If the pgin function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is read into the memory pool from the backing file. If the pgout function is specified, it is called each time a buffer is written into the backing file. Both functions are called with the pgcookie pointer, the page number and a pointer to the page to being read or written.

The function `mpool_new`() takes an MPOOL pointer and an address as arguments. If a new page can be allocated, a pointer to the page is returned and the page number is stored into the pgnoaddr address. Otherwise, `NULL` is returned and errno is set.

The function `mpool_get`() takes a MPOOL pointer and a page number as arguments. If the page exists, a pointer to the page is returned. Otherwise, `NULL` is returned and errno is set. The flags parameter is not currently used.

The function `mpool_put`() unpins the page referenced by pgaddr. pgaddr must be an address previously returned by `mpool_get`() or `mpool_new`(). The flag value is specified by or'ing any of the following values:

`MPOOL_DIRTY`
  The page has been modified and needs to be written to the backing file.

`mpool_put`() returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.

The function `mpool_sync`() writes all modified pages associated with the MPOOL pointer to the backing file. `mpool_sync`() returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.

The `mpool_close`() function frees up any allocated memory associated with the memory pool cookie. Modified pages are not written to the backing file. `mpool_close`() returns 0 on success and -1 if an error occurs.

# ERRORS

The `mpool_open`() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library routine malloc(3).

The `mpool_get`() function may fail and set errno for the following:

`EINVAL`
  The requested record doesn't exist.

The `mpool_new`() and `mpool_get`() functions may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library routines read(2), write(2), and malloc(3).

The `mpool_sync`() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library routine write(2).

The `mpool_close`() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library routine free(3).

# SEE ALSO

btree(3), dbopen(3), hash(3), recno(3)

December 16, 2010 | NetBSD 9.2