jsonrpc_session_recv_wait(idl->session);
}
-/* Returns a number that represents the state of 'idl'. When 'idl' is updated
- * (by ovsdb_idl_run()), the return value changes. */
+/* Returns a "sequence number" that represents the state of 'idl'. When
+ * ovsdb_idl_run() changes the database, the sequence number changes. The
+ * initial fetch of the entire contents of the remote database is considered to
+ * be one kind of change. Successfully acquiring a lock, if one has been
+ * configured with ovsdb_idl_set_lock(), is also considered to be a change.
+ *
+ * As long as the sequence number does not change, the client may continue to
+ * use any data structures it obtains from 'idl'. But when it changes, the
+ * client must not access any of these data structures again, because they
+ * could have freed or reused for other purposes.
+ *
+ * The sequence number can occasionally change even if the database does not.
+ * This happens if the connection to the database drops and reconnects, which
+ * causes the database contents to be reloaded even if they didn't change. (It
+ * could also happen if the database server sends out a "change" that reflects
+ * what the IDL already thought was in the database. The database server is
+ * not supposed to do that, but bugs could in theory cause it to do so.) */
unsigned int
ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(const struct ovsdb_idl *idl)
{
return &idl->tables[table_class - idl->class->tables];
}
+/* Called by ovsdb-idlc generated code. */
struct ovsdb_idl_row *
ovsdb_idl_get_row_arc(struct ovsdb_idl_row *src,
struct ovsdb_idl_table_class *dst_table_class,
}
}
+/* Searches 'tc''s table in 'idl' for a row with UUID 'uuid'. Returns a
+ * pointer to the row if there is one, otherwise a null pointer. */
const struct ovsdb_idl_row *
ovsdb_idl_get_row_for_uuid(const struct ovsdb_idl *idl,
const struct ovsdb_idl_table_class *tc,
return NULL;
}
+/* Returns a row in 'table_class''s table in 'idl', or a null pointer if that
+ * table is empty.
+ *
+ * Database tables are internally maintained as hash tables, so adding or
+ * removing rows while traversing the same table can cause some rows to be
+ * visited twice or not at apply. */
const struct ovsdb_idl_row *
ovsdb_idl_first_row(const struct ovsdb_idl *idl,
const struct ovsdb_idl_table_class *table_class)
return next_real_row(table, hmap_first(&table->rows));
}
+/* Returns a row following 'row' within its table, or a null pointer if 'row'
+ * is the last row in its table. */
const struct ovsdb_idl_row *
ovsdb_idl_next_row(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *row)
{
static void ovsdb_idl_txn_complete(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn,
enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status);
+/* Returns a string representation of 'status'. The caller must not modify or
+ * free the returned string.
+ *
+ * The return value is probably useful only for debug log messages and unit
+ * tests. */
const char *
ovsdb_idl_txn_status_to_string(enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status status)
{
return "<unknown>";
}
+/* Starts a new transaction on 'idl'. A given ovsdb_idl may only have a single
+ * active transaction at a time. See the large comment in ovsdb-idl.h for
+ * general information on transactions. */
struct ovsdb_idl_txn *
ovsdb_idl_txn_create(struct ovsdb_idl *idl)
{
va_end(args);
}
+/* Marks 'txn' as a transaction that will not actually modify the database. In
+ * almost every way, the transaction is treated like other transactions. It
+ * must be committed or aborted like other transactions, it will be sent to the
+ * database server like other transactions, and so on. The only difference is
+ * that the operations sent to the database server will include, as the last
+ * step, an "abort" operation, so that any changes made by the transaction will
+ * not actually take effect. */
void
ovsdb_idl_txn_set_dry_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
txn->inc_row = row->uuid;
}
+/* Destroys 'txn' and frees all associated memory. If ovsdb_idl_txn_commit()
+ * has been called for 'txn' but the commit is still incomplete (that is, the
+ * last call returned TXN_INCOMPLETE) then the transaction may or may not still
+ * end up committing at the database server, but the client will not be able to
+ * get any further status information back. */
void
ovsdb_idl_txn_destroy(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
free(txn);
}
+/* Causes poll_block() to wake up if 'txn' has completed committing. */
void
ovsdb_idl_txn_wait(const struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
hmap_init(&txn->txn_rows);
}
+/* Attempts to commit 'txn'. Returns the status of the commit operation, one
+ * of the following TXN_* constants:
+ *
+ * TXN_INCOMPLETE:
+ *
+ * The transaction is in progress, but not yet complete. The caller
+ * should call again later, after calling ovsdb_idl_run() to let the IDL
+ * do OVSDB protocol processing.
+ *
+ * TXN_UNCHANGED:
+ *
+ * The transaction is complete. (It didn't actually change the database,
+ * so the IDL didn't send any request to the database server.)
+ *
+ * TXN_ABORTED:
+ *
+ * The caller previously called ovsdb_idl_txn_abort().
+ *
+ * TXN_SUCCESS:
+ *
+ * The transaction was successful. The update made by the transaction
+ * (and possibly other changes made by other database clients) should
+ * already be visible in the IDL.
+ *
+ * TXN_TRY_AGAIN:
+ *
+ * The transaction failed for some transient reason, e.g. because a
+ * "verify" operation reported an inconsistency or due to a network
+ * problem. The caller should wait for a change to the database, then
+ * compose a new transaction, and commit the new transaction.
+ *
+ * Use the return value of ovsdb_idl_get_seqno() to wait for a change in
+ * the database. It is important to use its return value *before* the
+ * initial call to ovsdb_idl_txn_commit() as the baseline for this
+ * purpose, because the change that one should wait for can happen after
+ * the initial call but before the call that returns TXN_TRY_AGAIN, and
+ * using some other baseline value in that situation could cause an
+ * indefinite wait if the database rarely changes.
+ *
+ * TXN_NOT_LOCKED:
+ *
+ * The transaction failed because the IDL has been configured to require
+ * a database lock (with ovsdb_idl_set_lock()) but didn't get it yet or
+ * has already lost it.
+ *
+ * Committing a transaction rolls back all of the changes that it made to the
+ * IDL's copy of the database. If the transaction commits successfully, then
+ * the database server will send an update and, thus, the IDL will be updated
+ * with the committed changes. */
enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status
ovsdb_idl_txn_commit(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
/* Attempts to commit 'txn', blocking until the commit either succeeds or
* fails. Returns the final commit status, which may be any TXN_* value other
- * than TXN_INCOMPLETE. */
+ * than TXN_INCOMPLETE.
+ *
+ * This function calls ovsdb_idl_run() on 'txn''s IDL, so it may cause the
+ * return value of ovsdb_idl_get_seqno() to change. */
enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status
ovsdb_idl_txn_commit_block(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
return status;
}
+/* Returns the final (incremented) value of the column in 'txn' that was set to
+ * be incremented by ovsdb_idl_txn_increment(). 'txn' must have committed
+ * successfully. */
int64_t
ovsdb_idl_txn_get_increment_new_value(const struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
return txn->inc_new_value;
}
+/* Aborts 'txn' without sending it to the database server. This is effective
+ * only if ovsdb_idl_txn_commit() has not yet been called for 'txn'.
+ * Otherwise, it has no effect.
+ *
+ * Aborting a transaction doesn't free its memory. Use
+ * ovsdb_idl_txn_destroy() to do that. */
void
ovsdb_idl_txn_abort(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
}
}
+/* Returns a string that reports the error status for 'txn'. The caller must
+ * not modify or free the returned string. A call to ovsdb_idl_txn_destroy()
+ * for 'txn' may free the returned string.
+ *
+ * The return value is ordinarily one of the strings that
+ * ovsdb_idl_txn_status_to_string() would return, but if the transaction failed
+ * due to an error reported by the database server, the return value is that
+ * error. */
const char *
ovsdb_idl_txn_get_error(const struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{
return true;
}
+/* Returns the transaction currently active for 'row''s IDL. A transaction
+ * must currently be active. */
struct ovsdb_idl_txn *
ovsdb_idl_txn_get(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *row)
{
return txn;
}
+/* Returns the IDL on which 'txn' acts. */
struct ovsdb_idl *
ovsdb_idl_txn_get_idl (struct ovsdb_idl_txn *txn)
{