-/* Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira Networks.
+/* Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
struct ovsdb_idl *ovsdb_idl_create(const char *remote,
const struct ovsdb_idl_class *,
- bool monitor_everything_by_default);
+ bool monitor_everything_by_default,
+ bool retry);
void ovsdb_idl_destroy(struct ovsdb_idl *);
void ovsdb_idl_run(struct ovsdb_idl *);
unsigned int ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
bool ovsdb_idl_has_ever_connected(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
+void ovsdb_idl_enable_reconnect(struct ovsdb_idl *);
void ovsdb_idl_force_reconnect(struct ovsdb_idl *);
+void ovsdb_idl_verify_write_only(struct ovsdb_idl *);
+
+bool ovsdb_idl_is_alive(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
+int ovsdb_idl_get_last_error(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
\f
/* Choosing columns and tables to replicate. */
bool ovsdb_idl_row_is_synthetic(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *);
\f
-/* Transactions. */
+/* Transactions.
+ *
+ * A transaction may modify the contents of a database by modifying the values
+ * of columns, deleting rows, inserting rows, or adding checks that columns in
+ * the database have not changed ("verify" operations), through
+ * ovsdb_idl_txn_*() functions. (The OVSDB IDL code generator produces helper
+ * functions that internally call the ovsdb_idl_txn_*() functions. These are
+ * likely to be more convenient.)
+ *
+ * Reading and writing columns and inserting and deleting rows are all
+ * straightforward. The reasons to verify columns are less obvious.
+ * Verification is the key to maintaining transactional integrity. Because
+ * OVSDB handles multiple clients, it can happen that between the time that
+ * OVSDB client A reads a column and writes a new value, OVSDB client B has
+ * written that column. Client A's write should not ordinarily overwrite
+ * client B's, especially if the column in question is a "map" column that
+ * contains several more or less independent data items. If client A adds a
+ * "verify" operation before it writes the column, then the transaction fails
+ * in case client B modifies it first. Client A will then see the new value of
+ * the column and compose a new transaction based on the new contents written
+ * by client B.
+ *
+ * When a transaction is complete, which must be before the next call to
+ * ovsdb_idl_run() on 'idl', call ovsdb_idl_txn_commit() or
+ * ovsdb_idl_txn_abort().
+ *
+ * The life-cycle of a transaction looks like this:
+ *
+ * 1. Create the transaction and record the initial sequence number:
+ *
+ * seqno = ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(idl);
+ * txn = ovsdb_idl_txn_create(idl);
+ *
+ * 2. Modify the database with ovsdb_idl_txn_*() functions directly or
+ * indirectly.
+ *
+ * 3. Commit the transaction by calling ovsdb_idl_txn_commit(). The first call
+ * to this function probably returns TXN_INCOMPLETE. The client must keep
+ * calling again along as this remains true, calling ovsdb_idl_run() in
+ * between to let the IDL do protocol processing. (If the client doesn't
+ * have anything else to do in the meantime, it can use
+ * ovsdb_idl_txn_commit_block() to avoid having to loop itself.)
+ *
+ * 4. If the final status is TXN_TRY_AGAIN, wait for ovsdb_idl_get_seqno() to
+ * change from the saved 'seqno' (it's possible that it's already changed,
+ * in which case the client should not wait at all), then start over from
+ * step 1. Only a call to ovsdb_idl_run() will change the return value of
+ * ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(). (ovsdb_idl_txn_commit_block() calls
+ * ovsdb_idl_run().)
+ */
enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status {
TXN_UNCOMMITTED, /* Not yet committed or aborted. */
void ovsdb_idl_txn_add_comment(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *, const char *, ...)
PRINTF_FORMAT (2, 3);
void ovsdb_idl_txn_set_dry_run(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *);
-void ovsdb_idl_txn_increment(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *, const char *table,
- const char *column, const struct json *where);
+void ovsdb_idl_txn_increment(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *,
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_row *,
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_column *);
void ovsdb_idl_txn_destroy(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *);
void ovsdb_idl_txn_wait(const struct ovsdb_idl_txn *);
enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status ovsdb_idl_txn_commit(struct ovsdb_idl_txn *);
void ovsdb_idl_txn_write(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *,
const struct ovsdb_idl_column *,
struct ovsdb_datum *);
+void ovsdb_idl_txn_write_clone(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *,
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_column *,
+ const struct ovsdb_datum *);
void ovsdb_idl_txn_delete(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *);
const struct ovsdb_idl_row *ovsdb_idl_txn_insert(
struct ovsdb_idl_txn *, const struct ovsdb_idl_table_class *,
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