pmemset API version 1.0

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NAME

pmemset_map() - creates a part mapping

SYNOPSIS

#include <libpmemset.h>

struct pmemset;
struct pmemset_map_config;
struct pmemset_part_descriptor;
struct pmemset_source;
int pmemset_map(struct pmemset *set,
		struct pmemset_source *src,
		struct pmemset_map_config *map_cfg,
		struct pmemset_part_descriptor *desc);

DESCRIPTION

The pmemset_map() function creates new mapping in the virtual address space of the calling process and adds structure describing this mapping to the pmemset. It requires an address of a pointer to initialized set, created using pmemset_new(3) function and optionally a map configuration provided in the map_cfg parameter. A map configuration can be created using pmemset_map_config_new(3) function. Specifying map_cfg in pmemset_map function allows the mapping length and offset to be defined. If map_cfg is NULL then the whole source from src is mapped. The mapping can later be retrieved using pmemset_first_part_map(3), pmemset_next_part_map(3) and pmemset_part_map_by_address(3) functions.

New mapping is created based on the source specified in the *src pointer. For the operation to succeed the src structure cannot be a NULL value and must be created from a valid data source. See pmemset_source_from_file(3) and pmemset_source_from_pmem2(3) for possible sources.

Optionally pmemset_map() function can take a part descriptor object passed via desc parameter. If an optional descriptor was provided then address and size of the mapping are stored in the descriptor when this function succeeds.

Before the initialization of pmemset, a virtual memory reservation can be set in its config structure. This limits the future part mappings of initialized pmemset to the virtual address space spanned by the provided reservation. Provided reservation’s address and size will not be changed on pmemset operations. For more information about this configuration please see pmemset_config_set_reservation(3).

During the lifespan of initialized pmemset, a contiguous part coalescing feature value can be set using pmemset_set_contiguous_part_coalescing() function, modifying the default behavior of part mapping. With contiguous part coalescing feature enabled, pmemset_map() function tries to map each new part at the virtual memory region that is situated right after the previous mapped part memory range.

Values set in the source src can enable additional functionalities used during pmemset_map() function.

When source src has an SDS set, then pmemset_map() operation evaluates shutdown state of the source and compares it with acceptable states provided by the user. This can terminate mapping operation. For details, see pmemset_source_set_sds(3).

When source src has a bad block detection feature set using pmemset_source_set_badblock_detection(3), then pmemset_map() operation searches for bad blocks in the src and fires PMEMSET_EVENT_BADBLOCK event for each bad block found. This can terminate mapping operation. Encountered bad blocks can be retrieved and cleared via event callback function, for details see pmemset_config_set_event_callback(3). If all bad blocks are immediately cleared in event callback function, then a PMEMSET_EVENT_BADBLOCKS_CLEARED event is fired. For bad blocks clearing, see pmemset_badblock_clear(3).

RETURN VALUE

The pmemset_map() function returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.

ERRORS

The pmemset_map() can fail with the following errors:

  • PMEMSET_E_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_INTERNAL_STRUCTURE - an internal structure needed by the function cannot be allocated.

  • PMEMSET_E_INVALID_OFFSET_VALUE - the offset value assigned to the part is invalid. Offset value is bigger than INT64_MAX.

  • PMEMSET_E_GRANULARITY_NOT_SUPPORTED - the granularity stored in the provided map_cfg defined in set is invalid. The concept of granularity is explained in libpmem2(7) manpage.

  • PMEMSET_E_INVALID_PMEM2_MAP - the pmem2 mapping that pmemset mapping relies on cannot be created. The error code of libpmem2(7) error is printed in the logs and can be checked for further information.

  • PMEMSET_E_INVALID_SOURCE_TYPE - source src is not a valid value.

  • PMEMSET_E_LENGTH_UNALIGNED - the length of the part to be mapped is not aligned to the allocation granularity.

  • PMEMSET_E_CANNOT_COALESCE_PARTS - new part couldn’t be coalesced with previously mapped part in the pmemset. The memory range after the ending address of previous mapped part is occupied.

  • PMEMSET_E_CANNOT_GROW_SOURCE_FILE - in case of pmemset_source_from_temporary(3) or pmemset_xsource_from_file(3), temporary file created in dir cannot be extended for the defined part size and offset.

  • -ENOMEM - in case of insufficient memory to allocate an instance of struct pmemset_part_map.

  • PMEMSET_E_CANNOT_FIT_PART_MAP - in case of pmemset created from config with a reservation set, provided reservation has no space for a new part mapping.

  • PMEMSET_E_MAP_LENGTH_UNSET - the length of the map is unset and equals zero.

  • PMEMSET_E_SOURCE_FILE_IS_TOO_SMALL - the size of the source file could not be extended and is too small for the part to be mapped.

It can also return libpmem2(7) errors from the underlying functions.

When SDS feature is set for the source src with pmemset_source_set_sds(3):

  • PMEMSET_E_SDS_NOSUPP - device that stores the data described by the struct pmemset_source does not support unsafe shutdown feature that SDS depends on. To avoid this error user should not reference the struct pmemset_sds in the source using pmemset_source_set_sds(3) function.

  • PMEMSET_E_SDS_DEVICE_ID_LEN_TOO_BIG - device id is too big, buffer can’t fit ids with size bigger than PMEMSET_SDS_DEVICE_ID_LEN.

  • PMEMSET_E_UNDESIRABLE_PART_STATE - determined state of the part to be mapped does not match any of the acceptable states set in the SDS structure. For more information please see pmemset_config_set_acceptable_states(3).

When bad block detection feature is set for source src with pmemset_source_set_badblock_detection(3):

  • PMEMSET_E_IO_FAIL - operation encountered at least one bad block. This error can be avoided if user immediately clears encountered bad blocks in the event callback function. For details, see pmemset_config_set_event_callback(3).

  • PMEMSET_E_DAX_REGION_NOT_FOUND - cannot find a DAX region for the given src.

  • PMEMSET_E_CANNOT_READ_BOUNDS - cannot read offset or size of the namespace of the given src.

  • PMEMSET_E_BADBLOCK_NOSUPP - bad block handling isn’t supported on this OS.

  • -errno - set by failing underlying pmem2_badblock_context_new(3) function.

SEE ALSO

pmemset_badblock_clear(3), pmemset_config_set_acceptable_states(3), pmemset_config_set_event_callback(3), pmemset_config_set_reservation(3), pmemset_first_part_map(3), pmemset_next_part_map(3), pmemset_part_map_by_address(3), pmemset_set_contiguous_part_coalescing(3), pmemset_source_from_file(3), pmemset_source_from_pmem2(3), pmemset_source_from_temporary(3), pmemset_source_set_badblock_detection(3), pmemset_source_set_sds(3), pmemset_xsource_from_file(3), libpmem2(7), libpmemset(7) and http://pmem.io

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