nbd_aio_pread_structured3

Usage

 #include <libnbd.h>
 typedef struct {
   int (*callback) (void *user_data, const void *subbuf,
                    size_t count, uint64_t offset,
                    unsigned status, int *error);
   void *user_data;
   void (*free) (void *user_data);
 } nbd_chunk_callback;
 typedef struct {
   int (*callback) (void *user_data, int *error);
   void *user_data;
   void (*free) (void *user_data);
 } nbd_completion_callback;
 int64_t nbd_aio_pread_structured (
           struct nbd_handle *h, void *buf, size_t count,
           uint64_t offset,
           nbd_chunk_callback chunk_callback,
           nbd_completion_callback completion_callback,
           uint32_t flags
         );

Overview

Issue a read command to the NBD server.

To check if the command completed, call nbd_aio_command_completed(3). Or supply the optional "completion_callback" which will be invoked as described in "Completion callbacks" in libnbd(3).

Note that you must ensure "buf" is valid until the command has completed. Furthermore, if the "error" parameter to "completion_callback" is set or if nbd_aio_command_completed(3) reports failure, and if nbd_get_pread_initialize(3) returns true, then libnbd sanitized "buf", but it is unspecified whether the contents of "buf" will read as zero or as partial results from the server. If nbd_get_pread_initialize(3) returns false, then libnbd did not sanitize "buf", and the contents are undefined on failure.

Other parameters behave as documented in nbd_pread_structured(3).

By default, libnbd will reject attempts to use this function with parameters that are likely to result in server failure, such as requesting an unknown command flag. The nbd_set_strict_mode(3) function can be used to alter which scenarios should await a server reply rather than failing fast.

Return value

This call returns the 64 bit cookie of the command. The cookie is ≥ 1. Cookies are unique (per libnbd handle, not globally).

Errors

On error -1 is returned.

Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

The following parameters must not be NULL: "h", "buf". For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

Handle state

nbd_aio_pread_structured can be called when the handle is in the following state:

 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
 │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connected to the server             │ ✅ allowed              │
 │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
 │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
 └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

Version

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is defined:

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_AIO_PREAD_STRUCTURED 1