nbd_get_extended_headers_negotiated3

Usage

 #include <libnbd.h>
 int nbd_get_extended_headers_negotiated (
       struct nbd_handle *h
     );

Overview

After connecting you may call this to find out if the connection is using extended headers. Note that this setting is sticky; this can return true even after a second nbd_opt_extended_headers(3) returns false because the server detected a duplicate request.

When extended headers are not in use, commands are limited to a 32-bit length, even when the libnbd API uses a 64-bit parameter to express the length. But even when extended headers are supported, the server may enforce other limits, visible through nbd_get_block_size(3).

Note that when extended headers are negotiated, you should prefer the use of nbd_block_status_64(3) instead of nbd_block_status(3) if any of the meta contexts you requested via nbd_add_meta_context(3) might return 64-bit status values; however, all of the well-known meta contexts covered by current "LIBNBD_CONTEXT_*" constants only return 32-bit status.

Return value

This call returns a boolean value.

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". For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

Handle state

nbd_get_extended_headers_negotiated can be called when the handle is in the following states:

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

Version

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.18.

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

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_GET_EXTENDED_HEADERS_NEGOTIATED 1