nbd_opt_extended_headers3

Usage

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

Overview

Request that the server use extended headers, by sending "NBD_OPT_EXTENDED_HEADERS". This can only be used if nbd_set_opt_mode(3) enabled option mode; furthermore, libnbd defaults to automatically requesting this unless you use nbd_set_request_extended_headers(3) or nbd_set_request_structured_replies(3) prior to connecting. This function is mainly useful for integration testing of corner cases in server handling.

This function returns true if the server replies with success, false if the server replies with an error, and fails only if the server does not reply (such as for a loss of connection). Note that some servers fail a second request as redundant; libnbd assumes that once one request has succeeded, then extended headers are supported (as visible by nbd_get_extended_headers_negotiated(3)) regardless if later calls to this function return false. If this function returns true, the use of structured replies is implied.

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

 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
 │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ✅ allowed              │
 │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
 │ 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_OPT_EXTENDED_HEADERS 1