From: Hallvard Furuseth Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:09:47 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update MDB documentation and comments. X-Git-Tag: OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_37~27^2~23 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b21307f29ccda563e5f0d82294083c841b0e927;p=openldap Update MDB documentation and comments. --- diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/lmdb.h b/libraries/liblmdb/lmdb.h index 8a46c1d0d1..f637229283 100644 --- a/libraries/liblmdb/lmdb.h +++ b/libraries/liblmdb/lmdb.h @@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ typedef struct MDB_cursor MDB_cursor; /** @brief Generic structure used for passing keys and data in and out * of the database. * - * Key sizes must be between 1 and the liblmdb build-time constant - * #MDB_MAXKEYSIZE inclusive. This currently defaults to 511. The - * same applies to data sizes in databases with the #MDB_DUPSORT flag. - * Other data items can in theory be from 0 to 0xffffffff bytes long. - * * Values returned from the database are valid only until a subsequent - * update operation, or the end of the transaction. + * update operation, or the end of the transaction. Do not modify or + * free them, they commonly point into the database itself. + * + * Key sizes must be between 1 and #mdb_env_get_maxkeysize() inclusive. + * The same applies to data sizes in databases with the #MDB_DUPSORT flag. + * Other data items can in theory be from 0 to 0xffffffff bytes long. */ typedef struct MDB_val { size_t mv_size; /**< size of the data item */ @@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ int mdb_env_create(MDB_env **env); * and uses fewer mallocs, but loses protection from application bugs * like wild pointer writes and other bad updates into the database. * Incompatible with nested transactions. + * Processes with and without MDB_WRITEMAP on the same environment do + * not cooperate well. *
  • #MDB_NOMETASYNC * Flush system buffers to disk only once per transaction, omit the * metadata flush. Defer that until the system flushes files to disk, @@ -733,8 +735,10 @@ int mdb_env_set_maxdbs(MDB_env *env, MDB_dbi dbs); /** @brief Get the maximum size of a key for the environment. * + * This is the compile-time constant #MDB_MAXKEYSIZE, default 511. + * See @ref MDB_val. * @param[in] env An environment handle returned by #mdb_env_create() - * @return The maximum size of a key. (#MDB_MAXKEYSIZE) + * @return The maximum size of a key */ int mdb_env_get_maxkeysize(MDB_env *env); diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c index 46dea53c87..0bc9db798f 100644 --- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c +++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ #define Z "I" #else -#define Z "z" +#define Z "z" /**< printf format modifier for size_t */ /** For MDB_LOCK_FORMAT: True if readers take a pid lock in the lockfile */ #define MDB_PIDLOCK 1 @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ typedef struct MDB_page { #define P_LEAF 0x02 /**< leaf page */ #define P_OVERFLOW 0x04 /**< overflow page */ #define P_META 0x08 /**< meta page */ -#define P_DIRTY 0x10 /**< dirty page */ +#define P_DIRTY 0x10 /**< dirty page, also set for #P_SUBP pages */ #define P_LEAF2 0x20 /**< for #MDB_DUPFIXED records */ #define P_SUBP 0x40 /**< for #MDB_DUPSORT sub-pages */ #define P_KEEP 0x8000 /**< leave this page alone during spill */ @@ -786,7 +786,10 @@ typedef struct MDB_db { /** Handle for the default DB. */ #define MAIN_DBI 1 - /** Meta page content. */ + /** Meta page content. + * A meta page is the start point for accessing a database snapshot. + * Pages 0-1 are meta pages. Transaction N writes meta page #(N % 2). + */ typedef struct MDB_meta { /** Stamp identifying this as an MDB file. It must be set * to #MDB_MAGIC. */ @@ -905,7 +908,14 @@ struct MDB_txn { struct MDB_xcursor; - /** Cursors are used for all DB operations */ + /** Cursors are used for all DB operations. + * A cursor holds a path of (page pointer, key index) from the DB + * root to a position in the DB, plus other state. #MDB_DUPSORT + * cursors include an xcursor to the current data item. Write txns + * track their cursors and keep them up to date when data moves. + * Exception: An xcursor's pointer to a #P_SUBP page can be stale. + * (A node with #F_DUPDATA but no #F_SUBDATA contains a subpage). + */ struct MDB_cursor { /** Next cursor on this DB in this txn */ MDB_cursor *mc_next; @@ -1019,8 +1029,8 @@ struct MDB_env { /** Nested transaction */ typedef struct MDB_ntxn { - MDB_txn mnt_txn; /* the transaction */ - MDB_pgstate mnt_pgstate; /* parent transaction's saved freestate */ + MDB_txn mnt_txn; /**< the transaction */ + MDB_pgstate mnt_pgstate; /**< parent transaction's saved freestate */ } MDB_ntxn; /** max number of pages to commit in one writev() call */ @@ -1329,7 +1339,7 @@ mdb_page_free(MDB_env *env, MDB_page *mp) env->me_dpages = mp; } -/* Free a dirty page */ +/** Free a dirty page */ static void mdb_dpage_free(MDB_env *env, MDB_page *dp) { @@ -1356,7 +1366,7 @@ mdb_dlist_free(MDB_txn *txn) dl[0].mid = 0; } -/* Set or clear P_KEEP in dirty, non-overflow, non-sub pages watched by txn. +/** Set or clear P_KEEP in dirty, non-overflow, non-sub pages watched by txn. * @param[in] mc A cursor handle for the current operation. * @param[in] pflags Flags of the pages to update: * P_DIRTY to set P_KEEP, P_DIRTY|P_KEEP to clear it. @@ -1415,15 +1425,12 @@ static int mdb_page_flush(MDB_txn *txn, int keep); /** Spill pages from the dirty list back to disk. * This is intended to prevent running into #MDB_TXN_FULL situations, * but note that they may still occur in a few cases: - * 1) pages in #MDB_DUPSORT sub-DBs are never spilled, so if there - * are too many of these dirtied in one txn, the txn may still get - * too full. + * 1) our estimate of the txn size could be too small. Currently this + * seems unlikely, except with a large number of #MDB_MULTIPLE items. * 2) child txns may run out of space if their parents dirtied a * lot of pages and never spilled them. TODO: we probably should do * a preemptive spill during #mdb_txn_begin() of a child txn, if * the parent's dirty_room is below a given threshold. - * 3) our estimate of the txn size could be too small. At the - * moment this seems unlikely. * * Otherwise, if not using nested txns, it is expected that apps will * not run into #MDB_TXN_FULL any more. The pages are flushed to disk @@ -2585,7 +2592,7 @@ mdb_freelist_save(MDB_txn *txn) total_room += head_room; } - /* Fill in the reserved, touched me_pghead records */ + /* Fill in the reserved me_pghead records */ rc = MDB_SUCCESS; if (mop_len) { MDB_val key, data; @@ -4305,7 +4312,7 @@ mdb_cmp_long(const MDB_val *a, const MDB_val *b) *(size_t *)a->mv_data > *(size_t *)b->mv_data; } -/** Compare two items pointing at aligned int's */ +/** Compare two items pointing at aligned unsigned int's */ static int mdb_cmp_int(const MDB_val *a, const MDB_val *b) { @@ -4313,7 +4320,7 @@ mdb_cmp_int(const MDB_val *a, const MDB_val *b) *(unsigned int *)a->mv_data > *(unsigned int *)b->mv_data; } -/** Compare two items pointing at ints of unknown alignment. +/** Compare two items pointing at unsigned ints of unknown alignment. * Nodes and keys are guaranteed to be 2-byte aligned. */ static int @@ -8270,7 +8277,7 @@ int mdb_reader_list(MDB_env *env, MDB_msg_func *func, void *ctx) return 0; } -/* insert pid into list if not already present. +/** Insert pid into list if not already present. * return -1 if already present. */ static int mdb_pid_insert(pid_t *ids, pid_t pid) diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/midl.h b/libraries/liblmdb/midl.h index b0bdff3f49..635cd29e0e 100644 --- a/libraries/liblmdb/midl.h +++ b/libraries/liblmdb/midl.h @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern "C" { /** @defgroup idls ID List Management * @{ */ - /** A generic ID number. These were entryIDs in back-bdb. + /** A generic unsigned ID number. These were entryIDs in back-bdb. * Preferably it should have the same size as a pointer. */ typedef size_t MDB_ID;