construct/include/ircd/fs/sync.h

// Matrix Construct
//
// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
//
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#pragma once
#define HAVE_IRCD_FS_SYNC_H

namespace ircd::fs
{
	struct sync_opts extern const sync_opts_default;

	void flush(const fd &, const sync_opts & = sync_opts_default);
	void sync(const fd &, const sync_opts & = sync_opts_default);
}

/// Options for a write operation
struct ircd::fs::sync_opts
{
	sync_opts() = default;

	/// Set to true to flush metadata; otherwise only data is flushed.
	/// This ends up forcing the use of fsync() rather than fdatasync() or
	/// sync_file_range() et al.
	bool metadata {true};

	/// Determines whether this operation is conducted via AIO. If not, a
	/// direct syscall is made. Using AIO will only block one ircd::ctx while
	/// a direct syscall will block the thread (all contexts). If AIO is not
	/// available or not enabled, or doesn't support this operation, setting
	/// this has no effect.
	bool yielding {true};

	/// Request priority. This value is ignored by the kernel for the
	/// operations provided by this interface. It is still provided for
	/// consistency and may be used internally by IRCd in the future.
	int8_t priority {-1};
};