construct/include/ircd/fs/read.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_READ_H

namespace ircd::fs
{
	struct read_opts extern const read_opts_default;

	// Yields ircd::ctx for read into buffers; returns bytes read
	size_t read(const fd &, const mutable_buffers &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);
	size_t read(const string_view &path, const mutable_buffers &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);

	// Yields ircd::ctx for read into buffer; returns view of read portion.
	const_buffer read(const fd &, const mutable_buffer &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);
	const_buffer read(const string_view &path, const mutable_buffer &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);

	// Yields ircd::ctx for read into allocated string; returns that string
	std::string read(const fd &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);
	std::string read(const string_view &path, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);

	// Test whether bytes in the specified range are cached and should not block
	bool fincore(const fd &, const size_t &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);

	// Prefetch data for subsequent read(); offset given in opts (WILLNEED).
	size_t prefetch(const fd &, const size_t &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);

	// Evict data which won't be read anymore (DONTNEED).
	size_t evict(const fd &, const size_t &, const read_opts & = read_opts_default);
}

/// Options for a read operation
struct ircd::fs::read_opts
:opts
{
	/// Yields the ircd::ctx until the buffers are full or EOF. This performs
	/// the unix incremental read loop internally. When this option is true,
	/// any return value from a function in the read suite will not be a
	/// partial value requiring another invocation of read.
	bool all {true};

	/// Whether to propagate an EINTR; otherwise we reinvoke the syscall. For a
	/// read(2) family call this can only happen before any data was read;
	/// an exception will be thrown. We default to true because we have faith
	/// in the useful propagation of an exception for this event.
	bool interruptible {true};

	read_opts(const off_t & = 0);
};

inline
ircd::fs::read_opts::read_opts(const off_t &offset)
:opts{offset, op::READ}
{}