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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd January 16, 2004
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.Dt G_PROVIDER 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm g_new_providerf ,
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.Nm g_destroy_provider ,
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.Nm g_error_provider
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.Nd "GEOM providers management"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In geom/geom.h
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.Ft "struct g_provider *"
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.Fn g_new_providerf "struct g_geom *gp" "const char *fmt" ...
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.Ft void
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.Fn g_destroy_provider "struct g_provider *pp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn g_error_provider "struct g_provider *pp" "int error"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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A GEOM provider is the front gate at which a geom offers service.
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A provider is
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.Dq a disk-like thing which appears in Pa /dev
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\[en] a logical disk in other words.
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All providers have three main properties: name, sectorsize and size.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn g_new_providerf
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function creates a new provider on given geom
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.Fa gp .
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The name of the provider, which will appear as device in
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.Xr devfs 5 ,
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is created
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in a
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.Xr printf 3 Ns
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-like way from the rest of
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the arguments.
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After creation, the caller has to set the provider's
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.Va mediasize
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and
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.Va sectorsize ,
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as well as other desired initializations, and then call
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.Fn g_error_provider
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to reset the provider's error, which is initially set to
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.Er ENXIO .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn g_destroy_provider
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function destroys the given provider, cancels all related pending events and
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removes the corresponding devfs entry.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn g_error_provider
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function is used to set the provider's error value.
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If set to a nonzero, all I/O requests will be denied,
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as well as increasing its access count will not be possible (error
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.Fa error
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will be returned).
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.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
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.Fn g_new_provider :
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.Bl -item -offset indent
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.It
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The provider name should be unique, but this is not enforced by GEOM.
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If the name is not unique, one will end up with two (or more) files
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with the same name, which is a programmer error.
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.It
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The geom
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.Fa gp
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has to have a
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.Fa start
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method defined.
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.It
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The topology lock has to be held.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Fn g_destroy_provider :
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.Bl -item -offset indent
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.It
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The provider must not have consumers attached.
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.It
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The access count has to be 0.
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.It
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The topology lock has to be held.
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn g_new_providerf
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function returns a pointer to the newly created provider.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Create an example provider, set its parameters and make it usable.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct g_provider *
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create_example_provider(struct g_geom *gp)
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{
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struct g_provider *pp;
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g_topology_lock();
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pp = g_new_providerf(gp, "example_provider");
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g_topology_unlock();
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pp->mediasize = 65536;
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pp->sectorsize = 512;
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g_error_provider(pp, 0);
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return (pp);
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}
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr geom 4 ,
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.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
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.Xr g_access 9 ,
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.Xr g_attach 9 ,
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.Xr g_bio 9 ,
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.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
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.Xr g_data 9 ,
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.Xr g_event 9 ,
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.Xr g_geom 9 ,
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.Xr g_provider_by_name 9 ,
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.Xr g_wither_geom 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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This manual page was written by
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.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org .
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