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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_data 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm g_read_data ,
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.Nm g_write_data
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.Nd "read/write data from/to GEOM consumer"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In geom/geom.h
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.Ft "void *"
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.Fn g_read_data "struct g_consumer *cp" "off_t offset" "off_t length" "int *error"
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.Ft int
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.Fn g_write_data "struct g_consumer *cp" "off_t offset" "void *ptr" "off_t length"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn g_read_data
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function reads
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.Fa length
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bytes of data from the provider attached to consumer
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.Fa cp ,
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starting at offset
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.Fa offset .
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The buffer returned from
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.Fn g_read_data
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is allocated with
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.Fn g_malloc ,
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so it should be freed by the caller with
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.Fn g_free
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after use.
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If the operation fails, an error value will be stored in the
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.Fa error
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argument if it is not
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.Dv NULL .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn g_write_data
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function writes
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.Fa length
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bytes of data from the buffer pointed to by
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.Fa ptr
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to the provider attached to consumer
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.Fa cp ,
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starting at offset
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.Fa offset .
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.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
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.Fa length
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should be a multiple of the provider's sectorsize
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and less than or equal to
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.Dv DFLTPHYS
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.Dv ( DFLTPHYS is defined in
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.In sys/param.h ) .
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.Pp
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The topology lock must not be held.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn g_read_data
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function returns a pointer to a data buffer or
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.Dv NULL
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if an error occured.
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In that case an error value is stored in the
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.Fa error
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argument unless it is
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.Dv NULL .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn g_write_data
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function returns 0 if successful; otherwise an error code is returned.
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.Sh ERRORS
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Possible errors:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EIO
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Can not read data.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
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.Xr geom 4 ,
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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_event 9 ,
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.Xr g_geom 9 ,
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.Xr g_provider 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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