libstxxl-dev 1.4.0-3 / usr / include / stxxl / bits / io / file.h

/***************************************************************************
 *  include/stxxl/bits/io/file.h
 *
 *  Part of the STXXL. See http://stxxl.sourceforge.net
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2002 Roman Dementiev <dementiev@mpi-sb.mpg.de>
 *  Copyright (C) 2008, 2010 Andreas Beckmann <beckmann@cs.uni-frankfurt.de>
 *  Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Johannes Singler <singler@ira.uka.de>
 *  Copyright (C) 2013 Timo Bingmann <tb@panthema.net>
 *
 *  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 *  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
 *  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 **************************************************************************/

#ifndef STXXL_IO_FILE_HEADER
#define STXXL_IO_FILE_HEADER

#include <stxxl/bits/config.h>

#if defined (__linux__)
 #define STXXL_CHECK_BLOCK_ALIGNING
#endif

#include <cassert>
#include <ostream>
#include <string>

#include <stxxl/bits/common/exceptions.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/common/mutex.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/common/types.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/io/request.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/io/request_interface.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/libstxxl.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/namespace.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/noncopyable.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/unused.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/verbose.h>


STXXL_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

//! \addtogroup iolayer
//! \{

class completion_handler;

//! Defines interface of file.
//!
//! It is a base class for different implementations that might
//! base on various file systems or even remote storage interfaces
class file : private noncopyable
{
    mutex request_ref_cnt_mutex;
    int request_ref_cnt;

protected:
    //! Initializes file object.
    //! \remark Called in implementations of file
    file() : request_ref_cnt(0) { }

public:
    //! the offset of a request, also the size of the file
    typedef request::offset_type offset_type;
    //! the size of a request
    typedef request::size_type size_type;

    //! Definition of acceptable file open modes.
    //!
    //! Various open modes in a file system must be
    //! converted to this set of acceptable modes
    enum open_mode
    {
        RDONLY = 1,          //!< only reading of the file is allowed
        WRONLY = 2,          //!< only writing of the file is allowed
        RDWR = 4,            //!< read and write of the file are allowed
        CREAT = 8,           //!< in case file does not exist no error occurs and file is newly created
        DIRECT = 16,         //!< I/Os proceed bypassing file system buffers, i.e. unbuffered I/O.
                             //!< Tries to open with appropriate flags, if fails print warning and open normally.
        TRUNC = 32,          //!< once file is opened its length becomes zero
        SYNC = 64,           //!< open the file with O_SYNC | O_DSYNC | O_RSYNC flags set
        NO_LOCK = 128,       //!< do not aquire an exclusive lock by default
        REQUIRE_DIRECT = 256 //!< implies DIRECT, fail if opening with DIRECT flag does not work.
    };

    static const int DEFAULT_QUEUE = -1;
    static const int NO_QUEUE = -2;
    static const int NO_ALLOCATOR = -1;

    //! Schedules an asynchronous read request to the file.
    //! \param buffer pointer to memory buffer to read into
    //! \param pos file position to start read from
    //! \param bytes number of bytes to transfer
    //! \param on_cmpl I/O completion handler
    //! \return \c request_ptr request object, which can be used to track the status of the operation
    virtual request_ptr aread(void* buffer, offset_type pos, size_type bytes,
                              const completion_handler& on_cmpl) = 0;

    //! Schedules an asynchronous write request to the file.
    //! \param buffer pointer to memory buffer to write from
    //! \param pos starting file position to write
    //! \param bytes number of bytes to transfer
    //! \param on_cmpl I/O completion handler
    //! \return \c request_ptr request object, which can be used to track the status of the operation
    virtual request_ptr awrite(void* buffer, offset_type pos, size_type bytes,
                               const completion_handler& on_cmpl) = 0;

    virtual void serve(const request* req) throw (io_error) = 0;

    void add_request_ref()
    {
        scoped_mutex_lock Lock(request_ref_cnt_mutex);
        ++request_ref_cnt;
    }

    void delete_request_ref()
    {
        scoped_mutex_lock Lock(request_ref_cnt_mutex);
        assert(request_ref_cnt > 0);
        --request_ref_cnt;
    }

    int get_request_nref()
    {
        scoped_mutex_lock Lock(request_ref_cnt_mutex);
        return request_ref_cnt;
    }

    //! Changes the size of the file.
    //! \param newsize new file size
    virtual void set_size(offset_type newsize) = 0;

    //! Returns size of the file.
    //! \return file size in bytes
    virtual offset_type size() = 0;

    //! Returns the identifier of the file's queue.
    //! \remark Files allocated on the same physical device usually share the same queue
    //! \return queue number
    virtual int get_queue_id() const = 0;

    //! Returns the file's allocator.
    //! \return allocator number
    virtual int get_allocator_id() const = 0;

    virtual int get_physical_device_id() const
    {
        return get_queue_id();
    }

    //! Locks file for reading and writing (acquires a lock in the file system).
    virtual void lock() = 0;

    //! Discard a region of the file (mark it unused).
    //! Some specialized file types may need to know freed regions
    virtual void discard(offset_type offset, offset_type size)
    {
        STXXL_UNUSED(offset);
        STXXL_UNUSED(size);
    }

    virtual void export_files(offset_type offset, offset_type length, std::string prefix)
    {
        STXXL_UNUSED(offset);
        STXXL_UNUSED(length);
        STXXL_UNUSED(prefix);
    }

    //! close and remove file
    virtual void close_remove() { }

    virtual ~file()
    {
        int nr = get_request_nref();
        if (nr != 0)
            STXXL_ERRMSG("stxxl::file is being deleted while there are still " << nr << " (unfinished) requests referencing it");
    }

    //! Identifies the type of I/O implementation.
    //! \return pointer to null terminated string of characters, containing the name of I/O implementation
    virtual const char * io_type() const
    {
        return "none";
    }

public:
    //! \name Static Functions for Platform Abstraction
    //! \{

    //! unlink path from filesystem
    static int unlink(const char* path);

    //! truncate a path to given length. Use this only if you dont have a
    //! fileio-specific object, which provides truncate().
    static int truncate(const char* path, external_size_type length);

    //! \}
};

//! \defgroup fileimpl File I/O Implementations
//! Implementations of \c stxxl::file and \c stxxl::request
//! for various file access methods
//! \{
//! \}

//! \}

STXXL_END_NAMESPACE

#endif // !STXXL_IO_FILE_HEADER
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