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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt34
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt
index 9805da0..aa7d822 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-lockfile.txt
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ The caller:
When finished writing, the caller can:
* Close the file descriptor and rename the lockfile to its final
- destination by calling `commit_lock_file`.
+ destination by calling `commit_lock_file` or `commit_lock_file_to`.
* Close the file descriptor and remove the lockfile by calling
`rollback_lock_file`.
* Close the file descriptor without removing or renaming the lockfile
by calling `close_lock_file`, and later call `commit_lock_file`,
- `rollback_lock_file`, or `reopen_lock_file`.
+ `commit_lock_file_to`, `rollback_lock_file`, or `reopen_lock_file`.
Even after the lockfile is committed or rolled back, the `lock_file`
object must not be freed or altered by the caller. However, it may be
@@ -64,20 +64,19 @@ reused; just pass it to another call of `hold_lock_file_for_update` or
`hold_lock_file_for_append`.
If the program exits before you have called one of `commit_lock_file`,
-`rollback_lock_file`, or `close_lock_file`, an `atexit(3)` handler
-will close and remove the lockfile, rolling back any uncommitted
-changes.
+`commit_lock_file_to`, `rollback_lock_file`, or `close_lock_file`, an
+`atexit(3)` handler will close and remove the lockfile, rolling back
+any uncommitted changes.
If you need to close the file descriptor you obtained from a
`hold_lock_file_*` function yourself, do so by calling
`close_lock_file`. You should never call `close(2)` yourself!
Otherwise the `struct lock_file` structure would still think that the
-file descriptor needs to be closed, and a later call to
-`commit_lock_file` or `rollback_lock_file` or program exit would
+file descriptor needs to be closed, and a commit or rollback would
result in duplicate calls to `close(2)`. Worse yet, if you `close(2)`
and then later open another file descriptor for a completely different
-purpose, then a call to `commit_lock_file` or `rollback_lock_file`
-might close that unrelated file descriptor.
+purpose, then a commit or rollback might close that unrelated file
+descriptor.
Error handling
@@ -100,9 +99,9 @@ unable_to_lock_die::
Emit an appropriate error message and `die()`.
-Similarly, `commit_lock_file` and `close_lock_file` return 0 on
-success. On failure they set `errno` appropriately, do their best to
-roll back the lockfile, and return -1.
+Similarly, `commit_lock_file`, `commit_lock_file_to`, and
+`close_lock_file` return 0 on success. On failure they set `errno`
+appropriately, do their best to roll back the lockfile, and return -1.
Flags
@@ -156,6 +155,12 @@ commit_lock_file::
`commit_lock_file` for a `lock_file` object that is not
currently locked.
+commit_lock_file_to::
+
+ Like `commit_lock_file()`, except that it takes an explicit
+ `path` argument to which the lockfile should be renamed. The
+ `path` must be on the same filesystem as the lock file.
+
rollback_lock_file::
Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an
@@ -172,8 +177,9 @@ close_lock_file::
`hold_lock_file_for_append`, and close the file descriptor.
Return 0 upon success. On failure to `close(2)`, return a
negative value and roll back the lock file. Usually
- `commit_lock_file` or `rollback_lock_file` should eventually
- be called if `close_lock_file` succeeds.
+ `commit_lock_file`, `commit_lock_file_to`, or
+ `rollback_lock_file` should eventually be called if
+ `close_lock_file` succeeds.
reopen_lock_file::