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nbd_aio_cache(3) LIBNBD nbd_aio_cache(3)

nbd_aio_cache - send cache (prefetch) command to the NBD server

 #include <libnbd.h>
 typedef struct {
   int (*callback) (void *user_data, int *error);
   void *user_data;
   void (*free) (void *user_data);
 } nbd_completion_callback;
 int64_t nbd_aio_cache (struct nbd_handle *h,
                        uint64_t count, uint64_t offset,
                        nbd_completion_callback completion_callback,
                        uint32_t flags);

Issue the cache (prefetch) command to the NBD server.

To check if the command completed, call nbd_aio_command_completed(3). Or supply the optional "completion_callback" which will be invoked as described in "Completion callbacks" in libnbd(3).

Other parameters behave as documented in nbd_cache(3).

By default, libnbd will reject attempts to use this function with parameters that are likely to result in server failure, such as requesting an unknown command flag. The nbd_set_strict_mode(3) function can be used to alter which scenarios should await a server reply rather than failing fast.

This call returns the 64 bit cookie of the command. The cookie is ≥ 1. Cookies are unique (per libnbd handle, not globally).

On error "-1" is returned.

Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

The following parameters must not be NULL: "h". For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

The handle must be connected with the server, otherwise this call will return an error.

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is defined:

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_AIO_CACHE 1

nbd_aio_command_completed(3), nbd_cache(3), nbd_can_cache(3), nbd_create(3), nbd_set_strict_mode(3), "Issuing asynchronous commands" in libnbd(3), libnbd(3).

Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

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2023-01-04 libnbd-1.14.2