.\" $OpenBSD: bufq_init.9,v 1.6 2015/12/25 20:50:57 bentley Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2013 David Gwynne .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: December 25 2015 $ .Dt BUFQ_INIT 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm bufq_init , .Nm bufq_switch , .Nm bufq_destroy , .Nm bufq_queue , .Nm bufq_dequeue , .Nm bufq_requeue , .Nm bufq_peek , .Nm bufq_drain .\" .Nm bufq_wait , .\" .Nm bufq_done , .\" .Nm bufq_quiesce , .\" .Nm bufq_restart .Nd buf queues .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/buf.h .Ft int .Fn bufq_init "struct bufq *bufq" "int type" .Ft int .Fn bufq_switch "struct bufq *bufq" "int type" .Ft void .Fn bufq_destroy "struct bufq *bufq" .Ft void .Fn bufq_queue "struct bufq *bufq" "struct buf *bp" .Ft struct buf * .Fn bufq_dequeue "struct bufq *bufq" .Ft void .Fn bufq_requeue "struct bufq *bufq" "struct buf *bp" .Ft int .Fn bufq_peek "struct bufq *bufq" .Ft void .Fn bufq_drain "struct bufq *bufq" .Sh DESCRIPTION The bufq API implements queueing and scheduling of I/O operations on disk devices. It provides multiple scheduling algorithms within the API. .Pp It is the responsibility of the disk device driver to provide pre-allocated bufq structures. .Pp .Fn bufq_init initialises the .Fa bufq structure and allocates any state required by the scheduling algorithm by the .Fa type argument. .Pp .Fn bufq_switch can be used to change the scheduler currently used by .Fa bufq to the algorithm specified by .Fa type . .Pp The .Fa type argument to .Fn bufq_init and .Fn bufq_switch can be one of the following scheduling algorithms: .Pp .Bl -tag -offset indent -width BUFQ_DEFAULT -compact .It Dv BUFQ_FIFO A simple First-In First-Out queue. .It Dv BUFQ_NSCAN Takes batches of "N" bufs from the queue and sorts them for optimal head movement. .It Dv BUFQ_DEFAULT This currently aliases .Dv BUFQ_NSCAN . .El .Pp .Fn bufq_destroy frees any state that was used by the scheduler. .Pp .Fn bufq_queue is used to add the buf specified by .Fa bp to the .Fa bufq queue. .Pp .Fn bufq_dequeue is used to get the next buf the .Fa bufq has scheduled to be serviced by a disk. The buf will be removed from the queue. .Pp .Fn bufq_requeue can be used to return a previously dequeued buf specified by .Fa bp to the head of the queue of .Fa bufq . .Pp .Fn bufq_peek allows the caller to determine if there are more bufs queued on .Fa bufq without modifying the list of bufs. .Pp .Fn bufq_drain is a convenience function for devices that have detached. It removes all the bufs currently queued on .Fa bufq , marks them as failed with an .Er ENXIO error, and returns them to the block layer via .Xr biodone 9 . .Sh CONTEXT .Fn bufq_init , .Fn bufq_switch , and .Fn bufq_destroy can be called during autoconf, or from process context. .Pp .Nm bufq_queue , .Nm bufq_dequeue , .Nm bufq_requeue , .Nm bufq_peek , and .Nm bufq_drain can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from interrupt context. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn bufq_init and .Fn bufq_switch will return 0 on success, or an error code as per .Xr errno 2 . .Pp .Fn bufq_dequeue returns the next buf that is scheduled to be serviced by the disk. .Dv NULL is returned if there are no bufs available on the queue. .Pp .Fn bufq_peek returns 1 if there are bufs available to be scheduled on the disk, otherwise 0. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr errno 2 , .Xr autoconf 9 , .Xr biodone 9 , .Xr disk 9 .Sh HISTORY The bufq API was written by .An Thordur I. Bjornsson and .An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org . The bufq API first appeared in .Ox 4.8 and finally succeeded in fully replacing disksort in .Ox 5.5 .