From 2e5007a75232ea008645cba448c7b2ce32a486cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Oberhollenzer Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:25:40 +0100 Subject: Document the block writer API. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer --- include/sqfs/block_writer.h | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/sqfs/block_writer.h b/include/sqfs/block_writer.h index 678abd5..4ac0762 100644 --- a/include/sqfs/block_writer.h +++ b/include/sqfs/block_writer.h @@ -151,20 +151,83 @@ struct sqfs_block_writer_stats_t { extern "C" { #endif +/** + * @brief Create a block writer object. + * + * @memberof sqfs_block_writer_t + * + * @param file A pointer to a file object that data should be appended to. + * @param devblksz The underlying device block size if output data + * should be aligned. + * @param flags Currently must be set to 0 or creation will fail. + * + * @return A pointer to a new block writer on success, NULL on failure. + */ SQFS_API sqfs_block_writer_t *sqfs_block_writer_create(sqfs_file_t *file, size_t devblksz, sqfs_u32 flags); +/** + * @brief Register a set of callbacks with a block writer. + * + * @memberof sqfs_block_writer_t + * + * @param wr A pointer to a block writer object. + * @param user_ptr A user data pointer that should be passed to the callbacks. + * @param hooks A structure holding various callbacks. + * + * @return Zero on success, an @ref E_SQFS_ERROR on failure. + */ SQFS_API int sqfs_block_writer_set_hooks(sqfs_block_writer_t *wr, void *user_ptr, const sqfs_block_hooks_t *hooks); +/** + * @brief Destroy a block writer object. + * + * @memberof sqfs_block_writer_t + * + * @param wr A pointer to a block writer object. + */ SQFS_API void sqfs_block_writer_destroy(sqfs_block_writer_t *wr); +/** + * @brief Submit a data block to a blokc writer. + * + * @memberof sqfs_block_writer_t + * + * If the @ref SQFS_BLK_FIRST_BLOCK flag is set, the data block writer + * memorizes the starting location and block index of the block. If the + * @ref SQFS_BLK_LAST_BLOCK flag is set, it uses those stored locations + * to do block deduplication. + * + * If the flag @ref SQFS_BLK_ALIGN is set in combination with the + * @ref SQFS_BLK_FIRST_BLOCK, the file size is padded to a multiple of the + * device block size before writing. If it is set together with the + * @ref SQFS_BLK_LAST_BLOCK flag, the padding is added afterwards. + * + * @param wr A pointer to a block writer. + * @param block The block to write to disk next. + * @param location Returns the location where the block has been written. + * If the @ref SQFS_BLK_LAST_BLOCK flag was set, deduplication + * is performed and this returns the (new) location of the + * first block instead. + * + * @return Zero on success, an @ref E_SQFS_ERROR error on failure. + */ SQFS_API int sqfs_block_writer_write(sqfs_block_writer_t *wr, sqfs_block_t *block, sqfs_u64 *location); +/** + * @brief Get access to a block writers run time statistics. + * + * @memberof sqfs_block_writer_t + * + * @param wr A pointer to a block writer. + * + * @return A pointer to the internal statistics counters. + */ SQFS_API const sqfs_block_writer_stats_t *sqfs_block_writer_get_stats(const sqfs_block_writer_t *wr); -- cgit v1.2.3