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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2016-07-15 14:46:08 +0300
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2016-07-15 14:57:40 +0300
commit44ca2b760b393e993b2a42fc489fa170910ad810 (patch)
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gdbm_open adjusts requested block size to accomodate integer number of directory offsets.
* src/gdbm.h.in (GDBM_BSEXACT): New flag. * src/gdbmopen.c (compute_directory_size): New function. (gdbm_open): When creating new database, adjust the requested block size so that the block holds integer number of directory indices. Disable this behavior if GDBM_BSEXACT flag is set (this reverts to old behavior). Always unset GDBM_BSEXACT if using block size returned by stat(2). This makes sure gdbm_open succeeds on file systems reporting block sizes not divisible by 512. * src/gdbmconst.h (GDBM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE): New constant. * src/gdbmimp.c (gdbm_import_from_file): Use GDBM_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE instead of the hardcoded value. * NEWS: Document GDBM_BSEXACT. * doc/gdbm.texi: Likewise.
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diff --git a/doc/gdbm.texi b/doc/gdbm.texi
index d172ad7..8096215 100644
--- a/doc/gdbm.texi
+++ b/doc/gdbm.texi
@@ -260,5 +260,10 @@ constructs. It is the size of a single transfer from disk to
memory. This parameter is ignored if the file has been previously
-initialized. The minimum size is 512. If the value is less than 512,
-the file system block size is used, otherwise the value of
-@var{block_size} is used.
+initialized. If the value is less than 512, the file system block
+size is used instead. The size is adjusted so that the block can hold
+exact number of directory entries, so that the effective block size
+can be slightly greater than requested. However, if the
+@samp{GDBM_BSEXACT} flag is set and the size needs to be adjusted, the
+function will return with error status, setting the @samp{gdbm_errno}
+variable to @samp{GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR}.
+
@item flags
@@ -289,2 +294,8 @@ now obsolete, since @code{gdbm} defaults to no-sync mode.
+@kwindex GDBM_BSEXACT
+If this flag is set and the requested @var{block_size} cannot be used
+without adjustment, @code{gdbm_open} will refuse to create the
+databases. In this case it will set the @samp{gdbm_errno}
+variable to @samp{GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR} and return @samp{NULL}.
+
@kwindex GDBM_CLOEXEC
@@ -1235,5 +1246,7 @@ Memory allocation failed. Not enough memory.
@kwindex GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR
+@kwindex GDBM_BSEXACT
@item GDBM_BLOCK_SIZE_ERROR
This error is set by the @code{gdbm_open} function (@pxref{Open}), if
-the value of its @var{block_size} argument is incorrect.
+the value of its @var{block_size} argument is incorrect and the
+@samp{GDBM_BSEXACT} flag is set.

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