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diff --git a/libstore/store.h b/libstore/store.h
index 6fc77950..52da05e7 100644
--- a/libstore/store.h
+++ b/libstore/store.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Store I/O
- Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2001,02 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ struct store_class
error_t (*map) (const struct store *store, vm_prot_t prot, mach_port_t *memobj);
};
-/* Return a new store in STORE, which refers to the storage underlying SOURCE.
- CLASSES is used to select classes specified by the provider; if it is 0,
- STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. FLAGS is set with store_set_flags, with the
- exception of STORE_INACTIVE, which merely indicates that no attempt should
- be made to activate an inactive store; if STORE_INACTIVE is not specified,
- and the store returned for SOURCE is inactive, an attempt is made to
- activate it (failure of which causes an error to be returned). A reference
- to SOURCE is created (but may be destroyed with store_close_source). */
+/* Return a new store in STORE, which refers to the storage underlying
+ SOURCE. CLASSES is as if passed to store_find_class, which see. FLAGS
+ is set with store_set_flags, with the exception of STORE_INACTIVE, which
+ merely indicates that no attempt should be made to activate an inactive
+ store; if STORE_INACTIVE is not specified, and the store returned for
+ SOURCE is inactive, an attempt is made to activate it (failure of which
+ causes an error to be returned). A reference to SOURCE is created (but
+ may be destroyed with store_close_source). */
error_t store_create (file_t source, int flags,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);
@@ -219,10 +219,9 @@ error_t store_create (file_t source, int flags,
void store_free (struct store *store);
/* Open the file NAME, and return a new store in STORE, which refers to the
- storage underlying it. CLASSES is used to select classes specified by the
- provider; if it is 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. FLAGS is set with
- store_set_flags. A reference to the open file is created (but may be
- destroyed with store_close_source). */
+ storage underlying it. CLASSES is as if passed to store_find_class,
+ which see. FLAGS is set with store_set_flags. A reference to the open
+ file is created (but may be destroyed with store_close_source). */
error_t store_open (const char *name, int flags,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);
@@ -346,12 +345,12 @@ error_t store_device_open (const char *name, int flags, struct store **store);
error_t store_part_create (struct store *source, int index, int flags,
struct store **store);
-/* Open the part NAME. NAME consists of a partition number, a ':', a another
- store class name, a ':' and a name for to by passed to the store class.
- E.g. "2:device:hd0" would open the second partition on a DEVICE store
- named "hd0". FLAGS indicate how to open the store. CLASSES is used to
- select classes specified by the type NAME; if it is 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES
- is used. The new store is returned in *STORE. */
+/* Open the part NAME. NAME consists of a partition number, a ':', a
+ another store class name, a ':' and a name for to by passed to the
+ store class. E.g. "2:device:hd0" would open the second partition
+ on a DEVICE store named "hd0". FLAGS indicate how to open the
+ store. CLASSES is as if passed to store_find_class, which see.
+ The new store is returned in *STORE. */
error_t store_part_open (const char *name, int flags,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);
@@ -401,33 +400,6 @@ error_t _store_nbd_create (mach_port_t port, int flags, size_t block_size,
const struct store_run *runs, size_t num_runs,
struct store **store);
-/* Parse multiple store names in NAME, and open each individually, returning
- all in the vector STORES, and the number in NUM_STORES. The syntax of
- NAME is a single non-alpha-numeric separator character, followed by each
- child store name separated by the same separator; each child name is
- TYPE:NAME notation as parsed by store_typed_open. If every child uses the
- same TYPE: prefix, then it may be factored out and put before the child
- list instead (the two types of notation are differentiated by whether the
- first character of name is alpha-numeric or not). */
-error_t store_open_children (const char *name, int flags,
- const struct store_class *const *classes,
- struct store ***stores, size_t *num_stores);
-
-/* Open the store indicated by NAME, which should consist of a store type
- name followed by a ':' and any type-specific name, returning the new store
- in STORE. CLASSES is used to select classes specified by the type name;
- if it is 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. */
-error_t store_typed_open (const char *name, int flags,
- const struct store_class *const *classes,
- struct store **store);
-
-/* Similar to store_typed_open, but NAME must be in URL format,
- i.e. a class name followed by a ':' and any type-specific name.
- A leading ':' or no ':' at all is invalid syntax. */
-error_t store_url_open (const char *name, int flags,
- const struct store_class *const *classes,
- struct store **store);
-
/* Return a new store of type "unknown" that holds a copy of the
given encoding. The name of the store is taken from ENC->data.
Future calls to store_encode/store_return will produce exactly
@@ -467,15 +439,15 @@ error_t store_concat_open (const char *name, int flags,
error_t store_remap_create (struct store *source,
const struct store_run *runs, size_t num_runs,
int flags, struct store **store);
-
+
/* Return a new store in STORE which contains a snapshot of the contents of
the store FROM; FROM is consumed. */
error_t store_copy_create (struct store *from, int flags, struct store **store);
-/* Open the copy store NAME -- which consists of another store-class name, a
- ':', and a name for that store class to open -- and return the
- corresponding store in STORE. CLASSES is used to select classes specified
- by the type name; if it is 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. */
+/* Open the copy store NAME -- which consists of another store-class
+ name, a ':', and a name for that store class to open -- and return
+ the corresponding store in STORE. CLASSES is as if passed to
+ store_find_class, which see. */
error_t store_copy_open (const char *name, int flags,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);
@@ -491,10 +463,10 @@ error_t store_buffer_create (void *buf, size_t buf_len, int flags,
error_t store_gunzip_create (struct store *from, int flags,
struct store **store);
-/* Open the gunzip NAME -- which consists of another store-class name, a ':',
- and a name for that store class to open -- and return the corresponding
- store in STORE. CLASSES is used to select classes specified by the type
- name; if it is 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. */
+/* Open the gunzip NAME -- which consists of another store-class name, a
+ ':', and a name for that store class to open -- and return the
+ corresponding store in STORE. CLASSES is as if passed to
+ store_find_class, which see. */
error_t store_gunzip_open (const char *name, int flags,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);
@@ -507,8 +479,7 @@ error_t store_bunzip2_create (struct store *from, int flags,
/* Open the bunzip2 NAME -- which consists of another store-class name, a ':',
and a name for that store class to open -- and return the corresponding
- store in STORE. CLASSES is used to select classes specified by the type
- name; if it is 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. */
+ store in STORE. CLASSES is as if passed to store_find_class, which see. */
error_t store_bunzip2_open (const char *name, int flags,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);
@@ -523,9 +494,108 @@ error_t store_mvol_create (struct store *phys,
int flags,
struct store **store);
-/* Standard store classes implemented by libstore. */
-extern const struct store_class *const store_std_classes[];
+/* Opening stores from a standard set of store classes.
+
+ These first two functions underlie the following functions, and
+ other functions such as store_open taking a CLASSES argument that
+ can be null. The standard set of classes to be searched when that
+ argument is null includes all the `const struct store_class *'
+ pointers found in the `store_std_classes' section of the executable
+ and all loaded shared objects; store_find_class searches that set
+ for the named class. The store_typed_open and store_url_open
+ functions also try store_module_find_class, but only if the
+ function has already been linked in; it's always available in the
+ shared library, and available for static linking with
+ -lstore_module -ldl.
+
+ The macro STORE_STD_CLASS produces a reference in the `store_std_classes'
+ section, so that linking in a module containing that definition will add
+ the referenced class to the standard search list. In the shared library,
+ the various standard classes are included this way. In the static
+ library, only the pseudo classes like `query' and `typed' will normally
+ be linked in (via referenced to store_open and so forth); to force
+ specific store type modules to be linked in, you must specify an
+ `-lstore_CLASS' option for each individual class to be statically linked.
+*/
+
+/* Find a store class by name. CLNAME_END points to the character
+ after the class name NAME points to; if null, then NAME is just the
+ null-terminated class name. */
+const struct store_class *
+store_find_class (const char *name,
+ const char *clname_end,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes);
+
+/* This is the underlying function that tries to load a module to
+ define the store type called NAME. On success, returns zero
+ and sets *CLASSP to the descriptor found. Returns ENOENT if
+ there is no such module, or other error codes if there is a
+ module but it does not load correctly. */
+error_t store_module_find_class (const char *name,
+ const char *clname_end,
+ const struct store_class **classp);
+
+
+/* Open the store indicated by NAME, which should consist of a store
+ type name followed by a ':' and any type-specific name, returning the
+ new store in STORE. CLASSES is as if passed to store_find_class,
+ which see. */
+error_t store_typed_open (const char *name, int flags,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes,
+ struct store **store);
+
+/* Similar to store_typed_open, but NAME must be in URL format, i.e. a
+ class name followed by a ':' and any type-specific name. A leading ':'
+ or no ':' at all is invalid syntax. (See store_module_open, below.) */
+error_t store_url_open (const char *name, int flags,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes,
+ struct store **store);
+
+/* This attempts to decode a standard-form STORAGE_NETWORK encoding whose
+ encoded name is in URL format, by finding the store type indicated in
+ the URL (as for store_url_open) and that type's decode function. */
+error_t store_url_decode (struct store_enc *enc,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes,
+ struct store **store);
+
+
+/* Similar to store_typed_open, but the store type's code is found
+ dynamically rather than statically in CLASSES. A shared object name
+ for `dlopen' and symbol names for `dlsym' are derived from the type
+ name and used to find the `struct store_class' for the named type.
+ (CLASSES is used only by the type's own open function, e.g. if that
+ type accepts a child-store syntax in its name.)
+
+ In fact, when this code is linked in (always in the shared library,
+ only with `-lstore_module -ldl -lstore' for static linking), all
+ the functions documented as using STORE_STD_CLASSES will also
+ check for loadable modules if the type name is not found statically. */
+error_t store_module_open (const char *name, int flags,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes,
+ struct store **store);
+
+
+/* This attempts to find a module that can decode ENC. If no such
+ module can be found it returns ENOENT. Otherwise it returns
+ the result of the loaded store type's `decode' function. */
+error_t store_module_decode (struct store_enc *enc,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes,
+ struct store **store);
+/* Parse multiple store names in NAME, and open each individually, returning
+ all in the vector STORES, and the number in NUM_STORES. The syntax of
+ NAME is a single non-alpha-numeric separator character, followed by each
+ child store name separated by the same separator; each child name is
+ TYPE:NAME notation as parsed by store_typed_open. If every child uses the
+ same TYPE: prefix, then it may be factored out and put before the child
+ list instead (the two types of notation are differentiated by whether the
+ first character of name is alpha-numeric or not). */
+error_t store_open_children (const char *name, int flags,
+ const struct store_class *const *classes,
+ struct store ***stores, size_t *num_stores);
+
+
+/* Standard store classes implemented by libstore. */
extern const struct store_class store_device_class;
extern const struct store_class store_part_class;
extern const struct store_class store_file_class;
@@ -542,16 +612,19 @@ extern const struct store_class store_gunzip_class;
extern const struct store_class store_bunzip2_class;
extern const struct store_class store_typed_open_class;
extern const struct store_class store_url_open_class;
+extern const struct store_class store_module_open_class;
extern const struct store_class store_unknown_class;
/* The following are not included in STORE_STD_CLASSES. */
extern const struct store_class store_mvol_class;
-/* Concatenates the store class vectors in CV1 and CV2, and returns a new
- (malloced) vector in CONCAT. */
-error_t store_concat_class_vectors (struct store_class **cv1,
- struct store_class **cv2,
- struct store_class ***concat);
+#define STORE_STD_CLASS(name) \
+ static const struct store_class *const store_std_classes_##name[] \
+ __attribute__ ((unused, section ("store_std_classes"))) \
+ = { &store_##name##_class }
+
+extern const struct store_class *const __start_store_std_classes[];
+extern const struct store_class *const __stop_store_std_classes[];
/* Used to hold the various bits that make up the representation of a store
for transmission via rpc. See <hurd/hurd_types.h> for an explanation of
@@ -615,10 +688,10 @@ error_t store_return (const struct store *store,
used by the unsent vectors. */
error_t store_encode (const struct store *store, struct store_enc *enc);
-/* Decode ENC, either returning a new store in STORE, or an error. CLASSES
- defines the mapping from hurd storage class ids to store classes; if it is
- 0, STORE_STD_CLASSES is used. If nothing else is to be done with ENC, its
- contents may then be freed using store_enc_dealloc. */
+/* Decode ENC, either returning a new store in STORE, or an error.
+ CLASSES is as if passed to store_find_class, which see. If nothing
+ else is to be done with ENC, its contents may then be freed using
+ store_enc_dealloc. */
error_t store_decode (struct store_enc *enc,
const struct store_class *const *classes,
struct store **store);