LLFIO  v2.00
llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle Class Reference

A handle to this, or another, process. More...

#include "process_handle.hpp"

Inheritance diagram for llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle:
llfio_v2_xxx::handle

Classes

struct  _byte_array_deleter
 

Public Types

enum  bitfield__flag : unsigned {
  none = 0U , no_redirect_in_pipe = 1U << 1U , no_redirect_out_pipe = 1U << 2U , no_redirect_error_pipe = 1U << 3U ,
  wait_on_close = 1U << 4U , release_pipes_on_close = 1U << 5U , no_multiplexable_pipes = 1U << 6U , no_redirect = no_redirect_in_pipe | no_redirect_out_pipe | no_redirect_error_pipe
}
 The behaviour of theprocess handle. More...
 
using path_type = handle::path_type
 
using extent_type = handle::extent_type
 
using size_type = handle::size_type
 
enum class  mode : unsigned char {
  unchanged = 0 , none = 2 , attr_read = 4 , attr_write = 5 ,
  read = 6 , write , append = 9
}
 The behaviour of the handle: does it read, read and write, or atomic append? More...
 
enum class  creation : unsigned char {
  open_existing = 0 , only_if_not_exist , if_needed , truncate_existing ,
  always_new
}
 On opening, do we also create a new file or truncate an existing one? More...
 
enum class  caching : unsigned char {
  unchanged = 0 , none , only_metadata , reads ,
  reads_and_metadata , all , safety_barriers , temporary
}
 What i/o on the handle may complete immediately due to kernel caching. More...
 

Public Member Functions

constexpr process_handle ()
 Default constructor.
 
constexpr process_handle (native_handle_type h, flag flags=flag::none) noexcept
 Construct a handle from a supplied native handle.
 
constexpr process_handle (handle &&o, flag flags=flag::none) noexcept
 Explicit conversion from handle permitted.
 
 process_handle (const process_handle &)=delete
 No copy construction (use clone())
 
process_handleoperator= (const process_handle &o)=delete
 No copy assignment.
 
constexpr process_handle (process_handle &&o) noexcept
 Move the handle.
 
process_handleoperator= (process_handle &&o) noexcept
 Move assignment of handle.
 
void swap (process_handle &o) noexcept
 Swap with another instance.
 
pipe_handlein_pipe () noexcept
 
const pipe_handlein_pipe () const noexcept
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
pipe_handleerror_pipe () noexcept
 
const pipe_handleerror_pipe () const noexcept
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
pipe_handleout_pipe () noexcept
 
const pipe_handleout_pipe () const noexcept
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
result< void > close_pipes () noexcept
 Close or release all the pipes, depending on flag::release_pipes_on_close
 
bool is_running () const noexcept
 Returns true if the process is currently running.
 
virtual result< path_typecurrent_path () const noexcept override
 
virtual result< void > close () noexcept override
 Immediately close this handle, possibly closing the pipes, possibly blocking until a child process exits.
 
result< process_handleclone () const noexcept
 
virtual result< void > set_append_only (bool) noexcept override
 EXTENSION: Changes whether this handle is append only or not. More...
 
std::unique_ptr< span< path_view_component >, _byte_array_deleterenvironment () const noexcept
 
result< intptr_t > wait (deadline d={}) const noexcept
 
template<class... Args>
bool try_wait (Args &&... args) noexcept
 
template<class... Args, class Rep , class Period >
bool try_wait_for (Args &&... args, const std::chrono::duration< Rep, Period > &duration) noexcept
 
template<class... Args, class Clock , class Duration >
bool try_wait_until (Args &&... args, const std::chrono::time_point< Clock, Duration > &timeout) noexcept
 
flag flags () const noexcept
 The flags this handle was opened with.
 
 QUICKCPPLIB_BITFIELD_BEGIN_T (flag, uint16_t)
 Bitwise flags which can be specified. More...
 
void swap (handle &o) noexcept
 Swap with another instance.
 
virtual native_handle_type release () noexcept
 Release the native handle type managed by this handle.
 
bool is_valid () const noexcept
 True if the handle is valid (and usually open)
 
bool is_readable () const noexcept
 True if the handle is readable.
 
bool is_writable () const noexcept
 True if the handle is writable.
 
bool is_append_only () const noexcept
 True if the handle is append only.
 
bool is_multiplexable () const noexcept
 True if multiplexable.
 
bool is_nonblocking () const noexcept
 True if nonblocking.
 
bool is_seekable () const noexcept
 True if seekable.
 
bool requires_aligned_io () const noexcept
 True if requires aligned i/o.
 
bool is_kernel_handle () const noexcept
 True if native_handle() is a valid kernel handle.
 
bool is_regular () const noexcept
 True if a regular file or device.
 
bool is_directory () const noexcept
 True if a directory.
 
bool is_symlink () const noexcept
 True if a symlink.
 
bool is_pipe () const noexcept
 True if a pipe.
 
bool is_socket () const noexcept
 True if a socket.
 
bool is_multiplexer () const noexcept
 True if a multiplexer like BSD kqueues, Linux epoll or Windows IOCP.
 
bool is_process () const noexcept
 True if a process.
 
bool is_section () const noexcept
 True if a memory section.
 
bool is_allocation () const noexcept
 True if a memory allocation.
 
bool is_path () const noexcept
 True if a path or a directory.
 
bool is_tls_socket () const noexcept
 True if a TLS socket.
 
bool is_http_socket () const noexcept
 True if a HTTP socket.
 
caching kernel_caching () const noexcept
 Kernel cache strategy used by this handle.
 
bool are_reads_from_cache () const noexcept
 True if the handle uses the kernel page cache for reads.
 
bool are_writes_durable () const noexcept
 True if writes are safely on storage on completion.
 
bool are_safety_barriers_issued () const noexcept
 True if issuing safety fsyncs is on.
 
native_handle_type native_handle () const noexcept
 The native handle used by this handle.
 

Static Public Member Functions

static const process_handlecurrent () noexcept
 
static result< process_handlelaunch_process (path_view path, span< path_view_component > args, span< path_view_component > env= *current().environment(), flag flags=flag::wait_on_close) noexcept
 
static result< process_handlelaunch_process (path_view path, span< path_view_component > args, flag flags=flag::wait_on_close) noexcept
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 

Protected Attributes

flag _flags {flag::none}
 
pipe_handle _in_pipe
 
pipe_handle _out_pipe
 
pipe_handle _error_pipe
 
union {
   native_handle_type   _v
 
   struct {
      intptr_t   _padding0_
 
      uint32_t   _padding1_
 
      flag   flags
 
      uint16_t   _padding2_
 
   }   _
 
}; 
 

Detailed Description

A handle to this, or another, process.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ bitfield__flag

The behaviour of theprocess handle.

Enumerator
none 

No flags.

no_redirect_in_pipe 

Do not redirect the stdin for a launched process.

no_redirect_out_pipe 

Do not redirect the stdout for a launched process.

no_redirect_error_pipe 

Do not redirect the stderr for a launched process.

wait_on_close 

Wait for the process to exit in .close()

release_pipes_on_close 

Release the pipes in .close(). They are closed otherwise.

no_multiplexable_pipes 

Do not create any redirected pipes as multiplexable.

51  {none = 0U, //!< No flags
52  no_redirect_in_pipe = 1U << 1U, //!< Do not redirect the `stdin` for a launched process
53  no_redirect_out_pipe = 1U << 2U, //!< Do not redirect the `stdout` for a launched process
54  no_redirect_error_pipe = 1U << 3U, //!< Do not redirect the `stderr` for a launched process
55 
56  wait_on_close = 1U << 4U, //!< Wait for the process to exit in `.close()`
57  release_pipes_on_close = 1U << 5U, //!< Release the pipes in `.close()`. They are closed otherwise.
58  no_multiplexable_pipes = 1U << 6U, //!< Do not create any redirected pipes as multiplexable
59 
60  // NOTE: IF UPDATING THIS UPDATE THE std::ostream PRINTER BELOW!!!
61  no_redirect = no_redirect_in_pipe | no_redirect_out_pipe | no_redirect_error_pipe} QUICKCPPLIB_BITFIELD_END(flag)
@ no_redirect_out_pipe
Do not redirect the stdout for a launched process.
Definition: process_handle.hpp:53
@ no_multiplexable_pipes
Do not create any redirected pipes as multiplexable.
Definition: process_handle.hpp:58
@ wait_on_close
Wait for the process to exit in .close()
Definition: process_handle.hpp:56
@ none
No flags.
Definition: process_handle.hpp:51
@ no_redirect_error_pipe
Do not redirect the stderr for a launched process.
Definition: process_handle.hpp:54
@ release_pipes_on_close
Release the pipes in .close(). They are closed otherwise.
Definition: process_handle.hpp:57
@ no_redirect_in_pipe
Do not redirect the stdin for a launched process.
Definition: process_handle.hpp:52

◆ caching

enum llfio_v2_xxx::handle::caching : unsigned char
stronginherited

What i/o on the handle may complete immediately due to kernel caching.

Enumerator
none 

No caching whatsoever, all reads and writes come from storage (i.e. O_DIRECT|O_SYNC). Align all i/o to 4Kb boundaries for this to work. disable_safety_barriers can be used here.

only_metadata 

Cache reads and writes of metadata but avoid caching data (O_DIRECT), thus i/o here does not affect other cached data for other handles. Align all i/o to 4Kb boundaries for this to work.

reads 

Cache reads only. Writes of data and metadata do not complete until reaching storage (O_SYNC). disable_safety_barriers can be used here.

reads_and_metadata 

Cache reads and writes of metadata, but writes of data do not complete until reaching storage (O_DSYNC). disable_safety_barriers can be used here.

all 

Cache reads and writes of data and metadata so they complete immediately, sending writes to storage at some point when the kernel decides (this is the default file system caching on a system).

safety_barriers 

Cache reads and writes of data and metadata so they complete immediately, but issue safety barriers at certain points. See documentation for disable_safety_barriers.

temporary 

Cache reads and writes of data and metadata so they complete immediately, only sending any updates to storage on last handle close in the system or if memory becomes tight as this file is expected to be temporary (Windows and FreeBSD only).

91  {
92  unchanged = 0,
93  none =
94  1, //!< No caching whatsoever, all reads and writes come from storage (i.e. <tt>O_DIRECT|O_SYNC</tt>). Align all i/o to 4Kb boundaries for this to work. <tt>disable_safety_barriers</tt> can be used here.
95  only_metadata =
96  2, //!< Cache reads and writes of metadata but avoid caching data (<tt>O_DIRECT</tt>), thus i/o here does not affect other cached data for other handles. Align all i/o to 4Kb boundaries for this to work.
97  reads =
98  3, //!< Cache reads only. Writes of data and metadata do not complete until reaching storage (<tt>O_SYNC</tt>). <tt>disable_safety_barriers</tt> can be used here.
99  reads_and_metadata =
100  5, //!< Cache reads and writes of metadata, but writes of data do not complete until reaching storage (<tt>O_DSYNC</tt>). <tt>disable_safety_barriers</tt> can be used here.
101  all =
102  6, //!< Cache reads and writes of data and metadata so they complete immediately, sending writes to storage at some point when the kernel decides (this is the default file system caching on a system).
103  safety_barriers =
104  7, //!< Cache reads and writes of data and metadata so they complete immediately, but issue safety barriers at certain points. See documentation for <tt>disable_safety_barriers</tt>.
105  temporary =
106  8 //!< Cache reads and writes of data and metadata so they complete immediately, only sending any updates to storage on last handle close in the system or if memory becomes tight as this file is expected to be temporary (Windows and FreeBSD only).
107  // NOTE: IF UPDATING THIS UPDATE THE std::ostream PRINTER BELOW!!!
108  };
@ none
No flags.
Definition: byte_socket_handle.hpp:224

◆ creation

enum llfio_v2_xxx::handle::creation : unsigned char
stronginherited

On opening, do we also create a new file or truncate an existing one?

Enumerator
open_existing 

Filesystem entry must already exist.

only_if_not_exist 

Filesystem entry must NOT exist, and is atomically created by the success of this operation.

if_needed 

If filesystem entry exists that is used, else one is created.

truncate_existing 

Filesystem entry must already exist. It is atomically truncated on open, leaving creation date and unique identifier unmodified.

always_new 

If filesystem entry exists, it is atomically replaced with a new inode, else a new entry is created.

81  {
82  open_existing = 0, //!< Filesystem entry must already exist
83  only_if_not_exist, //!< Filesystem entry must NOT exist, and is atomically created by the success of this operation
84  if_needed, //!< If filesystem entry exists that is used, else one is created
85  truncate_existing, //!< Filesystem entry must already exist. It is atomically truncated on open, leaving creation date and unique identifier unmodified.
86  always_new //!< If filesystem entry exists, it is atomically replaced with a new inode, else a new entry is created.
87  // NOTE: IF UPDATING THIS UPDATE THE std::ostream PRINTER BELOW!!!
88  };

◆ mode

enum llfio_v2_xxx::handle::mode : unsigned char
stronginherited

The behaviour of the handle: does it read, read and write, or atomic append?

Enumerator
none 

No ability to read or write anything, but can synchronise (SYNCHRONIZE or 0)

attr_read 

Ability to read attributes (FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|SYNCHRONIZE or O_RDONLY)

attr_write 

Ability to read and write attributes (FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES|SYNCHRONIZE or O_RDONLY)

read 

Ability to read (READ_CONTROL|FILE_READ_DATA|FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_READ_EA|SYNCHRONISE or O_RDONLY)

write 

Ability to read and write (READ_CONTROL|FILE_READ_DATA|FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_READ_EA|FILE_WRITE_DATA|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_WRITE_EA|FILE_APPEND_DATA|SYNCHRONISE or O_RDWR)

append 

All mainstream OSs and CIFS guarantee this is atomic with respect to all other appenders (FILE_APPEND_DATA|SYNCHRONISE or O_APPEND)

68  {
69  unchanged = 0,
70  none = 2, //!< No ability to read or write anything, but can synchronise (SYNCHRONIZE or 0)
71  attr_read = 4, //!< Ability to read attributes (FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|SYNCHRONIZE or O_RDONLY)
72  attr_write = 5, //!< Ability to read and write attributes (FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES|SYNCHRONIZE or O_RDONLY)
73  read = 6, //!< Ability to read (READ_CONTROL|FILE_READ_DATA|FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_READ_EA|SYNCHRONISE or O_RDONLY)
74  write =
75  7, //!< Ability to read and write (READ_CONTROL|FILE_READ_DATA|FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_READ_EA|FILE_WRITE_DATA|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_WRITE_EA|FILE_APPEND_DATA|SYNCHRONISE or O_RDWR)
76  append = 9 //!< All mainstream OSs and CIFS guarantee this is atomic with respect to all other appenders (FILE_APPEND_DATA|SYNCHRONISE or O_APPEND)
77  // NOTE: IF UPDATING THIS UPDATE THE std::ostream PRINTER BELOW!!!
78  };
byte_io_handle::io_result< byte_io_handle::const_buffers_type > write(byte_io_handle &self, byte_io_handle::io_request< byte_io_handle::const_buffers_type > reqs, deadline d=deadline()) noexcept
Write data to the open handle.
Definition: byte_io_handle.hpp:681
byte_io_handle::io_result< byte_io_handle::buffers_type > read(byte_io_handle &self, byte_io_handle::io_request< byte_io_handle::buffers_type > reqs, deadline d=deadline()) noexcept
Read data from the open handle.
Definition: byte_io_handle.hpp:654

Member Function Documentation

◆ clone()

result<process_handle> llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::clone ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Clone this handle (copy constructor is disabled to avoid accidental copying)

Errors returnable\n Any of the values POSIX dup() or DuplicateHandle() can return.

◆ current()

static const process_handle& llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::current ( )
inlinestaticnoexcept

Return a process handle referring to the current process.

◆ current_path()

virtual result<path_type> llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::current_path ( ) const
inlineoverridevirtualnoexcept

Returns the current path of the binary the process is executing.

Note
If the current path cannot be retrieved on this platform (i.e. invariant to concurrent filesystem modification), an empty path is returned. This includes the current process.

Reimplemented from llfio_v2_xxx::handle.

◆ environment()

std::unique_ptr<span<path_view_component>, _byte_array_deleter> llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::environment ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Retrieves the current environment of the process.

Note
If the current environment cannot be retrieved on this platform, a null pointer is returned.

◆ error_pipe()

pipe_handle& llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::error_pipe ( )
inlinenoexcept

A pipe with which one can read what another process writes to stderr, or by which this process can write to stderr.

138 { return _error_pipe; }

◆ in_pipe()

pipe_handle& llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::in_pipe ( )
inlinenoexcept

A pipe with which one can read what another process writes to stdout, or by which this process can read from stdin. Therefore always read-only.

132 { return _in_pipe; }

◆ launch_process()

static result<process_handle> llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::launch_process ( path_view  path,
span< path_view_component args,
span< path_view_component env = *current().environment(),
flag  flags = flag::wait_on_close 
)
inlinestaticnoexcept

Create a new process launching the binary at path.

Parameters
pathThe absolute path to the binary to launch.
argsAn array of arguments to pass to the process.
envAn array of environment variables to set for the process, which defaults to the current process' environment.
flagsAny additional custom behaviours.

This is the only handle creation function in LLFIO which requires an absolute path. This is because no platform implements race-free process launch, and worse, there is no way of non-intrusively emulating race-free process launch either. So we accept the inevitable, launching child processes is always racy with respect to concurrent filesystem modification.

Errors returnable\n Any of the values POSIX posix_spawn() or CreateProcess() can return.

◆ out_pipe()

pipe_handle& llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::out_pipe ( )
inlinenoexcept

A pipe with which one can write what another process reads from stdin, or by which this process can write to stdout. Therefore always write-only.

144 { return _out_pipe; }

◆ QUICKCPPLIB_BITFIELD_BEGIN_T()

llfio_v2_xxx::handle::QUICKCPPLIB_BITFIELD_BEGIN_T ( flag  ,
uint16_t   
)
inlineinherited

Bitwise flags which can be specified.

< No flags

Unlinks the file on handle close. On POSIX, this simply unlinks whatever is pointed to by path() upon the call of close() if and only if the inode matches. On Windows, if you are on Windows 10 1709 or later, exactly the same thing occurs. If on previous editions of Windows, the file entry does not disappears but becomes unavailable for anyone else to open with an errc::resource_unavailable_try_again error return. Because this is confusing, unless the win_disable_unlink_emulation flag is also specified, this POSIX behaviour is somewhat emulated by LLFIO on older Windows by renaming the file to a random name on close() causing it to appear to have been unlinked immediately.

Some kernel caching modes have unhelpfully inconsistent behaviours in getting your data onto storage, so by default unless this flag is specified LLFIO adds extra fsyncs to the following operations for the caching modes specified below: truncation of file length either explicitly or during file open. closing of the handle either explicitly or in the destructor.

Additionally on Linux only to prevent loss of file metadata: On the parent directory whenever a file might have been created. On the parent directory on file close.

This only occurs for these kernel caching modes: caching::none caching::reads caching::reads_and_metadata caching::safety_barriers

file_handle::unlink() could accidentally delete the wrong file if someone has renamed the open file handle since the time it was opened. To prevent this occuring, where the OS doesn't provide race free unlink-by-open-handle we compare the inode of the path we are about to unlink with that of the open handle before unlinking.

Warning
This does not prevent races where in between the time of checking the inode and executing the unlink a third party changes the item about to be unlinked. Only operating systems with a true race-free unlink syscall are race free.

Ask the OS to disable prefetching of data. This can improve random i/o performance.

Ask the OS to maximise prefetching of data, possibly prefetching the entire file into kernel cache. This can improve sequential i/o performance.

< See the documentation for unlink_on_first_close

Microsoft Windows NTFS, having been created in the late 1980s, did not originally implement extents-based storage and thus could only represent sparse files via efficient compression of intermediate zeros. With NTFS v3.0 (Microsoft Windows 2000), a proper extents-based on-storage representation was added, thus allowing only 64Kb extent chunks written to be stored irrespective of whatever the maximum file extent was set to.

For various historical reasons, extents-based storage is disabled by default in newly created files on NTFS, unlike in almost every other major filing system. You have to explicitly "opt in" to extents-based storage.

As extents-based storage is nearly cost free on NTFS, LLFIO by default opts in to extents-based storage for any empty file it creates. If you don't want this, you can specify this flag to prevent that happening.

Filesystems tend to be embarrassingly parallel for operations performed to different inodes. Where LLFIO performs i/o to multiple inodes at a time, it will use OpenMP or the Parallelism or Concurrency standard library extensions to usually complete the operation in constant rather than linear time. If you don't want this default, you can disable default using this flag.

Microsoft Windows NTFS has the option, when creating a directory, to set whether leafname lookup will be case sensitive. This is the only way of getting exact POSIX semantics on Windows without resorting to editing the system registry, however it also affects all code doing lookups within that directory, so we must default it to off.

Create the handle in a way where i/o upon it can be multiplexed with other i/o on the same initiating thread of execution i.e. you can perform more than one read concurrently, without using threads. The blocking operations .read() and .write() may have to use a less efficient, but cancellable, blocking implementation for handles created in this way. On Microsoft Windows, this creates handles with OVERLAPPED semantics. On POSIX, this creates handles with nonblocking semantics for non-file handles such as pipes and sockets, however for file, directory and symlink handles it does not set nonblocking, as it is non-portable.

< Using insane POSIX byte range locks

< This is an inode created with no representation on the filing system

110  {
111  none = uint16_t(0), //!< No flags
112  /*! Unlinks the file on handle close. On POSIX, this simply unlinks whatever is pointed
113  to by `path()` upon the call of `close()` if and only if the inode matches. On Windows,
114  if you are on Windows 10 1709 or later, exactly the same thing occurs. If on previous
115  editions of Windows, the file entry does not disappears but becomes unavailable for
116  anyone else to open with an `errc::resource_unavailable_try_again` error return. Because this is confusing, unless the
117  `win_disable_unlink_emulation` flag is also specified, this POSIX behaviour is
118  somewhat emulated by LLFIO on older Windows by renaming the file to a random name on `close()`
119  causing it to appear to have been unlinked immediately.
120  */
121  unlink_on_first_close = uint16_t(1U << 0U),
122 
123  /*! Some kernel caching modes have unhelpfully inconsistent behaviours
124  in getting your data onto storage, so by default unless this flag is
125  specified LLFIO adds extra fsyncs to the following operations for the
126  caching modes specified below:
127  * truncation of file length either explicitly or during file open.
128  * closing of the handle either explicitly or in the destructor.
129 
130  Additionally on Linux only to prevent loss of file metadata:
131  * On the parent directory whenever a file might have been created.
132  * On the parent directory on file close.
133 
134  This only occurs for these kernel caching modes:
135  * caching::none
136  * caching::reads
137  * caching::reads_and_metadata
138  * caching::safety_barriers
139  */
140  disable_safety_barriers = uint16_t(1U << 2U),
141  /*! `file_handle::unlink()` could accidentally delete the wrong file if someone has
142  renamed the open file handle since the time it was opened. To prevent this occuring,
143  where the OS doesn't provide race free unlink-by-open-handle we compare the inode of
144  the path we are about to unlink with that of the open handle before unlinking.
145  \warning This does not prevent races where in between the time of checking the inode
146  and executing the unlink a third party changes the item about to be unlinked. Only
147  operating systems with a true race-free unlink syscall are race free.
148  */
149  disable_safety_unlinks = uint16_t(1U << 3U),
150  /*! Ask the OS to disable prefetching of data. This can improve random
151  i/o performance.
152  */
153  disable_prefetching = uint16_t(1U << 4U),
154  /*! Ask the OS to maximise prefetching of data, possibly prefetching the entire file
155  into kernel cache. This can improve sequential i/o performance.
156  */
157  maximum_prefetching = uint16_t(1U << 5U),
158 
159  win_disable_unlink_emulation = uint16_t(1U << 9U), //!< See the documentation for `unlink_on_first_close`
160  /*! Microsoft Windows NTFS, having been created in the late 1980s, did not originally
161  implement extents-based storage and thus could only represent sparse files via
162  efficient compression of intermediate zeros. With NTFS v3.0 (Microsoft Windows 2000),
163  a proper extents-based on-storage representation was added, thus allowing only 64Kb
164  extent chunks written to be stored irrespective of whatever the maximum file extent
165  was set to.
166 
167  For various historical reasons, extents-based storage is disabled by default in newly
168  created files on NTFS, unlike in almost every other major filing system. You have to
169  explicitly "opt in" to extents-based storage.
170 
171  As extents-based storage is nearly cost free on NTFS, LLFIO by default opts in to
172  extents-based storage for any empty file it creates. If you don't want this, you
173  can specify this flag to prevent that happening.
174  */
175  win_disable_sparse_file_creation = uint16_t(1U << 10U),
176  /*! Filesystems tend to be embarrassingly parallel for operations performed to different
177  inodes. Where LLFIO performs i/o to multiple inodes at a time, it will use OpenMP or
178  the Parallelism or Concurrency standard library extensions to usually complete the
179  operation in constant rather than linear time. If you don't want this default, you can
180  disable default using this flag.
181  */
182  disable_parallelism = uint16_t(1U << 11U),
183  /*! Microsoft Windows NTFS has the option, when creating a directory, to set whether
184  leafname lookup will be case sensitive. This is the only way of getting exact POSIX
185  semantics on Windows without resorting to editing the system registry, however it also
186  affects all code doing lookups within that directory, so we must default it to off.
187  */
188  win_create_case_sensitive_directory = uint16_t(1U << 12U),
189 
190  /*! Create the handle in a way where i/o upon it can be multiplexed with other i/o
191  on the same initiating thread of execution i.e. you can perform more than one read
192  concurrently, without using threads. The blocking operations `.read()` and `.write()`
193  may have to use a less efficient, but cancellable, blocking implementation for handles created
194  in this way. On Microsoft Windows, this creates handles with `OVERLAPPED` semantics.
195  On POSIX, this creates handles with nonblocking semantics for non-file handles such
196  as pipes and sockets, however for file, directory and symlink handles it does not set
197  nonblocking, as it is non-portable.
198  */
199  multiplexable = uint16_t(1U << 13U),
200 
201  // NOTE: IF UPDATING THIS UPDATE THE std::ostream PRINTER BELOW!!!
202 
203  byte_lock_insanity = uint16_t(1U << 14U), //!< Using insane POSIX byte range locks
204  anonymous_inode = uint16_t(1U << 15U) //!< This is an inode created with no representation on the filing system
205  } QUICKCPPLIB_BITFIELD_END(flag)

◆ set_append_only()

virtual result<void> llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::set_append_only ( bool  enable)
inlineoverridevirtualnoexcept

EXTENSION: Changes whether this handle is append only or not.

Warning
On Windows this is implemented as a bit of a hack to make it fast like on POSIX, so make sure you open the handle for read/write originally. Note unlike on POSIX the append_only disposition will be the only one toggled, seekable and readable will remain turned on.
Errors returnable\n Whatever POSIX fcntl() returns. On Windows nothing is changed on the handle.
Memory Allocations\n No memory allocation.

Reimplemented from llfio_v2_xxx::handle.

195 { return errc::operation_not_supported; }

◆ wait()

result<intptr_t> llfio_v2_xxx::process_handle::wait ( deadline  d = {}) const
inlinenoexcept

Waits until a process exits, returning its exit code.


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