read_stream.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * read_stream.h
 *    Mechanism for accessing buffered relation data with look-ahead
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2024, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/include/storage/read_stream.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef READ_STREAM_H
#define READ_STREAM_H
 
#include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 
/* Default tuning, reasonable for many users. */
#define READ_STREAM_DEFAULT 0x00
 
/*
 * I/O streams that are performing maintenance work on behalf of potentially
 * many users, and thus should be governed by maintenance_io_concurrency
 * instead of effective_io_concurrency.  For example, VACUUM or CREATE INDEX.
 */
#define READ_STREAM_MAINTENANCE 0x01
 
/*
 * We usually avoid issuing prefetch advice automatically when sequential
 * access is detected, but this flag explicitly disables it, for cases that
 * might not be correctly detected.  Explicit advice is known to perform worse
 * than letting the kernel (at least Linux) detect sequential access.
 */
#define READ_STREAM_SEQUENTIAL 0x02
 
/*
 * We usually ramp up from smaller reads to larger ones, to support users who
 * don't know if it's worth reading lots of buffers yet.  This flag disables
 * that, declaring ahead of time that we'll be reading all available buffers.
 */
#define READ_STREAM_FULL 0x04
 
struct ReadStream;
typedef struct ReadStream ReadStream;
 
/* Callback that returns the next block number to read. */
typedef BlockNumber (*ReadStreamBlockNumberCB) (ReadStream *stream,
                                                void *callback_private_data,
                                                void *per_buffer_data);
 
extern ReadStream *read_stream_begin_relation(int flags,
                                              BufferAccessStrategy strategy,
                                              Relation rel,
                                              ForkNumber forknum,
                                              ReadStreamBlockNumberCB callback,
                                              void *callback_private_data,
                                              size_t per_buffer_data_size);
extern Buffer read_stream_next_buffer(ReadStream *stream, void **per_buffer_private);
extern void read_stream_reset(ReadStream *stream);
extern void read_stream_end(ReadStream *stream);
 
#endif                          /* READ_STREAM_H */