block.h

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * block.h
 *    POSTGRES disk block definitions.
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/include/storage/block.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef BLOCK_H
#define BLOCK_H
 
/*
 * BlockNumber:
 *
 * each data file (heap or index) is divided into postgres disk blocks
 * (which may be thought of as the unit of i/o -- a postgres buffer
 * contains exactly one disk block).  the blocks are numbered
 * sequentially, 0 to 0xFFFFFFFE.
 *
 * InvalidBlockNumber is the same thing as P_NEW in bufmgr.h.
 *
 * the access methods, the buffer manager and the storage manager are
 * more or less the only pieces of code that should be accessing disk
 * blocks directly.
 */
typedef uint32 BlockNumber;
 
#define InvalidBlockNumber      ((BlockNumber) 0xFFFFFFFF)
 
#define MaxBlockNumber          ((BlockNumber) 0xFFFFFFFE)
 
/*
 * BlockId:
 *
 * this is a storage type for BlockNumber.  in other words, this type
 * is used for on-disk structures (e.g., in HeapTupleData) whereas
 * BlockNumber is the type on which calculations are performed (e.g.,
 * in access method code).
 *
 * there doesn't appear to be any reason to have separate types except
 * for the fact that BlockIds can be SHORTALIGN'd (and therefore any
 * structures that contains them, such as ItemPointerData, can also be
 * SHORTALIGN'd).  this is an important consideration for reducing the
 * space requirements of the line pointer (ItemIdData) array on each
 * page and the header of each heap or index tuple, so it doesn't seem
 * wise to change this without good reason.
 */
typedef struct BlockIdData
{
    uint16      bi_hi;
    uint16      bi_lo;
} BlockIdData;
 
typedef BlockIdData *BlockId;   /* block identifier */
 
/* ----------------
 *      support functions
 * ----------------
 */
 
/*
 * BlockNumberIsValid
 *      True iff blockNumber is valid.
 */
static inline bool
BlockNumberIsValid(BlockNumber blockNumber)
{
    return blockNumber != InvalidBlockNumber;
}
 
/*
 * BlockIdSet
 *      Sets a block identifier to the specified value.
 */
static inline void
BlockIdSet(BlockIdData *blockId, BlockNumber blockNumber)
{
    blockId->bi_hi = blockNumber >> 16;
    blockId->bi_lo = blockNumber & 0xffff;
}
 
/*
 * BlockIdEquals
 *      Check for block number equality.
 */
static inline bool
BlockIdEquals(const BlockIdData *blockId1, const BlockIdData *blockId2)
{
    return (blockId1->bi_hi == blockId2->bi_hi &&
            blockId1->bi_lo == blockId2->bi_lo);
}
 
/*
 * BlockIdGetBlockNumber
 *      Retrieve the block number from a block identifier.
 */
static inline BlockNumber
BlockIdGetBlockNumber(const BlockIdData *blockId)
{
    return (((BlockNumber) blockId->bi_hi) << 16) | ((BlockNumber) blockId->bi_lo);
}
 
#endif                          /* BLOCK_H */