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+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * dlmglue.h
+ *
+ * description here
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef DLMGLUE_H
+#define DLMGLUE_H
+
+#define OCFS2_LVB_VERSION 2
+
+struct ocfs2_meta_lvb {
+	__be32       lvb_version;
+	__be32       lvb_iclusters;
+	__be32       lvb_iuid;
+	__be32       lvb_igid;
+	__be64       lvb_iatime_packed;
+	__be64       lvb_ictime_packed;
+	__be64       lvb_imtime_packed;
+	__be64       lvb_isize;
+	__be16       lvb_imode;
+	__be16       lvb_inlink;
+	__be32       lvb_reserved[3];
+};
+
+/* ocfs2_meta_lock_full() and ocfs2_data_lock_full() 'arg_flags' flags */
+/* don't wait on recovery. */
+#define OCFS2_META_LOCK_RECOVERY	(0x01)
+/* Instruct the dlm not to queue ourselves on the other node. */
+#define OCFS2_META_LOCK_NOQUEUE		(0x02)
+/* don't block waiting for the vote thread, instead return -EAGAIN */
+#define OCFS2_LOCK_NONBLOCK		(0x04)
+
+int ocfs2_dlm_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+void ocfs2_dlm_shutdown(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+void ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res);
+void ocfs2_inode_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
+			       enum ocfs2_lock_type type,
+			       struct inode *inode);
+void ocfs2_lock_res_free(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res);
+int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
+int ocfs2_drop_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
+int ocfs2_data_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
+			 int write,
+			 int arg_flags);
+#define ocfs2_data_lock(inode, write) ocfs2_data_lock_full(inode, write, 0)
+int ocfs2_data_lock_with_page(struct inode *inode,
+			      int write,
+			      struct page *page);
+void ocfs2_data_unlock(struct inode *inode,
+		       int write);
+int ocfs2_rw_lock(struct inode *inode, int write);
+void ocfs2_rw_unlock(struct inode *inode, int write);
+int ocfs2_meta_lock_full(struct inode *inode,
+			 struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
+			 struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+			 int ex,
+			 int arg_flags);
+int ocfs2_meta_lock_with_page(struct inode *inode,
+			      struct ocfs2_journal_handle *handle,
+			      struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+			      int ex,
+			      struct page *page);
+/* 99% of the time we don't want to supply any additional flags --
+ * those are for very specific cases only. */
+#define ocfs2_meta_lock(i, h, b, e) ocfs2_meta_lock_full(i, h, b, e, 0)
+void ocfs2_meta_unlock(struct inode *inode,
+		       int ex);
+int ocfs2_super_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+		     int ex);
+void ocfs2_super_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			int ex);
+int ocfs2_rename_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+void ocfs2_rename_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+void ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
+
+/* for the vote thread */
+void ocfs2_process_blocked_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
+
+struct ocfs2_dlm_debug *ocfs2_new_dlm_debug(void);
+void ocfs2_put_dlm_debug(struct ocfs2_dlm_debug *dlm_debug);
+
+/* aids in debugging and tracking lvbs */
+void ocfs2_dump_meta_lvb_info(u64 level,
+			      const char *function,
+			      unsigned int line,
+			      struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
+#define mlog_meta_lvb(__level, __lockres) ocfs2_dump_meta_lvb_info(__level, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, __lockres)
+
+#endif	/* DLMGLUE_H */