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strsplit: remove nump argument
[ccan] / ccan / tdb / transaction.c
index a23bb60427c574a5ac9c7f25ef7c82f32c9c6e0c..11194773647e255f1a7c8743cd69d5c85bfeda59 100644 (file)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     to reduce this to 3 or even 2 with some more work.
 
   - check for a valid recovery record on open of the tdb, while the
-    global lock is held. Automatically recover from the transaction
+    open lock is held. Automatically recover from the transaction
     recovery area if needed, then continue with the open as
     usual. This allows for smooth crash recovery with no administrator
     intervention.
     still available, but no transaction recovery area is used and no
     fsync/msync calls are made.
 
-  - if TDB_NO_NESTING is passed to flags in tdb open then transaction
-    nesting is disabled. tdb_transaction_start() will then implicitely
-    cancel any pending transactions and always start a new transaction
-    context instead of nesting.
-
+  - if TDB_ALLOW_NESTING is passed to flags in tdb open, or added using
+    tdb_add_flags() transaction nesting is enabled.
+    It resets the TDB_DISALLOW_NESTING flag, as both cannot be used together.
+    The default is that transaction nesting is allowed.
+    Note: this default may change in future versions of tdb.
+
+    Beware. when transactions are nested a transaction successfully
+    completed with tdb_transaction_commit() can be silently unrolled later.
+
+  - if TDB_DISALLOW_NESTING is passed to flags in tdb open, or added using
+    tdb_add_flags() transaction nesting is disabled.
+    It resets the TDB_ALLOW_NESTING flag, as both cannot be used together.
+    An attempt create a nested transaction will fail with TDB_ERR_NESTING.
+    The default is that transaction nesting is allowed.
+    Note: this default may change in future versions of tdb.
 */
 
 
@@ -121,8 +131,15 @@ struct tdb_transaction {
           but don't create a new transaction */
        int nesting;
 
+       /* set when a prepare has already occurred */
+       bool prepared;
+       tdb_off_t magic_offset;
+
        /* old file size before transaction */
        tdb_len_t old_map_size;
+
+       /* we should re-pack on commit */
+       bool need_repack;
 };
 
 
@@ -192,6 +209,14 @@ static int transaction_write(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t off,
 {
        uint32_t blk;
 
+       /* Only a commit is allowed on a prepared transaction */
+       if (tdb->transaction->prepared) {
+               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_EINVAL;
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "transaction_write: transaction already prepared, write not allowed\n"));
+               tdb->transaction->transaction_error = 1;
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        /* if the write is to a hash head, then update the transaction
           hash heads */
        if (len == sizeof(tdb_off_t) && off >= FREELIST_TOP &&
@@ -362,7 +387,8 @@ static int transaction_oob(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t len, int probe)
        if (len <= tdb->map_size) {
                return 0;
        }
-       return TDB_ERRCODE(TDB_ERR_IO, -1);
+       tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+       return -1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -377,15 +403,8 @@ static int transaction_expand_file(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t size,
                return -1;
        }
 
-       return 0;
-}
+       tdb->transaction->need_repack = true;
 
-/*
-  brlock during a transaction - ignore them
-*/
-static int transaction_brlock(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t offset, 
-                             int rw_type, int lck_type, int probe, size_t len)
-{
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -395,12 +414,41 @@ static const struct tdb_methods transaction_methods = {
        transaction_next_hash_chain,
        transaction_oob,
        transaction_expand_file,
-       transaction_brlock
 };
 
-int tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(struct tdb_context *tdb)
+/*
+  sync to disk
+*/
+static int transaction_sync(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t offset, tdb_len_t length)
+{      
+       if (tdb->flags & TDB_NOSYNC) {
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if (fsync(tdb->fd) != 0) {
+               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction: fsync failed\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+#ifdef MS_SYNC
+       if (tdb->map_ptr) {
+               tdb_off_t moffset = offset & ~(tdb->page_size-1);
+               if (msync(moffset + (char *)tdb->map_ptr, 
+                         length + (offset - moffset), MS_SYNC) != 0) {
+                       tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction: msync failed - %s\n",
+                                strerror(errno)));
+                       return -1;
+               }
+       }
+#endif
+       return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int _tdb_transaction_cancel(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 {
-       int i;
+       int i, ret = 0;
 
        if (tdb->transaction == NULL) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_cancel: no transaction\n"));
@@ -423,32 +471,29 @@ int tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        }
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
 
-       /* remove any global lock created during the transaction */
-       if (tdb->global_lock.count != 0) {
-               tdb_brlock(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 4*tdb->header.hash_size);
-               tdb->global_lock.count = 0;
-       }
+       if (tdb->transaction->magic_offset) {
+               const struct tdb_methods *methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
+               uint32_t invalid = TDB_RECOVERY_INVALID_MAGIC;
 
-       /* remove any locks created during the transaction */
-       if (tdb->num_locks != 0) {
-               for (i=0;i<tdb->num_lockrecs;i++) {
-                       tdb_brlock(tdb,FREELIST_TOP+4*tdb->lockrecs[i].list,
-                                  F_UNLCK,F_SETLKW, 0, 1);
+               /* remove the recovery marker */
+               if (methods->tdb_write(tdb, tdb->transaction->magic_offset, &invalid, 4) == -1 ||
+               transaction_sync(tdb, tdb->transaction->magic_offset, 4) == -1) {
+                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_cancel: failed to remove recovery magic\n"));
+                       ret = -1;
                }
-               tdb->num_locks = 0;
-               tdb->num_lockrecs = 0;
-               SAFE_FREE(tdb->lockrecs);
        }
 
+       /* This also removes the OPEN_LOCK, if we have it. */
+       tdb_release_extra_locks(tdb);
+
        /* restore the normal io methods */
        tdb->methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
 
-       tdb_brlock(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 0);
-       tdb_transaction_unlock(tdb);
+       tdb_transaction_unlock(tdb, F_WRLCK);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->hash_heads);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction);
        
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -466,19 +511,18 @@ int tdb_transaction_start(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 
        /* cope with nested tdb_transaction_start() calls */
        if (tdb->transaction != NULL) {
-               tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_transaction_start");
-               if (!tdb->flags & TDB_NO_NESTING) {
-                       tdb->transaction->nesting++;
-                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_TRACE, "tdb_transaction_start: nesting %d\n", 
-                                tdb->transaction->nesting));
-                       return 0;
-               } else {
-                       tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
-                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_TRACE, "tdb_transaction_start: cancelling previous transaction\n"));
+               if (!(tdb->flags & TDB_ALLOW_NESTING)) {
+                       tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_NESTING;
+                       return -1;
                }
+               tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_transaction_start");
+               tdb->transaction->nesting++;
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_TRACE, "tdb_transaction_start: nesting %d\n", 
+                        tdb->transaction->nesting));
+               return 0;
        }
 
-       if (tdb->num_locks != 0 || tdb->global_lock.count) {
+       if (tdb_have_extra_locks(tdb)) {
                /* the caller must not have any locks when starting a
                   transaction as otherwise we'll be screwed by lack
                   of nested locks in posix */
@@ -517,10 +561,9 @@ int tdb_transaction_start(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        
        /* get a read lock from the freelist to the end of file. This
           is upgraded to a write lock during the commit */
-       if (tdb_brlock(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, F_RDLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 0) == -1) {
+       if (tdb_allrecord_lock(tdb, F_RDLCK, TDB_LOCK_WAIT, true) == -1) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_start: failed to get hash locks\n"));
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_LOCK;
-               goto fail;
+               goto fail_allrecord_lock;
        }
 
        /* setup a copy of the hash table heads so the hash scan in
@@ -553,8 +596,9 @@ int tdb_transaction_start(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        return 0;
        
 fail:
-       tdb_brlock(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 0);
-       tdb_transaction_unlock(tdb);
+       tdb_allrecord_unlock(tdb, F_RDLCK, false);
+fail_allrecord_lock:
+       tdb_transaction_unlock(tdb, F_WRLCK);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->hash_heads);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction);
@@ -566,36 +610,11 @@ fail:
   cancel the current transaction
 */
 int tdb_transaction_cancel(struct tdb_context *tdb)
-{      
+{
        tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_transaction_cancel");
-       return tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
-}
-/*
-  sync to disk
-*/
-static int transaction_sync(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t offset, tdb_len_t length)
-{      
-       if (fsync(tdb->fd) != 0) {
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction: fsync failed\n"));
-               return -1;
-       }
-#ifdef MS_SYNC
-       if (tdb->map_ptr) {
-               tdb_off_t moffset = offset & ~(tdb->page_size-1);
-               if (msync(moffset + (char *)tdb->map_ptr, 
-                         length + (offset - moffset), MS_SYNC) != 0) {
-                       tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
-                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction: msync failed - %s\n",
-                                strerror(errno)));
-                       return -1;
-               }
-       }
-#endif
-       return 0;
+       return _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
 }
 
-
 /*
   work out how much space the linearised recovery data will consume
 */
@@ -632,7 +651,7 @@ static int tdb_recovery_allocate(struct tdb_context *tdb,
                                 tdb_off_t *recovery_offset,
                                 tdb_len_t *recovery_max_size)
 {
-       struct list_struct rec;
+       struct tdb_record rec;
        const struct tdb_methods *methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
        tdb_off_t recovery_head;
 
@@ -643,10 +662,16 @@ static int tdb_recovery_allocate(struct tdb_context *tdb,
 
        rec.rec_len = 0;
 
-       if (recovery_head != 0 && 
-           methods->tdb_read(tdb, recovery_head, &rec, sizeof(rec), DOCONV()) == -1) {
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_recovery_allocate: failed to read recovery record\n"));
-               return -1;
+       if (recovery_head != 0) {
+               if (methods->tdb_read(tdb, recovery_head, &rec, sizeof(rec), DOCONV()) == -1) {
+                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_recovery_allocate: failed to read recovery record\n"));
+                       return -1;
+               }
+               /* ignore invalid recovery regions: can happen in crash */
+               if (rec.magic != TDB_RECOVERY_MAGIC &&
+                   rec.magic != TDB_RECOVERY_INVALID_MAGIC) {
+                       recovery_head = 0;
+               }
        }
 
        *recovery_size = tdb_recovery_size(tdb);
@@ -718,7 +743,7 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
        tdb_len_t recovery_size;
        unsigned char *data, *p;
        const struct tdb_methods *methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
-       struct list_struct *rec;
+       struct tdb_record *rec;
        tdb_off_t recovery_offset, recovery_max_size;
        tdb_off_t old_map_size = tdb->transaction->old_map_size;
        uint32_t magic, tailer;
@@ -738,10 +763,10 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
                return -1;
        }
 
-       rec = (struct list_struct *)data;
+       rec = (struct tdb_record *)data;
        memset(rec, 0, sizeof(*rec));
 
-       rec->magic    = 0;
+       rec->magic    = TDB_RECOVERY_INVALID_MAGIC;
        rec->data_len = recovery_size;
        rec->rec_len  = recovery_max_size;
        rec->key_len  = old_map_size;
@@ -821,7 +846,7 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
        magic = TDB_RECOVERY_MAGIC;
        CONVERT(magic);
 
-       *magic_offset = recovery_offset + offsetof(struct list_struct, magic);
+       *magic_offset = recovery_offset + offsetof(struct tdb_record, magic);
 
        if (methods->tdb_write(tdb, *magic_offset, &magic, sizeof(magic)) == -1) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_setup_recovery: failed to write recovery magic\n"));
@@ -842,26 +867,26 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
        return 0;
 }
 
-/*
-  commit the current transaction
-*/
-int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
+static int _tdb_transaction_prepare_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 {      
        const struct tdb_methods *methods;
-       tdb_off_t magic_offset = 0;
-       uint32_t zero = 0;
-       int i;
 
-       tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_transaction_commit");
        if (tdb->transaction == NULL) {
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: no transaction\n"));
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: no transaction\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       if (tdb->transaction->prepared) {
+               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_EINVAL;
+               _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: transaction already prepared\n"));
                return -1;
        }
 
        if (tdb->transaction->transaction_error) {
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
-               tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: transaction error pending\n"));
+               _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: transaction error pending\n"));
                return -1;
        }
 
@@ -873,7 +898,6 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 
        /* check for a null transaction */
        if (tdb->transaction->blocks == NULL) {
-               tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
                return 0;
        }
 
@@ -881,55 +905,110 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        
        /* if there are any locks pending then the caller has not
           nested their locks properly, so fail the transaction */
-       if (tdb->num_locks || tdb->global_lock.count) {
+       if (tdb_have_extra_locks(tdb)) {
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_LOCK;
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: locks pending on commit\n"));
-               tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: locks pending on commit\n"));
+               _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
                return -1;
        }
 
        /* upgrade the main transaction lock region to a write lock */
-       if (tdb_brlock_upgrade(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, 0) == -1) {
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_start: failed to upgrade hash locks\n"));
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_LOCK;
-               tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
+       if (tdb_allrecord_upgrade(tdb) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: failed to upgrade hash locks\n"));
+               _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
                return -1;
        }
 
-       /* get the global lock - this prevents new users attaching to the database
+       /* get the open lock - this prevents new users attaching to the database
           during the commit */
-       if (tdb_brlock(tdb, GLOBAL_LOCK, F_WRLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 1) == -1) {
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: failed to get global lock\n"));
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_LOCK;
-               tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
+       if (tdb_nest_lock(tdb, OPEN_LOCK, F_WRLCK, TDB_LOCK_WAIT) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: failed to get open lock\n"));
+               _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
                return -1;
        }
 
        if (!(tdb->flags & TDB_NOSYNC)) {
                /* write the recovery data to the end of the file */
-               if (transaction_setup_recovery(tdb, &magic_offset) == -1) {
-                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_commit: failed to setup recovery data\n"));
-                       tdb_brlock(tdb, GLOBAL_LOCK, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 1);
-                       tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
+               if (transaction_setup_recovery(tdb, &tdb->transaction->magic_offset) == -1) {
+                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: failed to setup recovery data\n"));
+                       _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
                        return -1;
                }
        }
 
+       tdb->transaction->prepared = true;
+
        /* expand the file to the new size if needed */
        if (tdb->map_size != tdb->transaction->old_map_size) {
                if (methods->tdb_expand_file(tdb, tdb->transaction->old_map_size, 
                                             tdb->map_size - 
                                             tdb->transaction->old_map_size) == -1) {
                        tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
-                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_commit: expansion failed\n"));
-                       tdb_brlock(tdb, GLOBAL_LOCK, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 1);
-                       tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
+                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit: expansion failed\n"));
+                       _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
                        return -1;
                }
                tdb->map_size = tdb->transaction->old_map_size;
                methods->tdb_oob(tdb, tdb->map_size + 1, 1);
        }
 
+       /* Keep the open lock until the actual commit */
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+   prepare to commit the current transaction
+*/
+int tdb_transaction_prepare_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
+{      
+       tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_transaction_prepare_commit");
+       return _tdb_transaction_prepare_commit(tdb);
+}
+
+/*
+  commit the current transaction
+*/
+int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
+{      
+       const struct tdb_methods *methods;
+       int i;
+       bool need_repack;
+
+       if (tdb->transaction == NULL) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: no transaction\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       tdb_trace(tdb, "tdb_transaction_commit");
+
+       if (tdb->transaction->transaction_error) {
+               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+               tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: transaction error pending\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+
+       if (tdb->transaction->nesting != 0) {
+               tdb->transaction->nesting--;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       /* check for a null transaction */
+       if (tdb->transaction->blocks == NULL) {
+               _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if (!tdb->transaction->prepared) {
+               int ret = _tdb_transaction_prepare_commit(tdb);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
+
        /* perform all the writes */
        for (i=0;i<tdb->transaction->num_blocks;i++) {
                tdb_off_t offset;
@@ -954,8 +1033,7 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
                        tdb->methods = methods;
                        tdb_transaction_recover(tdb); 
 
-                       tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
-                       tdb_brlock(tdb, GLOBAL_LOCK, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 1);
+                       _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
 
                        TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_commit: write failed\n"));
                        return -1;
@@ -966,26 +1044,11 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
        tdb->transaction->num_blocks = 0;
 
-       if (!(tdb->flags & TDB_NOSYNC)) {
-               /* ensure the new data is on disk */
-               if (transaction_sync(tdb, 0, tdb->map_size) == -1) {
-                       return -1;
-               }
-
-               /* remove the recovery marker */
-               if (methods->tdb_write(tdb, magic_offset, &zero, 4) == -1) {
-                       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_commit: failed to remove recovery magic\n"));
-                       return -1;
-               }
-
-               /* ensure the recovery marker has been removed on disk */
-               if (transaction_sync(tdb, magic_offset, 4) == -1) {
-                       return -1;
-               }
+       /* ensure the new data is on disk */
+       if (transaction_sync(tdb, 0, tdb->map_size) == -1) {
+               return -1;
        }
 
-       tdb_brlock(tdb, GLOBAL_LOCK, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 1);
-
        /*
          TODO: maybe write to some dummy hdr field, or write to magic
          offset without mmap, before the last sync, instead of the
@@ -1001,9 +1064,15 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        utime(tdb->name, NULL);
 #endif
 
+       need_repack = tdb->transaction->need_repack;
+
        /* use a transaction cancel to free memory and remove the
           transaction locks */
-       tdb_transaction_cancel_internal(tdb);
+       _tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+
+       if (need_repack) {
+               return tdb_repack(tdb);
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1011,7 +1080,7 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 
 /*
   recover from an aborted transaction. Must be called with exclusive
-  database write access already established (including the global
+  database write access already established (including the open
   lock to prevent new processes attaching)
 */
 int tdb_transaction_recover(struct tdb_context *tdb)
@@ -1019,7 +1088,7 @@ int tdb_transaction_recover(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        tdb_off_t recovery_head, recovery_eof;
        unsigned char *data, *p;
        uint32_t zero = 0;
-       struct list_struct rec;
+       struct tdb_record rec;
 
        /* find the recovery area */
        if (tdb_ofs_read(tdb, TDB_RECOVERY_HEAD, &recovery_head) == -1) {
@@ -1106,23 +1175,13 @@ int tdb_transaction_recover(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        }
 
        /* remove the recovery magic */
-       if (tdb_ofs_write(tdb, recovery_head + offsetof(struct list_struct, magic), 
+       if (tdb_ofs_write(tdb, recovery_head + offsetof(struct tdb_record, magic),
                          &zero) == -1) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_recover: failed to remove recovery magic\n"));
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
                return -1;                      
        }
        
-       /* reduce the file size to the old size */
-       tdb_munmap(tdb);
-       if (ftruncate(tdb->fd, recovery_eof) != 0) {
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_recover: failed to reduce to recovery size\n"));
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
-               return -1;                      
-       }
-       tdb->map_size = recovery_eof;
-       tdb_mmap(tdb);
-
        if (transaction_sync(tdb, 0, recovery_eof) == -1) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_recover: failed to sync2 recovery\n"));
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
@@ -1135,3 +1194,28 @@ int tdb_transaction_recover(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        /* all done */
        return 0;
 }
+
+/* Any I/O failures we say "needs recovery". */
+bool tdb_needs_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb)
+{
+       tdb_off_t recovery_head;
+       struct tdb_record rec;
+
+       /* find the recovery area */
+       if (tdb_ofs_read(tdb, TDB_RECOVERY_HEAD, &recovery_head) == -1) {
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       if (recovery_head == 0) {
+               /* we have never allocated a recovery record */
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       /* read the recovery record */
+       if (tdb->methods->tdb_read(tdb, recovery_head, &rec,
+                                  sizeof(rec), DOCONV()) == -1) {
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       return (rec.magic == TDB_RECOVERY_MAGIC);
+}