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32.Dd July 24, 1996
33.Os
34.Dt VOP_READDIR 9
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm VOP_READDIR
37.Nd read contents of a directory
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/param.h
40.In sys/dirent.h
41.In sys/vnode.h
42.Ft int
43.Fn VOP_READDIR "struct vnode *vp" "struct uio *uio" "struct ucred *cred" "int *eofflag" "int *ncookies" "u_long **cookies"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45Read directory entries.
46.Bl -tag -width ncookies
47.It Fa vp
48the vnode of the directory
49.It Fa uio
50where to read the directory contents
51.It Fa cred
52the caller's credentials
53.It Fa eofflag
54return end of file status (NULL if not wanted)
55.It Fa ncookies
56number of directory cookies generated for NFS (NULL if not wanted)
57.It Fa cookies
58directory seek cookies generated for NFS (NULL if not wanted)
59.El
60The directory contents are read into
61.Vt struct dirent
62structures.  If the on-disc data structures differ from this then they
63should be translated.
64.Sh LOCKS
65The directory should be locked on entry and will still be locked on exit.
66.Sh RETURN VALUES
67Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
68.Pp
69If this is called from the NFS server, the extra arguments
70.Fa eofflag ,
71.Fa ncookies
72and
73.Fa cookies
74are given.
75The value of
76.Fa *eofflag
77should be set to TRUE if the end of the directory is reached while
78reading.
79The directory seek cookies are returned to the NFS client and may be used
80later to restart a directory read part way through the directory.
81There should be one cookie returned per directory entry.  The value of
82the cookie should be the offset within the directory where the on-disc
83version of the appropriate directory entry starts.
84Memory for the cookies should be allocated using:
85.Pp
86.Bd -literal
87	...;
88	*ncookies = number of entries read;
89	*cookies = (u_int*)#
90		malloc(*ncookies * sizeof(u_int), M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
91.Ed
92.Sh PSEUDOCODE
93.Bd -literal
94int
95vop_readdir(struct vnode *vp, struct uio *uio, struct ucred *cred,
96	    int *eofflag, int *ncookies, u_int **cookies)
97{
98    off_t off;
99    int error = 0;
100
101    /*
102     * Remember the original offset to use later in generating cookies.
103     */
104    off = uio->uio_offset;
105
106    /*
107     * Read directory contents starting at uio->uio_offset into buffer
108     * pointed to by uio.
109     */
110    ...;
111
112    if (!error && ncookies != NULL) {
113	struct dirent *dpStart;
114	struct dirent *dpEnd;
115	struct dirent *dp;
116	int count;
117	u_int *cookiebuf;
118	u_int *cookiep;
119
120	if (uio->uio_segflg != UIO_SYSSPACE || uio->uio_iovcnt != 1)
121	    panic("vop_readdir: unexpected uio from NFS server");
122
123	/*
124	 * Parse the stuff just read into the uio.
125	 */
126	dpStart = (struct dirent *)
127	    (uio->uio_iov->iov_base - (uio->uio_offset - off));
128	dpEnd = (struct dirent *) uio->uio_iov->iov_base;
129
130	/*
131	 * Count number of entries.
132	 */
133	for (dp = dpStart, count = 0;
134	     dp < dpEnd;
135	     dp = (struct dirent *)((caddr_t) dp + dp->d_reclen))
136	    count++;
137
138	cookiebuf = (u_int *) malloc(count * sizeof(u_int), M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
139	for (dp = dpStart; cookiep = cookiebuf;
140	     dp < dpEnd;
141	     dp = (struct dirent *)((caddr_t) dp + dp->d_reclen)) {
142	    off += dp->d_reclen;
143	    *cookiep++ = (u_int) off;
144	}
145	*ncookies = count;
146	*cookies = cookiebuf;
147    }
148
149    if (eofflag && uio->uio_offset is past the end of the directory) {
150	*eofflag = TRUE;
151    }
152
153    return error;
154}
155.Ed
156.Sh ERRORS
157.Bl -tag -width Er
158.It Bq Er EINVAL
159attempt to read from an illegal offset in the directory
160.It Bq Er EIO
161a read error occurred while reading the directory
162.El
163.Sh SEE ALSO
164.Xr vnode 9
165.Sh AUTHORS
166This man page was written by
167.An Doug Rabson .
168