NAME

       nbd_add_meta_context - ask server to negotiate metadata context

SYNOPSIS

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int nbd_add_meta_context (struct nbd_handle *h,
                                  const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

       During connection libnbd can negotiate zero or more metadata contexts with the server.  Metadata contexts
       are features (such as "base:allocation") which describe information returned by the nbd_block_status(3)
       command (for "base:allocation" this is whether blocks of data are allocated, zero or sparse).

       This call adds one metadata context to the list to be negotiated.  You can call it as many times as
       needed.  The list is initially empty when the handle is created; you can check the contents of the list
       with nbd_get_nr_meta_contexts(3) and nbd_get_meta_context(3), or clear it with
       nbd_clear_meta_contexts(3).

       The NBD protocol limits meta context names to 4096 bytes, but servers may not support the full length.
       The encoding of meta context names is always UTF-8.

       Not all servers support all metadata contexts.  To learn if a context was actually negotiated, call
       nbd_can_meta_context(3) after connecting.

       The single parameter is the name of the metadata context, for example "LIBNBD_CONTEXT_BASE_ALLOCATION".
       <libnbd.h> includes defined constants beginning with "LIBNBD_CONTEXT_" for some well-known contexts, but
       you are free to pass in other contexts.

       Other metadata contexts are server-specific, but include "qemu:dirty-bitmap:..." and
       "qemu:allocation-depth" for qemu-nbd (see qemu-nbd -B and -A options).

RETURN VALUE

       If the call is successful the function returns 0.

ERRORS

       On error "-1" is returned.

       Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

HANDLE STATE

       The handle must be newly created, or negotiating, otherwise this call will return an error.

VERSION

       This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

       If you need to test if this function is available at compile time check if the following macro is
       defined:

        #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_ADD_META_CONTEXT 1

SEE ALSO

       nbd_block_status(3), nbd_can_meta_context(3), nbd_clear_meta_contexts(3), nbd_create(3),
       nbd_get_meta_context(3), nbd_get_nr_meta_contexts(3), libnbd(3).

AUTHORS

       Eric Blake

       Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
       (at your option) any later version.

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       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General
       Public License for more details.

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