[RFC patch 1/2] lib: add notmuch_database_reopen
David Bremner
david at tethera.net
Thu Feb 23 18:00:47 PST 2017
The main expected use is to recover from a Xapian::DatabaseChanged
exception.
---
lib/database.cc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
lib/notmuch.h | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 386dcd17..9c4be516 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -1133,6 +1133,25 @@ notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
return status;
}
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_reopen (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
+{
+ if (notmuch->mode != NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY)
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION;
+
+ try {
+ notmuch->xapian_db->reopen ();
+ } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
+ if (! notmuch->exception_reported) {
+ _notmuch_database_log (notmuch, "Error: A Xapian exception reopening database: %s\n",
+ error.get_msg ().c_str ());
+ notmuch->exception_reported = TRUE;
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION;
+ }
+ }
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
static int
unlink_cb (const char *path,
unused (const struct stat *sb),
diff --git a/lib/notmuch.h b/lib/notmuch.h
index 16da8be9..e9ed01dd 100644
--- a/lib/notmuch.h
+++ b/lib/notmuch.h
@@ -363,6 +363,18 @@ notmuch_status_t
notmuch_database_close (notmuch_database_t *database);
/**
+ * Reopen a (read-only) database, synching the database view with that
+ * on disk.
+ *
+ * @returns
+ * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION: database is not read only
+ * - NOTMUCH_STATUS_XAPIAN_EXCEPTION: a Xapian exception occured trying to
+ * re-open the database.
+ */
+notmuch_status_t
+notmuch_database_reopen (notmuch_database_t *database);
+
+/**
* A callback invoked by notmuch_database_compact to notify the user
* of the progress of the compaction process.
*/
--
2.11.0
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