namecache redesign

[Rafal Szczesniak]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:59:01PM -0400, tridge at samba.org wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> > How about keeping basically the same API in namecache.c (i.e expiry
> > based on time_t) but with an appropriate key prefix as you suggest?
> 
> What I'd like to see is a lib/gencache.c module that provides a string
> based cache. So all cache entries would have string keys and string
> values.
> 
> key: NBT/name#1c
> value: 192.168.2.10 192.168.3.21
> 
> then namecache.c would just call routines in gencache.c to provide
> convenient wrapper routines that convert to/from "struct in_addr"

Yes, that's close to what I have on my mind.

> I also think we need management tools in net. eg:
> 
>   net cache list
>   net cache delete NBT/name#1c
>   net cache flush

That's correct, but Jean Francois mentioned something about rewriting
some tools. According to his concepts this would go to smbcontrol
ie. 'local control' tool.

> even better if 'net cache delete' could take wildcards (using
> fnmatch()). So you can do:
> 
>   net cache delete NBT/*

Sure, that's possible. That's why I implemented (with your help) tdb
pattern searching function for.

> the C API in gencache.c could be:
> 
> BOOL gencache_add(const char *key, const char *value, time_t timeout);
> BOOL gencache_del(const char *key);
> BOOL gencache_get(const char *key, char **value, time_t *timeout);
> void gencache_iterate(void (*fn)(const char *key, const char *value, time_t timeout));
> 
> plus startup/shutdown functions:
> 
> BOOL gencache_startup(void);
> BOOL gencache_shutdown(void);
> 
> sound ok?

Yes. As for me and for now, it sounds ok.

> mimir, do you feel like taking this on?

I need it probably the most of you, right now :) The more, because
this is solution of two issues of mine (waiting to be solved).
I'll save the copy of this API draft, then, and just start working :)


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