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Diffstat (limited to 'src/nix-env/profiles.hh')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix-env/profiles.hh | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-env/profiles.hh b/src/nix-env/profiles.hh index 99c20f42d18c..a64258dae224 100644 --- a/src/nix-env/profiles.hh +++ b/src/nix-env/profiles.hh @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #define __PROFILES_H #include "types.hh" +#include "pathlocks.hh" #include <time.h> @@ -37,6 +38,20 @@ void deleteGeneration(const Path & profile, unsigned int gen); void switchLink(Path link, Path target); +/* Ensure exclusive access to a profile. Any command that modifies + the profile first acquires this lock. */ +void lockProfile(PathLocks & lock, const Path & profile); + +/* Optimistic locking is used by long-running operations like `nix-env + -i'. Instead of acquiring the exclusive lock for the entire + duration of the operation, we just perform the operation + optimistically (without an exclusive lock), and check at the end + whether the profile changed while we were busy (i.e., the symlink + target changed). If so, the operation is restarted. Restarting is + generally cheap, since the build results are still in the Nix + store. Most of the time, only the user environment has to be + rebuilt. */ +string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile); } |