nbd_opt_extended_headers(3)

NAME
nbd_opt_extended_headers - request the server to enable extended headers

SYNOPSIS
 #include <libnbd.h>

 int nbd_opt_extended_headers (
       struct nbd_handle *h
     );

DESCRIPTION
Request that the server use extended headers, by sending "NBD_OPT_EXTENDED_HEADERS". This can only be used if nbd_set_opt_mode(3) enabled option mode; furthermore, libnbd defaults to automatically requesting this unless you use nbd_set_request_extended_headers(3) or nbd_set_request_structured_replies(3) prior to connecting. This function is mainly useful for integration testing of corner cases in server handling.

This function returns true if the server replies with success, false if the server replies with an error, and fails only if the server does not reply (such as for a loss of connection). Note that some servers fail a second request as redundant; libnbd assumes that once one request has succeeded, then extended headers are supported (as visible by nbd_get_extended_headers_negotiated(3)) regardless if later calls to this function return false. If this function returns true, the use of structured replies is implied.

RETURN VALUE
This call returns a boolean value.

ERRORS
On error -1 is returned.

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

The following parameters must not be NULL: "h". For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in libnbd(3).

HANDLE STATE
nbd_opt_extended_headers can be called when the handle is in the following state:

 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
 │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ✅ allowed              │
 │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
 │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
 │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
 └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

VERSION
This function first appeared in libnbd 1.18.

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

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_OPT_EXTENDED_HEADERS 1

SEE ALSO
nbd_aio_opt_extended_headers(3), nbd_create(3), nbd_get_extended_headers_negotiated(3), nbd_opt_go(3), nbd_set_opt_mode(3), nbd_set_request_extended_headers(3), nbd_set_request_structured_replies(3), libnbd(3).

AUTHORS
Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT
Copyright Red Hat

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.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 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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