1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Data Types</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="up" href="LinuxJDBAPI.html" title="Chapter&#160;6.&#160;The Linux Journalling API"><link rel="prev" href="LinuxJDBAPI.html" title="Chapter&#160;6.&#160;The Linux Journalling API"><link rel="next" href="API-typedef-handle-t.html" title="typedef handle_t"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Data Types</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="LinuxJDBAPI.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter&#160;6.&#160;The Linux Journalling API</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-typedef-handle-t.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="data_types"></a>Data Types</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="data_types.html#structures">Structures</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
2	The journalling layer uses typedefs to 'hide' the concrete definitions
3	of the structures used. As a client of the JBD layer you can
4	just rely on the using the pointer as a magic cookie  of some sort.
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6	Obviously the hiding is not enforced as this is 'C'.
7     </p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="structures"></a>Structures</h3></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-typedef-handle-t.html"><span class="phrase">typedef handle_t</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> &#8212; 
8  The handle_t type represents a single atomic update being performed by some process.
9 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-typedef-journal-t.html"><span class="phrase">typedef journal_t</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> &#8212; 
10     The journal_t maintains all of the journaling state information for a single filesystem.
11 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-handle-s.html"><span class="phrase">struct handle_s</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> &#8212; 
12     this is the concrete type associated with handle_t.
13 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-journal-s.html"><span class="phrase">struct journal_s</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> &#8212; 
14     this is the concrete type associated with journal_t.
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