io: change the QIOTask callback signature

Currently the QIOTaskFunc signature takes an Object * for
the source, and an Error * for any error. We also need to
be able to provide a result pointer. Rather than continue
to add parameters to QIOTaskFunc, remove the existing
ones and simply pass the QIOTask object instead. This
has methods to access all the other data items required
in the callback impl.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/include/io/task.h b/include/io/task.h
index 47daba961b..ad90970491 100644
--- a/include/io/task.h
+++ b/include/io/task.h
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 
 typedef struct QIOTask QIOTask;
 
-typedef void (*QIOTaskFunc)(Object *source,
-                            Error *err,
+typedef void (*QIOTaskFunc)(QIOTask *task,
                             gpointer opaque);
 
 typedef int (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ typedef int (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
  * a public API which accepts a task callback:
  *
  * <example>
- *   <title>Task callback function signature</title>
+ *   <title>Task function signature</title>
  *   <programlisting>
  *  void myobject_operation(QMyObject *obj,
  *                          QIOTaskFunc *func,
@@ -57,12 +56,36 @@ typedef int (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
  * is data to pass to it. The optional 'notify' function is used
  * to free 'opaque' when no longer needed.
  *
- * Now, lets say the implementation of this method wants to set
- * a timer to run once a second checking for completion of some
- * activity. It would do something like
+ * When the operation completes, the 'func' callback will be
+ * invoked, allowing the calling code to determine the result
+ * of the operation. An example QIOTaskFunc implementation may
+ * look like
  *
  * <example>
- *   <title>Task callback function implementation</title>
+ *   <title>Task callback implementation</title>
+ *   <programlisting>
+ *  static void myobject_operation_notify(QIOTask *task,
+ *                                        gpointer opaque)
+ *  {
+ *      Error *err = NULL;
+ *      if (qio_task_propagate_error(task, &err)) {
+ *          ...deal with the failure...
+ *          error_free(err);
+ *      } else {
+ *          QMyObject *src = QMY_OBJECT(qio_task_get_source(task));
+ *          ...deal with the completion...
+ *      }
+ *  }
+ *   </programlisting>
+ * </example>
+ *
+ * Now, lets say the implementation of the method using the
+ * task wants to set a timer to run once a second checking
+ * for completion of some activity. It would do something
+ * like
+ *
+ * <example>
+ *   <title>Task function implementation</title>
  *   <programlisting>
  *    void myobject_operation(QMyObject *obj,
  *                            QIOTaskFunc *func,
@@ -102,8 +125,8 @@ typedef int (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
  *
  *      ...check something important...
  *       if (err) {
- *           qio_task_abort(task, err);
- *           error_free(task);
+ *           qio_task_set_error(task, err);
+ *           qio_task_complete(task);
  *           return FALSE;
  *       } else if (...work is completed ...) {
  *           qio_task_complete(task);
@@ -115,6 +138,10 @@ typedef int (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
  *   </programlisting>
  * </example>
  *
+ * The 'qio_task_complete' call in this method will trigger
+ * the callback func 'myobject_operation_notify' shown
+ * earlier to deal with the results.
+ *
  * Once this function returns false, object_unref will be called
  * automatically on the task causing it to be released and the
  * ref on QMyObject dropped too.
@@ -187,8 +214,8 @@ typedef int (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
  * 'err' attribute in the task object to determine if
  * the operation was successful or not.
  *
- * The returned task will be released when one of
- * qio_task_abort() or qio_task_complete() are invoked.
+ * The returned task will be released when qio_task_complete()
+ * is invoked.
  *
  * Returns: the task struct
  */
@@ -204,10 +231,8 @@ QIOTask *qio_task_new(Object *source,
  * @opaque: opaque data to pass to @worker
  * @destroy: function to free @opaque
  *
- * Run a task in a background thread. If @worker
- * returns 0 it will call qio_task_complete() in
- * the main event thread context. If @worker
- * returns -1 it will call qio_task_abort() in
+ * Run a task in a background thread. When @worker
+ * returns it will call qio_task_complete() in
  * the main event thread context.
  */
 void qio_task_run_in_thread(QIOTask *task,
@@ -219,25 +244,11 @@ void qio_task_run_in_thread(QIOTask *task,
  * qio_task_complete:
  * @task: the task struct
  *
- * Mark the operation as successfully completed
- * and free the memory for @task.
+ * Invoke the completion callback for @task and
+ * then free its memory.
  */
 void qio_task_complete(QIOTask *task);
 
-/**
- * qio_task_abort:
- * @task: the task struct
- * @err: the error to record for the operation
- *
- * Mark the operation as failed, with @err providing
- * details about the failure. The @err may be freed
- * afer the function returns, as the notification
- * callback is invoked synchronously. The @task will
- * be freed when this call completes.
- */
-void qio_task_abort(QIOTask *task,
-                    Error *err);
-
 
 /**
  * qio_task_set_error: