empserver/include/lost.h
Markus Armbruster 20b31defe7 Generation numbers to catch write back of stale copies
Oops when a stale copy is written back, i.e. the processor was yielded
since the copy was made.  Such bugs are difficult to spot.  Sequence
numbers catch them when they do actual harm (they also catch different
bugs).  Generation numbers catch them even when they don't.

New ef_generation to count generations.  Call new ef_make_stale() to
step it whenever the processor may be yielded.

New struct emptypedstr member generation.  Make sure all members of
unit empobj_storage share it.  It is only used in copies; its value on
disk and in the cache is meaningless.  Set it to ef_generation by
calling new ef_mark_fresh() when making copies in ef_read() and
ef_blank().  Do the same in obj_changed() to make check_sect_ok() &
friends freshen their argument when it is unchanged.  Copies with
generation other than ef_generation are stale.

Oops in ef_write() when a stale copy is written back.
2009-03-10 15:27:52 +01:00

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/*
* Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
* Copyright (C) 1986-2009, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
* Ken Stevens, Steve McClure
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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*
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*
* ---
*
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*
* ---
*
* lost.h: Definitions for lost items
*
* Known contributors to this file:
* Steve McClure, 1997
*/
#ifndef LOST_H
#define LOST_H
#include <time.h>
#include "types.h"
struct loststr {
/* initial part must match struct empobj */
short ef_type;
short lost_uid;
unsigned lost_seqno;
unsigned lost_generation;
time_t lost_timestamp; /* When it was lost */
natid lost_owner; /* Who lost it */
/* end of part matching struct empobj */
short lost_type; /* Type of thing (ship, plane, nuke, land, sector) */
short lost_id; /* ID of lost thing */
coord lost_x;
coord lost_y;
};
#define getlost(n, p) ef_read(EF_LOST, (n), (p))
#define putlost(n, p) ef_write(EF_LOST, (n), (p))
/* src/lib/subs/lostsub.c */
extern void lost_and_found(int, natid, natid, int, coord, coord);
extern void makelost(short, natid, short, coord, coord);
extern void makenotlost(short, natid, short, coord, coord);
extern void delete_old_lostitems(void);
#endif