=head1 NAME

nbd_is_rotational - is the NBD disk rotational (like a disk)?

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <libnbd.h>

 int nbd_is_rotational (
       struct nbd_handle *h
     );

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Returns true if the disk exposed over NBD is rotational
(like a traditional floppy or hard disk).  Returns false if
the disk has no penalty for random access (like an SSD or
RAM disk).

This call does not block, because it returns data that is saved in
the handle from the NBD protocol handshake.

=head1 RETURN VALUE

This call returns a boolean value.

=head1 ERRORS

On error C<-1> is returned.

Refer to L<libnbd(3)/ERROR HANDLING>
for how to get further details of the error.

The following parameters must not be NULL: C<h>.
For more information see L<libnbd(3)/Non-NULL parameters>.

=head1 HANDLE STATE

nbd_is_rotational
can be called when the handle is in the following states:

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

=head1 VERSION

This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

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

 #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_IS_ROTATIONAL 1

=head1 EXAMPLE

This example is also available as F<examples/server-flags.c>
in the libnbd source code.

 /* This example shows how to connect to an NBD
  * server and print the export flags.
  *
  * You can test it with nbdkit like this:
  *
  * nbdkit -U - memory 1M \
  *   --run './server-flags $unixsocket'
  */

 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>

 #include <libnbd.h>

 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   struct nbd_handle *nbd;
   char *str;
   int flag;

   if (argc != 2) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s socket\n", argv[0]);
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }

   /* Create the libnbd handle. */
   nbd = nbd_create ();
   if (nbd == NULL) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }

   /* Request full information. */
 #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_SET_FULL_INFO /* Added in 1.4 */
   if (nbd_set_full_info (nbd, true) == -1) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 #endif

   /* Connect to the NBD server over a
    * Unix domain socket.
    */
   if (nbd_connect_unix (nbd, argv[1]) == -1) {
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }

   /* See if the server provided extra details,
    * using functions added in 1.4
    */
 #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_GET_EXPORT_DESCRIPTION
   str = nbd_get_canonical_export_name (nbd);
   if (str)
     printf ("canonical_name = %s\n", str);
   free (str);
   str = nbd_get_export_description (nbd);
   if (str)
     printf ("description = %s\n", str);
   free (str);
 #endif

   /* Read and print the flags. */
 #define PRINT_FLAG(flag_fn)                     \
   flag = flag_fn (nbd);                         \
   if (flag == -1) {                             \
     fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ()); \
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);                        \
   }                                             \
   printf (#flag_fn " = %s\n",                   \
           flag ? "true" : "false");

   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_cache);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_df);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_flush);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_fua);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_multi_conn);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_trim);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_zero);
 #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CAN_FAST_ZERO
   /* Added in 1.2 */
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_fast_zero);
 #endif
 #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CAN_BLOCK_STATUS_PAYLOAD
   /* Added in 1.18 */
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_can_block_status_payload);
 #endif
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_is_read_only);
   PRINT_FLAG (nbd_is_rotational);

   /* Close the libnbd handle. */
   nbd_close (nbd);

   exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<nbd_create(3)>,
L<nbd_opt_info(3)>,
L<libnbd(3)/Flag calls>,
L<libnbd(3)>.

=head1 AUTHORS

Eric Blake

Richard W.M. Jones

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright Red Hat
