1 files changed, 83 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/io/channel.h b/include/io/channel.h
index 5f9dbaab65..7986c49c71 100644
--- a/include/io/channel.h
+++ b/include/io/channel.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum QIOChannelFeature {
     QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_LISTEN,
     QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_WRITE_ZERO_COPY,
     QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_READ_MSG_PEEK,
+    QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SEEKABLE,
 };
 
 
@@ -130,6 +131,16 @@ struct QIOChannelClass {
                            Error **errp);
 
     /* Optional callbacks */
+    ssize_t (*io_pwritev)(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                          const struct iovec *iov,
+                          size_t niov,
+                          off_t offset,
+                          Error **errp);
+    ssize_t (*io_preadv)(QIOChannel *ioc,
+                         const struct iovec *iov,
+                         size_t niov,
+                         off_t offset,
+                         Error **errp);
     int (*io_shutdown)(QIOChannel *ioc,
                        QIOChannelShutdown how,
                        Error **errp);
@@ -529,6 +540,78 @@ int qio_channel_close(QIOChannel *ioc,
                       Error **errp);
 
 /**
+ * qio_channel_pwritev
+ * @ioc: the channel object
+ * @iov: the array of memory regions to write data from
+ * @niov: the length of the @iov array
+ * @offset: offset in the channel where writes should begin
+ * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
+ *
+ * Not all implementations will support this facility, so may report
+ * an error. To avoid errors, the caller may check for the feature
+ * flag QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SEEKABLE prior to calling this method.
+ *
+ * Behaves as qio_channel_writev_full, apart from not supporting
+ * sending of file handles as well as beginning the write at the
+ * passed @offset
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t qio_channel_pwritev(QIOChannel *ioc, const struct iovec *iov,
+                            size_t niov, off_t offset, Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * qio_channel_pwrite
+ * @ioc: the channel object
+ * @buf: the memory region to write data into
+ * @buflen: the number of bytes to @buf
+ * @offset: offset in the channel where writes should begin
+ * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
+ *
+ * Not all implementations will support this facility, so may report
+ * an error. To avoid errors, the caller may check for the feature
+ * flag QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SEEKABLE prior to calling this method.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t qio_channel_pwrite(QIOChannel *ioc, char *buf, size_t buflen,
+                           off_t offset, Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * qio_channel_preadv
+ * @ioc: the channel object
+ * @iov: the array of memory regions to read data into
+ * @niov: the length of the @iov array
+ * @offset: offset in the channel where writes should begin
+ * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
+ *
+ * Not all implementations will support this facility, so may report
+ * an error.  To avoid errors, the caller may check for the feature
+ * flag QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SEEKABLE prior to calling this method.
+ *
+ * Behaves as qio_channel_readv_full, apart from not supporting
+ * receiving of file handles as well as beginning the read at the
+ * passed @offset
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t qio_channel_preadv(QIOChannel *ioc, const struct iovec *iov,
+                           size_t niov, off_t offset, Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * qio_channel_pread
+ * @ioc: the channel object
+ * @buf: the memory region to write data into
+ * @buflen: the number of bytes to @buf
+ * @offset: offset in the channel where writes should begin
+ * @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
+ *
+ * Not all implementations will support this facility, so may report
+ * an error.  To avoid errors, the caller may check for the feature
+ * flag QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SEEKABLE prior to calling this method.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t qio_channel_pread(QIOChannel *ioc, char *buf, size_t buflen,
+                          off_t offset, Error **errp);
+
+/**
  * qio_channel_shutdown:
  * @ioc: the channel object
  * @how: the direction to shutdown