Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] odb: prepare `struct odb_transaction` to become generic

From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 4, 2026, 10:31 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOLa=ZRb1eVSD42Obr_m+3KUy0Bh=0XmOZt8ofrbzy4Mp8xfwQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260203001002.2500198-4-jltobler@gmail.com>

Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:

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> +
> +/*
> + * A transaction may be started for an object database prior to writing new
> + * objects via odb_transaction_begin(). These objects are not committed until
> + * odb_transaction_commit() is invoked. Only a single transaction may be pending
> + * at a time.
> + *
> + * Each ODB source is expected to implement its own transaction handling.
> + */
>  struct odb_transaction;

Nit: Wouldn't it be nicer to just the below `struct odb_transaction`
here and drop this line?

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> +typedef void (*odb_transaction_commit_fn)(struct odb_transaction *transaction);
> +struct odb_transaction {
> +	/* The ODB source the transaction is opened against. */
> +	struct odb_source *source;
> +
> +	/* The ODB source specific callback invoked to commit a transaction. */
> +	odb_transaction_commit_fn commit;
> +};
>
>  /*
>   * The object database encapsulates access to objects in a repository. It
> --
> 2.52.0.373.g68cb7f9e92

Just a question in general, is the idea to eventually also add support for {prepare, rollback} within odb transactions?