lmdbjava · benalexau · Apr 15, 2020 · Jan 4, 2020
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/lmdbjava/EnvFlags.java b/src/main/java/org/lmdbjava/EnvFlags.java
@@ -26,50 +26,136 @@
 public enum EnvFlags implements MaskedFlag {
 
   /**
-   * Mmap at a fixed address (experimental).
+   * http://www.lmdb.tech/doc/group__mdb.html#ga32a193c6bf4d7d5c5d579e71f22e9340
    */
+
   /**
    * Mmap at a fixed address (experimental).
+   * MDB_FIXEDMAP : Use a fixed address for the mmap region. This flag must be
+   * specified when creating the environment, and is stored persistently in the
+   * environment. If successful, the memory map will always reside at the same
+   * virtual address and pointers used to reference data items in the database will
+   * be constant across multiple invocations. This option may not always work,
+   * depending on how the operating system has allocated memory to shared
+   * libraries and other uses. The feature is highly experimental.
    */
   MDB_FIXEDMAP(0x01),
+
   /**
    * No environment directory.
+   * MDB_NOSUBDIR : By default, LMDB creates its environment in a directory whose pathname is
+   * given in path, and creates its data and lock files under that directory.
+   * With this option, path is used as-is for the database main data file. The
+   * database lock file is the path with "-lock" appended.
    */
   MDB_NOSUBDIR(0x4000),
+
   /**
-   * Don't fsync after commit.
+   * MDB_RDONLY : Open the environment in read-only mode. No write operations will
+   * be allowed. LMDB will still modify the lock file - except on read-only
+   * filesystems, where LMDB does not use locks.
    */
-  MDB_NOSYNC(0x1_0000),
+  MDB_RDONLY_ENV(0x2_0000),
+
   /**
-   * Read only.
+   * MDB_WRITEMAP : Use a writeable memory map unless MDB_RDONLY is set. This is
+   * faster and uses fewer mallocs, but loses protection from application bugs
+   * like wild pointer writes and other bad updates into the database.
+   * Incompatible with nested transactions. Do not mix processes with and without
+   * MDB_WRITEMAP on the same environment. This can defeat durability (mdb_env_sync etc).
    */
-  MDB_RDONLY_ENV(0x2_0000),
+  MDB_WRITEMAP(0x8_0000),
+
   /**
    * Don't fsync metapage after commit.
+   * MDB_NOMETASYNC : Flush system buffers to disk only once per transaction, omit the
+   * metadata flush. Defer that until the system flushes files to disk, or next non-MDB_RDONLY
+   * commit or mdb_env_sync(). This optimization maintains database integrity, but a system
+   * crash may undo the last committed transaction. I.e. it preserves the ACI (atomicity,
+   * consistency, isolation) but not D (durability) database property. This flag may be
+   * changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags().
    */
   MDB_NOMETASYNC(0x4_0000),
+
   /**
-   * Use writable mmap.
+   * Don't fsync after commit.
+   * MDB_NOSYNC : Don't flush system buffers to disk when committing a transaction.
+   * This optimization means a system crash can corrupt the database or lose the last
+   * transactions if buffers are not yet flushed to disk. The risk is governed by how
+   * often the system flushes dirty buffers to disk and how often mdb_env_sync() is called.
+   * However, if the filesystem preserves write order and the MDB_WRITEMAP flag is not used,
+   * transactions exhibit ACI (atomicity, consistency, isolation) properties and only lose D
+   * (durability). I.e. database integrity is maintained, but a system crash may undo the
+   * final transactions. Note that (MDB_NOSYNC | MDB_WRITEMAP) leaves the system with no hint
+   * for when to write transactions to disk, unless mdb_env_sync() is called.
+   * (MDB_MAPASYNC | MDB_WRITEMAP) may be preferable. This flag may be changed at any time
+   * using mdb_env_set_flags().
    */
-  MDB_WRITEMAP(0x8_0000),
+  MDB_NOSYNC(0x1_0000),
+
   /**
    * Use asynchronous msync when {@link #MDB_WRITEMAP} is used.
+   * MDB_MAPASYNC : When using MDB_WRITEMAP, use asynchronous flushes to disk.
+   * As with MDB_NOSYNC, a system crash can then corrupt the database or lose the
+   * last transactions. Calling mdb_env_sync() ensures on-disk database integrity
+   * until next commit. This flag may be changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags().
    */
   MDB_MAPASYNC(0x10_0000),
+
   /**
    * Tie reader locktable slots to {@link Txn} objects instead of to threads.
+   * MDB_NOTLS : Don't use Thread-Local Storage. Tie reader locktable slots to
+   * MDB_txn objects instead of to threads. I.e. mdb_txn_reset() keeps the slot
+   * reseved for the MDB_txn object. A thread may use parallel read-only transactions.
+   * A read-only transaction may span threads if the user synchronizes its use.
+   * Applications that multiplex many user threads over individual OS threads
+   * need this option. Such an application must also serialize the write
+   * transactions in an OS thread, since LMDB's write locking is unaware
+   * of the user threads.
    */
   MDB_NOTLS(0x20_0000),
+
   /**
    * Don't do any locking, caller must manage their own locks.
+   * MDB_NOLOCK : Don't do any locking. If concurrent access is anticipated,
+   * the caller must manage all concurrency itself. For proper operation
+   * the caller must enforce single-writer semantics, and must ensure
+   * that no readers are using old transactions while a writer is active.
+   * The simplest approach is to use an exclusive lock so that no readers
+   * may be active at all when a writer begins.
    */
   MDB_NOLOCK(0x40_0000),
+
   /**
    * Don't do readahead (no effect on Windows).
+   * MDB_NORDAHEAD : Turn off readahead. Most operating systems perform
+   * readahead on read requests by default. This option turns it off if
+   * the OS supports it. Turning it off may help random read performance
+   * when the DB is larger than RAM and system RAM is full. The option
+   * is not implemented on Windows.
    */
   MDB_NORDAHEAD(0x80_0000),
+
   /**
    * Don't initialize malloc'd memory before writing to datafile.
+   * MDB_NOMEMINIT : Don't initialize malloc'd memory before writing to
+   * unused spaces in the data file. By default, memory for pages written
+   * to the data file is obtained using malloc. While these pages may be
+   * reused in subsequent transactions, freshly malloc'd pages will be
+   * initialized to zeroes before use. This avoids persisting leftover
+   * data from other code (that used the heap and subsequently freed
+   * the memory) into the data file. Note that many other system
+   * libraries may allocate and free memory from the heap for
+   * arbitrary uses. E.g., stdio may use the heap for file I/O buffers.
+   * This initialization step has a modest performance cost so some
+   * applications may want to disable it using this flag. This option
+   * can be a problem for applications which handle sensitive data
+   * like passwords, and it makes memory checkers like Valgrind noisy.
+   * This flag is not needed with MDB_WRITEMAP, which writes directly
+   * to the mmap instead of using malloc for pages. The initialization
+   * is also skipped if MDB_RESERVE is used; the caller is expected to
+   * overwrite all of the memory that was reserved in that case. This
+   * flag may be changed at any time using mdb_env_set_flags().
    */
   MDB_NOMEMINIT(0x100_0000);