merged tdb from ctdb bzr tree
[ira/wip.git] / source / lib / tdb / common / transaction.c
index 64a5b3f3f2224e074ea2e1df79535a366b05a930..0ecfb9b7ff610f9665ba7e53ae6eef78f71c98a3 100644 (file)
 
 */
 
-struct tdb_transaction_el {
-       struct tdb_transaction_el *next, *prev;
-       tdb_off_t offset;
-       tdb_len_t length;
-       unsigned char *data;
-};
 
 /*
   hold the context of any current transaction
@@ -100,17 +94,17 @@ struct tdb_transaction_el {
 struct tdb_transaction {
        /* we keep a mirrored copy of the tdb hash heads here so
           tdb_next_hash_chain() can operate efficiently */
-       u32 *hash_heads;
+       uint32_t *hash_heads;
 
        /* the original io methods - used to do IOs to the real db */
        const struct tdb_methods *io_methods;
 
-       /* the list of transaction elements. We use a doubly linked
-          list with a last pointer to allow us to keep the list
-          ordered, with first element at the front of the list. It
-          needs to be doubly linked as the read/write traversals need
-          to be backwards, while the commit needs to be forwards */
-       struct tdb_transaction_el *elements, *elements_last;
+       /* the list of transaction blocks. When a block is first
+          written to, it gets created in this list */
+       uint8_t **blocks;
+       uint32_t num_blocks;
+       uint32_t block_size;      /* bytes in each block */
+       uint32_t last_block_size; /* number of valid bytes in the last block */
 
        /* non-zero when an internal transaction error has
           occurred. All write operations will then fail until the
@@ -134,52 +128,48 @@ struct tdb_transaction {
 static int transaction_read(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t off, void *buf, 
                            tdb_len_t len, int cv)
 {
-       struct tdb_transaction_el *el;
-
-       /* we need to walk the list backwards to get the most recent data */
-       for (el=tdb->transaction->elements_last;el;el=el->prev) {
-               tdb_len_t partial;
+       uint32_t blk;
 
-               if (off+len <= el->offset) {
-                       continue;
-               }
-               if (off >= el->offset + el->length) {
-                       continue;
+       /* break it down into block sized ops */
+       while (len + (off % tdb->transaction->block_size) > tdb->transaction->block_size) {
+               tdb_len_t len2 = tdb->transaction->block_size - (off % tdb->transaction->block_size);
+               if (transaction_read(tdb, off, buf, len2, cv) != 0) {
+                       return -1;
                }
+               len -= len2;
+               off += len2;
+               buf = (void *)(len2 + (char *)buf);
+       }
 
-               /* an overlapping read - needs to be split into up to
-                  2 reads and a memcpy */
-               if (off < el->offset) {
-                       partial = el->offset - off;
-                       if (transaction_read(tdb, off, buf, partial, cv) != 0) {
-                               goto fail;
-                       }
-                       len -= partial;
-                       off += partial;
-                       buf = (void *)(partial + (char *)buf);
-               }
-               if (off + len <= el->offset + el->length) {
-                       partial = len;
-               } else {
-                       partial = el->offset + el->length - off;
-               }
-               memcpy(buf, el->data + (off - el->offset), partial);
-               if (cv) {
-                       tdb_convert(buf, len);
-               }
-               len -= partial;
-               off += partial;
-               buf = (void *)(partial + (char *)buf);
-               
-               if (len != 0 && transaction_read(tdb, off, buf, len, cv) != 0) {
+       if (len == 0) {
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       blk = off / tdb->transaction->block_size;
+
+       /* see if we have it in the block list */
+       if (tdb->transaction->num_blocks <= blk ||
+           tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] == NULL) {
+               /* nope, do a real read */
+               if (tdb->transaction->io_methods->tdb_read(tdb, off, buf, len, cv) != 0) {
                        goto fail;
                }
-
                return 0;
        }
 
-       /* its not in the transaction elements - do a real read */
-       return tdb->transaction->io_methods->tdb_read(tdb, off, buf, len, cv);
+       /* it is in the block list. Now check for the last block */
+       if (blk == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+               if (len > tdb->transaction->last_block_size) {
+                       goto fail;
+               }
+       }
+       
+       /* now copy it out of this block */
+       memcpy(buf, tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] + (off % tdb->transaction->block_size), len);
+       if (cv) {
+               tdb_convert(buf, len);
+       }
+       return 0;
 
 fail:
        TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "transaction_read: failed at off=%d len=%d\n", off, len));
@@ -195,130 +185,165 @@ fail:
 static int transaction_write(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t off, 
                             const void *buf, tdb_len_t len)
 {
-       struct tdb_transaction_el *el, *best_el=NULL;
+       uint32_t blk;
 
-       if (len == 0) {
-               return 0;
-       }
-       
        /* if the write is to a hash head, then update the transaction
           hash heads */
        if (len == sizeof(tdb_off_t) && off >= FREELIST_TOP &&
            off < FREELIST_TOP+TDB_HASHTABLE_SIZE(tdb)) {
-               u32 chain = (off-FREELIST_TOP) / sizeof(tdb_off_t);
+               uint32_t chain = (off-FREELIST_TOP) / sizeof(tdb_off_t);
                memcpy(&tdb->transaction->hash_heads[chain], buf, len);
        }
 
-       /* first see if we can replace an existing entry */
-       for (el=tdb->transaction->elements_last;el;el=el->prev) {
-               tdb_len_t partial;
-
-               if (best_el == NULL && off == el->offset+el->length) {
-                       best_el = el;
-               }
-
-               if (off+len <= el->offset) {
-                       continue;
+       /* break it up into block sized chunks */
+       while (len + (off % tdb->transaction->block_size) > tdb->transaction->block_size) {
+               tdb_len_t len2 = tdb->transaction->block_size - (off % tdb->transaction->block_size);
+               if (transaction_write(tdb, off, buf, len2) != 0) {
+                       return -1;
                }
-               if (off >= el->offset + el->length) {
-                       continue;
+               len -= len2;
+               off += len2;
+               if (buf != NULL) {
+                       buf = (const void *)(len2 + (const char *)buf);
                }
+       }
 
-               /* an overlapping write - needs to be split into up to
-                  2 writes and a memcpy */
-               if (off < el->offset) {
-                       partial = el->offset - off;
-                       if (transaction_write(tdb, off, buf, partial) != 0) {
-                               goto fail;
-                       }
-                       len -= partial;
-                       off += partial;
-                       buf = (const void *)(partial + (const char *)buf);
-               }
-               if (off + len <= el->offset + el->length) {
-                       partial = len;
+       if (len == 0) {
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       blk = off / tdb->transaction->block_size;
+       off = off % tdb->transaction->block_size;
+
+       if (tdb->transaction->num_blocks <= blk) {
+               uint8_t **new_blocks;
+               /* expand the blocks array */
+               if (tdb->transaction->blocks == NULL) {
+                       new_blocks = malloc((blk+1)*sizeof(uint8_t *));
                } else {
-                       partial = el->offset + el->length - off;
+                       new_blocks = realloc(tdb->transaction->blocks, (blk+1)*sizeof(uint8_t *));
                }
-               memcpy(el->data + (off - el->offset), buf, partial);
-               len -= partial;
-               off += partial;
-               buf = (const void *)(partial + (const char *)buf);
-               
-               if (len != 0 && transaction_write(tdb, off, buf, len) != 0) {
+               if (new_blocks == NULL) {
+                       tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_OOM;
                        goto fail;
                }
-
-               return 0;
+               memset(&new_blocks[tdb->transaction->num_blocks], 0, 
+                      (1+(blk - tdb->transaction->num_blocks))*sizeof(uint8_t *));
+               tdb->transaction->blocks = new_blocks;
+               tdb->transaction->num_blocks = blk+1;
+               tdb->transaction->last_block_size = 0;
        }
 
-       /* see if we can append the new entry to an existing entry */
-       if (best_el && best_el->offset + best_el->length == off && 
-           (off+len < tdb->transaction->old_map_size ||
-            off > tdb->transaction->old_map_size)) {
-               unsigned char *data = best_el->data;
-               el = best_el;
-               el->data = (unsigned char *)realloc(el->data,
-                                                   el->length + len);
-               if (el->data == NULL) {
+       /* allocate and fill a block? */
+       if (tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] == NULL) {
+               tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] = (uint8_t *)calloc(tdb->transaction->block_size, 1);
+               if (tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] == NULL) {
                        tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_OOM;
                        tdb->transaction->transaction_error = 1;
-                       el->data = data;
+                       return -1;                      
+               }
+               if (tdb->transaction->old_map_size > blk * tdb->transaction->block_size) {
+                       tdb_len_t len2 = tdb->transaction->block_size;
+                       if (len2 + (blk * tdb->transaction->block_size) > tdb->transaction->old_map_size) {
+                               len2 = tdb->transaction->old_map_size - (blk * tdb->transaction->block_size);
+                       }
+                       if (tdb->transaction->io_methods->tdb_read(tdb, blk * tdb->transaction->block_size, 
+                                                                  tdb->transaction->blocks[blk], 
+                                                                  len2, 0) != 0) {
+                               SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks[blk]);                               
+                               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+                               goto fail;
+                       }
+                       if (blk == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+                               tdb->transaction->last_block_size = len2;
+                       }                       
+               }
+       }
+       
+       /* overwrite part of an existing block */
+       if (buf == NULL) {
+               memset(tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] + off, 0, len);
+       } else {
+               memcpy(tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] + off, buf, len);
+       }
+       if (blk == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+               if (len + off > tdb->transaction->last_block_size) {
+                       tdb->transaction->last_block_size = len + off;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+
+fail:
+       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "transaction_write: failed at off=%d len=%d\n", 
+                (blk*tdb->transaction->block_size) + off, len));
+       tdb->transaction->transaction_error = 1;
+       return -1;
+}
+
+
+/*
+  write while in a transaction - this varient never expands the transaction blocks, it only
+  updates existing blocks. This means it cannot change the recovery size
+*/
+static int transaction_write_existing(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t off, 
+                                     const void *buf, tdb_len_t len)
+{
+       uint32_t blk;
+
+       /* break it up into block sized chunks */
+       while (len + (off % tdb->transaction->block_size) > tdb->transaction->block_size) {
+               tdb_len_t len2 = tdb->transaction->block_size - (off % tdb->transaction->block_size);
+               if (transaction_write_existing(tdb, off, buf, len2) != 0) {
                        return -1;
                }
-               if (buf) {
-                       memcpy(el->data + el->length, buf, len);
-               } else {
-                       memset(el->data + el->length, TDB_PAD_BYTE, len);
+               len -= len2;
+               off += len2;
+               if (buf != NULL) {
+                       buf = (const void *)(len2 + (const char *)buf);
                }
-               el->length += len;
-               return 0;
        }
 
-       /* add a new entry at the end of the list */
-       el = (struct tdb_transaction_el *)malloc(sizeof(*el));
-       if (el == NULL) {
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_OOM;
-               tdb->transaction->transaction_error = 1;                
-               return -1;
+       if (len == 0) {
+               return 0;
        }
-       el->next = NULL;
-       el->prev = tdb->transaction->elements_last;
-       el->offset = off;
-       el->length = len;
-       el->data = (unsigned char *)malloc(len);
-       if (el->data == NULL) {
-               free(el);
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_OOM;
-               tdb->transaction->transaction_error = 1;                
-               return -1;
+
+       blk = off / tdb->transaction->block_size;
+       off = off % tdb->transaction->block_size;
+
+       if (tdb->transaction->num_blocks <= blk ||
+           tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] == NULL) {
+               return 0;
        }
-       if (buf) {
-               memcpy(el->data, buf, len);
+
+       /* overwrite part of an existing block */
+       if (buf == NULL) {
+               memset(tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] + off, 0, len);
        } else {
-               memset(el->data, TDB_PAD_BYTE, len);
+               memcpy(tdb->transaction->blocks[blk] + off, buf, len);
        }
-       if (el->prev) {
-               el->prev->next = el;
-       } else {
-               tdb->transaction->elements = el;
+       if (blk == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+               if (len + off > tdb->transaction->last_block_size) {
+                       tdb->transaction->last_block_size = len + off;
+               }
        }
-       tdb->transaction->elements_last = el;
+
        return 0;
 
 fail:
-       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "transaction_write: failed at off=%d len=%d\n", off, len));
-       tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+       TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "transaction_write: failed at off=%d len=%d\n", 
+                (blk*tdb->transaction->block_size) + off, len));
        tdb->transaction->transaction_error = 1;
        return -1;
 }
 
+
 /*
   accelerated hash chain head search, using the cached hash heads
 */
-static void transaction_next_hash_chain(struct tdb_context *tdb, u32 *chain)
+static void transaction_next_hash_chain(struct tdb_context *tdb, uint32_t *chain)
 {
-       u32 h = *chain;
+       uint32_t h = *chain;
        for (;h < tdb->header.hash_size;h++) {
                /* the +1 takes account of the freelist */
                if (0 != tdb->transaction->hash_heads[h+1]) {
@@ -419,10 +444,14 @@ int tdb_transaction_start(struct tdb_context *tdb)
                return -1;
        }
 
+       /* a page at a time seems like a reasonable compromise between compactness and efficiency */
+       tdb->transaction->block_size = tdb->page_size;
+
        /* get the transaction write lock. This is a blocking lock. As
           discussed with Volker, there are a number of ways we could
           make this async, which we will probably do in the future */
        if (tdb_transaction_lock(tdb, F_WRLCK) == -1) {
+               SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
                SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction);
                return -1;
        }
@@ -437,8 +466,8 @@ int tdb_transaction_start(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 
        /* setup a copy of the hash table heads so the hash scan in
           traverse can be fast */
-       tdb->transaction->hash_heads = (u32 *)
-               calloc(tdb->header.hash_size+1, sizeof(u32));
+       tdb->transaction->hash_heads = (uint32_t *)
+               calloc(tdb->header.hash_size+1, sizeof(uint32_t));
        if (tdb->transaction->hash_heads == NULL) {
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_OOM;
                goto fail;
@@ -460,21 +489,12 @@ int tdb_transaction_start(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        tdb->transaction->io_methods = tdb->methods;
        tdb->methods = &transaction_methods;
 
-       /* by calling this transaction write here, we ensure that we don't grow the
-          transaction linked list due to hash table updates */
-       if (transaction_write(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, tdb->transaction->hash_heads, 
-                             TDB_HASHTABLE_SIZE(tdb)) != 0) {
-               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_start: failed to prime hash table\n"));
-               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
-               tdb->methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
-               goto fail;
-       }
-
        return 0;
        
 fail:
        tdb_brlock(tdb, FREELIST_TOP, F_UNLCK, F_SETLKW, 0, 0);
        tdb_transaction_unlock(tdb);
+       SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->hash_heads);
        SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction);
        return -1;
@@ -486,6 +506,8 @@ fail:
 */
 int tdb_transaction_cancel(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 {      
+       int i;
+
        if (tdb->transaction == NULL) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_cancel: no transaction\n"));
                return -1;
@@ -499,13 +521,13 @@ int tdb_transaction_cancel(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 
        tdb->map_size = tdb->transaction->old_map_size;
 
-       /* free all the transaction elements */
-       while (tdb->transaction->elements) {
-               struct tdb_transaction_el *el = tdb->transaction->elements;
-               tdb->transaction->elements = el->next;
-               free(el->data);
-               free(el);
+       /* free all the transaction blocks */
+       for (i=0;i<tdb->transaction->num_blocks;i++) {
+               if (tdb->transaction->blocks[i] != NULL) {
+                       free(tdb->transaction->blocks[i]);
+               }
        }
+       SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
 
        /* remove any global lock created during the transaction */
        if (tdb->global_lock.count != 0) {
@@ -515,7 +537,6 @@ int tdb_transaction_cancel(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 
        /* remove any locks created during the transaction */
        if (tdb->num_locks != 0) {
-               int i;
                for (i=0;i<tdb->num_lockrecs;i++) {
                        tdb_brlock(tdb,FREELIST_TOP+4*tdb->lockrecs[i].list,
                                   F_UNLCK,F_SETLKW, 0, 1);
@@ -567,16 +588,24 @@ static int transaction_sync(struct tdb_context *tdb, tdb_off_t offset, tdb_len_t
 */
 static tdb_len_t tdb_recovery_size(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 {
-       struct tdb_transaction_el *el;
        tdb_len_t recovery_size = 0;
+       int i;
 
-       recovery_size = sizeof(u32);
-       for (el=tdb->transaction->elements;el;el=el->next) {
-               if (el->offset >= tdb->transaction->old_map_size) {
+       recovery_size = sizeof(uint32_t);
+       for (i=0;i<tdb->transaction->num_blocks;i++) {
+               if (i * tdb->transaction->block_size >= tdb->transaction->old_map_size) {
+                       break;
+               }
+               if (tdb->transaction->blocks[i] == NULL) {
                        continue;
                }
-               recovery_size += 2*sizeof(tdb_off_t) + el->length;
-       }
+               recovery_size += 2*sizeof(tdb_off_t);
+               if (i == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+                       recovery_size += tdb->transaction->last_block_size;
+               } else {
+                       recovery_size += tdb->transaction->block_size;
+               }
+       }       
 
        return recovery_size;
 }
@@ -658,6 +687,10 @@ static int tdb_recovery_allocate(struct tdb_context *tdb,
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_recovery_allocate: failed to write recovery head\n"));
                return -1;
        }
+       if (transaction_write_existing(tdb, TDB_RECOVERY_HEAD, &recovery_head, sizeof(tdb_off_t)) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_recovery_allocate: failed to write recovery head\n"));
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -669,14 +702,14 @@ static int tdb_recovery_allocate(struct tdb_context *tdb,
 static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb, 
                                      tdb_off_t *magic_offset)
 {
-       struct tdb_transaction_el *el;
        tdb_len_t recovery_size;
        unsigned char *data, *p;
        const struct tdb_methods *methods = tdb->transaction->io_methods;
        struct list_struct *rec;
        tdb_off_t recovery_offset, recovery_max_size;
        tdb_off_t old_map_size = tdb->transaction->old_map_size;
-       u32 magic, tailer;
+       uint32_t magic, tailer;
+       int i;
 
        /*
          check that the recovery area has enough space
@@ -704,30 +737,43 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
        /* build the recovery data into a single blob to allow us to do a single
           large write, which should be more efficient */
        p = data + sizeof(*rec);
-       for (el=tdb->transaction->elements;el;el=el->next) {
-               if (el->offset >= old_map_size) {
+       for (i=0;i<tdb->transaction->num_blocks;i++) {
+               tdb_off_t offset;
+               tdb_len_t length;
+
+               if (tdb->transaction->blocks[i] == NULL) {
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               offset = i * tdb->transaction->block_size;
+               length = tdb->transaction->block_size;
+               if (i == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+                       length = tdb->transaction->last_block_size;
+               }
+               
+               if (offset >= old_map_size) {
                        continue;
                }
-               if (el->offset + el->length > tdb->transaction->old_map_size) {
+               if (offset + length > tdb->transaction->old_map_size) {
                        TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_setup_recovery: transaction data over new region boundary\n"));
                        free(data);
                        tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_CORRUPT;
                        return -1;
                }
-               memcpy(p, &el->offset, 4);
-               memcpy(p+4, &el->length, 4);
+               memcpy(p, &offset, 4);
+               memcpy(p+4, &length, 4);
                if (DOCONV()) {
                        tdb_convert(p, 8);
                }
                /* the recovery area contains the old data, not the
                   new data, so we have to call the original tdb_read
                   method to get it */
-               if (methods->tdb_read(tdb, el->offset, p + 8, el->length, 0) != 0) {
+               if (methods->tdb_read(tdb, offset, p + 8, length, 0) != 0) {
                        free(data);
                        tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
                        return -1;
                }
-               p += 8 + el->length;
+               p += 8 + length;
        }
 
        /* and the tailer */
@@ -742,6 +788,12 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
                return -1;
        }
+       if (transaction_write_existing(tdb, recovery_offset, data, sizeof(*rec) + recovery_size) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_setup_recovery: failed to write secondary recovery data\n"));
+               free(data);
+               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        /* as we don't have ordered writes, we have to sync the recovery
           data before we update the magic to indicate that the recovery
@@ -763,6 +815,11 @@ static int transaction_setup_recovery(struct tdb_context *tdb,
                tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
                return -1;
        }
+       if (transaction_write_existing(tdb, *magic_offset, &magic, sizeof(magic)) == -1) {
+               TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_setup_recovery: failed to write secondary recovery magic\n"));
+               tdb->ecode = TDB_ERR_IO;
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        /* ensure the recovery magic marker is on disk */
        if (transaction_sync(tdb, *magic_offset, sizeof(magic)) == -1) {
@@ -779,7 +836,8 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 {      
        const struct tdb_methods *methods;
        tdb_off_t magic_offset = 0;
-       u32 zero = 0;
+       uint32_t zero = 0;
+       int i;
 
        if (tdb->transaction == NULL) {
                TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_transaction_commit: no transaction\n"));
@@ -793,13 +851,14 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
                return -1;
        }
 
+
        if (tdb->transaction->nesting != 0) {
                tdb->transaction->nesting--;
                return 0;
        }               
 
        /* check for a null transaction */
-       if (tdb->transaction->elements == NULL) {
+       if (tdb->transaction->blocks == NULL) {
                tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
                return 0;
        }
@@ -858,10 +917,21 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        }
 
        /* perform all the writes */
-       while (tdb->transaction->elements) {
-               struct tdb_transaction_el *el = tdb->transaction->elements;
+       for (i=0;i<tdb->transaction->num_blocks;i++) {
+               tdb_off_t offset;
+               tdb_len_t length;
 
-               if (methods->tdb_write(tdb, el->offset, el->data, el->length) == -1) {
+               if (tdb->transaction->blocks[i] == NULL) {
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               offset = i * tdb->transaction->block_size;
+               length = tdb->transaction->block_size;
+               if (i == tdb->transaction->num_blocks-1) {
+                       length = tdb->transaction->last_block_size;
+               }
+
+               if (methods->tdb_write(tdb, offset, tdb->transaction->blocks[i], length) == -1) {
                        TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_commit: write failed during commit\n"));
                        
                        /* we've overwritten part of the data and
@@ -876,11 +946,12 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
                        TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_FATAL, "tdb_transaction_commit: write failed\n"));
                        return -1;
                }
-               tdb->transaction->elements = el->next;
-               free(el->data); 
-               free(el);
+               SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks[i]);
        } 
 
+       SAFE_FREE(tdb->transaction->blocks);
+       tdb->transaction->num_blocks = 0;
+
        if (!(tdb->flags & TDB_NOSYNC)) {
                /* ensure the new data is on disk */
                if (transaction_sync(tdb, 0, tdb->map_size) == -1) {
@@ -919,6 +990,7 @@ int tdb_transaction_commit(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        /* use a transaction cancel to free memory and remove the
           transaction locks */
        tdb_transaction_cancel(tdb);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -932,7 +1004,7 @@ int tdb_transaction_recover(struct tdb_context *tdb)
 {
        tdb_off_t recovery_head, recovery_eof;
        unsigned char *data, *p;
-       u32 zero = 0;
+       uint32_t zero = 0;
        struct list_struct rec;
 
        /* find the recovery area */
@@ -986,7 +1058,7 @@ int tdb_transaction_recover(struct tdb_context *tdb)
        /* recover the file data */
        p = data;
        while (p+8 < data + rec.data_len) {
-               u32 ofs, len;
+               uint32_t ofs, len;
                if (DOCONV()) {
                        tdb_convert(p, 8);
                }