.

go/neo/client.go

@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ func (c *Client) Iterate(ctx context.Context, tidMin, tidMax zodb.Tid) zodb.ITxn
 	panic("TODO")
 }
 
+func (c *Client) Watch(ctx context.Context) (zodb.Tid, []zodb.Oid, error) {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
+
 
 // ---- ZODB open/url support ----
 

go/zodb/storage/fs1/filestorage.go

-// Copyright (C) 2017  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
+// Copyright (C) 2017-2018  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
 //                          Kirill Smelkov <kirr@nexedi.com>
 //
 // This program is free software: you can Use, Study, Modify and Redistribute
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ import (
 	"lab.nexedi.com/kirr/neo/go/zodb"
 
 	"lab.nexedi.com/kirr/go123/mem"
-	"lab.nexedi.com/kirr/go123/xerr"
+//	"lab.nexedi.com/kirr/go123/xerr"
 )
 
 // FileStorage is a ZODB storage which stores data in simple append-only file
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ import (
 // It is on-disk compatible with FileStorage from ZODB/py.
 type FileStorage struct {
 	file  *os.File
+
+	// protects updates to index and to everything below - in other words
+	// to everything that depends on what current last transaction is.
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+
 	index *Index // oid -> data record position in transaction which last changed oid
 
 	// transaction headers for min/max transactions committed
@@ -96,12 +101,16 @@ type FileStorage struct {
 var _ zodb.IStorageDriver = (*FileStorage)(nil)
 
 func (fs *FileStorage) LastTid(_ context.Context) (zodb.Tid, error) {
-	// XXX must be under lock
+	fs.mu.RLock()
+	defer fs.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	return fs.txnhMax.Tid, nil // txnhMax.Tid = 0, if empty
 }
 
 func (fs *FileStorage) LastOid(_ context.Context) (zodb.Oid, error) {
-	// XXX must be under lock
+	fs.mu.RLock()
+	defer fs.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	lastOid, _ := fs.index.Last() // returns zero-value, if empty
 	return lastOid, nil
 }
@@ -150,7 +159,9 @@ func (fs *FileStorage) Load_XXXWithNextSerialXXX(_ context.Context, xid zodb.Xid
 // FIXME kill nextSerial support after neo/py cache does not depend on next_serial
 func (fs *FileStorage) load(xid zodb.Xid) (buf *mem.Buf, serial, nextSerial zodb.Tid, err error) {
 	// lookup in index position of oid data record within latest transaction which changed this oid
+	fs.mu.RLock()
 	dataPos, ok := fs.index.Get(xid.Oid)
+	fs.mu.RUnlock()
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, 0, 0, &zodb.NoObjectError{Oid: xid.Oid}
 	}
@@ -231,7 +242,7 @@ const (
 	zIterPreloaded                        // data for this iteration was already preloaded
 )
 
-// NextTxn iterates to next/previous transaction record according to iteration direction
+// NextTxn iterates to next/previous transaction record according to iteration direction.
 func (zi *zIter) NextTxn(_ context.Context) (*zodb.TxnInfo, zodb.IDataIterator, error) {
 	// TODO err -> OpError("iter", tidmin..tidmax)
 	switch {
@@ -259,7 +270,7 @@ func (zi *zIter) NextTxn(_ context.Context) (*zodb.TxnInfo, zodb.IDataIterator,
 	return &zi.iter.Txnh.TxnInfo, zi, nil
 }
 
-// NextData iterates to next data record and loads data content
+// NextData iterates to next data record and loads data content.
 func (zi *zIter) NextData(_ context.Context) (*zodb.DataInfo, error) {
 	// TODO err -> OpError("iter", tidmin..tidmax)
 	err := zi.iter.NextData()
@@ -313,11 +324,12 @@ func (e *iterStartError) NextTxn(_ context.Context) (*zodb.TxnInfo, zodb.IDataIt
 //
 // if there is no such transaction returned error will be EOF.
 func (fs *FileStorage) findTxnRecord(r io.ReaderAt, tid zodb.Tid) (TxnHeader, error) {
-	// XXX read snapshot under lock
+	fs.mu.RLock()
 
 	// check for empty database
 	if fs.txnhMin.Len == 0 {
 		// empty database - no such record
+		fs.mu.RUnlock()
 		return TxnHeader{}, io.EOF
 	}
 
@@ -327,6 +339,8 @@ func (fs *FileStorage) findTxnRecord(r io.ReaderAt, tid zodb.Tid) (TxnHeader, er
 	tmin.CloneFrom(&fs.txnhMin)
 	tmax.CloneFrom(&fs.txnhMax)
 
+	fs.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	if tmax.Tid < tid {
 		return TxnHeader{}, io.EOF // no such record
 	}
@@ -383,7 +397,7 @@ func (fs *FileStorage) findTxnRecord(r io.ReaderAt, tid zodb.Tid) (TxnHeader, er
 	return txnhFound, nil
 }
 
-// Iterate creates zodb-level iterator for tidMin..tidMax range
+// Iterate creates zodb-level iterator for tidMin..tidMax range.
 func (fs *FileStorage) Iterate(_ context.Context, tidMin, tidMax zodb.Tid) zodb.ITxnIterator {
 	// when iterating use IO optimized for sequential access
 	fsSeq := seqReadAt(fs.file)
@@ -421,10 +435,35 @@ func (fs *FileStorage) Iterate(_ context.Context, tidMin, tidMax zodb.Tid) zodb.
 	return ziter
 }
 
+// --- watcher ---
+
+func (fs *FileStorage) watch() {
+	// XXX
+}
+
+func (fs *FileStorage) Watch(ctx context.Context) (zodb.Tid, []zodb.Oid, error) {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
+
 // --- open + rebuild index ---
 
-// open opens FileStorage without loading index
-func open(path string) (_ *FileStorage, err error) {
+func (fs *FileStorage) Close() error {
+	// XXX stop watcher
+
+	err := fs.file.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return &zodb.OpError{URL: fs.URL(), Op: "close", Args: nil, Err: err}
+	}
+
+	// TODO if opened !ro -> .saveIndex()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Open opens FileStorage @path.
+//
+// TODO read-write support
+func Open(ctx context.Context, path string) (_ *FileStorage, err error) {
 	fs := &FileStorage{}
 
 	f, err := os.Open(path)
@@ -438,6 +477,8 @@ func open(path string) (_ *FileStorage, err error) {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	// XXX wrap err with "open <path>" ?
+
 	// check file magic
 	fh := FileHeader{}
 	err = fh.Load(f)
@@ -445,37 +486,54 @@ func open(path string) (_ *FileStorage, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// FIXME rework opening logic to support case when last txn was committed only partially
+	// load index
+	fseq := seqReadAt(f)
+	index, err := LoadIndexFile(f.Name() + ".index")
+	if err == nil {
+		// index exists & loaded ok - quickly verify its sanity for last 100 transactions
+		_, err = index.Verify(ctx, fseq, 100, nil/*no progress*/)
+		if err != nil {
+			index = nil // not sane - we will rebuild
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		// index either did not exist, or corrupt or IO error - rebuild it from scratch
+		log.Print(err)
+		log.Printf("%s: index rebuild...", path)
+		index, err = BuildIndex(ctx, fseq, nil/*no progress; XXX log it? */)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 
-	// determine topPos from file size
-	fi, err := f.Stat()
+	// index loaded. In particular this gives us index.TopPos that is, possibly
+	// outdated, valid position for start of a transaction in the data file.
+	// Update the index starting from that till latest transaction.
+	err = index.Update(ctx, fseq, -1, nil/*no progress; XXX log it? */)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	topPos := fi.Size()
 
-	// read tidMin/tidMax
+	fs.index = index
+
+	// now we have the index covering till last transaction in data file.
+	// fill-in min/max txnh
+	if index.TopPos > txnValidFrom {
 		err = fs.txnhMin.Load(f, txnValidFrom, LoadAll)
-	err = okEOF(err) // e.g. it is EOF when file is empty
+		err = noEOF(err)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-	err = fs.txnhMax.Load(f, topPos, LoadAll)
-	// expect EOF forward
-	// FIXME ^^^ it will be no EOF if a txn was committed only partially
-	if err != io.EOF {
-		if err == nil {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("%s: no EOF after topPos", f.Name())
-		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", f.Name(), err)
-	}
 
-	// .LenPrev must be good or EOF backward
+		_ = fs.txnhMax.Load(f, index.TopPos, LoadAll)
+		// NOTE it will be EOF on stable storage, but it might be non-EOF
+		// if a txn-in-progress was committed only partially. We care only
+		// that we read .LenPrev ok.
 		switch fs.txnhMax.LenPrev {
 		case -1:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: could not read LenPrev @%d (last transaction)", f.Name(), fs.txnhMax.Pos)
 		case 0:
-		// ok - EOF backward
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: could not read LenPrev @%d (last transaction): unexpected EOF backward", f.Name(), fs.txnhMax.Pos)
 
 		default:
 			// .LenPrev is ok - read last previous record
@@ -484,92 +542,11 @@ func open(path string) (_ *FileStorage, err error) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
-
-	return fs, nil
-}
-
-// Open opens FileStorage @path.
-//
-// TODO read-write support
-func Open(ctx context.Context, path string) (_ *FileStorage, err error) {
-	// open data file
-	fs, err := open(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err != nil {
-			fs.file.Close() // XXX lclose
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// load-verify / rebuild index
-	err = fs.loadIndex(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-		log.Printf("%s: index recompute...", path)
-		fs.index, err = fs.computeIndex(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
 	}
 
-		// TODO if opened !ro -> .saveIndex()
-	}
+	// there might be simultaneous updates to the data file from outside.
+	// launch the watcher who will observe them.
+	//go fs.watcher()
 
 	return fs, nil
 }
-
-func (fs *FileStorage) Close() error {
-	err := fs.file.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return &zodb.OpError{URL: fs.URL(), Op: "close", Args: nil, Err: err}
-	}
-
-	// TODO if opened !ro -> .saveIndex()
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (fs *FileStorage) computeIndex(ctx context.Context) (index *Index, err error) {
-	// XXX lock?
-	return BuildIndex(ctx, seqReadAt(fs.file), nil/*no progress; XXX somehow log it? */)
-}
-
-// loadIndex loads on-disk index to RAM and verifies it against data lightly
-func (fs *FileStorage) loadIndex(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
-	// XXX lock?
-	defer xerr.Contextf(&err, "%s", fs.file.Name())
-
-	index, err := LoadIndexFile(fs.file.Name() + ".index")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	topPos := fs.txnhMax.Pos + fs.txnhMax.Len
-	if index.TopPos != topPos {
-		return fmt.Errorf("inconsistent index topPos: data=%d  index=%d", topPos, index.TopPos)
-	}
-
-	// quickly verify index sanity for last 100 transactions
-	_, err = index.Verify(ctx, seqReadAt(fs.file), 100, nil/*no progress*/)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	fs.index = index
-	return nil
-}
-
-// saveIndex flushes in-RAM index to disk
-func (fs *FileStorage) saveIndex() (err error) {
-	// XXX lock?
-	defer xerr.Contextf(&err, "%s", fs.file.Name())
-
-	err = fs.index.SaveFile(fs.file.Name() + ".index")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// XXX fsync here?
-	return nil
-}

go/zodb/storage/fs1/format.go

-// Copyright (C) 2017  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
+// Copyright (C) 2017-2018  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
 //                          Kirill Smelkov <kirr@nexedi.com>
 //
 // This program is free software: you can Use, Study, Modify and Redistribute
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ import (
 	"lab.nexedi.com/kirr/go123/xbytes"
 )
 
-// FileHeader represents header of whole data file
+// FileHeader represents header of whole data file.
 type FileHeader struct {
 	Magic [4]byte
 }
 
-// TxnHeader represents header of a transaction record
+// TxnHeader represents header of a transaction record.
 type TxnHeader struct {
 	Pos     int64 // position of transaction start
 	LenPrev int64 // whole previous transaction record length (see EOF/error rules in Load)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type TxnHeader struct {
 	workMem []byte
 }
 
-// DataHeader represents header of a data record
+// DataHeader represents header of a data record.
 type DataHeader struct {
 	Pos        int64    // position of data record start
 	Oid        zodb.Oid
@@ -110,25 +110,26 @@ func (e *RecordError) Error() string {
 }
 
 
-// err creates RecordError for transaction located at txnh.Pos in f
+// err creates RecordError for transaction located at txnh.Pos in f.
 func (txnh *TxnHeader) err(f interface{}, subj string, err error) error {
 	return &RecordError{ioname(f), "transaction record", txnh.Pos, subj, err}
 }
 
 
-// err creates RecordError for data record located at dh.Pos in f
+// err creates RecordError for data record located at dh.Pos in f.
 func (dh *DataHeader) err(f interface{}, subj string, err error) error {
 	return &RecordError{ioname(f), "data record", dh.Pos, subj, err}
 }
 
 
 // ierr is an interface for something which can create errors.
+//
 // it is used by TxnHeader and DataHeader to create appropriate errors with their context.
 type ierr interface {
 	err(f interface{}, subj string, err error) error
 }
 
-// errf is syntactic shortcut for err and fmt.Errorf
+// errf is syntactic shortcut for err and fmt.Errorf.
 func errf(f interface{}, e ierr, subj, format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 	return e.err(f, subj, fmt.Errorf(format, a...))
 }
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ func (fh *FileHeader) Load(r io.ReaderAt) error {
 	_, err := r.ReadAt(fh.Magic[:], 0)
 	err = okEOF(err)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("%sread magic: %s", ioprefix(r), err)
 	}
 	if string(fh.Magic[:]) != Magic {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%sinvalid fs1 magic %q", ioprefix(r), fh.Magic)
@@ -169,12 +170,12 @@ func (txnh *TxnHeader) HeaderLen() int64 {
 	return TxnHeaderFixSize + int64(len(txnh.workMem))
 }
 
-// DataPos returns start position of data inside transaction record
+// DataPos returns start position of data inside transaction record.
 func (txnh *TxnHeader) DataPos() int64 {
 	return txnh.Pos + txnh.HeaderLen()
 }
 
-// DataLen returns length of all data inside transaction record container
+// DataLen returns length of all data inside transaction record container.
 func (txnh *TxnHeader) DataLen() int64 {
 	return txnh.Len - txnh.HeaderLen() - 8 /* trailer redundant length */
 }
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ func (txnh *TxnHeader) Load(r io.ReaderAt, pos int64, flags TxnLoadFlags) error
 	return err
 }
 
-// loadStrings makes sure strings that are part of transaction header are loaded
+// loadStrings makes sure strings that are part of transaction header are loaded.
 func (txnh *TxnHeader) loadStrings(r io.ReaderAt) error {
 	// XXX make it no-op if strings are already loaded?
 
@@ -659,7 +660,8 @@ func (dh *DataHeader) loadNext(r io.ReaderAt, txnh *TxnHeader) error {
 
 // LoadData loads data for the data record taking backpointers into account.
 //
-// NOTE on success dh state is changed to data header of original data transaction.
+// On success dh state is changed to data header of original data transaction.
+//
 // NOTE "deleted" records are indicated via returning buf with .Data=nil without error.
 func (dh *DataHeader) LoadData(r io.ReaderAt) (*mem.Buf, error) {
 	// scan via backpointers
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@ func (dh *DataHeader) LoadData(r io.ReaderAt) (*mem.Buf, error) {
 
 // --- raw iteration ---
 
-// Iter is combined 2-level iterator over transaction and data records
+// Iter is combined 2-level iterator over transaction and data records.
 type Iter struct {
 	R   io.ReaderAt
 	Dir IterDir
@@ -728,13 +730,13 @@ func (it *Iter) NextTxn(flags TxnLoadFlags) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// NextData iterates to next data record header inside current transaction
+// NextData iterates to next data record header inside current transaction.
 func (it *Iter) NextData() error {
 	return it.Datah.LoadNext(it.R, &it.Txnh)
 }
 
 
-// Iterate creates Iter to iterate over r starting from posStart in direction dir
+// Iterate creates Iter to iterate over r starting from posStart in direction dir.
 func Iterate(r io.ReaderAt, posStart int64, dir IterDir) *Iter {
 	it := &Iter{R: r, Dir: dir, Txnh: TxnHeader{Pos: posStart}}
 	switch dir {

go/zodb/storage/fs1/index.go

-// Copyright (C) 2017  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
+// Copyright (C) 2017-2018  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
 //                          Kirill Smelkov <kirr@nexedi.com>
 //
 // This program is free software: you can Use, Study, Modify and Redistribute
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const (
 	posValidMask   uint64   = 1<<48 - 1                 // 0x0000ffffffffffff
 )
 
-// IndexSaveError is the error type returned by index save routines
+// IndexSaveError is the error type returned by index save routines.
 type IndexSaveError struct {
 	Err error // error that occurred during the operation
 }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (e *IndexSaveError) Error() string {
 	return "index save: " + e.Err.Error()
 }
 
-// Save saves index to a writer
+// Save saves index to a writer.
 func (fsi *Index) Save(w io.Writer) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if err == nil {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (fsi *Index) SaveFile(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// IndexLoadError is the error type returned by index load routines
+// IndexLoadError is the error type returned by index load routines.
 type IndexLoadError struct {
 	Filename string // present if used IO object was with .Name()
 	Pos      int64
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (e *IndexLoadError) Error() string {
 	return s
 }
 
-// LoadIndex loads index from a reader
+// LoadIndex loads index from a reader.
 func LoadIndex(r io.Reader) (fsi *Index, err error) {
 	var picklePos int64
 	defer func() {
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func treeEqual(a, b *fsb.Tree) bool {
 
 // --- build index from FileStorage data ---
 
-// IndexUpdateProgress is data sent by Index.Update to notify about progress
+// IndexUpdateProgress is data sent by Index.Update to notify about progress.
 type IndexUpdateProgress struct {
 	TopPos     int64  // data range to update to; if = -1 -- till EOF
 	TxnIndexed int    // # transactions read/indexed so far
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ type IndexUpdateProgress struct {
 // which position in data the index could be updated.
 //
 // On success returned error is nil and index.TopPos is set to either:
+//
 //	- topPos (if it is != -1), or
 //	- r's position at which read got EOF (if topPos=-1).
 func (index *Index) Update(ctx context.Context, r io.ReaderAt, topPos int64, progress func(*IndexUpdateProgress)) (err error) {
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ func indexCorrupt(f interface{}, format string, argv ...interface{}) *IndexCorru
 	return &IndexCorruptError{DataFileName: ioname(f), Detail: fmt.Sprintf(format, argv...)}
 }
 
-// IndexVerifyProgress is data sent by Index.Verify to notify about progress
+// IndexVerifyProgress is data sent by Index.Verify to notify about progress.
 type IndexVerifyProgress struct {
 	TxnTotal   int                   // total # of transactions to verify; if = -1 -- whole data
 	TxnChecked int
@@ -575,6 +576,7 @@ type IndexVerifyProgress struct {
 // exactly the same as if it was build anew for data in range ..index.TopPos .
 //
 // Returned error is either:
+//
 //	- of type *IndexCorruptError, when data in index was found not to match original data, or
 //	- any other error type representing e.g. IO error when reading original data or something else.
 func (index *Index) Verify(ctx context.Context, r io.ReaderAt, ntxn int, progress func(*IndexVerifyProgress)) (oidChecked map[zodb.Oid]struct{}, err error) {
@@ -672,7 +674,7 @@ func (index *Index) Verify(ctx context.Context, r io.ReaderAt, ntxn int, progres
 	return oidChecked, nil
 }
 
-// VerifyForFile checks index correctness against FileStorage data in file @ path
+// VerifyForFile checks index correctness against FileStorage data in file @ path.
 //
 // See Verify for semantic description.
 func (index *Index) VerifyForFile(ctx context.Context, path string, ntxn int, progress func(*IndexVerifyProgress)) (oidChecked map[zodb.Oid]struct{}, err error) {
@@ -691,7 +693,7 @@ func (index *Index) VerifyForFile(ctx context.Context, path string, ntxn int, pr
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	topPos := fi.Size() // XXX there might be last TxnInprogress transaction
+	topPos := fi.Size() // XXX there might be last TxnInprogress transaction	XXX
 	if index.TopPos != topPos {
 		return nil, indexCorrupt(f, "topPos mismatch: data=%v  index=%v", topPos, index.TopPos)
 	}

go/zodb/storage/zeo/zeo.go

@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ func (z *zeo) Iterate(ctx context.Context, tidMin, tidMax zodb.Tid) zodb.ITxnIte
 	panic("TODO")
 }
 
+func (z *zeo) Watch(ctx context.Context) (zodb.Tid, []zodb.Oid, error) {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
 
 // errorUnexpectedReply is returned by zLink.Call callers when reply was
 // received successfully, but is not what the caller expected.
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ func openByURL(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL, opt *zodb.OpenOptions) (_ zodb.I
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("TODO write mode not implemented")
 	}
 
-	zl, err := dialZLink(ctx, net, addr)
+	zl, err := dialZLink(ctx, net, addr)	// XXX + methodTable
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

go/zodb/storage/zeo/zrpc.go

@@ -54,19 +54,21 @@ var protoVersions = []string{
 
 // zLink is ZEO connection between client (local end) and server (remote end).
 //
-// zLink provides service to make RPC requests.
-// XXX and receive notification from server (server sends invalidations)
+// zLink provides service to make and receive RPC requests.
 //
 // create zLink via dialZLink or handshake.
 type zLink struct {
 	link  net.Conn		// underlying network
 	rxbuf rbuf.RingBuf	// buffer for reading from link
 
-	// calls in-flight
+	// our in-flight calls
 	callMu  sync.Mutex
 	callTab map[int64]chan msg // msgid -> rxc for that call; nil when closed
 	callID  int64              // ID for next call; incremented at every call
 
+	// methods peer can invoke
+	methTab map[string]func(interface{})
+
 	serveWg	 sync.WaitGroup	// for serveRecv
 	down1    sync.Once
 	errClose error		// error got from .link.Close()
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ func (zl *zLink) shutdown(err error) {
 		for _, rxc := range callTab {
 			rxc <- msg{arg: nil} // notify link was closed	XXX ok? or err explicitly?
 		}
+
+		// XXX close watcher
 	})
 }
 
@@ -138,11 +142,9 @@ func (zl *zLink) serveRecv1(pkb *pktBuf) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if m.method != ".reply" {
-		// TODO add notification channel (server calls client by itself")
-		return fmt.Errorf(".%d: method=%q; expected \".reply\"", m.msgid, m.method)
-	}
+	// "invalidateTransaction", tid, oidv
 
+	if m.method == ".reply" {
 		// lookup call by msgid and dispatch result to waiter
 		zl.callMu.Lock()
 		rxc := zl.callTab[m.msgid]
@@ -157,6 +159,17 @@ func (zl *zLink) serveRecv1(pkb *pktBuf) error {
 
 		rxc <- m
 		return nil
+	}
+
+
+	// XXX currently only async/ no other flags handled
+	f := zl.methTab[m.method]
+	if f == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf(".%d: unknown method=%q", m.msgid, m.method)
+	}
+
+	f(m.arg)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // msg represents 1 message.
@@ -216,7 +229,7 @@ func pktDecode(pkb *pktBuf) (msg, error) {
 }
 
 
-// call makes 1 RPC call to server, waits for reply and returns it.
+// Call makes 1 RPC call to server, waits for reply and returns it.
 func (zl *zLink) Call(ctx context.Context, method string, argv ...interface{}) (reply msg, _ error) {
 	// defer func() ...
 	reply, err := zl._call(ctx, method, argv...)
@@ -268,6 +281,12 @@ func (zl *zLink) _call(ctx context.Context, method string, argv ...interface{})
 	return reply, nil
 }
 
+// RegisterMethod registers f to be called when remote	XXX
+// FIXME -> provide methodTable to dial, so that it is available right from start without any race
+func (zl *zLink) RegisterMethod(method string, f func(arg interface{})) {
+	// XXX only "async" (without reply)
+	// XXX
+}
 
 // ---- raw IO ----
 

go/zodb/zodb.go

@@ -323,11 +323,18 @@ func (e *OpError) Cause() error {
 
 // IStorage is the interface provided by opened ZODB storage.
 type IStorage interface {
-	IStorageDriver
+	//IStorageDriver
 
+	// same as in IStorageDriver
+	URL() string
+	Close() error
+	LastTid(context.Context) (Tid, error)
+	Loader
+	Iterator
+	// no watcher
+
+	// additional to IStorageDriver
 	Prefetcher
-	//Loader
-	//Iterator
 	//XXXNotifier() -> Notifier // dedicated notifier for every open?
 }
 
@@ -359,7 +366,9 @@ type IStorageDriver interface {
 
 	Loader
 	Iterator
+	Watcher
 
+/*
 	// Notifier returns storage driver notifier.
 	//
 	// The notifier represents invalidation channel (notify about changes
@@ -372,6 +381,7 @@ type IStorageDriver interface {
 	// XXX -> nil, if driver does not support notifications?
 	// XXX or always support them, even with FileStorage (inotify)?
 	//Notifier() Notifier
+*/
 }
 
 // Loader provides functionality to load objects.
@@ -435,6 +445,7 @@ type Committer interface {
 }
 
 
+/*
 // Notifier allows to be notified of changes made to database by other clients.
 type Notifier interface {
 
@@ -444,6 +455,16 @@ type Notifier interface {
 	// XXX overflow -> special error
 	Read(ctx context.Context) (Tid, []Oid, error)
 }
+*/
+
+// Watcher allows to be notified of changes to database.
+type Watcher interface {
+
+	// Watch waits-for and returns next event corresponding to comitted transaction.
+	//
+	// XXX queue overflow -> special error?
+	Watch(ctx context.Context) (Tid, []Oid, error)
+}
 
 
 	// TODO: History(ctx, oid, size=1)