Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] odb: introduce interface to generate packfiles

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 03:16:37AM -0700, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> > diff --git a/odb/source.h b/odb/source.h
> > index d69f8e2d1c..e2129766fc 100644
> > --- a/odb/source.h
> > +++ b/odb/source.h
> > @@ -278,6 +278,23 @@ struct odb_source {
> >  	 */
> >  	bool (*optimize_required)(struct odb_source *source,
> >  				  const struct odb_optimize_options *opts);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * This callback is expected to start generating a packfile with the
> > +	 * given options. The pack shall be generated asynchronously so that
> > +	 * the caller can consume the pack data and progress output while the
> > +	 * pack is being generated.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * This callback is optional. Sources that cannot generate packfiles
> > +	 * shall leave it unset.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * The callback is expected to return 0 on success and populate the
> > +	 * `out` pointer with the pack generator, a negative error code
> > +	 * otherwise.
> > +	 */
> > +	int (*generate_pack)(struct odb_source *source,
> > +			     struct odb_pack_generator **out,
> > +			     const struct odb_generate_pack_options *opts);
> >  };
> >
> 
> Nit: I see that `source` is unused anyways, do we need to pass it in? Or
> is just for consistency?

Our specific implementation does not use it, but others might want. So
it's mostly for consistency to give the callback enough context.

Patrick