Re: [Bluez-devel] Using ASCII based files for link key storage

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Fred,

> > > So first the new place for runtime things like link keys, names etc. I
> > > decided to use "/var/cache/bluetooth/<bdaddr>/" as the base directory
> > > and then use the file "linkkeys" for the actual link keys. And we will
> > > use "names" for the device name cache. The "bdaddr" is the address of
> > > the local adapter.
> >
> > According to the file hierarchy standard, /var/cache is for files which
> > "can be deleted without data loss". For cached device names it's probably
> > fine. They can't be recomputed if a device isn't in reach, but if it is,
> > the device name can be fetched again automatically. But I'm not if this
> > should include link keys. They can't be regenerated automatically without
> > bothering the user. Deleting them might even break at setup, where the peer
> > device isn't reachable easiliy after initial setup. Maybe /var/lib..? I'm
> > not really an expert in this area.
> 
> After thinking about it a little longer, I would even put the device name 
> cache under /var/lib/bluetooth. /var/cache is intended for files with the 
> purpose to reduce the load on any kind of resource, be it cpu, memory or 
> network. But that's not why bluez is caching device names. It's because we 
> want a reliable offline lookup capability. Caches should be completely 
> transparent, but this wouldn't be the case here. If the cache is gone, then 
> applications could not display a user friendly name, no matter how hard they 
> try. It's the same difference as the difference between a browser cache and a 
> proxy for offline browsing.

I am fine with it to put it under the /var/lib/bluetooth/ directory. The
code in the CVS has been changed now.

Regards

Marcel




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