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Low level interface for Key-Value (KV) Stores
The KV store implementation in Tock has three levels, described below.
1 - Hardware Level: This level is the interface that writes a buffer to the hardware. This will generally be writing to flash, although in theory it would be possible to write to other mediums.
An example of the HIL used here is the Tock Flash HIL.
2 - KV System Level: This level can be thought of like a file system. It is responsible for taking save/load operations and generating a buffer to pass to level 1 This level is also in charge of generating hashes and checksums.
This level allows generating a key hash but otherwise operates on hashed keys. This level is not responsible for permission checks.
This file describes the HIL for this level.
3 - KV Store: This is a user friendly high level API. This API is used inside the kernel and exposed to applications to allow KV operations. The API from this level should be high level, for example set/get/delete on unhashed keys. This level is in charge of enforcing permissions.
This level is also in charge of generating the key hash by calling into level 2.
The expected setup inside Tock will look like this: +———————–+ | | | Capsule using K-V | | | +———————–+
capsules::kv_store
+———————–+ | | | K-V in Tock | | | +———————–+
hil::kv_system (this file)
+———————–+ | | | K-V library | | | +———————–+
hil::flash
Traits
- Implement this trait and use
set_client()in order to receive callbacks. - The type of keys, this should define the output size of the digest operations.
- Implement this trait and use
set_client()in order to receive callbacks.