void (*callback) (void *, int success),
void *callback_context);
+ /*
+ * Returns 0 if the exception store is empty.
+ *
+ * If there are exceptions still to be merged, sets
+ * *last_old_chunk and *last_new_chunk to the most recent
+ * still-to-be-merged chunk and returns the number of
+ * consecutive previous ones.
+ */
+ int (*prepare_merge) (struct dm_exception_store *store,
+ chunk_t *last_old_chunk, chunk_t *last_new_chunk);
+
+ /*
+ * Clear the last n exceptions.
+ * nr_merged must be <= the value returned by prepare_merge.
+ */
+ int (*commit_merge) (struct dm_exception_store *store, int nr_merged);
+
/*
* The snapshot is invalid, note this in the metadata.
*/