From 687c4c8f4f7905a11375fc4b2d8411d9f38a7e39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Paul Calderone Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:30:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Talk about lack of creation --- docs/proposed/http-storage-node-protocol.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/proposed/http-storage-node-protocol.rst b/docs/proposed/http-storage-node-protocol.rst index 68b5e727c..d0bd8cfd6 100644 --- a/docs/proposed/http-storage-node-protocol.rst +++ b/docs/proposed/http-storage-node-protocol.rst @@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ Writing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! General purpose read-test-and-write operation for mutable storage indexes. +A mutable storage index is also called a "slot" +(particularly by the existing Tahoe-LAFS codebase). +The first write operation on a mutable storage index creates it +(that is, +there is no separate "create this storage index" operation as there is for the immutable storage index type). + The request body includes the secrets necessary to rewrite to the shares along with test, read, and write vectors for the operation. For example::