+/*
+ * Reset the counter of how much metadata has been consumed to 0. That way,
+ * the consumer receives the content of the metadata cache unchanged. This is
+ * different from the metadata_regenerate where the offset from epoch is
+ * resampled, here we want the exact same content as the last time the metadata
+ * was generated. This command is only possible if all the metadata written
+ * in the cache has been output to the metadata stream to avoid corrupting the
+ * metadata file.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, a negative value on error.
+ */
+static
+int lttng_metadata_cache_dump(struct lttng_metadata_stream *stream)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct lttng_metadata_cache *cache = stream->metadata_cache;
+
+ mutex_lock(&cache->lock);
+ if (stream->metadata_out != cache->metadata_written) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto end;
+ }
+ stream->metadata_out = 0;
+ stream->metadata_in = 0;
+ wake_up_interruptible(&stream->read_wait);
+ ret = 0;
+
+end:
+ mutex_unlock(&cache->lock);
+ return ret;
+}
+