CheckAndGetReedSolomonShardHashes checks to see if a root hash is a reed solomon file, if ok, returns the list of shard hashes.

CheckAndValidateHostStorageMax makes sure the current storage max is under the accepted disk space max, if not, corrects this value.

GetHostsFromDatastore retrieves `num` hosts from the datastore, if not enough hosts are available, return an error instead of partial return.

GetHostStorageConfig checks if locally is storing a config, if yes, returns it, otherwise, queries hub to retrieve the latest default config.

GetHostStorageConfigForPeer retrieves locally saved info about peer (including self).

GetHostStorageConfigHelper checks if locally is storing a config, if yes, returns it, otherwise, queries hub to retrieve the latest default config.

NewGoContext creates a new context with remaining timeout from the existing request context, so that request can be cancelled and new goroutine should use this new context.

PutHostStorageConfig saves an updated storage storage config.

SaveHostsIntoDatastore overwrites (removes all existing) hosts and saves the updated hosts according to mode.

Normally each op has its own timeout, but in case of buggy paths this timeout serves as a catch-all to prevent mem leaks.

self or from network.

from btfs-hub.