+/**
+ * starttrans - Start a transaction.
+ *
+ * Start a transaction. Intended to be used if we're about to perform many
+ * operations on the database to help speed it all up, or if we want
+ * something to only succeed if all relevant operations are successful.
+ */
+static bool db4_starttrans(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ log_assert(dbenv != NULL);
+ log_assert(txn == NULL);
+
+ ret = dbenv->txn_begin(dbenv,
+ NULL, /* No parent transaction */
+ &txn,
+ 0);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ logthing(LOGTHING_CRITICAL,
+ "Error starting transaction: %s",
+ db_strerror(ret));
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * endtrans - End a transaction.
+ *
+ * Ends a transaction.
+ */
+static void db4_endtrans(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ log_assert(dbenv != NULL);
+ log_assert(txn != NULL);
+
+ ret = txn->commit(txn,
+ 0);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ logthing(LOGTHING_CRITICAL,
+ "Error ending transaction: %s",
+ db_strerror(ret));
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ txn = NULL;
+
+ return;
+}
+