1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands.h b/src/mongo/db/commands.h
index 72a6f1afda9..b11daed69f0 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands.h
@@ -491,6 +491,14 @@ public:
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns true if a command may be able to safely ignore prepare conflicts. Only commands that
+     * can guarantee they will only perform reads may ignore prepare conflicts.
+     */
+    virtual bool canIgnorePrepareConflicts() const {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns true if this command invocation is allowed to utilize "speculative" majority reads to
      * service 'majority' read concern requests. This allows a query to satisfy a 'majority' read
      * without storage engine support for reading from a historical snapshot.
@@ -624,6 +632,14 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if a command may be able to safely ignore prepare conflicts. Only commands that
+     * can guarantee they will only perform reads may ignore prepare conflicts.
+     */
+    virtual bool canIgnorePrepareConflicts() const {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 private:
     std::unique_ptr<CommandInvocation> parse(OperationContext* opCtx,
                                              const OpMsgRequest& request) final;