Dynamic backends #705
Dynamic backends #705
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| @@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ class config_data | |||
| config_data &operator() (const std::string &name, const variant &value); | |||
| const variant *value_impl(const std::string &name) const; | |||
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| bool m_serializable; | |||
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Please, add description to m_serializable and its getter/setter.
| return std::shared_ptr<dnet_backend_info>(); | ||
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| void dnet_backend_info_manager::add_backend(std::shared_ptr<dnet_backend_info> &backend) |
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Are you sure this does not leak one reference?
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Please elaborate, what does this huge patch do? Why is this needed, what was the problem, why have you decided to 'fix' it this way? |
backends array of dnet_backend_io structs in dnet_io was changed to array of pointers. It allows quick reallocating of the array for adding new backends on the fly, but introduces locking mechanics for every access to backends array via rw-lock. For the same reasons backends vector in dnet_config_data was changed to a hash table encapsulated in dnet_backend_info_manager class. |
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There is definitely no quick reallocation, since you copy the whole array again and again when adding new elements. Let's start with more fundamental questions: What is the purpose of this patch? What is the problem it tries to solve? Is it present in the list of issues to solve first which was introduced like a year ago? |
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This patch is the development of #661. The issue behind these changes is: allow users to add/remove backends in dynamic without restarting dnet_ioserv. These patch introduces minimal changes to solve the issue. The next step is refactoring |
Reallocation of small array of pointers is a pretty fast operation. |
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| struct dnet_backend_io *dnet_get_backend_io(struct dnet_io *io, size_t backend_id) |
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This function doesn't increase reference counter or perform any other control flow operations (like remove object from array) else, why does it use locking?
Server parses config and starts backend, which was not presented in config initially, on DNET_BACKEND_ENABLE command. Thus, it is possible to add backends on the fly.