[AFS3-std] abort packet format

Jason Edgecombe jason@rampaginggeek.com
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:48:55 -0500


ok, so is there any unallocated space in the payload? Does adding this 
require a new RPC or something?

On 03/07/2011 07:53 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> the field? there's no field. an abort contains a payload. only the
> first 32 bits of it are defined, as "the error"
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> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Jason Edgecombe<jason@rampaginggeek.com>  wrote:
>> On 03/07/2011 11:28 AM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
>>> right now, abort packets have a payload of "the error". anything
>>> beyond the 32 bit error in the payload is undefined.
>>>
>>> comments on exploring a way to ship additional data, like a reason in
>>> the event of e.g. delayed abort (so clients can be notified they're
>>> being throttled)?
>>>
>> +1
>>
>> As a sysadmin, it would be nice to know when the server is throttling the
>> client.
>>
>> How long is the field? What has been unallocated?
>>
>> Jason
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