[OpenAFS-devel] Re: Multiple databases in ubik

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:31:13 -0500


On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:
> Moved to openafs-devel
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Hartmut Reuter <reuter@rzg.mpg.de> wrote:
>> Derrick Brashear wrote:
>>>
>>> well, i can tell you the first problem: it reuses RPCs but changes
>>> their signatures.
>>
>>
>> This is exactly what it should do in order to make sure that any mixed
>> configuration doesn't work. They will get back RXGEN_SS_UNMARSHAL errors
>> and give up.
>
> Disagree. If you want to cause them to get an error, don't implement
> the (different numbered) RPCs, and then RXGEN_OPCODE saves you.

(e.g. leave them out of the .xg... or, optionally leave them in and
have dummy stubs which return RXGEN_OPCODE)

-- 
Derrick