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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Owen Hilyard <ohilyard@iol.unh.edu>
Cc: "Juraj Linkeš" <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>,
	"Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"David Marchand" <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	ronan.randles@intel.com,
	"Honnappa Nagarahalli" <Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com>,
	"Tu, Lijuan" <lijuan.tu@intel.com>, dev <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] dts: add ssh connection extension
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:15:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YyHT+d1CeAtkn7OL@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHx6DYDiznC+j+4HTuYzHtub7zTGYf_vymeUkO8YwE9xeAw0rQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 08:02:37AM -0400, Owen Hilyard wrote:
>      On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 3:46 AM Bruce Richardson
>      <[1]bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>      >      On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:55:46AM +0000, Juraj Linkeš wrote:
>      >      > The class adds logging and history records to existing
>      pexpect
>      >      methods.
>      >      >
>      >      > Signed-off-by: Owen Hilyard <[1][2]ohilyard@iol.unh.edu>
>      >      > Signed-off-by: Juraj Linkeš <juraj.linkes@pantheon.tech>
>      >      > ---
>      >      >  dts/framework/ssh_connection.py | 70
>      >      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>      >      >  1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
>      >      >  create mode 100644 dts/framework/ssh_connection.py
>      >      >
>      >
>      >      One comment inline below.
>      >
>      >      /Bruce
>      >
>      >      Two questions on this function:
>      >
>      >      * Is the getattr() check not equivalent to "if self.logger:"?
>      >
>      >    It is. I missed it when looking over this code. I know that
>      this close
>      >    function can run in a context where it loses the ability to
>      make system
>      >    calls (an exit hook), but that doesn't matter for this as far
>      as I
>      >    know.
>      >
>      >      * Why the check for a non-none logger in this function, when
>      other
>      >
>      >        functions above always seem to call the logger directly
>      without
>      >      checking?
>      >
>      >    "close" can be called before "init_log" if the program crashes
>      early
>      >    enough, so this is avoiding calling a function on a null
>      object. No
>      >    other function can have that issue because by the time control
>      is
>      >    returned to the user the logger is properly initalized. This is
>      >    especially important because an early failure in the community
>      lab will
>      >    only be able to use logs to figure out what happened.
>      >
>      I'm a little confused by that explanation - can you perhaps clarify?
>      This
>      close function in part of an class, and the logger member is
>      assigned its value
>      in the constructor for that class, so how is it possible to call
>      obj.close() before obj has been constructed?
> 
>    Due to how we are forced to add the hooks to flush logger buffers to
>    disk before shutdown, even in the case of failures or SIGTERM, close
>    can run WHILE the constructor is in the middle of executing. All of the
>    resources except for the logger can be freed by python, but the logger
>    requires special handling, so we check if it is null and then flush the
>    buffers to disk if it is not. The actual logger object is only assigned
>    to self.logger after it is completely initalized, so if it's not null,
>    then it is in a good state and can be safely flushed. Here's a sequence
>    of events that would lead to that check being needed:
>    1. Start constructing logging handle
>    2. Execute first line of the constructor
>    3. SIGTERM
>    self.logger == None, since the entire world stops and moves to the
>    cleanup functions registered with the interpreter. If we don't do this
>    check, then the cleanup context crashes in this case.
> 
Ack.
Thanks for the clear explanation, having the check now makes sense.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-14 13:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-22 12:14 [PATCH v1 0/8] dts: ssh connection to a node Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 1/8] dts: add ssh pexpect library Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 2/8] dts: add locks for parallel node connections Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 3/8] dts: add ssh connection extension Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 4/8] dts: add basic logging facility Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 5/8] dts: add Node base class Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 6/8] dts: add config parser module Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 7/8] dts: add dts runtime workflow module Juraj Linkeš
2022-06-22 12:14 ` [PATCH v1 8/8] dts: add main script for running dts Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] ssh connection to a node Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] dts: add basic logging facility Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] dts: add ssh pexpect library Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] dts: add locks for parallel node connections Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] dts: add ssh connection extension Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] dts: add config parser module Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] dts: add Node base class Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] dts: add dts workflow module Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-11 14:51   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] dts: add dts executable script Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00   ` [PATCH v3 0/9] dts: ssh connection to a node Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 1/9] dts: add project tools config Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 2/9] dts: add developer tools Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 3/9] dts: add basic logging facility Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 4/9] dts: add ssh pexpect library Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 5/9] dts: add ssh connection extension Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 6/9] dts: add config parser module Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 7/9] dts: add Node base class Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 8/9] dts: add dts workflow module Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-28 10:00     ` [PATCH v3 9/9] dts: add dts executable script Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-29 10:55     ` [PATCH v4 0/9] dts: ssh connection to a node Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 1/9] dts: add project tools config Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:30         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-07 16:16         ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-09 13:38           ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-09 13:52             ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-09 14:13               ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-12 14:06                 ` Owen Hilyard
2022-09-12 15:15                   ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 12:08                     ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-13 14:18                       ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 19:03                     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-13 19:19                 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-14  9:37                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-14 12:55                     ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-14 13:11                       ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-14 14:28                         ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-21 10:49                           ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-13 19:11             ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 2/9] dts: add developer tools Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:30         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-07 16:37         ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 12:38           ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-13 20:38             ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-14  7:37               ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-14 12:45               ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-14 13:13                 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-14 14:26                   ` Thomas Monjalon
2022-09-14 19:08                     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-20 12:14                       ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-20 12:22                         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 3/9] dts: add basic logging facility Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:31         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-08  8:31         ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 12:52           ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-13 23:31             ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-14 12:51               ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 4/9] dts: add ssh pexpect library Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:31         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-08  9:53         ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 13:36           ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-13 14:23             ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 14:59         ` Stanislaw Kardach
2022-09-13 17:23           ` Owen Hilyard
2022-09-14  0:03             ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-14  7:42               ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-14  7:58                 ` Stanislaw Kardach
2022-09-14 19:57                 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-19 14:21                   ` Owen Hilyard
2022-09-20 17:54                     ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2022-09-21  1:01                       ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-21  5:37                       ` Jerin Jacob
2022-09-22  9:03                         ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-14  9:42         ` Stanislaw Kardach
2022-09-22  9:41           ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-22 14:32             ` Stanislaw Kardach
2022-09-23  7:22               ` Juraj Linkeš
2022-09-23  8:15                 ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-23 10:18                   ` Stanislaw Kardach
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 5/9] dts: add ssh connection extension Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:32         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-13 17:04         ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 17:32           ` Owen Hilyard
2022-09-14  7:46             ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-14 12:02               ` Owen Hilyard
2022-09-14 13:15                 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 6/9] dts: add config parser module Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:33         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-09-13 17:19         ` Bruce Richardson
2022-09-13 17:47           ` Owen Hilyard
2022-09-14  7:48             ` Bruce Richardson
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 7/9] dts: add Node base class Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:33         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 8/9] dts: add dts workflow module Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:34         ` Tu, Lijuan
2022-07-29 10:55       ` [PATCH v4 9/9] dts: add dts executable script Juraj Linkeš
2022-08-10  6:35         ` Tu, Lijuan

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