Github user roshannaik commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2502#discussion_r168026607 --- Diff: storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/messaging/netty/BackPressureStatus.java --- @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License + */ + +package org.apache.storm.messaging.netty; + +import org.apache.storm.serialization.KryoValuesDeserializer; +import org.apache.storm.serialization.KryoValuesSerializer; +import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer; +import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers; + +import java.io.IOException; +import java.util.Collection; +import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong; + +// Instances of this type are sent from NettyWorker to upstream WorkerTransfer to indicate BackPressure situation +public class BackPressureStatus { + public static final short IDENTIFIER = (short)-600; + private static final int SIZE_OF_ID = 2; // size if IDENTIFIER + private static final int SIZE_OF_INT = 4; + + private static AtomicLong bpCount = new AtomicLong(0); + + public String workerId; + public final long id; // monotonically increasing id --- End diff -- Its only for debugging purposes.. so that we can co-relate sent & recvd msgs. I have used it to measure latency involved in transmission of BackPressureStatus msgs.
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