On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:01:35AM +0100, Guido Trotter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Iustin Pop <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> [+ balazs ]
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 04:54:40PM +0100, Guido Trotter wrote:
> >> We can't guarantee to keep the LockedObject around, when ReleaseUid is
> >> called (because that might happen, for example, after a ganeti
> >> shutdown/restart). So we'll support releasing on just an integer uid.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Guido Trotter <[email protected]>
> >> ---
> >>  lib/uidpool.py |    8 ++++++--
> >>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/lib/uidpool.py b/lib/uidpool.py
> >> index 1ad9435..b1e2155 100644
> >> --- a/lib/uidpool.py
> >> +++ b/lib/uidpool.py
> >> @@ -322,9 +322,13 @@ def RequestUnusedUid(all_uids):
> >>  def ReleaseUid(uid):
> >>    """This should be called when the given user-id is no longer in use.
> >>
> >> + �...@type uid: LockedUid or integer
> >> + �...@param uid: the uid to release back to the pool
> >> +
> >>    """
> >> -  # Make sure we release the exclusive lock, if there is any
> >> -  uid.Unlock()
> >> +  if isinstance(uid, LockedUid):
> >> +    # Make sure we release the exclusive lock, if there is any
> >> +    uid.Unlock()
> >>    try:
> >>      uid_path = utils.PathJoin(constants.UIDPOOL_LOCKDIR, str(uid))
> >>      os.remove(uid_path)
> >
> > Hmm, I just realize that we rely on the str() representation to match
> > the uid number. Not optimal IMHO :), but anyway.
> >
> 
> Yes, I don't like it either! :( Maybe we can improve this in a later
> patch series?
> Actually during testing of this patch series I changed the string
> representation to something which I thought was "nicer" and broke it
> already.

Yeah, exactly, that's my point :), str is used for nice display.

> So maybe it's something worth fixing! :)

Indeed!

iustin


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