On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:06, Iustin Pop <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>

I would be more than happy to fix this, but I don't see what needs to be
fixed here.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's just me not understanding the problem.
Please explain.

I had the following reasoning when I wrote the original code: a user-id is
an integer by definition and its str() representation is expected to be the
matching string of decimal digits (at least that's what I would expect). The
filename should be UID_POOL_DIR + <uid>, where <uid> is the decimal
representation of the user-id.

BTW: Guido, I'm curious what the "nicer" string representation was in your
case ;)

/leczb


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