I am working on clusterlib (YST project) and we are using zookeeper for a backing store of cluster abstractions (i.e. Applications, groups, nodes, data distributions, etc.).
I believe that this is an optimization use case for using zoo_set() with versions that are != -1. I.e. 1. I do a successful zoo_set() with version V, where V != -1. 2. Make more changes to my data. 3. I want to do another zoo_set() but I don't know what version number to try. Since I don't know the version number I have to use either zoo_exists() or zoo_get(). Even though zoo_exists() gets me the version number I don't know whether that version is the one that I wrote. Therefore I need to read the znode (zoo_get()) and compare with the data that I did set before I make changes to the data (step 2) ) that I will zoo_set in step 3). Note that I am never sure if I was the last writer. If there is a way to get the used version from zoo_set(), then I do not need to use zoo_exists() or zoo_get() in between zoo_set() calls (steps 1) and 3) ). They will still fail, of course, if the version is wrong. And the other benefit is that I will know that I was the last writer if I get the version from my last successful zoo_set() and then do zoo_exists() and the versions match. Avery On 12/12/08 11:53 AM, "Patrick Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you explain your use case? There is no way to get the version as > part of a zoo_set, however there may be some alternative that we can > suggest if we knew more about the problem you are trying to solve. > > Patrick > > Avery Ching wrote: >> Patrick, >> >> Thanks for responding. >> >> I agree that I can use zoo_exists and zoo_get to get the version of the >> znode as it exists currently. >> >> The problem I am trying to solve is that getting the version from struct >> Stat in either zoo_exists or zoo_get may not be the same version that my >> last successful zoo_set used. I would like to get the version that denotes >> my last successful zoo_set() operation to a particular znode. >> >> I understand that the data and version to the znode may change immediately >> one or multiple times after my zoo_set() and this is fine, but I would still >> like to know the znode's versions of the data I set. >> >> Avery >> >> On 12/12/08 11:11 AM, "Patrick Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Avery Ching wrote: >>>> If zoo_set() completes successfully with version != -1, can we assume that >>>> version -> version + 1 for this znode? If not, is there a way for the user >>>> to get the version of the successfully completed zoo_set() operation? >>> You shouldn't rely on this, it may work, but it's not part of the >>> contract. Also, nothing says that some other client won't change the >>> node immediately after you change it. >>> >>> You can access the version using zoo_exists or zoo_get - specifically >>> the "struct Stat stat" argument of either of those methods contains a >>> "version" member. >>> >>> Patrick >>
