[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (JGRP-1426) Group unable to accept new members: FLUSH stuck after MERGE_RSP timed out

Thu Apr 5 10:59:47 EDT 2012

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David Hotham commented on JGRP-1426:
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If I can avoid FLUSH then that should certainly stop me from hitting any issues with it!  Presumably views will only be part of the sequencing if I put SEQUENCER _beneath_ GMS in the stack?  ie my stack will go:

TCP
TCPPING
MERGE3
FD
VERIFY_SUSPECT
NAKACK2
UNICAST2
STABLE
SEQUENCER
GMS
UFC
MFC
FRAG2

Does that look right?

I'd be very happy to discuss this on the phone - though if you can confirm that the stack above looks OK, then that seems like it should resolve things from my point of view.  (I'd still be happy to talk, but I don't know that I'd have much to say except "thanks!").  UK office hours would be best for me - drop me an email and let me know what works for you.

Thanks!

David

> Group unable to accept new members: FLUSH stuck after MERGE_RSP timed out
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JGRP-1426
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1426
>             Project: JGroups
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 3.1
>            Reporter: David Hotham
>            Assignee: Vladimir Blagojevic
>             Fix For: 3.1
>
>         Attachments: Hotham.java, Repro23March2012.zip
>
>
> We have two sub-groups, [B, C, A] and [D].
> (1) D sends a MERGE_REQ to B.
> 2012-02-18 22:15:03.888 [MergeTask,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-D] TRACE org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.Merger - Member-B: sending MERGE_REQ to [Member-D, Member-B]
> (2) B receives this.  There's some delay in processing it (I think because there's another merge or flush going on; but the exact reason doesn't matter for this issue).  When processing does start, B begins a flush.
> 2012-02-18 22:15:03.889 [OOB-2,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-B] TRACE org.jgroups.protocols.TCP - received [dst: Member-B, src: Member-D (3 headers), size=0 bytes, flags=OOB], headers are GMS: GmsHeader[MERGE_REQ]: merge_id=Member-D::1, mbrs=[Member-B, Member-C, Member-A, Member-D], UNICAST2: DATA, seqno=1, conn_id=2, first, TCP: [channel_name=Clumpy Test Cluster]
> 2012-02-18 22:15:08.811 [OOB-2,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-B] TRACE org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.Merger - Member-B: got merge request from Member-D, merge_id=Member-D::1, mbrs=[Member-B, Member-A, Member-C, Member-D]
> (3) D times out waiting for the MERGE_RSP from B:
> 2012-02-18 22:15:08.889 [MergeTask,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-D] TRACE org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.Merger - Member-D: collected 1 merge response(s) in 5001 ms
> 2012-02-18 22:15:08.889 [MergeTask,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-D] DEBUG org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.Merger - merge leader Member-D did not get responses from all 2 partition coordinators; missing responses from 1 members, removing them from the merge
> (4) D completes the (failed) merge and broadcasts STOP_FLUSH:
> 2012-02-18 22:15:08.896 [MergeTask,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-D] TRACE org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.Merger - Member-D: received all ACKs (1) for merge view MergeView::[Member-D|1] [Member-D], subgroups=[Member-D|0] [Member-D] in 7ms
> 2012-02-18 22:15:08.896 [MergeTask,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-D] TRACE org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.GMS - Member-D: sending RESUME event
> 2012-02-18 22:15:08.897 [MergeTask,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-D] DEBUG org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.FLUSH - Member-D: received RESUME, sending STOP_FLUSH to all
> But, since B is not a member of D's view, B does not receive this message.  
> (5) Now all future merge attempts fail, because B is stuck in a flush:
> 2012-02-18 22:15:31.186 [OOB-1,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-B] WARN  org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.GMS - Member-B: GMS flush by coordinator failed
> 2012-02-18 22:15:54.380 [OOB-2,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-B] WARN  org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.GMS - Member-B: GMS flush by coordinator failed
> 2012-02-18 22:16:13.705 [OOB-1,Clumpy Test Cluster,Member-B] WARN  org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.GMS - Member-B: GMS flush by coordinator failed
> Note that I have implemented a workaround in my application where I:
> -  start a long-ish timer in the block() callback; and stop that timer in unblock()
> -  if the timer is allowed to pop, call channel.stopFlush()
> This seems to be allowing the group to recover.  Any comments on whether this is a good or bad idea would be appreciated.

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