[Linux-cluster] Lock Resources

[Christine Caulfield]

Ja S wrote:
> --- Christine Caulfield <ccaulfie at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> DLM lockspace 'data'
>>>        5         2f06768 1
>>>        5          114d15 1
>>>        5          120b13 1
>>>        5         5bd1f04 1
>>>        3          6a02f8 2
>>>        5          cb7604 1
>>>        5          ca187b 1
>>>
>> The first two numbers are the lock name. Don't ask
>> me what they mean,
>> that's a GFS question! (actually, I think inode
>> numbers might be
>> involved) The last number is the nodeID on which the
>> lock is mastered.
> 
> 
> Great, thanks again!
> 
> 
>>>> That lookup only happens the first time
>>>> a resource is used by a node, once the
>>>> node knows where the master is, 
>>>> it does not need to look it up again,
>>>> unless it releases all
>>>> locks on the resource.
>>>>
>>> Oh, I see. Just to further clarify, does it means
>> if
>>> the same lock resource is required again by an
>>> application on the node A, the node A will go
>> straight
>>> to the known node (ie the node B) which holds the
>>> master previously, but needs to lookup again if
>> the
>>> node B has already released the lock resource?
>> Not quite. A resource is mastered on a node for as
>> long as there are
>> locks for it. If node A gets the lock (which is
>> mastered on node B) then
>> it knows always to go do node B until all locks on
>> node A are released.
>> When that happens the local copy of the resource on
>> node A is released
>> including the reference to node B. If all the locks
>> on node B are
>> released (but A still has some) then the resource
>> will stay mastered on
>> node B and nodes that still have locks on that
>> resource will know where
>> to find it without a directory lookup.
>>
> 
> Aha, I think I missed another important concept -- a
> local copy of lock resources. I did not realise the
> existence of the local copy of lock resources. Which
> file should I check to figure out how many local
> copies a node has and what the local copies are? 

All the locks are displayed in /proc/cluster/dlm_locks, that shows you
which are local copies and which are masters.

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Chrissie