[PATCH] CTDB protocol and client fixes

[Martin Schwenke]

On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:21:44 +0100, Volker Lendecke
<Volker.Lendecke at SerNet.DE> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 07:53:43PM +1100, Martin Schwenke wrote:
> > * Disallow nested event loops at compile time by not passing an
> >   event context around.  Then you need to create temporary event
> >   contexts, do repeated set-up and tear-down and, depending on whose
> >   eyes you are looking with, you end up with more complexity.
> >
> > * Do the setup once, use generic packet processing under the hood and
> >   let tevent's run-time nesting detection catch the nesting if someone
> >   writes bad code.  
> 
> For generic file server code it will take Metze and Jeremy
> to convince me that nested event loops are a requirement now
> again. I know that my mental capabilities are just too
> limited to debug them, sorry. Maybe I should have gotten my
> PhD in algebraic topology before I start coding Samba.

Either way, there can be no nested event loops.  In the 2nd case, if
tevent detects nesting it will cause an abort, so it is regarded as a
programming error.

I'm obviously missing something subtle...  :-(

peace & happiness,
martin