[PATCH] Add replicated database model to ctdb

[Martin Schwenke]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:41:59 +1000, Amitay Isaacs via samba-technical
<samba-technical at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> CTDB has two database models:
> 
> 1. Persistent databases - replicated and permanent
> 2. Volatile database - distributed and temporary
> 
> This patch set adds a new database model
> 
> 3. Replicated database - replicated and temporary
> 
> The main purpose of this database model is store ctdb state information
> which requires to be replicated across the cluster.  Currently different
> types of state information is replicated using different methods.  With
> this database model, we can get rid of various ad-hoc methods and use a
> consistent API for cluster-wide state replication.
> 
> Please review and push.

During review Amitay noticed that a separate test fix had been rolled
into new code and also that some a debug code change was missing from
the previous patch set.  This means that 2 simple patches have been
added at the beginning of the set to make those fixes clear.

Reviewed-by: Martin Schwenke <martin at meltin.net>

Pushed...

peace & happiness,
martin