Cluster event notification system

• US 7,058,957 B1
• Filed: 07/12/2002
• Issued: 06/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: 3pardata Incorporated (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Vy
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomson, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): WU, QING YUAN
• Application Number:
  US10/194,710
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 719/318, 709/223, 714 1- 10, 714/100
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2007 using redundant communication media
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

A method for notifying events to a node in a cluster includes (1) receiving a first event message and a second event message, (2) queuing the first and the second event messages, (3) sending the first event message to a first service callback, wherein the first service callback calls a first callback function to handle the first event message, (4) sending the first event message to a second service callback after (a) a the first service callback has handled the first event message and (b) a corresponding first service callback at a member node has handled the first event message, wherein the second service callback calls a second callback function to handle the first event message, and (5) sending the second event message to the first service callback after the first and the second callback functions have handled the first event message, wherein the first service callback calls the first callback function to handle the second event message. The method may further include sending a dummy message to the first callback function if the first callback function is waiting for a message from a sending node that is down. The method may also include sending a node down message to the first callback function if the first callback function is sending a message to a receiving node that is down.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for notifying events in a node of a cluster, comprising:

receiving a first and a second event messages;

queuing the first and the second event messages;

sending the first event message to a first service callback, wherein the first service callback calls a first callback function to handle the first event message;

sending the first event message to a second service callback after (1) the first service callback has handled the first event message and (2) a corresponding first service callback at another node has handled the first event message, wherein the second service callback calls a second callback function to handle the first event message; and

sending the second event message to the first service callback after the first and the second service callbacks have handled the first event message, wherein the first service callback calls the first callback function to handle the second event message.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a dummy message to the first callback function if the first callback function is waiting for a message from a sending node that is down.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if the first callback function is waiting for a message from a sending node;

if the first callback function is waiting for a message, determining if there is an event message in queue indicating the sending node is down; and

if there is an event message in queue indicating the sending node is down, sending a dummy message on behalf of sending node to the first callback function.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a node down message to the first callback function if the first callback function is sending a message to a receiving node that is down.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if the first callback function is sending a message to a receiving node;

if the first callback function is sending a message to a receiving node, determining if there is an event message in queue indicating the receiving node is down; and

if there is an event message in queue indicating the receiving node is down, sending a node down message to the first callback function.