Re: JSON PMDA

["Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi -

> > ...  but according to normal practice, a "restarted pmda" means
> > "restarted pmcd", which means active pcp contexts are dropped, which
> > means clients are to reconnect & recalculate name->pmid mappings.
> 
> Some more context :- historically (and still now for many PMDAs) a SIGHUP
> to pmcd was the default agent-restart/pmcd-reconfigure mechanism & that'll
> become the default again soon for all PMDAs (so, no loss of connection for
> clients).  [...]

OK, that does change the picture (with respect to demands on the
pmdas, not with respect to expectations by the clients).  I hope it
will not be difficult to audit them.

> Is there any reason not to tackle this problem, Frank?  There's a
> possible solution proposed reusing existing code, & other PMDAs that
> will benefit - seems like a no-brainer that we should Just Do It.

If it's a reasonably small amount of incremental work, agreed.


- FChE