[SAGA-RG] SAGA Message API Extension
John Shalf
jshalf at lbl.gov
Thu Jan 18 11:40:04 CST 2007
On Jan 18, 2007, at 1:23 AM, Andre Merzky wrote:
> |Unreliable|: \> messages MAY (or may not) reach the
> remote clients.\\[0.3em]
> |Atomic|: \> |Unreliable|, but a message received
> by one client is\\
> \> guaranteed to (MUST) arrive
> at all clients.\\[0.3em]
> |SemiReliable|: \> messages are guaranteed to (MUST)
> arrive at all\\
> \> clients, but may arrive more than once.\\
> [0.3em]
> |Reliable|: \> all messages are guaranteed to (MUST)
> arrive at\\
> \> all clients.\\[0.3em]
> \end{tabbing}
>
> That is similar to your list, but adds the 'atomic' one.
> Not sure if that is useful (sounds like) or easily
> implementable (??), but I found it in a list of relibility
> modes for message transmissions which looked sensible, and
> seems to be close to what you propose.
That sounds good to me.
> Got you (I think) :-) Yes, that makes sense. I added a
> 'topology' enum and attribute, which is handled similarly to
> the 'reliability' property (static over connection/endpoint
> lifetime, inspection via ReadOnly attribute).
>
>
> New draft is attached, with new sections marked. It would
> be great if you could review the paragraphs about connection
> topology.
Looks good to me!
I think you have addressed all of my concerns.
-john
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