From 5330e3772f9a2555ddffca0fbb56007580a4b24c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ilya_Shlyakhter Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:33:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: catch-all deadlock breaker --- ...comment_6_880c962d5ca77c494c984e7f74725265._comment | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/parallel_get_to_the_files_for_the_same_key_would_fail_with__thread_blocked_indefinitely_in_an_STM_transaction/comment_6_880c962d5ca77c494c984e7f74725265._comment diff --git a/doc/bugs/parallel_get_to_the_files_for_the_same_key_would_fail_with__thread_blocked_indefinitely_in_an_STM_transaction/comment_6_880c962d5ca77c494c984e7f74725265._comment b/doc/bugs/parallel_get_to_the_files_for_the_same_key_would_fail_with__thread_blocked_indefinitely_in_an_STM_transaction/comment_6_880c962d5ca77c494c984e7f74725265._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f8d18b1cf6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/parallel_get_to_the_files_for_the_same_key_would_fail_with__thread_blocked_indefinitely_in_an_STM_transaction/comment_6_880c962d5ca77c494c984e7f74725265._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Ilya_Shlyakhter" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0" + subject="catch-all deadlock breaker" + date="2019-11-13T22:33:59Z" + content=""" +Not sure if feasible, but maybe a [[catch-all deadlock breaker|todo/more_extensive_retries_to_mask_transient_failures]] could be implemented to mask this and other deadlocks? + +The moon landings software [[had something|https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/hrst/archive/1033.pdf]] [[like this|https://history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch2-6.html]], and it worked [[pretty well|https://www.wsj.com/articles/apollo-11-had-a-hidden-hero-software-11563153001]]... +"""]]