tree 40bde14721b0d2cfcefb232729f195344eed1376
parent b952dbbc73d884752ce62023d510c4e6c8b14865
author Bob Dionne <bob@cloudant.com> 1354365994 -0500
committer Bob Dionne <bob@cloudant.com> 1360263323 -0500

Manage Excessive amount of spawned pids

rexi_utils:send uses the noconnect and nosuspend options in order to immediately
return to the controller and spawns new processes to actually send the messages, assuming
the remote node is only temporarily down. In the nosuspend case these pids
can hang around indefinitely and build up.

This patch sends the messages that need to be sent from spawned processes to a new
gen_server, rexi_manager, which manages a group of rexi_governors, one for each node.
The governor does the spawning and monitoring of the pids and keeps track of how many are sent.
If a node down message is received the manager sets a timer which when expired tells the appropriate
governor to kill all the pids waiting on that node. A cap prevents spawning of processes above
a certain amount, after which messages are dropped on the floor.

BugzID: 15608