Github user manuzhang commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-gearpump/pull/156#discussion_r102384171 --- Diff: core/src/main/scala/org/apache/gearpump/util/RestartPolicy.scala --- @@ -26,16 +26,24 @@ import akka.actor.ChildRestartStats * When one executor or task fails, Gearpump will try to start. However, if it fails after * multiple retries, then we abort. * - * @param maxNrOfRetries The number of times is allowed to be restarted, negative value means no - * limit, if the limit is exceeded the policy will not allow to restart + * @param totalNrOfRetries The total number of times is allowed to be restarted, negative value + * means no limit, if the limit is exceeded the policy will not allow + * to restart + * @param maxNrOfRetriesInRange The maximum retry times in the specified time window. * @param withinTimeRange Duration of the time window for maxNrOfRetries. * Duration.Inf means no window */ -class RestartPolicy(maxNrOfRetries: Int, withinTimeRange: Duration) { +class RestartPolicy(totalNrOfRetries: Int, maxNrOfRetriesInRange: Int, withinTimeRange: Duration) { + private var historicalRetries: Int = 0 private val status = new ChildRestartStats(null, 0, 0L) - private val retriesWindow = (Some(maxNrOfRetries), Some(withinTimeRange.toMillis.toInt)) + private val retriesWindow = (Some(maxNrOfRetriesInRange), Some(withinTimeRange.toMillis.toInt)) def allowRestart: Boolean = { - status.requestRestartPermission(retriesWindow) + historicalRetries += 1 + if (totalNrOfRetries > 0 && historicalRetries > totalNrOfRetries) { --- End diff -- We mixed our own policy with Akka's implementation here. Can we make it simpler ? Is restarting based on number of retries, i.e. `retriesWindow = (Some(maxNrOfRetriesInRange), None)` good enough ?
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