Hi Robert, so I got you with the AgentX dispatching. Well, if the dispatching is already done, the request is processed in the subagent's process space (but it is processed there in a sequential way).
The problem we see and want to address is that the subagent nowadays can register OIDs and handle these OIDs only in a sequential way and not parallel with multiple threads living in the subagents process space. I mean you can not have multiple threads within your subagents process space working in parallel (especially register OIDs first parallel) and answer requests parallel. Of course one possible solution I see but this one is not really applicable, is that you register just a few number of OIDs (e.g. 1-50) in each subagent and therefore have lots of subagents. So we would like to make the subagents OID handling multi-threaded, so that the subagent can do a parallel job. I hope you see the problem the same way we do and furthermore we hope it's a worthwhile task we try to do over here. Best regards, Daniel -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Robert Story (Coders) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. August 2004 18:56 An: Fallmann, Daniel Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: How to make Net-SNMP threadsafe On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:14:25 +0200 Fallmann, wrote: FD> We don't want to make all the mibs already implemented thread-safe. FD> What we would like to do is to make AgentX and the Masteragents FD> AgentX-dispatching multi-treaded and indeed we are already writing a FD> document referencing the code areas that are critical for AgentX FD> dispatching in a multi-threaded way. I'm not sure what you want to change. AgentX sub-agents run in their own process space. When a request comes in for a sub-agent, that request is sent to the sub-agent, and the master agent can process other requests while waiting for the response. The actaul dispatching to the sub-agents should be fairly quick, so I don't see any advantage in making it multi-threaded. So, if you have multiple (independent) tables, and want to be able to do work for each table at the same time, simply create a separate sub-agent for each table. -- Robert Story; NET-SNMP Junkie <http://www.net-snmp.org/> <irc://irc.freenode.net/#net-snmp> Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=net-snmp-coders> You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
