Hi again,

I send you this link for further info on the subject:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAMA-588

The voteToHalt() function is marking the vertex as halted for the next 
superstep! Not the current. I agree that we should document this functionality 
more thoroughly to avoid future problems.

On the other hand you pin point a very interesting subject. I agree with you 
that more cases should be handled like:

1) voteToStop() : Immediately stop the vertex compute and suppress any further 
calculations on top of that. (e.g. aggregation)
2) voteToTerminate(): Immediately stop the vertex compute, suppress any further 
calculations on top of that and deactivate the vertex so even if any message 
reaches it, will not come alive.

I will open a JIRA ticket on the proposal, feel free to comment : ) Thanks in 
advance!

Cheers,
Anastasis

On 21 Δεκ 2013, at 12:48 μ.μ., Ηλίας Καπουράνης <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> yeah I know about the corner case. What do you mean the aggregated results 
> from superstep number 1? Between supersteps, there are the "aggregator" 
> supersteps. And they are like  this:
> - node superstep No.1
> - aggregator superstep No.1
> - node superstep No.2 etc etc
> 
> So if a node at "node superstep No.1" votes to halt, he shouldn't be included 
> in the aggregator phase which comes next, right?
> 
> My question is:
> why the node gets aggregated if he has voted to halt? Doesn't "vote to halt" 
> mean that he wants to stop?
> 
> 
> 
> Στις 20/12/2013 11:35 μμ, ο/η Anastasis Andronidis έγραψε:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> what you actually see it is an expected behavior from the aggregators. The 
>> results you are taking in the superstep number 2, are the aggregated results 
>> from superstep number 1.
>> 
>> There is a small corner case though. In superstep 0 the aggregators are off. 
>> This will change on next release.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Anastasis
>> 
>> On 20 Δεκ 2013, at 4:48 μ.μ., [email protected] wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello there,
>>> 
>>> I am using the Graph API and I have noticed something.
>>> If a node votes to halt at a superstep, we suppose that he won't be part of 
>>> the aggregation phase.
>>> BUT he is included in the aggregation phase of the next superstep!
>>> 
>>> To be more precise:
>>> 
>>> - Imagine we have a graph with 10 nodes.
>>> - At superstep 1 node K votes to halt.
>>> - At superstep 2 we check the number of the nodes aggregated and its 10. 
>>> (it had to be 9)
>>> - At superstep 3 we check again the number of the nodes aggregated and then 
>>> it is 9! (which is the correct)
>>> 
>>> This persists only with the aggregators. Node K doesn't work at superstep 2.
>>> 
>>> Can someone confirm that this is a problem or am i missing something?
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 

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