[Fwd: Re: BAST in RAC]
- From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Oracle-L (E-mail)'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:38:15 -0500
I am forwarding this rather heated exchange to the list, because I
believe that the other
people may have something to say about this as well.
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Subject: Re: BAST in RAC
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:35:27 -0500
From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: K Gopalakrishnan <kaygopal@xxxxxxxxx>
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Comments inline
K Gopalakrishnan wrote:
>Mladen:
>
>Interrupt is a generic word and it can be used anywhere in a relative
>context. CPU hardware devices may have something called interrupt and
>I am least bothered about that while speaking in RAC related context.
>In simple terms SAST/BAST are system traps sent to the owning
>
>
System traps are conditions on a CPU. There is a list of events.which
trigger the processor trap
condition. Examples are "Illegal Instruction" (used in emulators),
"Division by zero", "change mode kernel" and "invalid address" When
trap condition arises, CPU activates trap handler (address is in a
special register) which usually dispatches user handler, based on condition.
How does "process send a trap"? Trap is a SYNCHRONOUS event, and cannot
be sent
from external sources. You are abusing VMS terminology again. On Unix
systems, processes
do not send traps, (BTW, the original phrase was "enqueue AST") they
send signals. So, your
trap mumbo-jumbo is some kind of signal or packet. Now were getting
somewhere. If you
tell me exactly how is it implemented, we may actually untangle this
unpleasant riddle.
>processes and it is like an interrupt to that process.
>
If you want to give a correct information, give it, if you don't, please
refrain from mumbo-jumbo. Phrase "like an interrupt" is meaningless. On
Unix, there are interrupts, traps, signals, files and sockets. There is
nothing "like an interrupt". Sockets are "like interrupts", the same way
that
I am like Mike.
> If you think
>that INTERRUPT should only be used to CPU/hardware decice context, you
>may want to go ahead and use that only for that purposes..
>
>
>
If you want to use it for fashion garments, that is fine with me, as
long as there is
a clear definition. You did not provide one.
>>Your description of AST is what is scientifically known as mumbo-jumbo
>>(Oracle* Mumbo-Jumbo 10g) and makes no sense whatsoever. RAC processes work
>>over TCP sockets and do not "deliver interrupts". Processors and
>>hardware devices
>>deliver interrupts. Sockets deliver packets. If you want to provide
>>internal information,
>>please do it properly and not in a sloppy and misleading way using
>>incorrect and undefined terminology. This is the same comment that I've
>>sent in private email to Steve Adams when
>>he was talking about "ASTs" in his internals book.
>>
>>
>
>What ever information I have provided is 100% correct in RAC related
>context. If some one else is relating that with VMS or punched cards
>then I can not help :)
>
>
Milk is not the same as Castrol Oil, regardless of your preferences. You
can pour
it into your car, but it will not make it run another 3000 miles. If
you want to use
the terms like AST, "Trap" and "Interrup" for interprocess
communication, that is fine
with me, as long as you define your terms precisely. If you don't do
that, then your
"scientific explanation" is a meaningless mumbo-jumbe which does more
harm then good.
You have not defined your terminology.
PS:
I will send a copy to the list, because I believe that other people have
something to say about this
too.
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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
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