[m-rev.] for review: deep profiler redesign

[Fergus Henderson]

On 11-Nov-2002, Zoltan Somogyi <zs at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> The following is a high level description of mdprof_cgi in pseudocode:
> 
> 	create "want" file
> 	get mutual exclusion (i.e. create mutex file)
> 	if the named pipes exist
> 		commit to being a client
> 		send the query to the server through the toserver pipe
> 		release mutual exclusion (i.e. delete mutex file)
> 		receive the result from the server through the fromserver pipe
> 		remove "want" file
> 	else
> 		read the profile data file and preprocess it
> 		if the reading and preprocessing found any errors
> 			report the error 
> 			release mutual exclusion (i.e. delete mutex file)
> 			remove "want" file
> 		else
> 			report the result of the initial query
> 			commit to being a server
> 			create the named pipes
> 			release mutual exclusion (i.e. delete mutex file)
> 			remove "want" file
> 			loop forever
> 				setup timeout
> 				receive query on toserver pipe
> 				send result to fromserver pipe
> 			done
> 		fi
> 	fi

I think the pseudocode should say what happens if the timeout fails,
and when the "want" file(s) get read.

Otherwise that looks fine.

-- 
Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.oz.au>  |  "I have always known that the pursuit
The University of Melbourne         |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh>  |     -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
mercury-reviews mailing list
post:  mercury-reviews at cs.mu.oz.au
administrative address: owner-mercury-reviews at cs.mu.oz.au
unsubscribe: Address: mercury-reviews-request at cs.mu.oz.au Message: unsubscribe
subscribe:   Address: mercury-reviews-request at cs.mu.oz.au Message: subscribe
--------------------------------------------------------------------------