[rds-devel] FW: RDS -- how to detect peer is gone ?

[Andy Grover]

Tang, Changqing wrote:
>> [CQ] yes, the node is up and the process may corrupted. If you can 
>> extend the rds ping message a little bit to process as optional,
>> that would be wonderful.
> 
> I don't see why rds's ping functionality as-is is insufficient for
> what you want to do.
> 
> [CQ] What do you mean ? how can I use rds ping function as-is to
> identify process down ?

Like I said, if the process doesn't respond but the rds ping does, then
you know the machine is alive but the process is not.

-- Andy