Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: is rpc_call blocking and wait for reponse before returning to the caller? | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:02:24 -0400 |
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to den 27.10.2005 klokka 12:45 (-0400) skreiv Xin Zhao: > I am trying to implement a mechanism similar to rpc. So I might want > to know whether rpc_call return only after it receive response from > the server.
In newer kernels rpc_call is just a wrapper to rpc_call_sync() which is the synchronous RPC call interface. That will always wait for a response from the server before returning if the clnt->cl_soft flag is not set.
For asynchronous operation, there is rpc_call_async().
Cheers, Trond
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