[erlang-questions] Fwd: Freeze gen_server

[Raimo Niskanen]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 07:51:14PM +0600, Gleb Vinogradov wrote:
> Hi, Roberto.
> 
> Have you tried sys:suspend/1, sys:resume/1 ?

That is used by when upgrading an application.  First all servers belonging
to the application is suspended using sys:suspend/1, then all modules
are upgraded, then the code upgrade function is called on all servers
and lastly the servers are resumed using sys:resume/1.

While suspended the servers will still respond to system messages,
otherwise sys:resume/1 would not work.  That is done using a selective
receive for {system,From,Msg} and {'EXIT',Parent,Reason} so an application
can still be stopped while servers are suspended.

> 
> Gleb.
> 
> 2016-03-29 19:44 GMT+06:00 Roberto Ostinelli <roberto@REDACTED>:
> 
> > Dear list,
> > I realize how this sounds but: is there a way to temporarily "freeze" a
> > gen_server, so that messages sent to it are not received and its message
> > box stays intact until it is "unfrozen"?
> >
> > What I am trying to achieve: I need to provide a "global lock" mechanism
> > for a specific use case related to cluster conflict resolution. While that
> > conflict resolution is ongoing, I want to ensure that no other changes
> > happen anywhere else.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > r.
> >
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