[erlang-questions] Who called my gen_server?

[Frank Muller]

Hi Valentin,

I clearly see your idea. I'll play with it and let you know.

To everyone: thanks guys. I've learnt a lot today.

/Frank

Valentin Micic <v@REDACTED> wrote  :

> Or, can I log all rpc_call(s) calling my gen_server?
>>
>> /Frank
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>
> General comments about appropriateness of rpc notwithstanding….
>
> Consider following statements (you may run them from the shell):
>
> (tcap2@REDACTED)225> f(REX), REX=whereis(rex).
> <0.12.0>
> (tcap2@REDACTED)226> unregister( rex ).
> true
> (tcap2@REDACTED)227> catch register( rex, self() ).
> true
>
> Then, you could go to the remote node's shell and run, say:
>
> (tcap3@REDACTED)3> *rpc:call( tcap2@REDACTED, erlang, now, [], 1000 ).*
>
> *(NOTE 1: the caller wil timeout after one second)*
>
> At this point, your first node will receive a message, such that:
>
> (tcap2@REDACTED)228> flush().
> Shell got {'$gen_call',{<7155.*38.0*>,#Ref<7155.0.0.59>},
>                        {call,erlang,now,[],<7155.*31.0*>}}
> ok
>
> *(NOTE 2:  <<7155.38.0>> is pid() of the process that issued the call)*
> *(NOTE 3:  <<7155.31.0>> is pid() of the group leader)*
>
> Thus, you could exploit this in order to write your own logger, which
> would front *rex*:
>
> Consider below for incorporation in your code:
>
>
> ...
> -export( [init/1, logger/0] ).
> ...
> -record( state, {rex, logger} ).
> ...
> init( _ )
> ->
> ...
>   % ---------------
>   % Redirecting REX
>   % ---------------
>   OldREX = whereis( REX ),
>   unregister( rex ),
>   register( rex, self() ),
>   main_loop( #state{rex=OldREX, logger=spawn(?MODULE, logger, []} )
> .
>
> main_loop( S=#state{} )
> ->
>     NewS = receive
>         Request -> fwd_request(Request, S)
>     end,
>     main_loop( NewS )
> ;
> main_loop( {shutdown, #state{rex=OldREX, logger=LPID}} )
> ->
>    % ---------------
>    % Exit gracefully
>    % ---------------
>    unregister( rex ),
>    register( rex, OldRex ),
>    LPID ! shutdown,
>    exit( normal )
> .
>
> fwd_request( Request={'$gen_call',{CallerPID,CallerRef},
> {call,Mod,Func,Args,_CallerGroupLeader}}, S=#state{rex=OldRex,
> logger=LPID} )
> ->
>    OldRex ! Request,
>    LPID   ! {log, CallerPid, CallerRef, Mod, Func, Args},
>    S
> ;
> fwd_request( shutdown, S ) -> {shutdown, S};
> fwd_request( _, S )        -> S.
>
> % ------
> % LOGGER
> % ------
> logger()
> ->
>    receive
>       {log, CallerPid, CallerRef, Mod, Func, Args}
>       ->
>           ... *Do some logging stuff ...*
>       ;
>       shutdown -> exit( normal );
>       _        -> void
>    end,
>    logger()
> .
>
> Kind regards
>
> V/
>
> PS
> Just want to state the obvious: I did not compile this code. It could
> contain bugs, but it illustrates the point.
>
>
>
>
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