I wrote that example code from memory, but now that I think about it, you
wouldn't call the lock method in the try block.
Call lock and if you're successful, entry a try block to do your work and
have a finally to unlock and release the lock.
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Mike Tutkowski <
mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:
> Does this work for you?
>
> GlobalLock lock = GlobalLock.getInternLock(
> someStringYouMadeUpThatIsUniqueForThisPurpose);
>
> try {
>
> if (!lock.lock(timeoutInSeconds)) {
>
> s_logger.debug("Couldn't lock the db on the string
> " + someStringYouMadeUpThatIsUniqueForThisPurpose);
>
> throw new CloudRuntimeException("Couldn't acquire DB
> lock");
>
> }
>
> // do your work
>
> }
>
> finally {
>
> lock.unlock();
>
> lock.releaseRef();
>
> }
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Jeff Hair <j...@greenqloud.com> wrote:
>
>> I have some code I've added to CloudStack that I am currently
>> synchronizing on in the traditional manner (synchronized block,
>> ExecutorService, etc). I'm currently running a single instance of
>> CloudStack so I don't have to deal with clustering.
>>
>> I've read the Data Access Layer documentation and am wondering if the
>> database locks are the actual appropriate solution rather than what
>> I'm doing.
>>
>> Basically my issue is that I need to lock access to an IP address
>> reserved to the account and perform some long operations on it. I also
>> need to guarantee that no other IPs on the account are manipulated
>> while performing this task. Synchronization accomplishes this because
>> I can force the IP operations through an ExecutorService, but I'm
>> really looking for a better solution that will also work with
>> clustered management servers.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>
>
>
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