System and method for non-blocking state synchronization between services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12566634-B2
Application number	US-202117507334-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2021
Priority date	Oct 21, 2021
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computer system for implementing a backend service for blocking free processing of physical entities events, including add, remove, update, query. Physical entities blocking delays may be delegated to maintenance tasks, which may run under a single thread with a scheduler and may merge successive pending events.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
executing, by a computing device, a management task by a backend service, wherein the management task does not block on managed object response delays of a plurality of managed objects, wherein executing the management task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects includes:
processing a user command using the management task, wherein the user command includes at least one of: an add command and an update command,
in response to the management task being at least one of the add command and the update command;
adding an entry for an identifier associated with a managed object of the plurality of managed objects in a data structure to be stored in the system memory,
if the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects does not exist, overriding the update command, and
if the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects exists in the data structure stored in the system memory, unsetting a first flag in the data structure, and simultaneously receiving a second user command corresponding to the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects, while the update command is still in progress; and

executing a maintenance task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects by the backend service, wherein the maintenance task is a background task that blocks on each respective managed object of the plurality of managed objects, wherein executing the maintenance task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects includes starting a new maintenance task corresponding to the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein all code of the backend service runs in a single thread that includes a scheduler.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
when the management task is a remove command, one of:
setting the first flag and unsetting a second flag if the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects exists in the data structure stored in the system memory and the first flag is unset, and
triggering an event for the maintenance task corresponding to the identifier.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
when the management task is a query command, one of:
collecting information of all the plurality of managed objects, and
setting a status for each respective managed object of the plurality of managed objects to active if the respective managed object is idle, and setting the status for each respective managed object of the plurality of managed objects to inactive if the respective managed object is not idle.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising at least one of:
removing information from a system memory based upon, at least in part, information in the data structure stored in a system memory;
tearing down a connection based upon, at least in part, the information in the data structure stored in the system memory; and
bringing up a new connection based upon, at least in part, the information in the data structure stored in the system memory.

6 . A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed across one or more processors, causes at least a portion of the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
executing, by a computing device, a management task by a backend service, wherein the management task does not block on managed object response delays of a plurality of managed objects, wherein executing the management task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects includes:
processing a user command using the management task, wherein the user command includes at least one of: an add command and an update command, and
in response to the management task being at least one of the add command and the update command:
adding an entry for an identifier associated with a managed object of the plurality of managed objects in a data structure to be stored in the system memory,
if the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects does not exist, overriding the update command, and
if the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects exists in the data structure stored in the system memory, unsetting a first flag in the data structure, and simultaneously receiving a second user command corresponding to the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects, while the update command is still in progress; and

executing a maintenance task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects by the backend service, wherein the maintenance task is a background task that blocks on each respective managed object of the plurality of managed objects, wherein executing the maintenance task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects includes starting a new maintenance task corresponding to the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects.

7 . The computer program product of claim 6 wherein all code of the backend service runs in a single thread that includes a scheduler.

8 . The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the operations further comprise:
when the management task is a remove command, one of:
setting the first flag and unsetting a second flag if the identifier associated with the managed object of the plurality of managed objects exists in the data structure stored in the system memory and the first flag is unset, and
triggering an event for the maintenance task corresponding to the identifier.

9 . The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the operations further comprise:
when the management task is a query command, one of:
collecting information of all the plurality of managed objects, and
setting a status for each respective managed object of the plurality of managed objects to active if the respective managed object is idle, and setting the status for each respective managed object of the plurality of managed objects to inactive if the respective managed object is not idle.

10 . The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the operations further comprise at least one of:
removing information from a system memory based upon, at least in part, information in the data structure stored in a system memory;
tearing down a connection based upon, at least in part, the information in the data structure stored in the system memory; and
bringing up a new connection based upon, at least in part, the information in the data structure stored in the system memory.

11 . A computing system including one or more processors and one or more memories configured to perform operations comprising:
executing, by a computing device, a management task by a backend service, wherein the management task does not block on managed object response delays of a plurality of managed objects, wherein executing the management task per managed object of the plurality of managed objects includes:
processing a user command using the management task, wherein the user command includes at least one of: an add command and an update command, and
in response to the management task being at least one of the add command and the update command:
adding an entry for an identifier associated with a managed object of the plurality of managed objects in a data structure to be stored in the system memor

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Chernyavsky Yuri

Classifications

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• H04L67/133

  Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC] · CPC title

• H04L61/4541

  Directories for service discovery · CPC title

• H04L61/4511

  using domain name system [DNS] · CPC title

• G06F9/5027 Primary

  the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals · CPC title