that now the HNP send the messages using the routed component. In the case
of tree spawn, when a intermediary node spawn a child it doesn't know how
to forward a message to it, so when the node-map message is coming from
the HNP (as there is nothing yet in the contact/routing table) the message
is sent back the way it came. As a result the node-map message keeps jumping
between the HNP and the first level orteds.
The solution is to add a new option to the children orte_parent_uri, which
is only set when the orted is _not_ directly spawned by the HNP. When this
option is present on the argument list, the orted will add the parent to
its routing, and force the parent to update his routes (by sending the URI).
With this approach, the routing tree is build in same time as the processes
are spawned, and all messages from the HNP can be routed to the leaves.
However, this is far from an optimal solution. Right now, this so called tree
spawn, only spawn the children in a tree without doing anything about the
"connect back to the HNP" step. The HNP is flooded with reports from all the
orted. The total number of messages is higher than in the non tree startup
scheme, so we do not expect this approach to be scalable in the current
incarnation. A complete overhaul of the tree startup is required in order
improve the scalability. Stay tuned!
This commit was SVN r21504.
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