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authorSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2014-02-26 10:25:16 +0000
committerSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2014-02-26 10:25:16 +0000
commitda9169d6cf2ec9b02169a8298a3526cbad18358c (patch)
tree36160977963192841a9748278f88be7203c59dce
parent6e59830823162a99a381a5da18181cf1374063bb (diff)
downloadrabbitmq-server-da9169d6cf2ec9b02169a8298a3526cbad18358c.tar.gz
Update comment.
-rw-r--r--src/rabbit_autoheal.erl11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl b/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
index 7dc5e553..b631d9c9 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@
%% selected as the first node in the cluster.
%%
%% To coordinate the restarting nodes we pick a special node from the
-%% winning partition - the "winner". Restarting nodes then stop, tell
-%% the winner they have done so, and wait for it to tell them it is
-%% safe to start again. The winner and the leader are not necessarily
-%% the same node.
+%% winning partition - the "winner". Restarting nodes then stop, and
+%% wait for it to tell them it is safe to start again. The winner
+%% determines that a node has stopped just by seeing if its rabbit app
+%% stops - if a node stops for any other reason it just gets a message
+%% it will ignore, and otherwise we carry on.
+%%
+%% The winner and the leader are not necessarily the same node.
%%
%% Possible states:
%%