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What is the primary focus of Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)?
What is the primary focus of Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)?
- Interacting via the procedure call interface (correct)
- Providing low-level mechanisms for inter-process communication
- Specifying the semantics of operations and protocols
- Moving data among address spaces
Why is Sun RPC discussed in detail in the lesson?
Why is Sun RPC discussed in detail in the lesson?
- Because it is a low-level IPC mechanism
- Due to its historical significance
- Because it is a common operating system today
- To demonstrate a concrete implementation of an RPC system (correct)
In the context of RPC, what do developers have to do when interacting using a socket-based API?
In the context of RPC, what do developers have to do when interacting using a socket-based API?
- Not interact with buffers at all
- Automatically populate data buffers with protocol information
- Explicitly create and initialize sockets and allocate data buffers (correct)
- Explicitly create and initialize buffers only
What distinguishes RPC from other mechanisms discussed in previous lessons?
What distinguishes RPC from other mechanisms discussed in previous lessons?
Why do developers need to use RPC in certain applications?
Why do developers need to use RPC in certain applications?
Which paper is referenced for general discussions on Remote Procedure Calls?
Which paper is referenced for general discussions on Remote Procedure Calls?
What is the primary purpose of Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)?
What is the primary purpose of Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)?
Which of the following is NOT a key requirement of an RPC system?
Which of the following is NOT a key requirement of an RPC system?
In the example provided, what is the primary difference between the original client-server application and the one that uses RPCs?
In the example provided, what is the primary difference between the original client-server application and the one that uses RPCs?
What is the main benefit of RPCs in simplifying distributed application development?
What is the main benefit of RPCs in simplifying distributed application development?
Which of the following is a key requirement for the synchronous call semantics of RPCs?
Which of the following is a key requirement for the synchronous call semantics of RPCs?
What is the purpose of type checking in RPC systems?
What is the purpose of type checking in RPC systems?
What is the primary reason that RPC systems need to handle differences in data type representations between the client and server?
What is the primary reason that RPC systems need to handle differences in data type representations between the client and server?
What is the main purpose of the 'synchronous call semantics' in RPC systems?
What is the main purpose of the 'synchronous call semantics' in RPC systems?
Which of the following is NOT a key requirement for the client-server interaction model in RPC systems?
Which of the following is NOT a key requirement for the client-server interaction model in RPC systems?
What is the main purpose of the 'type checking' feature in RPC systems?
What is the main purpose of the 'type checking' feature in RPC systems?
What is the primary purpose of RPC?
What is the primary purpose of RPC?
In the given example, what operation does the client want to perform?
In the given example, what operation does the client want to perform?
What is the role of the client stub in the RPC process?
What is the role of the client stub in the RPC process?
What is the role of the server stub in the RPC process?
What is the role of the server stub in the RPC process?
In the given example, what operation is the server expected to perform?
In the given example, what operation is the server expected to perform?
What is the purpose of the RPC runtime in the client-server communication?
What is the purpose of the RPC runtime in the client-server communication?
What is one of the higher-level mechanisms that RPC should incorporate, according to the text?
What is one of the higher-level mechanisms that RPC should incorporate, according to the text?
What happens when the client makes the add() call in the given example?
What happens when the client makes the add() call in the given example?
What is the purpose of the buffer created by the client stub?
What is the purpose of the buffer created by the client stub?
What is the advantage of using RPC in client-server communication?
What is the advantage of using RPC in client-server communication?
What is the purpose of the 'marshalling' step in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'marshalling' step in the RPC process?
What is the main purpose of the Interface Definition Language (IDL) in an RPC system?
What is the main purpose of the Interface Definition Language (IDL) in an RPC system?
What happens when the client makes a remote procedure call?
What happens when the client makes a remote procedure call?
What is the purpose of the 'unmarshalling' step on the server side?
What is the purpose of the 'unmarshalling' step on the server side?
What is the purpose of the 'server binding' step in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'server binding' step in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'access control checks' that can be performed during the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'access control checks' that can be performed during the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'reverse path' that the response takes in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'reverse path' that the response takes in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'server registration' step in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'server registration' step in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'transmission protocol' that is agreed upon during the binding process in RPC?
What is the purpose of the 'transmission protocol' that is agreed upon during the binding process in RPC?
What is the purpose of the 'client stub' in the RPC process?
What is the purpose of the 'client stub' in the RPC process?
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Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
- RPC is a system that simplifies the development of distributed applications by capturing all the common steps related to remote inter-process communications.
- RPC offers a high-level interface that captures all aspects of data movement and communication, including communication establishment, request, responses, and acknowledgments.
Benefits of RPC
- RPC simplifies the development of cross-address space and cross-machine interactions.
- It captures and automates a lot of the error handling, so the programmer doesn't have to explicitly re-implement the handling of all types of errors.
- RPC hides the complexities of cross-machine interactions from the developer, such as differences in machine architectures and network failures.
RPC Requirements
- RPC needs to have similar synchronous semantics, just like regular procedure calls.
- RPCs require type checking, which is useful for optimizing the implementation of the RPC runtime.
- RPCs should perform any necessary conversions to ensure that data is correctly transported between different machines.
RPC Structure
- RPC consists of a client and server system, where the client sends a request to the server, and the server performs the operation and returns the result.
- The client and server interact via a stub implementation, which creates a buffer and populates it with the appropriate information, including the function descriptor and arguments.
- The RPC runtime sends the message to the server, and the server stub parses the message and extracts the information.
Steps in RPC
- Server binding: the client finds the server that it needs and establishes a connection.
- The client makes the actual remote procedure call, which results in a call into the user stub.
- The client stub creates a data buffer and populates it with the values of the arguments (marshalling).
- The RPC runtime sends the message to the server using the agreed-upon transmission protocol.
- The server receives and parses the message, and the server stub unmarshalls the data and creates the necessary data structures.
- The actual procedure call is made, and the result is returned to the client.
Interface Definition Language (IDL)
- IDL is used to represent the agreement between the client and server on what procedures are available and what arguments are required.
- IDL serves as a protocol for expressing this agreement, and is used to automate the process of generating the stub functionality.
- RPC systems rely on IDL to standardize how this information is represented.
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