gen_server:call with default 5s timeout

[klajo]

Hi,

I discovered that gproc:reg/1 failed with a timeout when I started loading my system a bit. Would infinity be a better timeout? If so I could submit a patch. The functions I have in mind are gproc:call and gproc_pool:call.

/Klas

[uwiger]

Hmm, one could increase the timeout, but even better would be to prevent such delays from occurring in the first place. Of course, increasing the timeout is easy and would actually reduce the disruption for now, so yes, a patch would be welcome. I will think about ways to offload the gproc server without jeopardizing consistency.

[manuel-rubio]

@uwiger any ideas on that? I guess it could be created (or modified) to reflect the need to think about that new feature and adding the labels "help needed".

[uwiger]

Not sure. Has it happened to others since 2014?