public async Task <AddressAndTag> RegisterAsync(GrainAddress address, int hopCount) { var counterStatistic = hopCount > 0 ? this.RegistrationsSingleActRemoteReceived : this.registrationsSingleActIssued; counterStatistic.Increment(); // see if the owner is somewhere else (returns null if we are owner) var forwardAddress = this.CheckIfShouldForward(address.GrainId, hopCount, "RegisterAsync"); // on all silos other than first, we insert a retry delay and recheck owner before forwarding if (hopCount > 0 && forwardAddress != null) { await Task.Delay(RETRY_DELAY); forwardAddress = this.CheckIfShouldForward(address.GrainId, hopCount, "RegisterAsync"); if (forwardAddress is object) { int hash = unchecked ((int)address.GrainId.GetUniformHashCode()); this.log.LogWarning($"RegisterAsync - It seems we are not the owner of activation {address} (hash: {hash:X}), trying to forward it to {forwardAddress} (hopCount={hopCount})"); } } if (forwardAddress == null) { RegistrationsSingleActLocal.Increment(); var result = DirectoryPartition.AddSingleActivation(address); return(result); } else { RegistrationsSingleActRemoteSent.Increment(); // otherwise, notify the owner AddressAndTag result = await GetDirectoryReference(forwardAddress).RegisterAsync(address, hopCount + 1); // Caching optimization: // cache the result of a successfull RegisterSingleActivation call, only if it is not a duplicate activation. // this way next local lookup will find this ActivationAddress in the cache and we will save a full lookup! if (result.Address == null) { return(result); } if (!address.Equals(result.Address) || !IsValidSilo(address.SiloAddress)) { return(result); } // update the cache so next local lookup will find this ActivationAddress in the cache and we will save full lookup. DirectoryCache.AddOrUpdate(address, result.VersionTag); return(result); } }