CA-404062: Wrongly restart xapi when receiving HTTP errors #6205
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(This is a back porting from a PR against master branch)
The xapi on a supporter host would restart when it received HTTP error
from the xapi on the coordinator host.
This breaks the pool.designate_new_master use case for a big pool, e.g.
64-host pool. In this case, some supporters may restart unexpectedly
within the phase of committing new coordinator due to the logic above.
Additionally, the purpose of this logic, explained by the error message,
is not correct also. Not all HTTP errors are caused by "our master
address is wrong".
On the other hand, if a use case requires to restart the xapi, a more
explicit logic should ensure that, instead of leveraging an implicit
HTTP error code. Furhtermore, if a supporter indeed is connecting to a
wrong coordinator, this should be a bug and can be recovered manually.
Based on above arguments, the restarting xapi after receiving HTTP error
is removed. This follows the TODO concluded in CA-36936 as well.