[MESOS-2230] Update RateLimiter to allow the acquired future to be discarded

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.22.0
• Component/s: libprocess
• Epic Link: slave health-checking
• Sprint: Twitter Mesos Q1 Sprint 1
• Story Points: 3
• Assignee: Vinod Kone
• Reporter: Vinod Kone
• Shepherd: Benjamin Mahler
• Created: 16/Jan/15 01:00
• Updated: 28/Jan/15 22:27
• Resolved: 28/Jan/15 22:27

Description

Currently there is no way for the future returned by RateLimiter's acquire() to be discarded by the user of the limiter. This is useful in cases where the user is no longer interested in the permit. See MESOS-1148 for an example use case.

Issue Links

• blocks: MESOS-1148 Add support for rate limiting slave removal