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/*
* lowcomms.c
*
* This is the "low-level" comms layer.
*
* It is responsible for sending/receiving messages
* from other nodes in the cluster.
*
* Cluster nodes are referred to by their nodeids. nodeids are
* simply 32 bit numbers to the locking module - if they need to
* be expanded for the cluster infrastructure then that is its
* responsibility. It is this layer's
* responsibility to resolve these into IP address or
* whatever it needs for inter-node communication.
*
* The comms level is two kernel threads that deal mainly with
* the receiving of messages from other nodes and passing them
* up to the mid-level comms layer (which understands the
