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;;======================================================================
;; Copyright 2017, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;; This file is part of Megatest.
;; 
;;     Megatest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
;;     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;;     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;;     (at your option) any later version.
;; 
;;     Megatest is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;;     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;;     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;;     GNU General Public License for more details.
;; 
;;     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;;     along with Megatest.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

;;======================================================================

(declare (unit tcp-transportmod))
(declare (uses debugprint))
(declare (uses commonmod))
(declare (uses dbfile))
(declare (uses dbmod))

(use address-info)

(module tcp-transportmod
	*
	
  (import scheme
	  (prefix sqlite3 sqlite3:)
	  chicken
	  data-structures

	  address-info
	  directory-utils
	  extras
	  files
	  hostinfo
	  matchable
	  md5
	  message-digest
	  ports
	  posix
	  regex
	  regex-case
	  s11n
	  srfi-1
	  srfi-18
	  srfi-4
	  srfi-69
	  stack
	  typed-records
	  tcp-server
	  tcp
	  
	  debugprint
	  commonmod
	  dbfile
	  dbmod
	)

;;======================================================================
;; client
;;======================================================================

;; (define keep-age-param (make-parameter 10)) ;; qif file age, if over move to attic

;; Used ONLY for client
;;
(defstruct tt-conn
  host
  port
  host-port
  dbfname
  server-id
  server-start
  pid
)

;; Used for BOTH clients and servers
(defstruct tt
  ;; client related
  (conns (make-hash-table)) ;; dbfname -> conn

  ;; server related
  (state        'starting)
  (areapath     #f)
  (host         #f)
  (port         #f)
  (conn         #f)
  (cleanup-proc #f)
  (handler      #f) ;; receives data and responds
  (socket       #f)
  (thread       #f)
  (host-port    #f)
  (cmd-thread   #f)
  (ro-mode      #f)
  (ro-mode-checked #f)
  (last-access  (current-seconds))
  (servinf-file #f)
  (last-serv-start 0)
  )

;; parameters
;;
(define tt-server-timeout-param (make-parameter 600))

;; make ttdat visible
(define *server-info* #f)

(define (tt:make-remote areapath)
  (make-tt areapath: areapath))

;; 1 ... or #f
(define (tt:valid-run-id run-id)
  (or (number? run-id)
      (not run-id)))

;; do all the busy work of finding and setting up conn for
;; connecting to a server
;; 
(define (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)
  (assert (tt:valid-run-id run-id) "FATAL: invalid run-id "run-id)
  (let* ((conn (hash-table-ref/default (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f))
	 (server-start-proc (lambda ()
			      (tt:server-process-run
			       (tt-areapath ttdat)
			       testsuite ;; (dbfile:testsuite-name)
			       (common:find-local-megatest)
			       run-id))))
    (if conn
	conn ;; we are already connected to the server
	(let* ((sdat (tt:get-current-server-info ttdat dbfname)))
	  (match sdat
	    ((host port start-time server-id pid dbfname2 servinffile)
	     (assert (equal? dbfname dbfname2) "FATAL: read server info from wrong file.")
	     (let* ((host-port (conc host":"port))
		    (conn (make-tt-conn
			   host: host
			   port: port
			   host-port: host-port
			   dbfname: dbfname
			   servinf-file: servinffile
			   server-id: server-id
			   server-start: start-time
			   pid: pid)))
	       (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname conn)
	       ;; verify we can talk to this server
	       (let* ((ping-res (tt:ping host port server-id)))
		 (case ping-res
		   ((running) conn)
		   ((starting)
		    (thread-sleep! 0.5)
		    (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))
		   (else
		    (let* ((curr-secs (current-seconds)))
		      ;; rm the (last server) would go here
		      (if (> (- curr-secs (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 10)
			  (begin
			    (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat curr-secs)
			    (server-start-proc))) ;; start server if 30 sec since last attempt
		      (thread-sleep! 1)
		      (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)))))))
		   
	    (else
	     (if (> (- (current-seconds) (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 5) ;; really do not want to swamp the machine with servers
		 (begin
		   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No server found. Starting one for run-id "run-id" in dbfile "dbfname)
		   (server-start-proc)
		   (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat (current-seconds))))
	     (thread-sleep! 1)
	     (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite)))))))
    
(define (tt:ping host port server-id)
  (let*  ((res (tt:send-receive-direct host port `(ping #f #f #f)))) ;; please send me your server-id
    ;;
    ;; need two threads, one a 5 second timer
    ;;
    (match res
      ((status errmsg result meta)
       (if (equal? result server-id)
	   (let* ((server-state (alist-ref 'sstate meta)))
	     ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Ping to "host":"port" successful.")
	     (or server-state 'unk)) ;; then we are good
	   (begin
	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server-id does not match, expected: "server-id", got: "result)
	     #f)))
      (else
       ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "res not in form (status errmsg result meta), got: "res)
       #f))))

;; client side handler
;;
;;(tt:handler #<tt> get-keys #f () 2 #f "/home/matt/data/megatest/ext-tests" #f "main.db" "ext-tests" "/home/matt/data/megatest/bin/.22.04/../megatest")
;;
(define (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)
  ;; NOTE: areapath is passed in and in tt struct. We'll use passed in value for now.
  (let* ((conn (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite))) ;; (hash-table-ref/default (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f)))
    (if conn
	;; have connection, call the server
	(let* ((res (tt:send-receive ttdat conn cmd run-id params)))
	  ;; res is (status errmsg result meta)
	  (match res
	    ((status errmsg result meta)
	     (if (list? meta)
		 (let* ((delay-wait (alist-ref 'delay-wait meta)))
		   (if (and (number? delay-wait)
			    (> delay-wait 0))
		       (begin
			 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Server is loaded, delaying "delay-wait" seconds")
			 (thread-sleep! delay-wait)))))
	     (case status
	       ((busy) ;; result will be how long the server wants you to delay
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server for "dbfname" is overloaded, will try again in "result" seconds.")
		(thread-sleep! (if (number? result) result 2))
		(tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
	       ((loaded)
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server for "dbfname" is loaded, will try again in a 1/4 second.")
		(thread-sleep! 0.25)
		(tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
	       (else
		result)))
	    (else
	     (if (not res)
		 (let* ((host    (tt-conn-host conn))
			(port    (tt-conn-port conn))
			;; (dbfname (tt-conn-port conn)) ;; 192.168.0.127:4242-726924:4.db
			(pid     (tt-conn-pid  conn))
			(servinf (conc areapath"/.servinfo/"host":"port"-"pid":"dbfname)))
		   (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f)
		   (if (file-exists? servinf)
		       (begin
			 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: no ping response from server "host":"port" for "dbfname)
			 (if (and (file-exists? servinf)
				  (> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time servinf)) 60))
			     (begin
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: "servinf" file seems old and no ping response, removing it.")
			       (delete-file* servinf))))
		       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: connection to server "host":"port" broken for "dbfname", but do not see servinf file "servinf))
		   (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
		 (assert #f "FATAL: tt:handler received bad data "res)))))
	(begin
	  (thread-sleep! 1) ;; give it a rest and try again
	  (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum area-dat areapath readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)))))

	;; no conn yet, find and or start and find a server
;; 	(let* ((server (tt:find-server ttdat dbfname)))
;; 	  (if server
;; 	      (let* ((conn (tt:client-connect-to-server server)))
;; 		(hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname conn)
;; 		(tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum area-dat areapath readonly-mode
;; 			     dbfname testsuite mtexe))
;; 	      ;; no server, try to start a server process
;; 	      (begin
;; 		(tt:server-process-run areapath testsuite mtexe run-id) ;;  #!key (profile-mode "")) 
;; 		(thread-sleep! 1)
;; 		(tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum area-dat areapath
;; 			     readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)))))))

(define (tt:bid-for-servership run-id)
  #f)

;; gets server info and appends path to server file
;; sorts by age, oldest first
;;
;; returns list of (host port startseconds server-id servinfofile)
;;
(define (tt:get-server-info-sorted ttdat dbfname)
  (let* ((areapath (tt-areapath ttdat))
	 (sfiles   (tt:find-server areapath dbfname))
	 (sdats    (filter car (map tt:server-get-info sfiles))) ;; first element is #f if the file disappeared while being read
	 (sorted   (sort sdats (lambda (a b)
				 (< (list-ref a 2)(list-ref b 2)))))
	 (count    0))
    (for-each
     (lambda (rec)
       (if (or (> (length sorted) 1)
	       (common:low-noise-print 120 "server info sorted"))
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "SERVER #"count": "(string-intersperse (map conc sorted) ", ")))
       (set! count (+ count 1)))
     sorted)
    sorted))
    
(define (tt:get-current-server-info ttdat dbfname)
  (assert (tt-areapath ttdat) "FATAL: areapath not set in ttdat.")
  ;;
  ;; TODO - replace most of below with tt;get-server-info-sorted
  ;;
  (let* ((areapath (tt-areapath ttdat))
	 (sfiles   (tt:find-server areapath dbfname))
	 (sdats    (filter car (map tt:server-get-info sfiles))) ;; first element is #f if the file disappeared while being read
	 (sorted   (sort sdats (lambda (a b)
				 (< (list-ref a 2)(list-ref b 2))))))
    (if (null? sorted)
	#f  ;; we'll want to wait until extra servers have exited
	(car sorted))))

(define (tt:send-receive ttdat conn cmd run-id params)
  (let* ((host-port (tt-conn-host-port conn)) ;; (conc (tt-conn-host conn)":"(tt-conn-port conn)))
	 (host      (tt-conn-host conn))
	 (port      (tt-conn-port conn))
	 (dat       (list cmd run-id params #f))) ;; no meta data yet
    (tt:send-receive-direct host port dat)))

(define (tt:send-receive-direct host port dat)
  (assert (number? port) "FATAL: tt:send-receive-direct called with port not a number "port)
  (handle-exceptions
      exn
    #f ;; Add condition-case or better handling here
    (let-values (((inp oup)(tcp-connect host port)))
      (let ((res (if (and inp oup)
		     (begin
		       (serialize dat oup)
		       (close-output-port oup)
		       (deserialize inp))
		     )))
	(close-input-port inp)
	res))))



;;======================================================================
;; server
;;======================================================================

(define (tt:sync-dbs ttdat)
  #f)

;; start the listener and start responding to requests
;;
;; NOTE: organise by dbfname, not run-id so we don't need
;;       to pull in more modules
;;
;; This is the routine called in megatest.scm to start a server
;;
;; Server viability is checked in keep-running. Blindly start and run here.
;;
(define (tt:start-server areapath run-id dbfname-in handler keys)
  (assert areapath "FATAL: areapath not provided for tt:start-server")
  ;; is there already a server for this dbfile? Then exit.
  (let* ((ttdat   (make-tt areapath: areapath))
	 (dbfname (or dbfname-in (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id))))
    ;; (servers (tt:find-server areapath dbfname))) ;; should use tt:get-current-server-info instead
    ;; (if (null? servers)
    (let* ((dbstruct   (dbmod:open-dbmoddb areapath run-id dbfname (dbfile:db-init-proc) keys)))
      (tt-handler-set! ttdat (handler dbstruct))
      (let* ((tcp-thread (make-thread
			  (lambda ()
			    (tt:start-tcp-server ttdat)) ;; start the tcp-server which applies handler to incoming data
			  "tcp-server-thread"))
	     (run-thread (make-thread
			  (lambda ()
			    (tt:keep-running ttdat dbfname dbstruct)))))
	(thread-start! tcp-thread)
	(thread-start! run-thread)
	(thread-join! run-thread) ;; run thread will exit on timeout or other conditions
	(exit)))
    ;;(begin
    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: found server(s) already running for db "dbfname", "(string-intersperse servers ",")" Exiting.")
    ;; (exit)))))
    ))

(define (tt:keep-running ttdat dbfname dbstruct)
  ;; verfiy conn for ready
  ;; listener socket has been started by this stage
  ;; wait for a port before creating the registration file
  ;;
  (let* ((db-locked-in #f)
	 (areapath     (tt-areapath ttdat))
	 (nosyncdbpath (conc areapath"/.mtdb"))
	 (cleanup (lambda ()
		    (if (tt-cleanup-proc ttdat)
			((tt-cleanup-proc ttdat)))
		    (dbfile:with-no-sync-db nosyncdbpath
					    (lambda (db)
					      (db:no-sync-del! db dbfname))))))
    (set! *server-info* ttdat)
    (let loop ((count 0))
      (if (> count 240)
	  (begin
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL: Could not start a tcp server, giving up.")
	    (exit 1))
	  (if (not (tt-port ttdat)) ;; no connection yet
	      (begin
		(thread-sleep! 0.25)
		(loop (+ count 1))))))
    
    (tt:create-server-registration-file ttdat dbfname)
    ;; now start watching the last-access, if it hasn't been touched
    ;; in over ten seconds we exit
    (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; any real need for delay here?
    (let loop ()
      (let* ((servers (tt:get-server-info-sorted ttdat dbfname))
	     (ok      (cond
		       ((null? servers) #f) ;; not ok
		       ((equal? (list-ref (car servers) 6) ;; compare the servinfofile
				(tt-servinf-file ttdat))
			(let* ((res (if db-locked-in
					#t
					(let* ((success (dbfile:with-no-sync-db
							 nosyncdbpath
							 (lambda (db)
							   (db:no-sync-get-lock-with-id db dbfname (tt-servinf-file ttdat))))))
					  (if success
					      (begin
						(tt-state-set! ttdat 'running)
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Got server lock for "
							     dbfname)
						(set! db-locked-in #t)
						#t)
					      (begin
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to get server lock for "dbfname)
						#f))))))
			  (if (and res
				   (common:low-noise-print 120 "top server message"))
			      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Keep running, I'm the top server for "
						dbfname" on "(tt-host ttdat)":"(tt-port ttdat)))
			  res))
		       (else
			(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "I'm not the lead server: "servers)
			(let* ((leadsrv (car servers)))
			  (match leadsrv
			    ((host port startseconds server-id pid dbfname servinfofile)
			     (let* ((res  (tt:ping host port server-id)))
			       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Ping to "host":"port", with server-id "server-id
						 ", and file "servinfofile" returned "res)
			       (if res
				   #f ;; not the server, but all good, want to exit
				   (if (and (file-exists? servinfofile)
					  (> (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time servinfofile)) 30))
				     (begin
				       ;; can't ping and file has been on disk 15 seconds, go ahead and try to remove it
				       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Removing apparently dead server info file: "servinfofile)
				       (delete-file* servinfofile)
				       #t) ;; not the server but the server is not reachable
				     (begin
				       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "I'm not the server but could not ping "host":"port", trying again.")
				       (thread-sleep! 1) ;; just because
				       #t)))))
			    (else ;; should never get here
			     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "BAD SERVER RECORD: "leadsrv)
			     (assert #f "Bad server record "leadsrv))))))))
	(if ok
	    ;; (if (> *api-process-request-count* 0) ;; have requests in flight
	    ;;	(tt-last-access-set! ttdat (current-seconds)))
	    (tt-last-access-set! ttdat *db-last-access*) ;; bit silly, just use db-last-access
	    (begin
	      (cleanup)
	      (exit)))

	(let* ((last-update (dbr:dbstruct-last-update dbstruct))
	       (curr-secs   (current-seconds)))
	  (if (and (eq? (tt-state ttdat) 'running)
		   (> (- curr-secs last-update) 3)) ;; every 3-4 seconds update the db? maybe this should be refresh the inmem?
	      (begin
		(set! (file-modification-time (tt-servinf-file ttdat)) (current-seconds))
		((dbr:dbstruct-sync-proc dbstruct) last-update)
		(dbr:dbstruct-last-update-set! dbstruct curr-secs))))
	  
	(if (< (- (current-seconds) (tt-last-access ttdat)) (tt-server-timeout-param))
	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! 5)
	      (loop)))))
    (cleanup)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Server timed out, exiting.")))

  
;; ;; given an already set up uconn start the cmd-loop
;; ;;
;; (define (tt:cmd-loop ttdat)
;;   (let* ((serv-listener (-socket uconn))
;; 	 (listener      (lambda ()
;; 			  (let loop ((state 'start))
;; 			    (let-values (((inp oup)(tcp-accept serv-listener)))
;; 			      ;; (mutex-lock! *send-mutex*) ;; DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP
;; 			      (let* ((rdat  (deserialize inp)) ;; '(my-host-port qrykey cmd params)
;; 				     (resp  (ulex-handler uconn rdat)))
;; 				(serialize resp oup)
;; 				(close-input-port inp)
;; 				(close-output-port oup)
;; 				;; (mutex-unlock! *send-mutex*) ;; DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP
;; 				)
;; 			      (loop state))))))
;;     ;; start N of them
;;     (let loop ((thnum   0)
;; 	       (threads '()))
;;       (if (< thnum 100)
;; 	  (let* ((th (make-thread listener (conc "listener" thnum))))
;; 	    (thread-start! th)
;; 	    (loop (+ thnum 1)
;; 		  (cons th threads)))
;; 	  (map thread-join! threads)))))
;; 
;; 
;; 
;; (define (wait-and-close uconn)
;;   (thread-join! (udat-cmd-thread uconn))
;;   (tcp-close (udat-socket uconn)))
;; 
;; 

(define (tt:shutdown-server ttdat)
  (let* ((cleanproc (tt-cleanup-proc ttdat)))
    (tt-state-set! ttdat 'shutdown)
    (if cleanproc (cleanproc))
    (tcp-close (tt-socket ttdat)) ;; close up ports here
    ))

;; (define (wait-and-close uconn)
;;   (thread-join! (tt-cmd-thread uconn))
;;   (tcp-close (tt-socket uconn)))

;; return servid
;; side-effects:
;;   ttdat-cleanup-proc is populated with function to remove the serverinfo file
(define (tt:create-server-registration-file ttdat dbfname)
  (let* ((areapath (tt-areapath ttdat))
	 (servdir  (tt:get-servinfo-dir areapath))
	 (host     (tt-host ttdat))
	 (port     (tt-port ttdat))
	 (servinf (conc servdir"/"host":"port"-"(current-process-id)":"dbfname))
	 (serv-id (tt:mk-signature areapath))
	 (clean-proc (lambda ()
		       (delete-file* servinf))))
    (assert (and host port) "FATAL: tt:create-server-registration-file called with no conn, dbfname="dbfname)
    (tt-cleanup-proc-set! ttdat clean-proc)
    (tt-servinf-file-set! ttdat servinf)
    (with-output-to-file servinf
      (lambda ()
	(print "SERVER STARTED: "host":"port" AT "(current-seconds)" server-id: "serv-id" pid: "(current-process-id)" dbfname: "dbfname)))
      serv-id))

;; find valid server
;; get servers listed, last part of name must match :<dbfname>
;; if more than one, wait one second and look again
;; future: ping oldest, if alive remove other :<dbfname> files
;;
(define (tt:find-server areapath dbfname)
  (let* ((servdir  (tt:get-servinfo-dir areapath))
	 (sfiles   (glob (conc servdir"/*:"dbfname))))
    sfiles))

;; given a path to a server info file return: host port startseconds server-id pid dbfname logf
;; example of what it's looking for in the log file:
;;     SERVER STARTED: 10.38.175.67:50216 AT 1616502350.0 server-id: 4907e90fc55c7a09694e3f658c639cf4 
;;
(define (tt:server-get-info logf)
  (let ((server-rx    (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+) server-id: (\\S+) pid: (\\d+) dbfname: (\\S+)")) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs server id
        (dbprep-rx    (regexp "^SERVER: dbprep"))
        (dbprep-found 0)
	(bad-dat      (list #f #f #f #f #f #f logf)))
     (let ((fdat     (handle-exceptions
			 exn
		       (begin
			 ;; WARNING: this is potentially dangerous to blanket ignore the errors
			 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from "logf", exn=" exn)
			 '()) ;; no idea what went wrong, call it a bad server, return empty list
		       (with-input-from-file logf read-lines))))
       (if (null? fdat) ;; bad data, return bad-dat
	   bad-dat
	   (let loop ((inl  (car fdat))
		      (tail (cdr fdat))
		      (lnum 0))
	     (let ((mlst (string-match server-rx inl))
		   (dbprep (string-match dbprep-rx inl)))
	       (if dbprep (set! dbprep-found 1))
	       (if (not mlst)
		   (if (> lnum 500) ;; give up if more than 500 lines of server log read
		       bad-dat
		       (if (null? tail)
			   bad-dat
			   (loop (car tail)(cdr tail)(+ lnum 1))))
		   (match mlst ;; have a not null list
		     ((_ host port start server-id pid dbfname)
		      (list host
			    (string->number port)
			    (string->number start)
			    server-id
			    (string->number pid)
			    dbfname
			    logf))
		     (else
		      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: did not recognise SERVER line info "mlst)
		      bad-dat)))))))))

;; Given an area path,  start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
(define  (tt:server-process-run areapath testsuite mtexe run-id #!key (profile-mode "")) ;; areapath is *toppath* for a given testsuite area
  (assert areapath  "FATAL: tt:server-process-run called without areapath defined.")
  (assert testsuite "FATAL: tt:server-process-run called without testsuite defined.")
  (assert mtexe     "FATAL: tt:server-process-run called without mtexe defined.")
  ;; mtest -server - -m testsuite:ext-tests -db 6.db
  (let* ((dbfname  (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id))
	 (load     (get-normalized-cpu-load))
	 (nrun     (number-of-processes-running (conc "mtest.*server.*"testsuite".*"dbfname))))
    (cond
     ((> load 2.0)
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Normalized load "load" is over the limit of 2.0. Not starting a server.")
      (thread-sleep! 1))
     ((> nrun 100)
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* nrun" servers running on this host, not starting another.")
      (thread-sleep! 1))
     (else
      (if (not (file-exists? (conc areapath"/logs")))
	      (create-directory (conc areapath"/logs") #t))
	  (let* ((logfile   (conc areapath "/logs/server.log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
		 (cmdln     (conc
			     mtexe
			     " -server - ";; (or target-host "-")
			     " -m testsuite:" testsuite
			     ;; " -run-id " (or run-id "main") ;; NO, we do NOT want to have run id as part of this
			     " -db "  dbfname ;; (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id)
			     " " profile-mode
			     ))) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
	    ;; (push-directory areapath) ;; use cd in the command line instead
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server in tcp mode (" cmdln ") at "(common:human-time)" for "areapath)
	    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: starting server at " (common:human-time))
	    (setenv "NBFAKE_QUIET" "yes") ;; BUG: change to with-environment-variable ...
	    (setenv "NBFAKE_LOG" logfile)
	    (system (conc "cd "areapath" ; nbfake " cmdln))
	    (unsetenv "NBFAKE_QUIET")
	    (unsetenv "NBFAKE_LOG")
	    ;;(pop-directory)
	    )))))

;;======================================================================
;; tcp connection stuff
;;======================================================================

;; find a port and start tcp-server. This only starts the tcp portion of
;; the server, look at (tt:start-server ...) above for the entry point
;; for the entire server system
;;
(define (tt:start-tcp-server ttdat)
  (setup-listener ttdat)
  (let* ((socket   (tt-socket  ttdat))
	 (handler  (tt-handler ttdat)))
    ((make-tcp-server socket handler)
     #f ;; yes, send error messages to std-err
     )))

;; create a tcp listener and return a populated udat struct with
;; my port, address, hostname, pid etc.
;; return #f if fail to find a port to allocate.
;;
;;  if udata-in is #f create the record
;;  if there is already a serv-listener return the udata
;;
(define (setup-listener uconn #!optional (port 4242))
  (assert (tt? uconn) "FATAL: setup-listener called with wrong struct "uconn)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (if (< port 65535)
       (begin
	 (thread-sleep! 0.25)
	 (setup-listener uconn (+ port 1)))
       #f)
   (connect-listener uconn port)))

(define (connect-listener uconn port)
  ;; (tcp-listener-socket LISTENER)(socket-name so)
  ;; sockaddr-address, sockaddr-port, sockaddr->string
  (let* ((tlsn (tcp-listen port 1000 #f)) ;; (tcp-listen TCPPORT [BACKLOG [HOST]])
	 (addr  (tt:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name)))) ;; (get-my-best-address))) ;; (hostinfo-addresses (host-information (current-hostname)))
    (tt-port-set!      uconn port)
    (tt-host-set!      uconn addr)
    (tt-host-port-set! uconn (conc addr":"port))
    (tt-socket-set!    uconn tlsn)
    uconn))

;;======================================================================
;; utils
;;======================================================================

;; Generate a unique signature for this server
(define (tt:mk-signature areapath)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) 
			 (with-output-to-string
			   (lambda ()
			     (write (list areapath
                                          (current-process-id)
					  (argv)))))))


(define (tt:get-best-guess-address hostname)
  (let ((res #f))
    (for-each 
     (lambda (adr)
       (if (not (eq? (u8vector-ref adr 0) 127))
	   (set! res adr)))
     ;; NOTE: This can fail when there is no mention of the host in /etc/hosts. FIXME
     (vector->list (hostinfo-addresses (hostname->hostinfo hostname))))
    (string-intersperse 
     (map number->string
	  (u8vector->list
	   (if res res (hostname->ip hostname)))) ".")))

(define (tt:get-servinfo-dir areapath)
  (let* ((spath (conc areapath"/.servinfo")))
    (if (not (file-exists? spath))
	(create-directory spath #t))
    spath))

;;======================================================================
;; network utilities
;;======================================================================

;; NOTE: Look at address-info egg as alternative to some of this

(define (rate-ip ipaddr)
  (regex-case ipaddr
    ( "^127\\..*" _ 0 )
    ( "^(10\\.0|192\\.168)\\..*" _ 1 )
    ( else 2 ) ))

;; Change this to bias for addresses with a reasonable broadcast value?
;;
(define (ip-pref-less? a b)
  (> (rate-ip a) (rate-ip b)))

(define (get-my-best-address)
  (let ((all-my-addresses (get-all-ips)))
    (cond
     ((null? all-my-addresses)
      (get-host-name))                                          ;; no interfaces?
     ((eq? (length all-my-addresses) 1)
      (car all-my-addresses))                      ;; only one to choose from, just go with it
     (else
      (car (sort all-my-addresses ip-pref-less?))))))

(define (get-all-ips-sorted)
  (sort (get-all-ips) ip-pref-less?))

(define (get-all-ips)
  (map address-info-host
       (filter (lambda (x)
		 (equal? (address-info-type x) "tcp"))
	       (address-infos (get-host-name)))))

)