Megatest

	       (mt-bindir-path (assoc/default 'mt-bindir-path cmdinfo))
	       (keys      #f)
	       (keyvals   #f)
	       (fullrunscript (if (not runscript)
                                  #f
                                  (if (substring-index "/" runscript)
                                      runscript ;; use unadultered if contains slashes
                                      (let ((fulln (conc work-area "/" runscript)))
	                                  (if (and (common:file-exists? fulln)
                                                   (file-execute-access? fulln))
                                              fulln
                                              runscript))))) ;; assume it is on the path
	       ) ;; (rollup-status 0)

	  (if contour (setenv "MT_CONTOUR" contour))
	  
	  ;; immediated set some key variables from CMDINFO data, yes, these will be set again below ...
	  ;;
	  (setenv "MT_TESTSUITENAME" areaname)
	  (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" top-path)
	  (set! *toppath* top-path)
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR"  work-area)

	;;    ;; On NFS it can be slow and unreliable to get needed startup information.
	;;    ;;  i. Check if we are on the homehost, if so, proceed
	;;    ;; ii. Check if host and port passed in via CMDINFO are valid and if
	;;    ;;     possible use them.
	;;    (let ((bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name)))
	;;    	(needcare #f))
	;;      (if (equal? homehost bestadrs) ;; we are likely on the homehost
	;;    	(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "test " test-name " appears to be running on the homehost " homehost)
	;;    	(let ((host-port (if serverurl (string-split serverurl ":") #f)))
	;;    	  (if (not *runremote*)(set! *runremote* (make-remote))) ;; init *runremote*
	;;    	  (if (string? homehost)
	;;    	      (if (and host-port
	;;    		       (> (length host-port) 1))
	;;    		  (let* ((host      (car host-port))
        ;;                           (port      (cadr host-port))
        ;;                           (start-res (http-transport:client-connect host port))
        ;;                           (ping-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup start-res)))
	;;    		    (if (and start-res
	;;    			     ping-res)
	;;    			;; (begin ;; let ((url  (http-transport:server-dat-make-url start-res)))
	;;    			(begin
	;;    			  (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* start-res)
	;;    			  ;; (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* url)
	;;    			  ;; (if (server:ping url)
	;;    			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "connected to " host ":" port " using CMDINFO data."))
	;;    			(begin
	;;    			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "have CMDINFO data but failed to connect to " host ":" port)
	;;    			  (set! *runremote* #f))
	;;    			  ;; (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* #f))
	;;    			))
	;;    		  (begin
	;;    		    (set! *runremote* #f)
	;;    		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* (if host-port
	;;    							       (conc "received invalid host-port information " host-port)
	;;    							       "no host-port information received"))
	;;    		    ;; potential for bad situation if simultaneous starting of hundreds of jobs on servers, set needcare.
	;;    		    (set! needcare #t)))
	;;    	      (begin
	;;    		(set! *runremote* #f)
	;;    		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "received no homehost information. Please report this to support as it should not happen.")
	;;    		(set! needcare #t)))))
	;;      (if needcare  ;; due to very slow NFS we will do a brute force mkdir to ensure that the directory inode it truly available on this host
	;;    	(let ((logdir (conc top-path "/logs"))) ;; we'll try to create this directory
	;;    	  (handle-exceptions
	;;    	      exn
	;;    	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to create directory " logdir " expect problems, message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	;;    	    (create-directory logdir #t)))))
	;;    	  
	  ;; NFS might not have propagated the directory meta data to the run host - give it time if needed
	  (let loop ((count 0))
	    (if (or (common:directory-exists? work-area)
		    (> count 10))
		(change-directory work-area)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Not starting job yet - directory " work-area " not found")
		  (thread-sleep! 10)
		  (loop (+ count 1)))))

          (if (not (string=?  (common:real-path work-area)(common:real-path (current-directory))))
              (begin
                (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*
                             "INFO: we are expecting to be in directory " work-area "\n"
                             "     but we are actually in the directory " (current-directory) "\n"
                             "     doing another change dir.")
                (change-directory work-area)))
          
	  ;; spot check that the files in testpath are available. Too often NFS delays cause problems here.
	  (let ((files      (glob (conc testpath "/*")))
		(bad-files '()))
	    (for-each
	     (lambda (fullname)
	       (let* ((fname (pathname-strip-directory fullname))
                      (targn (conc work-area "/" fname)))
		 (if (not (file-exists? targn))
		     (set! bad-files (cons fname bad-files)))))
	     files)
	    (if (not (null? bad-files))
                (begin
                  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: test data from " testpath " not copied properly or filesystem problems causing data to not be found. Re-running the copy command.")
                  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: missing files from " work-area ": " (string-intersperse bad-files ", "))
                  (launch:test-copy testpath work-area))))

          ;; one more time, change to the work-area directory
          (change-directory work-area)
          
	  (launch:setup) ;; should be properly in the top-path now
	  (set! tconfigreg (tests:get-all))
	  (let ((sighand (lambda (signum)
			   ;; (signal-mask! signum) ;; to mask or not? seems to cause issues in exiting
			   (if (eq? signum signal/stop)
			       (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "attempt to STOP process. Exiting."))
			   (set! *time-to-exit* #t)

		 (test-host (if test-info
				(db:test-get-host        test-info)
				(begin
				  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: failed to find a record for test-id " test-id ", exiting.")
				  (exit))))
		 (test-pid  (db:test-get-process_id  test-info)))
	    (cond
             ;; -mrw- I'm removing KILLREQ from this list so that a test in KILLREQ state is treated as a "do not run" flag.
	     ((member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("INCOMPLETE" "KILLED" "UNKNOWN" "STUCK")) ;; prior run of this test didn't complete, go ahead and try to rerun
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: test is INCOMPLETE or KILLED, treat this execute call as a rerun request")
	      ;; (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")
	      (rmt:test-set-state-status run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a" #f)
	      ) ;; prime it for running
	     ((member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART"))
	      (if (process:alive-on-host? test-host test-pid)
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test state is "  (db:test-get-state test-info) " and process " test-pid " is still running on host " test-host ", cannot proceed")

						     (setenv (car kt) (cadr kt)))
						   key-vals)
					 (read-config (conc toppath "/runconfigs.config") *runconfigdat* #t ;; consider using runconfig:read some day ...
						      sections: sections)))
                         (cachefiles   (launch:get-cache-file-paths areapath toppath target mtconfig))
                         (mtcachef     (car cachefiles))
                         (rccachef     (cdr cachefiles)))
                    ;;  trap exception due to stale NFS handle -- Error: (open-output-file) cannot open file - Stale NFS file handle: "/p/fdk/gwa/lefkowit/mtTesting/qa/primbeqa/links/p1222/11/PDK_r1.1.1/prim/clean/pcell_testgen/.runconfigs.cfg-1.6427-7d1e789cb3f62f9cde719a4865bb51b3c17ea853" - ticket 220546342
                    ;; TODO - consider 1) using simple-lock to bracket cache write
                    ;;                 2) cache in hash on server, since need to do rmt: anyway to lock.

		    (if rccachef
                        (common:fail-safe
                         (lambda ()
                           (configf:write-alist runconfigdat rccachef))
                         (conc "Could not write cache file - "rccachef)))
                    (if mtcachef
                        (common:fail-safe
                         (lambda ()
                           (configf:write-alist *configdat* mtcachef))
                         (conc "Could not write cache file - "mtcachef)))
		    (set! *runconfigdat* runconfigdat)
		    (if (and rccachef mtcachef) (set! *configstatus* 'fulldata))))
		;; no configs found? should not happen but let's try to recover gracefully, return an empty hash-table
		(set! *configdat* (make-hash-table))
		)))

	 ;; else read what you can and set the flag accordingly

	      (set! *toppath* #f) ;; force it to be false so we return #f
	      #f))
	
        ;; one more attempt to cache the configs for future reading
        (let* ((cachefiles   (launch:get-cache-file-paths areapath toppath target mtconfig))
               (mtcachef     (car cachefiles))
               (rccachef     (cdr cachefiles)))

          ;; trap exception due to stale NFS handle -- Error: (open-output-file) cannot open file - Stale NFS file handle: "/p/fdk/gwa/lefkowit/mtTesting/qa/primbeqa/links/p1222/11/PDK_r1.1.1/prim/clean/pcell_testgen/.runconfigs.cfg-1.6427-7d1e789cb3f62f9cde719a4865bb51b3c17ea853" - ticket 220546342
          ;; TODO - consider 1) using simple-lock to bracket cache write
          ;;                 2) cache in hash on server, since need to do rmt: anyway to lock.
          (if (and rccachef *runconfigdat* (not (common:file-exists? rccachef)))
              (common:fail-safe
               (lambda ()
                 (configf:write-alist *runconfigdat* rccachef))
               (conc "Could not write cache file - "rccachef))
              )
          (if (and mtcachef *configdat*    (not (common:file-exists? mtcachef)))
              (common:fail-safe
               (lambda ()
                 (configf:write-alist *configdat* mtcachef))
               (conc "Could not write cache file - "mtcachef))
              )
          (if (and rccachef mtcachef *runconfigdat* *configdat*)
              (set! *configstatus* 'fulldata)))

	;; if have -append-config then read and append here
	(let ((cfname (args:get-arg "-append-config")))
	  (if (and cfname
		   (file-read-access? cfname))

	(let ((res (common:get-disk-with-most-free-space disks minspace))) ;; min size of 1000, seems tad dumb
	  (if res
	      (cdr res)
	      (begin
		(if (common:low-noise-print 20 "No valid disks or no disk with enough space")
		    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No valid disks found in megatest.config. Please add some to your [disks] section and ensure the directory exists and has enough space!\n    You can change minspace in the [setup] section of megatest.config. Current setting is: " minspace))
		(exit 1))))))) ;; TODO - move the exit to the calling location and return #f

(define (launch:test-copy test-src-path test-path)
  (let* ((ovrcmd (let ((cmd (config-lookup *configdat* "setup" "testcopycmd")))
		   (if cmd
		       ;; substitute the TEST_SRC_PATH and TEST_TARG_PATH
		       (string-substitute "TEST_TARG_PATH" test-path
					  (string-substitute "TEST_SRC_PATH" test-src-path cmd #t) #t)
		       #f)))
	 (cmd    (if ovrcmd 
		     ovrcmd
		     (conc "rsync -av" (if (debug:debug-mode 1) "" "q") " " test-src-path "/ " test-path "/"
			   " >> " test-path "/mt_launch.log 2>> " test-path "/mt_launch.log")))
	 (status (system cmd)))
    (if (not (eq? status 0))
	(debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "ERROR: problem with running \"" cmd "\""))))


;; Desired directory structure:
;;
;;  <linkdir> - <target> - <testname> -.
;;                                     |
;;                                     v
;;  <rundir>  -  <target>  -    <testname> -|- <itempath(s)>

	   (if (not (common:file-exists? lnktarget)) (create-symbolic-link test-path lnktarget)))))

    (if (not (directory? test-path))
	(create-directory test-path #t)) ;; this is a hack, I don't know why out of the blue this path does not exist sometimes

    (if (and test-src-path (directory? test-path))
	(begin




	  (launch:test-copy test-src-path test-path)








	  (list lnkpathf lnkpath ))
	(if (and test-src-path (> remtries 0))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to create work area at " test-path " with link at " lnktarget ", remaining attempts " remtries)
	      ;; 
	      (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-src-path disk-path testname itemdat remtries: (- remtries 1)))
	    (list #f #f)))))

;; 1. look though disks list for disk with most space
;; 2. create run dir on disk, path name is meaningful
;; 3. create link from run dir to megatest runs area 
;; 4. remotely run the test on allocated host
;;    - could be ssh to host from hosts table (update regularly with load)
;;    - could be netbatch
;;      (launch-test db (cadr status) test-conf))
(define (launch-test test-id run-id run-info keyvals runname test-conf test-name test-path itemdat params)
  (mutex-lock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; setting variables and processing the testconfig is NOT thread-safe, reuse the launch-setup mutex
  (let* ( ;; (lock-key        (conc "test-" test-id))
	;; (got-lock        (let loop ((lock        (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key))
	;; 			     (expire-time (+ (current-seconds) 15))) ;; give up on getting the lock and steal it after 15 seconds
	;; 		    (if (car lock)
	;; 			#t
	;; 			(if (> (current-seconds) expire-time)
	;; 			    (begin
	;; 			      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Timed out waiting for a lock to launch test " keyvals " " runname " " test-name " " test-path)
	;; 			      (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key) ;; destroy the lock
	;; 			      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time)) ;; 
	;; 			    (begin
	;; 			      (thread-sleep! 1)
	;; 			      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time))))))
	 (item-path       (item-list->path itemdat))
	 (contour         #f)) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour")))
    (let loop ((delta        (- (current-seconds) *last-launch*))
	       (launch-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "launch-delay" default: 1)))
      (if (> launch-delay delta)
	  (begin
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 1200 "test launch delay") ;; every two hours or so remind the user about launch delay.
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: test launches are delayed by " launch-delay " seconds. See megatest.config launch-delay setting to adjust.")) ;; launch of " test-name " for " (- launch-delay delta) " seconds"))

					      cmdstr
					      (conc cmdstr " >> mt_launch.log 2>&1 &")))
					(car fullcmd))
				    (if useshell
					'()
					(cdr fullcmd)))))
        (mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; yes, really should mutex all the way to here. Need to put this entire process into a fork.
	;; (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key)         ;; release the lock for starting this test
	(if (not launchwait) ;; give the OS a little time to allow the process to start
	    (thread-sleep! 0.01))
	(with-output-to-file "mt_launch.log"
	  (lambda ()
	    (print "LAUNCHCMD: " (string-intersperse fullcmd " "))
	    (if (list? launch-results)
		(apply print launch-results)