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;; Copyright 2006-2012, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;;  This program is made available under the GNU GPL version 2.0 or

;;  greater. See the accompanying file COPYING for details.



;; 

;;  This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
;;  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

;;  PURPOSE.




(require-extension (srfi 18) extras tcp s11n)

(use srfi-1 posix regex regex-case srfi-69 hostinfo md5 message-digest directory-utils posix-extras matchable)
;; (use zmq)


(use spiffy uri-common intarweb http-client spiffy-request-vars)

(declare (unit server))

(declare (uses common))
(declare (uses db))
(declare (uses tasks)) ;; tasks are where stuff is maintained about what is running.
(declare (uses synchash))
(declare (uses http-transport))
(declare (uses rpc-transport))
;;(declare (uses nmsg-transport))
(declare (uses launch))
(declare (uses daemon))

(include "common_records.scm")
(include "db_records.scm")

(define (server:make-server-url hostport)
  (if (not hostport)
      #f
      (conc "http://" (car hostport) ":" (cadr hostport))))

(define  *server-loop-heart-beat* (current-seconds))













;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R
;;======================================================================

;; Call this to start the actual server
;;

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server
;;
(define (server:launch run-id transport-type)
  (case transport-type
    ((http)(http-transport:launch))
    ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:launch run-id))
    ((rpc)  (rpc-transport:launch run-id))
    (else (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unknown server type " transport-type))))

;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;;======================================================================

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;; Copyright 2006-2017, 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/>.
;;

(require-extension (srfi 18) extras tcp s11n)

(use srfi-1 posix regex regex-case srfi-69 hostinfo md5 message-digest

     directory-utils posix-extras matchable)

(use spiffy uri-common intarweb http-client spiffy-request-vars)

(declare (unit server))

(declare (uses common))
(declare (uses db))
(declare (uses tasks)) ;; tasks are where stuff is maintained about what is running.
;; (declare (uses synchash))
(declare (uses http-transport))
;;(declare (uses rpc-transport))

(declare (uses launch))
;; (declare (uses daemon))

(include "common_records.scm")
(include "db_records.scm")

(define (server:make-server-url hostport)
  (if (not hostport)
      #f
      (conc "http://" (car hostport) ":" (cadr hostport))))

(define  *server-loop-heart-beat* (current-seconds))

;;======================================================================
;; P K T S   S T U F F 
;;======================================================================

;; ???

;;======================================================================
;; P K T S   S T U F F 
;;======================================================================

;; ???

;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R
;;======================================================================

;; Call this to start the actual server
;;

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server
;;
(define (server:launch run-id transport-type)
  (case transport-type
    ((http)(http-transport:launch))
    ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:launch run-id))
    ;;((rpc)  (rpc-transport:launch run-id))
    (else (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unknown server type " transport-type))))

;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;;======================================================================

;; Get the transport
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	 (logfile     (conc areapath "/logs/server.log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
							   " -daemonize "
							   "")
		      ;; " -log " logfile
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")))

    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory areapath)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
    (thread-start! log-rotate)
    
    ;; host.domain.tld match host?
    (if (and target-host 
	     ;; look at target host, is it host.domain.tld or ip address and does it 
	     ;; match current ip or hostname
	     (not (string-match (conc "("curr-host "|" curr-host"\\..*)") target-host))
	     (not (equal? curr-ip target-host)))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server on " target-host ", logfile is " logfile)
	  (setenv "TARGETHOST" target-host)))
      
    (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" logfile)

    (common:wait-for-normalized-load 4 " delaying server start due to load" remote-host: (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever

    (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
    (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
    (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
    (thread-join! log-rotate)
    (pop-directory)))

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	 (logfile     (conc areapath "/logs/server.log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
							   " -daemonize "
							   "")
		      ;; " -log " logfile
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread"))
         (load-limit  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "jobtools" "max-server-start-load" default: 3.0)))
    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory areapath)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
    (thread-start! log-rotate)
    
    ;; host.domain.tld match host?
    (if (and target-host 
	     ;; look at target host, is it host.domain.tld or ip address and does it 
	     ;; match current ip or hostname
	     (not (string-match (conc "("curr-host "|" curr-host"\\..*)") target-host))
	     (not (equal? curr-ip target-host)))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server on " target-host ", logfile is " logfile)
	  (setenv "TARGETHOST" target-host)))
      
    (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" logfile)
    (thread-sleep! (/ (random 5000) 1000)) ;; add about a random (up to 5 seconds) initial delay. It seems pretty common that many running tests request a server at the same time
    ;; (common:wait-for-normalized-load load-limit " delaying server start due to load" target-host) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever
    (common:wait-for-homehost-load load-limit (conc " delaying server start due to load on homehost. limit is " load-limit))
    (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
    (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
    (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
    (thread-join! log-rotate)
    (pop-directory)))

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				     (cons (append serv-rec (list pid)) res))))
		(if (null? tal)
		    (if (and limit
			     (> (length new-res) limit))
			new-res ;; (take new-res limit)  <= need intelligent sorting before this will work
			new-res)
		      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) new-res)))))))))















;; given a list of servers get a list of valid servers, i.e. at least
;; 10 seconds old, has started and is less than 1 hour old and is
;; active (i.e. mod-time < 10 seconds
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				     (cons (append serv-rec (list pid)) res))))
		(if (null? tal)
		    (if (and limit
			     (> (length new-res) limit))
			new-res ;; (take new-res limit)  <= need intelligent sorting before this will work
			new-res)
		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) new-res)))))))))

(define (server:get-num-alive srvlst)
  (let ((num-alive 0))
    (for-each
     (lambda (server)
       (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time pid)
		    server))
	 (let* ((uptime  (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
		(runtime (if start-time
			     (- mod-time start-time)
			     0)))
	   (if (< uptime 5)(set! num-alive (+ num-alive 1))))))
     srvlst)
    num-alive))

;; given a list of servers get a list of valid servers, i.e. at least
;; 10 seconds old, has started and is less than 1 hour old and is
;; active (i.e. mod-time < 10 seconds
;;
;; mod-time host port start-time pid
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				   (> (length rec) 2))
			      (let ((start-time (list-ref rec 3))
				    (mod-time   (list-ref rec 0)))
				;; (print "start-time: " start-time " mod-time: " mod-time)
				(and start-time mod-time
				     (> (- now start-time) 0)    ;; been running at least 0 seconds
				     (< (- now mod-time)   16)   ;; still alive - file touched in last 16 seconds
				     (< (- now start-time) 
					(+ (- (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime") "3600"))
					      180)
					   (random 360))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
				     ))
			      #f))
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			      (let ((start-time (list-ref rec 3))
				    (mod-time   (list-ref rec 0)))
				;; (print "start-time: " start-time " mod-time: " mod-time)
				(and start-time mod-time
				     (> (- now start-time) 0)    ;; been running at least 0 seconds
				     (< (- now mod-time)   16)   ;; still alive - file touched in last 16 seconds
				     (< (- now start-time)       
					(+ (- (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime") "3600"))
					      180)
					   (random 360))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
				     ))
			      #f))
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			      (random 5)))   ;; add a small random number just in case a lot of jobs hit the work hosts simultaneously
	     (lock-file    (conc areapath "/logs/server-start.lock")))
	(if	(> (- (current-seconds) when-run) run-delay)
		(begin
		  (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait lock-file expire-time: 15)
		  (server:run areapath)
		  (thread-sleep! 5) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds
		  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
	(hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (list (+ call-num 1)(current-seconds))))))

(define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
  (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
    (let loop ((server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
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			      (random 5)))   ;; add a small random number just in case a lot of jobs hit the work hosts simultaneously
	     (lock-file    (conc areapath "/logs/server-start.lock")))
	(if	(> (- (current-seconds) when-run) run-delay)
		(begin
		  (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait lock-file expire-time: 15)
		  (server:run areapath)
		  (thread-sleep! 2) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds
		  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
	(hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (list (+ call-num 1)(current-seconds))))))

(define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
  (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
    (let loop ((server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	       (try-num    0))
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(define (server:login toppath)
  (lambda (toppath)
    (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds)) ;; might not be needed.
    (if (equal? *toppath* toppath)
	#t
	#f)))

;; timeout is in hours

(define (server:get-timeout)
  (let ((tmo (configf:lookup  *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
    (if (and (string? tmo)

	     (string->number tmo))

	(* 60 60 (string->number tmo))












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(define (server:login toppath)
  (lambda (toppath)
    (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds)) ;; might not be needed.
    (if (equal? *toppath* toppath)
	#t
	#f)))

;; timeout is hms string: 1h 5m 3s, default is 1 minute
;;
(define (server:expiration-timeout)
  (let ((tmo (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
    (if (and (string? tmo)
	     (common:hms-string->seconds tmo)) ;; BUG: hms-string->seconds is broken, if given "10" returns 0. Also, it doesn't belong in this logic unless the string->number is changed below
        (* 3600 (string->number tmo))
	60)))

(define (server: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 server:sync-lock-token "SERVER_SYNC_LOCK")
;; (define (server:release-sync-lock)
;;   (db:no-sync-del! *no-sync-db* server:sync-lock-token))
;; (define (server:have-sync-lock?)
;;   (let* ((have-lock-pair (db:no-sync-get-lock *no-sync-db* server:sync-lock-token))
;;          (have-lock?     (car have-lock-pair))
;;          (lock-time      (cdr have-lock-pair))
;;          (lock-age       (- (current-seconds) lock-time)))
;;     (cond
;;      (have-lock? #t)
;;      ((>lock-age
;;        (* 3 (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "minimum-intersync-delay" default: 180)))
;;       (server:release-sync-lock)
;;       (server:have-sync-lock?))
;;      (else #f))))

;; moving this here as it needs access to db and cannot be in common.
;;

(define (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct #!key (fork-to-background #f) (persist-until-sync #f))
  (let* ((sqlite-exe   (or (get-environment-variable "MT_SQLITE3_EXE"))) ;; defined in cfg.sh
         (sync-log     (or (args:get-arg "-sync-log") (conc *toppath* "/logs/sync-" (current-process-id) "-" (get-host-name) ".log")))
	 (tmp-area     (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	 (tmp-db       (conc tmp-area "/megatest.db"))
	 (staging-file (conc *toppath* "/.megatest.db"))
	 (mtdbfile     (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
	 (lockfile     (common:get-sync-lock-filepath))
         (sync-cmd-core     (conc sqlite-exe" " tmp-db " .dump | "sqlite-exe" " staging-file "&>"sync-log))
         (sync-cmd     (if fork-to-background 
                           (conc "/usr/bin/env NBFAKE_LOG="*toppath*"/logs/last-server-sync-"(current-process-id)".log nbfake \""sync-cmd-core" && /bin/mv -f " staging-file " " mtdbfile" \"")
                           sync-cmd-core))
         (default-min-intersync-delay 2)
	 (min-intersync-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "minimum-intersync-delay" default: default-min-intersync-delay))
         (default-duty-cycle 0.1)
         (duty-cycle   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "sync-duty-cycle" default: default-duty-cycle))
         (last-sync-seconds 10) ;; we will adjust this to a measurement and delay last-sync-seconds * (1 - duty-cycle)
         (calculate-off-time (lambda (work-duration duty-cycle)
                                  (* (/ (- 1 duty-cycle) duty-cycle) last-sync-seconds)))
         (off-time min-intersync-delay) ;; adjusted in closure below.
         (do-a-sync
          (lambda ()
            (BB> "Start do-a-sync with fork-to-background="fork-to-background" persist-until-sync="persist-until-sync)
            (let* ((finalres
                    (let retry-loop ((num-tries 0))
                         (if (common:simple-file-lock lockfile)
	                     (begin
                               (cond
                                ((not (or fork-to-background persist-until-sync))
                                 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: syncer thread sleeping for max of (server.minimum-intersync-delay="min-intersync-delay
                                              " , off-time="off-time" seconds ]")
                                 (thread-sleep! (max off-time min-intersync-delay)))
                                (else
                                 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: syncer thread NOT sleeping ; maybe time-to-exit...")))

                               (if (not (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "disable-db-snapshot"))
                                   (common:snapshot-file mtdbfile subdir: ".db-snapshot"))
		               (delete-file* staging-file)
		               (let* ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
                                      (res (system sync-cmd))
                                      (res2 
                                       (cond
                                        ((eq? 0 res)
		                         (delete-file* (conc mtdbfile ".backup"))
                                         (if (eq? 0 (file-size sync-log))
                                             (delete-file sync-log))
		                         (system (conc "/bin/mv " staging-file " " mtdbfile))
                                         
                                         (set! last-sync-seconds (/ (- (current-milliseconds) start-time) 1000))
                                         (set! off-time (calculate-off-time
                                                         last-sync-seconds
                                                         (cond
                                                          ((and (number? duty-cycle) (> duty-cycle 0) (< duty-cycle 1))
                                                           duty-cycle)
                                                          (else
                                                           (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: ["(common:human-time)"] server.sync-duty-cycle is invalid.  Should be a number between 0 and 1, but "duty-cycle" was specified.  Using default value: "default-duty-cycle)
                                                           default-duty-cycle))))
                                         
                                         (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" SYNC took "last-sync-seconds" sec")
                                         (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" SYNC took "last-sync-seconds" sec ; with duty-cycle of "duty-cycle" off time is now "off-time)
                                         'sync-completed)
                                        (else
                                         (system (conc "/bin/cp "sync-log" "sync-log".fail"))
                                         (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: ["(common:human-time)"] Sync failed. See log at "sync-log".fail")
                                         (if (file-exists? (conc mtdbfile ".backup"))
                                             (system (conc "/bin/cp "mtdbfile ".backup " mtdbfile)))
                                         #f))))
                                 (common:simple-file-release-lock lockfile)
                                 (BB> "released lockfile: " lockfile)
                                 (when (common:file-exists? lockfile)
                                   (BB> "DID NOT ACTUALLY RELEASE LOCKFILE"))
                                 res2) ;; end let
                               );; end begin
                             ;; else
                             (cond
                              (persist-until-sync
                               (thread-sleep! 1)
                               (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" other SYNC in progress; we're in a fork-to-background so we need to succeed.  Let's wait a jiffy and and try again. num-tries="num-tries" (waiting for lockfile="lockfile" to disappear)")
                               (retry-loop (add1 num-tries)))
                              (else
                               (thread-sleep! (max off-time (+ last-sync-seconds min-intersync-delay)))
                               (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" other SYNC in progress; not syncing.")
                               'parallel-sync-in-progress))
                             ) ;; end if got lockfile
                         )
                    ))
              (BB> "End do-a-sync with fork-to-background="fork-to-background" persist-until-sync="persist-until-sync" and result="finalres)
              finalres)
            ) ;; end lambda
          ))
    do-a-sync))

(define (server:writable-watchdog-bruteforce dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 1) ;; delay for startup
  (let* ((do-a-sync  (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct))
         (final-sync (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct fork-to-background: #t persist-until-sync: #t)))
    (when (and (not (args:get-arg "-sync-to-megatest.db")) ;; conditions under which we do not run the sync
	       (args:get-arg "-server"))
      
      (let loop ()
	(do-a-sync)
        (if (not *time-to-exit*) (loop))) ;; keep going unless time to exit

      ;; time to exit, close the no-sync db here
      (final-sync)

      (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id)
			    )))))

(define (server:writable-watchdog-deltasync dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; delay for startup
  (let ((legacy-sync  (common:run-sync?))
        (sync-stale-seconds (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "sync-stale-seconds" default: 300))
	(debug-mode   (debug:debug-mode 1))
	(last-time    (current-seconds))
	(no-sync-db   (db:open-no-sync-db))
        (sync-duration 0) ;; run time of the sync in milliseconds
        ;;(this-wd-num  (begin (mutex-lock! *wdnum*mutex) (let ((x *wdnum*)) (set! *wdnum* (add1 *wdnum*)) (mutex-unlock! *wdnum*mutex) x)))
        )
    (set! *no-sync-db* no-sync-db) ;; make the no sync db available to api calls
    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Periodic sync thread started.")
    (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "watchdog starting. legacy-sync is " legacy-sync" pid="(current-process-id)  );;  " this-wd-num="this-wd-num)
    (if (and legacy-sync (not *time-to-exit*))
	(let* (;;(dbstruct (db:setup))
	       (mtdb       (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb dbstruct))
	       (mtpath     (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb))
	       (tmp-area   (common:get-db-tmp-area))
	       (start-file (conc tmp-area "/.start-sync"))
	       (end-file   (conc tmp-area "/.end-sync")))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server running, periodic sync started.")
	  (let loop ()
	    ;; sync for filesystem local db writes
	    ;;
	    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
	    (let* ((need-sync        (>= *db-last-access* *db-last-sync*)) ;; no sync since last write
		   (sync-in-progress *db-sync-in-progress*)
                   (min-intersync-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "minimum-intersync-delay" default: 5))
		   (should-sync      (and (not *time-to-exit*)
                                          (> (- (current-seconds) *db-last-sync*) min-intersync-delay))) ;; sync every five seconds minimum, deprecated logic, can probably be removed
		   (start-time       (current-seconds))
                   (cpu-load-adj     (alist-ref 'adj-proc-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
		   (mt-mod-time      (file-modification-time mtpath))
		   (last-sync-start  (if (common:file-exists? start-file)
					 (file-modification-time start-file)
					 0))
		   (last-sync-end    (if (common:file-exists? end-file)
					 (file-modification-time end-file)
					 10))
                   (sync-period      (+ 3 (* cpu-load-adj 30))) ;; as adjusted load increases increase the sync period
		   (recently-synced  (and (< (- start-time mt-mod-time) sync-period) ;; not useful if sync didn't modify megatest.db!
					  (< mt-mod-time last-sync-start)))
		   (sync-done        (<= last-sync-start last-sync-end))
                   (sync-stale       (> start-time (+ last-sync-start sync-stale-seconds)))
		   (will-sync        (and (not *time-to-exit*)       ;; do not start a sync if we are in the process of exiting
                                          (or need-sync should-sync)
					  (or sync-done sync-stale)
					  (not sync-in-progress)
					  (not recently-synced))))
              (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "WD writable-watchdog top of loop.  need-sync="need-sync" sync-in-progress=" sync-in-progress
				" should-sync="should-sync" start-time="start-time" mt-mod-time="mt-mod-time" recently-synced="recently-synced" will-sync="will-sync
				" sync-done=" sync-done " sync-period=" sync-period)
              (if (and (> sync-period 5)
                       (common:low-noise-print 30 "sync-period"))
                  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Increased sync period due to long sync times, sync took: " sync-period " seconds."))
	      ;; (if recently-synced (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync due to recently-synced flag=" recently-synced))
	      ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "need-sync: " need-sync " sync-in-progress: " sync-in-progress " should-sync: " should-sync " will-sync: " will-sync)
	      (if will-sync (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #t))
	      (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
	      (if will-sync
                  (let (;; (max-sync-duration  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "max-sync-duration")) ;; KEEPING THIS AVAILABLE BUT SHOULD NOT USE, I'M PRETTY SURE IT DOES NOT WORK!
                        (sync-start         (current-milliseconds)))
		    (with-output-to-file start-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))
		    
		    ;; put lock here
		    
                    ;; (if (or (not max-sync-duration)
                    ;;        (< sync-duration max-sync-duration)) ;; NOTE: db:sync-to-megatest.db keeps track of time of last sync and syncs incrementally
                        (let ((res        (db:sync-to-megatest.db dbstruct no-sync-db: no-sync-db))) ;; did we sync any data? If so need to set the db touched flag to keep the server alive
                          (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
                          (if (> res 0) ;; some records were transferred, keep the db alive
                              (begin
                                (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
                                (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
                                (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "sync called, " res " records transferred."))
                              (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "sync called but zero records transferred")))))
;;                         ;; TODO: factor this next routine out into a function
;;                         (with-input-from-pipe ;; this should not block other threads but need to verify this
;;                          (conc "megatest -sync-to-megatest.db -m testsuite:" (common:get-area-name) ":" *toppath*)
;;                          (lambda ()
;;                            (let loop ((inl (read-line))
;;                                       (res #f))
;;                              (if (eof-object? inl)
;;                                  (begin
;;                                    (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
;;                                    (cond
;;                                     ((not res)
;;                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: sync from /tmp db to megatest.db appears to have failed. Recommended that you stop your runs and run \"megatest -cleanup-db\""))
;;                                     ((> res 0)
;;                                      (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
;;                                      (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
;;                                      (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*))))
;;                                  (let ((num-synced (let ((matches (string-match "^Synced (\\d+).*$" inl)))
;;                                                      (if matches
;;                                                          (string->number (cadr matches))
;;                                                          #f))))
;;                                    (loop (read-line)
;;                                          (or num-synced res))))))))))
	      (if will-sync
		  (begin
		    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		    (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #f)
		    (set! *db-last-sync* start-time)
		    (with-output-to-file end-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))

		    ;; release lock here

		    (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)))
	      (if (and debug-mode
		       (> (- start-time last-time) 60))
		  (begin
		    (set! last-time start-time)
		    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "timestamp -> " (seconds->time-string (current-seconds)) ", time since start -> " (seconds->hr-min-sec (- (current-seconds) *time-zero*))))))
	    
	    ;; keep going unless time to exit
	    ;;
	    (if (not *time-to-exit*)
		(let delay-loop ((count 0))
                  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "delay-loop top; count="count" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num" *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
                                                            
		  (if (and (not *time-to-exit*)
			   (< count 6)) ;; was 11, changing to 4. 
		      (begin
			(thread-sleep! 1)
			(delay-loop (+ count 1))))
		  (if (not *time-to-exit*) (loop))))
	    ;; time to exit, close the no-sync db here
	    (db:no-sync-close-db no-sync-db)
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id) ))))))) ;;" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)))))))