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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
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;; 
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;;     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))
(declare (uses portlogger))
(declare (uses mtmod))

(use address-info tcp)

(module tcp-transportmod
	*
	
(import scheme)

(cond-expand
 (chicken-4
  (import (prefix sqlite3 sqlite3:)
	  chicken
	  extras
	  hostinfo

	  ports
	  posix
	  files
	  data-structures
	  tcp
	  ))
 (chicken-5
  (import chicken.base
	  chicken.condition
	  chicken.file
	  chicken.pathname
	  chicken.process-context.posix
	  chicken.process
	  chicken.sort
	  chicken.string
	  chicken.time
	  chicken.tcp
	  chicken.random
	  chicken.file.posix
	  chicken.pretty-print
	  chicken.io
	  chicken.port
	  chicken.process-context

	  system-information)
  (define unsetenv unset-environment-variable!)
  ))
 
 (import  address-info
	  directory-utils
	  matchable
	  md5
	  message-digest
	  regex
	  regex-case
	  s11n
	  srfi-1
	  srfi-18
	  srfi-4
	  srfi-69
	  stack
	  typed-records
	  tcp-server
	  
	  debugprint
	  commonmod
	  dbfile
	  dbmod
	  mtmod
	  portlogger
	)

;;======================================================================
;; 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
  servinf-file
  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) ;; get this from commonmod
(define *server-run*  #t)

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

;; 1 ... or #f
;; and check that dbfname matches. FIXME: the propagation of dbfname and run-id
;; might not make the best sense
;;
(define (tt:valid-run-id run-id dbfname)
  (and (or (number? run-id)
	   (not run-id))
       (equal? (dbfile:run-id->dbfname run-id) dbfname)))

(tcp-buffer-size 2048)
;; (max-connections 4096)

(define (tt:get-conn ttdat dbfname)
  (hash-table-ref/default (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f))

;; 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 server-start-proc)
  (assert (tt:valid-run-id run-id dbfname) "FATAL: invalid run-id "run-id)
  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "tt:client-connect-to-server " dbfname " " run-id)
  (let* ((conn              (tt:get-conn ttdat dbfname))
	 (server-start-proc (or server-start-proc
				(lambda ()
				  (assert (equal? dbfname "main.db") ;; only main.db is started here
					  "FATAL: called server-start-proc for db other than main.db")
				  (tt:server-process-run
				   (tt-areapath ttdat)
				   testsuite ;; (dbfile:testsuite-name)
				   (common:find-local-megatest)
				   run-id)))))
    (if conn
	(begin 
          (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "already connected to a server")
           conn) ;; we are already connected to the server

	;; no conn
        (let* ((sdats (tt:get-server-info-sorted ttdat dbfname))
	       (sdat  (if (null? sdats)
			  #f
			  (car sdats))))
	   (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "found sdat " sdat)
           (match sdat
	    ((host port start-time server-id pid dbfname2 servinffile)
	     (assert (equal? dbfname dbfname2) "FATAL: read server info from wrong file.")
             (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "no conn - in match servinffile:" servinffile)
	     (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)))
	       ;; verify we can talk to this server
	       (let* ((result   (tt:timed-ping host port server-id))
		      (ping-res (car result))
		      (ping     (cdr result)))
                 (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "host " host " port " port " ping time: " ping " result " ping-res)
		 (case ping-res
		   ((running)
                    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Setting conn = " conn " in hash table")
		    (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname conn) ;;; is this ok to save before validating that the connection is good?
		    conn)
		   ((starting)
		    (thread-sleep! 0.5)
                    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server for " dbfname " is in starting state, retrying connect")
		    (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite server-start-proc))
		   (else
		    (let* ((curr-secs (current-seconds)))
		      ;; rm the (last server) would go here
		      (if (> (- curr-secs (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 10)
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unreachable server at "
					      host":"port" with servinfo file "servinffile", removing it")
			    (if (file-exists? servinffile)
				(handle-exceptions
				 exn
				 #f
				 (delete-file servinffile)))
			    (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat curr-secs)
                            (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting a new server on " (get-host-name))
			    (server-start-proc))) ;; start server if 10 sec since last attempt
		      (thread-sleep! 1)
                      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Retrying connect")
		      (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite server-start-proc)))))))

	    (else ;; no good server found, if haven't started server in > 5 secs, start another
	     (if (> (- (current-seconds) (tt-last-serv-start ttdat)) 3) ;; BUG - grow this number really do not want to swamp the machine with servers
		 (begin
		   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server for "dbfname " on " (get-host-name))
		   (server-start-proc)
		   (tt-last-serv-start-set! ttdat (current-seconds))
                   (thread-sleep! 6)
                   ))
	     (thread-sleep! 1)
             (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Connect to server from " (get-host-name) " for " dbfname)
	     (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite server-start-proc)))))))

;; returns ( result . ping_time )
(define (tt:timed-ping host port server-id)
  (let* ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
	 (result     (tt:ping host port server-id)))
    (cons result (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))))
    

(define (tt:ping host port server-id #!optional (tries-left 5))
  (let*  ((res      (tt:send-receive-direct host port `(ping #f #f #f) ping-mode: #t)) ;; please send me your server-id
	  (try-again (lambda ()
		       (if (> tries-left 0)
			   (begin
			     (thread-sleep! 1)
			     (tt:ping host port server-id (- tries-left 1)))
			   #f))))
    ;;
    ;; 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)
       (try-again)))))

;; 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 readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc)
  ;; connect-to-server will start a server if needed.
  (let* ((areapath (tt-areapath ttdat))
	 (conn     (tt:client-connect-to-server ttdat dbfname run-id testsuite server-start-proc))) ;; looks up conn keyed by dbfname
    (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
		(let* ((raw-dly  (if (number? result) result 0.1))
		       (dly      (+ raw-dly (/ attemptnum 10)))) ;; (* raw-dly (/ attemptnum 2))))
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server for "dbfname" is busy, cmd is "cmd", will try again in "dly" seconds. This is attempt "(- attemptnum 1))
		  (thread-sleep! dly)
		  (tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc)))
	       ((loaded)
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server for "dbfname" is loaded, slowing queries.")
		(tt:backoff-incr (tt-conn-host conn)(tt-conn-port conn))
		result) ;; (tt:handler  ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe))
	       (else
		result)))
	    (else ;; did not receive properly formated result
	     (if (not res) ;; tt:send-receive telling us that communication failed
		 (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 (tt-conn-servinf-file conn))) 
			(servinf (tt-servinf-file ttdat))) ;; (conc areapath"/.servinfo/"host":"port"-"pid":"dbfname))) ;; TODO, use (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)
		   (hash-table-set! (tt-conns ttdat) dbfname #f) ;; clear out the conn for this dbfname to force finding new server
		   (if (and servinf (file-exists? servinf))
		       (begin
			 (if (< attemptnum 10)
			     (begin
			       (thread-sleep! 0.5)
			       (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc))
			     (begin
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: no 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.")
				     (handle-exceptions
					 exn
				       #f
				       (delete-file* servinf))
				     (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc))
				   (begin
				     ;; start server - addressed in client-connect-to-server
				     ;; delay        - addressed in client-connect-to-server
				     ;; try again
				     (thread-sleep! 0.25) ;; dunno, I think this needs to be here
				     (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc))
				   ))))
		       (begin ;; no server file, delay and try again
			 (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: connection to server "host":"port" broken for "dbfname", no servinf file. Server exited? ")
			 (thread-sleep! 0.5)
			 (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc))))
		 (begin ;; this case is where res is malformed. Probably should abort
		   (assert #f "FATAL: tt:handler received bad data "res)
		   ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: got corrupt data from server "host":"port", "res", for "dbfname", will try again.")
		   ;; (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params (+ attemptnum 1) readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe)
		   )))))
	(begin
	  (thread-sleep! 1) ;; no conn yet set up, give it a rest and try again
	  (tt:handler ttdat cmd run-id params attemptnum readonly-mode dbfname testsuite mtexe server-start-proc)))))

;; 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)
				 (let* ((starta (list-ref a 2))
					(startb (list-ref b 2)))
				   (if (eq? starta startb)
				       (string>? (list-ref a 3)(list-ref b 3)) ;; if servers started at same time look at server-id
				       (< starta startb))))))
	 (count    0))
    (for-each
     (lambda (rec)
       (if (or (> (length sorted) 1)
	       (common:low-noise-print 120 "server info sorted"))
	   (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "SERVER #"count": "(string-intersperse (map conc sorted) ", ")))
       (set! count (+ count 1)))
     sorted)
    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)))

(defstruct tt:backoff
  (last-ioerr (current-seconds))
  (last-adj-t (current-seconds))
  (wait-delay 0.1))

(define *tt:backoff-smoothing* (make-hash-table)) ;; host:port => lastaccess backoffdelay )

(define (tt:backoff-incr host port) ;; call if tcp fails i/o net
  (let* ((host-port (conc host":"port))
	 (bkoff     (hash-table-ref/default *tt:backoff-smoothing* host-port #f)))
    (if bkoff
	(begin
	  (tt:backoff-last-ioerr-set! bkoff (current-seconds))
	  (tt:backoff-wait-delay-set! bkoff (+ (tt:backoff-wait-delay bkoff) 0.1)))
	(hash-table-set! *tt:backoff-smoothing* host-port (make-tt:backoff)))))

(define (tt:backoff-decr-and-wait host port)
  (let* ((host-port (conc host":"port))
	 (bkoff     (hash-table-ref/default *tt:backoff-smoothing* host-port #f)))
    (if bkoff
	(let* ((wait-delay (tt:backoff-wait-delay bkoff))
	       (last-ioerr (tt:backoff-last-ioerr bkoff))
	       (last-adj-t (tt:backoff-last-adj-t bkoff))
	       (delta      (- (current-seconds) last-adj-t))
	       (adj        (* delta 0.001)) ;; it takes 100 seconds to recover from hitting an io err
	       (new-wait   (if (> wait-delay 0)
			       (if (> adj wait-delay)
				   0
				   (- wait-delay adj))
			       0)))
	  (if (> new-wait 0)
	      (begin
		(if (common:low-noise-print 10 "delay wait message")
		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server on host " host " loaded, DelayWait: "new-wait))
		(tt:backoff-wait-delay-set! bkoff new-wait)
		(tt:backoff-last-adj-t-set! bkoff (current-seconds))
		(thread-sleep! new-wait))
	      (hash-table-delete! *tt:backoff-smoothing* host-port))))))

(define (tt:send-receive-direct host port dat #!key (ping-mode #f)(tries-remaining 25))
  (assert (number? port) "FATAL: tt:send-receive-direct called with  a port that is not a number "port)
  (tt:backoff-decr-and-wait host port)
  (let* ((retry          (lambda ()
			   (tt:send-receive-direct host port dat tries-remaining: (- tries-remaining 1))))
	 (full-err-print (lambda (exn msg)
			   (if (condition? exn)
			       (begin
				 (pp (condition->list exn) *default-log-port*)
				 (pp dat *default-log-port*)
				 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* msg
					      ", error: "     ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message)   exn)
					      ", arguments: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'arguments) exn)
					      ", location: "  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'location)  exn)
					      ))
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* msg "(note: exn="exn", is not a condition object.")))))
    (condition-case
     (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)
	 (match res
	   ((result exn-result stdout-result)
	    (if exn-result
		(full-err-print exn-result "ERROR: Server side exception detected"))
	    (if stdout-result
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Output detected on stdout on server side execution => "stdout-result))
	    result)
	   (else
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: server returned non-standard output: "res)
	    #f))))
     (exn (io-error)
	  (full-err-print exn  "ERROR: i/o error")
	  (tt:backoff-incr host port)
	  #f)
     (exn (i/o net)
	  (if ping-mode
	      #f
	      (cond
	       ((>  tries-remaining 4) ;; server likely defunct
		(tt:backoff-incr host port)
		#f)
	       ((>= tries-remaining 0)
		(let* ((backoff-delay (max (* (- 26 tries-remaining) 0.1) 1.0)))
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: TCP overload, trying again in "backoff-delay"s.")
		  (thread-sleep! backoff-delay)
		  (tt:backoff-incr host port)
		  (retry))
		;; (assert #f "FATAL: Too many retries in tt:send-receive-direct")
		)
	       (else #f))))
     (exn ()
	  (full-err-print exn "Unhandled exception from client side.")
	  #f))))


;;======================================================================
;; 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. NOTE: sequence is different for main.db vs. X.db
;;
;; 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")
  (let* ((ttdat   (make-tt areapath: areapath))
	 (dbfname (or dbfname-in (dbmod:run-id->dbfname run-id))))
    (set! *server-info* ttdat)
    (let* ((dbstruct   (dbmod:open-dbmoddb areapath run-id dbfname (dbfile:db-init-proc) keys)))
      (tt-handler-set! ttdat (handler dbstruct))
      (let* ((servinf-created #f)
	     (tcp-thread      (make-thread
			       (lambda ()
				 ;; NOTE: tt-port and tt-host are set in connect-listener which is called under tt:start-tcp-server
				 (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)

	(let* ((areapath     (tt-areapath ttdat))
	       (nosyncdbpath (conc areapath"/.mtdb"))
	       (servers      ;; (tt:find-server areapath dbfname)))
		(tt:get-server-info-sorted ttdat dbfname)) ;; (host port startseconds server-id servinfofile)
	       (good-srvrs  
		;; contact servers via ping, if no response remove the .servinfo file
		(let loop ((servrs     servers)
			   (prime-host #f)
			   (result    '()))
		  (if (null? servrs)
		      (reverse result)
		      (let* ((servdat (car servrs)))
			(match servdat
			     ((host port startseconds server-id servinfofile)
			      (let* ((ping-res  (tt:timed-ping host port server-id))
				     (good-ping (match ping-res
						   ((result . ping-time)
						    (not result)) ;; we couldn't reach the server or it was not a megatest server
						   (else #f))) ;; the ping failed completely?
				     (same-host (or (not prime-host) ;; i.e. this is the first host
						    (equal? prime-host host)))
				     (keep-srv  (and good-ping same-host)))
				(if keep-srv	
				    (loop (cdr servrs)
					  host
					  (cons servdat result))
				    (begin
				      (handle-exceptions
				       exn
				       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Error removing server info file: "servinfofile", "
							 (condition->list exn))
				       (delete-file* servinfofile))
				      (loop (cdr servrs) prime-host result)))))
			     (else
			      ;; can't delete it as we don't have a filename. NOTE: Should really never get here.
			      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: bad servinfo record \""servdat"\"")
			      (loop (cdr servrs) prime-host result)) ;; drop 
			     )))))
	       (home-host (if (null? good-srvrs)
			      #f
			      (caar good-srvrs))))
	  ;; by here we have a trustworthy list of servers and we have removed the .servinfo file for any unresponsive servers
	  ;; and the list is in good-srvrs
	  (cond
	   ((not home-host) ;; no servers yet, go ahead and start
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No servers yet, starting on "(get-host-name)))
	   ((> (length good-srvrs) 2) ;; don't need more, just exit
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Have "(length good-srvrs)", no need for more, exiting.")
	    (exit))
	   ((not (equal? home-host (get-host-name))) ;; there is a home-host and we are not on it
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Prime main server is on host "home-host", but we are on host "(get-host-name)", exiting.")
	    (exit))
	   (else
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting on host "(get-host-name)", along with "(length good-srvrs)" other servers.")))

	  ;; this didn't seem to work, is port not available yet?
	  (let loop ((count 0))
	    (if (tt-port ttdat)
		(begin
		  (procinf-port-set! *procinf* (tt-port ttdat))
		  (procinf-dbname-set! *procinf* dbfname)
		  (dbfile:with-no-sync-db
		   nosyncdbpath
		   (lambda (nsdb)
		     (dbfile:insert-or-update-process nsdb *procinf*))))
		(if (< count 10)
		    (begin
		      (thread-sleep! 0.25)
		      (loop (+ count 1)))
		    (begin
		      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: (tt-port ttdat) no port set! Exiting.")
		      (exit)))))
	  
	  ;; create a servinfo file start keep-running
          (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Creating servinfo file for " dbfname)
	  (tt:create-server-registration-file ttdat dbfname)
	  (procinf-status-set! *procinf* "running")
	  (tt-state-set! ttdat 'running)
	  (dbfile:with-no-sync-db
	   nosyncdbpath
	   (lambda (nsdb)
	     (dbfile:insert-or-update-process nsdb *procinf*)))
	  (thread-start! run-thread)

	  (thread-join! run-thread) ;; run thread will exit on timeout or other conditions
	  
	  ;; (tcp-close (tt-socket ttdat)) ;; close up ports here

	  ;; replace with call to (dbfile:set-process-done nsdb host pid reason)
	  (procinf-status-set! *procinf* "done")
	  (procinf-end-set! *procinf* (current-seconds))
	  ;; either convert this to use set-process-done or get rid of set-process-done
	  (dbfile:with-no-sync-db
	   nosyncdbpath
	   (lambda (nsdb)
	     (dbfile:insert-or-update-process nsdb *procinf*)))
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting now.")
	  (exit))))))

(define (tt:keep-running ttdat dbfname dbstruct)
  
  ;; at this point the server is running and responding to calls, we just monitor
  ;; for db calls and exit if there are none.

  ;; if I am not in the first 3 servers, exit
  (let* ((start-time (current-seconds)))
    (let loop ()
      (let* ((servers   (tt:get-server-info-sorted ttdat dbfname))
	     (home-host (if (null? servers)
			    #f
			    (caar servers)))
	     (my-index  (list-index (lambda (x)
				      (equal? (list-ref x 6)
					      (tt-servinf-file ttdat)))
				    servers))
	     (ok         (cond
			  ((not (number? my-index))
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: bad server data in "servers", might be due to host misconfiguration such as bad IP address in /etc/hosts.")
			   #f)
			   ((not *server-run*)
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: received a stop server from client by remote request.")
			   #f)
			  ((null? servers)
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: no servinfo files found, this cannot be.")
			   #f) ;; not ok
			  ((> my-index 2)
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: there are more than two servers ahead of me, I'm not needed, exiting.")
			   #f) ;; not ok to not be in first three
			  ((eq? (tt-state ttdat) 'running) #t) ;; we are good to keep going
			  ((> (- (current-seconds) start-time) 30)
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: over 30 seconds and not yet in runnning mode. Exiting.")
			   #f)
			  (else #t))))
	(if ok
	    (tt-last-access-set! ttdat *db-last-access*) ;; bit silly, just use db-last-access
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting immediately")
	      (tt:shutdown-server ttdat)
	      (exit)))

	(let* ((last-update (dbr:dbstruct-last-update dbstruct))
	       (curr-secs   (current-seconds)))
	  (if (and (eq? (tt-state ttdat) 'running)
		   (> (- curr-secs last-update) 5)) ;; every 5 seconds update the db?
	      (let* ((sinfo-file (tt-servinf-file ttdat)))
		;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: touching "sinfo-file)
		(set! (file-modification-time sinfo-file) (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)))))
    (tt:shutdown-server ttdat)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Server timed out, exiting from tt:keep-running.")))


(define (tt:shutdown-server ttdat)
  (let* ((host (tt-host ttdat))
	 (port (tt-port ttdat))
	 (sinf (tt-servinf-file ttdat)))
    (tt-state-set! ttdat 'shutdown)
    (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:set-port port "released")
    (if (file-exists? sinf)
	(delete-file* sinf))
    ))

;; 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)))
    (assert (and host port) "FATAL: tt:create-server-registration-file called with no conn, dbfname="dbfname)
    (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)))
	 (goodfiles '()))

    ;; filter the files here by looking in processes table (if we are not main.db)
    ;; and or look at the time stamp on the servinfo file, a running server will
    ;; touch the file every minute (again, this will only apply for main.db)
    (for-each (lambda (fname)
		(let* ((age (- (current-seconds)(file-modification-time fname))))
		  (if (> age 200) ;; can't trust it if over 200 seconds old
		      (begin
			(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: removing stale servinfo file "fname", it is "age" seconds old")
			(handle-exceptions
			 exn
			 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: error attempting to remove stale servinfo file "fname)
			 (delete-file fname))) ;; 
		      (set! goodfiles (cons fname goodfiles)))))
	      sfiles)
    goodfiles))

;; 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
			 ;; BUG, TODO: add err checking, for now blanket ignore the errors?
			 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from "logf
					   ", exn="(condition->list 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)))))))))

(define *last-server-start* (make-hash-table))

(define (tt:too-recent-server-start dbfname)
  (let* ((last-run-time (hash-table-ref/default *last-server-start* dbfname #f)))
    (and last-run-time
	 (< (- (current-seconds) last-run-time) 5))))
    
;; 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)))
    (if (tt:too-recent-server-start dbfname)
	#f
	(let* ((load     (get-normalized-cpu-load))
	       (srvrs    (tt:find-server areapath dbfname))
	       (trying   (length srvrs))
	       (nrun     (number-of-processes-running (conc "mtest.*server.*"testsuite".*"dbfname))))
	  (cond
	   ((> load 2.0)
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Normalized load "load" on " (get-host-name) " is over the limit of 2.0. Not starting a server. Please reduce the load on "(get-host-name)" by killing some processes")
	    (thread-sleep! 1)
	    #f)
	   ((> nrun 100)
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* nrun" servers running on " (get-host-name) ", not starting another.")
	    (thread-sleep! 1)
	    #f)
	   ((> trying 2)
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* trying" servers registered in .servinfo dir. not starting another.")
	    (thread-sleep! 1)
	    #f)
	   (else
	    (if (not (file-exists? (conc areapath"/logs")))
		(create-directory (conc areapath"/logs") #t))
	    (let* ((logfile   (conc areapath "/logs/server-"dbfname"-"(current-process-id)".log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
		   (cmdln (conc
			       mtexe
			       " -startdir "areapath
			       " -server - ";; (or target-host "-")
			       " -m testsuite:"testsuite
			       " -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 2 *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")
	      ;; (system cmdln)
	      (hash-table-set! *last-server-start* dbfname (current-seconds))
	      ;; ;; use below to go back to nbfake - nbfake does cause trouble ...
	      ;; (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)
	      #t)))))))

;;======================================================================
;; 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-portlogger ttdat) ;; set up tcp-listener
  (let* ((socket   (tt-socket  ttdat))
	 (handler  (tt-handler ttdat)) ;; the handler comes from our client setting a handler function
	 (handler-proc (lambda ()
			 (let* ((indat         (deserialize)) ;; could use: (thread-terminate! (current-thread))
				(result        #f)
				(exn-result    #f)
				(stdout-result (with-output-to-string
						 (lambda ()
						   (let ((res (handle-exceptions
							       exn
							       (let* ((errdat (condition->list exn)))
								 (set! exn-result errdat)
								 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: handler exception, these are bad, will exit in five seconds.")
								 (pp errdat *default-log-port*)
								 ;; these are always bad, set up an exit thread
								 (thread-start! (make-thread (lambda ()
							      				       (thread-sleep! 5)
							      				       (exit))))
							       #f)
								(handler indat) ;; this is the proc being called by the remote client
								)))
						     (set! result res)))))
				(full-result    (list result exn-result (if (equal? stdout-result "") #f stdout-result))))
			   (handle-exceptions
			       exn
			     (begin
			       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Serialization failure. full-result="full-result)
			       (thread-start! (make-thread (lambda ()
							     (thread-sleep! 5)
							     (exit)))))    ;; (serialize '(#f #f #f)) ;; doesn't work - the first call to serialize caused failure
			     (serialize full-result))))))
    ((make-tcp-server socket handler-proc)
     #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 (setup-listener-portlogger uconn)
  (let ((port (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:find-port)))
    (assert (tt? uconn) "FATAL: setup-listener called with wrong struct "uconn)
    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "setup-listener-portlogger got port " port)
    (handle-exceptions
	exn
      (if (< port 65535)
	  (begin
	    (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:set-failed port)
	    (thread-sleep! 0.25)
	    (setup-listener-portlogger uconn))
          (begin
            (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "setup-listener-portlogger: could not get a port")
	    #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 10000 #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)))))

)