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;;======================================================================
;; Copyright 2019, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;; This file is part of Megatest.
;; 
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;;======================================================================

(declare (unit runsmod))

(declare (uses commonmod))
(declare (uses dbmod))
(declare (uses launchmod))
(declare (uses mtargs))
(declare (uses mtconfigf))
(declare (uses mtmod))
(declare (uses pgdbmod))
(declare (uses rmtmod))
(declare (uses servermod))
(declare (uses stml2))
(declare (uses subrunmod))
(declare (uses tasksmod))
(declare (uses testsmod))
(declare (uses itemsmod))

(module runsmod
	*
	
(import scheme chicken data-structures extras ports files)

(use (prefix base64 base64:)
     (prefix sqlite3 sqlite3:)
     call-with-environment-variables
     csv
     directory-utils
     format
     matchable
     message-digest
     md5
     ports
     posix
     regex
     srfi-1
     srfi-1
     srfi-13
     srfi-18
     srfi-18
     srfi-69
     typed-records
     z3)

(import commonmod)
(import dbmod)
(import itemsmod)
(import mtmod)
(import pgdbmod)
(import (prefix mtargs args:))
(import (prefix mtconfigf configf:))
(import rmtmod)
(import servermod)
(import stml2)
(import subrunmod)
(import tasksmod)
(import testsmod)

;; (use (prefix ulex ulex:))
(include "run_records.scm")
(include "db_records.scm")
(include "test_records.scm")
(include "key_records.scm")

;; (include "common_records.scm")
(defstruct runs:dat
  reglen regfull
  runname max-concurrent-jobs run-id
  test-patts required-tests test-registry
  registry-mutex flags keyvals run-info all-tests-registry
  can-run-more-tests
  ((can-run-more-tests-count 0) : fixnum))

(defstruct runs:testdat
  hed tal reg reruns  test-record
  test-name item-path jobgroup
  waitons testmode  newtal itemmaps prereqs-not-met)

(define (set-item-env-vars itemdat)
  (for-each (lambda (item)
	      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "setenv " (car item) " " (cadr item))
	      (setenv (car item) (cadr item)))
	    itemdat))

;; Every time can-run-more-tests is called increment the delay
;;
;; NOTE: We run this server-side!! Do not use this global except in the runs:can-run-more-tests routine
;;
(define *last-num-running-tests* 0)
;; (define *runs:can-run-more-tests-count* 0)
(define (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)
  (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count-set! runsdat 0))

(define (runs:inc-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)
  (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count-set!
   runsdat
   (+ (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 1)))

;;  (set! *runs:can-run-more-tests-count* 0)) ;; (/ *runs:can-run-more-tests-count* 2)))

;; Temporary globals. Move these into the logic or into common
;;
(define *seen-cant-run-tests* (make-hash-table)) ;; use to track tests that we suspect cannot be run
(define (runs:inc-cant-run-tests testname)
  (hash-table-set! *seen-cant-run-tests* testname
		   (+ (hash-table-ref/default *seen-cant-run-tests* testname 0) 1)))

(define (runs:can-keep-running? testname n)
  (< (hash-table-ref/default *seen-cant-run-tests* testname 0) n))

(define *runs:denoise* (make-hash-table)) ;; key => last-time-ran

;; mechanism to limit printing info to the screen that is repetitive.
;;
;; Example: 
;; (if (runs:lownoise "waiting on tasks" 60)
;;     (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "waiting for tasks to complete, sleeping briefly ..."))
;;
(define (runs:lownoise key waitval)
  (let ((lasttime (hash-table-ref/default *runs:denoise* key 0))
	(currtime (current-seconds)))
    (if (> (- currtime lasttime) waitval)
	(begin
	  (hash-table-set! *runs:denoise* key currtime)
	  #t)
	#f)))

;; return #t when all items in waitors-upon list are represented in test-patt, #f otherwise.
(define (runs:testpatts-mention-waitors-upon? test-patt waitors-upon)
  (null? (tests:filter-test-names-not-matched waitors-upon test-patt)))


(define (runs:get-mt-env-alist run-id runname target testname itempath)
  ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars entry")
  `(("MT_TEST_NAME"     . ,testname)
    
    ("MT_ITEMPATH"      . ,itempath)

    ("MT_TARGET"        . ,target)
    
    ("MT_RUNNAME"       . ,runname)
    
    ("MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" . ,*toppath*)
    
    ,@(let* ((link-tree (common:get-linktree))) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
        (if link-tree
            (list (cons "MT_LINKTREE" link-tree)
                  
                  (cons "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR"
                        (conc link-tree  "/" target "/" runname "/" testname
                              (if (and (string? itempath) (not (equal? itempath "")))
                                  (conc "/" itempath)
                                  "")))
                  )
            '()))
    
    ,@(map
       (lambda (key)
         (cons  (car key) (cadr key)))
       (keys:target->keyval (rmt:get-keys) target))
    
    ,@(map (lambda (var)
             (let ((val (configf:lookup *configdat* "env-override" var)))
               (cons var val)))
           (configf:section-vars *configdat* "env-override"))))


    

    
    

(define (runs:can-run-more-tests runsdat run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)

  ;; Take advantage of a good place to exit if running the one-pass methodology
  (if (and (> (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 20)
	   (args:get-arg "-one-pass"))
      (exit 0))

  (thread-sleep! (cond ;; BB: check with Matt.  Should this sleep move to cond clauses below where we determine we have too many jobs running rather than each time the and condition above is true (which seems like always)?
        	  ((> (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) 20)
		   (if (runs:lownoise "waiting on tasks" 60)(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "waiting for tasks to complete, sleeping briefly ..."))
                   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "inter-test-delay" default: 0.1) ;; was 2
		   );; obviously haven't had any work to do for a while
        	  (else 0)))
  
  (let* ((num-running             (rmt:get-count-tests-running run-id))
	 (num-running-in-jobgroup (rmt:get-count-tests-running-in-jobgroup run-id jobgroup))
	 (job-group-limit         (let ((jobg-count (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobgroups" jobgroup)))
				    (if (string? jobg-count)
					(string->number jobg-count)
					jobg-count))))
    (if (> (+ num-running num-running-in-jobgroup) 0)
	(runs:inc-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)) ;; (set! *runs:can-run-more-tests-count* (+ *runs:can-run-more-tests-count* 1)))
    (if (not (eq? *last-num-running-tests* num-running))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "max-concurrent-jobs: " max-concurrent-jobs ", num-running: " num-running)
	  (set! *last-num-running-tests* num-running)))
    (if (not (eq? 0 *globalexitstatus*))
	(list #f num-running num-running-in-jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs job-group-limit)
	(let* ((can-not-run-more (cond
				 ;; if max-concurrent-jobs is set and the number running is greater 
				 ;; than it then cannot run more jobs
				 ((and max-concurrent-jobs (>= num-running max-concurrent-jobs))
				  (if (runs:lownoise "mcj msg" 60)
				      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Max running jobs exceeded, current number running: " num-running 
						   ", max_concurrent_jobs: " max-concurrent-jobs))
				  #t)
				 ;; if job-group-limit is set and number of jobs in the group is greater
				 ;; than the limit then cannot run more jobs of this kind
				 ((and job-group-limit
				       (>= num-running-in-jobgroup job-group-limit))
				  (if (runs:lownoise (conc "maxjobgroup " jobgroup) 60)
				      (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "WARNING: number of jobs " num-running-in-jobgroup 
						   " in jobgroup \"" jobgroup "\" exceeds limit of " job-group-limit))
				  #t)
				 (else #f))))
	  (list (not can-not-run-more) num-running num-running-in-jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs job-group-limit)))))

(define (runs:run-pre-hook run-id)
    (let* ((run-pre-hook   (configf:lookup *configdat* "runs" "pre-hook"))
           (existing-tests (if run-pre-hook
                               (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id "%" '() '() ;; run-id testpatt states statuses
                                                      #f #f ;; offset limit
                                                      #f ;; not-in
                                                      #f ;; sort-by
                                                      #f ;; sort-order
                                                      #f ;; get full data (not 'shortlist)
                                                      0 ;; (runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update *runs:general-data*) ;; last update time
                                                      'dashboard)
                               '()))
           (log-dir         (conc *toppath* "/logs"))
           (log-file        (conc "pre-hook-" (string-translate (getenv "MT_TARGET") "/" "-") "-" (getenv "MT_RUNNAME") ".log"))
           (full-log-fname  (conc log-dir "/" log-file)))
      (if run-pre-hook
          (if (null? existing-tests)
              (let* ((use-log-dir (if (not (directory-exists? log-dir))
                                      (handle-exceptions
                                       exn
                                       (begin
                                         (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Failed to create " log-dir)
                                         #f)
                                       (create-directory log-dir #t)
                                       #t)
                                      #t))
                     (start-time   (current-seconds))
                     (actual-logf  (if use-log-dir full-log-fname log-file)))
                (handle-exceptions
                 exn
                 (begin
                   (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
                   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
                   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: failed to run pre-hook " run-pre-hook ", check the log " log-file))
                 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "running run-pre-hook: \"" run-pre-hook "\", log is " actual-logf)
                 (system (conc run-pre-hook " >> " actual-logf " 2>&1"))
                 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "pre-hook \"" run-pre-hook "\" took " (- (current-seconds) start-time) " seconds to run.")))
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping pre-hook call \"" run-pre-hook "\" as there are existing tests for this run.")))))
    
(define (runs:run-post-hook run-id)
    (let* ((run-post-hook   (configf:lookup *configdat* "runs" "post-hook"))
           (existing-tests (if run-post-hook
                               (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id "%" '() '() ;; run-id testpatt states statuses
                                                      #f #f ;; offset limit
                                                      #f ;; not-in
                                                      #f ;; sort-by
                                                      #f ;; sort-order
                                                      #f ;; get full data (not 'shortlist)
                                                      0 ;; (runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update *runs:general-data*) ;; last update time
                                                      'dashboard)
                               '()))
           (log-dir         (conc *toppath* "/logs"))
           (log-file        (conc "post-hook-" (string-translate (getenv "MT_TARGET") "/" "-") "-" (getenv "MT_RUNNAME") ".log"))
           (full-log-fname  (conc log-dir "/" log-file)))
      (if run-post-hook
          ;; (if (null? existing-tests)
          ;;    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping post-hook call \"" run-post-hook "\" as there are existing tests for this run.")))))
	  (let* ((use-log-dir (if (not (directory-exists? log-dir))
				  (handle-exceptions
				      exn
				      (begin
					(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Failed to create " log-dir)
					#f)
				    (create-directory log-dir #t)
				    #t)
				  #t))
		 (start-time   (current-seconds))
		 (actual-logf  (if use-log-dir full-log-fname log-file)))
	    (handle-exceptions
		exn
		(begin
		  (print-call-chain *default-log-port*)
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: failed to run post-hook " run-post-hook ", check the log " log-file))
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "running run-post-hook: \"" run-post-hook "\", log is " actual-logf)
	      (system (conc run-post-hook " >> " actual-logf " 2>&1"))
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "post-hook \"" run-post-hook "\" took " (- (current-seconds) start-time) " seconds to run."))))))

;;======================================================================
;; runs:run-tests is called from megatest.scm and itself
;;======================================================================
;;
;;  test-names: Comma separated patterns same as test-patts but used in selection 
;;              of tests to run. The item portions are not respected.
;;              FIXME: error out if /patt specified
;;            
(define (runs:run-tests target runname test-patts user flags #!key (run-count 1)) ;; test-names
  (let* ((keys               (keys:config-get-fields *configdat*))
	 (keyvals            (keys:target->keyval keys target))
	 (run-id             (rmt:register-run keyvals runname "new" "n/a" user (args:get-arg "-contour")))  ;;  test-name)))
	 ;; (deferred          '()) ;; delay running these since they have a waiton clause
	 (runconfigf         (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config"))
         (dbfile             (conc  *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
         (readonly-mode      (not (file-write-access? dbfile)))
	 (test-records       (make-hash-table))
	 ;; need to process runconfigs before generating these lists
	 (all-tests-registry #f)  ;; (tests:get-all)) ;; (tests:get-valid-tests (make-hash-table) test-search-path)) ;; all valid tests to check waiton names
	 (all-test-names     #f)  ;; (hash-table-keys all-tests-registry))
	 (test-names         #f)  ;; Generated by a call to (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts))
	 (required-tests     #f)  ;; Put fully qualified test/testpath names in this list to be done
         (waitors-upon       (make-hash-table)) ;; given a test, return list of tests waiting upon this test.
	 (task-key           (conc (hash-table->alist flags) " " (get-host-name) " " (current-process-id)))
	 ;; (tdbdat             (tasks:open-db))
	 (config-reruns      (let ((x (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "reruns")))
			       (if x (string->number x) #f)))
	 (allowed-tests      #f)
	 (runconf            #f))

    ;; check if readonly
    (when readonly-mode
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "megatest.db is readonly.  Cannot proceed.")
      (exit 1))

    ;; per user request. If less than 100Meg space on dbdir partition, bail out with error
    ;; this will reduce issues in database corruption
    (common:check-db-dir-and-exit-if-insufficient)

    ;; override the number of reruns from the configs
    ;; this needs to be done at the place where is first runs:run-tests called 
    ;(if (and config-reruns
	  ;   (> run-count config-reruns))
 	  ;(set! run-count config-reruns))

    ;; (if (tasks:need-server run-id)(tasks:start-and-wait-for-server tdbdat run-id 10))

    (let ((sighand (lambda (signum)
		     ;; (signal-mask! signum) ;; to mask or not? seems to cause issues in exiting
		     (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
		     (print "Received signal " signum ", cleaning up before exit. Please wait...")
		     (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()
					       ;; (let ((tdbdat (tasks:open-db)))
						 (rmt:tasks-set-state-given-param-key task-key "killed") ;; )
					       (print "Killed by signal " signum ". Exiting")
					       (thread-sleep! 3)
					       (exit))))
			   (th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
					       (thread-sleep! 5)
					       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Done")
					       (exit 4)))))
		       (thread-start! th2)
		       (thread-start! th1)
		       (thread-join! th2)))))
      (set-signal-handler! signal/int sighand)
      (set-signal-handler! signal/term sighand))

    ;; force the starting of a server -- removed BB 17ww28 - no longer needed.
    ;;(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "waiting on server...")
    ;;(server:start-and-wait *toppath*)
    
    (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (set! runconf (if (common:file-exists? runconfigf)
		      (setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id *already-seen-runconfig-info* keyvals target)
		      (begin
			(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf)
			#f)))

    (if (not test-patts) ;; first time in - adjust testpatt
	(set! test-patts (common:args-get-testpatt runconf)))
    ;; if test-patts is #f at this point there is something wrong and we need to bail out
    (if (not test-patts)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: there is no test pattern for this run. Exiting now.")
	  (exit 0)))
    
    (if (args:get-arg "-tagexpr")
	(begin
	  (set! allowed-tests (string-join (runs:get-tests-matching-tags (args:get-arg "-tagexpr")) ","))
	  	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "filtering initial test list with tagexpr: " (args:get-arg "-tagexpr") " => " allowed-tests)
		  ));; tests will be ANDed with this list

    ;; register this run in monitor.db
    (rmt:tasks-add "run-tests" user target runname test-patts task-key) ;; params)
    (rmt:tasks-set-state-given-param-key task-key "running")

    #;(common:telemetry-log "run-tests"
                          payload:
                          `( (target . ,target)
                             (run-name . ,runname)
                             (test-patts . ,test-patts) ) )

    
    ;; Now generate all the tests lists
    (set! all-tests-registry (tests:get-all))   ;; hash of testname => path-to-test
    (set! all-test-names     (hash-table-keys all-tests-registry))
    ;; filter first for allowed-tests (from -tagexpr) then for test-patts.
    (set! test-names         (tests:filter-test-names
			      (if allowed-tests
				  (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names allowed-tests)
				  all-test-names)
			      test-patts))

    ;; I think seeding required-tests with all test-names makes sense but lack analysis to back that up.

    ;; NEW STRATEGY HERE:
    ;; 1. fill required tests with test-patts
    ;; 2. scan testconfigs and if waitons, itemwait, itempatt calc prior test test-patt
    ;; 3. repeat until all deps propagated
    
    ;; any tests with direct mention in test-patts can be added to required
    ;;(set! required-tests     (lset-intersection equal? (string-split test-patts ",") all-test-names))
    (set! required-tests     (tests:filter-test-names all-test-names test-patts))
    ;;
    ;; (set! required-tests     (lset-intersection equal? test-names all-test-names))
    
    ;; look up all tests matching the comma separated list of globs in
    ;; test-patts (using % as wildcard)

    ;; (set! test-names (delete-duplicates (tests:get-valid-tests *toppath* test-patts)))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "tests search path: " (string-intersperse (tests:get-tests-search-path *configdat*) " "))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "all tests:         " (string-intersperse (sort all-test-names string<) " "))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "test names:        " (string-intersperse (sort test-names string<) " "))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "required tests:    " (string-intersperse (sort required-tests string<) " "))

    ;; on the first pass or call to run-tests set FAILS to NOT_STARTED if
    ;; -keepgoing is specified
    (if (eq? *passnum* 0)
	(begin
	  ;; Is this still necessary? I think not. Unreachable tests are marked as such and 
	  ;; should not cause problems here.
	  ;;
	  ;; have to delete test records where NOT_STARTED since they can cause -keepgoing to 
	  ;; get stuck due to becoming inaccessible from a failed test. I.e. if test B depends 
	  ;; on test A but test B reached the point on being registered as NOT_STARTED and test
	  ;; A failed for some reason then on re-run using -keepgoing the run can never complete.
	  ;;
	  ;; (rmt:general-call 'delete-tests-in-state run-id "NOT_STARTED")
	  
	  ;; Now convert anything in allow-auto-rerun to NOT_STARTED
	  ;;
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (state-status)
	     (let* ((ss-lst (string-split-fields "/" state-status #:infix))
		    (state  (if (> (length ss-lst) 0)(car  ss-lst) #f))
		    (status (if (> (length ss-lst) 1)(cadr ss-lst) #f)))
	       (rmt:set-tests-state-status run-id test-names state status "NOT_STARTED" status)))
	   ;; list of state/status pairs separated by spaces
	   (string-split (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "allow-auto-rerun") "")))))

    ;; Ensure all tests are registered in the test_meta table
    (runs:update-all-test_meta #f)

    ;; run the run prehook if there are no tests yet run for this run:
    ;;
    (runs:run-pre-hook run-id)
    ;; mark all test launced flag as false in the meta table 
    (rmt:set-var (conc "lunch-complete-" run-id) "no")
    (rmt:set-run-state-status run-id "new" "n/a")
    ;; now add non-directly referenced dependencies (i.e. waiton)
    ;;======================================================================
    ;; refactoring this block into tests:get-full-data
    ;;
    ;; What happended, this code is now duplicated in tests!?
    ;;
    ;;======================================================================
    
    (if (not (null? test-names)) ;; BEGIN test-names loop
	(let loop ((hed (car test-names))   ;; NOTE: This is the main loop that iterates over the test-names
		   (tal (cdr test-names)))         ;; 'return-procs tells the config reader to prep running system but return a proc
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "\n\ntestpatt elaboration loop => hed="hed " tal="tal" test-patts="test-patts" test-names="test-names)
	  (change-directory *toppath*) ;; PLEASE OPTIMIZE ME!!! I think this should be a no-op but there are several places where change-directories could be happening.
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" hed) ;; 
	  (let*-values (((waitons waitors config) (tests:get-waitons hed all-tests-registry))

			;; NOTE: Have the config - can extract [waitons] section
			
                        ((hed-mode)
                         (let ((m (configf:lookup config "requirements" "mode")))
                           (if m (map string->symbol (string-split m)) '(normal))))
                        ((hed-itemized-waiton) ;; are items in hed waiting on items of waiton?
                         (not (null? (lset-intersection eq? hed-mode '(itemmatch itemwait)))))
                        )
	    (debug:print-info 8 *default-log-port* "waitons: " waitons)
	    ;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an
	    ;; error
	    (if (or (member hed waitons)
		    (member hed waitors))
		(begin
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test " hed " has listed itself as a waiton or waitor, please correct this!")
		  (set! waitons (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitons))
		  (set! waitors (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitors))))
	    
	    ;; (items   (items:get-items-from-config config)))
	    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-records hed #f)) ;; waiton-tconfig below will be #f until that test is visted here at least once
		(hash-table-set! test-records ;; BB: we are doing a manual make-tests:testqueue
				 hed (vector hed     ;; 0 ;; testname
					     config  ;; 1 
					     waitons ;; 2 
					     (configf:lookup config "requirements" "priority")     ;; priority 3
					     (tests:get-items config) ;; 4 ;; expand the [items] and or [itemstable] into explict items
					     #f      ;; itemsdat 5
					     #f      ;; spare - used for item-path
					     waitors ;; 
					     )))
            ;; update waitors-upon here
            (for-each
             (lambda (waiton)
               (let* ((current-waitors-upon (hash-table-ref/default waitors-upon waiton '())))
                 (debug:print-info 8 *default-log-port* " current-waiters-upon["waiton"] is "current-waitors-upon )
                 (when (not (member hed current-waitors-upon))
                   (debug:print-info 8 *default-log-port* " current-waiters-upon["waiton"] << "hed  )
                   (hash-table-set! waitors-upon waiton (cons hed current-waitors-upon)))))
             (if (list? waitons) waitons '()))
            (debug:print-info 8 *default-log-port* " process waitons&waitors of "hed": "(delete-duplicates (append waitons waitors)))
            (for-each 
	     (lambda (waiton)
	       (if (and waiton (not (member waiton test-names)))
		   (let* ((waitors-in-testpatt (runs:testpatts-mention-waitors-upon? test-patts (hash-table-ref/default waitors-upon waiton '())))
                          (waiton-record   (hash-table-ref/default test-records waiton #f))
			  (waiton-tconfig  (if waiton-record (vector-ref waiton-record 1) #f))
			  (waiton-itemized (and waiton-tconfig
						(or (hash-table-ref/default waiton-tconfig "items" #f)
						    (hash-table-ref/default waiton-tconfig "itemstable" #f))))
			  (itemmaps        (tests:get-itemmaps config))  ;; (configf:lookup config "requirements" "itemmap"))
			  (new-test-patts  (tests:extend-test-patts test-patts hed waiton itemmaps hed-itemized-waiton))) 
		     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Test " waiton " has " (if waiton-record "a" "no") " waiton-record and" (if waiton-itemized " " " no ") "items")
		     ;; need to account for test-patt here, if I am test "a", selected with a test-patt of "hed/b%"
		     ;; and we are waiting on "waiton" we need to add "waiton/,waiton/b%" to test-patt
		     ;; is this satisfied by merely appending "/" to the waiton name added to the list?
		     ;;
		     ;; This approach causes all of the items in an upstream test to be run 
		     ;; if we have this waiton already processed once we can analzye it for extending
		     ;; tests to be run, since we can't properly process waitons unless they have been
		     ;; initially added we add them again to be processed on second round AND add the hed
		     ;; back in to also be processed on second round
		     (if waiton-tconfig ;; BB: waiter should be in test-patts as well as the waiton have a tconfig.
                         (if waiton-itemized
                             (if waitors-in-testpatt
                                 (begin
                                   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "New test patts: " new-test-patts ", prev test patts: " test-patts)
                                   (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names)) ;; need to process this one, only add once the waiton tconfig read
                                   (set! required-tests (cons (conc waiton "/") required-tests))
                                   (set! test-patts new-test-patts))
                                 (begin
                                   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Waitor(s) not yet on testpatt for " waiton ", setting up to re-process it")
                                   (set! tal (append (cons waiton tal)(list hed)))))
                             (begin
                               (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Adding non-itemized test " waiton " to required-tests")
                               (set! required-tests (cons waiton required-tests))
                               (set! test-patts new-test-patts)))
			 (begin
			   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No testconfig info yet for " waiton ", setting up to re-process it")
			   (set! tal (append (cons waiton tal)(list hed))))) ;; (cons (conc waiton "/") required-tests))
		     ;; NOPE: didn't work. required needs to be plain test names. Try tacking on to test-patts
		     ;;  - doesn't work
		     ;; (set! test-patts (conc test-patts "," waiton "/"))
		     ;; (set! test-names (cons waiton test-names))))) ;; was an append, now a cons
		     )))
	     (delete-duplicates (append waitons waitors)))
	    (let ((remtests (delete-duplicates (append waitons tal))))
              (debug:print-info 8 *default-log-port* " remtests are "remtests)
	      (if (not (null? remtests))
		  (begin
		    ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Preprocessing continues for " (string-intersperse remtests ", "))
		    (loop (car remtests)(cdr remtests)))))))) ;; END test-names loop

    (if (not (null? required-tests))
	(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Adding \"" (string-intersperse required-tests " ") "\" to the run queue"))
    ;; NOTE: these are all parent tests, items are not expanded yet.
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "test-records=" (hash-table->alist test-records))
    (let ((reglen (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "runqueue")))
      (if (> (length (hash-table-keys test-records)) 0)
	  (let* ((keep-going        #t)
		 (run-queue-retries 5)
		 #;(th1        (make-thread (lambda ()
					    (handle-exceptions
						exn
						(begin
						  (print-call-chain)
						  (print " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
					      (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests
								    (any->number reglen) all-tests-registry)))
					  "runs:run-tests-queue"))
		 (th2        (make-thread (lambda ()			 ;; BBQ: why are we visiting ALL runs here?	    
					    ;; (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete-all-runs))))) CAN'T INTERRUPT IT ...
					    (let ((run-ids (rmt:get-all-run-ids)))
					      (for-each (lambda (run-id)
							  (if keep-going
							      (handle-exceptions
							       exn
							       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "error in calling find-and-mark-incomplete for run-id " run-id)
							       (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete run-id #f)))) ;; ovr-deadtime))) ;; could be root of https://hsdes.intel.com/appstore/article/#/220546828/main -- Title: Megatest jobs show DEAD even though they are still running (1.64/27)
							run-ids)))
					  "runs: mark-incompletes")))
	    ;; (thread-start! th1)
	    (thread-start! th2)
	    ;; (thread-join! th1)
	    ;; just do the main stuff in the main thread
	    (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests
								    (any->number reglen) all-tests-registry)
	    (set! keep-going #f)
	    (thread-join! th2)
	    ;; if run-count > 0 call, set -preclean and -rerun STUCK/DEAD
	    (if (> run-count 0) ;; handle reruns
		(begin
		  (if (not (hash-table-ref/default flags "-preclean" #f))
		      (hash-table-set! flags "-preclean" #t))
		  (if (not (hash-table-ref/default flags "-rerun" #f))
		      (hash-table-set! flags "-rerun" "STUCK/DEAD,n/a,ZERO_ITEMS"))
		  ;; recursive call to self
      (runs:run-tests target runname test-patts user flags run-count: (- run-count 1)))))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No tests to run")))
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "All done by here")
    ;; TODO: try putting post hook call here
    ;(if (eq? run-count 0)
    ; (begin  
    ;  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Calling Post Hook")  
    ;  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* " run-count " run-count)
    ;  (runs:run-post-hook run-id))
    ;  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Not calling post hook runcount = " run-count ))   
    (rmt:tasks-set-state-given-param-key task-key "done")
    ;; (sqlite3:finalize! tasks-db)
    ))


;; loop logic. These are used in runs:run-tests-queue to make it a bit more readable.
;;
;; If reg not full and have items in tal then loop with (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns
;; If reg is full (i.e. length >= n
;;   loop with (car reg) tal (cdr reg) reruns
;; If tal is empty
;;   but have items in reg; loop with (car reg)(cdr reg) '() reruns
;;   If reg is empty => all done

(define (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg n regfull)
  (if regfull
      (if (null? reg) #f (car reg))
      (if (null? tal) ;; tal is used up, pop from reg
	  (if (null? reg) #f (car reg))
	  (car tal))))

(define (runs:queue-next-tal tal reg n regfull)
  (if regfull
      tal
      (if (null? tal) ;; must transfer from reg
	  (if (null? reg) '() (cdr reg))
	  (cdr tal))))

(define (runs:queue-next-reg tal reg n regfull)
  (if regfull
      (if (null? reg) '() (cdr reg)) ;; EXPLORE: reorder (cdr reg) such that looping is more efficient
      (if (null? tal) ;; if tal is null and reg not full then '() as reg contents moved to tal
	  '()
	  reg)))

;; this is the list of parameters to the named loop "loop" near the top of runs:run-tests-queue, look around line 1216
;;
(define (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
  (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)      ;; hed
        (runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)      ;; tal
        (runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)      ;; reg
        reruns))                                          ;; reruns

;; objective - iterate thru tests
;;    => want to prioritize tests we haven't seen before
;;    => sometimes need to squeeze things in (added to reg)
;;    => review of a previously seen test is higher priority of never visited test
;; reg - list of previously visited tests
;; tal - list of never visited tests
;;   prefer next hed to be from reg than tal.

(define runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 0)

;;======================================================================
;; runs:expand-items is called by runs:run-tests-queue
;;======================================================================
;;
;; return value of runs:expand-items is passed back to runs-tests-queue and is fed to named loop with this signature:
;;    (let loop ((hed         (car sorted-test-names))
;;	         (tal         (cdr sorted-test-names))
;;	         (reg         '()) ;; registered, put these at the head of tal 
;;	         (reruns      '()))
(define (runs:expand-items hed tal reg reruns regfull newtal jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs run-id waitons item-path testmode test-record can-run-more items runname tconfig reglen test-registry test-records itemmaps)
  (let* ((loop-list       (list hed tal reg reruns))
	 (prereqs-not-met (let ((res (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons hed item-path mode: testmode itemmaps: itemmaps)))
			    (if (list? res)
				res
				(begin
				  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*
					       "ERROR: rmt:get-prereqs-not-met returned non-list!\n"
					       "  res=" res " run-id=" run-id " waitons=" waitons " hed=" hed " item-path=" item-path " testmode=" testmode " itemmaps=" itemmaps)
				  '()))))
         (have-itemized (not (null? (lset-intersection eq? testmode '(itemmatch itemwait)))))
	 ;; (prereqs-not-met (mt:lazy-get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons item-path mode: testmode itemmap: itemmap))
	 (fails           (runs:calc-fails prereqs-not-met))
	 (prereq-fails    (runs:calc-prereq-fail prereqs-not-met))
	 (non-completed   (runs:calc-not-completed prereqs-not-met))
	 (runnables       (runs:calc-runnable prereqs-not-met))
         (unexpanded-prereqs
          (filter (lambda (testname)
                    (let* ((test-rec (hash-table-ref test-records testname))
                           (items       (tests:testqueue-get-items  test-rec)))
                      ;;(BB> "HEY " testname "=>"items)
                      (or (procedure? items)(eq? items 'have-procedure))))
                  waitons))


         )
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "START OF INNER COND #2 "
		      "\n can-run-more:    " can-run-more
		      "\n testname:        " hed
		      "\n prereqs-not-met: " (runs:pretty-string prereqs-not-met)
		      "\n non-completed:   " (runs:pretty-string non-completed) 
		      "\n prereq-fails:    " (runs:pretty-string prereq-fails)
		      "\n fails:           " (runs:pretty-string fails)
		      "\n testmode:        " testmode
		      "\n (member 'toplevel testmode): " (member 'toplevel testmode)
		      "\n (null? non-completed):    " (null? non-completed)
		      "\n reruns:          " reruns
		      "\n items:           " items
		      "\n can-run-more:    " can-run-more)

   (cond
     ;; all prereqs met, fire off the test
     ;; or, if it is a 'toplevel test and all prereqs not met are COMPLETED then launch

    ((and (not (member 'toplevel testmode))
	   (member (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (db:test-make-full-name hed item-path) 'n/a)
		   '(DONOTRUN removed CANNOTRUN))) ;; *common:cant-run-states-sym*) ;; '(COMPLETED KILLED WAIVED UNKNOWN INCOMPLETE)) ;; try to catch repeat processing of COMPLETED tests here
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-1")
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Test " hed " set to \"" (hash-table-ref test-registry (db:test-make-full-name hed item-path)) "\". Removing it from the queue")
      (if (or (not (null? tal))
	      (not (null? reg)))
          (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Nothing left in the queue!")
	    ;; If get here twice then we know we've tried to expand all items
	    ;; since there must be a logic issue with the handling of loops in the 
	    ;; items expand phase we will brute force an exit here.
	    (if (> runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 2)
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: this condition is triggered when there were no items to expand and nothing to run. Please check your run for completeness")
		  (exit 0))
		(set! runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count (+ runs:nothing-left-in-queue-count 1)))
	    #f)))

     ;; desired result of below cond branch:
     ;;   we want to expand items in our test of interest (hed) in the following cases:
     ;;    case 1 - mode is itemmatch or itemwait: 
     ;;       - all prereq tests have been expanded
     ;;       - at least one prereq's items have completed
     ;;    case 2 - mode is toplevel   
     ;;       - prereqs are completed.
     ;;       - or no prereqs can complete 
     ;;    case 3 - mode not specified 
     ;;       - prereqs are completed and passed (we could consider removing "and passed" -- it would change behavior from current)          
    ((or (null? prereqs-not-met)
	  (and (member 'toplevel testmode)
	       (null? non-completed)))
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-2")
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "runs:expand-items: (or (null? prereqs-not-met) (and (member 'toplevel testmode)(null? non-completed)))")
      (let ((test-name (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record)))
	(setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name) ;; 
	(setenv "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
	(runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inrunname: runname) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
	(let ((items-list (items:get-items-from-config tconfig)))
	  (if (list? items-list)
	      (begin
		(if (null? items-list)
		    (let ((test-id   (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name ""))
			  (num-items (rmt:test-toplevel-num-items run-id test-name)))
		      (if (and test-id
			       (not (> num-items 0)))
			  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "NOT_STARTED" "ZERO_ITEMS" "Failed to run due to failed prerequisites"))))
		(tests:testqueue-set-items! test-record items-list)
		(list hed tal reg reruns))
	      (begin
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "The proc from reading the items table did not yield a list - please report this")
		(exit 1))))))

    ((and (null? fails)
	   (null? prereq-fails)
	   (not (null? non-completed)))
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-3")
      (let* ((allinqueue (map (lambda (x)(if (string? x) x (db:test-get-testname x)))
        		      (append newtal reruns)))
	     ;; prereqstrs is a list of test names as strings that are prereqs for hed
             (prereqstrs (delete-duplicates (map (lambda (x)(if (string? x) x (db:test-get-testname x)))
						 prereqs-not-met)))
	     ;; a prereq that is not found in allinqueue will be put in the notinqueue list
	     ;; 
             ;; (notinqueue (filter (lambda (x)
             ;;    		   (not (member x allinqueue)))
             ;;    		 prereqstrs))
	     (give-up    #f))

	;; We can get here when a prereq has not been run due to *it* having a prereq that failed.
	;; We need to use this to dequeue this item as CANNOTRUN
	;; 
	(if (member 'toplevel testmode) ;; '(toplevel)) ;; NOTE: this probably should be (member 'toplevel testmode)
	    (for-each (lambda (prereq)
			(if (eq? (hash-table-ref/default test-registry prereq 'justfine) 'CANNOTRUN)
			    (set! give-up #t)))
		      prereqstrs))

	(if (and give-up
		 (not (and (null? tal)(null? reg))))
	    (let ((trimmed-tal (mt:discard-blocked-tests run-id hed tal test-records))
		  (trimmed-reg (mt:discard-blocked-tests run-id hed reg test-records)))
	      (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "WARNING: test " hed " has discarded prerequisites, removing it from the queue")

	      (let ((test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id hed "")))
		(if test-id (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "PREQ_DISCARDED" "Failed to run due to discarded prerequisites")))
	      
	      (if (and (null? trimmed-tal)
		       (null? trimmed-reg))
		  #f
                  (runs:loop-values trimmed-tal trimmed-reg reglen regfull reruns)
                  ))
	      (list (car newtal)(append (cdr newtal) reg) '() reruns))))

    ((and (null? fails) ;; have not-started tests, but unable to run them.  everything looks completed with no prospect of unsticking something that is stuck.  we should mark hed as moribund and exit or continue if there are more tests to consider
	   (null? prereq-fails)
	   (null? non-completed))
     (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-4")
      (if  (runs:can-keep-running? hed 20)
	  (begin
	    (runs:inc-cant-run-tests hed)
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "no fails in prerequisites for " hed " but also none running, keeping " hed " for now. Try count: " (hash-table-ref/default *seen-cant-run-tests* hed 0)) ;; 
	    ;; getting here likely means the system is way overloaded, kill a full minute before continuing
	    (thread-sleep! 60) ;; TODO: gate by normalized server load > 1.0 (maxload config thing)
	    ;; num-retries code was here
	    ;; we use this opportunity to move contents of reg to tal
	    (list (car newtal)(append (cdr newtal) reg) '() reruns)) ;; an issue with prereqs not yet met?
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "no fails in prerequisites for " hed " but nothing seen running in a while, dropping test " hed " from the run queue")
	    (let ((test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id hed "")))
	      (if test-id (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "NOT_STARTED" "TIMED_OUT" "Nothing seen running in a while.")))
            (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
            )))

    ((and 
       (or (not (null? fails))
	   (not (null? prereq-fails)))
       (member 'normal testmode))
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-5")
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "test "  hed " (mode=" testmode ") has failed prerequisite(s); "
			(string-intersperse (map (lambda (t)(conc (db:test-get-testname t) ":" (db:test-get-state t)"/"(db:test-get-status t))) fails) ", ")
			", removing it from to-do list")
      (let ((test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id hed "")))
	(if test-id
	    (if (not (null? prereq-fails))
		(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id-unless-completed run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "PREQ_DISCARDED" "Failed to run due to prior failed prerequisites")
		(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id-unless-completed run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "PREQ_FAIL"      "Failed to run due to failed prerequisites"))))
      ;; (debug:print 4 *default-log-port*"BB> set PREQ_FAIL on "hed)
      ;; (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "NOT_STARTED" "PREQ_FAIL"      "Failed to run due to failed prerequisites")))) ;; BB: this works, btu equivalent for itemwait mode does not work.
      (if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
	  (begin
	    (hash-table-set! test-registry hed 'CANNOTRUN)
            (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull (cons hed reruns))
            )
	  #f)) ;; #f flags do not loop
      
     ((and (not (null? fails))(member 'toplevel testmode))
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-6")
      (if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
	   (list (car newtal)(append (cdr newtal) reg) '() reruns)
	  #f)) 
     ((null? runnables)
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-7")
      #f) ;; if we get here and non-completed is null then it is all over.
     (else
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "ei-8")
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: FAILS or incomplete tests maybe preventing completion of this run. Watch for issues with test " hed ", continuing for now")
      (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns)))))

(define (runs:mixed-list-testname-and-testrec->list-of-strings inlst)
  (if (null? inlst)
      '()
      (map (lambda (t)
	     (cond
	      ((vector? t)
	       (let ((test-name (db:test-get-testname t))
		     (item-path (db:test-get-item-path t))
		     (test-state (db:test-get-state t))
		     (test-status (db:test-get-status t)))
		 (conc test-name (if (equal? item-path "") "" "/") item-path ":" test-state "/" test-status)))
	      ((string? t)
	       t)
	      (else 
	       (conc t))))
	   inlst)))


;;  hed tal reg reruns reglen regfull test-record runname test-name item-path jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs run-id waitons item-path testmode test-patts required-tests test-registry registry-mutex flags keyvals run-info newtal all-tests-registry itemmaps)
(define (runs:process-expanded-tests runsdat testdat)
  ;; unroll the contents of runsdat and testdat (due to ongoing refactoring).
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "runs:process-expanded-tests; testdat:" )
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* (with-output-to-string
                                            (lambda () (pp (runs:testdat->alist testdat) ))))
  (let* ((hed                    (runs:testdat-hed testdat))
	 (tal                    (runs:testdat-tal testdat))
	 (reg                    (runs:testdat-reg testdat))
	 (reruns                 (runs:testdat-reruns testdat))
	 (test-name              (runs:testdat-test-name testdat))
	 (item-path              (runs:testdat-item-path testdat))
	 (jobgroup               (runs:testdat-jobgroup testdat))
	 (waitons                (runs:testdat-waitons testdat))
	 (item-path              (runs:testdat-item-path testdat))
	 (testmode               (runs:testdat-testmode testdat))
	 (newtal                 (runs:testdat-newtal testdat))
	 (itemmaps               (runs:testdat-itemmaps testdat))
	 (test-record            (runs:testdat-test-record testdat))
	 (prereqs-not-met        (runs:testdat-prereqs-not-met testdat))

	 (reglen                 (runs:dat-reglen runsdat))
	 (regfull                (runs:dat-regfull runsdat))
	 (runname                (runs:dat-runname runsdat))
	 (max-concurrent-jobs    (runs:dat-max-concurrent-jobs runsdat))
	 (run-id                 (runs:dat-run-id runsdat))
	 (test-patts             (runs:dat-test-patts runsdat))
	 (required-tests         (runs:dat-required-tests runsdat))
	 (test-registry          (runs:dat-test-registry runsdat))
	 (registry-mutex         (runs:dat-registry-mutex runsdat))
	 (flags                  (runs:dat-flags runsdat))
	 (keyvals                (runs:dat-keyvals runsdat))
	 (run-info               (runs:dat-run-info runsdat))
	 (all-tests-registry     (runs:dat-all-tests-registry runsdat))
	 (run-limits-info        (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests runsdat))
	 ;; (runs:can-run-more-tests run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)) ;; look at the test jobgroup and tot jobs running
	 (have-resources         (car run-limits-info))
	 (num-running            (list-ref run-limits-info 1))
	 (num-running-in-jobgroup(list-ref run-limits-info 2)) 
	 (max-concurrent-jobs    (list-ref run-limits-info 3))
	 (job-group-limit        (list-ref run-limits-info 4))
	 ;; (prereqs-not-met        (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons hed item-path mode: testmode itemmaps: itemmaps))
	 ;; (prereqs-not-met         (mt:lazy-get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons item-path mode: testmode itemmap: itemmap))
	 (fails                  (if (list? prereqs-not-met) ;; TODO: rename fails to failed-prereqs
				      (runs:calc-fails prereqs-not-met)
				      (begin
					(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "prereqs-not-met is not a list! " prereqs-not-met)
					'())))
	 (non-completed           (filter (lambda (x)             ;; remove hed from not completed list, duh, of course it is not completed!
					    (not (equal? x hed)))
					  (runs:calc-not-completed prereqs-not-met)))
	 (loop-list               (list hed tal reg reruns))
	 ;; configure the load runner
	 (numcpus                 (common:get-num-cpus #f))
	 (maxload                 (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools" "maxload") "3.0")))         ;; use a non-number string to disable
         (maxhomehostload         (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools" "maxhomehostload") "2.0"))) ;; use a non-number string to disable
         (waitdelay               (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools" "waitdelay") "60"))))
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "have-resources: " have-resources " prereqs-not-met: (" 
		      (string-intersperse 
		       (map (lambda (t)
			      (if (vector? t)
				  (conc (db:test-get-state t) "/" (db:test-get-status t))
				  (conc " WARNING: t is not a vector=" t )))
			    prereqs-not-met)
		       ", ") ") fails: " fails
		       "\nregistered? " (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) #f))
			    

    
    (if (and (not (null? prereqs-not-met))
	     (runs:lownoise (conc "waiting on tests " prereqs-not-met hed) 60))
	(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "waiting on tests; " (string-intersperse (runs:mixed-list-testname-and-testrec->list-of-strings prereqs-not-met) ", ")))

    ;; Don't know at this time if the test have been launched at some time in the past
    ;; i.e. is this a re-launch?
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "run-limits-info = " run-limits-info)
    
    (cond ; cond 894- 1067
     
     ;; Check item path against item-patts, 
     ;;
     ((not (tests:match test-patts (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record) item-path required: required-tests)) ;; This test/itempath is not to be run
      ;; else the run is stuck, temporarily or permanently
      ;; but should check if it is due to lack of resources vs. prerequisites
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Skipping " (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record) " " item-path " as it doesn't match " test-patts)
      (if (or (not (null? tal))(not (null? reg)))
	  (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
	  #f))
     
     ;; Register tests 
     ;;
     ((not (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) #f))
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "Pre-registering test " test-name "/" item-path " to create placeholder" )
      ;; always do firm registration now in v1.60 and greater ;; (eq? *transport-type* 'fs) ;; no point in parallel registration if use fs
      (let register-loop ((numtries 15))
	(rmt:register-test run-id test-name item-path)
	(if (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path)
	    (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) 'done)
	    (if (> numtries 0)
		(begin
		  (thread-sleep! 0.5)
		  (register-loop (- numtries 1)))
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failed to register test " (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path)))))
      (if (not (eq? (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name "") #f) 'done))
	  (begin
	    (rmt:register-test run-id test-name "")
	    (if (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name "")
		(hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name "") 'done))))
      (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)   ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
      (if (and (null? tal)(null? reg))
	  (list hed tal (append reg (list hed)) reruns)
	  (list (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull) ;; cannot replace with a call to runs:loop-values as the logic is different for reg
		(runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)
		;; NB// Here we are building reg as we register tests
		;; if regfull we must pop the front item off reg
		(if regfull
		    (append (cdr reg) (list hed))
		    (append reg (list hed)))
		reruns)))
     
     ;; At this point hed test registration must be completed.
     ;;
     ((eq? (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) #f)
	   'start)
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Waiting on test registration(s): "
			(string-intersperse 
			 (filter (lambda (x)
				   (eq? (hash-table-ref/default test-registry x #f) 'start))
				 (hash-table-keys test-registry))
			 ", "))
      (thread-sleep! 0.051)
      (list hed tal reg reruns))
     
     ;; If no resources are available just kill time and loop again
     ;;
     ((not have-resources) ;; simply try again after waiting a second
      (if (runs:lownoise "no resources" 60)
	  (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "no resources to run new tests, waiting ..."))
      ;; Have gone back and forth on this but db starvation is an issue.
      ;; wait one second before looking again to run jobs.
      (thread-sleep! 1)
      ;; could have done hed tal here but doing car/cdr of newtal to rotate tests
      (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns))
     
     ;; This is the final stage, everything is in place so launch the test
     ;;
     ((and have-resources
	   (or (null? prereqs-not-met)
	       (and (member 'toplevel testmode) ;;  'toplevel)
		    (null? non-completed)
		    (not (member 'exclusive testmode)))))
      ;; (hash-table-delete! *max-tries-hash* (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
      ;; we are going to reset all the counters for test retries by setting a new hash table
      ;; this means they will increment only when nothing can be run
      (set! *max-tries-hash* (make-hash-table))
      ;; well, first lets see if cpu load throttling is enabled. If so wait around until the
      ;; average cpu load is under the threshold before continuing
      (if maxload ;; only gate if maxload is specified
          (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay))
      (if maxhomehostload
          (common:wait-for-homehost-load maxhomehostload (conc "Waiting for homehost load to drop below normalized value of " maxhomehostload)))
      
      (run:test run-id run-info keyvals runname test-record flags #f test-registry all-tests-registry)
      (runs:incremental-print-results run-id)
      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) 'running)
      (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat)  ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
      ;; (thread-sleep! *global-delta*)
      (if (or (not (null? tal))(not (null? reg)))
	  (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
	  #f))
     
     ;; must be we have unmet prerequisites
     ;;
     (else
      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "FAILS: " fails)
      ;; If one or more of the prereqs-not-met are FAIL then we can issue
      ;; a message and drop hed from the items to be processed.
      ;; (runs:mixed-list-testname-and-testrec->list-of-strings prereqs-not-met)
      (if (and (not (null? prereqs-not-met))
	       (runs:lownoise (conc "waiting on tests " prereqs-not-met hed) 60))
	  (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "waiting on tests; " (string-intersperse 
						    (runs:mixed-list-testname-and-testrec->list-of-strings 
						     prereqs-not-met) ", ")))
      (if (or (null? fails)
	      (member 'toplevel testmode))
	  (begin
	    ;; couldn't run, take a breather
	    (if  (runs:lownoise "Waiting for more work to do..." 60)
		 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Waiting for more work to do..."))
	    (thread-sleep! 1)
	    (list (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns))
	  ;; the waiton is FAIL so no point in trying to run hed ever again
	  (begin
            (let ((my-test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path)))
              (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id-unless-completed run-id my-test-id "COMPLETED" "PREQ_FAIL" "Failed to run due to failed prerequisites2"))


            
            (if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
                (if (vector? hed)
		  (begin
		    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Dropping test " test-name "/" item-path
				 " from the launch list as it has prerequistes that are FAIL")
		    (let ((test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id hed "")))
		      (if test-id (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id-unless-completed run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "PREQ_FAIL" "Failed to run due to failed prerequisites")))
		    (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
		    ;; (thread-sleep! *global-delta*)
		    ;; This next is for the items

                    (if (not (null? fails))
                        ;;(mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname run-id test-name item-path "NOT_STARTED" "PREQ_FAIL" #f)
                        (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path "NOT_STARTED" "PREQ_FAIL" #f) 
                        ;;(mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname run-id test-name item-path "NOT_STARTED" "BLOCKED" #f)
                        (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path "NOT_STARTED" "BLOCKED" #f) )
		    (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path) 'removed)
		    (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns))
		  (let ((nth-try (hash-table-ref/default test-registry hed 0))) ;; hed not a vector...
                    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "nth-try("hed")="nth-try)
		    (cond
		     ((member "RUNNING" (map db:test-get-state prereqs-not-met))
		      (if (runs:lownoise (conc "possible RUNNING prerequistes " hed) 60)
			  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: test " hed " has possible RUNNING prerequisites, don't give up on it yet."))
		      (thread-sleep! 0.1)
		      (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns))
		     ((or (not nth-try) ;; BB: condition on subsequent tries, condition below fires on first try 
			  (and (number? nth-try)
			       (< nth-try 2)))
		      (hash-table-set! test-registry hed (if (number? nth-try)
							     (+ nth-try 1)
							     0))
		      (if (runs:lownoise (conc "not removing test " hed) 60)
			  (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "WARNING: not removing test " hed " from queue although it may not be runnable due to FAILED prerequisites"))
		      ;; may not have processed correctly. Could be a race condition in your test implementation? Dropping test " hed) ;;  " as it has prerequistes that are FAIL. (NOTE: hed is not a vector)")
		      (runs:shrink-can-run-more-tests-count runsdat) ;; DELAY TWEAKER (still needed?)
		      (runs:loop-values newtal reg reglen regfull reruns))
		     ((symbol? nth-try) ;; BB: 'done matches here in one case where prereq itemwait failed.  This is first "try"
		      (if (eq? nth-try 'removed) ;; removed is removed - drop it NOW
			  (if (null? tal)
			      #f ;; yes, really
			      (list (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns))
			  (begin
			    (if (runs:lownoise (conc "FAILED prerequisites or other issue" hed) 60)
				(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: test " hed " has FAILED prerequisites or other issue. Internal state >" nth-try "< will be overridden and we'll retry."))
			    ;; was: (mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname run-id test-name item-path "NOT_STARTED" "KEEP_TRYING" #f)
                            (mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname-unless-completed run-id test-name item-path "COMPLETED" "PREQ_FAIL" #f)
			    (hash-table-set! test-registry hed 'removed) ;; was 0
                            (if (not (and (null? reg) (null? tal)))
                                (runs:loop-values tal reg reglen regfull reruns)
                                #f))))
		     (else
		      (if (runs:lownoise (conc "FAILED prerequitests and we tried" hed) 60)
			  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: test " hed " has FAILED prerequitests and we've tried at least 10 times to run it. Giving up now."))
		      ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "         prereqs: " prereqs-not-met)
		      (hash-table-set! test-registry hed 'removed)
		      (mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname run-id test-name item-path "NOT_STARTED" "TEN_STRIKES" #f)
		      ;; I'm unclear on if this roll up is needed - it may be the root cause of the "all set to FAIL" bug.
		      (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path #f "FAIL" #f) ;; treat as FAIL
		      (list (if (null? tal)(car newtal)(car tal))
			    tal
			    reg
			    reruns)))))
                ;; ELSE: can't drop this - maybe running? Just keep trying

                ;;(if (not (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))) ;; old experiment
                (let ((runable-tests (runs:runable-tests prereqs-not-met))) ;; SUSPICIOUS: Should look at more than just prereqs-not-met?
                  (if (null? runable-tests)
                      #f   ;; I think we are truly done here
                      (runs:loop-values newtal reg reglen regfull reruns)))
                ;;) ;;from old experiment
                ) ;; end if (or (not (null? reg))(not (null? tal)))
            ))))))

;; scan a list of tests looking to see if any are potentially runnable
;;
(define (runs:runable-tests tests)
  (filter (lambda (t)
	    (if (not (vector? t))
		t
		(let ((state  (db:test-get-state t))
		      (status (db:test-get-status t)))
		  (case (string->symbol state)
		    ((COMPLETED INCOMPLETE) #f)
		    ((NOT_STARTED)
		     (if (member status '("TEN_STRIKES" "BLOCKED" "PREQ_FAIL" "ZERO_ITEMS" "PREQ_DISCARDED" "TIMED_OUT" ))
			 #f
			 t))
		    ((DELETED) #f)
		    (else t)))))
	  tests))

;; move all the miscellanea into this struct
;;
(defstruct runs:gendat inc-results inc-results-last-update inc-results-fmt run-info runname target)

(define *runs:general-data* 
  (make-runs:gendat
   inc-results: (make-hash-table)
   inc-results-last-update: 0
   inc-results-fmt: "~12a~12a~20a~12a~40a\n" ;; state status time duration test-name item-path
   run-info: #f
   runname: #f
   target: #f
   )
  )

(define (runs:incremental-print-results run-id)
  (let ((curr-sec (current-seconds)))
    (if (> (- curr-sec (runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update *runs:general-data*)) 5) ;; at least five seconds since last update
	(let* ((run-dat  (or (runs:gendat-run-info *runs:general-data*)(rmt:get-run-info run-id)))
	       (runname  (or (runs:gendat-runname *runs:general-data*)
			     (db:get-value-by-header (db:get-rows run-dat)
						     (db:get-header run-dat) "runname")))
	       (target   (or (runs:gendat-target *runs:general-data*)(rmt:get-target run-id)))
	       (testsdat (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id "%" '() '() ;; run-id testpatt states statuses
						#f #f ;; offset limit
						#f ;; not-in
						#f ;; sort-by
						#f ;; sort-order
						#f ;; get full data (not 'shortlist)
						(runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update *runs:general-data*) ;; last update time
						'dashboard)))
	  (if (not (runs:gendat-run-info *runs:general-data*))
	      (runs:gendat-run-info-set! *runs:general-data* run-dat))
	  (if (not (runs:gendat-runname  *runs:general-data*))
	      (runs:gendat-runname-set! *runs:general-data* runname))
	  (if (not (runs:gendat-target *runs:general-data*))
	      (runs:gendat-target-set! *runs:general-data* target))
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (testdat)
	     (let* ((test-id    (db:test-get-id           testdat))
		    (prevdat    (hash-table-ref/default   (runs:gendat-inc-results *runs:general-data*)
							  (conc run-id "," test-id) #f))
		    (test-name  (db:test-get-testname     testdat))
		    (item-path  (db:test-get-item-path    testdat))
		    (state      (db:test-get-state        testdat))
		    (status     (db:test-get-status       testdat))
		    (event-time (db:test-get-event_time   testdat))
		    (duration   (db:test-get-run_duration testdat)))
	       (if (and (not (member state '("DELETED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "LAUNCHED""NOT_STARTED")))
			(not (and prevdat
				  (equal? state  (db:test-get-state  prevdat))
				  (equal? status (db:test-get-status prevdat)))))
		   (let ((fmt   (runs:gendat-inc-results-fmt *runs:general-data*))
			 (dtime (seconds->year-work-week/day-time event-time))) 
		     (if (runs:lownoise "inc-print" 600)
			 (format #t fmt "State" "Status" "Start Time" "Duration" "Test path"))
		     ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "fmt: " fmt " state: " state " status: " status " test-name: " test-name " item-path: " item-path " dtime: " dtime)
		     ;; (debug:print 0 #f "event-time: " event-time " duration: " duration)
		     (format #t fmt
			     state
			     status
			     dtime
			     (seconds->hr-min-sec duration)
			     (conc "lt/" target "/" runname "/" test-name (if (string-null? item-path) "" (conc "/" item-path))))
		     (hash-table-set! (runs:gendat-inc-results *runs:general-data*) (conc run-id "," test-id) testdat)))))
	   testsdat)))
    (runs:gendat-inc-results-last-update-set! *runs:general-data* (- curr-sec 10))))

;; every time though the loop increment the test/itempatt val.
;; when the min is > max-allowed and none running then force exit
;;
(define *max-tries-hash* (make-hash-table))

;;======================================================================
;; runs:run-tests-queue is called by runs:run-tests
;;======================================================================
;;
;; test-records is a hash table testname:item_path => vector < testname testconfig waitons priority items-info ... >
(define (runs:run-tests-queue run-id runname test-records keyvals flags test-patts required-tests reglen-in all-tests-registry)
  ;; At this point the list of parent tests is expanded 
  ;; NB// Should expand items here and then insert into the run queue.
  (debug:print 5 *default-log-port* "test-records: " test-records ", flags: " (hash-table->alist flags))

  ;; Do mark-and-find clean up of db before starting runing of quue
  ;;
  ;; (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete)

  (let* ((run-info              (rmt:get-run-info run-id))
         (tests-info            (mt:get-tests-for-run run-id #f '() '())) ;;  qryvals: "id,testname,item_path"))
         (sorted-test-names     (tests:sort-by-priority-and-waiton test-records))
         (test-registry         (make-hash-table))
         (registry-mutex        (make-mutex))
         (num-retries           0)
         (max-retries           (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "maxretries"))
         (max-concurrent-jobs   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "max_concurrent_jobs" default: 50))
         (reglen                (if (number? reglen-in) reglen-in 1))
         (last-time-incomplete  (- (current-seconds) 900)) ;; force at least one clean up cycle
         (last-time-some-running (current-seconds))
         ;; (tdbdat                (tasks:open-db))
         (runsdat (make-runs:dat
                   ;; hed: hed
                   ;; tal: tal
                   ;; reg: reg
                   ;; reruns: reruns
                   reglen: reglen
                   regfull: #f ;; regfull
                   ;; test-record: test-record
                   runname: runname
                   ;; test-name: test-name
                   ;; item-path: item-path
                   ;; jobgroup: jobgroup
                   max-concurrent-jobs: max-concurrent-jobs
                   run-id: run-id
                   ;; waitons: waitons
                   ;; testmode: testmode
                   test-patts: test-patts
                   required-tests: required-tests
                   test-registry: test-registry
                   registry-mutex: registry-mutex
                   flags: flags
                   keyvals: keyvals
                   run-info: run-info
                   ;; newtal: newtal
                   all-tests-registry: all-tests-registry
                   ;; itemmaps: itemmaps
                   ;; prereqs-not-met: (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons hed item-path mode: testmode itemmaps: itemmaps)
                   ;; can-run-more-tests: (runs:can-run-more-tests run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs) ;; look at the test jobgroup and tot jobs running
                   )))

    ;; Initialize the test-registery hash with tests that already have a record
    ;; convert state to symbol and use that as the hash value
    (for-each (lambda (trec)
		(let ((id (db:test-get-id        trec))
		      (tn (db:test-get-testname  trec))
		      (ip (db:test-get-item-path trec))
		      (st (db:test-get-state     trec)))
		  (if (not (equal? st "DELETED"))
		      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name tn ip) (string->symbol st)))))
	      tests-info)
    (set! max-retries (if (and max-retries (string->number max-retries))(string->number max-retries) 100))

    (let loop ((hed         (car sorted-test-names))
               (tal         (cdr sorted-test-names))
	       (reg         '()) ;; registered, put these at the head of tal 
	       (reruns      '()))

      (runs:incremental-print-results run-id)

      (if (not (null? reruns))(debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "reruns=" reruns))

      ;; Here we mark any old defunct tests as incomplete. Do this every fifteen minutes
      ;; moving this to a parallel thread and just run it once.
      ;;
      (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-incomplete 900))
          (begin
            (set! last-time-incomplete (current-seconds))
            ;; (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete-all-runs)
	    ))

      ;; (print "Top of loop, hed=" hed ", tal=" tal " ,reruns=" reruns)
      (let* ((test-record (hash-table-ref test-records hed))
	     (test-name   (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record))
	     (tconfig     (tests:testqueue-get-testconfig test-record))
	     (jobgroup    (configf:lookup tconfig "test_meta" "jobgroup"))
	     (testmode    (let ((m (configf:lookup tconfig "requirements" "mode")))
			    (if m (map string->symbol (string-split m)) '(normal))))
	     (itemmaps    (tests:get-itemmaps tconfig)) ;;  (configf:lookup tconfig "requirements" "itemmap"))
	     (priority    (tests:testqueue-get-priority   test-record))
	     (itemdat     (tests:testqueue-get-itemdat    test-record)) ;; itemdat can be a string, list or #f
	     (items       (tests:testqueue-get-items      test-record))
	     (item-path   (item-list->path itemdat))
	     (tfullname   (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
	      ;; these are hard coded item-item waits test/item-path => test/item-path2 ...
	     (extra-waits (let* ((section (configf:get-section (tests:testqueue-get-testconfig test-record) "waitons"))
				 (myextra (alist-ref tfullname section equal?)))
			    (if myextra
				(let ((extras (string-split (car myextra))))
				  (if (runs:lownoise (conc tfullname "extra-waitons" tfullname) 60)
				      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "HAVE EXTRA WAITONS for test " tfullname ": " myextra))
				  (for-each
				   (lambda (extra)
				     ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FYI: extra = " extra " reruns = " reruns)
				     (let ((basetestname (car (string-split extra "/"))))
				       #;(if (not (member extra tal))
					   (set! reruns (append tal (list extra))))
				       (if (not (member basetestname tal))
					   (set! reruns (append tal (list basetestname))))
				       ))
				   extras)
				  extras)
				'())))
	     (waitons     (delete-duplicates (append (tests:testqueue-get-waitons test-record) extra-waits) equal?))
	     (newtal      (append tal (list hed)))
	     (regfull     (>= (length reg) reglen))
	     (num-running (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id))
	     (testdat     (make-runs:testdat
			   hed: hed
			   tal: tal
			   reg: reg
			   reruns: reruns
			   test-record: test-record
			   test-name:   test-name
			   item-path:   item-path
			   jobgroup:    jobgroup
			   waitons:     waitons
			   testmode:    testmode
			   newtal:      newtal
			   itemmaps:    itemmaps
			   ;; prereqs-not-met: prereqs-not-met
			   )))
	(runs:dat-regfull-set! runsdat regfull)
    
        ;; -- removed BB 17ww28 - no longer needed.
	;; every 15 minutes verify the server is there for this run
	;; (if (and (common:low-noise-print 240 "try start server"  run-id)
	;; 	 (not (or (and *runremote*
	;; 		       (remote-server-url *runremote*)
	;; 		       (server:ping (remote-server-url *runremote*)))
	;; 		  (server:check-if-running *toppath*))))
	;;     (server:kind-run *toppath*))
	
	(if (> num-running 0)
            (set! last-time-some-running (current-seconds)))

        (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-some-running (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "give-up-waiting") 36000)))
            (hash-table-set! *max-tries-hash* tfullname (+ (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 1)))
	;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "max-tries-hash: " (hash-table->alist *max-tries-hash*))

	;; Ensure all top level tests get registered. This way they show up as "NOT_STARTED" on the dashboard
	;; and it is clear they *should* have run but did not.
	(if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name "") #f))
	    (begin
	      (rmt:register-test run-id test-name "")
	      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name "") 'done)))
	
	;; Fast skip of tests that are already "COMPLETED" - NO! Cannot do that as the items may not have been expanded yet :(
	;;
	(if (member (hash-table-ref/default test-registry tfullname #f) 
		    '(DONOTRUN removed)) ;; *common:cant-run-states-sym*) ;; '(COMPLETED KILLED WAIVED UNKNOWN INCOMPLETE))
	    (begin
	      (if (runs:lownoise (conc "been marked do not run " tfullname) 60)
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping test " tfullname " as it has been marked do not run due to being completed or not runnable"))
	      (if (or (not (null? tal))(not (null? reg)))
		  (loop (runs:queue-next-hed tal reg reglen regfull)
			(runs:queue-next-tal tal reg reglen regfull)
			(runs:queue-next-reg tal reg reglen regfull)
			reruns))))
        ;; (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns))))

	(runs:incremental-print-results run-id)
	(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "TOP OF LOOP => "
		     "test-name: " test-name
		     "\n  hed:         " hed
		     "\n  tal:         " tal
		     "\n  reg:         " reg
                     "\n  test-record  " test-record
                     "\n  itemdat:     " itemdat
		     "\n  items:       " items
		     "\n  item-path:   " item-path
		     "\n  waitons:     " waitons
		     "\n  num-retries: " num-retries
                     "\n  reruns:      " reruns
		     "\n  regfull:     " regfull
		     "\n  reglen:      " reglen
		     "\n  length reg:  " (length reg)
                     )

	;; check for hed in waitons => this would be circular, remove it and issue an
	;; error
	(if (member test-name waitons)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test " test-name " has listed itself as a waiton, please correct this!")
	      (set! waiton (filter (lambda (x)(not (equal? x hed))) waitons))))

	(cond 
	 
	 ;; We want to catch tests that have waitons that are NOT in the queue and discard them IFF 
	 ;; they have been through the wringer 10 or more times
	 ((and (list? waitons)
	       (not (null? waitons))
	       (> (hash-table-ref/default *max-tries-hash* tfullname 0) 10)
	       (not (null? (filter
			    number?
			    (map (lambda (waiton)
				   (if (and (not (member waiton tal))            ;; this waiton is not in the list to be tried to run
					    (not (member waiton reruns)))
				       1
				       #f))
				 waitons))))) ;; could do this more elegantly with a marker....
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-1")
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Marking test " tfullname " as not runnable. It is waiting on tests that cannot be run. Giving up now.")
	  (hash-table-set! test-registry tfullname 'removed))

	 ;; items is #f then the test is ok to be handed off to launch (but not before)
	 ;; 
	 ((not items)
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-2")
	  (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "OUTER COND: (not items)")
	  (if (and (not (tests:match test-patts (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record) item-path required: required-tests))
		   (not (null? tal)))
	      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns))
	  (runs:testdat-prereqs-not-met-set! testdat (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons hed item-path mode: testmode itemmaps: itemmaps))
	  (runs:dat-can-run-more-tests-set! runsdat (runs:can-run-more-tests runsdat run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)) ;; look at the test jobgroup and tot jobs running
	  (let ((loop-list (runs:process-expanded-tests runsdat testdat)))
            (if loop-list (apply loop loop-list))))

	 ;; items processed into a list but not came in as a list been processed
	 ;;
	 ((and (list? items)     ;; thus we know our items are already calculated
	       (not   itemdat))  ;; and not yet expanded into the list of things to be done
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-3")
	  (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "OUTER COND: (and (list? items)(not itemdat))")
	  ;; Must determine if the items list is valid. Discard the test if it is not.
	  (if (and (list? items)
		   (> (length items) 0)
		   (and (list? (car items))
			(> (length (car items)) 0))
		   (debug:debug-mode 1))
	      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* (map (lambda (row)
                                                       (conc (string-intersperse
                                                              (map (lambda (varval)
                                                                     (string-intersperse varval "="))
                                                                   row)
                                                              " ")
                                                             "\n"))
                                                     items)))

          (let* ((items-in-testpatt
                  (filter
                   (lambda (my-itemdat)
                     (tests:match test-patts hed (item-list->path my-itemdat) ))
                   ;; was: (tests:match test-patts hed (item-list->path my-itemdat) required: required-tests))
                   items) ))
            (if (null? items-in-testpatt)
                (let ((test-id   (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name "")))
                  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Test " (tests:testqueue-get-testname test-record) " is itemized but has no items matching test pattern -- marking status ZERO_ITEMS")
                  (if test-id
                      (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "NOT_STARTED" "ZERO_ITEMS" "This test has no items which match test pattern.")))
                
                (for-each (lambda (my-itemdat)
                            (let* ((new-test-record (let ((newrec (make-tests:testqueue)))
                                                      (vector-copy! test-record newrec)
                                                      newrec))
                                   (my-item-path (item-list->path my-itemdat))

                                   (newtestname (db:test-make-full-name hed my-item-path)))    ;; test names are unique on testname/item-path
                              (tests:testqueue-set-items!     new-test-record #f)
                              (tests:testqueue-set-itemdat!   new-test-record my-itemdat)
                              (tests:testqueue-set-item_path! new-test-record my-item-path)
                              (hash-table-set! test-records newtestname new-test-record)
                              (set! tal (append tal (list newtestname)))))  ;; since these are itemized create new test names testname/itempath
                          items-in-testpatt)))
          
          

	  ;; At this point we have possibly added items to tal but all must be handed off to 
	  ;; INNER COND logic. I think loop without rotating the queue 
	  ;; (loop hed tal reg reruns))
	  ;; (let ((newtal (append tal (list hed))))  ;; We should discard hed as it has been expanded into it's items? Yes, but only if this *is* an itemized test
	  ;; (loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns)
	  (if (null? tal)
	      #f
	      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) reg reruns)))
         
	 ;; if items is a proc then need to run items:get-items-from-config, get the list and loop 
	 ;;    - but only do that if resources exist to kick off the job
	 ;; EXPAND ITEMS
	 ((or (procedure? items)(eq? items 'have-procedure))
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-4")
	  (let ((can-run-more    (runs:can-run-more-tests runsdat run-id jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs)))
	    (if (and (list? can-run-more)
		     (car can-run-more))
		(let ((loop-list (runs:expand-items hed tal reg reruns regfull newtal jobgroup max-concurrent-jobs run-id waitons item-path testmode test-record can-run-more items runname tconfig reglen test-registry test-records itemmaps))) ;; itemized test expanded here
		  (if loop-list
		      (apply loop loop-list)
                      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* " -- Can't expand hed="hed)
                      )
                  )
		;; if can't run more just loop with next possible test
		(loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal) reg reruns))))
         
	 ;; this case should not happen, added to help catch any bugs
	 ((and (list? items) itemdat)
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-5")
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Should not have a list of items in a test and the itemspath set - please report this")
	  (exit 1))
	 ((not (null? reruns))
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-6")
	  (let* ((newlst (tests:filter-non-runnable run-id tal test-records)) ;; i.e. not FAIL, WAIVED, INCOMPLETE, PASS, KILLED,
		 (junked (lset-difference equal? tal newlst)))
	    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "full drop through, if reruns is less than 100 we will force retry them, reruns=" reruns ", tal=" tal)
	    (if (< num-retries max-retries)
		(set! newlst (append reruns newlst)))
	    (set! num-retries (+ num-retries 1))
	    ;; (thread-sleep! (+ 1 *global-delta*))
	    (if (not (null? newlst))
		;; since reruns have been tacked on to newlst create new reruns from junked
		(loop (car newlst)(cdr newlst) reg (delete-duplicates junked)))))
	 ((not (null? tal))
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-7")
	  (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "I'm pretty sure I shouldn't get here."))
	 ((not (null? reg)) ;; could we get here with leftovers?
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-8")
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Have leftovers!")
	  (loop (car reg)(cdr reg) '() reruns))
	 (else
          (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "cond branch - "  "rtq-9")
	  (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "Exiting loop with...\n  hed=" hed "\n  tal=" tal "\n  reruns=" reruns))
	 ))) ;; end loop on sorted test names
    ;; this is the point where everything is launched and now you can mark the run in metadata table as all launched 
    (rmt:set-var (conc "lunch-complete-" run-id) "yes")
  
    ;; now *if* -run-wait we wait for all tests to be done
    ;; Now wait for any RUNNING tests to complete (if in run-wait mode)
    (thread-sleep! 10) ;; I think there is a race condition here. Let states/statuses settle
    (let wait-loop ((num-running      (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id))
		    (prev-num-running 0))
      ;; (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "num-running=" num-running ", prev-num-running=" prev-num-running)
      (if (and (or (args:get-arg "-run-wait")
		   (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "run-wait") "yes"))
	       (> num-running 0))
	  (begin
	    ;; Here we mark any old defunct tests as incomplete. Do this every fifteen minutes
	    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Got here eh! num-running=" num-running " (> num-running 0) " (> num-running 0))
	    (if (> (current-seconds)(+ last-time-incomplete 900))
		(begin
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Marking stuck tests as INCOMPLETE while waiting for run " run-id ". Running as pid " (current-process-id) " on " (get-host-name))
		  (set! last-time-incomplete (current-seconds))
		  (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete run-id #f)))
	    (if (not (eq? num-running prev-num-running))
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "run-wait specified, waiting on " num-running " tests in RUNNING, REMOTEHOSTSTART or LAUNCHED state at " (time->string (seconds->local-time (current-seconds)))))
	    (thread-sleep! 5)
	    ;; (wait-loop (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id) num-running))))
	    (wait-loop (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id) num-running))))
    ;; LET* ((test-record
    ;; we get here on "drop through". All done!
    ;; this is moved to runs:run-testes since this function is getting called twice to ensure everthing is completed. 
    ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Calling Post Hook")    
    ;; (runs:run-post-hook run-id)
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "All tests launched")))

(define (runs:calc-fails prereqs-not-met)
  (filter (lambda (test)
	    (and (vector? test) ;; not (string? test))
		 (member (db:test-get-state test) '("INCOMPLETE" "COMPLETED")) ;; TODO: pull from *common:stuff...*
		 (not (member (db:test-get-status test)
			      '("PASS" "WARN" "CHECK" "WAIVED" "SKIP")))))
	  prereqs-not-met))

(define (runs:calc-prereq-fail prereqs-not-met) ;; REMOVEME since NOT_STARTED/PREQ_FAIL is now COMPLETED/PREQ_FAIL
  (filter (lambda (test)
	    (and (vector? test) ;; not (string? test))
		 (equal? (db:test-get-state test) "NOT_STARTED")
		 (not (member (db:test-get-status test)
			      '("n/a" "KEEP_TRYING")))))
	  prereqs-not-met))

(define (runs:calc-not-completed prereqs-not-met)
  (filter
   (lambda (t)
     (or (not (vector? t))
	 (not (member (db:test-get-state t) '("INCOMPLETE" "COMPLETED")))))
   prereqs-not-met))

;; (define (runs:calc-not-completed prereqs-not-met)
;;   (filter
;;    (lambda (t)
;;      (or (not (vector? t))
;; 	 (not (equal? "COMPLETED" (db:test-get-state t)))))
;;    prereqs-not-met))

(define (runs:calc-runnable prereqs-not-met)
  (filter 
   (lambda (t)
     (or (not (vector? t))
	 (and (equal? "NOT_STARTED" (db:test-get-state t))
	      (member (db:test-get-status t)
		      '("n/a" "KEEP_TRYING")))
	 (and (equal? "RUNNING" (db:test-get-state t))))) ;; account for a test that is running
   prereqs-not-met))

(define (runs:pretty-string lst)
  (map (lambda (t)
	 (if (not (vector? t))
	     (conc t)
	     (conc (db:test-get-testname t) ":" (db:test-get-state t) "/" (db:test-get-status t))))
       lst))

;; parent-test is there as a placeholder for when parent-tests can be run as a setup step
;;
(define (run:test run-id run-info keyvals runname test-record flags parent-test test-registry all-tests-registry)
  ;; All these vars might be referenced by the testconfig file reader
  (let* ((test-name    (tests:testqueue-get-testname   test-record))
	 (test-waitons (tests:testqueue-get-waitons    test-record))
	 (itemdat      (tests:testqueue-get-itemdat    test-record))
	 (item-path     "")
	 (db           #f)
	 (full-test-name #f)
	 (all-vars     (get-environment-variables)))
    ;; setting itemdat to a list if it is #f
    (if (not itemdat)(set! itemdat '()))
    (set! item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
    (set! full-test-name (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
    (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inrunname: runname testname: test-name itempath: item-path) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
    (let* ((test-conf ;; re-instate the tests:get-testconfig once the kinks are worked out. FIXME!!!
	    ;; (tests:get-testconfig test-name item-path all-tests-registry #t force-create: #t))
	    (tests:testqueue-get-testconfig test-record )) 
	   (test-path    (hash-table-ref all-tests-registry test-name)) ;; (conc *toppath* "/tests/" test-name)) ;; could use tests:get-testconfig here ...
	   (force        (hash-table-ref/default flags "-force" #f))
	   (rerun        (hash-table-ref/default flags "-rerun" #f))
	   (keepgoing    (hash-table-ref/default flags "-keepgoing" #f))
	   (incomplete-timeout (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "incomplete-timeout") "x")))
	   )

      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port*
			"\nTESTNAME: " full-test-name 
			"\n   test-config: " (hash-table->alist test-conf)
			"\n   itemdat: " itemdat
			)
      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Attempting to launch test " full-test-name)
      ;; (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name) ;; 
      ;; (setenv "MT_ITEMPATH"  item-path)
      ;; (setenv "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
      (change-directory *toppath*)

      ;; Here is where the test_meta table is best updated
      ;; Yes, another use of a global for caching. Need a better way?
      ;;
      ;; There is now a single call to runs:update-all-test_meta and this 
      ;; per-test call is not needed. Given the delicacy of the move to 
      ;; v1.55 this code is being left in place for the time being.
      ;;
      (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *test-meta-updated* test-name #f))
	  (begin
	    (hash-table-set! *test-meta-updated* test-name #t)
	    (runs:update-test_meta test-name test-conf)))
      
      ;; itemdat => ((ripeness "overripe") (temperature "cool") (season "summer"))
      (let* ((new-test-path (string-intersperse (cons test-path (map cadr itemdat)) "/"))
	     (test-id       (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path))
	     (testdat       (if test-id (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id) #f)))
	(if (not testdat)
	    (let loop ()
	      ;; ensure that the path exists before registering the test
	      ;; NOPE: Cannot! Don't know yet which disk area will be assigned....
	      ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " new-test-path))
	      ;;
	      ;; (open-run-close tests:register-test db run-id test-name item-path)
	      ;;
	      ;; NB// for the above line. I want the test to be registered long before this routine gets called!
	      ;;
	      (if (not test-id)(set! test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path)))
	      (if (not test-id)
		  (begin
		    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "WARN: Test not pre-created? test-name=" test-name ", item-path=" item-path ", run-id=" run-id)
		    (rmt:register-test run-id test-name item-path)
		    (set! test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path))))
	      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "test-id=" test-id ", run-id=" run-id ", test-name=" test-name ", item-path=\"" item-path "\"")
	      (set! testdat (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	      (if (not testdat)
		  (begin
		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: server is overloaded, trying again in one second")
		    (thread-sleep! 1)
		    (loop)))))
	(if (not testdat) ;; should NOT happen
	    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failed to get test record for test-id " test-id))
	(set! test-id (db:test-get-id testdat))
	(if (common:file-exists? test-path)
	    (change-directory test-path)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test run path not created before attempting to run the test. Perhaps you are running -remove-runs at the same time?")
	      (change-directory *toppath*)))
	(case (if force ;; (args:get-arg "-force")
		  'NOT_STARTED
		  (if testdat
		      (string->symbol (test:get-state testdat))
		      'failed-to-insert))
	  ((failed-to-insert)
	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to insert the record into the db"))
	  ((NOT_STARTED COMPLETED DELETED INCOMPLETE)
	   (let ((runflag #f))
	     (cond
	      ;; -force, run no matter what
	      (force (set! runflag #t))
	      ;; NOT_STARTED, run no matter what
	      ((member (test:get-state testdat) '("DELETED" "NOT_STARTED" "INCOMPLETE"))(set! runflag #t))
	      ;; not -rerun and PASS, WARN or CHECK, do no run
	      ((and (or (not rerun)
			keepgoing)
		    ;; Require to force re-run for COMPLETED or *anything* + PASS,WARN or CHECK
		    (or (member (test:get-status testdat) '("PASS" "WARN" "CHECK" "SKIP" "WAIVED"))
			(member (test:get-state  testdat) '("COMPLETED")))) 
	       (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "running test " test-name "/" item-path " suppressed as it is " (test:get-state testdat) " and " (test:get-status testdat))
	       (hash-table-set! test-registry full-test-name 'DONOTRUN) ;; COMPLETED)
	       (set! runflag #f))
	      ;; -rerun and status is one of the specifed, run it
	      ((and rerun
		    (let* ((rerunlst   (string-split rerun ","))
			   (must-rerun (member (test:get-status testdat) rerunlst)))
		      (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "-rerun list: " rerun ", test-status: " (test:get-status testdat)", must-rerun: " must-rerun)
		      must-rerun))
	       (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Rerun forced for test " test-name "/" item-path)
	       (set! runflag #t))
	      ;; -keepgoing, do not rerun FAIL
	      ((and keepgoing
		    (member (test:get-status testdat) '("FAIL")))
	       (set! runflag #f))
	      ((and (not rerun)
		    (member (test:get-status testdat) '("FAIL" "n/a")))
	       (set! runflag #t))
	      (else (set! runflag #f)))
	     (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "RUNNING => runflag: " runflag " STATE: " (test:get-state testdat) " STATUS: " (test:get-status testdat))
	     (if (not runflag)
		 (if (not parent-test)
		     (if (runs:lownoise (conc "not starting test" full-test-name) 60)
			 (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "NOTE: Not starting test " full-test-name " as it is state \"" (test:get-state testdat) 
				      "\" and status \"" (test:get-status testdat) "\", use -rerun \"" (test:get-status testdat)
				      "\" or -force to override")))
		 ;; NOTE: No longer be checking prerequisites here! Will never get here unless prereqs are
		 ;;       already met.
		 ;; This would be a great place to do the process-fork
		 ;; 
		 (let ((skip-test   #f)
		       (skip-check  (configf:get-section test-conf "skip")))
		   (cond 
		    ;; Have to check for skip conditions. This one skips if there are same-named tests
		    ;; currently running
		    ((and skip-check
			  (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "prevrunning"))
		     ;; run-ids = #f means *all* runs
		     (let ((running-tests (rmt:get-tests-for-runs-mindata #f full-test-name '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "LAUNCHED") '() #f)))
		       (if (not (null? running-tests)) ;; have to skip 
			   (set! skip-test "Skipping due to previous tests running"))))

		    ;; split the string and OR of file-exists?
		    ((and skip-check
			  (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists"))
		     (let* ((files    (string-split (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists")))
			    (existing (filter common:file-exists? files)))
		       (if (not (null? existing)) ;; (common:file-exists? (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists"))
			   (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to existance of file(s) " (string-intersperse existing ", ")))))) ;; (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "fileexists")))))
		    
		    ((and skip-check
			  (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "filenotexists"))
		      (let* ((files    (string-split (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "filenotexists")))
			     (existing (filter common:file-exists? files)))
			(if (null? existing) ;;  (common:file-exists? (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "filenotexists")))
			    (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to non existance of files " (string-intersperse files ", ")))))) ;; (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "filenotexists")))))
		    
		    ((and skip-check
			  (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "script"))
		     (if (= (system (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "script")) 0)
			 (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to zero return value of script " (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "script")))))
		    
		    ((and skip-check
			  (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "rundelay"))
		     ;; run-ids = #f means *all* runs
		     (let* ((numseconds      (common:hms-string->seconds (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "rundelay")))
			    (running-tests   (rmt:get-tests-for-runs-mindata #f full-test-name '("RUNNING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "LAUNCHED") '() #f))
			    (completed-tests (rmt:get-tests-for-runs-mindata #f full-test-name '("COMPLETED" "INCOMPLETE") '("PASS" "FAIL" "ABORT") #f)) ;; ironically INCOMPLETE is same as COMPLETED in this contex
			    (last-run-times  (map db:mintest-get-event_time completed-tests))
			    (time-since-last (- (current-seconds) (if (null? last-run-times) 0 (common:max last-run-times)))))
		       (if (or (not (null? running-tests)) ;; have to skip if test is running
			       (> numseconds time-since-last))
			   (set! skip-test (conc "Skipping due to previous test run less than " (configf:lookup test-conf "skip" "rundelay") " ago"))))))
		   
		   (if skip-test
		       (begin
			 (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "SKIP" skip-test)
			 (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "SKIPPING Test " full-test-name " due to " skip-test))
		       ;;
		       ;; Here the test is handed off to launch.scm for launch-test to complete the launch process
		       ;;
		       (if (not (launch-test test-id run-id run-info keyvals runname test-conf test-name test-path itemdat flags))
			   (begin
			     (print "ERROR: Failed to launch the test. Exiting as soon as possible")
			     (set! *globalexitstatus* 1) ;; 
			     (process-signal (current-process-id) signal/kill))))))))
	  ((KILLED) 
	   (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "NOTE: " full-test-name " is already running or was explictly killed, use -force to launch it.")
	   (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name test-path) 'DONOTRUN)) ;; KILLED))
	  ((LAUNCHED REMOTEHOSTSTART RUNNING)  
	   (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "NOTE: " test-name " is already running"))
	  ;; (if (> (- (current-seconds)(+ (db:test-get-event_time testdat)
	  ;; 			       (db:test-get-run_duration testdat)))
	  ;; 	(or incomplete-timeout
	  ;; 	    6000)) ;; i.e. no update for more than 6000 seconds
	  ;;      (begin
	  ;;        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Test " test-name " appears to be dead. Forcing it to state INCOMPLETE and status STUCK/DEAD")
	  ;;        (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "INCOMPLETE" "STUCK/DEAD" "" #f))
	  ;;        ;; (tests:test-set-status! test-id "INCOMPLETE" "STUCK/DEAD" "" #f))
	  ;;      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "NOTE: " test-name " is already running")))
	  (else      
	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to launch test " full-test-name ". Unrecognised state " (test:get-state testdat))
	   (case (string->symbol (test:get-state testdat)) 
	     ((COMPLETED INCOMPLETE)
	      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name test-path) 'DONOTRUN))
	     (else
	      (hash-table-set! test-registry (db:test-make-full-name test-name test-path) 'DONOTRUN)))))))
    ;; put any changed environment variables back to how they were - TODO - turn this into some sort of with-
    (common:set-vars-back all-vars)
    #;(for-each
     (lambda (vardat)
       (let ((var (car vardat))
	     (val (cdr vardat)))
	 (if (not (equal? (get-environment-variable var) val))
	     (handle-exceptions
	      exn
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to set " var " to " val)
	      (setenv var val)))))
     all-vars)
        ))

;;======================================================================
;; END OF NEW STUFF
;;======================================================================

(define (get-dir-up-n dir . params) 
  (let ((dparts  (string-split dir "/"))
	(count   (if (null? params) 1 (car params))))
    (conc "/" (string-intersperse 
	       (take dparts (- (length dparts) count))
	       "/"))))

(define (runs:recursive-delete-with-error-msg real-dir)
  (if (> (system (conc "rm -rf " real-dir)) 0)
      (begin
	;; FAILED, possibly due to permissions, do chmod a+rwx then try one more time
	(system (conc "chmod -R a+rwx " real-dir))
	(if (> (system (conc "rm -rf " real-dir)) 0)
	    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "There was a problem removing " real-dir " with rm -f")))))

(define (runs:safe-delete-test-dir real-dir)
  ;; first delete all sub-directories
  (directory-fold 
   (lambda (f x)
     (let ((fullname (conc real-dir "/" f)))
       (if (directory? fullname)(runs:recursive-delete-with-error-msg fullname)))
     (+ 1 x))
   0 real-dir)
  ;; then files other than *testdat.db*
  (directory-fold 
   (lambda (f x)
     (let ((fullname (conc real-dir "/" f)))
       (if (not (string-search (regexp "testdat.db") f))
	   (runs:recursive-delete-with-error-msg fullname)))
     (+ 1 x))
   0 real-dir)
  ;; then the entire directory
  (runs:recursive-delete-with-error-msg real-dir))

;; cleanup often needs to remove all but the last N runs per target
;;
;; target-patts a1/b1/c1,a2/b2/c2 ...
;;
;; This will fail if called with empty target or a bad target (i.e. missing or extra fields)
;;
(define (runs:get-hash-by-target target-patts runpatt)
  (let* ((targets (string-split target-patts ","))
	 (keys    (rmt:get-keys))
	 (res-ht  (make-hash-table))) ;; target -> ( runrecord1 runrecord2 ... )
    (for-each
     (lambda (target-patt)
       (let ((runs     (rmt:simple-get-runs runpatt #f #f target-patt)))
	 (for-each
	  (lambda (run)
	    (let ((target (simple-run-target run)))
	      (hash-table-set! res-ht target (cons run (hash-table-ref/default res-ht target '())))))
	  runs)))
     targets)
    res-ht))

;; delete runs older than X (weeks, days, months years etc.)
;; delete redundant runs within a target - N is the input
;; delete redundant runs within a target IFF older than given date/time AND keep at least N
;; 
(define (runs:remove-all-but-last-n-runs-per-target target-patts runpatt num-to-keep #!key (actions '(print)))
  (let* ((runs-ht  (runs:get-hash-by-target target-patts runpatt))
	 (age      (if (args:get-arg "-age")(common:hms-string->seconds (args:get-arg "-age")) #f))
	 (age-mark (if age (- (current-seconds) age) (+ (current-seconds) 86400)))
	 (precmd   (or (args:get-arg "-precmd") "")))
    (print "Actions: " actions)
    (for-each
     (lambda (target)
       (let* ((runs      (hash-table-ref runs-ht target))
	      (sorted    (sort runs (lambda (a b)(< (simple-run-event_time a)(simple-run-event_time b)))))
	      (to-remove (let* ((len      (length sorted))
                                (trim-amt (- len num-to-keep)))
                           (if (> trim-amt 0)
                               (take sorted trim-amt)
                               '()))))
	 (hash-table-set! runs-ht target to-remove)
         (print target ":")
         (for-each
          (lambda (run)
            (let ((remove (member run to-remove (lambda (a b)
                                                  (eq? (simple-run-id a)
                                                       (simple-run-id b))))))
	      (if (and age (> (simple-run-event_time run) age-mark))
		  (print "Skipping handling of " target "/" (simple-run-runname run) " as it is younger than " (args:get-arg "-age"))
		  (for-each
		   (lambda (action)
		     (case action
		       ((print)
			(print " " (simple-run-runname run)
			       " " (time->string (seconds->local-time (simple-run-event_time run)) "WW%V.%u %H:%M:%S")
			       " " (if remove "REMOVE" "")))
		       ((remove-runs)
			(if remove (system (conc precmd " megatest -remove-runs -target " target " -runname " (simple-run-runname run) " -testpatt %"
						 (if (member 'kill-runs actions) ;; if kill-runs is specified then set -kill-wait to 0
						     " -kill-wait 0"
						     "")))))
		       ((archive)
			(if remove (system (conc precmd " megatest -archive save-remove -target " target " -runname " (simple-run-runname run) " -testpatt %"))))
		       ((kill-runs)
			(if remove (system (conc precmd " megatest -kill-runs -target " target " -runname " (simple-run-runname run) " -testpatt %"))))
			))
		   actions))))
          sorted)))
     ;; (print "Sorted: " (map simple-run-event_time sorted))
     ;; (print "Remove: " (map simple-run-event_time to-remove))))
     (hash-table-keys runs-ht))
    runs-ht))

;; (define (runs:remove-all-but-last-n-runs-per-target target-patts runpatt num-to-keep)
;;   (let ((data (runs:get-all-but-most-recent-n-per-target target-patts runpatt num-to-keep)))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (target)
;;        (let ((runs-to-remove (hash-table-ref data target )))
;;          (for-each
;;           (lambda (run)
;;             (print "megatest -remove-runs -target " target " -runname " (simple-run-runname run) " -testpatt %"))
;;           runs-to-remove)))
;;      (hash-table-keys data))))

;; Remove runs
;; fields are passing in through 
;; action:
;;    'remove-runs
;;    'set-state-status
;;
;; NB// should pass in keys?
;;
(define (runs:operate-on action target runnamepatt testpatt #!key (state #f)(status #f)(new-state-status #f)(mode #f)(options '()))
  (common:clear-caches) ;; clear all caches
  (let* ((db           #f)
	 ;; (tdbdat       (tasks:open-db))
	 (keys         (rmt:get-keys))
	 (rundat       (mt:get-runs-by-patt keys runnamepatt target))
	 (header       (vector-ref rundat 0))
	 (runs         (vector-ref rundat 1))
	 (states       (if state  (string-split state  ",") '()))
	 (statuses     (if status (string-split status ",") '()))
	 (state-status (if (string? new-state-status) (string-split new-state-status ",") '(#f #f)))
	 (rp-mutex     (make-mutex))
	 (bup-mutex    (make-mutex))
         (keep-records (args:get-arg "-keep-records"))) ;; used in conjunction with -remove-runs to keep the records, TODO: consolidate this with "mode".

    (let* ((write-access-actions '(remove-runs set-state-status archive run-wait kill-runs))
           (dbfile             (conc  *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
           (readonly-mode      (not (file-write-access? dbfile))))
      (when (and readonly-mode
                 (member action write-access-actions))
        (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "megatest.db is readonly.  Cannot proceed with action ["action"] in which write-access isrequired .")
        (exit 1)))
    
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "runs:operate-on => Header: " header " action: " action " new-state-status: " new-state-status)
    (if (> 2 (length state-status))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "the parameter to -set-state-status is a comma delimited string. E.g. COMPLETED,FAIL")
	  (exit)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (run)
       (let ((runkey (string-intersperse (map (lambda (k)
						(db:get-value-by-header run header k)) keys) "/"))
	     (dirs-to-remove (make-hash-table))
	     (proc-get-tests (lambda (run-id)
                               (mt:get-tests-for-run run-id
                                                     testpatt states statuses
                                                     not-in:  #f
                                                     sort-by: (case action
                                                                ((remove-runs) 'rundir)
                                                                (else          'event_time))))))
	 (let* ((run-id    (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
		(run-state (db:get-value-by-header run header "state"))
		(run-name  (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname"))
		(tests     (if (not (equal? run-state "locked"))
			       (proc-get-tests run-id)
			       '()))
		(lasttpath "/does/not/exist/I/hope")
		(worker-thread #f))
	   (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "runs:operate-on run=" run ", header=" header)
	   (if (not (null? tests))
	       (begin
		 (case action
                   ((kill-runs)
                    (tasks:kill-runner target run-name "%")
                    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Killing tests for run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname"))
                    )
		   ((remove-runs)
		    ;; (if (tasks:need-server run-id)(tasks:start-and-wait-for-server tdbdat run-id 10))
		    ;; seek and kill in flight -runtests with % as testpatt here
		    ;; (if (equal? testpatt "%")
		    (tasks:kill-runner target run-name testpatt)
		    ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "not attempting to kill any run launcher processes as testpatt is " testpatt))
		    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Removing tests for run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname")))
		   ((set-state-status)
		    ;; (if (tasks:need-server run-id)(tasks:start-and-wait-for-server tdbdat run-id 10))
		    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Modifying state and staus for tests for run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname")))
		   ((print-run)
		    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Printing info for run " runkey ", run=" run ", tests=" tests ", header=" header)
		    action)
		   ((run-wait)
		    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Waiting for run " runkey ", run=" runnamepatt " to complete"))
		   ((archive)
		    (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Archiving/restoring (" (args:get-arg "-archive") ") data for run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname"))
		    (set! worker-thread
			  (make-thread
			   (lambda ()
			     (case (string->symbol (args:get-arg "-archive"))
			       ((save save-remove keep-html)
				(archive:run-bup (args:get-arg "-archive") run-id run-name tests rp-mutex bup-mutex))
			       ((restore)
				(archive:bup-restore (args:get-arg "-archive") run-id run-name tests rp-mutex bup-mutex))
			       (else 
				(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unrecognised sub command to -archive. Run \"megatest\" to see help")
				(exit))))
			   "archive-bup-thread"))
		    (thread-start! worker-thread))
		   (else
		    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "action not recognised " action)))
		 
		 ;; actions that operate on one test at a time can be handled below
		 ;;
		 (let ((sorted-tests     (filter 
					  vector?
					  (sort tests (lambda (a b)(let ((dira ;; (rmt:sdb-qry 'getstr 
									  (db:test-get-rundir a)) ;; )  ;; (filedb:get-path *fdb* (db:test-get-rundir a)))
									 (dirb ;; (rmt:sdb-qry 'getstr 
									  (db:test-get-rundir b))) ;; ) ;; ((filedb:get-path *fdb* (db:test-get-rundir b))))
								     (if (and (string? dira)(string? dirb))
									 (> (string-length dira)(string-length dirb))
									 #f))))))
		       (toplevel-retries (make-hash-table)) ;; try three times to loop through and remove top level tests
		       (test-retry-time  (make-hash-table))
                       (backgrounded-remove-status     (make-hash-table))
                       (backgrounded-remove-last-visit (make-hash-table))
                       (backgrounded-remove-result     (make-hash-table))
		       (allow-run-time   (string->number (or (args:get-arg "-kill-wait") "10")))) ;; seconds to allow for killing tests before just brutally killing 'em
		   (let loop ((test (car sorted-tests))
			      (tal  (cdr sorted-tests)))
		     (let* ((test-id       (db:test-get-id test))
			    (new-test-dat  (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id)))
		       (if (not new-test-dat)
			   (begin
			     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "We have a test-id of " test-id " but no record was found. NOTE: No locking of records is done between processes, do not simultaneously remove the same run from two processes!")
			     (if (not (null? tal))
				 (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))
			   (let* ((item-path     (db:test-get-item-path new-test-dat))
				  (test-name     (db:test-get-testname new-test-dat))
				  (run-dir       ;;(filedb:get-path *fdb*
				   ;; (rmt:sdb-qry 'getid 
				   (db:test-get-rundir new-test-dat)) ;; )    ;; run dir is from the link tree
                                  (has-subrun    (and (subrun:subrun-test-initialized? run-dir)
                                                      (not (subrun:subrun-removed? run-dir))))
				  (test-state    (db:test-get-state new-test-dat))
                                  (test-status    (db:test-get-status new-test-dat))
				  (test-fulln    (db:test-get-fullname new-test-dat))
				  (uname         (db:test-get-uname    new-test-dat))
				  (toplevel-with-children (and (db:test-get-is-toplevel test)
							       (> (rmt:test-toplevel-num-items run-id test-name) 0))))
                             
			     (case action
			       ((remove-runs)
				;; if the test is a toplevel-with-children issue an error and do not remove
				(cond
                                 (toplevel-with-children
                                  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: skipping removal of " test-fulln " with run-id " run-id " as it has sub tests")
                                  (hash-table-set! toplevel-retries test-fulln (+ (hash-table-ref/default toplevel-retries test-fulln 0) 1))
                                  (if (> (hash-table-ref toplevel-retries test-fulln) 3)
                                      (if (not (null? tal))
                                          (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))) ;; no else clause - drop it if no more in queue and > 3 tries
                                      (let ((newtal (append tal (list test))))
                                        (loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal))))) ;; loop with test still in queue
                                 (has-subrun
                                  ;; 
                                  (let ((last-visit (hash-table-ref/default backgrounded-remove-last-visit test-fulln 0))
                                        (now        (current-seconds))
                                        (rem-status (hash-table-ref/default backgrounded-remove-status test-fulln 'not-started)))
                                    (case rem-status
                                      ((not-started)
                                       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: postponing removal of " test-fulln " with run-id " run-id " as it has a subrun")
                                       (hash-table-set! backgrounded-remove-status test-fulln 'started)
                                       (hash-table-set! backgrounded-remove-last-visit test-fulln (current-seconds))
                                       (common:send-thunk-to-background-thread
                                        (lambda ()
                                          (let* ((subrun-remove-succeeded
                                                  (subrun:remove-subrun run-dir keep-records)))
                                            (hash-table-set! backgrounded-remove-result test-fulln subrun-remove-succeeded)
                                            (hash-table-set! backgrounded-remove-status test-fulln 'done)))
                                        name: (conc "remove-subrun:"test-fulln))
                                       
                                       ;; send to back of line, loop
                                       (let ((newtal (append tal (list test))))
                                        (loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal)))
                                       )
                                      ((started)
                                       ;; if last visit was within last second, sleep 1 second
                                       (if (< (- now last-visit) 1.0)
                                           (thread-sleep! 1.0))
                                       (hash-table-set! backgrounded-remove-last-visit test-fulln (current-seconds))
                                       ;; send to back of line, loop
                                       (let ((newtal (append tal (list test))))
                                         (loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal)))
                                       )
                                      ((done)
                                       ;; drop this one; if remaining, loop, else finish
                                       (hash-table-set! backgrounded-remove-last-visit test-fulln (current-seconds))
                                       (let ((subrun-remove-succeeded (hash-table-ref/default backgrounded-remove-result test-fulln 'exception)))
                                         (cond
                                          ((eq? subrun-remove-succeeded 'exception)
                                           (let* ((logfile (subrun:get-log-path run-dir "remove")))
                                             (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: removing subrun of of " test-fulln " with run-id " run-id " ; see logfile @ "logfile))
					   (if (not (null? tal))
					       (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))
					  (subrun-remove-succeeded
					   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Now removing of " test-fulln " with run-id " run-id " since subrun was removed.")
					   ;;(runs:remove-test-directory new-test-dat mode) ;; let normal case handle this. it will go thru loop again as non-subrun
					   (let ((newtal (append tal (list test))))
					     (loop (car newtal)(cdr newtal))))
					  (else
					   (let* ((logfile (subrun:get-log-path run-dir "remove")))
					     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: removal of subrun failed.  Please check "logfile" for details."))
					   ;; send to back of line, loop (will not match has-subrun next time through)
					    (if (not (null? tal))
						(loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))
				       )
				      ) ; end case rem-status
                                    ) ; end let
                                  ); end cond has-subrun

                                 (else
                                  ;; BB - TODO - consider backgrounding to threads to delete tests (work below) 
                                  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "test: " test-name " itest-state: " test-state)
                                  (if (member test-state (list "RUNNING" "LAUNCHED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "KILLREQ"))
                                      (begin
                                        (if (not (hash-table-ref/default test-retry-time test-fulln #f))
                                            (begin
                                              ;; want to set to REMOVING BUT CANNOT do it here?
                                              (hash-table-set! test-retry-time test-fulln (current-seconds))))
                                        (if (> (- (current-seconds)(hash-table-ref test-retry-time test-fulln)) allow-run-time)
                                            ;; This test is not in a correct state for cleaning up. Let's try some graceful shutdown steps first
                                            ;; Set the test to "KILLREQ" and wait five seconds then try again. Repeat up to five times then give
                                            ;; up and blow it away.
                                            (begin
                                              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: could not gracefully remove test " test-fulln ", tried to kill it to no avail. Forcing state to FAILEDKILL and continuing")
                                              (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id (db:test-get-id test) "FAILEDKILL" "n/a" #f)
                                              (thread-sleep! 1))
                                            (begin
                                              (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id (db:test-get-id test) "KILLREQ" "n/a" #f)
                                              (thread-sleep! 1)))
                                        ;; NOTE: This is suboptimal as the testdata will be used later and the state/status may have changed ...
                                        (if (null? tal)
                                            (loop new-test-dat tal)
                                            (loop (car tal)(append tal (list new-test-dat)))))
                                      (begin
                                        (runs:remove-test-directory new-test-dat mode) ;; 'remove-all)
                                        (if (not (null? tal))
                                            (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))))))
				(rmt:update-run-stats run-id (rmt:get-raw-run-stats run-id)))
                               ((kill-runs)
                                ;; RUNNING -> KILLREQ
                                ;; LAUNCHED,RUNNING,REMOTEHOSTSTART -> NOT STARTED
                                (cond
                                 ((and has-subrun (member test-state (list "RUNNING" "LAUNCHED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "KILLREQ")))
                                  (common:send-thunk-to-background-thread
                                   (lambda ()
                                     (let* ((subrun-remove-succeeded
                                             (subrun:kill-subrun run-dir keep-records)))
                                       #t)))
                                  (if (not (null? tal))
				    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))
                                  )
                                 ((member test-state (list "RUNNING" "LAUNCHED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "KILLREQ"))
                                  (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: issuing killreq to test "test-fulln)
                                  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id (db:test-get-id test) "KILLREQ" "n/a" #f)
                                  (if (not (null? tal))
				      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))
                                 ((and (member test-status '("PREQ_FAIL" "PREQ_DISCARDED" "BLOCKED" "ZERO_ITEMS" "KEEP_TRYING" "TEN_STRIKES" "TIMED_OUT")))
                                  (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id (db:test-get-id test) 'foo "NOT_STARTED" "n/a" (conc "kill-run moved from "test-state":"test-status" to NOT_STARTED:n/a"))
                                  ;;(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id (db:test-get-id test) "NOT_STARTED" "n/a" (conc "kill-run moved from "test-state":"test-status" to NOT_STARTED:n/a"))
                                  (if (not (null? tal))
				      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))
                                  )
                                 (else
                                  (if (not (null? tal))
				      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))
                                  )))
			       ((set-state-status)
                                (let* ((new-state (car state-status))
                                       (new-status (cadr state-status))
                                       (test-id (db:test-get-id test))
                                       (test-run-dir (db:test-get-rundir new-test-dat))
                                       (has-subrun (and (subrun:subrun-test-initialized? test-run-dir)
                                                      (not (subrun:subrun-removed? test-run-dir)))))
                                  (when has-subrun
                                     (common:send-thunk-to-background-thread
                                        (lambda ()
                                          (subrun:set-state-status test-run-dir state status new-state-status)
                                          )
                                        )
                                    )
                                  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "new state " new-state ", new status " new-status )
                                  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id new-state new-status #f))
				(if (not (null? tal))
				    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))
			       ((run-wait)
                                ;; BB TODO - manage has-subrun case
				(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "still waiting, " (length tests) " tests still running")
				(thread-sleep! 10)
				(let ((new-tests (proc-get-tests run-id)))
				  (if (null? new-tests)
				      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Run completed according to zero tests matching provided criteria.")
				      (loop (car new-tests)(cdr new-tests)))))
			       ((archive)
                                ;; BB TODO - manage has-subrun case
				(if (and run-dir (not toplevel-with-children))
				    (let ((ddir (conc run-dir "/")))
				      (case (string->symbol (args:get-arg "-archive"))
					((save save-remove keep-html)
					 (if (common:file-exists? ddir)
					     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Estimating disk space usage for " test-fulln ": " (common:get-disk-space-used ddir)))))))
				(if (not (null? tal))
				    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))
			       )))
		       )
		     (if worker-thread (thread-join! worker-thread)))
                   (common:join-backgrounded-threads))))
	   ;; remove the run if zero tests remain
	   (if (eq? action 'remove-runs)
	       (let* ((run-id   (db:get-value-by-header run header "id")) ;; NB// masks run-id from above?
                      (remtests (mt:get-tests-for-run run-id #f '("DELETED") '("n/a") not-in: #t)))
		 (if (null? remtests) ;; no more tests remaining
		     (let* ((dparts  (string-split lasttpath "/"))
			    (runpath (conc "/" (string-intersperse 
						(take dparts (- (length dparts) 1))
						"/"))))
		       (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Removing run: " runkey " " (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname") " and related record")
                       (if (not keep-records)
                           (begin
                             (rmt:delete-run run-id)
                             (rmt:delete-old-deleted-test-records)))
                           ;; (rmt:set-var "DELETED_TESTS" (current-seconds))
		       ;; need to figure out the path to the run dir and remove it if empty
		       ;;    (if (null? (glob (conc runpath "/*")))
		       ;;        (begin
		       ;; 	 (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Removing run dir " runpath)
		       ;; 	 (system (conc "rmdir -p " runpath))))
		       )))))
	 ))
     runs)
    ;; (sqlite3:finalize! (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat))
    )
  #t)

(define (runs:remove-test-directory test mode) ;; remove-data-only)
  (let* ((run-dir       (db:test-get-rundir test))    ;; run dir is from the link tree
	 (real-dir      (if (common:file-exists? run-dir)
			    ;; (resolve-pathname run-dir)
			    (common:nice-path run-dir)
			    #f))
         (clean-mode    (or mode 'remove-all))
         (test-id       (db:test-get-id test))
        ;; (lock-key      (conc "test-" test-id))
        ;; (got-lock      (let loop ((lock        (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key))
	;; 			     (expire-time (+ (current-seconds) 30))) ;; 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 clean test with id " test-id)
	;; 			      (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)))))))
	 )
    (case clean-mode
      ((remove-data-only)(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "CLEANING" "LOCKED" #f))
      ((remove-all)      (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "REMOVING" "LOCKED" #f))
      ((archive-remove)  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "ARCHIVE_REMOVING" #f #f)))
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Attempting to remove " (if real-dir (conc " dir " real-dir " and ") "") " link " run-dir)
    (if (and real-dir 
	     (> (string-length real-dir) 5)
	     (common:file-exists? real-dir)) ;; bad heuristic but should prevent /tmp /home etc.
	(begin ;; let* ((realpath (resolve-pathname run-dir)))
	  (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Recursively removing " real-dir)
	  (if (common:file-exists? real-dir)
	      (runs:safe-delete-test-dir real-dir)
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: test dir " real-dir " appears to not exist or is not readable")))
	(if real-dir 
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: directory " real-dir " does not exist")
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: no real directory corrosponding to link " run-dir ", nothing done")))
    (if (symbolic-link? run-dir)
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Removing symlink " run-dir)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to remove symlink " run-dir ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", attempting to continue")
	   (delete-file run-dir)))
	(if (directory? run-dir)
	    (if (> (directory-fold (lambda (f x)(+ 1 x)) 0 run-dir) 0)
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: refusing to remove " run-dir " as it is not empty")
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn
		 (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to remove directory " run-dir ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", attempting to continue")
		 (delete-directory run-dir)))
	    (if (and run-dir
		     (not (member run-dir (list "n/a" "/tmp/badname"))))
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: not removing " run-dir " as it either doesn't exist or is not a symlink")
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: the run dir for this test is undefined. Test may have already been deleted."))
	    ))
    ;; Only delete the records *after* removing the directory. If things fail we have a record 
    (case clean-mode
      ((remove-data-only)(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) (db:test-get-state test)(db:test-get-status test) #f))
      ((archive-remove)  (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id (db:test-get-run_id test)(db:test-get-id test) "ARCHIVED" #f #f))
      (else (rmt:delete-test-records (db:test-get-run_id test) (db:test-get-id test))))
    ;; (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key)
    ))

;;======================================================================
;; Routines for manipulating runs
;;======================================================================

;; Since many calls to a run require pretty much the same setup 
;; this wrapper is used to reduce the replication of code
(define (general-run-call switchname action-desc proc)
  (let ((runname (or (args:get-arg "-runname")(args:get-arg ":runname")))
	(target  (common:args-get-target)))
    (cond
     ((not target)
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Missing required parameter for " switchname ", you must specify the target with -target")
      (exit 3))
     ((not runname)
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Missing required parameter for " switchname ", you must specify the run name with -runname runname")
      (exit 3))
     (else
      (let (;; (db   #f)
	    (keys #f))
	(if (launch:setup)
	    (begin
	      (full-runconfigs-read) ;; cache the run config
	      ;; (launch:cache-config) ;; there are two independent config cache locations, turning this one off for now. MRW.
	      ) ;; do not cache here - need to be sure runconfigs is processed
	    (begin 
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to setup, exiting")
	      (exit 1)))

        
	(set! keys (keys:config-get-fields *configdat*))
	;; have enough to process -target or -reqtarg here
	(if (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")
	    (let* ((runconfigf (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config")) ;; DO NOT EVALUATE ALL 
		   (runconfig  (configf:read-config runconfigf #f #t environ-patt: #f)))
	      (if (hash-table-ref/default runconfig (args:get-arg "-reqtarg") #f)
		  (keys:target-set-args keys (args:get-arg "-reqtarg") args:arg-hash)
		    
		  (begin
		    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "[" (args:get-arg "-reqtarg") "] not found in " runconfigf)
		    ;; (if db (sqlite3:finalize! db))
		    (exit 1)
		    )))
	    (if (args:get-arg "-target")
		(keys:target-set-args keys (args:get-arg "-target" args:arg-hash) args:arg-hash)))
	(if (not (car *configinfo*))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Attempted to " action-desc " but run area config file not found")
	      (exit 1))
	    ;; Extract out stuff needed in most or many calls
	    ;; here then call proc
	    (let* ((keyvals    (keys:target->keyval keys target)))
	      (proc target runname keys keyvals)))
	;; (if db (sqlite3:finalize! db))
	(set! *didsomething* #t))))))

;;======================================================================
;; Lock/unlock runs
;;======================================================================

(define (runs:handle-locking target keys runname lock unlock user)
  (let* ((db       #f)
	 (rundat   (mt:get-runs-by-patt keys runname target))
	 (header   (vector-ref rundat 0))
	 (runs     (vector-ref rundat 1)))
    (for-each (lambda (run)
		(let ((run-id (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
           (str (if lock 
									"lock"
                  "unlock")))
		  (if (or lock
			  (and unlock
			       (or (args:get-arg "-force")
                (begin
				 (print "Do you really wish to unlock run " run-id "?\n   y/n: ")
				 (equal? "y" (read-line))))))
          (begin 
		      (rmt:lock/unlock-run run-id lock unlock user)
					(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Done " str " on run id " run-id))
		      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping lock/unlock on " run-id))))
	      runs)))
;;======================================================================
;; Rollup runs
;;======================================================================

;; Update the test_meta table for this test
(define (runs:update-test_meta test-name test-conf)
  (let ((currrecord (rmt:testmeta-get-record test-name)))
    (if (not currrecord)
	(begin
	  (set! currrecord (make-vector 11 #f))
	  (rmt:testmeta-add-record test-name)))
    (for-each 
     (lambda (key)
       (let* ((idx (cadr key))
	      (fld (car  key))
	      (val (configf:lookup test-conf "test_meta" fld)))
	 ;; (debug:print 5 *default-log-port* "idx: " idx " fld: " fld " val: " val)
	 (if (and val (not (equal? (vector-ref currrecord idx) val)))
	     (begin
	       (print "Updating " test-name " " fld " to " val)
	       (rmt:testmeta-update-field test-name fld val)))))
     '(("author" 2)("owner" 3)("description" 4)("reviewed" 5)("tags" 9)("jobgroup" 10)))))

;; find tests with matching tags, tagpatt is a string "tagpatt1,tagpatt2%, ..."
;;
(define (runs:get-tests-matching-tags tagpatt)
  (let* ((tagdata (rmt:get-tests-tags))
         (res     '())) ;; list of tests that match one or more tags
    (for-each
     (lambda (row)
       (let* ((tag (car row))
              (tests (cdr row)))
       (if (patt-list-match tag tagpatt)
           (set! res (append tests res)))))
     tagdata)
    res))
    

;; Update test_meta for all tests
(define (runs:update-all-test_meta db)
  (let ((test-names (tests:get-all))) ;; (tests:get-valid-tests)))
    (for-each 
     (lambda (test-name)
       (let* ((test-conf    (mt:lazy-read-test-config test-name)))
	 (if test-conf (runs:update-test_meta test-name test-conf))))
     (hash-table-keys test-names))))

;; This could probably be refactored into one complex query ...
;; NOT PORTED - DO NOT USE YET
;;
#;(define (runs:rollup-run keys runname user keyvals)
  (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "runs:rollup-run, keys: " keys " -runname " runname " user: " user)
  (let* ((db              #f)
	 ;; register run operates on the main db
	 (new-run-id      (rmt:register-run keyvals runname "new" "n/a" user (args:get-arg "-contour")))
	 (prev-tests      (rmt:get-matching-previous-test-run-records new-run-id "%" "%"))
	 (curr-tests      (mt:get-tests-for-run new-run-id "%/%" '() '()))
	 (curr-tests-hash (make-hash-table)))
    (rmt:update-run-event_time new-run-id)
    ;; index the already saved tests by testname and itemdat in curr-tests-hash
    (for-each
     (lambda (testdat)
       (let* ((testname  (db:test-get-testname testdat))
	      (item-path (db:test-get-item-path testdat))
	      (full-name (conc testname "/" item-path)))
	 (hash-table-set! curr-tests-hash full-name testdat)))
     curr-tests)
    ;; NOPE: Non-optimal approach. Try this instead.
    ;;   1. tests are received in a list, most recent first
    ;;   2. replace the rollup test with the new *always*
    (for-each 
     (lambda (testdat)
       (let* ((testname  (db:test-get-testname testdat))
	      (item-path (db:test-get-item-path testdat))
	      (full-name (conc testname "/" item-path))
	      (prev-test-dat (hash-table-ref/default curr-tests-hash full-name #f))
	      (test-steps    (rmt:get-steps-for-test (db:test-get-id testdat)))
	      (new-test-record #f))
	 ;; replace these with insert ... select
	 (apply sqlite3:execute 
		db 
		(conc "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO tests (run_id,testname,state,status,event_time,host,cpuload,diskfree,uname,rundir,item_path,run_duration,final_logf,comment) "
		      "VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?);")
		new-run-id (cddr (vector->list testdat)))
	 (set! new-testdat (car (mt:get-tests-for-run new-run-id (conc testname "/" item-path) '() '())))
	 (hash-table-set! curr-tests-hash full-name new-testdat) ;; this could be confusing, which record should go into the lookup table?
	 ;; Now duplicate the test steps
	 (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Copying records in test_steps from test_id=" (db:test-get-id testdat) " to " (db:test-get-id new-testdat))
	 (cdb:remote-run ;; to be replaced, note: this routine is not used currently
	  (lambda ()
	    (sqlite3:execute 
	     db 
	     (conc "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO test_steps (test_id,stepname,state,status,event_time,comment) "
		   "SELECT " (db:test-get-id new-testdat) ",stepname,state,status,event_time,comment FROM test_steps WHERE test_id=?;")
	     (db:test-get-id testdat))
	    ;; Now duplicate the test data
	    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Copying records in test_data from test_id=" (db:test-get-id testdat) " to " (db:test-get-id new-testdat))
	    (sqlite3:execute 
	     db 
	     (conc "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO test_data (test_id,category,variable,value,expected,tol,units,comment) "
		   "SELECT " (db:test-get-id new-testdat) ",category,variable,value,expected,tol,units,comment FROM test_data WHERE test_id=?;")
	     (db:test-get-id testdat))))
	 ))
     prev-tests)))
	 
     
;; clean cache files
(define (runs:clean-cache target runname toppath)
  (if target
      (if runname
	  (let* ((linktree (common:get-linktree)) ;; (if toppath (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
		 (runtop   (conc linktree "/" target "/" runname))
		 (files    (if (common:file-exists? runtop)
			       (append (glob (conc runtop "/.megatest*"))
				       (glob (conc runtop "/.runconfig*")))
			       '())))
	    (if (null? files)
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "No cached megatest or runconfigs files found. None removed.")
		(begin
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Removing cached files:\n    " (string-intersperse files "\n    "))
		  (for-each 
		   (lambda (f)
		     (handle-exceptions
			 exn
			 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Failed to remove file " f)
		       (delete-file f)))
		   files))))
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "-clean-cache requires -runname."))
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "-clean-cache requires -target or -reqtarg")))



;; Spec for End of test
;; At end of each test call, after marking self as COMPLETED do run-state-status-rollup
;; At transition to run COMPLETED/X do hooks
;; Definition: test_dead if event_time + duration + 1 minute? < current_time AND
;; we can prove the process is not alive (ssh host pstree -A pid)
;; if dead safe to mark the test as killed in the db
;; State/status table
;; new
;; 100% COMPLETED/ (PASS,FAIL,ABORT etc.) ==> COMPLETED / X where X is same as itemized rollup
;; > 3 RUNNING with not test_dead do nothing (run should already be RUNNING/ na
;; > 0 RUNNING and test_dead then send KILLREQ ==> COMPLETED
;; 0 RUNNING ==> this is actually the first condition, should not get here

(define (launch:end-of-run-check run-id )
    (let*	((not-completed-cnt (rmt:get-not-completed-cnt run-id))  
           (running-cnt (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id))
           (all-test-launched (rmt:get-var (conc "lunch-complete-" run-id)))
           (current-state (rmt:get-run-state run-id))
           (current-status (rmt:get-run-status run-id)))
     ;;get-vars run-id to query metadata table to check if all completed. if all-test-launched = yes then only not-completed-cnt = 0 means everyting is completed if no entry found in the table do nothing 
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "rollup run state/status")                      
     (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-run  run-id current-state current-status)
 
     (cond 
       ((and all-test-launched (eq? not-completed-cnt 0) (equal? all-test-launched "yes" ))
           	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "look for  post hook.")
          	(runs:run-post-hook run-id))
        ((> running-cnt 3) 
        	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "There are " running-cnt " tests running." ))
        ((> running-cnt 0)
            (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "running cnt > 0 but <= 3 kill-running-tests-if-dead" )
   				  (let ((kill-cnt (launch:kill-tests-if-dead run-id)))
           			(if (and all-test-launched  (equal? all-test-launched "yes") (eq? kill-cnt running-cnt))
           					(launch:end-of-run-check run-id)))) ;;todo
        (else  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Should it get here?? May be everything is not launched yet. Running test cnt:" running-cnt " Not completed test cnt:" not-completed-cnt)
         (let* ((not-completed-tests (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id "%" `("NOT_STARTED" "RUNNING" "LAUNCHED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART") `() #f #f #f #f #f #f #f #f)))
       (if (> (length not-completed-tests) 0) 
           (let loop ((running-test (car not-completed-tests))
			     (tal    (cdr not-completed-tests)))
		       (let* ((test-name (vector-ref running-test 2))
                 (item-path (vector-ref running-test 11)))
			       	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "test " test-name "/" item-path " not completed")
              (if (not (null? tal))
				  (loop (car tal) (cdr tal)))))))))))        
 
;; This is the Megatest API. All generally "useful" routines will be wrapped or extended
;; here.

;;                       0           1              2              3
(defstruct launch:einf (pid #t)(exit-status #t)(exit-code #t)(rollup-status 0))

;;======================================================================
;;  R U N S
;;======================================================================

;; runs:get-runs-by-patt
;; get runs by list of criteria
;; register a test run with the db
;;
;; Use: (db-get-value-by-header (db:get-header runinfo)(db:get-rows runinfo))
;;  to extract info from the structure returned
;;
(define (mt:get-runs-by-patt keys runnamepatt targpatt)
  (let loop ((runsdat  (rmt:get-runs-by-patt keys runnamepatt targpatt 0 500 #f 0))
	     (res      '())
	     (offset   0)
	     (limit    500))
    ;; (print "runsdat: " runsdat)
    (let* ((header    (vector-ref runsdat 0))
	   (runslst   (vector-ref runsdat 1))
	   (full-list (append res runslst))
	   (have-more (eq? (length runslst) limit)))
      ;; (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "header: " header " runslst: " runslst " have-more: " have-more)
      (if have-more 
	  (let ((new-offset (+ offset limit))
		(next-batch (rmt:get-runs-by-patt keys runnamepatt targpatt offset limit #f 0)))
	    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "More than " limit " runs, have " (length full-list) " runs so far.")
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "next-batch: " next-batch)
	    (loop next-batch
		  full-list
		  new-offset
		  limit))
	 (vector header full-list)))))

;;======================================================================
;;  T E S T S
;;======================================================================

(define (mt:get-tests-for-run run-id testpatt states status #!key (not-in #t) (sort-by 'event_time) (sort-order "ASC") (qryvals #f)(last-update #f))
  (let loop ((testsdat (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id testpatt states status 0 500 not-in sort-by sort-order qryvals last-update 'normal))
	     (res      '())
	     (offset   0)
	     (limit    500))
    (let* ((full-list (append res testsdat))
	   (have-more (eq? (length testsdat) limit)))
      (if have-more 
	  (let ((new-offset (+ offset limit)))
	    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "More than " limit " tests, have " (length full-list) " tests so far.")
	    (loop (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id testpatt states status new-offset limit not-in sort-by sort-order qryvals last-update 'normal)
		  full-list
		  new-offset
		  limit))
	  full-list))))

(define (mt:lazy-get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons ref-item-path #!key (mode '(normal))(itemmaps #f) )
  (let* ((key    (list run-id waitons ref-item-path mode))
	 (res    (hash-table-ref/default *pre-reqs-met-cache* key #f))
	 (useres (let ((last-time (if (vector? res) (vector-ref res 0) #f)))
		   (if last-time
		       (< (current-seconds)(+ last-time 5))
		       #f))))
    (if useres
	(let ((result (vector-ref res 1)))
	  (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Using lazy value res: " result)
	  result)
	(let ((newres (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons ref-item-path mode: mode itemmaps: itemmaps)))
	  (hash-table-set! *pre-reqs-met-cache* key (vector (current-seconds) newres))
	  newres))))

(define (mt:get-run-stats dbstruct run-id)
;;  Get run stats from local access, move this ... but where?
  (db:get-run-stats dbstruct run-id))

(define (mt:discard-blocked-tests run-id failed-test tests test-records)
  (if (null? tests)
      tests
      (begin
	(debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Discarding tests from " tests " that are waiting on " failed-test)
	(let loop ((testn (car tests))
		   (remt  (cdr tests))
		   (res   '()))
	  (let* ((test-dat (hash-table-ref/default test-records testn (vector #f #f '())))
		 (waitons  (vector-ref test-dat 2)))
	    ;; (print "mt:discard-blocked-tests run-id: " run-id " failed-test: " failed-test " testn: " testn " with waitons: " waitons)
	    (if (null? remt)
		(let ((new-res (reverse res)))
		  ;; (print "       new-res: " new-res)
		  new-res)
		(loop (car remt)
		      (cdr remt)
		      (if (member failed-test waitons)
			  (begin
			    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Discarding test " testn "(" test-dat ") due to " failed-test)
			    res)
			  (cons testn res)))))))))

;;======================================================================
;;  S T A T E   A N D   S T A T U S   F O R   T E S T S 
;;======================================================================

;; speed up for common cases with a little logic
(define (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id newstate newstatus newcomment)
  (if (not (and run-id test-id))
      (begin
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "bad data handed to mt:test-set-state-status-by-id, run-id=" run-id ", test-id=" test-id ", newstate=" newstate)
	(print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	#f)
      (begin
	;; cond
	;; ((and newstate newstatus newcomment)
	;;  (rmt:general-call 'state-status-msg run-id newstate newstatus newcomment test-id))
	;; ((and newstate newstatus)
	;;  (rmt:general-call 'state-status run-id newstate newstatus test-id))
	;; (else
	;;  (if newstate   (rmt:general-call 'set-test-state   run-id newstate   test-id))
	;;  (if newstatus  (rmt:general-call 'set-test-status  run-id newstatus  test-id))
	;;  (if newcomment (rmt:general-call 'set-test-comment run-id newcomment test-id))))
	(rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-id #f newstate newstatus newcomment)
	;; (mt:process-triggers run-id test-id newstate newstatus)
	#t)))


(define (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id-unless-completed run-id test-id newstate newstatus newcomment)
  (let* ((test-vec   (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id))
         (state     (vector-ref test-vec 3)))
    (if (equal? state "COMPLETED")
        #t
        (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-id #f newstate newstatus newcomment))))

  
(define (mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname run-id test-name item-path new-state new-status new-comment)
  ;(let ((test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path)))
  (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path new-state new-status new-comment)
  ;; (mt:process-triggers run-id test-id new-state new-status)
  #t);)
	;;(mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id new-state new-status new-comment)))

(define (mt:test-set-state-status-by-testname-unless-completed run-id test-name item-path new-state new-status new-comment)
  (let ((test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path)))
    (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id-unless-completed run-id test-id new-state new-status new-comment)))
    
;; kill any runner processes (i.e. processes handling -runtests) that match target/runname
;; 
;; do a remote call to get the task queue info but do the killing as self here.
;;
(define (tasks:kill-runner target run-name testpatt)
  (let ((records    (rmt:tasks-find-task-queue-records target run-name testpatt "running" "run-tests"))
	(hostpid-rx (regexp "\\s+(\\w+)\\s+(\\d+)$"))) ;; host pid is at end of param string
    (if (null? records)
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "No run launching processes found for " target " / " run-name " with testpatt " (or testpatt "* no testpatt specified! *"))
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Found " (length records) " run(s) to kill."))
    (for-each 
     (lambda (record)
       (let* ((param-key (list-ref record 8))
	      (match-dat (string-search hostpid-rx param-key)))
	 (if match-dat
	     (let ((hostname  (cadr match-dat))
		   (pid       (string->number (caddr match-dat))))
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Sending SIGINT to process " pid " on host " hostname)
	       (if (equal? (get-host-name) hostname)
		   (if (process:alive? pid)
		       (begin
			 (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Kill of process " pid " on host " hostname " failed.")
			    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
			    #t)
			  (process-signal pid signal/int)
			  (thread-sleep! 5)
			  (if (process:alive? pid)
			      (process-signal pid signal/kill)))))
		   ;;  (call-with-environment-variables
		   (let ((old-targethost (getenv "TARGETHOST")))
		     (setenv "TARGETHOST" hostname)
		     (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" "server-kills.log")
		     (system (conc "nbfake kill " pid))
		     (if old-targethost (setenv "TARGETHOST" old-targethost))
		     (unsetenv "TARGETHOST")
		     (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF"))))
	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "no record or improper record for " target "/" run-name " in tasks_queue in main.db"))))
     records)))

(define (task:get-run-times)
   (let* ( 
           (run-patt (if (args:get-arg "-run-patt")
                        (args:get-arg "-run-patt")
                        "%"))
           (target-patt (if (args:get-arg "-target-patt")
                        (args:get-arg "-target-patt")
                        "%"))
 
           (run-times  (rmt:get-run-times  run-patt target-patt )))
   (if (eq? (length run-times) 0)
     (begin
       (print "Data not found!!")
       (exit)))
   (if (equal? (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") "json")
       (task:print-runtime-as-json run-times)
         (if (equal? (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") "csv")
	     (task:print-runtime run-times ",")
	     (task:print-runtime run-times "  ")))))

 (define (task:get-test-times)
   (let* ((runname (if (args:get-arg "-runname")
                        (args:get-arg "-runname")
                        #f))
           (target (if (args:get-arg "-target")
                        (args:get-arg "-target")
                        #f))
 
           (test-times  (rmt:get-test-times  runname target )))
   (if (not runname)
      (begin
      (print "Error: Missing argument -runname")
      (exit))) 
    (if (string-contains runname "%")
      (begin
      (print "Error: Invalid runname, '%' not allowed  (" runname ") ")
      (exit)))
    (if (not target)
      (begin
      (print "Error: Missing argument -target")
      (exit)))
     (if  (string-contains target "%")
      (begin
      (print "Error: Invalid target, '%' not allowed  (" target ") ")
      (exit)))
 
   (if (eq? (length test-times) 0)
     (begin
       (print "Data not found!!")
       (exit)))
   (if (equal? (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") "json")
       (task:print-testtime-as-json test-times)
         (if (equal? (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") "csv")
	     (task:print-testtime test-times ",")
	     (task:print-testtime test-times "  ")))))



;; gets mtpg-run-id and syncs the record if different
;;
(define (tasks:run-id->mtpg-run-id dbh cached-info run-id area-info smallest-last-update-time)
  (let* ((runs-ht (hash-table-ref cached-info 'runs))
	 (runinf  (hash-table-ref/default runs-ht run-id #f))
         (area-id (vector-ref area-info 0)))
       (if runinf
	runinf ;; already cached
	(let* ((run-dat    (rmt:get-run-info run-id))               ;; NOTE: get-run-info returns a vector < row header >
	       (run-name   (rmt:get-run-name-from-id run-id))
	       (row        (db:get-rows run-dat))                   ;; yes, this returns a single row
	       (header     (db:get-header run-dat))
	       (state      (db:get-value-by-header row header "state"))
	       (status     (db:get-value-by-header row header "status"))
	       (owner      (db:get-value-by-header row header "owner"))
	       (event-time (db:get-value-by-header row header "event_time"))
	       (comment    (db:get-value-by-header row header "comment"))
	       (fail-count (db:get-value-by-header row header "fail_count"))
	       (pass-count (db:get-value-by-header row header "pass_count"))
         (db-contour (db:get-value-by-header row header "contour"))
	       (contour    (if (args:get-arg "-prepend-contour") 
                                 (if (and db-contour (not (equal? db-contour ""))  (string? db-contour )) 
                                           (begin 
                                            (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "db-contour") 
 						db-contour)
					    (args:get-arg "-contour"))))
         (run-tag (if (args:get-arg "-run-tag")
                            (args:get-arg "-run-tag")
									""))
         (last-update (db:get-value-by-header row header "last_update"))
	       (keytarg    (if (or (args:get-arg "-prepend-contour") (args:get-arg "-prefix-target"))
	       			(conc "MT_CONTOUR/MT_AREA/" (string-intersperse (rmt:get-keys) "/")) (string-intersperse (rmt:get-keys) "/"))) ;; e.g. version/iteration/platform
	       (target     (if (or (args:get-arg "-prepend-contour") (args:get-arg "-prefix-target")) 
	       			(conc (or (args:get-arg "-prefix-target") (conc contour "/" (common:get-area-name) "/")) (rmt:get-target run-id)) (rmt:get-target run-id)))                 ;; e.g. v1.63/a3e1/ubuntu
	       (spec-id    (pgdb:get-ttype dbh keytarg))
	       (publish-time (if (args:get-arg "-cp-eventtime-to-publishtime")
                            event-time
                           (current-seconds))) 
	       (new-run-id (pgdb:get-run-id dbh spec-id target run-name area-id)))
         (if new-run-id
	         (begin ;; let ((run-record (pgdb:get-run-info dbh new-run-id))
		        (hash-table-set! runs-ht run-id new-run-id)
		;; ensure key fields are up to date
     ;; if last_update == pgdb_last_update do not update smallest-last-update-time  
    (let* ((pgdb-last-update (pgdb:get-run-last-update dbh new-run-id))
           (smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f)))
     (if (and  (> last-update pgdb-last-update) (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time)))
        (hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update)))
		(pgdb:refresh-run-info
		 dbh
		 new-run-id
		 state status owner event-time comment fail-count pass-count area-id last-update publish-time)
     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Working on run-id " run-id " pgdb-id "  new-run-id )
     (if (not (equal? run-tag ""))
      (task:add-run-tag dbh new-run-id run-tag))
		new-run-id) 
      
	      (if (equal? state "deleted")
          (begin 
          (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Warning: Run with id " run-id " was created after previous sync and deleted before the sync") #f)
          (if (handle-exceptions
		        exn
		        (begin (print-call-chain)
              (print ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))     
			      #f)
            
            (pgdb:insert-run
		     dbh
		     spec-id target run-name state status owner event-time comment fail-count pass-count  area-id last-update publish-time))
		       (let* ((smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f)))
             (if (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time))
        				(hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))
             (tasks:run-id->mtpg-run-id dbh cached-info run-id area-info smallest-last-update-time))
		  #f)))))))

(define (task:add-run-tag dbh run-id tag) 
  (let* ((tag-info (pgdb:get-tag-info-by-name dbh tag)))
   (if (not tag-info)
     (begin   
     (if (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin 
               (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))     
	   #f)
	   (pgdb:insert-tag  dbh   tag))
                       (set! tag-info (pgdb:get-tag-info-by-name dbh tag))
		  #f)))
     ;;add to area_tags
     (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin 
               (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))     
	   #f)
           (if (not (pgdb:is-run-taged-with-a-tag dbh (vector-ref tag-info 0)  run-id))  
	   (pgdb:insert-run-tag  dbh   (vector-ref tag-info 0)  run-id)))))


(define (tasks:sync-test-steps dbh cached-info test-step-ids smallest-last-update-time)
 ; (print "Sync Steps " test-step-ids )
  (let ((test-ht (hash-table-ref cached-info 'tests))
        (step-ht (hash-table-ref cached-info 'steps)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (test-step-id)
        (let* ((test-step-info  (rmt:get-steps-info-by-id test-step-id))
               (step-id (tdb:step-get-id test-step-info))
               (test-id  (tdb:step-get-test_id    test-step-info))   
	       (stepname (tdb:step-get-stepname  test-step-info))
	       (state (tdb:step-get-state test-step-info))	
	       (status (tdb:step-get-status test-step-info))	
	       (event_time (tdb:step-get-event_time  test-step-info))	
	       (comment  (tdb:step-get-comment test-step-info))	
	       (logfile (tdb:step-get-logfile test-step-info))	
         (last-update (tdb:step-get-last_update test-step-info))
	       (pgdb-test-id  (hash-table-ref/default test-ht test-id #f))
				 (smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f))
         (pgdb-step-id (if pgdb-test-id 
                         (pgdb:get-test-step-id dbh pgdb-test-id stepname state)
                          #f)))
    (if step-id
      (begin  
        (if pgdb-test-id
           (begin 
                (if  pgdb-step-id
                   (begin
                    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Updating existing test-step with test-id: " test-id " and step-id " step-id " pgdb test id: " pgdb-test-id " pgdb step id " pgdb-step-id )
										(let* ((pgdb-last-update (pgdb:get-test-step-last-update dbh pgdb-step-id)))
         (if (and  (> last-update pgdb-last-update) (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time)))
        (hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))) 
                    (pgdb:update-test-step dbh pgdb-step-id pgdb-test-id stepname state status event_time comment logfile last-update))
                    (begin
 		      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Inserting test-step with test-id: " test-id " and step-id " step-id  " pgdb test id: " pgdb-test-id)
                     (if (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time))
        				      (hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))
                      (pgdb:insert-test-step dbh pgdb-test-id stepname state status event_time comment logfile last-update )
                      (set! pgdb-step-id  (pgdb:get-test-step-id dbh pgdb-test-id stepname state))))
                (hash-table-set! step-ht step-id pgdb-step-id ))
           (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Error: Test not cashed")))
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Error: Could not get test step info for step id " test-step-id ))))	;; this is a wierd senario need to debug      	
   test-step-ids)))

(define (tasks:sync-test-gen-data dbh cached-info test-data-ids smallest-last-update-time)
  (let ((test-ht (hash-table-ref cached-info 'tests))
        (data-ht (hash-table-ref cached-info 'data)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (test-data-id)
        (let* ((test-data-info  (rmt:get-data-info-by-id test-data-id))
               (data-id (db:test-data-get-id  test-data-info))
               (test-id  (db:test-data-get-test_id   test-data-info))   
	       (category  (db:test-data-get-category  test-data-info))
	       (variable  (db:test-data-get-variable test-data-info))	
	       (value (db:test-data-get-value  test-data-info))	
               (expected (db:test-data-get-expected  test-data-info))
               (tol (db:test-data-get-tol  test-data-info))
               (units (db:test-data-get-units  test-data-info))     
	       (comment  (db:test-data-get-comment test-data-info))	
               (status (db:test-data-get-status test-data-info))	
	       (type (db:test-data-get-type test-data-info))
				 (last-update (db:test-data-get-last_update test-data-info))
				 (smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f))
   	
	       (pgdb-test-id  (hash-table-ref/default test-ht test-id #f))
               (pgdb-data-id (if pgdb-test-id 
                                 (pgdb:get-test-data-id dbh pgdb-test-id category variable)
                                  #f)))
    (if data-id
      (begin
        (if pgdb-test-id
           (begin 
                (if  pgdb-data-id
                   (begin
                    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Updating existing test-data with test-id: " test-id " and  data-id " data-id " pgdb test id: " pgdb-test-id " pgdb data id " pgdb-data-id)
                    (let* ((pgdb-last-update (pgdb:get-test-data-last-update dbh pgdb-data-id)))
         (if (and  (>  last-update pgdb-last-update) (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time)))
        (hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))) 
                    (pgdb:update-test-data dbh pgdb-data-id pgdb-test-id  category variable value expected tol units comment status type last-update))
                    (begin
 		      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Inserting test-data with test-id: " test-id " and data-id " data-id " pgdb test id: " pgdb-test-id)
                       (if (handle-exceptions
		      exn
		      (begin (print-call-chain)
                              (print ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))     
			#f)
                     
                    (pgdb:insert-test-data dbh pgdb-test-id category variable value expected tol units comment status type last-update))
		       ;(tasks:run-id->mtpg-run-id dbh cached-info run-id area-info)
                      (begin
                      ;(pgdb:insert-test-data dbh pgdb-test-id category variable value expected tol units comment status type )
											(if (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time))
        								(hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))
                      (set! pgdb-data-id  (pgdb:get-test-data-id dbh pgdb-test-id  category variable)))
		   #f)))
                (hash-table-set! data-ht data-id pgdb-data-id ))
             (begin
                 (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Error: Test not in pgdb"))))

      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "Error: Could not get test data info for data id " test-data-id ))))	;; this is a wierd senario need to debug      	
   test-data-ids)))



(define (tasks:sync-tests-data dbh cached-info test-ids area-info smallest-last-update-time)
  (let ((test-ht (hash-table-ref cached-info 'tests)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (test-id)
      ; (print test-id)
       (let* ((test-info    (rmt:get-test-info-by-id #f test-id))
	      (run-id       (db:test-get-run_id    test-info)) ;; look these up in db_records.scm
	      (test-id      (db:test-get-id        test-info))
	      (test-name    (db:test-get-testname  test-info))
	      (item-path    (db:test-get-item-path test-info))
	      (state        (db:test-get-state     test-info))
	      (status       (db:test-get-status    test-info))
	      (host         (db:test-get-host      test-info))
        (pid          (db:test-get-process_id test-info)) 
	      (cpuload      (db:test-get-cpuload   test-info))
	      (diskfree     (db:test-get-diskfree  test-info))
	      (uname        (db:test-get-uname     test-info))
	      (run-dir      (db:test-get-rundir    test-info))
	      (log-file     (db:test-get-final_logf test-info))
	      (run-duration (db:test-get-run_duration test-info))
	      (comment      (db:test-get-comment   test-info))
	      (event-time   (db:test-get-event_time test-info))
	      (archived     (db:test-get-archived  test-info))
        (last-update  (db:test-get-last_update  test-info))
	      (pgdb-run-id  (tasks:run-id->mtpg-run-id dbh cached-info run-id area-info smallest-last-update-time))
        (smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f))       
	      (pgdb-test-id (if pgdb-run-id 
				(begin
                                  ;(print pgdb-run-id)    
                                 (pgdb:get-test-id dbh pgdb-run-id test-name item-path))
                                 #f)))
	 ;; "id"           "run_id"        "testname"  "state"      "status"      "event_time"
	 ;; "host"         "cpuload"       "diskfree"  "uname"      "rundir"      "item_path"
	 ;; "run_duration" "final_logf"    "comment"   "shortdir"   "attemptnum"  "archived"
         (if pgdb-run-id
           (begin
	   (if pgdb-test-id ;; have a record
	     (begin ;; let ((key-name (conc run-id "/" test-name "/" item-path)))
	       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Updating existing test with run-id: " run-id " and test-id: " test-id " pgdb run id: " pgdb-run-id "  pgdb-test-id "  pgdb-test-id)
         (let* ((pgdb-last-update (pgdb:get-test-last-update dbh pgdb-test-id)))
         (if (and  (>  last-update pgdb-last-update) (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time))) ;;if last-update is same as pgdb-last-update then it is safe to assume the records are identical and we can use a larger last update time.
        (hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))) 
	       (pgdb:update-test dbh pgdb-test-id pgdb-run-id test-name item-path state status host cpuload diskfree uname run-dir log-file run-duration comment event-time archived last-update pid))
	     (begin 
           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Inserting test with run-id: " run-id " and test-id: " test-id  " pgdb run id: " pgdb-run-id)
           (pgdb:insert-test dbh pgdb-run-id test-name item-path state status host cpuload diskfree uname run-dir log-file run-duration comment event-time archived last-update pid)
            (if (or (not smallest-time) (< last-update smallest-time))
        				(hash-table-set! smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" last-update))
           (set! pgdb-test-id (pgdb:get-test-id dbh pgdb-run-id test-name item-path))))
           (hash-table-set! test-ht test-id pgdb-test-id))
           (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  "WARNING: Skipping run with run-id:" run-id ". This run was created after privious sync and removed before this sync."))))
     test-ids)))

(define (task:add-area-tag dbh area-info tag) 
  (let* ((tag-info (pgdb:get-tag-info-by-name dbh tag)))
   (if (not tag-info)
     (begin   
     (if (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin 
               (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))     
	   #f)
	   (pgdb:insert-tag  dbh   tag))
                       (set! tag-info (pgdb:get-tag-info-by-name dbh tag))
		  #f)))
     ;;add to area_tags
     (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin 
               (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*  ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))     
	   #f)
           (if (not (pgdb:is-area-taged-with-a-tag dbh (vector-ref tag-info 0)  (vector-ref area-info 0)))  
	   (pgdb:insert-area-tag  dbh   (vector-ref tag-info 0)  (vector-ref area-info 0))))))

(define (tasks:sync-run-data dbh cached-info run-ids area-info smallest-last-update-time) 
  (for-each
     (lambda (run-id)
      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port*   "Check if run with " run-id " needs to be synced" )
       (tasks:run-id->mtpg-run-id dbh cached-info run-id area-info smallest-last-update-time))
run-ids))


;; get runs changed since last sync
;; (define (tasks:sync-test-data dbh cached-info area-info)
;;   (let* ((

(define (tasks:sync-to-postgres configdat dest)
  (print "In sync")
  (let* ((dbh         (pgdb:open configdat dbname: dest))
	 (area-info   (pgdb:get-area-by-path dbh *toppath*))
	 (cached-info (make-hash-table))
	 (start       (current-seconds))
   (test-patt   (if (args:get-arg "-testpatt")
											(args:get-arg "-testpatt")
                      "%"))
   (target         (if (args:get-arg "-target")
														 (args:get-arg "-target")
													#f))
    (run-name         (if (args:get-arg "-runname")
														 (args:get-arg "-runname")
													#f)))
     (if (and target  (not run-name))
       (begin
					(print "Error: Provide runname")
          (exit 1)))
     (if (and (not target)  run-name)
       (begin
					(print "Error: Provide target")
          (exit 1)))
    ;(print "123")
    ;(exit 1) 
    (for-each (lambda (dtype)
		(hash-table-set! cached-info dtype (make-hash-table)))
	      '(runs targets tests steps data))
    (hash-table-set! cached-info 'start start) ;; when done we'll set sync times to this
    (if area-info
	(let* ((last-sync-time (vector-ref area-info 3))
	       (smallest-last-update-time  (make-hash-table))
         (changed      (if (and target run-name)
                            (rmt:get-run-record-ids target run-name (rmt:get-keys) test-patt)
                            (rmt:get-changed-record-ids last-sync-time)))
	       (run-ids        (alist-ref 'runs       changed))
	       (test-ids       (alist-ref 'tests      changed))
	       (test-step-ids  (alist-ref 'test_steps changed))
	       (test-data-ids  (alist-ref 'test_data  changed))
	       (run-stat-ids   (alist-ref 'run_stats  changed))
         (area-tag    (if (args:get-arg "-area-tag") 
                                 (args:get-arg "-area-tag")
                                 (if (args:get-arg "-area") 
                                   (args:get-arg "-area") 
                                   ""))))
           (if (and (equal? area-tag "") (not (pgdb:is-area-taged dbh (vector-ref area-info 0))))
            (set! area-tag *default-area-tag*)) 
           (if (not (equal? area-tag "")) 
             (task:add-area-tag dbh area-info area-tag)) 
	  (if (or (not (null? test-ids)) (not (null? run-ids)))
	      (begin
                (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "syncing runs")   
	              (tasks:sync-run-data dbh cached-info run-ids area-info smallest-last-update-time) 
                (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "syncing tests")
		            (tasks:sync-tests-data dbh cached-info test-ids area-info smallest-last-update-time)
                (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "syncing test steps")
                (tasks:sync-test-steps dbh cached-info test-step-ids smallest-last-update-time)
								(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "syncing test data")
                (tasks:sync-test-gen-data dbh cached-info test-data-ids smallest-last-update-time)
                (print "----------done---------------")))
     (let*  ((smallest-time (hash-table-ref/default smallest-last-update-time "smallest-time" #f)))
     (debug:print-info 0 "smallest-time :" smallest-time  " last-sync-time " last-sync-time)
    (if (not (and target run-name)) 
	  (if (or (and smallest-time (> smallest-time last-sync-time)) (and smallest-time (eq? last-sync-time 0)))
				(pgdb:write-sync-time dbh area-info smallest-time))))) ;;this needs to be changed
	(if (tasks:set-area dbh configdat)
	    (tasks:sync-to-postgres configdat dest)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: unable to create an area record")
	      #f)))))

;;======================================================================
;; L O C K I N G   M E C H A N I S M S 
;;======================================================================

;; faux-lock is deprecated. Please use simple-lock below
;;
(define (common:faux-lock keyname #!key (wait-time 8)(allow-lock-steal #t))
  (if (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f) ;; do not be tempted to compare to pid. locking is a one-shot action, if already locked for this pid it doesn't actually count
      (if (> wait-time 0)
	  (begin
	    (thread-sleep! 1)
	    (if (eq? wait-time 1) ;; only one second left, steal the lock
		(begin
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "stealing lock for " keyname)
		  (common:faux-unlock keyname force: #t)))
	    (common:faux-lock keyname wait-time: (- wait-time 1)))
	  #f)
      (begin
        (rmt:no-sync-set keyname (conc (current-process-id)))
        (equal? (conc (current-process-id)) (conc (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f))))))

(define (common:faux-unlock keyname #!key (force #f))
  (if (or force (equal? (conc (current-process-id)) (conc (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f))))
      (begin
        (if (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f) (rmt:no-sync-del! keyname))
        #t)
      #f))

;; simple lock. improve and converge on this one.
;;
(define (common:simple-lock keyname)
  (rmt:no-sync-get-lock keyname))

(define (common:simple-unlock keyname #!key (force #f))
  (rmt:no-sync-del! keyname))

;;======================================================================
;; db based host calls
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;;  T E S T   L A U N C H I N G   P E R   I T E M   W I T H   H O S T   T Y P E S
;;======================================================================
;; 
;; [hosts]
;; arm cubie01 cubie02
;; x86_64 zeus xena myth01
;; allhosts #{g hosts arm} #{g hosts x86_64}
;; 
;; [host-types]
;; general #MTLOWESTLOAD #{g hosts allhosts}
;; arm     #MTLOWESTLOAD #{g hosts arm}
;; nbgeneral nbjob run JOBCOMMAND -log $MT_LINKTREE/$MT_TARGET/$MT_RUNNAME.$MT_TESTNAME-$MT_ITEM_PATH.lgo
;;
;; [host-rules]
;; # maxnload   => max normalized load
;; # maxnjobs   => max jobs per cpu
;; # maxjobrate => max jobs per second
;; general maxnload=1.1; maxnjobs=1.2; maxjobrate=0.1 
;; 
;; [launchers]
;; envsetup general
;; xor/%/n 4C16G
;; % nbgeneral
;; 
;; [jobtools]
;; # if defined and not "no" flexi-launcher will bypass "launcher" unless no match.
;; flexi-launcher yes  
;; launcher nbfake
;;
(define (common:get-launcher configdat testname itempath)
  (let ((fallback-launcher (configf:lookup configdat "jobtools" "launcher")))
    (if (and (configf:lookup configdat "jobtools" "flexi-launcher") ;; overrides launcher
	     (not (equal? (configf:lookup configdat "jobtools" "flexi-launcher") "no")))
	(let* ((launchers         (hash-table-ref/default configdat "launchers" '())))
	  (if (null? launchers)
	      fallback-launcher
	      (let loop ((hed (car launchers))
			 (tal (cdr launchers)))
		(let ((patt      (car hed))
		      (host-type (cadr hed)))
		  (if (tests:match patt testname itempath)
		      (begin
			(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Have flexi-launcher match for " testname "/" itempath " = " host-type)
			(let ((launcher (configf:lookup configdat "host-types" host-type)))
			  (if launcher
			      (let* ((launcher-parts (string-split launcher))
				     (launcher-exe   (car launcher-parts)))
				(if (equal? launcher-exe "#MTLOWESTLOAD") ;; this is our special case, we will find the lowest load and craft a nbfake commandline
				    (let host-loop ((targ-host (common:get-least-loaded-host (cdr launcher-parts) host-type configdat))
						    (count     100))
				      (if targ-host
					  (conc "remrun " targ-host)
					  (if (> count 0)
					      (begin
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Waiting for a host for host-type " host-type)
						(thread-sleep! (- 101 count))
						(host-loop (common:get-least-loaded-host (cdr launcher-parts) host-type configdat)
							   (- count 1)))
					      (begin
						(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL: Failed to find a host from #MTLOWESTLOAD for host-type " host-type)
						(exit)))))
				    launcher))
			      (begin
				(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: no launcher found for host-type " host-type)
				(if (null? tal)
				    fallback-launcher
				    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))))))
		      ;; no match, try again
		      (if (null? tal)
			  fallback-launcher
			  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))))
	fallback-launcher)))

;; ideally put all this info into the db, no need to preserve it across moving homehost
;;
;; return list of
;;  ( reachable? cpuload update-time )
(define (common:get-host-info hostname)
  (let* ((loadinfo                         (rmt:get-latest-host-load hostname)) ;; if this host happens to have been recently used by a test reuse the load data
         (load                             (car loadinfo))
         (load-sample-time                 (cdr loadinfo))
         (load-sample-age                  (- (current-seconds) load-sample-time))
         (loadinfo-timeout-seconds         6) ;; this was 20 seconds, seems way too lax. Switch to 6 seconds
         (host-last-update-timeout-seconds 4)
         (host-rec (hash-table-ref/default *host-loads* hostname #f))
         )
    (cond
     ((< load-sample-age loadinfo-timeout-seconds)
      (list #t
            load-sample-time
            load))
     ((and host-rec
           (< (current-seconds) (+ (host-last-update host-rec) host-last-update-timeout-seconds)))
      (list #t
            (host-last-update host-rec)
            (host-last-cpuload host-rec )))
     ((common:unix-ping hostname)
      (list #t
            (current-seconds)
            (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load hostname)))) ;; this is cheaper than you might think. get-normalized-cpu-load is cached for up to 5 seconds
     (else
      (list #f 0 -1) ;; bad host, don't use!
      ))))

;; see defstruct host at top of file.
;;    host: reachable last-update last-used last-cpuload
;;
(define (common:update-host-loads-table hosts-raw)
  (let* ((hosts (filter (lambda (x)
                          (string-match (regexp "^\\S+$") x))
                        hosts-raw)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (hostname)
       (let* ((rec       (let ((h (hash-table-ref/default *host-loads* hostname #f)))
                          (if h
                              h
                              (let ((h (make-host)))
                                (hash-table-set! *host-loads* hostname h)
                                h))))
              (host-info         (common:get-host-info hostname))
              (is-reachable      (car host-info))
              (last-reached-time (cadr host-info))
              (load              (caddr host-info)))
         (host-reachable-set!    rec is-reachable)
         (host-last-update-set!  rec last-reached-time)
         (host-last-cpuload-set! rec load)))
     hosts)))

;; go through the hosts from least recently used to most recently used, pick the first that meets the load criteral from the
;; [host-rules] section.
;;
(define (common:get-least-loaded-host hosts-raw host-type configdat)
  (let* ((rdat       (configf:lookup configdat "host-rules" host-type))
	 (rules      (common:val->alist (or rdat "") convert: #t))   ;; maxnload, maxnjobs, maxjobrate
	 (maxnload   (common:alist-ref/default 'maxnload rules 1.5)) ;; max normalized load
	 (maxnjobs   (common:alist-ref/default 'maxnjobs rules 1.5)) ;; max normalized number of jobs
	 (maxjobrate (common:alist-ref/default 'maxjobrate rules (/ 1 6))) ;; max rate of submitting jobs to a given host in jobs/second
	 (hosts      (filter (lambda (x)
			       (string-match (regexp "^\\S+$") x))
			     hosts-raw))
         ;; (best-host #f)
	 (get-rec    (lambda (hostname)
		       ;; (print "get-rec hostname=" hostname)
		       (let ((h (hash-table-ref/default *host-loads* hostname #f)))
			 (if h
			     h
			     (let ((h (make-host)))
			       (hash-table-set! *host-loads* hostname h)
			       h)))))
         (best-load 99999)
         (curr-time (current-seconds))
	 (get-hosts-sorted (lambda (hosts)
			     (sort hosts (lambda (a b)
					   (let ((a-rec (get-rec a))
						 (b-rec (get-rec b)))
					     ;; (print "a=" a " a-rec=" a-rec " host-last-used=" (host-last-used a-rec))
					     ;; (print "b=" b " b-rec=" b-rec " host-last-used=" (host-last-used b-rec))
					     (< (host-last-used a-rec)
						(host-last-used b-rec))))))))
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: hosts-sorted=" (get-hosts-sorted hosts))
    (if (null? hosts)
	#f ;; no hosts to select from. All done and giving up now.
	(let ((hosts-sorted (get-hosts-sorted hosts)))
	  (common:update-host-loads-table hosts)
	  (let loop ((hostname  (car hosts-sorted))
		     (tal       (cdr hosts-sorted))
		     (best-host #f))
	    (let* ((rec       (get-rec hostname))
		   (reachable (host-reachable     rec))
		   (load      (host-last-cpuload  rec))
		   (last-used (host-last-used     rec))
		   (delta     (- curr-time last-used))
		   (job-rate  (if (> delta 0)
				  (/ 1 delta)
				  999)) ;; jobs per second
		   (new-best  
		    (cond
		     ((not reachable)
		      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping host " hostname " as it cannot be reached.")
		      best-host)
		     ((and (< load maxnload)        ;; load is acceptable
			   (< job-rate maxjobrate)) ;; job rate is acceptable
		      (set! best-load load)
		      hostname)
		     (else best-host))))
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying host " hostname " with load " load ", last used " delta " seconds ago, with job-rate " job-rate " for running a test." )
	      (if new-best
		  (begin ;; found a host, return it
		    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Found host: " new-best " load: " load " last-used: " delta " seconds ago, with job-rate: " job-rate)
		    (host-last-used-set! rec curr-time)
		    new-best)
		  (if (null? tal) #f (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) best-host)))))))))

(define (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload-in numcpus-in waitdelay #!key (count 1000) (msg #f)(remote-host #f)(force-maxload #f))
  (let* ((loadavg (common:get-cpu-load remote-host))
	 (numcpus (if (<= 1 numcpus-in) ;; not possible to have zero.  If we get 1, it's possible that we got the previous default, and we should check again
		      (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
		      numcpus-in))
	 (maxload (if force-maxload
		      maxload-in
		      (max maxload-in 0.5))) ;; so maxload must be greater than 0.5 for now BUG - FIXME?
	 (first   (car loadavg))
	 (next    (cadr loadavg))
	 (adjload (* maxload (max 1 numcpus))) ;; possible bug where numcpus (or could be maxload) is zero, crude fallback is to at least use 1
	 (loadjmp (- first next))
         (adjwait (min (+ 300 (random 10)) (abs (* (+ (random 10)(/ (- 1000 count) 10) waitdelay) (- first adjload) ))  ))) ;; add some randomness to the time to break any alignment where netbatch dumps many jobs to machines simultaneously
    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Checking cpuload on " (or remote-host "localhost") ", maxload: " maxload
		      ", load: " first ", adjload: " adjload ", loadjmp: " loadjmp)
    (cond
     ((and (> first adjload)
	   (> count 0))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server start delayed " adjwait " seconds due to load " first " exceeding max of " adjload " on server " (or remote-host (get-host-name)) " (normalized load-limit: " maxload ") " (if msg msg ""))
      (thread-sleep! adjwait)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1) msg: msg remote-host: remote-host))
     ((and (> loadjmp numcpus)
	   (> count 0))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " adjwait " seconds due to load jump " loadjmp " > numcpus " numcpus (if msg msg ""))
      (thread-sleep! adjwait)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1) msg: msg remote-host: remote-host)))))

(define (common:wait-for-homehost-load maxload msg)
  (let* ((hh-dat (if (common:on-homehost?) ;; if we are on the homehost then pass in #f so the calls are local.
                     #f
                     (common:get-homehost)))
         (hh     (if hh-dat (car hh-dat) #f))
         (numcpus (common:get-num-cpus hh)))
    (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxload msg hh)))

(define (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
  (let* ((actual-host (or remote-host (get-host-name))))
    (or (common:get-cached-info actual-host "num-cpus" age: 86400) ;; hosts had better not be changing the number of cpus too often!
	(let* ((proc   (lambda ()
			 (let loop ((numcpu 0)
				    (inl    (read-line)))
			   (if (eof-object? inl)
			       (begin
				 (common:write-cached-info remote-host "num-cpus" numcpu)
				 numcpu)
			       (loop (if (string-match "^processor\\s+:\\s+\\d+$" inl)
					 (+ numcpu 1)
					 numcpu)
				     (read-line))))))
	       (result (if remote-host
			   (with-input-from-pipe 
			       (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/cpuinfo")
			     proc)
			   (with-input-from-file "/proc/cpuinfo" proc))))
	  (common:write-cached-info actual-host "num-cpus" result)
	  result))))

;; wait for normalized cpu load to drop below maxload
;;
(define (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxload msg remote-host)
  (let ((num-cpus (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)))
    (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload num-cpus 15 msg: msg remote-host: remote-host)))

;;======================================================================
;; D E B U G G I N G   S T U F F 
;;======================================================================

;; (define *verbosity*         1)
;; (define *logging*           #f)

(define (common:set-last-run-version)
  (rmt:set-var "MEGATEST_VERSION" (common:version-signature)))

;; postive number if megatest version > db version
;; negative number if megatest version < db version
(define (common:version-db-delta)
         (- megatest-version (common:get-last-run-version-number)))

(define (common:version-changed?)
  (not (equal? (common:get-last-run-version)
               (common:version-signature))))

;; from metadat lookup MEGATEST_VERSION
;;
(define (common:get-last-run-version) ;; RADT => How does this work in send-receive function??; assume it is the value saved in some DB
  (rmt:get-var "MEGATEST_VERSION"))

(define (common:get-last-run-version-number)
  (string->number 
   (substring (common:get-last-run-version) 0 6)))

(define (common:api-changed?)
  (not (equal? (substring (->string megatest-version) 0 4)
               (substring (conc (common:get-last-run-version)) 0 4))))

;; '(print (string-intersperse (map cadr (hash-table-ref/default (read-config "megatest.config" \#f \#t) "disks" '"'"'("none" ""))) "\n"))'
(define (common:get-disks #!key (configf #f))
  (hash-table-ref/default 
   (or configf (configf:read-config "megatest.config" #f #t))
   "disks" '("none" "")))

;;======================================================================
;; watchdog and exit procedures
;;======================================================================

;;======================================================================
;; E X I T   H A N D L I N G
;;======================================================================

;;   (let ((ohh (common:on-homehost?))
;; 	(srv (args:get-arg "-server")))
;;     (and ohh srv)))
    ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "common:run-sync? ohh=" ohh ", srv=" srv)

(define *watchdog* (make-thread
		    (lambda ()
		      (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (print-call-chain)
			    (print " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
			(common:watchdog)))
		    "Watchdog thread"))

;; currently the primary job of the watchdog is to run the sync back to megatest.db from the db in /tmp
;; if we are on the homehost and we are a server (by definition we are on the homehost if we are a server)
;;
(define (common:readonly-watchdog dbstruct)
  (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; delay for startup
  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "common:readonly-watchdog entered.")
  ;; sync megatest.db to /tmp/.../megatst.db
  (let* ((sync-cool-off-duration   3)
        (golden-mtdb     (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb dbstruct))
        (golden-mtpath   (db:dbdat-get-path golden-mtdb))
        (tmp-mtdb        (dbr:dbstruct-tmpdb dbstruct))
        (tmp-mtpath      (db:dbdat-get-path tmp-mtdb)))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Read-only periodic sync thread started.")
    (let loop ((last-sync-time 0))
      (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "loop top tmp-mtpath="tmp-mtpath" golden-mtpath="golden-mtpath)
      (let* ((duration-since-last-sync (- (current-seconds) last-sync-time)))
        (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "duration-since-last-sync="duration-since-last-sync)
        (if (and (not *time-to-exit*)
                 (< duration-since-last-sync sync-cool-off-duration))
            (thread-sleep! (- sync-cool-off-duration duration-since-last-sync)))
        (if (not *time-to-exit*)
            (let ((golden-mtdb-mtime (file-modification-time golden-mtpath))
                  (tmp-mtdb-mtime    (file-modification-time tmp-mtpath)))
	      (if (> golden-mtdb-mtime tmp-mtdb-mtime)
		  (if (< golden-mtdb-mtime (- (current-seconds) 3)) ;; file has NOT been touched in past three seconds, this way multiple servers won't fight to sync back
		      (let ((res (db:multi-db-sync dbstruct 'old2new)))
			(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "rosync called, " res " records transferred."))))
              (loop (current-seconds)))
            #t)))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting readonly-watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id)" mtpath="golden-mtpath)))


;; TODO: for multiple areas, we will have multiple watchdogs; and multiple threads to manage
(define (common:watchdog)
  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "common:watchdog entered.")
  (if (launch:setup)
      (if (common:on-homehost?)
	  (let ((dbstruct (db:setup #t)))
	    (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "after db:setup with dbstruct=" dbstruct)
	    (cond
	     ((dbr:dbstruct-read-only dbstruct)
	      (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "loading read-only watchdog")
	      (common:readonly-watchdog dbstruct))
	     (else
	      (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "loading writable-watchdog.")
              (let* ((syncer (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "sync-method") "brute-force-sync")))
                (cond
                 ((equal? syncer "brute-force-sync")
                  (server:writable-watchdog-bruteforce dbstruct))
                 ((equal? syncer "delta-sync")
                  (server:writable-watchdog-deltasync dbstruct))
                 (else
                  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Unknown server/sync-method specified ("syncer") - valid values are brute-force-sync and delta-sync.")
                  (exit 1)))
                ;;(debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] Syncer started (method="syncer")")
                )))
	    (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "watchdog done."))
	  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "no need for watchdog on non-homehost"))))


(define (std-exit-procedure)
  ;;(common:telemetry-log-close)
  (on-exit (lambda () 0))
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "std-exit-procedure called; *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
  (let ((no-hurry  (if *time-to-exit* ;; hurry up
		       #f
		       (begin
			 (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
			 #t))))
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "starting exit process, finalizing databases.")
    (if (and no-hurry (debug:debug-mode 18))
	(rmt:print-db-stats))
    (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda () ;; thread for cleaning up, give it five seconds
                              (if *dbstruct-db* (db:close-all *dbstruct-db*)) ;; one second allocated
			      (if *task-db*    
				  (let ((db (cdr *task-db*)))
				    (if (sqlite3:database? db)
					(begin
					  (sqlite3:interrupt! db)
					  (sqlite3:finalize! db #t)
					  ;; (vector-set! *task-db* 0 #f)
					  (set! *task-db* #f)))))
                              #;(http-client#close-all-connections!)
                              ;; (if (and *runremote*
                              ;;          (remote-conndat *runremote*))
                              ;;     (begin
                              ;;       (http-client#close-all-connections!))) ;; for http-client
                              (if (not (eq? *default-log-port* (current-error-port)))
                                  (close-output-port *default-log-port*))
			      (set! *default-log-port* (current-error-port))) "Cleanup db exit thread"))
	  (th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
			      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Attempting clean exit. Please be patient and wait a few seconds...")
			      (if no-hurry
                                  (begin
                                    (thread-sleep! 5)) ;; give the clean up few seconds to do it's stuff
                                  (begin
      				  (thread-sleep! 2)))
      			      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* " ... done")
      			      )
			    "clean exit")))
      (thread-start! th1)
      (thread-start! th2)
      (thread-join! th1)
      )
    )

  0)

(define (std-signal-handler signum)
  ;; (signal-mask! signum)
  (set! *time-to-exit* #t) 
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "got signal "signum)
  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Received signal " signum " aaa exiting promptly")
  ;; (std-exit-procedure) ;; shouldn't need this since we are exiting and it will be called anyway
  (exit))

(define (special-signal-handler signum)
  ;; (signal-mask! signum)
  (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
  ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "got signal "signum)
  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Received signal " signum " sending email befor exiting!!")
  ;;TODO send email to notify admin contact listed in the config that the lisner got killed
  ;; (std-exit-procedure) ;; shouldn't need this since we are exiting and it will be called anyway
  (exit))


(set-signal-handler! signal/int  std-signal-handler)  ;; ^C
(set-signal-handler! signal/term std-signal-handler)

;; (set-signal-handler! signal/stop std-signal-handler)  ;; ^Z NO, do NOT handle ^Z!

;; Force a megatest cleanup-db if version is changed and skip-version-check not specified
;; Do NOT check if not on homehost!
;;
(define (common:exit-on-version-changed)
  (if (common:on-homehost?)
      (if (common:api-changed?)
	  (let* ((mtconf (conc (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME") "/megatest.config"))
                (dbfile  (conc (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME") "/megatest.db"))
                (read-only (not (file-write-access? dbfile)))
                (dbstruct (db:setup #t)))
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*
			 "WARNING: Version mismatch!\n"
			 "   expected: " (common:version-signature) "\n"
			 "   got:      " (common:get-last-run-version))
            (cond
             ((get-environment-variable "MT_SKIP_DB_MIGRATE") #t)
             ((and (common:file-exists? mtconf) (common:file-exists? dbfile) (not read-only)
                   (eq? (current-user-id)(file-owner mtconf))) ;; safe to run -cleanup-db
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   I see you are the owner of megatest.config, attempting to cleanup and reset to new version")
              (handle-exceptions
               exn
               (begin
                 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to switch versions.")
                 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
                 (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
                 (exit 1))
               (common:cleanup-db dbstruct)))
             ((not (common:file-exists? mtconf))
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   megatest.config does not exist in this area.  Cannot proceed with megatest version migration.")
              (exit 1))
             ((not (common:file-exists? dbfile))
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   megatest.db does not exist in this area.  Cannot proceed with megatest version migration.")
              (exit 1))
             ((not (eq? (current-user-id)(file-owner mtconf)))
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   You do not own megatest.db in this area.  Cannot proceed with megatest version migration.")
              (exit 1))
             (read-only
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   You have read-only access to this area.  Cannot proceed with megatest version migration.")
              (exit 1))
             (else
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " to switch versions you can run: \"megatest -cleanup-db\"")
              (exit 1)))))))
;;      (begin
;;	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: cannot migrate version unless on homehost. Exiting.")
;;	(exit 1))))

;; Move me elsewhere ...
;; RADT => Why do we meed the version check here, this is called only if version misma
;;
(define (common:cleanup-db dbstruct #!key (full #f))
  (apply db:multi-db-sync 
   dbstruct
   'schema
   ;; 'new2old
   'killservers
   'adj-target
   ;; 'old2new
   'new2old
   ;; (if full
       '(dejunk)
       ;; '())
       )
  (if (common:api-changed?)
      (common:set-last-run-version)))

;; called in megatest.scm, host-port is string hostname:port
;;
;; NOTE: This is NOT called directly from clients as not all transports support a client running
;;       in the same process as the server.
;;
#;(define (server:ping host-port-in #!key (do-exit #f))
  (let ((host:port (if (not host-port-in) ;; use read-dotserver to find
		       #f ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*)
		;; (if (number? host-port-in) ;; we were handed a server-id
		;; 	   (let ((srec (tasks:get-server-by-id (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) host-port-in)))
		;; 	     ;; (print "srec: " srec " host-port-in: " host-port-in)
		;; 	     (if srec
		;; 		 (conc (vector-ref srec 3) ":" (vector-ref srec 4))
		;; 		 (conc "no such server-id " host-port-in)))
		       host-port-in))) ;; )
    (let* ((host-port (if host:port
			  (let ((slst (string-split   host:port ":")))
			    (if (eq? (length slst) 2)
				(list (car slst)(string->number (cadr slst)))
				#f))
			  #f)))
;;	   (toppath       (launch:setup)))
      ;; (print "host-port=" host-port)
      (if (not host-port)
	  (begin
	    (if host-port-in
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port*  "ERROR: bad host:port"))
	    (if do-exit (exit 1))
	    #f)
	  (let* ((iface      (car host-port))
		 (port       (cadr host-port))
		 #;(server-dat (http-transport:client-connect iface port))
		 (login-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup server-dat)))
	    (if (and (list? login-res)
		     (car login-res))
		(begin
		  ;; (print "LOGIN_OK")
		  (if do-exit (exit 0))
		  #t)
		(begin
		  ;; (print "LOGIN_FAILED")
		  (if do-exit (exit 1))
		  #f)))))))

;; run ping in separate process, safest way in some cases
;;
(define (server:ping-server ifaceport)
  (with-input-from-pipe 
   (conc (common:get-megatest-exe) " -ping " ifaceport)
   (lambda ()
     (let loop ((inl (read-line))
		(res "NOREPLY"))
       (if (eof-object? inl)
	   (case (string->symbol res)
	     ((NOREPLY)  #f)
	     ((LOGIN_OK) #t)
	     (else       #f))
	   (loop (read-line) inl))))))

;; ping the given server
;;
#;(define (server:check-server server-record)
  (let* ((server-url (server:record->url server-record))
         (res        (case *transport-type*
                       ((http)(server:ping server-url))
                       ;; ((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:ping (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server)
                       )))
    (if res
        server-url
	#f)))

;; no longer care if multiple servers are started by accident. older servers will drop off in time.
;;
#;(define (server:check-if-running areapath) ;;  #!key (numservers "2"))
  (let* ((ns            (server:get-num-servers))
	 (servers       (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
    ;; (print "servers: " servers " ns: " ns)
    (if (or (and servers
		 (null? servers))
	    (not servers)
	    (and (list? servers)
		 (< (length servers) (random ns)))) ;; somewhere between 0 and numservers
        #f
        (let loop ((hed (car servers))
                   (tal (cdr servers)))
          (let ((res (server:check-server hed)))
            (if res
                res
                (if (null? tal)
                    #f
                    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))))))))


;; NOT USED (well, ok, reference in rpc-transport but otherwise not used).
;;
(define (server:login toppath)
  (lambda (toppath)
    (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds)) ;; might not be needed.
    (if (equal? *toppath* toppath)
	#t
	#f)))
;; Given a run id start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the run-id is zero and the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
#;(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is *toppath* for a given testsuite area
  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))
         ;; (attempt-in-progress (server:start-attempted? areapath))
         ;; (dot-server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	 (curr-ip     (server:get-best-guess-address curr-host))
	 (curr-pid    (current-process-id))
	 (homehost    (common:get-homehost)) ;; configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" ))
	 (target-host (car homehost))
	 (testsuite   (common:get-testsuite-name))
	 (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
    (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
    (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
    (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
    (thread-join! log-rotate)
    (pop-directory)))

;; kind start up of servers, wait 40 seconds before allowing another server for a given
;; run-id to be launched
#;(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  (if (not (server:check-if-running areapath)) ;; why try if there is already a server running?
      (let* ((last-run-dat (hash-table-ref/default *server-kind-run* areapath '(0 0))) ;; callnum, whenrun
	     (call-num     (car last-run-dat))
	     (when-run     (cadr last-run-dat))
	     (run-delay    (+ (case call-num
				((0)    0)
				((1)   20)
				((2)  300)
				(else 600))
			      (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:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.

#;(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))
      (if (or server-url
	      (> (current-seconds) give-up-time)) ;; server-url will be #f if no server available.
	  server-url
	  (let ((num-ok (length (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath)))))
	    (if (and (> try-num 0)  ;; first time through simply wait a little while then try again
		     (< num-ok 1))  ;; if there are no decent candidates for servers then try starting a new one
		(server:kind-run areapath))
	    (thread-sleep! 5)
	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)
		  (+ try-num 1)))))))

;;======================================================================
;; make html output
;;======================================================================

(define (tests:test-set-toplog! run-id test-name logf) 
  (rmt:general-call 'tests:test-set-toplog run-id logf run-id test-name))

(define (tests:summarize-items run-id test-id test-name force)
  ;; if not force then only update the record if one of these is true:
  ;;   1. logf is "log/final.log
  ;;   2. logf is same as outputfilename
  (let* ((outputfilename (conc "megatest-rollup-" test-name ".html"))
	 (orig-dir       (current-directory))
	 (logf-info      (rmt:test-get-logfile-info run-id test-name))
	 (logf           (if logf-info (cadr logf-info) #f))
	 (path           (if logf-info (car  logf-info) #f)))
    ;; This query finds the path and changes the directory to it for the test
    (if (and (string? path)
	     (directory? path)) ;; can get #f here under some wierd conditions. why, unknown ...
	(begin
	  (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Found path: " path)
	  (change-directory path))
	;; (set! outputfilename (conc path "/" outputfilename)))
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "summarize-items for run-id=" run-id ", test-name=" test-name ", no such path: " path))
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "summarize-items with logf " logf ", outputfilename " outputfilename " and force " force)
    (if (or (equal? logf "logs/final.log")
	    (equal? logf outputfilename)
	    force)
	(let ((my-start-time (current-seconds))
	      (lockf         (conc outputfilename ".lock")))
	  (let loop ((have-lock  (common:simple-file-lock lockf)))
	    (if have-lock
		(let ((script (configf:lookup *configdat* "testrollup" test-name)))
		  (print "Obtained lock for " outputfilename)
		  (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name "" #f #f #f)
		  (if script
		      (system (conc script " > " outputfilename " & "))
		      (tests:generate-html-summary-for-iterated-test run-id test-id test-name outputfilename))
		  (common:simple-file-release-lock lockf)
		  (change-directory orig-dir)
		  ;; NB// tests:test-set-toplog! is remote internal...
		  (tests:test-set-toplog! run-id test-name outputfilename))
		;; didn't get the lock, check to see if current update started later than this 
		;; update, if so we can exit without doing any work
		(if (> my-start-time (handle-exceptions
					 exn
					 0
				       (file-modification-time lockf)))
		    ;; we started since current re-gen in flight, delay a little and try again
		    (begin
		      (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Waiting to update " outputfilename ", another test currently updating it")
		      (thread-sleep! (+ 5 (random 5))) ;; delay between 5 and 10 seconds
		      (loop (common:simple-file-lock lockf))))))))))

(define (tests:generate-html-summary-for-iterated-test run-id test-id test-name outputfilename)
  (let ((counts              (make-hash-table))
	(statecounts         (make-hash-table))
	(outtxt              "")
	(tot                 0)
	(testdat             (rmt:test-get-records-for-index-file run-id test-name)))
    (with-output-to-file outputfilename
      (lambda ()
	(set! outtxt (conc outtxt "<html><title>Summary: " test-name 
			   "</title><body><h2>Summary for " test-name "</h2>"))
	(for-each
	 (lambda (testrecord)
	   (let ((id             (vector-ref testrecord 0))
		 (itempath       (vector-ref testrecord 1))
		 (state          (vector-ref testrecord 2))
		 (status         (vector-ref testrecord 3))
		 (run_duration   (vector-ref testrecord 4))
		 (logf           (vector-ref testrecord 5))
		 (comment        (vector-ref testrecord 6)))
	     (hash-table-set! counts status (+ 1 (hash-table-ref/default counts status 0)))
	     (hash-table-set! statecounts state (+ 1 (hash-table-ref/default statecounts state 0)))
	     (set! outtxt (conc outtxt "<tr>"
				;; "<td><a href=\"" itempath "/" logf "\"> " itempath "</a></td>" 
				"<td><a href=\"" itempath "/test-summary.html\"> " itempath "</a></td>" 
				"<td>" state    "</td>" 
				"<td><font color=" (common:get-color-from-status status)
				">"   status   "</font></td>"
				"<td>" (if (equal? comment "")
					   "&nbsp;"
					   comment) "</td>"
					   "</tr>"))))
	 (if (list? testdat)
	     testdat
	     (begin
	       (print "ERROR: failed to get records with rmt:test-get-records-for-index-file run-id=" run-id "test-name=" test-name)
	       '())))
	
	(print "<table><tr><td valign=\"top\">")
	;; Print out stats for status
	(set! tot 0)
	(print "<table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"1\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><h2>State stats</h2></td></tr>")
	(for-each (lambda (state)
		    (set! tot (+ tot (hash-table-ref statecounts state)))
		    (print "<tr><td>" state "</td><td>" (hash-table-ref statecounts state) "</td></tr>"))
		  (hash-table-keys statecounts))
	(print "<tr><td>Total</td><td>" tot "</td></tr></table>")
	(print "</td><td valign=\"top\">")
	;; Print out stats for state
	(set! tot 0)
	(print "<table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"1\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><h2>Status stats</h2></td></tr>")
	(for-each (lambda (status)
		    (set! tot (+ tot (hash-table-ref counts status)))
		    (print "<tr><td><font color=\"" (common:get-color-from-status status) "\">" status
			   "</font></td><td>" (hash-table-ref counts status) "</td></tr>"))
		  (hash-table-keys counts))
	(print "<tr><td>Total</td><td>" tot "</td></tr></table>")
	(print "</td></td></tr></table>")
	
	(print "<table cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"1\">" 
	       "<tr><td>Item</td><td>State</td><td>Status</td><td>Comment</td>"
	       outtxt "</table></body></html>")
	;; (release-dot-lock outputfilename)
	;;(rmt:update-run-stats 
	;; run-id
	;; (hash-table-map
	;;  state-status-counts
	;;  (lambda (key val)
	;;	(append key (list val)))))
	))))

(define tests:css-jscript-block
#<<EOF
<style type="text/css">
ul.LinkedList { display: block; }
/* ul.LinkedList ul { display: none; } */
.HandCursorStyle { cursor: pointer; cursor: hand; }  /* For IE */
th {background-color: #8c8c8c;}
td.test {background-color: #d9dbdd;}
td.PASS {background-color: #347533;}
td.FAIL {background-color: #cc2812;}
td.SKIP{background-color: #FFD733;}
td.WARN {background-color: #EA8724;}
td.WAIVED {background-color: #838A12;}
td.ABORT{background-color: #EA24B7;}
.PASS .link, .SKIP .link, .WARN .link,.WAIVED .link,.ABORT .link, .FAIL .link{color: #FFFFFF;}


</style>


  <script type="text/JavaScript">

    function filtersome() {
  $("tr").show();
  $(".test").filter(
    function() {
      var names = $('#testname').val().split(',');
      var good=1;
      for (var i=0, len=names.length; i<len; i++) {
        var uname=names[i];
        console.log("Trying to check for " + uname); 
        if($(this).text().indexOf(uname) != -1) {
          good= 0;
          console.log("Found "+uname);
        }
      }
      return good; 
    }
  ).parent().hide();
//  $(".sum").show();
}
  
    // Add this to the onload event of the BODY element
    function addEvents() {
      activateTree(document.getElementById("LinkedList1"));
    }

    // This function traverses the list and add links 
    // to nested list items
    function activateTree(oList) {
      // Collapse the tree
      for (var i=0; i < oList.getElementsByTagName("ul").length; i++) {
        oList.getElementsByTagName("ul")[i].style.display="none";            
      }                                                                  
      // Add the click-event handler to the list items
      if (oList.addEventListener) {
        oList.addEventListener("click", toggleBranch, false);
      } else if (oList.attachEvent) { // For IE
        oList.attachEvent("onclick", toggleBranch);
      }
      // Make the nested items look like links
      addLinksToBranches(oList);
    }

    // This is the click-event handler
    function toggleBranch(event) {
      var oBranch, cSubBranches;
      if (event.target) {
        oBranch = event.target;
      } else if (event.srcElement) { // For IE
        oBranch = event.srcElement;
      }
      cSubBranches = oBranch.getElementsByTagName("ul");
      if (cSubBranches.length > 0) {
        if (cSubBranches[0].style.display == "block") {
          cSubBranches[0].style.display = "none";
        } else {
          cSubBranches[0].style.display = "block";
        }
      }
    }

    // This function makes nested list items look like links
    function addLinksToBranches(oList) {
      var cBranches = oList.getElementsByTagName("li");
      var i, n, cSubBranches;
      if (cBranches.length > 0) {
        for (i=0, n = cBranches.length; i < n; i++) {
          cSubBranches = cBranches[i].getElementsByTagName("ul");
          if (cSubBranches.length > 0) {
            addLinksToBranches(cSubBranches[0]);
            cBranches[i].className = "HandCursorStyle";
            cBranches[i].style.color = "blue";
            cSubBranches[0].style.color = "black";
            cSubBranches[0].style.cursor = "auto";
          }
        }
      }
    }
  </script>
EOF
)

(define tests:css-jscript-block-dynamic 
#<<EOF
           <script src= ./jquery3.1.0.js></script> 
EOF
)

(define  (test:js-block javascript-lib)
   (conc  "<script src=" javascript-lib "></script>" ))


(define tests:css-jscript-block-static (test:js-block *java-script-lib*))

(define (tests:css-jscript-block-cond dynamic) 
      (if (equal? dynamic  #t)
       tests:css-jscript-block-dynamic
       tests:css-jscript-block-static))

       
(define (tests:run-record->test-path run numkeys)
   (append (take (vector->list run) numkeys)
	   (list (vector-ref run (+ 1 numkeys)))))


(define (tests:get-rest-data runs header numkeys)
   (let ((resh (make-hash-table)))
   (for-each
     (lambda (run)
        (let* ((run-id (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
               (run-dir      (tests:run-record->test-path run numkeys))
	       (test-data    (rmt:get-tests-for-run
				   run-id
                                   "%"       ;; testnamepatt
				   '()        ;; states
				   '()        ;; statuses
				   #f         ;; offset
				   #f         ;; num-to-get
				   #f         ;; hide/not-hide
				   #f         ;; sort-by
				   #f         ;; sort-order
				   #f         ;; 'shortlist                           ;; qrytype
                                   0         ;; last update
				   #f)))
            
            (map (lambda (test)
                 (let* ((test-name (vector-ref test 2))
                        (test-html-path (conc (vector-ref test 10) "/" (vector-ref test 13)))
                        (test-item (conc test-name ":" (vector-ref test 11)))
                        (test-status (vector-ref test 4)))
                         
                (if (not (hash-table-ref/default resh test-name  #f))
                      (hash-table-set! resh test-name   (make-hash-table)))
                (if (not (hash-table-ref/default (hash-table-ref/default resh test-name  #f)  test-item  #f))
                       (hash-table-set! (hash-table-ref/default resh test-name  #f) test-item   (make-hash-table))) 
               (hash-table-set!  (hash-table-ref/default (hash-table-ref/default resh test-name  #f) test-item #f) run-id (list test-status test-html-path)))) 
        test-data)))
      runs)
   resh))


;; hash-table tree to html list tree
;;
;;   tipfunc takes two parameters: y the tip value and path the path to that point
;;
(define (common:htree->html ht path tipfunc)
  (let ((datlist 	(sort (hash-table->alist ht)
                              (lambda (a b)
                                (string< (car a)(car b))))))
    (if (null? datlist)
    	(tipfunc #f path) ;; really shouldn't get here
	(s:ul
	 (map (lambda (x)
		(let* ((levelname (car x))
		       (y         (cdr x))
		       (newpath   (append path (list levelname)))
		       (leaf      (or (not (hash-table? y))
				      (null? (hash-table-keys y)))))
		  (if leaf
		      (s:li (tipfunc y newpath))
		      (s:li
		       (list 
			levelname
			(common:htree->html y newpath tipfunc))))))
	      datlist)))))


;; tests:genrate dashboard body 
;;

(define (tests:dashboard-body page pg-size keys numkeys  total-runs linktree area-name get-prev-links get-next-links flag run-patt target-patt)
  (let* ((start (* page pg-size)) 
	       ;(runsdat   (rmt:get-runs "%" pg-size start (map (lambda (x)(list x "%")) keys)))
         (runsdat   (rmt:get-runs-by-patt  keys run-patt target-patt start pg-size #f 0 sort-order: "desc"))
                    ; db:get-runs-by-patt   keys runnamepatt targpatt offset limit fields last-update   
	       (header    (vector-ref runsdat 0))
	       (runs      (vector-ref runsdat 1))
         (ctr 0)
         (test-runs-hash (tests:get-rest-data runs header numkeys))
         (test-list (hash-table-keys test-runs-hash))) 
  
  (s:html tests:css-jscript-block (tests:css-jscript-block-cond flag)
		   (s:title "Summary for " area-name)
		   (s:body 'onload "addEvents();"
                          (get-prev-links page linktree)
                          (get-next-links page linktree total-runs)
                           
			   (s:h1 "Summary for " area-name)
                           (s:h3 "Filter" )
                           (s:input 'type "text"  'name "testname" 'id "testname" 'length "30" 'onkeyup "filtersome()")
			   ;; top list
         
			   (s:table 'id "LinkedList1" 'border "1" 'cellspacing 0
                            (map (lambda (key)
				 (let* ((res (s:tr 'class "something" 
				  (s:th key )
                                   (map (lambda (run)
                                   (s:th  (vector-ref run ctr)))
                                  runs))))
                             (set! ctr (+ ctr 1))
                               res))
                               keys)
                               (s:tr
				 (s:th "Run Name")
                                  (map (lambda (run)
                                   (s:th (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname")))
                                  runs))
                              
                               (map (lambda (test-name)
                                 (let* ((item-hash (hash-table-ref/default test-runs-hash test-name  #f))
                                         (item-keys (sort (hash-table-keys item-hash) string<=?))) 
                                          (map (lambda (item-name)  
  		                             (let* ((res (s:tr  'class item-name
				                         (s:td  item-name 'class "test" )
                                                           (map (lambda (run)
                                                               (let* ((run-test (hash-table-ref/default item-hash item-name  #f))
                                                                      (run-id (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
                                                                      (result (hash-table-ref/default run-test run-id "n/a"))
                                                                      ;(relative-path (get-relative-path)) 
                                                                      (status (if (string? result)
									                                                            	result
										                                                            (car result)))
                                                                        (link (if (string? result)
										                                                            result
                                                                                (if (equal? flag #t) 
                                                                                (s:a (car result) 'href (conc "./test_log?runid=" run-id "&testname="  item-name ))
  																																						  (s:a (car result) 'href (string-substitute  (conc linktree "/")  "" (cadr result)  "-"))))))
                                                                       (s:td  link 'class status)))
                                                                runs))))
                                                        res))
                                                   item-keys)))
                               test-list)))))) 

;; (tests:create-html-tree "test-index.html")
;;
(define (tests:create-html-tree outf)
   (let* ((lockfile  (conc outf ".lock"))
	 			 (runs-to-process '())
         (linktree  (common:get-linktree))
         (area-name (common:get-testsuite-name))
	  		 (keys      (rmt:get-keys))
	  		 (numkeys   (length keys))
         (run-patt (or (args:get-arg "-run-patt")
                        (args:get-arg "-runname")
                        "%"))
         (target (or  (args:get-arg "-target-patt") 
											(args:get-arg "-target")
                      "%"))
         (targlist (string-split target "/"))
         (numtarg  (length targlist))  
         (targtweaked (if (> numkeys numtarg)
			   								(append targlist (make-list (- numkeys numtarg) "%"))
			  								targlist))
         (target-patt (string-join targtweaked "/"))
         ;(total-runs  (rmt:get-num-runs "%")) ;;this needs to be changed to filter by target
          (total-runs (rmt:get-runs-cnt-by-patt run-patt target-patt keys )) 
         (pg-size 10))
    (if (common:simple-file-lock lockfile)
        (begin
         ;(print total-runs)    
        (let loop ((page 0))
	(let* ((oup       (open-output-file (or outf (conc linktree "/page" page ".html"))))
               (get-prev-links (lambda (page linktree )   
                            (let* ((link  (if (not (eq? page 0))
                                   (s:a "&lt;&lt;prev" 'href (conc  "page" (- page 1) ".html"))
                                   (s:a "" 'href (conc   "page"  page ".html")))))
                               link)))
               (get-next-links (lambda (page linktree total-runs)   
                            (let* ((link  (if (> total-runs (+ 10 (* page pg-size)))
                                   (s:a "next&gt;&gt;" 'href (conc  "page"  (+ page 1) ".html"))
                                   (s:a "" 'href (conc   "page" page  ".html")))))
                               link))) )
          (print "total runs: " total-runs) 
          (s:output-new
	   			 oup
	   					(tests:dashboard-body page pg-size keys numkeys total-runs linktree area-name get-prev-links get-next-links #f run-patt target-patt)) ;; update this function
          (close-output-port oup)
         ; (set! page (+ 1 page))
          (if (> total-runs (* (+ 1 page) pg-size))
           (loop (+ 1  page)))))
	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lockfile))
	            
	#f)))


(define (tests:readlines filename)
  (call-with-input-file filename
    (lambda (p)
      (let loop ((line (read-line p))
                 (result '()))
        (if (eof-object? line)
            (reverse result)
            (loop (read-line p) (cons line result)))))))

(define (tests:get-test-log run-id test-name item-name)
  (let* ((test-data    (rmt:get-tests-for-run
				   (string->number run-id)
                                    test-name      ;; testnamepatt
				   '()        ;; states
				   '()        ;; statuses
				   #f         ;; offset
				   #f         ;; num-to-get
				   #f         ;; hide/not-hide
				   #f         ;; sort-by
				   #f         ;; sort-order
				   #f         ;; 'shortlist                           ;; qrytype
                                   0         ;; last update
				   #f))
         (path "")
         (found 0))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "found: " found )

   (let loop ((hed (car test-data))
		 (tal (cdr test-data)))
          (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "item: " (vector-ref hed 11) (vector-ref hed 10) "/" (vector-ref hed 13))

	(if (equal? (vector-ref hed 11) item-name)
            (begin
              (set! found 1) 
	      (set! path (conc (vector-ref hed 10) "/" (vector-ref hed 13)))))
	    (if (and (not (null? tal)) (equal? found 0))
		(loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))
   (if (equal? path "")
     "<H2>Data not found</H2>"
     (string-join (tests:readlines path) "\n"))))


(define (tests:dynamic-dboard page)
;(define (tests:create-html-tree o)
 (let* (
;(page "1")
          (linktree  (common:get-linktree))
         (area-name (common:get-testsuite-name))
	       (keys      (rmt:get-keys))
	       (numkeys   (length keys))
         (targtweaked (make-list numkeys "%"))
         (target-patt (string-join targtweaked "/"))
         (total-runs  (rmt:get-num-runs "%"))
         (pg-size 10)
         (pg (if (equal? page #f)
                 0
                 (- (string->number page) 1)))
          (get-prev-links  (lambda (pg linktree)
                           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "val: " (- 1 pg))
                          (let* ((link  (if (not (eq? pg 0))
                               (s:a  "&lt;&lt;prev " 'href (conc  "dashboard?page="  pg  ))
                               (s:a "" 'href (conc  "dashboard?page=" pg)))))
                               link)))
          (get-next-links   (lambda (pg linktree total-runs)  
                            (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "val: " pg)
                             (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "val: " total-runs " size" pg-size)
 
                            (let* ((link  (if (> total-runs (+ 10 (* pg pg-size)))
                              (s:a  "next&gt;&gt; "  'href (conc  "dashboard?page="  (+ pg 2)  ))
                             (s:a "" 'href (conc  "dashboard?page=" pg  )))))
                             link)))
         (html-body (tests:dashboard-body pg pg-size keys numkeys total-runs linktree area-name get-prev-links get-next-links #t "%" target-patt))) ;; update tis function
        html-body))

(define (tests:create-html-summary outf)
 (let* ((lockfile  (conc outf ".lock"))
        (linktree  (common:get-linktree))
				(keys      (rmt:get-keys))
        (area-name (common:get-testsuite-name))
        (run-patt (or (args:get-arg "-run-patt")
                        (args:get-arg "-runname")
                        "%"))
        (target (or (args:get-arg "-target-patt")
                        (args:get-arg "-target")
                        "%"))
         (targlist (string-split target "/"))
         (numkeys  (length keys))
	       (numtarg  (length targlist))  
         (targtweaked (if (> numkeys numtarg)
			   								(append targlist (make-list (- numkeys numtarg) "%"))
			  								targlist))
        (target-patt (string-join targtweaked "/")))
    (if (common:simple-file-lock lockfile)
        (begin
          (let* (;(runsdat1   (rmt:get-runs run-patt #f #f (map (lambda (x)(list x "%")) keys)))
                 (runsdat   (rmt:get-runs-by-patt  keys run-patt target-patt #f #f #f 0))
					       (runs      (vector-ref runsdat 1))
                 (header      (vector-ref runsdat 0))
        	       (oup       (open-output-file (or outf (conc linktree "/targets.html"))))
                 (target-hash (test:create-target-hash runs header (length keys))))
           (test:create-target-html target-hash oup area-name linktree)
          (test:create-run-html  runs area-name linktree (length keys) header))
	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lockfile))
	#f)))

(define (test:get-test-hash test-data)
	(let ((resh (make-hash-table)))
    	(map (lambda (test)
        (let* ((test-name (vector-ref test 2))
               (test-html-path (if (file-exists? (conc (vector-ref test 10) "/test-summary.html"))
																 (conc (vector-ref test 10) "/test-summary.html" )
							 									 (conc (vector-ref test 10) "/" (vector-ref test 13))))
               (test-item  (vector-ref test 11))
               (test-status (vector-ref test 4)))
               (if (not (hash-table-ref/default resh test-item  #f))
                   (hash-table-set! resh test-item   (make-hash-table)))
               (hash-table-set! (hash-table-ref/default resh test-item  #f) test-name (list test-status test-html-path)))) 
        test-data)
resh))

(define (test:get-data->b-keys ordered-data a-keys)
  (delete-duplicates
   (sort (apply
	  append
	  (map (lambda (sub-key)
		 (let ((subdat (hash-table-ref ordered-data sub-key)))
		   (hash-table-keys subdat)))
	       a-keys))
	 string>=?)))


(define (test:create-run-html runs area-name linktree numkeys header)
  (map (lambda (run)
		 (let* ((target (string-join (take (vector->list run) numkeys) "/"))
						(run-name (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname"))
            (run-time (seconds->work-week/day-time (db:get-value-by-header run header "event_time")))
						(oup (if (file-exists? (conc linktree "/" target "/" run-name))
                        (open-output-file (conc linktree "/" target "/" run-name "/run.html"))
                         #f))
            (run-id (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
            (test-data    (rmt:get-tests-for-run
				  								 run-id
                           "%"       ;; testnamepatt
				  								 '()        ;; states
				   								 '()        ;; statuses
				  								 	#f         ;; offset
				  						 			#f         ;; num-to-get
				   									#f         ;; hide/not-hide
				  								  #f         ;; sort-by
				   									#f         ;; sort-order
				   									#f         ;; 'shortlist                           ;; qrytype
                            0         ;; last update
				  									#f))
            (item-test-hash (test:get-test-hash test-data))
            (items  (hash-table-keys item-test-hash))
 						(test-names (test:get-data->b-keys item-test-hash items)))
    (if oup
      (begin 
     (s:output-new
	   oup
	   (s:html tests:css-jscript-block (tests:css-jscript-block-cond #f)
		   (s:title "Runs View " run-name)
		   (s:body
		     (s:h1 "Runs View " )
         (s:h3 "Target" target)
				 (s:p 
					(s:b "Run name" ) run-name)
         (s:p 
					(s:b "Run Date" ) run-time)
         (s:table 'border 1 'cellspacing 0
           (s:tr
           (s:th "Items")
           (map (lambda (test)
            (s:th test))
           test-names))  
           (map (lambda (item) 
					  (let* ((test-hash (hash-table-ref/default item-test-hash item  #f)))
								 (if test-hash
                  (begin
									(s:tr
					  			(s:td 'class "test" item)
            			(map (lambda (test)
						  		(let* ((test-details (hash-table-ref/default test-hash test  #f))
												(status (if test-details
																(car test-details)))
                        (link (if test-details 
														(string-substitute  (conc linktree "/" target "/" run-name "/")  "" (cadr test-details) "-"))))
                   (if test-details
											(s:td 'class status
												(s:a 'class "link" 'href link status ))
                      (s:td "")))) 			
									test-names))))))
				  (sort items string<=?))))))
		(close-output-port oup))
    (debug:print-info 0 "Skip: Dirctory structure " linktree "/" target "/" run-name " does not exist. Megatest will not create run.html"))))
runs))

(define (test:create-target-hash runs header numkeys)
  (let ((resh (make-hash-table)))
   (for-each
     (lambda (run)
        (let* ((run-name (db:get-value-by-header run header "runname"))
               (target   (string-join (take (vector->list run) numkeys) "/"))
               (run-list (hash-table-ref/default resh target  #f)))
               
               (if (not run-list)
                   (hash-table-set! resh target   (list run-name))
                   (hash-table-set! resh target   (cons run-name run-list)))))
      runs)
   resh))

(define (test:get-max-run-cnt target-hash targets)
   (let* ((cnt 0 ))
   (map (lambda (target)
        (let* ((runs  (hash-table-ref/default target-hash target  #f))
               (run-length (if runs
																(length runs)
                                 0)))
  
              (if (< cnt run-length)
               (set! cnt  run-length)))) 
		targets) 
cnt))
 
(define (test:pad-runs target-hash targets max-row-length)
 (map (lambda (target)
        (let loop ((run-list  (hash-table-ref/default target-hash target  #f)))
               (if (< (length run-list) max-row-length)
                 (begin  
               		 (hash-table-set! target-hash target   (cons "" run-list))
               		 (loop (hash-table-ref/default target-hash target  #f) ))))) 
		targets)
   target-hash)

(define (test:create-target-html target-hash oup area-name linktree)
  (let* ((targets (hash-table-keys target-hash))
         (max-row-length (test:get-max-run-cnt target-hash targets))
         (pad-runs-hash (test:pad-runs target-hash targets max-row-length)))
   (s:output-new
	   oup
	   (s:html tests:css-jscript-block (tests:css-jscript-block-cond #f)

		   (s:title "Target View " area-name)
		   (s:body
		   (s:h1 "Target View " area-name)
					(s:table 'id "LinkedList1" 'border "1" 'cellspacing 0
             (s:tr 'class "something" 
               (s:th "Target")
								(s:th 'colspan max-row-length "Runs"))                                              
                (let* ((tbl (map (lambda (target)
                      (s:tr
                      (s:td 'class "test" target)
										  (let* ((runs  (hash-table-ref/default target-hash target  #f))
														 (rest-row (map (lambda (run)
																				(if (equal? run "")
																						(s:td run)
                                            (if (file-exists?(conc linktree "/" target "/" run ))
																						(begin 
																							(s:td 
																							(s:a 'href (conc  target "/" run "/run.html") run))))))
																				(reverse runs))))
                              rest-row)))
                                   targets)))
                           tbl)))))
          (close-output-port oup)))


(define (tests:create-html-tree-old outf)
   (let* ((lockfile  (conc outf ".lock"))
	 (runs-to-process '()))
    (if (common:simple-file-lock lockfile)
	(let* ((linktree  (common:get-linktree))
	       (oup       (open-output-file (or outf (conc linktree "/runs-index.html"))))
	       (area-name (common:get-testsuite-name))
	       (keys      (rmt:get-keys))
	       (numkeys   (length keys))
	       (runsdat   (rmt:get-runs "%" #f #f (map (lambda (x)(list x "%")) keys)))
	       (header    (vector-ref runsdat 0))
	       (runs      (vector-ref runsdat 1))
	       (runtreedat (map (lambda (x)
				  (tests:run-record->test-path x numkeys))
				runs))
	       (runs-htree (common:list->htree runtreedat)))
	  (set! runs-to-process runs)
	  (s:output-new
	   oup
	   (s:html tests:css-jscript-block
		   (s:title "Summary for " area-name)
		   (s:body 'onload "addEvents();"
			   (s:h1 "Summary for " area-name)
			   ;; top list
			   (s:ul 'id "LinkedList1" 'class "LinkedList"
				 (s:li
				  "Runs"
				  (common:htree->html runs-htree
						      '()
						      (lambda (x p)
							(let* ((targ-path (string-intersperse p "/"))
                                                               (full-path (conc linktree "/" targ-path))
                                                               (run-name  (car (reverse p))))
                                                          (if (and (common:file-exists? full-path)
                                                                   (directory?   full-path)
                                                                   (file-write-access? full-path))
                                                              (s:a run-name 'href (conc targ-path "/run-summary.html"))
                                                              (begin
                                                                (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Can't create " targ-path "/run-summary.html")
                                                                (conc run-name " (Not able to create summary at " targ-path ")")))))))))))
          (close-output-port oup)
	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lockfile)
               
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (run)
	     (let* ((test-subpath (tests:run-record->test-path run numkeys))
		    (run-id       (db:get-value-by-header run header "id"))
                    (run-dir      (tests:run-record->test-path run numkeys))
		    (test-dats    (rmt:get-tests-for-run
				   run-id
                                   "%/"       ;; testnamepatt
				   '()        ;; states
				   '()        ;; statuses
				   #f         ;; offset
				   #f         ;; num-to-get
				   #f         ;; hide/not-hide
				   #f         ;; sort-by
				   #f         ;; sort-order
				   #f         ;; 'shortlist                           ;; qrytype
                                   0         ;; last update
				   #f))
                    (tests-tree-dat (map (lambda (test-dat)
                                         ;; (tests:run-record->test-path x numkeys))
                                         (let* ((test-name  (db:test-get-testname test-dat))
                                                (item-path  (db:test-get-item-path test-dat))
                                                (full-name  (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
                                                (path-parts (string-split full-name)))
                                           path-parts))
                                       test-dats))
                    (tests-htree (common:list->htree tests-tree-dat))
                    (html-dir    (conc linktree "/" (string-intersperse run-dir "/")))
                    (html-path   (conc html-dir "/run-summary.html"))
                    (oup         (if (and (common:file-exists? html-dir)
                                          (directory?   html-dir)
                                          (file-write-access? html-dir))
                                     (open-output-file  html-path)
                                     #f)))
               ;; (print "run-dir: " run-dir ", tests-tree-dat: " tests-tree-dat)
               (if oup
                   (begin
                     (s:output-new
                      oup
                      (s:html tests:css-jscript-block
                              (s:title "Summary for " area-name)
                              (s:body 'onload "addEvents();"
                                      (s:h1 "Summary for " (string-intersperse run-dir "/"))
                                      ;; top list
                                      (s:ul 'id "LinkedList1" 'class "LinkedList"
                                            (s:li
                                             "Tests"
                                             (common:htree->html tests-htree
                                                                 '()
                                                                 (lambda (x p)
                                                                   (let* ((targ-path (string-intersperse p "/"))
                                                                          (test-name (car p))
                                                                          (item-path ;; (if (> (length p) 2) ;; test-name + run-name
                                                                           (string-intersperse p "/"))
                                                                          (full-targ (conc html-dir "/" targ-path))
                                                                          (std-file  (conc full-targ "/test-summary.html"))
                                                                          (alt-file  (conc full-targ "/megatest-rollup-" test-name ".html"))
                                                                          (html-file (if (common:file-exists? alt-file)
                                                                                         alt-file
                                                                                         std-file))
                                                                          (run-name  (car (reverse p))))
                                                                     (if (and (not (common:file-exists? full-targ))
                                                                              (directory? full-targ)
                                                                              (file-write-access? full-targ))
                                                                         (tests:summarize-test 
                                                                          run-id 
                                                                          (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path)))
                                                                     (if (common:file-exists? full-targ)
                                                                         (s:a run-name 'href html-file)
                                                                         (begin
                                                                           (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: can't access " full-targ)
                                                                           (conc "No summary for " run-name)))))
                                                                 ))))))
                     (close-output-port oup)))))
           runs)
          #t)
	#f)))




(define (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id cpuload diskfree minutes uname hostname)
  (rmt:general-call 'update-test-rundat run-id test-id (current-seconds) (or cpuload -1)(or diskfree -1) -1 (or minutes -1))
  (if (and cpuload diskfree)
      (rmt:general-call 'update-cpuload-diskfree run-id cpuload diskfree test-id))
  (if minutes 
      (rmt:general-call 'update-run-duration run-id minutes test-id))
  (if (and uname hostname)
      (rmt:general-call 'update-uname-host run-id uname hostname test-id)))
  
;; This one is for running with no db access (i.e. via rmt: internally)
(define (tests:set-full-meta-info db test-id run-id minutes work-area remtries)
;; (define (tests:set-full-meta-info test-id run-id minutes work-area)
;;  (let ((remtries 10))
  (let* ((cpuload  (get-cpu-load))
	 (diskfree (get-df (current-directory)))
	 (uname    (get-uname "-srvpio"))
	 (hostname (get-host-name)))
    (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id cpuload diskfree minutes uname hostname)))
    
;; 
;;
(define (tests:get-compressed-steps run-id test-id)
  (let* ((steps-data  (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id)) ;;      0       1    2    3       4       5       6      7       
	 (comprsteps  (tests:process-steps-table steps-data))) ;; #<stepname start end status Duration Logfile Comment id>
    (map (lambda (x)
	   ;; take advantage of the \n on time->string
	   (vector    ;; we are constructing basically the original vector but collapsing start end records
	    (vector-ref x 0)                              ;; id        0
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 1)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s)) ;; starttime 1
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 2)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s)) ;; endtime   2
	    (vector-ref x 3)                              ;; status    3    
	    (vector-ref x 4)                              ;; duration  4
	    (vector-ref x 5)                              ;; logfile   5
	    (vector-ref x 6)                              ;; comment   6
	    (vector-ref x 7)))                            ;; id        7
	 (sort (hash-table-values comprsteps)
	       (lambda (a b)
		 (let ((time-a (vector-ref a 1))
		       (time-b (vector-ref b 1))
		       (id-a   (vector-ref a 7))
		       (id-b   (vector-ref b 7)))
		   (if (and (number? time-a)(number? time-b))
		       (if (< time-a time-b)
			   #t
			   (if (eq? time-a time-b)
			       (< id-a id-b)
			       ;; (string<? (conc (vector-ref a 2))
			       ;;	    (conc (vector-ref b 2)))
			       #f))
		       (string<? (conc time-a)(conc time-b)))))))))


;; summarize test in to a file test-summary.html in the test directory
;;
(define (tests:summarize-test run-id test-id)
  (let* ((test-dat  (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	 (out-dir   (db:test-get-rundir test-dat))
	 (out-file  (conc out-dir "/test-summary.html")))
    ;; first verify we are able to write the output file
    (if (not (file-write-access? out-dir))
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: cannot write test-summary.html to " out-dir)
	(let* (;; (steps-dat (rmt:get-steps-for-test run-id test-id))
	       (test-name (db:test-get-testname test-dat))
	       (item-path (db:test-get-item-path test-dat))
	       (full-name (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
	       (oup       (open-output-file out-file))
	       (status    (db:test-get-status   test-dat))
	       (color     (common:get-color-from-status status))
	       (logf      (db:test-get-final_logf test-dat))
	       (steps-dat (tests:get-compressed-steps run-id test-id)))
	  ;; (dcommon:get-compressed-steps #f 1 30045)
	  ;; (#("wasting_time" "23:36:13" "23:36:21" "0" "8.0s" "wasting_time.log"))
	  
	  (s:output-new
	   oup
	   (s:html
	    (s:title "Summary for " full-name)
	    (s:body 
	     (s:h2 "Summary for " full-name)
	     (s:table 'cellspacing "0" 'border "1"
		      (s:tr (s:td "run id")   (s:td (db:test-get-run_id   test-dat))
			    (s:td "test id")  (s:td (db:test-get-id       test-dat)))
		      (s:tr (s:td "testname") (s:td test-name)
			    (s:td "itempath") (s:td item-path))
		      (s:tr (s:td "state")    (s:td (db:test-get-state    test-dat))
			    (s:td "status")   (s:td (s:a 'href logf (s:font 'color color status))))
		      (s:tr (s:td "TestDate") (s:td (seconds->work-week/day-time 
						     (db:test-get-event_time test-dat)))
			    (s:td "Duration") (s:td (seconds->hr-min-sec (db:test-get-run_duration test-dat)))))
	     (s:h3 "Log files")
	     (s:table 
	      'cellspacing "0" 'border "1"
	      (s:tr (s:td "Final log")(s:td (s:a 'href logf logf))))
	     (s:table
	      'cellspacing "0" 'border "1"
	      (s:tr (s:td "Step Name")(s:td "Start")(s:td "End")(s:td "Status")(s:td "Duration")(s:td "Log File"))
	      (map (lambda (step-dat)
		     (s:tr (s:td (tdb:steps-table-get-stepname step-dat))
			   (s:td (tdb:steps-table-get-start    step-dat))
			   (s:td (tdb:steps-table-get-end      step-dat))
			   (s:td (tdb:steps-table-get-status   step-dat))
			   (s:td (tdb:steps-table-get-runtime  step-dat))
			   (s:td (let ((step-log (tdb:steps-table-get-log-file step-dat)))
				   (s:a 'href step-log step-log)))))
		   steps-dat))
	     )))
	  (close-output-port oup)))))
	  
	  
;; MUST BE CALLED local!
;;
(define (tests:test-get-paths-matching keynames target fnamepatt #!key (res '()))
  ;; BUG: Move the values derived from args to parameters and push to megatest.scm
  (let* ((testpatt   (or (args:get-arg "-testpatt")(args:get-arg "-testpatt") "%"))
	 (statepatt  (or (args:get-arg "-state")   (args:get-arg ":state")    "%"))
	 (statuspatt (or (args:get-arg "-status")  (args:get-arg ":status")   "%"))
	 (runname    (or (args:get-arg "-runname") (args:get-arg ":runname")  "%"))
	 (paths-from-db (rmt:test-get-paths-matching-keynames-target-new keynames target res
					testpatt
					statepatt
					statuspatt
					runname)))
    (if fnamepatt
	(apply append 
	       (map (lambda (p)
		      (if (directory-exists? p)
			  (let ((glob-query (conc p "/" fnamepatt)))
			    (handle-exceptions
				exn
				(with-input-from-pipe
				    (conc "echo " glob-query)
				  read-lines)  ;; we aren't going to try too hard. If glob breaks it is likely because someone tried to do */*/*.log or similar
			      (glob glob-query)))
			  '()))
		    paths-from-db))
	paths-from-db)))

			      
;; for each test:
;;   
(define (tests:filter-non-runnable run-id testkeynames testrecordshash)
  (let ((runnables '()))
    (for-each
     (lambda (testkeyname)
       (let* ((test-record (hash-table-ref testrecordshash testkeyname))
	      (test-name   (tests:testqueue-get-testname  test-record))
	      (itemdat     (tests:testqueue-get-itemdat   test-record))
	      (item-path   (tests:testqueue-get-item_path test-record))
	      (waitons     (tests:testqueue-get-waitons   test-record))
	      (keep-test   #t)
	      (test-id     (rmt:get-test-id run-id test-name item-path))
	      (tdat        (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id))) ;; (cdb:get-test-info-by-id *runremote* test-id)))
	 (if tdat
	     (begin
	       ;; Look at the test state and status
	       (if (or (and (member (db:test-get-status tdat) 
				    '("PASS" "WARN" "WAIVED" "CHECK" "SKIP"))
			    (equal? (db:test-get-state tdat) "COMPLETED"))
		       (member (db:test-get-state tdat)
				    '("INCOMPLETE" "KILLED")))
		   (set! keep-test #f))

	       ;; examine waitons for any fails. If it is FAIL or INCOMPLETE then eliminate this test
	       ;; from the runnable list
	       (if keep-test
		   (for-each (lambda (waiton)
			       ;; for now we are waiting only on the parent test
			       (let* ((parent-test-id (rmt:get-test-id run-id waiton ""))
				      (wtdat          (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id))) ;; (cdb:get-test-info-by-id *runremote* test-id)))
				 (if (or (and (equal? (db:test-get-state wtdat) "COMPLETED")
					      (member (db:test-get-status wtdat) '("FAIL" "ABORT")))
					 (member (db:test-get-status wtdat)  '("KILLED"))
					 (member (db:test-get-state wtdat)   '("INCOMPETE")))
				 ;; (if (or (member (db:test-get-status wtdat)
				 ;;        	 '("FAIL" "KILLED"))
				 ;;         (member (db:test-get-state wtdat)
				 ;;        	 '("INCOMPETE")))
				     (set! keep-test #f)))) ;; no point in running this one again
			     waitons))))
	 (if keep-test (set! runnables (cons testkeyname runnables)))))
     testkeynames)
    runnables))

;;======================================================================
;; test steps
;;======================================================================

;; teststep-set-status! used to be here

(define (test-get-kill-request run-id test-id) ;; run-id test-name itemdat)
  (let* ((testdat   (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id)))
    (and testdat
	 (equal? (test:get-state testdat) "KILLREQ"))))

(define (test:tdb-get-rundat-count tdb)
  (if tdb
      (let ((res 0))
	(sqlite3:for-each-row
	 (lambda (count)
	   (set! res count))
	 tdb
	 "SELECT count(id) FROM test_rundat;")
	res))
  0)

;; (define (tests:set-partial-meta-info test-id run-id minutes work-area)
#;(define (tests:set-partial-meta-info test-id run-id minutes work-area remtries)
  (let* ((cpuload  (get-cpu-load))
	 (diskfree (get-df (current-directory)))
	 (remtries 10))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (if (> remtries 0)
	 (begin
	   (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to set meta info. Will try " remtries " more times")
	   (set! remtries (- remtries 1))
	   (thread-sleep! 10)
	   (tests:set-full-meta-info db test-id run-id minutes work-area (- remtries 1)))
	 (let ((err-status ((condition-property-accessor 'sqlite3 'status #f) exn)))
	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "tried for over a minute to update meta info and failed. Giving up")
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "EXCEPTION: database probably overloaded or unreadable.")
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
	   (debug:print 5 *default-log-port* "exn=" (condition->list exn))
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " status:  " ((condition-property-accessor 'sqlite3 'status) exn))
	   (print-call-chain (current-error-port))))
     (tests:update-testdat-meta-info db test-id work-area cpuload diskfree minutes)
  )))
	 

;;======================================================================
;; launch a task - this runs on the originating host, tests themselves
;;
;;======================================================================


;;======================================================================
;; ezsteps
;;======================================================================

;; ezsteps were going to be coded as
;; stepname[,predstep1,predstep2 ...] [{VAR1=first,second,third}] command to execute
;;   BUT
;; now are
;; stepname {VAR=first,second,third ...} command ...
;; where the {VAR=first,second,third ...} is optional.

;; given an exit code and whether or not logpro was used calculate OK/BAD
;; return #t if we are ok, #f otherwise
(define (steprun-good? logpro exitcode)
  (or (eq? exitcode 0)
      (and logpro (eq? exitcode 2))))

;; if handed a string, process it, else look for MT_CMDINFO
(define (launch:get-cmdinfo-assoc-list #!key (encoded-cmd #f))
  (let ((enccmd (if encoded-cmd encoded-cmd (getenv "MT_CMDINFO"))))
    (if enccmd
	(common:read-encoded-string enccmd)
	'())))

;; return (conc status ": " comment) from the final section so that
;;   the comment can be set in the step record in launch.scm
;;
(define (launch:load-logpro-dat run-id test-id stepname)
  (let ((cname (conc stepname ".dat")))
    (if (common:file-exists? cname)
	(let* ((dat  (configf:read-config cname #f #f))
	       (csvr (db:logpro-dat->csv dat stepname))
	       (csvt (let-values (((fmt-cell fmt-record fmt-csv) (make-format ",")))
		       (fmt-csv (map list->csv-record csvr))))
	       (status (configf:lookup dat "final" "exit-status"))
	       (msg     (configf:lookup dat "final" "message")))
          (if csvt  ;; this if blocked stack dump caused by .dat file from logpro being 0-byte.  fixed by upgrading logpro
              (rmt:csv->test-data run-id test-id csvt)
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: no csvdat exists for run-id: " run-id " test-id: " test-id " stepname: " stepname ", check that logpro version is 1.15 or newer"))
	  ;;  (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "Error: run-id/test-id/stepname="run-id"/"test-id"/"stepname" => bad csvr="csvr)
	  ;;  )
	  (cond
	   ((equal? status "PASS") "PASS") ;; skip the message part if status is pass
	   (status (conc (configf:lookup dat "final" "exit-status") ": " (if msg msg "no message")))
	   (else #f)))
	#f)))

(define (launch:runstep ezstep run-id test-id exit-info m tal testconfig) ;;; TODO: deprecate me in favor of ezsteps.scm
  (let* ((stepname       (car ezstep))  ;; do stuff to run the step
	 (stepinfo       (cadr ezstep))
	;; (let ((info (cadr ezstep)))
	;; 		   (if (proc? info) "" info)))
	;; (stepproc       (let ((info (cadr ezstep)))
	;; 		   (if (proc? info) info #f)))
	 (stepparts      (string-match (regexp "^(\\{([^\\}\\{]*)\\}\\s*|)(.*)$") stepinfo))
	 (stepparams     (list-ref stepparts 2)) ;; for future use, {VAR=1,2,3}, run step for each
	 (paramparts     (if (string? stepparams)
			     (map (lambda (x)(string-split x "=")) (string-split-fields "[^;]*=[^;]*" stepparams))
			     '()))
	 (subrun         (alist-ref "subrun" paramparts equal?))
	 (stepcmd        (list-ref stepparts 3))
	 (script         "") ; "#!/bin/bash\n") ;; yep, we depend on bin/bash FIXME!!!\
	 (logpro-file    (conc stepname ".logpro"))
	 (html-file      (conc stepname ".html"))
	 (dat-file       (conc stepname ".dat"))
	 (tconfig-logpro (configf:lookup testconfig "logpro" stepname))
	 (logpro-used    (common:file-exists? logpro-file)))

    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "stepparts: " stepparts ", stepparams: " stepparams
                 ", paramparts: " paramparts ", subrun: " subrun ", stepcmd: " stepcmd)
    
    (if (and tconfig-logpro
	     (not logpro-used)) ;; no logpro file found but have a defn in the testconfig
	(begin
	  (with-output-to-file logpro-file
	    (lambda ()
	      (print ";; logpro file extracted from testconfig\n"
		     ";;")
	      (print tconfig-logpro)))
	  (set! logpro-used #t)))
    
    ;; NB// can safely assume we are in test-area directory
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "ezsteps:\n stepname: " stepname " stepinfo: " stepinfo " stepparts: " stepparts
		 " stepparams: " stepparams " stepcmd: " stepcmd)
    
    ;; ;; first source the previous environment
    ;; (let ((prev-env (conc ".ezsteps/" prevstep (if (string-search (regexp "csh") 
    ;;      							 (get-environment-variable "SHELL")) ".csh" ".sh"))))
    ;;   (if (and prevstep (common:file-exists? prev-env))
    ;;       (set! script (conc script "source " prev-env))))
    
    ;; call the command using mt_ezstep
    ;; (set! script (conc "mt_ezstep " stepname " " (if prevstep prevstep "x") " " stepcmd))
    
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "script: " script)
    (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id stepname "start" "-" #f #f)
    ;; now launch the actual process
    (call-with-environment-variables 
     (list (cons "PATH" (conc (get-environment-variable "PATH") ":.")))
     (lambda () ;; (process-run "/bin/bash" "-c" "exec ls -l /tmp/foobar > /tmp/delme-more.log 2>&1")
       (let* ((cmd (conc stepcmd " > " stepname ".log 2>&1")) ;; >outfile 2>&1 
	      (pid #f))
	 (let ((proc (lambda ()
		       (set! pid (process-run "/bin/bash" (list "-c" cmd))))))
	   (if subrun
               (begin
                 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Running without MT_.* environment variables.")
                 (common:without-vars proc "^MT_.*"))
	       (proc)))
	 
         (with-output-to-file "Makefile.ezsteps"
           (lambda ()
             (print stepname ".log :")
             (print "\t" cmd)
             (if (common:file-exists? (conc stepname ".logpro"))
                 (print "\tlogpro " stepname ".logpro " stepname ".html < " stepname ".log"))
             (print)
             (print stepname " : " stepname ".log")
             (print))
           #:append)

	 (rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid)
	 (let processloop ((i 0))
	   (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
		       (mutex-lock! m)
		       (launch:einf-pid-set!         exit-info pid)         ;; (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
		       (launch:einf-exit-status-set! exit-info exit-status) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
		       (launch:einf-exit-code-set!   exit-info exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)
		       (mutex-unlock! m)
		       (if (eq? pid-val 0)
			   (begin
			     (thread-sleep! 2)
			     (processloop (+ i 1))))
		       )))))
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "step " stepname " completed with exit code " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2))
    ;; now run logpro if needed
    (if logpro-used
	(let* ((logpro-exe (or (getenv "LOGPRO_EXE") "logpro"))
               (pid        (process-run (conc "/bin/sh -c '"logpro-exe" "logpro-file " " (conc stepname ".html") " < " stepname ".log > /dev/null'"))))
	  (let processloop ((i 0))
	    (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
			(mutex-lock! m)
			;; (make-launch:einf pid: pid exit-status: exit-status exit-code: exit-code)
			(launch:einf-pid-set!         exit-info pid)         ;; (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
			(launch:einf-exit-status-set! exit-info exit-status) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
			(launch:einf-exit-code-set!   exit-info exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)
			(mutex-unlock! m)
			(if (eq? pid-val 0)
			    (begin
			      (thread-sleep! 2)
			      (processloop (+ i 1)))))
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "logpro for step " stepname " exited with code " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info))))) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2)))))
    
    (let ((exinfo (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2))
	  (logfna (if logpro-used (conc stepname ".html") ""))
	  (comment #f))
      (if logpro-used
	  (let ((datfile (conc stepname ".dat")))
	    ;; load the .dat file into the test_data table if it exists
	    (if (common:file-exists? datfile)
		(set! comment (launch:load-logpro-dat run-id test-id stepname)))
	    (rmt:test-set-log! run-id test-id (conc stepname ".html"))))
      (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id stepname "end" exinfo comment logfna))
    ;; set the test final status
    (let* ((process-exit-status (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 2))
	   (this-step-status (cond
			      ((and (eq? process-exit-status 2) logpro-used) 'warn)   ;; logpro 2 = warnings
			      ((and (eq? process-exit-status 3) logpro-used) 'check)  ;; logpro 3 = check
			      ((and (eq? process-exit-status 4) logpro-used) 'waived) ;; logpro 4 = waived
			      ((and (eq? process-exit-status 5) logpro-used) 'abort)  ;; logpro 5 = abort
			      ((and (eq? process-exit-status 6) logpro-used) 'skip)   ;; logpro 6 = skip
			      ((eq? process-exit-status 0)                   'pass)   ;; logpro 0 = pass
			      (else 'fail)))
	   (overall-status   (cond
			      ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 2) 'warn) ;; rollup-status (vector-ref exit-info 3)
			      ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 0) 'pass) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 3)
			      (else 'fail)))
	   (next-status      (cond 
			      ((eq? overall-status 'pass) this-step-status)
			      ((eq? overall-status 'warn)
			       (if (eq? this-step-status 'fail) 'fail 'warn))
			      ((eq? overall-status 'abort) 'abort)
			      (else 'fail)))
	   (next-state       ;; "RUNNING") ;; WHY WAS THIS CHANGED TO NOT USE (null? tal) ??
	    (cond
	     ((null? tal) ;; more to run?
	      "COMPLETED")
	     (else "RUNNING"))))
      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Exit value received: " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info) " logpro-used: " logpro-used 
		   " this-step-status: " this-step-status " overall-status: " overall-status 
		   " next-status: " next-status " rollup-status: "  (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 3))
      (case next-status
	((warn)
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 2) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 2) ;; rollup-status
	 ;; NB// test-set-status! does rdb calls under the hood
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "WARN" 
				 (if (eq? this-step-status 'warn) "Logpro warning found" #f)
				 #f))
	((check)
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 3) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 3) ;; rollup-status
	 ;; NB// test-set-status! does rdb calls under the hood
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "CHECK" 
				 (if (eq? this-step-status 'check) "Logpro check found" #f)
				 #f))
	((waived)
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 4) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 3) ;; rollup-status
	 ;; NB// test-set-status! does rdb calls under the hood
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "WAIVED" 
				 (if (eq? this-step-status 'check) "Logpro waived found" #f)
				 #f))
	((abort)
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 5) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 4) ;; rollup-status
	 ;; NB// test-set-status! does rdb calls under the hood
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "ABORT" 
				 (if (eq? this-step-status 'abort) "Logpro abort found" #f)
				 #f))
	((skip)
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 6) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 4) ;; rollup-status
	 ;; NB// test-set-status! does rdb calls under the hood
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "SKIP" 
				 (if (eq? this-step-status 'skip) "Logpro skip found" #f)
				 #f))
	((pass)
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id next-state "PASS" #f #f))
	(else ;; 'fail
	 (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info 1) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 1) ;; force fail, this used to be next-state but that doesn't make sense. should always be "COMPLETED" 
	 (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "FAIL" (conc "Failed at step " stepname) #f)
	 )))
    logpro-used))

(define (launch:manage-steps run-id test-id item-path fullrunscript ezsteps subrun test-name tconfigreg exit-info m)
  ;; (let-values
  ;;  (((pid exit-status exit-code)
  ;;    (run-n-wait fullrunscript)))
  ;; (tests:test-set-status! test-id "RUNNING" "n/a" #f #f)
  ;; Since we should have a clean slate at this time there is no need to do 
  ;; any of the other stuff that tests:test-set-status! does. Let's just 
  ;; force RUNNING/n/a

  ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3)
  ;; (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "RUNNING" "n/a")
  (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path "RUNNING" #f #f) 
  ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3) ;; NFS slowness has caused grief here

  ;; if there is a runscript do it first
  (if fullrunscript
      (let ((pid (process-run fullrunscript)))
	(rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid)
	(let loop ((i 0))
	  (let-values
	   (((pid-val exit-status exit-code) (process-wait pid #t)))
	   (mutex-lock! m)
	   (launch:einf-pid-set!           exit-info  pid)         ;; (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
	   (launch:einf-exit-status-set!   exit-info  exit-status) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
	   (launch:einf-exit-code-set!     exit-info  exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)
	   (launch:einf-rollup-status-set! exit-info  exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 3 exit-code)  ;; rollup status
	   (mutex-unlock! m)
	   (if (eq? pid-val 0)
	       (begin
		 (thread-sleep! 2)
		 (loop (+ i 1)))
	       )))))
  ;; then, if runscript ran ok (or did not get called)
  ;; do all the ezsteps (if any)
  (if (or ezsteps subrun)
      (let* ((test-run-dir (tests:get-test-path-from-environment))
             (testconfig ;; (read-config (conc work-area "/testconfig") #f #t environ-patt: "pre-launch-env-vars")) ;; FIXME??? is allow-system ok here?
	      ;; NOTE: it is tempting to turn off force-create of testconfig but dynamic
	      ;;       ezstep names need a full re-eval here.
	      (tests:get-testconfig test-name item-path tconfigreg #t force-create: #t)) ;; 'return-procs)))
	     (ezstepslst (if (hash-table? testconfig)
			     (hash-table-ref/default testconfig "ezsteps" '())
			     #f)))
	(if testconfig
	    (hash-table-set! *testconfigs* test-name testconfig) ;; cached for lazy reads later ...
	    (begin
	      (launch:setup)
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: no testconfig found for " test-name " in search path:\n  "
			   (string-intersperse (tests:get-tests-search-path *configdat*) "\n  "))))
	;; after all that, still no testconfig? Time to abort
	(if (not testconfig)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to resolve megatest.config, runconfigs.config and testconfig issues. Giving up now")
	      (exit 1)))

	;; create a proc for the subrun if requested, save that proc in the ezsteps table as the last entry
	;; 1. get section [runarun]
	;; 2. unset MT_* vars
	;; 3. fix target
	;; 4. fix runname
	;; 5. fix testpatt or calculate it from contour
	;; 6. launch the run
	;; 7. roll up the run result and or roll up the logpro processed result
	(when (configf:lookup testconfig "subrun" "runwait") ;; we use runwait as the flag that a subrun is requested
            (subrun:initialize-toprun-test testconfig test-run-dir)
	    (let* ((mt-cmd (subrun:launch-cmd test-run-dir)))
              (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Subrun command is \"" mt-cmd "\"")
              (set! ezsteps #t) ;; set the needed flag
	      (set! ezstepslst
                    (append (or ezstepslst '())
                            (list (list "subrun" (conc "{subrun=true} " mt-cmd)))))))

	;; process the ezsteps
	(if ezsteps
	    (begin
	      (if (not (common:file-exists? ".ezsteps"))(create-directory ".ezsteps"))
	      ;; if ezsteps was defined then we are sure to have at least one step but check anyway
	      (if (not (> (length ezstepslst) 0))
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "ezsteps defined but ezstepslst is zero length")
		  (let loop ((ezstep (car ezstepslst))
			     (tal    (cdr ezstepslst))
			     (prevstep #f))
                    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Processing ezstep \"" (string-intersperse ezstep " ") "\"")
		    ;; check exit-info (vector-ref exit-info 1)
		    (if (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 1)
			(let ((logpro-used (launch:runstep ezstep run-id test-id exit-info m tal testconfig))
			      (stepname    (car ezstep)))
			  ;; if logpro-used read in the stepname.dat file
			  (if (and logpro-used (common:file-exists? (conc stepname ".dat")))
			      (launch:load-logpro-dat run-id test-id stepname))
			  (if (steprun-good? logpro-used (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info))
			      (if (not (null? tal))
				  (loop (car tal) (cdr tal) stepname))
			      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: step " (car ezstep) " failed. Stopping")))
			(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: a prior step failed, stopping at " ezstep)))))))))

(define (launch:monitor-job run-id test-id item-path fullrunscript ezsteps test-name tconfigreg exit-info m work-area runtlim misc-flags)
  (let* ((update-period (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "test-stats-update-period") "30")))
         (start-seconds (current-seconds))
	 (calc-minutes  (lambda ()
			  (inexact->exact 
			   (round 
			    (- 
			     (current-seconds) 
			     start-seconds)))))
	 (kill-tries 0))
    ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area)
    ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area)
    (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area 10)

    (let loop ((minutes   (calc-minutes))
	       (cpu-load  (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
	       (disk-free (get-df (current-directory)))
               (last-sync (current-seconds)))
      #;(common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc "launch:monitor-job - top of loop encountered at "(current-seconds)" with last-sync="last-sync))
      (let* ((over-time     (> (current-seconds) (+ last-sync update-period)))
             (new-cpu-load  (let* ((load  (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
                                   (delta (abs (- load cpu-load))))
                              (if (> delta 0.1) ;; don't bother updating with small changes
                                  load
                                  #f)))
             (new-disk-free (let* ((df    (if over-time ;; only get df every 30 seconds
                                              (get-df (current-directory))
                                              disk-free))
                                   (delta (abs (- df disk-free))))
                              (if (and (> df 0)
                                       (> (/ delta df) 0.1)) ;; (> delta 200) ;; ignore changes under 200 Meg
                                  df
                                  #f)))
             (do-sync       (or new-cpu-load new-disk-free over-time))

             (test-info   (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
             (state       (db:test-get-state test-info))
             (status      (db:test-get-status test-info))
             (kill-reason  "no kill reason specified")
             (kill-job?    #f))
        #;(common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc "launch:monitor-job - decision time encountered at "(current-seconds)" with last-sync="last-sync" do-sync="do-sync" over-time="over-time" update-period="update-period))
        (cond
         ((test-get-kill-request run-id test-id)
          (set! kill-reason "KILLING TEST since received kill request (KILLREQ)")
          (set! kill-job? #t))
         ((and runtlim (> (- (current-seconds) start-seconds) runtlim))
          (set! kill-reason (conc "KILLING TEST DUE TO TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED! Runtime=" (- (current-seconds) start-seconds) " seconds, limit=" runtlim))
          (set! kill-job? #t))
         ((equal? status "DEAD")
          (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes) #f #f)
          (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-id 'foo "RUNNING" "n/a" "was marked dead; really still running.")
          ;;(set! kill-reason "KILLING TEST because it was marked as DEAD by launch:handle-zombie-tests (might indicate really overloaded server or else overzealous setup.deadtime)") ;; MARK RUNNING
          (set! kill-job? #f)))

        (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "cpu: " new-cpu-load " disk: " new-disk-free " last-sync: " last-sync " do-sync: " do-sync)
        (launch:handle-zombie-tests run-id)
        (when do-sync
          ;;(with-output-to-file (conc (getenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR") "/last-loadinfo.log" #:append)
          ;;  (lambda () (pp (list (current-seconds) new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes)))))
          #;(common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc  "launch:monitor-job - dosync started at "(current-seconds)))
          (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id new-cpu-load new-disk-free (calc-minutes) #f #f)
          #;(common:telemetry-log "zombie" (conc "launch:monitor-job - dosync finished at "(current-seconds))))
        
	(if kill-job? 
	    (begin
              (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "proceeding to kill test: "kill-reason)
	      (mutex-lock! m)
	      ;; NOTE: The pid can change as different steps are run. Do we need handshaking between this
	      ;;       section and the runit section? Or add a loop that tries three times with a 1/4 second
	      ;;       between tries?
	      (let* ((pid1 (launch:einf-pid exit-info)) ;; (vector-ref exit-info 0))
		     (pid2 (rmt:test-get-top-process-pid run-id test-id))
		     (pids (delete-duplicates (filter number? (list pid1 pid2)))))
		(if (not (null? pids))
		    (begin
		      (for-each
		       (lambda (pid)
			 (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to kill process with pid " pid ", possibly already killed.")
			    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
			  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Request received to kill job " pid) ;;  " (attempt # " kill-tries ")")
			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Signal mask=" (signal-mask))
			  ;; (if (process:alive? pid)
			  ;;     (begin
			  (map (lambda (pid-num)
				 (process-signal pid-num signal/term))
			       (process:get-sub-pids pid))
			  (thread-sleep! 5)
			  ;; (if (process:process-alive? pid)
			  (map (lambda (pid-num)
				 (handle-exceptions
				  exn
				  #f
				  (process-signal pid-num signal/kill)))
			       (process:get-sub-pids pid))))
		       ;;    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "not killing process " pid " as it is not alive"))))
		       pids)
                      ;; BB: question to Matt -- does the tests:test-state-status! encompass rollup to toplevel?  If not, should it?
		      (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "KILLED"  "KILLED" (conc (args:get-arg "-m")" "kill-reason) #f)) ;; BB ADDED kill-reason -- confirm OK with Matt
		    (begin
		      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Nothing to kill, pid1=" pid1 ", pid2=" pid2)
		      (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "KILLED"  "FAILED TO KILL" (conc (args:get-arg "-m")" "kill-reason) #f) ;; BB ADDED kill-reason -- confirm OK with Matt
		      )))
	      (mutex-unlock! m)
	      ;; no point in sticking around. Exit now. But run end of run before exiting?
        (launch:end-of-run-check run-id)
	      (exit)))
	(if (hash-table-ref/default misc-flags 'keep-going #f)
	    (begin
	      (thread-sleep! 3) ;; (+ 3 (random 6))) ;; add some jitter to the call home time to spread out the db accesses
	      (if (hash-table-ref/default misc-flags 'keep-going #f)  ;; keep originals for cpu-load and disk-free unless they change more than the allowed delta
		  (loop (calc-minutes)
                        (or new-cpu-load cpu-load)
                        (or new-disk-free disk-free)
                        (if do-sync (current-seconds) last-sync)))))))
    (tests:update-central-meta-info run-id test-id (get-cpu-load) (get-df (current-directory))(calc-minutes) #f #f))) ;; NOTE: Checking twice for keep-going is intentional

;; set up needed environment variables given a run-id and optionally a target, itempath etc.
;;
(define (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id #!key (inkeys #f)(inrunname #f)(inkeyvals #f)(intarget #f)(testname #f)(itempath #f))
  ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars entry")
  (let* ((target    (or intarget 
			(common:args-get-target)
			(get-environment-variable "MT_TARGET")))
	 (keys      (if inkeys    inkeys    (rmt:get-keys)))
	 (keyvals   (if inkeyvals inkeyvals (keys:target->keyval keys target)))
	 (vals      (hash-table-ref/default *env-vars-by-run-id* run-id #f))
	 (link-tree (common:get-linktree))) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
    (if testname (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" testname))
    (if itempath (setenv "MT_ITEMPATH"  itempath))

    ;; get the info from the db and put it in the cache
    (if link-tree
	(setenv "MT_LINKTREE" link-tree)
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "linktree not set, should be set in megatest.config in [setup] section."))
    (if (not vals)
	(let ((ht (make-hash-table)))
	  (hash-table-set! *env-vars-by-run-id* run-id ht)
	  (set! vals ht)
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (key)
	     (hash-table-set! vals (car key) (cadr key)))
	   keyvals)))
    ;; from the cached data set the vars
    
    (hash-table-for-each
     vals
     (lambda (key val)
       (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "setenv " key " " val)
       (safe-setenv key val)))
    ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars block 1")
    ;;(BB> "*env-vars-by-run-id*/runid("run-id" vals="(hash-table->alist vals))

    (if (not (get-environment-variable "MT_TARGET"))(setenv "MT_TARGET" target))
    ;; we had a case where there was an exception generated by the hash-table-ref
    ;; due to *configdat* being #f Adding a handle and exit
    (let fatal-loop ((count 0)) 
      (handle-exceptions
	  exn
	  (let ((call-chain (get-call-chain))
		(msg        ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
	    (if (< count 5)
		(begin ;; this call is colliding, do some crude stuff to fix it.
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: *configdat* was inaccessible! This should never happen. Retry #" count)
		  (launch:setup force-reread: #t)
		  (fatal-loop (+ count 1))) 
		(begin
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL: *configdat* was inaccessible! This should never happen. Retried " count " times. Message: " msg)
		  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Call chain:")
		  (with-output-to-port *default-log-port*

                    (lambda ()
                      (print "*configdat* is >>"*configdat*"<<")
                      (pp *configdat*)
                      (pp call-chain)))
                  
		  (exit 1))))
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars block 1.5")
          (when (or (not *configdat*) (not (hash-table? *configdat*)))
              (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: *configdat* was inaccessible! This should never happen.  Brute force reread.")
              ;;(BB> "ERROR: *configdat* was inaccessible! This should never happen.  Brute force reread.")
              (thread-sleep! 2) ;; assuming nfs lag.
              (launch:setup force-reread: #t))
          (alist->env-vars (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '())))) ;;;; environment is tainted HERE in this let block.
    ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars block 2")
    ;; Lets use this as an opportunity to put MT_RUNNAME in the environment
    (let ((runname  (if inrunname inrunname (rmt:get-run-name-from-id run-id))))
      (if runname
	  (setenv "MT_RUNNAME" runname)
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "no value for runname for id " run-id)))
    (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
    ;; if a testname and itempath are available set the remaining appropriate variables
    (if testname (setenv "MT_TEST_NAME" testname))
    (if itempath (setenv "MT_ITEMPATH"  itempath))
    ;;(bb-check-path msg: "runs:set-megatest-env-vars block 3")
    (if (and testname link-tree)
	(setenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR" (conc (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")  "/"
					(getenv "MT_TARGET")    "/"
					(getenv "MT_RUNNAME")   "/"
					(getenv "MT_TEST_NAME")
					(if (and itempath
						 (not (equal? itempath "")))
					    (conc "/" itempath)
					    ""))))))

(define (launch:execute encoded-cmd)
  (let* ((cmdinfo    (common:read-encoded-string encoded-cmd))
	 (tconfigreg #f))
    (setenv "MT_CMDINFO" encoded-cmd)
    ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute incoming")
    (if (list? cmdinfo) ;; ((testpath /tmp/mrwellan/jazzmind/src/example_run/tests/sqlitespeed)
	;; (test-name sqlitespeed) (runscript runscript.rb) (db-host localhost) (run-id 1))
	(let* ((testpath  (assoc/default 'testpath  cmdinfo))  ;; testpath is the test spec area
	       (top-path  (assoc/default 'toppath   cmdinfo))
	       (work-area (assoc/default 'work-area cmdinfo))  ;; work-area is the test run area
	       (test-name (assoc/default 'test-name cmdinfo))
	       (runscript (assoc/default 'runscript cmdinfo))
	       (ezsteps   (assoc/default 'ezsteps   cmdinfo))
	       (subrun    (assoc/default 'subrun    cmdinfo))
	       ;; (runremote (assoc/default 'runremote cmdinfo))
	       ;; (transport (assoc/default 'transport cmdinfo))  ;; not used
	       ;; (serverinf (assoc/default 'serverinf cmdinfo))
	       ;; (port      (assoc/default 'port      cmdinfo))
	       (serverurl (assoc/default 'serverurl cmdinfo))
	       (homehost  (assoc/default 'homehost  cmdinfo))
	       (run-id    (assoc/default 'run-id    cmdinfo))
	       (test-id   (assoc/default 'test-id   cmdinfo))
	       (target    (assoc/default 'target    cmdinfo))
	       (areaname  (assoc/default 'areaname  cmdinfo))
	       (itemdat   (assoc/default 'itemdat   cmdinfo))
	       (env-ovrd  (assoc/default 'env-ovrd  cmdinfo))
	       (set-vars  (assoc/default 'set-vars  cmdinfo)) ;; pre-overrides from -setvar
	       (runname   (assoc/default 'runname   cmdinfo))
	       (megatest  (assoc/default 'megatest  cmdinfo))
	       (runtlim   (assoc/default 'runtlim   cmdinfo))
	       (contour   (assoc/default 'contour   cmdinfo))
	       (item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
	       (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
               (check-work-area           (lambda ()
                                            ;; 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)))
	       ) ;; let*

	  (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)
          (change-directory *toppath*) ;; temporarily switch to the run area home
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR"  work-area)

	  (launch:setup) ;; should be properly in the run area home now

	  (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)
          (change-directory *toppath*) ;; temporarily switch to the run area home
	  (setenv "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR"  work-area)

	  (launch:setup) ;; should be properly in the run area home now
          
	  (set! tconfigreg (tests:get-all)) ;; mapping of testname => test source path
	  (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)
			   (print "Received signal " signum ", cleaning up before exit (set this test to COMPLETED/ABORT) . Please wait...")
			   (let ((th1 (make-thread (lambda ()
                                                     (print "set test to COMPLETED/ABORT begin.")
						     (rmt:test-set-state-status run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "ABORT" "received kill signal")
                                                     (print "set test to COMPLETED/ABORT complete.")
						     (print "Killed by signal " signum ". Exiting")
						     (exit 1))))
				 (th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
						     (thread-sleep! 20)
						     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Done")
						     (exit 4)))))
			     (thread-start! th2)
			     (thread-start! th1)
			     (thread-join! th2)))))
	    (set-signal-handler! signal/int sighand)
	    (set-signal-handler! signal/term sighand)
	    ) ;; (set-signal-handler! signal/stop sighand)
	  
	  ;; Do not run the test if it is REMOVING, RUNNING, KILLREQ or REMOTEHOSTSTART,
	  ;; Mark the test as REMOTEHOSTSTART *IMMEDIATELY*
	  ;;
	  (let* ((test-info (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
		 (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:general-call 'set-test-start-time #f test-id)
              (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")
		  (exit)))
	     ((not (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ")))
	      ;; (tests:test-force-state-status! run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a")
              (rmt:general-call 'set-test-start-time #f test-id)
	      (rmt:test-set-state-status run-id test-id "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "n/a" #f)
	      )
	     (else ;; (member (db:test-get-state test-info) '("REMOVING" "REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING" "KILLREQ"))
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "test state is " (db:test-get-state test-info) ", cannot proceed")
	      (exit))))

          ;; cleanup prior execution's steps
          (rmt:delete-steps-for-test! run-id test-id)
          
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Executing " test-name " (id: " test-id ") on " (get-host-name))
	  (set! keys       (rmt:get-keys))
	  ;; (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inkeyvals: keyvals) ;; these may be needed by the launching process
	  ;; one of these is defunct/redundant ...
	  (if (not (launch:setup force-reread: #t))
	      (begin
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to setup, exiting") 
		;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
		;; (sqlite3:finalize! tdb)
		(exit 1)))
          ;; validate that the test run area is available
          (check-work-area)
          
          ;; still need to go back to run area home for next couple steps
	  (change-directory *toppath*) 

	  ;; NOTE: Current order is to process runconfigs *before* setting the MT_ vars. This 
	  ;;       seems non-ideal but could well break stuff
	  ;;    BUG? BUG? BUG?
	  
	  (let ((rconfig (full-runconfigs-read)) ;; (read-config (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") #f #t sections: (list "default" target))))
		(wconfig (configf:read-config "waivers.config" #f #t sections: `( "default" ,target )))) ;; read the waivers config if it exists
	    ;; (setup-env-defaults (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") run-id (make-hash-table) keyvals target)
	    ;; (set-run-config-vars run-id keyvals target) ;; (db:get-target db run-id))
	    ;; Now have runconfigs data loaded, set environment vars
	    (for-each
	     (lambda (section)
	       (for-each
		(lambda (varval)
		  (let ((var (car varval))
			(val (cadr varval)))
		    (if (and (string? var)(string? val))
			(begin
			  (safe-setenv var (configf:eval-string-in-environment val))) ;; val)
			(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "bad variable spec, " var "=" val))))
		(configf:get-section rconfig section)))
	     (list "default" target)))
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 1")

	  ;; 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:file-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)))))

          ;; now we can switch to the work-area?
          (change-directory work-area)
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 1.5")
	  ;; (change-directory work-area) 
	  (set! keyvals    (keys:target->keyval keys target))
	  ;; apply pre-overrides before other variables. The pre-override vars must not
	  ;; clobbers things from the official sources such as megatest.config and runconfigs.config
	  (if (string? set-vars)
	      (let ((varpairs (string-split set-vars ",")))
		(debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "varpairs: " varpairs)
		(map (lambda (varpair)
		       (let ((varval (string-split varpair "=")))
			 (if (eq? (length varval) 2)
			     (let ((var (car varval))
				   (val (cadr varval)))
			       (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Adding pre-var/val " var " = " val " to the environment")
			       (setenv var val)))))
		     varpairs)))
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 2")
	  (for-each
	   (lambda (varval)
	     (let ((var (car varval))
		   (val (cadr varval)))
	       (if val
		   (setenv var val)
		   (begin
		     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "required variable " var " does not have a valid value. Exiting")
		     (exit)))))
	     (list 
	      (list  "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR" work-area)
	      (list  "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name)
	      (list  "MT_ITEM_INFO" (conc itemdat))
	      (list  "MT_ITEMPATH"  item-path)
	      (list  "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
	      (list  "MT_MEGATEST"  megatest)
	      (list  "MT_TARGET"    target)
	      (list  "MT_LINKTREE"  (common:get-linktree)) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree"))
	      (list  "MT_TESTSUITENAME" (common:get-testsuite-name))))
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 3")

	  (if mt-bindir-path (setenv "PATH" (conc (getenv "PATH") ":" mt-bindir-path)))
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 4")
	  ;; (change-directory top-path)
	  ;; Can setup as client for server mode now
	  ;; (client:setup)

	  
	  ;; environment overrides are done *before* the remaining critical envars.
	  (alist->env-vars env-ovrd)
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 41")
	  (runs:set-megatest-env-vars run-id inkeys: keys inkeyvals: keyvals)
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 42")
	  (set-item-env-vars itemdat)
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 43")
          (let ((blacklist (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "blacklistvars")))
            (if blacklist
		(let ((vars (string-split blacklist)))
		  (save-environment-as-files "megatest" ignorevars: vars)
		  (for-each (lambda (var)
			      (unsetenv var))
			    vars))
                (save-environment-as-files "megatest")))
          ;;(bb-check-path msg: "launch:execute post block 44")
	  ;; open-run-close not needed for test-set-meta-info
	  ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id 0 work-area)
	  ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info test-id run-id 0 work-area)
	  (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id 0 work-area 10)

	  ;; (thread-sleep! 0.3) ;; NFS slowness has caused grief here

	  (if (args:get-arg "-xterm")
	      (set! fullrunscript "xterm")
	      (if (and fullrunscript 
		       (common:file-exists? fullrunscript)
		       (not (file-execute-access? fullrunscript)))
		  (system (conc "chmod ug+x " fullrunscript))))

	  ;; We are about to actually kick off the test
	  ;; so this is a good place to remove the records for 
	  ;; any previous runs
	  ;; (db:test-remove-steps db run-id testname itemdat)
	  ;; now is also a good time to write the .testconfig file
	  (let* ((tconfig-fname   (conc work-area "/.testconfig"))
		 (tconfig-tmpfile (conc tconfig-fname ".tmp"))
		 (tconfig         (tests:get-testconfig test-name item-path tconfigreg #t force-create: #t))) ;; 'return-procs)))
	    (configf:write-alist tconfig tconfig-tmpfile)
	    (file-move tconfig-tmpfile tconfig-fname #t))
	  ;; 
	  (let* ((m            (make-mutex))
		 (kill-job?    #f)
		 (exit-info    (make-launch:einf pid: #t exit-status: #t exit-code: #t rollup-status: 0)) ;; pid exit-status exit-code (i.e. process was successfully run) rollup-status
		 (job-thread   #f)
		 ;; (keep-going   #t)
		 (misc-flags   (let ((ht (make-hash-table)))
				 (hash-table-set! ht 'keep-going #t)
				 ht))
		 (runit        (lambda ()
				 (launch:manage-steps run-id test-id item-path fullrunscript ezsteps subrun test-name tconfigreg exit-info m)))
		 (monitorjob   (lambda ()
				 (launch:monitor-job  run-id test-id item-path fullrunscript ezsteps test-name tconfigreg exit-info m work-area runtlim misc-flags)))
		 (th1          (make-thread monitorjob "monitor job"))
		 (th2          (make-thread runit "run job")))
	    (set! job-thread th2)
	    (thread-start! th1)
	    (thread-start! th2)
	    (thread-join! th2)
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Megatest exectute of test " test-name ", item path " item-path " complete. Notifying the db ...")
	    (hash-table-set! misc-flags 'keep-going #f)
	    (thread-join! th1)
	    (thread-sleep! 1)       ;; givbe thread th1 a chance to be done TODO: Verify this is needed. At 0.1 I was getting fail to stop, increased to total of 1.1 sec.
	    (mutex-lock! m)
	    (let* ((item-path (item-list->path itemdat))
		   ;; only state and status needed - use lazy routine
		   (testinfo  (rmt:get-testinfo-state-status run-id test-id)))
	      ;; Am I completed?
	      (if (member (db:test-get-state testinfo) '("REMOTEHOSTSTART" "RUNNING")) ;; NOTE: It should *not* be REMOTEHOSTSTART but for reasons I don't yet understand it sometimes gets stuck in that state ;; (not (equal? (db:test-get-state testinfo) "COMPLETED"))
		  (let ((new-state  (if kill-job? "KILLED" "COMPLETED") ;; (if (eq? (vector-ref exit-info 2) 0) ;; exited with "good" status
				                                        ;; "COMPLETED"							                ;; (db:test-get-state testinfo)))   ;; else preseve the state as set within the test
				    )
			(new-status (cond
				     ((not (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info)) "FAIL") ;; job failed to run ... (vector-ref exit-info 1)
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 0)     ;; (vector-ref exit-info 3)
				      ;; if the current status is AUTO then defer to the calculated value (i.e. leave this AUTO)
				      (if (equal? (db:test-get-status testinfo) "AUTO") "AUTO" "PASS"))
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 1) "FAIL")  ;; (vector-ref exit-info 3)
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 2)	     ;;	(vector-ref exit-info 3)
				      ;; if the current status is AUTO the defer to the calculated value but qualify (i.e. make this AUTO-WARN)
				      (if (equal? (db:test-get-status testinfo) "AUTO") "AUTO-WARN" "WARN"))
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 3) "CHECK")
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 4) "WAIVED")
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 5) "ABORT")
				     ((eq? (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info) 6) "SKIP")
				     (else "FAIL")))) ;; (db:test-get-status testinfo)))
		    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "Test exited in state=" (db:test-get-state testinfo) ", setting state/status based on exit code of " (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info) " and rollup-status of " (launch:einf-rollup-status exit-info))
		    (tests:test-set-status! run-id 
					    test-id 
					    new-state
					    new-status
					    (args:get-arg "-m") #f)
		    ;; need to update the top test record if PASS or FAIL and this is a subtest
		    ;; NO NEED TO CALL set-state-status-and-roll-up-items HERE, THIS IS DONE IN set-state-status-and-roll-up-items called by tests:test-set-status!
		    ))
	      ;; for automated creation of the rollup html file this is a good place...
	      (if (not (equal? item-path ""))
		  (tests:summarize-items run-id test-id test-name #f))
	      (tests:summarize-test run-id test-id)  ;; don't force - just update if no
	      (rmt:update-run-stats run-id (rmt:get-raw-run-stats run-id)))
	    (mutex-unlock! m)
            (launch:end-of-run-check run-id )
	    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Output from running " fullrunscript ", pid " (launch:einf-pid exit-info) " in work area " 
			 work-area ":\n====\n exit code " (launch:einf-exit-code exit-info) "\n" "====\n")
	    (if (not (launch:einf-exit-status exit-info))
		(exit 4))))
        )))

(define (launch:is-test-alive host pid)
(if (and host pid (not (equal? host "n/a")))
(let* ((cmd (conc "ssh " host " pstree -A " pid))
      (output (with-input-from-pipe cmd read-lines)))
  (print "cmd: " cmd "\n op: " output )
  (if(eq? (length output) 0)
     #f
     #t))
#t))
 
(define (launch:kill-tests-if-dead run-id)
  (let* ((running-tests (rmt:get-tests-for-run run-id "%" `("RUNNING" "LAUNCHED" "REMOTEHOSTSTART") `() #f #f #f #f #f #f #f #f)))
       (let loop ((running-test (car running-tests))
			     (tal    (cdr running-tests))
			     (kill-cnt 0))
		       (let* ((test-name (vector-ref running-test 2))
                 (item-path (vector-ref running-test 11))
								 (test-id (vector-ref running-test 0))
                 (host (vector-ref running-test 6))
                 (pid  (rmt:test-get-top-process-pid run-id test-id))   
                 (event-time (vector-ref running-test 5))
                 (duration (vector-ref running-test 12))
                 (flag 0)   
                 (curr-time (current-seconds)))
       (if (and (< (+ event-time duration 600) curr-time) (not (launch:is-test-alive host pid))) ;;test has not updated duration in last 10 min then likely its not running but confirm before marking it as killed
           (begin    
			       	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "test " test-name "/" item-path " needs to be killed")
              (set! flag 1) 
              (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path "KILLREQ" "n/a" #f)))
               (if (not (null? tal))
				  (loop (car tal) (cdr tal) (+ kill-cnt flag))
                 (+ kill-cnt flag))))))

;; DO NOT USE - caching of configs is handled in launch:setup now.
;;
(define (launch:cache-config)
  ;; if we have a linktree and -runtests and -target and the directory exists dump the config
  ;; to megatest-(current-seconds).cfg and symlink it to megatest.cfg
  (if (and *configdat* 
	   (or (args:get-arg "-run")
	       (args:get-arg "-runtests")
	       (args:get-arg "-execute")))
      (let* ((linktree (common:get-linktree)) ;; (get-environment-variable "MT_LINKTREE"))
	     (target   (common:args-get-target exit-if-bad: #t))
	     (runname  (or (args:get-arg "-runname")
			   (args:get-arg ":runname")
			   (getenv "MT_RUNNAME")))
	     (fulldir  (conc linktree "/"
			     target "/"
			     runname)))
	(if (and linktree (common:file-exists? linktree)) ;; can't proceed without linktree
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Have -run with target=" target ", runname=" runname ", fulldir=" fulldir ", testpatt=" (or (args:get-arg "-testpatt") "%"))
	      (if (not (common:file-exists? fulldir))
		  (create-directory fulldir #t)) ;; need to protect with exception handler 
	      (if (and target
		       runname
		       (common:file-exists? fulldir))
		  (let ((tmpfile  (conc fulldir "/.megatest.cfg." (current-seconds)))
			(targfile (conc fulldir "/.megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash))
			(rconfig  (conc fulldir "/.runconfig." megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
		    (if (common:file-exists? rconfig) ;; only cache megatest.config AFTER runconfigs has been cached
			(begin
			  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Caching megatest.config in " tmpfile)
                          (if (not (common:in-running-test?))
                              (configf:write-alist *configdat* tmpfile))
			  (system (conc "ln -sf " tmpfile " " targfile))))
		    )))
	    (debug:print-info 1 *default-log-port* "No linktree yet, no caching configs.")))))


;; gather available information, if legit read configs in this order:
;;
;;   if have cache;
;;      read it a return it
;;   else
;;     megatest.config     (do not cache)
;;     runconfigs.config   (cache if all vars avail)
;;     megatest.config     (cache if all vars avail)
;;   returns:
;;     *toppath*
;;   side effects:
;;     sets; *configdat*    (megatest.config info)
;;           *runconfigdat* (runconfigs.config info)
;;           *configstatus* (status of the read data)
;;
(define (launch:setup #!key (force-reread #f) (areapath #f))
  (mutex-lock! *launch-setup-mutex*)
  (if (and *toppath*
	   (eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata) (not force-reread)) ;; got it all
      (begin
	(debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "NOTE: skipping launch:setup-body call since we have fulldata")
	(mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*)
	*toppath*)
      (let ((res (launch:setup-body force-reread: force-reread areapath: areapath)))
	(mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*)
	res)))

;; return paths depending on what info is available.
;;
(define (launch:get-cache-file-paths areapath toppath target mtconfig)
  (let* ((use-cache (common:use-cache?))
         (runname  (common:args-get-runname))
         (linktree (common:get-linktree))
         (testname (common:get-full-test-name))
         (rundir   (if (and runname target linktree)
                       (common:directory-writable? (conc linktree "/" target "/" runname))
                       #f))
         (testdir  (if (and rundir testname)
                       (common:directory-writable? (conc rundir "/" testname))
                       #f))
         (cachedir (or testdir rundir))
         (mtcachef (and cachedir (conc cachedir "/" ".megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
         (rccachef (and cachedir (conc cachedir "/" ".runconfigs.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash))))
    (debug:print-info 6 *default-log-port* 
                      "runname=" runname 
                      "\n  linktree=" linktree
                      "\n  testname=" testname
                      "\n  rundir=" rundir 
                      "\n  testdir=" testdir 
                      "\n  cachedir=" cachedir
                      "\n  mtcachef=" mtcachef
                      "\n  rccachef=" rccachef)
    (cons mtcachef rccachef)))

(define (launch:setup-body #!key (force-reread #f) (areapath #f))
  (if (and (eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata)
	   *toppath*
	   (not force-reread)) ;; no need to reprocess
      *toppath*   ;; return toppath
      (let* ((use-cache (common:use-cache?)) ;; BB- use-cache checks *configdat* for use-cache setting.  We do not have *configdat*.  Bootstrapping problem here.
	     (toppath  (or *toppath* areapath (getenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))) ;; preserve toppath
	     (target   (common:args-get-target))
	     (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f)) ;; for runconfigs
	     (mtconfig (or (args:get-arg "-config") "megatest.config")) ;; allow overriding megatest.config 
             (cachefiles (launch:get-cache-file-paths areapath toppath target mtconfig))
	     ;; checking for null cachefiles should not be necessary, I was seeing error car of '(), might be a chicken bug or a red herring ...
	     (mtcachef   (if (null? cachefiles)
			     #f
			     (car cachefiles))) ;; (and cachedir (conc cachedir "/" ".megatest.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
	     (rccachef   (if (null? cachefiles)
			     #f
			     (cdr cachefiles)))) ;; (and cachedir (conc cachedir "/" ".runconfigs.cfg-"  megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash)))
	      ;; (cancreate (and cachedir (common:file-exists? cachedir)(file-write-access? cachedir) (not (common:in-running-test?)))))
	(set! *toppath* toppath) ;; This is needed when we are running as a test using CMDINFO as a datasource
        ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- cachefiles="cachefiles)
	(cond
	 ;; if mtcachef exists just read it, however we need to assume toppath is available in $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME
	 ((and (not force-reread)
	       mtcachef  rccachef
	       use-cache
	       (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")
	       (common:file-exists? mtcachef)
	       (common:file-exists? rccachef))
          ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- cond branch 1 - use-cache")
          (set! *configdat*    (configf:read-alist mtcachef))
          ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- 1 set! *configdat*="*configdat*)
	  (set! *runconfigdat* (configf:read-alist rccachef))
	  (set! *configinfo*   (list *configdat*  (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")))
	  (set! *configstatus* 'fulldata)
	  (set! *toppath*      (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
	  *toppath*)
	 ;; there are no existing cached configs, do full reads of the configs and cache them
	 ;; we have all the info needed to fully process runconfigs and megatest.config
	 ((and ;; (not force-reread) ;; force-reread is irrelevant in the AND, could however OR it?
	       mtcachef
	       rccachef) ;; BB- why are we doing this without asking if caching is desired?
          ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- cond branch 2")
	  (let* ((first-pass    (configf:find-and-read-config        ;; NB// sets MT_RUN_AREA_HOME as side effect
				 mtconfig
				 environ-patt: "env-override"
				 given-toppath: toppath
				 pathenvvar: "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
		 (first-rundat  (let ((toppath (if toppath 
						   toppath
						   (car first-pass))))
				  (configf:read-config ;; (conc toppath "/runconfigs.config") ;; this should be converted to runconfig:read but it is non-trivial, leaving it for now.
				   (conc (if (string? toppath)
					     toppath
					     (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
					 "/runconfigs.config")
				   *runconfigdat* #t 
				   sections: sections))))
	    (set! *runconfigdat* first-rundat)
	    (if first-pass  ;; 
		(begin
                  ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- \"first-pass\"=first-pass")
		  (set! *configdat*  (car first-pass))
                  ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- 2 set! *configdat*="*configdat*)
		  (set! *configinfo* first-pass)
		  (set! *toppath*    (or toppath (cadr first-pass))) ;; use the gathered data unless already have it
		  (set! toppath      *toppath*)
		  (if (not *toppath*)
		      (begin
			(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "you are not in a megatest area!")
			(exit 1)))
		  (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
		  ;; the seed read is done, now read runconfigs, cache it then read megatest.config one more time and cache it
		  (let* ((keys         (rmt:get-keys))
			 (key-vals     (keys:target->keyval keys target))
			 (linktree     (common:get-linktree)) ;; (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")(if *configdat* (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") #f)))
					;     (if *configdat*
					; 	   (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")
					; 	   (conc *toppath* "/lt"))))
			 (second-pass  (configf:find-and-read-config
					mtconfig
					environ-patt: "env-override"
					given-toppath: toppath
					pathenvvar: "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME"))
			 (runconfigdat (begin     ;; this read of the runconfigs will see any adjustments made by re-reading megatest.config
					 (for-each (lambda (kt)
						     (setenv (car kt) (cadr kt)))
						   key-vals)
					 (configf: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
	 ;; here we don't have either mtconfig or rccachef
	 (else
          ;;(BB> "launch:setup-body -- cond branch 3 - else")
	  (let* ((cfgdat   (configf:find-and-read-config 
			    (or (args:get-arg "-config") "megatest.config")
			    environ-patt: "env-override"
			    given-toppath: (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")
			    pathenvvar: "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")))

            (if (and cfgdat (list? cfgdat) (> (length cfgdat) 0) (hash-table? (car cfgdat)))
		(let* ((toppath  (or (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")(cadr cfgdat)))
		       (rdat     (configf:read-config (conc toppath  ;; convert this to use runconfig:read!
						    "/runconfigs.config") *runconfigdat* #t sections: sections)))
		  (set! *configinfo*   cfgdat)
		  (set! *configdat*    (car cfgdat))
		  (set! *runconfigdat* rdat)
		  (set! *toppath*      toppath)
		  (set! *configstatus* 'partial))
		(begin
		  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No " mtconfig " file found. Giving up.")
		  (exit 2))))))
	;; COND ends here.
	
	;; additional house keeping
	(let* ((linktree (or (common:get-linktree)
			     (conc *toppath* "/lt"))))
	  (if linktree
	      (begin
		(if (not (common:file-exists? linktree))
		    (begin
		      (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Something went wrong when trying to create linktree dir at " linktree)
			    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
			    (exit 1))
			(create-directory linktree #t))))
		(handle-exceptions
		    exn
		    (begin
		      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Something went wrong when trying to create link to linktree at " *toppath*)
		      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn)))
		  (let ((tlink (conc *toppath* "/lt")))
		    (if (not (common:file-exists? tlink))
			(create-symbolic-link linktree tlink)))))
	      (begin
		(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "linktree not defined in [setup] section of megatest.config")
		)))
	(if (and *toppath*
		 (directory-exists? *toppath*))
	    (begin
	      (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
	      (setenv "MT_TESTSUITENAME" (common:get-testsuite-name)))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failed to find the top path to your Megatest area.")
	      (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: "...somepath.../.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))
	      (configf:read-config cfname *configdat* #t))) ;; values are added to the hash, no need to do anything special.
	*toppath*)))

(define (get-best-disk confdat testconfig)
  (let* ((disks   (or (and testconfig (hash-table-ref/default testconfig "disks" #f))
		      (hash-table-ref/default confdat "disks" #f)))
	 (minspace (let ((m (configf:lookup confdat "setup" "minspace")))
		     (string->number (or m "10000")))))
    (if disks 
	(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)
                 (if (null? disks)
                     (cons 1 (conc *toppath* "/runs"))
                     (let ((paths (sort disks (lambda (x y) (> (string-length (cadr x)) (string-length (cadr y)))))))
                       (let loop ((head (car paths)) (tail (cdr paths)))
                         (let ((result (handle-exceptions exn #f (create-directory (cadr head) #t))))
                           (if result
                               result
                               (if (null? tail)
                                   (cons 1 (conc *toppath* "/runs"))
                                   (loop (car tail) (cdr tail)))))))))))))) ;; the code creates the necessary directories if it does not exist and returns the path.


(define (launch:test-copy test-src-path test-path)
  (let* ((ovrcmd (let ((cmd (configf: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)>
;;
;;  dir stored in test is:
;; 
;;  <linkdir> - <target> - <testname> [ - <itempath> ]
;; 
;; All log file links should be stored relative to the top of link path
;;  
;; <target> - <testname> [ - <itempath> ] 
;;
(define (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-src-path disk-path testname itemdat #!key (remtries 2))
  (let* ((item-path (if (string? itemdat) itemdat (item-list->path itemdat))) ;; if pass in string - just use it
	 (runname   (if (string? run-info) ;; if we pass in a string as run-info use it as run-name.
			run-info
			(db:get-value-by-header (db:get-rows run-info)
						(db:get-header run-info)
						"runname")))
	 (contour   #f) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour"))
	 ;; convert back to db: from rdb: - this is always run at server end
	 (target   (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/"))

	 (not-iterated  (equal? "" item-path))

	 ;; all tests are found at <rundir>/test-base or <linkdir>/test-base
	 (testtop-base (conc target "/" runname "/" testname))
	 (test-base    (conc testtop-base (if not-iterated "" "/") item-path))

	 ;; nb// if itempath is not "" then it is prefixed with "/"
	 (toptest-path (conc disk-path (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" testtop-base))
	 (test-path    (conc disk-path (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" test-base))

	 ;; ensure this exists first as links to subtests must be created there
	 (linktree  (common:get-linktree))
	 ;; WAS: (let ((rd (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
	 ;;         (if rd rd (conc *toppath* "/runs"))))
	 ;; which seems wrong ...

	 (lnkbase   (conc linktree (if contour (conc "/" contour) "") "/" target "/" runname))
	 (lnkpath   (conc lnkbase "/" testname))
	 (lnkpathf  (conc lnkpath (if not-iterated "" "/") item-path))
	 (lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))

    ;; Update the rundir path in the test record for all, rundir=physical, shortdir=logical
    ;;                                                 rundir   shortdir
    (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpathf test-path testname item-path run-id)

    (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "INFO:\n       lnkbase=" lnkbase "\n       lnkpath=" lnkpath "\n  toptest-path=" toptest-path "\n     test-path=" test-path)
    (if (not (common:file-exists? linktree))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: linktree did not exist! Creating it now at " linktree)
	  (create-directory linktree #t))) ;; (system (conc "mkdir -p " linktree))))
    ;; create the directory for the tests dir links, this is needed no matter what... try up to three times
    (let loop ((done 3)) 
      (let ((success (if (and (not (common:directory-exists? lnkbase))
			      (not (common:file-exists? lnkbase)))
			 (handle-exceptions
			  exn
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Problem creating linktree base at " lnkbase)
			    (print-error-message exn (current-error-port))
			    #t)
			  (create-directory lnkbase #t)
			  #f))))
	(if (and (not success)(> done 0))
	    (loop (- done 1)))))
    
    ;; update the toptest record with its location rundir, cache the path
    ;; This wass highly inefficient, one db write for every subtest, potentially
    ;; thousands of unnecessary updates, cache the fact it was set and don't set it 
    ;; again. 

    ;; Now create the link from the test path to the link tree, however
    ;; if the test is iterated it is necessary to create the parent path
    ;; to the iteration. use pathname-directory to trim the path by one
    ;; level
    (if (not not-iterated) ;; i.e. iterated
	(let ((iterated-parent  (pathname-directory (conc lnkpath "/" item-path))))
	  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Creating iterated parent " iterated-parent)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to create directory " iterated-parent ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit 1))
	   (create-directory iterated-parent #t))))

    (if (symbolic-link? lnkpath) 
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to remove symlink " lnkpath ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	   (exit 1))
	 (delete-file lnkpath)))

    (if (not (or (common:file-exists? lnkpath)
		 (symbolic-link? lnkpath)))
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (begin
	   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to create symlink " lnkpath ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	   (exit 1))
	 (create-symbolic-link toptest-path lnkpath)))
    
    ;; NB - This was not working right - some top tests are not getting the path set!!!
    ;;
    ;; Do the setting of this record after the paths are created so that the shortdir can 
    ;; be set to the real directory location. This is safer for future clean up if the link
    ;; tree is damaged or lost.
    ;; 
    (if (not (hash-table-ref/default *toptest-paths* testname #f))
	(let* ((testinfo       (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id)) ;;  run-id testname item-path))
	       (curr-test-path (if testinfo ;; (filedb:get-path *fdb*
							     ;; (db:get-path dbstruct
				   ;; (rmt:sdb-qry 'getstr 
				   (db:test-get-rundir testinfo) ;; ) ;; )
				   #f)))
	  (hash-table-set! *toptest-paths* testname curr-test-path)
	  ;; NB// Was this for the test or for the parent in an iterated test?
	  (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir-shortdir run-id lnkpath 
			    (if (common:file-exists? lnkpath)
				;; (resolve-pathname lnkpath)
				(common:nice-path lnkpath)
				lnkpath)
			    testname "" run-id)
	  ;; (rmt:general-call 'test-set-rundir run-id lnkpath testname "") ;; toptest-path)
	  (if (or (not curr-test-path)
		  (not (directory-exists? toptest-path)))
	      (begin
		(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Creating " toptest-path " and link " lnkpath)
		(handle-exceptions
		 exn
		 #f ;; don't care to catch and deal with errors here for now.
		 (create-directory toptest-path #t))
		(hash-table-set! *toptest-paths* testname toptest-path)))))

    ;; The toptest path has been created, the link to the test in the linktree has
    ;; been created. Now, if this is an iterated test the real test dir must be created
    (if (not not-iterated) ;; this is an iterated test
	(begin ;; (let ((lnktarget (conc lnkpath "/" item-path)))
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Setting up sub test run area")
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* " - creating run area in " test-path)
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to create directory " test-path ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit 1))
	   (create-directory test-path #t))
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* 
		       " - creating link from: " test-path "\n"
		       "                   to: " lnktarget)

	  ;; If there is already a symlink delete it and recreate it.
	  (handle-exceptions
	   exn
	   (begin
	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* " Failed to re-create link " lnktarget ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn) ", exiting")
	     (exit))
	   (if (symbolic-link? lnktarget)     (delete-file lnktarget))
	   (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)))))


(define (launch:handle-zombie-tests run-id)
  (let* ((key (conc "zombiescan-runid-"run-id))
         (now (current-seconds))
         (threshold (- (current-seconds)  (* 2 (or (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "deadtime") 120))))
         (val (rmt:get-var key))
         (do-scan?
          (cond
           ((not val)
            #t)
           ((< val threshold)
            #t)
           (else #f))))
    (when do-scan?
      (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: search and mark zombie tests")
      (rmt:set-var key (current-seconds))
      (rmt:find-and-mark-incomplete run-id #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"))
	    (thread-sleep! (- launch-delay delta))
	    (loop (- (current-seconds) *last-launch*) launch-delay))))
    (change-directory *toppath*)
    (alist->env-vars ;; consolidate this code with the code in megatest.scm for "-execute", *maybe* - the longer they are set the longer each launch takes (must be non-overlapping with the vars)
     (append
      (list
       (list "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
       (list "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name)
       (list "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
       (list "MT_ITEMPATH"  item-path)
       (list "MT_CONTOUR"   contour)
       )
      itemdat))
    (let* ((tregistry       (tests:get-all)) ;; third param (below) is system-allowed
           ;; for tconfig, why do we allow fallback to test-conf?
	   (tconfig         (or (tests:get-testconfig test-name item-path tregistry #t force-create: #t)
				(begin
                                  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: falling back to pre-calculated testconfig. This is likely not desired.")
                                  test-conf))) ;; force re-read now that all vars are set
	   (useshell        (let ((ush (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "useshell")))
			      (if ush 
				  (if (equal? ush "no") ;; must use "no" to NOT use shell
				      #f
				      ush)
				  #t)))     ;; default is yes
	   (runscript       (configf:lookup tconfig   "setup"        "runscript"))
	   (ezsteps         (> (length (hash-table-ref/default tconfig "ezsteps" '())) 0)) ;; don't send all the steps, could be big, just send a flag
	   (subrun          (> (length (hash-table-ref/default tconfig "subrun"  '())) 0)) ;; send a flag to process a subrun
	   ;; (diskspace       (configf:lookup tconfig   "requirements" "diskspace"))
	   ;; (memory          (configf:lookup tconfig   "requirements" "memory"))
	   ;; (hosts           (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "workhosts")) ;; I'm pretty sure this was never completed
	   (remote-megatest (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "executable"))
	   (run-time-limit  (or (configf:lookup  tconfig   "requirements" "runtimelim")
				(configf:lookup  *configdat* "setup" "runtimelim")))
	   ;; FIXME SOMEDAY: not good how this is so obtuse, this hack is to 
	   ;;                allow running from dashboard. Extract the path
	   ;;                from the called megatest and convert dashboard
	   ;;             	  or dboard to megatest
	   (local-megatest  (let* ((lm  (car (argv)))
				   (dir (pathname-directory lm))
				   (exe (pathname-strip-directory lm)))
			      (conc (if dir (conc dir "/") "")
				    (case (string->symbol exe)
				      ((dboard)    "../megatest")
				      ((mtest)     "../megatest")
				      ((dashboard) "megatest")
				      (else exe)))))
	   (launcher        (common:get-launcher *configdat* test-name item-path)) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "jobtools"     "launcher"))
	   (test-sig        (conc (common:get-testsuite-name) ":" test-name ":" item-path)) ;; (item-list->path itemdat))) ;; test-path is the full path including the item-path
	   (work-area       #f)
	   (toptest-work-area #f) ;; for iterated tests the top test contains data relevant for all
	   (diskpath   #f)
	   (cmdparms   #f)
	   (fullcmd    #f) ;; (define a (with-output-to-string (lambda ()(write x))))
	   (mt-bindir-path #f)
	   (testinfo   (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	   (mt_target  (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/"))
	   (debug-param (append (if (args:get-arg "-debug")  (list "-debug" (args:get-arg "-debug")) '())
				(if (args:get-arg "-logging")(list "-logging") '()))))
      ;; (if hosts (set! hosts (string-split hosts)))
      ;; set the megatest to be called on the remote host
      (if (not remote-megatest)(set! remote-megatest local-megatest)) ;; "megatest"))
      (set! mt-bindir-path (pathname-directory remote-megatest))
      (if launcher (set! launcher (string-split launcher)))
      ;; set up the run work area for this test
      (if (and (args:get-arg "-preclean") ;; user has requested to preclean for this run
	       (not (member (db:test-get-rundir testinfo)(list "n/a" "/tmp/badname")))) ;; n/a is a placeholder and thus not a read dir
	  (begin
	    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "attempting to preclean directory " (db:test-get-rundir testinfo) " for test " test-name "/" item-path)
	    (runs:remove-test-directory testinfo 'remove-data-only))) ;; remove data only, do not perturb the record
      
      ;; prevent overlapping actions - set to LAUNCHED as early as possible
      ;;
      ;; the following call handles waiver propogation. cannot yet condense into roll-up-pass-fail
      (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "LAUNCHED" "n/a" #f #f) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
      (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path #f "LAUNCHED" #f)
      ;; (pp (hash-table->alist tconfig))
      (set! diskpath (get-best-disk *configdat* tconfig))
      (if diskpath
	  (let ((dat  (create-work-area run-id run-info keyvals test-id test-path diskpath test-name itemdat)))
	    (set! work-area (car dat))
	    (set! toptest-work-area (cadr dat))
	    (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Using work area " work-area))
	  (begin
	    (set! work-area (conc test-path "/tmp_run"))
	    (create-directory work-area #t)
	    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: No disk work area specified - running in the test directory under tmp_run")))
      (set! cmdparms (base64:base64-encode 
		      (z3:encode-buffer 
		       (with-output-to-string
			 (lambda () ;; (list 'hosts     hosts)
			   (write (list (list 'testpath  test-path)
					;; (list 'transport (conc *transport-type*))
					;; (list 'serverinf *server-info*)
					(list 'homehost  (let* ((hhdat (common:get-homehost)))
							   (if hhdat
							       (car hhdat)
							       #f)))
					(list 'serverurl (if *runremote*
							     (remote-server-url *runremote*)
							     #f)) ;;
					(list 'areaname  (common:get-testsuite-name))
					(list 'toppath   *toppath*)
					(list 'work-area work-area)
					(list 'test-name test-name) 
					(list 'runscript runscript) 
					(list 'run-id    run-id   )
					(list 'test-id   test-id  )
					;; (list 'item-path item-path )
					(list 'itemdat   itemdat  )
					(list 'megatest  remote-megatest)
					(list 'ezsteps   ezsteps)
					(list 'subrun    subrun)
					(list 'target    mt_target)
					(list 'contour   contour)
					(list 'runtlim   (if run-time-limit (common:hms-string->seconds run-time-limit) #f))
					(list 'env-ovrd  (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '())) 
					(list 'set-vars  (if params (hash-table-ref/default params "-setvars" #f)))
					(list 'runname   runname)
					(list 'mt-bindir-path mt-bindir-path))))))))
      
      ;; clean out step records from previous run if they exist
      ;; (rmt:delete-test-step-records run-id test-id)
      ;; if the dir does not exist we may have a itempath where individual variables are a path, launch anyway
      (if (common:file-exists? work-area)
	  (change-directory work-area)) ;; so that log files from the launch process don't clutter the test dir
      (cond
       ;; ((and launcher hosts) ;; must be using ssh hostname
       ;;    (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest "-m" test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
       ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (car hosts)(list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))
       (launcher
	(set! fullcmd (append launcher (list remote-megatest "-m" test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param)))
       ;; (set! fullcmd (append launcher (list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms))))
       (else
	(if (not useshell)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: internal launching will not work well without \"useshell yes\" in your [jobtools] section"))
	(set! fullcmd (append (list remote-megatest "-m" test-sig "-execute" cmdparms) debug-param (list (if useshell "&" ""))))))
      ;; (set! fullcmd (list remote-megatest test-sig "-execute" cmdparms (if useshell "&" "")))))
      (if (args:get-arg "-xterm")(set! fullcmd (append fullcmd (list "-xterm"))))
      (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "Launching " work-area)
      ;; set pre-launch-env-vars before launching, keep the vars in prevvals and put the envionment back when done
      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "fullcmd: " fullcmd)
      (set! *last-launch* (current-seconds)) ;; all that junk above takes time, set this as late as possible.
      (let* ((commonprevvals (alist->env-vars
			      (hash-table-ref/default *configdat* "env-override" '())))
	     (miscprevvals   (alist->env-vars ;; consolidate this code with the code in megatest.scm for "-execute"
			      (append (list (list "MT_TEST_RUN_DIR" work-area)
					    (list "MT_TEST_NAME" test-name)
					    (list "MT_ITEM_INFO" (conc itemdat)) 
					    (list "MT_RUNNAME"   runname)
					    (list "MT_TARGET"    mt_target)
					    (list "MT_ITEMPATH"  item-path)
					    )
				      itemdat)))
	     (testprevvals   (alist->env-vars
			      (hash-table-ref/default tconfig "pre-launch-env-overrides" '())))
	     ;; Launchwait defaults to true, must override it to turn off wait
	     (launchwait     (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "launchwait") "no") #f #t))
	     (launch-results-prev (apply (if launchwait ;; BB: TODO: refactor this to examine return code of launcher, if nonzero, set state to launch failed.
					process:cmd-run-with-stderr-and-exitcode->list
					process-run)
				    (if useshell
					(let ((cmdstr (string-intersperse fullcmd " ")))
					  (if launchwait
					      cmdstr
					      (conc cmdstr " >> mt_launch.log 2>&1 &")))
					(car fullcmd))
				    (if useshell
					'()
					(cdr fullcmd))))
             (success        (if launchwait (equal? 0 (cadr launch-results-prev)) #t))
             (launch-results (if launchwait (car launch-results-prev) launch-results-prev)))
        (if (not success)
            (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id "COMPLETED" "DEAD" "launcher failed; exited non-zero; check mt_launch.log" #f)) ;; (if launch-results launch-results "FAILED"))
        (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)
		(print "NOTE: launched \"" fullcmd "\"\n  but did not wait for it to proceed. Add the following to megatest.config \n[setup]\nlaunchwait yes\n  if you have problems with this"))
	    #:append))
	(debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Launching completed, updating db")
	(debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Launch results: " launch-results)
	(if (not launch-results)
	    (begin
	      (print "ERROR: Failed to run " (string-intersperse fullcmd " ") ", exiting now")
	      ;; (sqlite3:finalize! db)
	      ;; good ole "exit" seems not to work
	      ;; (_exit 9)
	      ;; but this hack will work! Thanks go to Alan Post of the Chicken email list
	      ;; NB// Is this still needed? Should be safe to go back to "exit" now?
	      (process-signal (current-process-id) signal/kill)
	      ))
	(alist->env-vars miscprevvals)
	(alist->env-vars testprevvals)
	(alist->env-vars commonprevvals)
	launch-results))
    (change-directory *toppath*)))

;; recover a test where the top controlling mtest may have died
;;
(define (launch:recover-test run-id test-id)
  ;; this function is called on the test run host via ssh
  ;;
  ;; 1. look at the process from pid
  ;;    - is it owned by calling user
  ;;    - it it's run directory correct for the test
  ;;    - is there a controlling mtest (maybe stuck)
  ;; 2. if recovery is needed watch pid
  ;;    - when it exits take the exit code and do the needful
  ;;
  (let* ((pid (rmt:test-get-top-process-pid run-id test-id))
	 (psres (with-input-from-pipe
		 (conc "ps -F -u " (current-user-name) " | grep -E '" pid " ' | grep -v 'grep -E " pid "'")
		 (lambda ()
		   (read-line))))
	 (rundir (if (string? psres) ;; real process owned by user
		     (read-symbolic-link (conc "/proc/" pid "/cwd"))
		     #f)))
    ;; now wait on that process if all is correct
    ;; periodically update the db with runtime
    ;; when the process exits look at the db, if still RUNNING after 10 seconds set
    ;; state/status appropriately
    (process-wait pid)))


;; Do not rpc this one, do the underlying calls!!!
(define (tests:test-set-status! run-id test-id state status comment dat #!key (work-area #f))
  (let* ((real-status status)
	 (otherdat    (if dat dat (make-hash-table)))
	 (testdat     (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
	 (test-name   (db:test-get-testname  testdat))
	 (item-path   (db:test-get-item-path testdat))
	 ;; before proceeding we must find out if the previous test (where all keys matched except runname)
	 ;; was WAIVED if this test is FAIL

	 ;; NOTES:
	 ;;  1. Is the call to test:get-previous-run-record remotified?
	 ;;  2. Add test for testconfig waiver propagation control here
	 ;;
	 (prev-test   (if (equal? status "FAIL")
			  (rmt:get-previous-test-run-record run-id test-name item-path)
			  #f))
	 (waived   (if prev-test
		       (if prev-test ;; true if we found a previous test in this run series
			   (let ((prev-status  (db:test-get-status  prev-test))
				 (prev-state   (db:test-get-state   prev-test))
				 (prev-comment (db:test-get-comment prev-test)))
			     (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "prev-status " prev-status ", prev-state " prev-state ", prev-comment " prev-comment)
			     (if (and (equal? prev-state  "COMPLETED")
				      (equal? prev-status "WAIVED"))
				 (if comment
				     comment
				     prev-comment) ;; waived is either the comment or #f
				 #f))
			   #f)
		       #f)))
    (if (and waived 
	     (tests:check-waiver-eligibility testdat prev-test))
	(set! real-status "WAIVED"))

    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "real-status " real-status ", waived " waived ", status " status)

    ;; update the primary record IF state AND status are defined
    (if (and state status)
	(begin
	  (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-id item-path state real-status (if waived waived comment))
	  ;; (mt:process-triggers run-id test-id state real-status) ;; triggers are called in test-set-state-status
	  ))
    
    ;; if status is "AUTO" then call rollup (note, this one modifies data in test
    ;; run area, it does remote calls under the hood.
    ;; (if (and test-id state status (equal? status "AUTO")) 
    ;; 	(rmt:test-data-rollup run-id test-id status))

    ;; add metadata (need to do this way to avoid SQL injection issues)

    ;; :first_err
    ;; (let ((val (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":first_err" #f)))
    ;;   (if val
    ;;       (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET first_err=? WHERE run_id=? AND testname=? AND item_path=?;" val run-id test-name item-path)))
    ;; 
    ;; ;; :first_warn
    ;; (let ((val (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":first_warn" #f)))
    ;;   (if val
    ;;       (sqlite3:execute db "UPDATE tests SET first_warn=? WHERE run_id=? AND testname=? AND item_path=?;" val run-id test-name item-path)))

    (let ((category (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":category" ""))
	  (variable (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":variable" ""))
	  (value    (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":value"    #f))
	  (expected (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":expected" "n/a"))
	  (tol      (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":tol"      "n/a"))
	  (units    (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":units"    ""))
	  (type     (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":type"     ""))
	  (dcomment (hash-table-ref/default otherdat ":comment"  "")))
      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* 
		   "category: " category ", variable: " variable ", value: " value
		   ", expected: " expected ", tol: " tol ", units: " units)
      (if (and value) ;; require only value; BB was- all three required
	  (let ((dat (conc category ","
			   variable ","
			   value    ","
			   expected ","
			   tol      ","
			   units    ","
			   dcomment ",," ;; extra comma for status
			   type     )))
	    ;; This was run remote, don't think that makes sense. Perhaps not, but that is the easiest path for the moment.
	    (rmt:csv->test-data run-id test-id
				dat)
	    ;; This was added in check-in a5adfa3f9a. Message was: "...added delay in set-values to allow for delayed write on server start"
	    ;; I'm inserting an arbitrary rmt: call to force/ensure that the server is available to (hopefully) prevent a communication issue.
	    (rmt:get-var "MEGATEST_VERSION") ;; this does NOTHING but ensure the server is reachable. This is almost certainly NOT needed :)
            ;; BB - commentiong out arbitrary 10 second wait (thread-sleep! 10) ;; add 10 second delay before quit incase rmt needs time to start a server.
            )))
      
    ;; need to update the top test record if PASS or FAIL and this is a subtest
    ;;;;;; (if (not (equal? item-path ""))
    ;;;;;;     (rmt:set-state-status-and-roll-up-items run-id test-name item-path state status #f) ;;;;;)

    (if (or (and (string? comment)
		 (string-match (regexp "\\S+") comment))
	    waived)
	(let ((cmt  (if waived waived comment)))
	  (rmt:general-call 'set-test-comment run-id cmt test-id)))))

;;======================================================================
;; read a config file, loading only the section pertinent
;; to this run field1val/field2val/field3val ...
;;======================================================================

(define (runconfig:read fname target environ-patt)
  (let ((ht (make-hash-table)))
    (if target (hash-table-set! ht target '()))
    (configf:read-config fname ht #t environ-patt: environ-patt sections: (if target (list "default" target) #f))))

;; NB// to process a runconfig ensure to use environ-patt with target!
;;
(define (setup-env-defaults fname run-id already-seen keyvals #!key (environ-patt #f)(change-env #t))
  (let* ((keys    (map car keyvals))
	 (thekey  (if keyvals 
		      (string-intersperse (map (lambda (x)(if x x "-na-")) (map cadr keyvals)) "/")
		      (or (common:args-get-target)
			  (get-environment-variable "MT_TARGET")
			  (begin
			    (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "setup-env-defaults called with no run-id or -target or -reqtarg")
			    "nothing matches this I hope"))))
	 ;; Why was system disallowed in the reading of the runconfigs file?
	 ;; NOTE: Should be setting env vars based on (target|default)
	 (confdat   (runconfig:read fname thekey environ-patt))
	 (whatfound (make-hash-table))
	 (finaldat  (make-hash-table))
	 (sections (list "default" thekey)))
    (if (not *target*)(set! *target* thekey)) ;; may save a db access or two but repeats db:get-target code
    (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Using key=\"" thekey "\"")

    (if change-env
	(for-each ;; NB// This can be simplified with new content of keyvals having all that is needed.
	 (lambda (keyval)
	   (safe-setenv (car keyval)(cadr keyval)))
	 keyvals))
	
    (for-each 
     (lambda (section)
       (let ((section-dat (hash-table-ref/default confdat section #f)))
	 (if section-dat
	     (for-each 
	      (lambda (envvar)
		(let ((val (cadr (assoc envvar section-dat))))
		(hash-table-set! whatfound section (+ (hash-table-ref/default whatfound section 0) 1))
		(if (and (string? envvar)
			 (string? val)
			 change-env)
		    (safe-setenv envvar val))
		(hash-table-set! finaldat envvar val)))
	      (map car section-dat)))))
     sections)
    (if already-seen
	(begin
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Key settings found in runconfigs.config:")
	  (for-each (lambda (fullkey)
		      (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* (format #f "~20a ~a\n" fullkey (hash-table-ref/default whatfound fullkey 0))))
		    sections)
	  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "---")
	  (set! *already-seen-runconfig-info* #t)))
    ;; finaldat ;; was returning this "finaldat" which would be good but conflicts with other uses
    confdat
    ))

(define (set-run-config-vars run-id keyvals targ-from-db)
  (push-directory *toppath*) ;; the push/pop doesn't appear to do anything ...
  (let ((runconfigf (conc  *toppath* "/runconfigs.config"))
	(targ       (or (common:args-get-target)
			targ-from-db
			(get-environment-variable "MT_TARGET"))))
    (pop-directory)
    (if (common:file-exists? runconfigf)
	(setup-env-defaults runconfigf run-id #t keyvals
			    environ-patt: (conc "(default"
						(if targ
						    (conc "|" targ ")")
						    ")")))
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: You do not have a run config file: " runconfigf))))

;; given (a (b c) d) return ((a b d)(a c d))
;; NOTE: this feels like it has been done before - perhaps with items handling?
;;
(define (runconfig:combinations inlst)
  (let loop ((hed (car inlst))
	     (tal (cdr inlst))
	     (res '()))
    ;; (print "res: " res " hed: " hed)
    (if (list? hed)
	(let ((newres (if (null? res) ;; first time through convert incoming items to list of items
			  (map list hed)
			  (apply append
				 (map (lambda (r)  ;; iterate over items in res
					(map (lambda (h) ;; iterate over items in hed
					       (append r (list h)))
					     hed))
				      res)))))
	  ;; (print "newres1: " newres)
	  (if (null? tal)
	      newres
	      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newres)))
	(let ((newres (if (null? res)
			  (list (list hed))
			  (map (lambda (r)
				 (append r (list hed)))
			       res))))
	  ;; (print "newres2: " newres)
	  (if (null? tal)
	      newres
	      (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) newres))))))

;; multi-part expand
;; Given a/b,c,d/e,f return a/b/e a/b/f a/c/e a/c/f a/d/e a/d/f
;;
(define (runconfig:expand target)
  (let* ((parts (map (lambda (x)
		       (string-split x ","))
		     (string-split target "/"))))
    (map (lambda (x)
	   (string-intersperse x "/"))
	 (runconfig:combinations parts))))

;; multi-target expansion
;; a/b/c/x,y,z a/b/d/x,y => a/b/c/x a/b/c/y a/b/c/z a/b/d/x a/b/d/y
;; 
(define (runconfig:expand-target target-strs)
  (delete-duplicates
   (apply append (map runconfig:expand (string-split target-strs " ")))))

#|
  (if (null? target-strs)
      '()
      (let loop ((hed (car target-strs))
		 (tal (cdr target-strs))
		 (res '()))
	;; first break all parts into individual target patterns
	(if (string-index hed " ") ;; this is a multi-target target
	    (let ((newres (append (string-split hed " ") res)))
	      (runconfig:expand-target newres))
	    (if (string-index hed ",") ;; this is a multi-target where one or more parts are comma separated
		  
|#

;; cache the runconfigs in $MT_LINKTREE/$MT_TARGET/$MT_RUNNAME/.runconfig
;;
(define (full-runconfigs-read)
;; in the envprocessing branch the below code replaces the further below code
;;  (if (eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata)
;;      *runconfigdat*
;;      (begin
;;	(launch:setup)
;;	*runconfigdat*)))

  (let* ((rundir (if (and (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")(getenv "MT_TARGET")(getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))
		     (conc (getenv "MT_LINKTREE") "/" (getenv "MT_TARGET") "/" (getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))
		     #f))
	 (cfgf   (if rundir (conc rundir "/.runconfig." megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash) #f)))
    (if (and cfgf
	     (common:file-exists? cfgf)
	     (file-write-access? cfgf)
	     (common:use-cache?))
	(configf:read-alist cfgf)
	(let* ((keys   (rmt:get-keys))
	       (target (common:args-get-target))
	       (key-vals (if target (keys:target->keyval keys target) #f))
	       (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f))
	       (data     (begin
			   (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
			   (if key-vals
			       (for-each (lambda (kt)
					   (setenv (car kt) (cadr kt)))
					 key-vals))
			   ;; (read-config (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") #f #t sections: sections))))
                           (runconfig:read (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") target #f))))
	  (if (and rundir ;; have all needed variabless
		   (directory-exists? rundir)
		   (file-write-access? rundir))
	      (begin
                (if (not (common:in-running-test?))
                    (configf:write-alist data cfgf))
		;; force re-read of megatest.config - this resolves circular references between megatest.config
		(launch:setup force-reread: #t)
		;; (launch:cache-config) ;; there are two independent config cache locations, turning this one off for now. MRW.
		)) ;; we can safely cache megatest.config since we have a valid runconfig
	  data))))


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

;; NOT CURRENTLY USED - commented out as it has unresolved dependencies
;;
#;(define (archive:main linktree target runname testname itempath options)
  (let ((testdir (conc linktree "/" target "/" runname "/" testname "/" itempatt))
	(flavor  'plain) ;; type of machine to run jobs on
	(maxload 1.5)   ;; max allowed load for this work
	(adisks  (archive:get-archive-disks)))
    ;; get testdir size
    ;;   - hand off du to job mgr
    (if (and (common:file-exists? testdir)
	     (file-is-writable? testdir))
	(let* ((dused  (jobrunner:run-job 
			flavor  ;; machine type
			maxload ;; max allowed load
			'()     ;; prevars - environment vars to set for the job
			common:get-disk-space-used  ;; if a proc call it, if a string it is a unix command
			(list testdir)))
	       (apath  (archive:get-archive testname itempath dused)))
	  (jobrunner:run-job
	   flavor
	   maxload
	   '()
	   archive:run-bup
	   (list testdir apath))))))
	  
;; Get archive disks from megatest.config
;;
(define (archive:get-archive-disks)
  (let ((section (configf:get-section *configdat* "archive-disks")))
    (if section
	section
	'())))

;; look for the best candidate archive area, else create new 
;; area
;;
(define (archive:get-archive testname itempath dused)
  ;; look up in archive_allocations if there is a pre-used archive
  ;; with adequate diskspace
  ;;
  (let* ((existing-blocks (rmt:archive-get-allocations testname itempath dused))
	 (candidate-disks (map (lambda (block)
				 (list
				  (vector-ref block 1)   ;; archive-area-name
				  (vector-ref block 2))) ;; disk-path
			       existing-blocks)))
    (or (common:get-disk-with-most-free-space candidate-disks dused)
	(archive:allocate-new-archive-block #f #f #f)))) ;; BROKEN. testname itempath))))

;; allocate a new archive area
;;
(define (archive:allocate-new-archive-block blockid-cache run-area-home testsuite-name dneeded target run-name test-name)
  (let ((key (conc testsuite-name "/" target "/" run-name "/" test-name)))
    (if (hash-table-exists? blockid-cache key)
	(hash-table-ref blockid-cache key)
	(let* ((pscript     (configf:lookup *configdat* "archive" "pathscript"))
	       (pscript-cmd (conc pscript " " testsuite-name " " target " " run-name " " test-name))
	       (apath       (if pscript
				(handle-exceptions
				 exn
				 (begin
				   (debug:print 0 "ERROR: script \"" pscript-cmd "\" failed to run properly.")
				   (exit 1))
				 (with-input-from-pipe
				  pscript-cmd
				  read-line))
				#f)) ;; this is the user-calculated archive path
	       (adisks    (archive:get-archive-disks))
	       (best-disk (common:get-disk-with-most-free-space adisks dneeded)))
	  (if best-disk
	      (let* ((bdisk-name    (car best-disk))
		     (bdisk-path    (cdr best-disk))
		     (area-key      (substring (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) run-area-home) 0 5))
		     (bdisk-id      (rmt:archive-register-disk bdisk-name bdisk-path (get-df bdisk-path)))
		     (archive-name  (if apath
					apath
					(let ((sec (current-seconds)))
					  (conc (time->string (seconds->local-time sec) "%Y")
						"_q" (seconds->quarter sec) "/"
						testsuite-name "_" area-key))))
		     (archive-path  (conc bdisk-path "/" archive-name))
		     (block-id      (rmt:archive-register-block-name bdisk-id archive-path)))
		;;   (allocation-id (rmt:archive-allocate-testsuite/area-to-block block-id testsuite-name area-key)))
		(if block-id ;; (and block-id allocation-id)
		    (let ((res (cons block-id archive-path)))
		      (hash-table-set! blockid-cache key res)
		      res)
		    #f))
	      #f)) ;; no best disk found
	  )))

;; archive - run bup
;;
;; 1. create the bup dir if not exists
;; 2. start the du of each directory
;; 3. gen index
;; 4. save
;;
(define (archive:run-bup archive-command run-id run-name tests rp-mutex bup-mutex)
  ;; move the getting of archive space down into the below block so that a single run can 
  ;; allocate as needed should a disk fill up
  ;;
  (let* ((blockid-cache  (make-hash-table))
	 (tsname         (common:get-testsuite-name))
	 (min-space      (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "archive" "minspace") "1000")))
	 (arch-groups    (make-hash-table)) ;; archive groups, each corrosponds to a bup area
	 (disk-groups    (make-hash-table)) ;; 
	 (test-groups    (make-hash-table)) ;; these two (disk and test groups) could be combined nicely
	 (test-dirs      (make-hash-table))
	 (bup-exe        (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "archive" "bup") "bup"))
	 (compress       (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "archive" "compress") "9"))
	 (linktree       (common:get-linktree)) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))
	 (archiver       (let ((s (configf:lookup *configdat* "archive" "archiver")))
			   (if s (string->symbol s) 'bup)))
	 (archiver-cmd   (case archiver
			   ((tar) "tar cfj ARCHIVE_NAME.tar.bz2 ")
			   ((7z)  " 7z u -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on ARCHIVE_NAME.7z ")
			   (else #f)))
	 (print-prefix      "Running: ") ;; change to #f to turn off printing
	 (preclean-spec  (configf:get-section *configdat* "archive-preclean")))

    ;;     (tests:match patt testname itempath)
    
    ;; from the test info bin the path to the test by stem
    ;;
    (for-each
     (lambda (test-dat)
       (let* ((item-path         (db:test-get-item-path test-dat))
	      (test-name         (db:test-get-testname  test-dat))
	      (test-id           (db:test-get-id        test-dat))
	      (run-id            (db:test-get-run_id    test-dat))
	      (target            (string-intersperse (map cadr (rmt:get-key-val-pairs run-id)) "/"))
	      
	      (toplevel/children (and (db:test-get-is-toplevel test-dat)
				      (> (rmt:test-toplevel-num-items run-id test-name) 0)))
	      (test-partial-path (conc target "/" run-name "/" (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path)))
	      ;; note the trailing slash to get the dir inspite of it being a link
	      (test-path         (conc linktree "/" test-partial-path))
	      (mutex-lock! rp-mutex)
	      (test-physical-path (if (common:file-exists? test-path) 
				      (common:real-path test-path)
				      #f))
	      (mutex-unlock! rp-mutex)
	      (partial-path-index (if test-physical-path (substring-index test-partial-path test-physical-path) #f))
	      (test-base         (if (and partial-path-index 
					  test-physical-path )
				     (substring test-physical-path
						0
						partial-path-index)
				     #f))
	      ;; we need our archive dir checked for every test to enable folks who want to store other ways.
	      (archive-info (archive:allocate-new-archive-block blockid-cache *toppath* tsname min-space target run-name test-name))
	      (archive-dir  (if archive-info (cdr archive-info) #f))
	      (archive-id   (if archive-info (car archive-info) -1))

	      )
	 
	 (if (not archive-dir) ;; no archive disk found, this is fatal
	     (begin
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "FATAL: No archive disks found. Please add disks with at least "
			    min-space " MB space to the [archive-disks] section of megatest.config")
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "       use [archive] minspace to specify minimum available space")
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   disks: "
			    (string-intersperse (map cadr (archive:get-archive-disks)) "\n         "))
	       (exit 1))
	     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Using path " archive-dir " for archiving test " test-path))

	 ;; preclean the test directory per the spec if provided
	 (if (not (null? preclean-spec)) ;; we've been asked to preclean before archiving
	     (let loop ((spec (car preclean-spec))
			(tail (cdr preclean-spec)))
	       (if (> (length spec) 1)
		   (let ((testspec (car spec))
			 (rules    (cadr spec)))
		     (if (tests:match testspec test-name item-path)
			 (begin
			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: cleanup requested for " test-physical-path)
			   (common:dir-clean-up test-physical-path rules remove-empty: #t))
			 (if (not (null? tail))
			     (loop (car tail)(cdr tail)))))
		   (begin
		     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: bad spec line in [archive-preclean] section. \"" spec "\"")
		     (if (not (null? tail))(loop (car tail)(cdr tail)))))))
	 (cond
	  (toplevel/children
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: cannot archive " test-name " with id " test-id
			" as it is a toplevel test with children"))
	  ((not (common:file-exists? test-path))
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Cannot archive " test-name "/" item-path
			" as path " test-path " does not exist"))
	  (else
	   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*
			"From test-dat=" test-dat " derived the following:\n"
			"test-partial-path  = " test-partial-path "\n"
			"test-path          = " test-path "\n"
			"test-physical-path = " test-physical-path "\n"
			"partial-path-index = " partial-path-index "\n"
			"test-base          = " test-base)
	   (hash-table-set! disk-groups test-base
			    (cons test-physical-path (hash-table-ref/default disk-groups test-base '())))
	   (hash-table-set! test-groups test-base
			    (cons test-dat (hash-table-ref/default test-groups test-base '())))
	   (hash-table-set! arch-groups test-base
			    (cons archive-info (hash-table-ref/default arch-groups test-base '())))
	   (hash-table-set! test-dirs test-id test-path)))))
	   ;; test-path))))
     tests)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: DISK GROUPS=" (hash-table->alist disk-groups))
    ;; for each disk-group, initialize the bup area if needed
    (for-each 
     (lambda (test-base)
       (let* ((disk-group (hash-table-ref disk-groups test-base))
	      (arch-group (hash-table-ref arch-groups test-base))
	      (arch-info  (car arch-group)) ;; don't know yet how this will work, can I get more than one possibility?
	      (archive-id    (car arch-info))
	      (archive-dir   (cdr arch-info)))
	 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Processing disk-group " test-base)
	 (let* ((test-paths (hash-table-ref disk-groups test-base)))
	   (if (not (common:file-exists? archive-dir))
	       (create-directory archive-dir #t))
	   (case archiver
	     ((bup) ;; Archive using bup
	      (let* ((bup-init-params  (list "-d" archive-dir "init"))
		     (bup-index-params (append (list "-d" archive-dir "index") test-paths))
		     (bup-save-params  (append (list "-d" archive-dir "save" ;; (conc "--strip-path=" linktree)
						     (conc "-" compress) ;; or (conc "--compress=" compress)
						     "-n" (conc (common:get-testsuite-name) "-" run-id)
						     (conc "--strip-path=" test-base) ;; if we push to the directory do we need this?
						     )
					       test-paths)))
		(if (not (common:file-exists? (conc archive-dir "/HEAD")))
		    (begin
		      ;; replace this with jobrunner stuff enventually
		      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Init bup in " archive-dir)
		      ;; (mutex-lock! bup-mutex)
		      (run-n-wait bup-exe params: bup-init-params print-cmd: print-prefix)
		      ;; (mutex-unlock! bup-mutex)
		      ))
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Indexing data to be archived")
		;; (mutex-lock! bup-mutex)
		(run-n-wait bup-exe params: bup-index-params print-cmd: print-prefix)
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Archiving data with bup")
		(run-n-wait bup-exe params: bup-save-params print-cmd: print-prefix)))
	     ((7z tar)
	      (for-each
	       (lambda (test-dat)
		 (let* ((test-id           (db:test-get-id        test-dat))
			(test-name         (db:test-get-testname  test-dat))
			(item-path         (db:test-get-item-path test-dat))
			(test-full-name    (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path))
			(run-id            (db:test-get-run_id    test-dat))
			(target            (string-intersperse (map cadr (rmt:get-key-val-pairs run-id)) "/"))
			(run-name          (rmt:get-run-name-from-id run-id))
			(source-dir        (hash-table-ref test-dirs test-id)) ;; (conc test-base "/" test-name "/" item-path))
			(target-dir        (string-substitute "/$" "" (conc archive-dir "/" target "/" run-name "/" test-full-name))))
		   ;; create the test and item-path levels under archive-dir
		   (create-directory (pathname-directory target-dir) #t)
		   (run-n-wait
		    (conc
		     (string-substitute "ARCHIVE_NAME" target-dir archiver-cmd) " "
		     "."
		     )
		    print-cmd: print-prefix
		    run-dir: source-dir)))
	       (hash-table-ref test-groups test-base))))
	   ;; (mutex-unlock! bup-mutex)
	   (for-each
	    (lambda (test-dat)
	      (let ((test-id           (db:test-get-id        test-dat))
		    (run-id            (db:test-get-run_id    test-dat)))
		(rmt:test-set-archive-block-id run-id test-id archive-id)
		(if (member archive-command '("save-remove"))
		    (runs:remove-test-directory test-dat 'archive-remove))))
	    (hash-table-ref test-groups test-base)))))
       (hash-table-keys disk-groups))
    #t))

(define (archive:bup-restore archive-command run-id run-name tests rp-mutex bup-mutex)  ;; move the getting of archive space down into the below block so that a single run can 
  ;; allocate as needed should a disk fill up
  ;;
  (let* ((bup-exe      (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "archive" "bup") "bup"))
	 (linktree     (common:get-linktree))) ;; (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree")))

    ;; from the test info bin the path to the test by stem
    ;;
    (for-each
     (lambda (test-dat)
       ;; When restoring test-dat will initially contain an old and invalid path to the test
       (let* ((best-disk         (get-best-disk *configdat* #f)) ;; BUG: get the testconfig and use it here. Otherwise data pulled out of archive could end up on the wrong kind of disk.
	      (item-path         (db:test-get-item-path test-dat))
	      (test-name         (db:test-get-testname  test-dat))
	      (test-id           (db:test-get-id        test-dat))
	      (run-id            (db:test-get-run_id    test-dat))
	      (keyvals           (rmt:get-key-val-pairs run-id))
	      (target            (string-intersperse (map cadr keyvals) "/"))
	      
	      (toplevel/children (and (db:test-get-is-toplevel test-dat)
				      (> (rmt:test-toplevel-num-items run-id test-name) 0)))
	      (test-partial-path (conc target "/" run-name "/" (db:test-make-full-name test-name item-path)))
	      ;; note the trailing slash to get the dir inspite of it being a link
	      (test-path         (conc linktree "/" test-partial-path))
	      ;; if the old path was not deleted then prev-test-physical-path will end up pointing to a real directory
	      (mutex-lock! rp-mutex)
	      (prev-test-physical-path (if (common:file-exists? test-path)
					   ;; (read-symbolic-link test-path #t)
					   (common:real-path test-path)
					   #f))
	      (mutex-unlock! rp-mutex)
	      (new-test-physical-path  (conc best-disk "/" test-partial-path))
	      (archive-block-id        (db:test-get-archived test-dat))
	      (archive-block-info      (rmt:test-get-archive-block-info archive-block-id))
	      (archive-path            (if (vector? archive-block-info)
					   (vector-ref archive-block-info 2) ;; look in db.scm for test-get-archive-block-info for the vector record info
					   #f)) ;; no archive found?
	      (archive-internal-path   (conc (common:get-testsuite-name) "-" run-id "/latest/" test-partial-path)))
	 
	 ;; some sanity checks, move an existing path out of the way - iif it is not a toplevel with children
	 ;;
	 (if (and (not toplevel/children)  ;; special handling needed for toplevel with children
		  prev-test-physical-path
		  (common:file-exists? prev-test-physical-path)) ;; what to do? abort or clean up or link it in?
	     (let* ((base (pathname-directory prev-test-physical-path))
		    (dirn (pathname-file      prev-test-physical-path))
		    (newn (conc base "/." dirn)))
	       (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "the old directory " prev-test-physical-path ", still exists! Moving it to " newn)
	       (rename-file prev-test-physical-path newn)))

	 (if (and archive-path ;; no point in proceeding if there is no actual archive
		  (not toplevel/children))
	     (begin
	       ;; CREATE WORK AREA
	       ;; test-src-path == #f     ==> don't copy in data from tests directory
	       ;; itemdat       == string ==> use directly
	       (create-work-area run-id run-name keyvals test-id #f best-disk test-name item-path) ;; #!key (remtries 2))

	       ;; 1. Get the block id from the test info
	       ;; 2. Get the block data given the block id
	       ;; 3. Construct the paths etc. for the following command:
	       ;; 
	       ;; bup -d /tmp/matt/adisk1/2015_q1/fullrun_e1a40/ restore -C /tmp/seeme fullrun-30/latest/ubuntu/nfs/none/w02.1.20.54_b/

	       ;; DO BUP RESTORE
	       (let* ((new-test-dat        (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id))
		      (new-test-path       (if (vector? new-test-dat )
					       (db:test-get-rundir new-test-dat)
					       (begin
						 (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unable to get data for run-id=" run-id ", test-id=" test-id)
						 (exit 1))))
		      ;; new-test-path won't work - must use best-disk instead? Nope, new-test-path but tack on /..
		      (bup-restore-params  (list "-d" archive-path "restore" "-C" (conc new-test-path "/..") archive-internal-path)))
		 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Restoring archived data to " new-test-physical-path " from archive in " archive-path " ... " archive-internal-path)
		 ;; (mutex-lock! bup-mutex)
		 (run-n-wait bup-exe params: bup-restore-params print-cmd: #f)
		 ;; (mutex-unlock! bup-mutex)
		 (mt:test-set-state-status-by-id run-id test-id "COMPLETED" #f #f)))
	     (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No archive path in the record for run-id=" run-id " test-id=" test-id))))
     (filter vector? tests))))
	 

)