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;; Copyright 2006-2017, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;; This file is part of Megatest.
;; 
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;;

;; (require-extension (srfi 18) extras tcp s11n)
;; 
;; (use srfi-1 posix regex regex-case srfi-69 hostinfo md5 message-digest
;;      directory-utils posix-extras matchable utils)
;; 
;; (use spiffy uri-common intarweb http-client spiffy-request-vars)
;; 
;; (declare (unit server))
;; 
;; (declare (uses commonmod))
;; 
;; (declare (uses common))
;; (declare (uses db))
;; (declare (uses tasks)) ;; tasks are where stuff is maintained about what is running.
;; ;; (declare (uses synchash))
;; (declare (uses http-transport))
;; ;;(declare (uses rpc-transport))
;; (declare (uses launch))
;; ;; (declare (uses daemon))
;; 
;; (import commonmod)
;; 
;; (include "common_records.scm")
;; (include "db_records.scm")
;; 
;; (define (server:make-server-url hostport)
;;   (if (not hostport)
;;       #f
;;       (conc "http://" (car hostport) ":" (cadr hostport))))
;; 
;; (define  *server-loop-heart-beat* (current-seconds))
;; 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; P K T S   S T U F F 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; 
;; ;; ???
;; 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; P K T S   S T U F F 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; 
;; ;; ???
;; 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; S E R V E R
;; ;;======================================================================
;; 
;; ;; Call this to start the actual server
;; ;;
;; 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; 
;; ;; Get the transport
;; (define (server:get-transport)
;;   (if *transport-type*
;;       *transport-type*
;;       (let ((ttype (string->symbol
;; 		    (or (args:get-arg "-transport")
;; 			(configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "transport")
;; 			"rpc"))))
;; 	(set! *transport-type* ttype)
;; 	ttype)))
;; 	    
;; ;; Generate a unique signature for this server
;; (define (server:mk-signature)
;;   (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) 
;; 			 (with-output-to-string
;; 			   (lambda ()
;; 			     (write (list (current-directory)
;;                                           (current-process-id)
;; 					  (argv)))))))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-client-signature)
;;   (if *my-client-signature* *my-client-signature*
;;       (let ((sig (server:mk-signature))) ;; clients re-use the server:mk-signature logic
;;         (set! *my-client-signature* sig)
;;         *my-client-signature*)))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-server-id)
;;   (if *server-id* *server-id*
;;       (let ((sig (server:mk-signature))) ;; clients re-use the server:mk-signature logic
;;         (set! *server-id* sig)
;;         *server-id*)))
;; 
;; ;; When using zmq this would send the message back (two step process)
;; ;; with spiffy or rpc this simply returns the return data to be returned
;; ;; 
;; (define (server:reply return-addr query-sig success/fail result)
;;   (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "server:reply return-addr=" return-addr ", result=" result)
;;   ;; (send-message pubsock target send-more: #t)
;;   ;; (send-message pubsock 
;;   (case (server:get-transport)
;;     ((rpc)  (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
;;     ((http) (db:obj->string (vector success/fail query-sig result)))
;;     ((fs)   result)
;;     (else 
;;      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unrecognised transport type: " *transport-type*)
;;      result)))
;; 
;; ;; Given an area path,  start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; ;; if the target-host is set 
;; ;; try running on that host
;; ;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;; ;;
;; (define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is *toppath* for a given testsuite area
;;   (let* ((testsuite   (common:get-testsuite-name))
;; 	 (logfile     (conc areapath "/logs/server.log")) ;; -" curr-pid "-" target-host ".log"))
;; 	 (profile-mode (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "misc" "profilesw")
;; 			   ""))
;; 	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
;; 		      " -server - ";; (or target-host "-")
;; 		      (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
;; 			  " -daemonize "
;; 			  "")
;; 		      ;; " -log " logfile
;; 		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite
;; 		      " " profile-mode
;; 		      )) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
;; 	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")) ;; why are we rotating logs here? This is a sensitive location with a lot going on!?
;;          (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 3000) 1000)) ;; add a random initial delay. It seems pretty common that many running tests request a server at the same time
;;     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: starting server at " (common:human-time))
;;     (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
;;     (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
;;     ;; (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
;;     (thread-join! log-rotate)
;;     (pop-directory)))
;; 
;; ;; given a path to a server log return: host port startseconds server-id
;; ;; any changes to number of elements returned by this fuction will dirctly affect server:record->url,server:record->id,server:kill,server:get-num-alive which use match let 
;; ;; example of what it's looking for in the log file:
;; ;;     SERVER STARTED: 10.38.175.67:50216 AT 1616502350.0 server-id: 4907e90fc55c7a09694e3f658c639cf4 
;; 
;; (define (server:logf-get-start-info logf)
;;   (let ((server-rx    (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+) server-id: (\\S+) pid: (\\d+)")) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs server id
;;         (dbprep-rx    (regexp "^SERVER: dbprep"))
;;         (dbprep-found 0)
;; 	(bad-dat      (list #f #f #f #f #f)))
;;     (handle-exceptions
;;      exn
;;      (begin
;;        ;; WARNING: this is potentially dangerous to blanket ignore the errors
;;        (if (file-exists? logf)
;; 	   (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from "logf", exn=" exn))
;;        bad-dat) ;; no idea what went wrong, call it a bad server
;;      (with-input-from-file
;; 	 logf
;;        (lambda ()
;; 	 (let loop ((inl  (read-line))
;; 		    (lnum 0))
;; 	   (if (not (eof-object? inl))
;; 	       (let ((mlst (string-match server-rx inl))
;; 		     (dbprep (string-match dbprep-rx inl)))
;; 		 (if dbprep (set! dbprep-found 1))
;; 		 (if (not mlst)
;; 		     (if (< lnum 500) ;; give up if more than 500 lines of server log read
;; 			 (loop (read-line)(+ lnum 1))
;; 			 (begin 
;;                            (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from first 500 lines of " logf )
;;                            bad-dat))
;; 		     (match mlst
;; 			    ((_ host port start server-id pid)
;; 			     (list host
;; 				   (string->number port)
;; 				   (string->number start)
;; 				   server-id
;; 				   (string->number pid)))
;; 			    (else
;; 			     (debug:print 0 *current-log-port* "ERROR: did not recognise SERVER line info "mlst)
;; 			     bad-dat))))
;; 	       (begin 
;; 		 (if dbprep-found
;; 		     (begin
;; 		       (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Server is in dbprep at " (common:human-time))
;; 		       (thread-sleep! 0.5)) ;; was 25 sec but that blocked things from starting?
;; 		     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Unable to get server info from " logf " at " (seconds->time-string (current-seconds))))
;; 		 bad-dat))))))))
;; 
;; ;; ;; get a list of servers from the log files, with all relevant data
;; ;; ;; ( mod-time host port start-time pid )
;; ;; ;;
;; ;; (define (server:get-list areapath #!key (limit #f))
;; ;;   (let ((fname-rx    (regexp "^(|.*/)server-(\\d+)-(\\S+).log$"))
;; ;; 	(day-seconds (* 24 60 60)))
;; ;;     ;; if the directory exists continue to get the list
;; ;;     ;; otherwise attempt to create the logs dir and then
;; ;;     ;; continue
;; ;;     (if (if (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs"))
;; ;; 	    '()
;; ;; 	    (if (file-write-access? areapath)
;; ;; 		(begin
;; ;; 		  (condition-case
;; ;; 		   (create-directory (conc areapath "/logs") #t)
;; ;; 		   (exn (i/o file)(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Cannot create directory at " (conc areapath "/logs")))
;; ;; 		   (exn ()(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: Unknown error attemtping to get server list. exn=" exn)))
;; ;; 		  (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs")))
;; ;; 		'()))
;; ;; 
;; ;;         ;; Get the list of server logs.
;; ;; 	(let* (
;; ;;                ;; For some reason, when I uncomment the below line, ext-tests sometimes starts 1000's of servers.
;; ;;                ;; (exiting-servers (system (conc "bash -c 'rm -f `grep -il exiting " areapath "/logs/server-*-*.log 2> /dev/null`'")))
;; ;;                (server-logs   (glob (conc areapath "/logs/server-*-*.log")))
;; ;; 	       (num-serv-logs (length server-logs)))
;; ;; 	  (if (or (null? server-logs) (= num-serv-logs 0))
;; ;;               (let ()
;; ;;                  (debug:print 2  *default-log-port* "There are no servers running at " (common:human-time))
;; ;; 	         '()
;; ;;               )
;; ;; 	      (let loop ((hed  (string-chomp (car server-logs)))
;; ;; 			 (tal  (cdr server-logs))
;; ;; 			 (res '()))
;; ;; 		(let* ((mod-time  (handle-exceptions
;; ;; 				   exn
;; ;; 				   (begin
;; ;; 				     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "server:get-list: failed to get modification time on " hed ", exn=" exn)
;; ;; 				     (current-seconds)) ;; 0
;; ;; 				   (file-modification-time hed))) ;; default to *very* old so log gets ignored if deleted
;; ;; 		       (down-time (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
;; ;; 		       (serv-dat  (if (or (< num-serv-logs 10)
;; ;; 				  	  (< down-time 900)) ;; day-seconds))
;; ;; 				      (server:logf-get-start-info hed)
;; ;; 				      '())) ;; don't waste time processing server files not touched in the 15 minutes if there are more than ten servers to look at
;; ;; 		       (serv-rec (cons mod-time serv-dat))
;; ;; 		       (fmatch   (string-match fname-rx hed))
;; ;; 		       (pid      (if fmatch (string->number (list-ref fmatch 2)) #f))
;; ;; 		       (new-res  (if (null? serv-dat)
;; ;; 				     res
;; ;; 				     (cons (append serv-rec (list pid)) res)))) ;; any changes to number of elements in new-res will dirctly affect server:record->url,server:record->id,server:kill,server:get-num-alive which uses match let 
;; ;; 		  (if (null? tal)
;; ;; 		      (if (and limit
;; ;; 			       (> (length new-res) limit))
;; ;; 			  new-res ;; (take new-res limit)  <= need intelligent sorting before this will work
;; ;; 			  new-res)
;; ;; 		      (loop (string-chomp (car tal)) (cdr tal) new-res)))))))))
;; 
;; #;(define (server:get-num-alive srvlst)
;;   (let ((num-alive 0))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (server)
;;         (handle-exceptions
;;           exn
;;          (begin 
;;           (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server start-time and/or mod-time from " server ", exn=" exn))
;;        (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time server-id pid)
;; 		    server))
;; 	 (let* ((uptime  (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
;; 		(runtime (if start-time
;; 			     (- mod-time start-time)
;; 			     0)))
;; 	   (if (< uptime 5)(set! num-alive (+ num-alive 1)))))))
;;      srvlst)
;;     num-alive))
;; 
;; ;; ;; given a list of servers get a list of valid servers, i.e. at least
;; ;; ;; 10 seconds old, has started and is less than 1 hour old and is
;; ;; ;; active (i.e. mod-time < 10 seconds
;; ;; ;;
;; ;; ;; mod-time host port start-time pid
;; ;; ;;
;; ;; ;; sort by start-time descending. I.e. get the oldest first. Young servers will thus drop off
;; ;; ;; and servers should stick around for about two hours or so.
;; ;; ;;
;; ;; (define (server:get-best srvlst)
;; ;;   (let* ((nums (server:get-num-servers))
;; ;; 	 (now  (current-seconds))
;; ;; 	 (slst (sort
;; ;; 		(filter (lambda (rec)
;; ;; 			  (if (and (list? rec)
;; ;; 				   (> (length rec) 2))
;; ;; 			      (let ((start-time (list-ref rec 3))
;; ;; 				    (mod-time   (list-ref rec 0)))
;; ;; 				;; (print "start-time: " start-time " mod-time: " mod-time)
;; ;; 				(and start-time mod-time
;; ;; 				     (> (- now start-time) 0)    ;; been running at least 0 seconds
;; ;; 				     (< (- now mod-time)   16)   ;; still alive - file touched in last 16 seconds
;; ;; 				     (or (not (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime")) ;; skip if not set
;; ;; 					 (< (- now start-time)       
;; ;; 					    (+ (- (string->number (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime"))
;; ;; 					       180)
;; ;; 					    (random 360)))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
;; ;; 				     ))
;; ;; 			      #f))
;; ;; 			srvlst)
;; ;; 		(lambda (a b)
;; ;; 		  (< (list-ref a 3)
;; ;; 		     (list-ref b 3))))))
;; ;;     (if (> (length slst) nums)
;; ;; 	(take slst nums)
;; ;; 	slst)))
;; 
;; ;; ;; switch from server:get-list to server:get-servers-info
;; ;; ;;
;; ;; (define (server:get-first-best areapath)
;; ;;   (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
;; ;;     (if (and srvrs
;; ;; 	     (not (null? srvrs)))
;; ;; 	(car srvrs)
;; ;; 	#f)))
;; ;; 
;; ;; (define (server:get-rand-best areapath)
;; ;;   (let ((srvrs (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
;; ;;     (if (and (list? srvrs)
;; ;; 	     (not (null? srvrs)))
;; ;; 	(let* ((len (length srvrs))
;; ;; 	       (idx (random len)))
;; ;; 	  (list-ref srvrs idx))
;; ;; 	#f)))
;; 
;; (define (server:record->id servr)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;    exn
;;    (begin 
;;      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server id from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
;;    #f)
;;   (match-let (((host port start-time server-id pid)
;; 	       servr))
;;     (if server-id
;; 	server-id
;; 	#f))))
;; 
;; (define (server:record->url servr)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;    exn
;;    (begin 
;;      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get server url from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
;;    #f)
;;   (match-let (((host port start-time server-id pid)
;; 	       servr))
;;     (if (and host port)
;; 	(conc host ":" port)
;; 	#f))))
;; 
;; 
;; ;; if server-start-last exists, and wasn't old enough, wait <idle time> + 1, then call this function recursively until it is old enough.
;; ;; if it is old enough, overwrite it and wait 0.25 seconds.
;; ;; if it then has the wrong server key, wait <idle time> + 1 and call this function recursively.
;; ;;
;; #;(define (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
;;   (let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last"))
;; 	 ;;; THIS INTERACTS WITH [server] timeout. Suggest using 0.1 or above for timeout (6 seconds)
;; 	 (idletime    (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "idletime" default: 4))
;; 	 (server-key (conc (get-host-name) "-" (current-process-id))))
;;     (if (file-exists? start-flag)
;; 	(let* ((fmodtime (file-modification-time start-flag))
;; 	       (delta    (- (current-seconds) fmodtime))
;; 	       (old-enough   (> delta idletime))
;;                (new-server-key ""))
;;           ;; write start-flag file, wait 0.25s, then if previously the start-flag file was older than <idletime> seconds, and the new file still has the same server key as you just wrote, return #t.
;; 	  ;; the intention is to make sure nfs can read the file we just wrote, and make sure it was written by us, and not another process.
;;            (if (and old-enough
;; 		    (begin
;;                       (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Writing " start-flag)
;; 		      (with-output-to-file start-flag (lambda () (print server-key)))
;; 		      (thread-sleep! 0.25)
;; 		      (set! new-server-key (with-input-from-file start-flag (lambda () (read-line))))
;; 		      (equal? server-key new-server-key)))
;; 	       #t
;;                ;; If either of the above conditions is not true, print a "Gating server start" message, wait <idle-time> + 1, then call this function recursively. 
;; 	       (begin
;; 		 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Gating server start, last start: "
;; 				   (seconds->time-string fmodtime) ", time since last start: " delta ", required idletime: " idletime ", gating reason:" (if old-enough "another job started a server" "too soon to start another server"))
;; 		 
;; 		 (thread-sleep! ( + 1 idletime))
;; 		 (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)))))))
;; 
;; ;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; ;; five servers on that host
;; ;;
;; (define (server:get-servers-info areapath)
;;   ;; (assert *toppath* "FATAL: server:get-servers-info called before *toppath* has been set.")
;;   (let* ((servinfodir (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath))) ;; (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo")))
;;     (if (not (file-exists? servinfodir))
;; 	(create-directory servinfodir))
;;     (let* ((allfiles    (glob (conc servinfodir"/*")))
;; 	   (res         (make-hash-table)))
;;       (for-each
;;        (lambda (f)
;; 	 (let* ((hostport  (pathname-strip-directory f))
;; 		(serverdat (server:logf-get-start-info f)))
;; 	   (match serverdat
;; 	     ((host port start server-id pid)
;; 	      (if (and host port start server-id pid)
;; 		  (hash-table-set! res hostport serverdat)
;; 		  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "bad server info for "f": "serverdat)))
;; 	     (else
;; 	      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "bad server info for "f": "serverdat)))))
;;        allfiles)
;;       res)))
;; 
;; ;; check the .servinfo directory, are there other servers running on this
;; ;; or another host?
;; ;;
;; ;; returns #t => ok to start another server
;; ;;         #f => not ok to start another server
;; ;;
;; (define (server:minimal-check areapath)
;;   (server:clean-up-old areapath)
;;   (let* ((srvdir      (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)) ;; (conc areapath"/.servinfo"))
;; 	 (servrs      (glob (conc srvdir"/*")))
;; 	 (thishostip  (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name)))
;; 	 (thisservrs  (glob (conc srvdir"/"thishostip":*")))
;; 	 (homehostinf (server:choose-server areapath 'homehost))
;; 	 (havehome    (car homehostinf))
;; 	 (wearehome   (cdr homehostinf)))
;;     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* thishostip", have homehost: "havehome", we are homehost: "wearehome
;; 		      ", numservers: "(length thisservrs))
;;     (cond
;;      ((not havehome) #t) ;; no homehost yet, go for it
;;      ((and havehome wearehome (< (length thisservrs) 20)) #t) ;; we are home and less than 20 servers, ok to start another
;;      ((and havehome (not wearehome)) #f)     ;; we are not the home host
;;      ((and havehome wearehome (>= (length thisservrs) 20)) #f) ;; have enough running
;;      (else
;;       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Unrecognised scenario, servrs="servrs", thishostip="thishostip", thisservrs="thisservrs)
;;       #t))))
;; 	 
;; 
;; (define server-last-start 0)
;; 
;; 
;; ;; oldest server alive determines host then choose random of youngest
;; ;; five servers on that host
;; ;;
;; ;; mode:
;; ;;   best - get best server (random of newest five)
;; ;;   home - get home host based on oldest server
;; ;;   info - print info
;; (define (server:choose-server areapath #!optional (mode 'best))
;;   ;; age is current-starttime
;;   ;; find oldest alive
;;   ;;   1. sort by age ascending and ping until good
;;   ;; find alive rand from youngest
;;   ;;   1. sort by age descending
;;   ;;   2. take five
;;   ;;   3. check alive, discard if not and repeat
;;   ;; first we clean up old server files
;;   (server:clean-up-old areapath)
;;   (let* ((since-last (- (current-seconds) server-last-start))
;;         (server-start-delay 10))     
;;     (if ( < (- (current-seconds) server-last-start) 10 )
;;       (begin
;;         (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: seconds since last server start: " (- (current-seconds) server-last-start))
;;         (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: last server start less than " server-start-delay " seconds ago. Sleeping " server-start-delay " seconds")
;;         (thread-sleep! server-start-delay)
;;       )
;;       (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: seconds since last server start: " (- (current-seconds) server-last-start))
;;     )
;;   )
;;   (let* ((serversdat  (server:get-servers-info areapath))
;; 	 (servkeys    (hash-table-keys serversdat))
;; 	 (by-time-asc (if (not (null? servkeys)) ;; NOTE: Oldest is last
;; 			  (sort servkeys ;; list of "host:port"
;; 				(lambda (a b)
;; 				  (>= (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat a) 2)
;; 				      (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat b) 2))))
;; 			  '())))
;;     (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: serversdat: " serversdat)
;;     (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "server:choose-server: servkeys: " servkeys)
;;     (if (not (null? by-time-asc))
;; 	(let* ((oldest     (last by-time-asc))
;; 	       (oldest-dat (hash-table-ref serversdat oldest))
;; 	       (host       (list-ref oldest-dat 0))
;; 	       (all-valid  (filter (lambda (x)
;; 				     (equal? host (list-ref (hash-table-ref serversdat x) 0)))
;; 				   by-time-asc))
;; 	       (best-ten  (lambda ()
;; 			     (if (> (length all-valid) 11)
;; 				 (take (drop-right all-valid 1) 10) ;; remove the oldest from consideration so it can age out
;; 				 (if (> (length all-valid) 8)
;; 				     (drop-right all-valid 1)
;; 				     all-valid))))
;; 	       (names->dats (lambda (names)
;; 			      (map (lambda (x)
;; 				     (hash-table-ref serversdat x))
;; 				   names)))
;; 	       (am-home?    (lambda ()
;; 			      (let* ((currhost (get-host-name))
;; 				     (bestadrs (server:get-best-guess-address currhost)))
;; 				(or (equal? host currhost)
;; 				    (equal? host bestadrs))))))
;; 	  (case mode
;; 	    ((info)
;; 	     (print "oldest: "oldest-dat", selected host: "host", all-valid: "all-valid)
;; 	     (print "youngest: "(hash-table-ref serversdat (car all-valid))))
;; 	    ((home)     host)
;; 	    ((homehost) (cons host (am-home?))) ;; shut up old code
;; 	    ((home?)    (am-home?))
;; 	    ((best-ten)(names->dats (best-ten)))
;; 	    ((all-valid)(names->dats all-valid))
;; 	    ((best)     (let* ((best-ten (best-ten))
;; 			       (len       (length best-ten)))
;; 			  (hash-table-ref serversdat (list-ref best-ten (random len)))))
;; 	    ((count)(length all-valid))
;; 	    (else
;; 	     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: invalid command "mode)
;; 	     #f)))
;; 	(begin
;; 	  (server:run areapath)
;;           (set! server-last-start (current-seconds))
;; 	  ;; (thread-sleep! 3)
;; 	  (case mode
;; 	    ((homehost) (cons #f #f))
;; 	    (else	#f))))))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)
;;   (let* ((spath (conc areapath"/.servinfo")))
;;     (if (not (file-exists? spath))
;; 	(create-directory spath #t))
;;     spath))
;; 
;; (define (server:clean-up-old areapath)
;;   ;; any server file that has not been touched in ten minutes is effectively dead
;;   (let* ((sfiles (glob (conc (server:get-servinfo-dir areapath)"/*"))))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (sfile)
;;        (let* ((modtime (handle-exceptions
;; 			   exn
;; 			 (begin
;; 			   (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to get modification file for "sfile)
;; 			   (current-seconds))
;; 			 (file-modification-time sfile))))
;; 	 (if (and (number? modtime)
;; 		  (> (- (current-seconds) modtime)
;; 		     600))
;; 	     (begin
;; 	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: found old server info file "sfile", removing it.")
;; 	       (handle-exceptions
;; 		   exn
;; 		 (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: failed to delete old server info file "sfile)
;; 		 (delete-file sfile))))))
;;      sfiles)))
;; 
;; ;; would like to eventually get rid of this
;; ;;
;; (define (common:on-homehost?)
;;   (server:choose-server *toppath* 'home?))
;; 
;; ;; kind start up of server, wait before allowing another server for a given
;; ;; area to be launched
;; ;;
;; (define (server:kind-run areapath)
;;   ;; look for $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/logs/server-start-last
;;   ;; and wait for it to be at least <server idletime> seconds old
;;   ;; (server:wait-for-server-start-last-flag areapath)
;;   (let loop ()
;;     (if (> (alist-ref 'adj-proc-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)) 2)
;; 	(begin
;; 	  (if (common:low-noise-print 30 "our-host-load")
;; 	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: system load is high, waiting to start server."))
;; 	  (loop))))
;;   (if (< (server:choose-server areapath 'count) 20)
;;       (server:run areapath))
;;   #;(if (not (server:check-if-running areapath)) ;; why try if there is already a server running?
;;       (let* ((lock-file    (conc areapath "/logs/server-start.lock")))
;; 	(let* ((start-flag (conc areapath "/logs/server-start-last")))
;; 	  (common:simple-file-lock-and-wait lock-file expire-time: 25)
;; 	  (debug:print-info  2 *default-log-port* "server:kind-run: touching " start-flag)
;; 	  (system (conc "touch " start-flag)) ;; lazy but safe
;; 	  (server:run areapath)
;; 	  (thread-sleep! 20) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds. And allow time for the server startup to get to "SERVER STARTED".
;; 	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
;;       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Found server already running. NOT trying to start another.")))
;; 
;; ;; this one seems to be the general entry point
;; ;;
;; (define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
;;   (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
;;     (let loop ((server-info (server:check-if-running areapath))
;; 	       (try-num    0))
;;       (if (or server-info
;; 	      (> (current-seconds) give-up-time)) ;; server-url will be #f if no server available.
;; 	  (server:record->url server-info)
;; 	  (let* ( (servers (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid))
;;                 (num-ok (if servers (length (server:choose-server areapath 'all-valid)) 0)))
;; 	    (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:run areapath))
;; 	    (thread-sleep! 5)
;; 	    (loop (server:check-if-running areapath)
;; 		  (+ try-num 1)))))))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-num-servers #!key (numservers 2))
;;   (let ((ns (string->number
;; 	     (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "numservers") "notanumber"))))
;;     (or ns numservers)))
;; 
;; ;; 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)) ;; get the setting the for maximum number of servers allowed
;; 	 (servers       (server:choose-server areapath 'best-ten))) ;; (server:get-best (server:get-list areapath))))
;;     (if (or (and servers
;; 		 (null? servers))
;; 	    (not servers))
;; 	    ;; (and (list? servers)
;; 	    ;;	 (< (length servers) (+ 1 (random ns))))) ;; somewhere between 1 and numservers
;;         #f
;;         (let loop ((hed (car servers))
;;                    (tal (cdr servers)))
;;           (let ((res (server:check-server hed)))
;;             (if res
;;                 hed
;;                 (if (null? tal)
;;                     #f
;;                     (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)))))))))
;; 
;; ;; ping the given server
;; ;;
;; (define (server:check-server server-record)
;;   (let* ((server-url (server:record->url server-record))
;;          (server-id  (server:record->id server-record)) 
;;          (res        (server:ping server-url server-id)))
;;     (if res
;;         server-url
;; 	#f)))
;; 
;; (define (server:kill servr)
;;   (handle-exceptions
;;     exn
;;     (begin 
;;       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port*  "Unable to get host and/or port from " servr ", exn=" exn)     
;;     #f)
;;   (match-let (((mod-time hostname port start-time server-id pid)
;; 	       servr))
;;     (tasks:kill-server hostname pid))))
;; 
;; ;; 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 server-id #!key (do-exit #f))
;;   (let* ((host-port (cond
;; 		     ((string? host:port)
;; 		      (let ((slst (string-split   host:port ":")))
;; 			(if (eq? (length slst) 2)
;; 			    (list (car slst)(string->number (cadr slst)))
;; 			    #f)))
;; 		     (else
;; 		      #f))))
;;     (cond
;;      ((and (list? host-port)
;; 	   (eq? (length host-port) 2))
;;       (let* ((myrunremote (make-remote))
;; 	     (iface       (car host-port))
;; 	     (port        (cadr host-port))
;; 	     (server-dat  (client:connect iface port server-id myrunremote))
;; 	     (login-res   (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup myrunremote)))
;; 	(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))))
;;      (else 
;;       (if host:port
;; 	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*  "ERROR: bad host:port "host:port))
;;       (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))))))
;; 
;; ;; 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)))
;; 
;; ;; timeout is hms string: 1h 5m 3s, default is 1 minute
;; ;; This is currently broken. Just use the number of hours with no unit.
;; ;; Default is 60 seconds.
;; ;;
;; (define (server:expiration-timeout)
;;   (let ((tmo (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
;;     (if (and (string? tmo)
;; 	     (common:hms-string->seconds tmo)) ;; BUG: hms-string->seconds is broken, if given "10" returns 0. Also, it doesn't belong in this logic unless the string->number is changed below
;;         (* 3600 (string->number tmo))
;; 	600)))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
;;   (let ((res #f))
;;     (for-each 
;;      (lambda (adr)
;;        (if (not (eq? (u8vector-ref adr 0) 127))
;; 	   (set! res adr)))
;;      ;; NOTE: This can fail when there is no mention of the host in /etc/hosts. FIXME
;;      (vector->list (hostinfo-addresses (hostname->hostinfo hostname))))
;;     (string-intersperse 
;;      (map number->string
;; 	  (u8vector->list
;; 	   (if res res (hostname->ip hostname)))) ".")))
;; 
;; ;; (define server:sync-lock-token "SERVER_SYNC_LOCK")
;; ;; (define (server:release-sync-lock)
;; ;;   (db:no-sync-del! *no-sync-db* server:sync-lock-token))
;; ;; (define (server:have-sync-lock?)
;; ;;   (let* ((have-lock-pair (db:no-sync-get-lock *no-sync-db* server:sync-lock-token))
;; ;;          (have-lock?     (car have-lock-pair))
;; ;;          (lock-time      (cdr have-lock-pair))
;; ;;          (lock-age       (- (current-seconds) lock-time)))
;; ;;     (cond
;; ;;      (have-lock? #t)
;; ;;      ((>lock-age
;; ;;        (* 3 (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "minimum-intersync-delay" default: 180)))
;; ;;       (server:release-sync-lock)
;; ;;       (server:have-sync-lock?))
;; ;;      (else #f))))
;; 
;; ;; moving this here as it needs access to db and cannot be in common.
;; ;;
;; 
;; (define (server:get-bruteforce-syncer dbstruct #!key (fork-to-background #f) (persist-until-sync #f))
;;   (debug:print "WARNING: bruteforce-syncer is called but has been disabled!")
;;   (lambda ()
;;     (debug:print "WARNING: bruteforce-syncer is called but has been disabled!"))
;;   #;(let* ((sqlite-exe   (or (get-environment-variable "MT_SQLITE3_EXE"))) ;; defined in cfg.sh
;;          (sync-log     (or (args:get-arg "-sync-log") (conc *toppath* "/logs/sync-" (current-process-id) "-" (get-host-name) ".log")))
;; 	 (tmp-area     (common:get-db-tmp-area))
;; 	 (tmp-db       (conc tmp-area "/megatest.db"))
;; 	 (staging-file (conc *toppath* "/.megatest.db"))
;; 	 (mtdbfile     (conc *toppath* "/megatest.db"))
;; 	 (lockfile     (common:get-sync-lock-filepath))
;;          (sync-cmd-core     (conc sqlite-exe" " tmp-db " .dump | "sqlite-exe" " staging-file "&>"sync-log))
;;          (sync-cmd     (if fork-to-background 
;;                            (conc "/usr/bin/env NBFAKE_LOG="*toppath*"/logs/last-server-sync-"(current-process-id)".log nbfake \""sync-cmd-core" && /bin/mv -f " staging-file " " mtdbfile" \"")
;;                            sync-cmd-core))
;;          (default-min-intersync-delay 2)
;; 	 (min-intersync-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "minimum-intersync-delay" default: default-min-intersync-delay))
;;          (default-duty-cycle 0.1)
;;          (duty-cycle   (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "sync-duty-cycle" default: default-duty-cycle))
;;          (last-sync-seconds 10) ;; we will adjust this to a measurement and delay last-sync-seconds * (1 - duty-cycle)
;;          (calculate-off-time (lambda (work-duration duty-cycle)
;;                                   (* (/ (- 1 duty-cycle) duty-cycle) last-sync-seconds)))
;;          (off-time min-intersync-delay) ;; adjusted in closure below.
;;          (do-a-sync
;;           (lambda ()
;;             (BB> "Start do-a-sync with fork-to-background="fork-to-background" persist-until-sync="persist-until-sync)
;;             (let* ((finalres
;;                     (let retry-loop ((num-tries 0))
;;                          (if (common:simple-file-lock lockfile)
;; 	                     (begin
;;                                (cond
;;                                 ((not (or fork-to-background persist-until-sync))
;;                                  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: syncer thread sleeping for max of (server.minimum-intersync-delay="min-intersync-delay
;;                                               " , off-time="off-time" seconds ]")
;;                                  (thread-sleep! (max off-time min-intersync-delay)))
;;                                 (else
;;                                  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: syncer thread NOT sleeping ; maybe time-to-exit...")))
;; 
;;                                (if (not (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "disable-db-snapshot"))
;;                                    (common:snapshot-file mtdbfile subdir: ".db-snapshot"))
;; 		               (delete-file* staging-file)
;; 		               (let* ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
;;                                       (res (system sync-cmd))
;;                                       (dbbackupfile (conc mtdbfile ".backup"))
;;                                       (res2 
;;                                        (cond
;;                                         ((eq? 0 res )
;;                                          (handle-exceptions
;;                                             exn
;;                                             #f
;;                                          (if (file-exists? dbbackupfile)
;; 		                           (delete-file* dbbackupfile)
;;                                          )
;;                                          (if (eq? 0 (file-size sync-log))
;;                                              (delete-file* sync-log))
;; 		                         (system (conc "/bin/mv " staging-file " " mtdbfile))
;;                                          
;;                                          (set! last-sync-seconds (/ (- (current-milliseconds) start-time) 1000))
;;                                          (set! off-time (calculate-off-time
;;                                                          last-sync-seconds
;;                                                          (cond
;;                                                           ((and (number? duty-cycle) (> duty-cycle 0) (< duty-cycle 1))
;;                                                            duty-cycle)
;;                                                           (else
;;                                                            (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: ["(common:human-time)"] server.sync-duty-cycle is invalid.  Should be a number between 0 and 1, but "duty-cycle" was specified.  Using default value: "default-duty-cycle)
;;                                                            default-duty-cycle))))
;;                                          
;;                                          (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" SYNC took "last-sync-seconds" sec")
;;                                          (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" SYNC took "last-sync-seconds" sec ; with duty-cycle of "duty-cycle" off time is now "off-time)
;;                                          'sync-completed))
;;                                         (else
;;                                          (system (conc "/bin/cp "sync-log" "sync-log".fail"))
;;                                          (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: ["(common:human-time)"] Sync failed. See log at "sync-log".fail")
;;                                          (if (file-exists? (conc mtdbfile ".backup"))
;;                                              (system (conc "/bin/cp "mtdbfile ".backup " mtdbfile)))
;;                                          #f))))
;;                                  (common:simple-file-release-lock lockfile)
;;                                  (BB> "released lockfile: " lockfile)
;;                                  (when (common:file-exists? lockfile)
;;                                    (BB> "DID NOT ACTUALLY RELEASE LOCKFILE"))
;;                                  res2) ;; end let
;;                                );; end begin
;;                              ;; else
;;                              (cond
;;                               (persist-until-sync
;;                                (thread-sleep! 1)
;;                                (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" other SYNC in progress; we're in a fork-to-background so we need to succeed.  Let's wait a jiffy and and try again. num-tries="num-tries" (waiting for lockfile="lockfile" to disappear)")
;;                                (retry-loop (add1 num-tries)))
;;                               (else
;;                                (thread-sleep! (max off-time (+ last-sync-seconds min-intersync-delay)))
;;                                (debug:print 1 *default-log-port* "INFO: ["(common:human-time)"] pid="(current-process-id)" other SYNC in progress; not syncing.")
;;                                'parallel-sync-in-progress))
;;                              ) ;; end if got lockfile
;;                          )
;;                     ))
;;               (BB> "End do-a-sync with fork-to-background="fork-to-background" persist-until-sync="persist-until-sync" and result="finalres)
;;               finalres)
;;             ) ;; end lambda
;;           ))
;;     do-a-sync))
;; 
;;