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;; Copyright 2006-2017, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;; This file is part of Megatest.
;; 
;;     Megatest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
;;     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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;;     (at your option) any later version.
;; 
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;;     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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;; 
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;;     along with Megatest.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
;;

;;======================================================================
;;
;; This is the Megatest specific stuff for starting and maintaining a
;; server. Stuff that talks to the server should go in client.scm.
;; General nanomsg stuff (not Megatest specific) should go in the
;; nmsg-transport.scm file.
;;
;;======================================================================

(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 typed-records)

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

(declare (unit server))

(declare (uses common))
(declare (uses db))

;; Basic stuff for safely kicking off a server
(declare (uses portlogger))
(import portlogger)
(declare (uses nmsg-transport))
(import nmsg-transport)

;; Might want to bring the daemonizing back
;; (declare (uses daemon))

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

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

;;======================================================================
;;  N A N O M S G   B A S E D   S E R V E R
;;======================================================================

(defstruct nmsg
  (conn  #f)
  (hosts (make-hash-table))
  pkt
  pktspec
  (mutex    (make-mutex))
  )

;; make it a global? Well, it is local to nmsg module

(define *nmsg-conndat* (make-nmsg))
(nmsg-pktspec-set! *nmsg-conndat*
		   `((server (hostname . h)
			     (port     . p)
			     (pid      . i)
			     )))
;; get a port
;; start the nmsg server
;; look for other servers
;; contact other servers and compile list of servers
;; there are two types of server
;;     main servers - dashboards, runners and dedicated servers - need pkt
;;     passive servers - test executers, step calls, list-runs - no pkt
;;
(define (server:start-nmsg #!key (force-server-type #f))
  (mutex-lock! (nmsg-mutex *nmsg-conndat*))
  (let* ((server-type  (or force-server-type
			   (if (args:any? "-run" "-server")
			       'main
			       'passive)))
	 (port-num     (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:find-port))
	 (nmsg-conn    (nmsg:start-server port-num))
	 (pktspec      (nmsg-pktspec *nmsg-conndat*))
	 (pktdir       (conc (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME")
			     "/.server-pkts")))
    (if (not (directory? pktdir))(create-directory pktdir))
    ;; server is started, now create pkt if needed
    (if (eq? server-type 'main)
	(nmsg-pkt-set! *nmsg-conndat* 
		       (pkts:write-alist->pkt
			pktdir 
			`((hostname . ,(get-host-name))
			  (port     . ,port-num)
			  (pid      . ,(current-process-id)))
			pktspec: pktspec
			ptype:   'server)))
    (nmsg-conn-set! *nmsg-conndat* nmsg-conn)
    (mutex-unlock! (nmsg-mutex *nmsg-conndat*))
    ))

;; 
;; 
;; ;; Call this to start the actual server
;; ;;
;; 
;; ;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;; ;;
;; ;; start_server
;; ;;
;; (define (server:launch run-id transport-type)
;;   (case transport-type
;;     ((http)(http-transport:launch))
;;     ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:launch run-id))
;;     ;;((rpc)  (rpc-transport:launch run-id))
;;     (else (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unknown server type " transport-type))))
;; 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; ;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;; ;;======================================================================
;; 
;; ;; Get the transport
;; (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)
;; 					  (argv)))))))
;; 
;; ;; 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 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)))
;; 
;; ;; given a path to a server log return: host port startseconds
;; ;;
;; (define (server:logf-get-start-info logf)
;;   (let ((rx (regexp "^SERVER STARTED: (\\S+):(\\d+) AT ([\\d\\.]+)"))) ;; SERVER STARTED: host:port AT timesecs
;;     (handle-exceptions
;; 	exn
;; 	(list #f #f #f) ;; 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 rx inl)))
;; 		  (if (not mlst)
;; 		      (if (< lnum 500) ;; give up if more than 500 lines of server log read
;; 			  (loop (read-line)(+ lnum 1))
;; 			  (list #f #f #f))
;; 		      (let ((dat  (cdr mlst)))
;; 			(list (car dat) ;; host
;; 			      (string->number (cadr dat)) ;; port
;; 			      (string->number (caddr dat))))))
;; 		(list #f #f #f))))))))
;; 
;; ;; get a list of servers 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.")))
;; 		  (directory-exists? (conc areapath "/logs")))
;; 		'()))
;; 	(let* ((server-logs   (glob (conc areapath "/logs/server-*.log")))
;; 	       (num-serv-logs (length server-logs)))
;; 	  (if (null? server-logs)
;; 	      '()
;; 	      (let loop ((hed  (car server-logs))
;; 			 (tal  (cdr server-logs))
;; 			 (res '()))
;; 		(let* ((mod-time  (handle-exceptions
;; 				      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))))
;; 		(if (null? tal)
;; 		    (if (and limit
;; 			     (> (length new-res) limit))
;; 			new-res ;; (take new-res limit)  <= need intelligent sorting before this will work
;; 			new-res)
;; 		    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal) new-res)))))))))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-num-alive srvlst)
;;   (let ((num-alive 0))
;;     (for-each
;;      (lambda (server)
;;        (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time pid)
;; 		    server))
;; 	 (let* ((uptime  (- (current-seconds) mod-time))
;; 		(runtime (if start-time
;; 			     (- mod-time start-time)
;; 			     0)))
;; 	   (if (< uptime 5)(set! num-alive (+ num-alive 1))))))
;;      srvlst)
;;     num-alive))
;; 
;; ;; given a list of servers get a list of valid servers, i.e. at least
;; ;; 10 seconds old, has started and is less than 1 hour old and is
;; ;; active (i.e. mod-time < 10 seconds
;; ;;
;; ;; mod-time host port start-time pid
;; ;;
;; ;; 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
;; 				     (< (- now start-time)       
;; 					(+ (- (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime") "3600"))
;; 					      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)))
;; 
;; (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->url servr)
;;   (match-let (((mod-time host port start-time pid)
;; 	       servr))
;;     (if (and host port)
;; 	(conc host ":" port)
;; 	#f)))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-client-signature) ;; BB> why is this proc named "get-"?  it returns nothing -- set! has not return value.
;;   (if *my-client-signature* *my-client-signature*
;;       (let ((sig (server:mk-signature)))
;;         (set! *my-client-signature* sig)
;;         *my-client-signature*)))
;; 
;; ;; 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! 5) ;; don't release the lock for at least a few seconds
;; 		  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)))
;; 	(hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (list (+ call-num 1)(current-seconds))))))
;; 
;; (define (server:start-and-wait areapath #!key (timeout 60))
;;   (let ((give-up-time (+ (current-seconds) timeout)))
;;     (let loop ((server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
;; 	       (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)))))))
;; 
;; (define server:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.
;; 
;; (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))
;; 	 (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)))))))))
;; 
;; ;; 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)))
;; 
;; ;; DO STUFF HERE - BUG
;; (define (server:kill servr)
;;   (match-let (((mod-time hostname port start-time pid)
;; 	       servr))
;;     #;(tasks:kill-server hostname pid)
;;     #f
;;     ))
;; 
;; ;; 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))))))
;; 
;; ;; 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
;; ;;
;; (define (server:expiration-timeout)
;;   (let ((tmo (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "timeout")))
;;     (if (and (string? tmo)
;; 	     (common:hms-string->seconds tmo)) ;; BUG: hms-string->seconds is broken, if given "10" returns 0. Also, it doesn't belong in this logic unless the string->number is changed below
;;         (* 3600 (string->number tmo))
;; 	60)))
;; 
;; (define (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
;;   (let ((res #f))
;;     (for-each 
;;      (lambda (adr)
;;        (if (not (eq? (u8vector-ref adr 0) 127))
;; 	   (set! res adr)))
;;      ;; NOTE: This can fail when there is no mention of the host in /etc/hosts. FIXME
;;      (vector->list (hostinfo-addresses (hostname->hostinfo hostname))))
;;     (string-intersperse 
;;      (map number->string
;; 	  (u8vector->list
;; 	   (if res res (hostname->ip hostname)))) ".")))
;; 
;; ;; moving this here as it needs access to db and cannot be in common.
;; ;;
;; (define (server:writable-watchdog dbstruct)
;;   (thread-sleep! 0.05) ;; delay for startup
;;   (let ((legacy-sync  (common:run-sync?))
;;         (sync-stale-seconds (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "sync-stale-seconds" default: 300))
;; 	(debug-mode   (debug:debug-mode 1))
;; 	(last-time    (current-seconds))
;; 	(no-sync-db   (db:open-no-sync-db))
;;         (sync-duration 0) ;; run time of the sync in milliseconds
;;         ;;(this-wd-num  (begin (mutex-lock! *wdnum*mutex) (let ((x *wdnum*)) (set! *wdnum* (add1 *wdnum*)) (mutex-unlock! *wdnum*mutex) x)))
;;         )
;;     (set! *no-sync-db* no-sync-db) ;; make the no sync db available to api calls
;;     (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "Periodic sync thread started.")
;;     (debug:print-info 3 *default-log-port* "watchdog starting. legacy-sync is " legacy-sync" pid="(current-process-id)  );;  " this-wd-num="this-wd-num)
;;     (if (and legacy-sync (not *time-to-exit*))
;; 	(let* (;;(dbstruct (db:setup))
;; 	       (mtdb       (dbr:dbstruct-mtdb dbstruct))
;; 	       (mtpath     (db:dbdat-get-path mtdb))
;; 	       (tmp-area   (common:get-db-tmp-area))
;; 	       (start-file (conc tmp-area "/.start-sync"))
;; 	       (end-file   (conc tmp-area "/.end-sync")))
;; 	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server running, periodic sync started.")
;; 	  (let loop ()
;; 	    ;; sync for filesystem local db writes
;; 	    ;;
;; 	    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
;; 	    (let* ((need-sync        (>= *db-last-access* *db-last-sync*)) ;; no sync since last write
;; 		   (sync-in-progress *db-sync-in-progress*)
;;                    (min-intersync-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "minimum-intersync-delay" default: 5))
;; 		   (should-sync      (and (not *time-to-exit*)
;;                                           (> (- (current-seconds) *db-last-sync*) min-intersync-delay))) ;; sync every five seconds minimum, deprecated logic, can probably be removed
;; 		   (start-time       (current-seconds))
;;                    (cpu-load-adj     (alist-ref 'adj-proc-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
;; 		   (mt-mod-time      (file-modification-time mtpath))
;; 		   (last-sync-start  (if (common:file-exists? start-file)
;; 					 (file-modification-time start-file)
;; 					 0))
;; 		   (last-sync-end    (if (common:file-exists? end-file)
;; 					 (file-modification-time end-file)
;; 					 10))
;;                    (sync-period      (+ 3 (* cpu-load-adj 30))) ;; as adjusted load increases increase the sync period
;; 		   (recently-synced  (and (< (- start-time mt-mod-time) sync-period) ;; not useful if sync didn't modify megatest.db!
;; 					  (< mt-mod-time last-sync-start)))
;; 		   (sync-done        (<= last-sync-start last-sync-end))
;;                    (sync-stale       (> start-time (+ last-sync-start sync-stale-seconds)))
;; 		   (will-sync        (and (not *time-to-exit*)       ;; do not start a sync if we are in the process of exiting
;;                                           (or need-sync should-sync)
;; 					  (or sync-done sync-stale)
;; 					  (not sync-in-progress)
;; 					  (not recently-synced))))
;;               (debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "WD writable-watchdog top of loop.  need-sync="need-sync" sync-in-progress=" sync-in-progress
;; 				" should-sync="should-sync" start-time="start-time" mt-mod-time="mt-mod-time" recently-synced="recently-synced" will-sync="will-sync
;; 				" sync-done=" sync-done " sync-period=" sync-period)
;;               (if (and (> sync-period 5)
;;                        (common:low-noise-print 30 "sync-period"))
;;                   (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Increased sync period due to long sync times, sync took: " sync-period " seconds."))
;; 	      ;; (if recently-synced (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Skipping sync due to recently-synced flag=" recently-synced))
;; 	      ;; (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "need-sync: " need-sync " sync-in-progress: " sync-in-progress " should-sync: " should-sync " will-sync: " will-sync)
;; 	      (if will-sync (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #t))
;; 	      (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
;; 	      (if will-sync
;;                   (let (;; (max-sync-duration  (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "server" "max-sync-duration")) ;; KEEPING THIS AVAILABLE BUT SHOULD NOT USE, I'M PRETTY SURE IT DOES NOT WORK!
;;                         (sync-start         (current-milliseconds)))
;; 		    (with-output-to-file start-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))
;; 		    
;; 		    ;; put lock here
;; 		    
;;                     ;; (if (or (not max-sync-duration)
;;                     ;;        (< sync-duration max-sync-duration)) ;; NOTE: db:sync-to-megatest.db keeps track of time of last sync and syncs incrementally
;;                         (let ((res        (db:sync-to-megatest.db dbstruct no-sync-db: no-sync-db))) ;; did we sync any data? If so need to set the db touched flag to keep the server alive
;;                           (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
;;                           (if (> res 0) ;; some records were transferred, keep the db alive
;;                               (begin
;;                                 (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
;;                                 (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
;;                                 (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
;;                                 (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "sync called, " res " records transferred."))
;;                               (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "sync called but zero records transferred")))))
;; ;;                         ;; TODO: factor this next routine out into a function
;; ;;                         (with-input-from-pipe ;; this should not block other threads but need to verify this
;; ;;                          (conc "megatest -sync-to-megatest.db -m testsuite:" (common:get-area-name) ":" *toppath*)
;; ;;                          (lambda ()
;; ;;                            (let loop ((inl (read-line))
;; ;;                                       (res #f))
;; ;;                              (if (eof-object? inl)
;; ;;                                  (begin
;; ;;                                    (set! sync-duration (- (current-milliseconds) sync-start))
;; ;;                                    (cond
;; ;;                                     ((not res)
;; ;;                                      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: sync from /tmp db to megatest.db appears to have failed. Recommended that you stop your runs and run \"megatest -cleanup-db\""))
;; ;;                                     ((> res 0)
;; ;;                                      (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
;; ;;                                      (set! *db-last-access* (current-seconds))
;; ;;                                      (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*))))
;; ;;                                  (let ((num-synced (let ((matches (string-match "^Synced (\\d+).*$" inl)))
;; ;;                                                      (if matches
;; ;;                                                          (string->number (cadr matches))
;; ;;                                                          #f))))
;; ;;                                    (loop (read-line)
;; ;;                                          (or num-synced res))))))))))
;; 	      (if will-sync
;; 		  (begin
;; 		    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
;; 		    (set! *db-sync-in-progress* #f)
;; 		    (set! *db-last-sync* start-time)
;; 		    (with-output-to-file end-file (lambda ()(print (current-process-id))))
;; 
;; 		    ;; release lock here
;; 
;; 		    (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)))
;; 	      (if (and debug-mode
;; 		       (> (- start-time last-time) 60))
;; 		  (begin
;; 		    (set! last-time start-time)
;; 		    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "timestamp -> " (seconds->time-string (current-seconds)) ", time since start -> " (seconds->hr-min-sec (- (current-seconds) *time-zero*))))))
;; 	    
;; 	    ;; keep going unless time to exit
;; 	    ;;
;; 	    (if (not *time-to-exit*)
;; 		(let delay-loop ((count 0))
;;                   ;;(debug:print-info 13 *default-log-port* "delay-loop top; count="count" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num" *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
;;                                                             
;; 		  (if (and (not *time-to-exit*)
;; 			   (< count 6)) ;; was 11, changing to 4. 
;; 		      (begin
;; 			(thread-sleep! 1)
;; 			(delay-loop (+ count 1))))
;; 		  (if (not *time-to-exit*) (loop))))
;; 	    ;; time to exit, close the no-sync db here
;; 	    (db:no-sync-close-db no-sync-db)
;; 	    (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
;; 		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id) ))))))) ;;" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)))))))
;;