Megatest

(define (common:unix-ping hostname)
  (let ((res (system (conc "ping -c 1 " hostname " > /dev/null"))))
    (eq? res 0)))

;; ideally put all this info into the db, no need to preserve it across moving homehost
;;
(define (common:get-least-loaded-host hosts)
(define (common:get-least-loaded-host hosts-raw)
  (let* ((hosts (filter (lambda (x)
                          (string-match (regexp "^\\S+$") x))
                        hosts-raw)))
  (if (null? hosts)
      #f
      ;;
      ;; stategy:
      ;;    sort by last-used and normalized-load
      ;;    if last-updated > 15 seconds then re-update
      ;;    take the host with the lowest load with the lowest last-used (i.e. not used for longest time)

	     (cond
	      ((not best-host)
	       (set! best-host hostname))
	      ((and ping-good
		    (< (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (host-last-cpuload rec))
		       (alist-ref 'adj-core-load
				  (host-last-cpuload (hash-table-ref *host-loads* best-host)))))
	       (set! best-host rec)))))
                 (set! best-host hostname)))))
	 hosts)
	best-host)))
          best-host))))

(define (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay #!key (count 1000) (msg #f)(remote-host #f))
  (let* ((loadavg (common:get-cpu-load remote-host))
	 (first   (car loadavg))
	 (next    (cadr loadavg))
	 (adjload (* maxload numcpus))
	 (loadjmp (- first next)))