Megatest

	   (with-input-from-pipe 
	    (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg")
	    (lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read)))))
      (with-input-from-file "/proc/loadavg" 
	(lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read))))))

;; get normalized cpu load by reading from /proc/loadavg and /proc/cpuinfo return all three values and the number of real cpus and the number of threads
;; returns list (normalized-proc-load normalized-core-load 1m 5m 15m ncores nthreads)
;; returns alist '((adj-cpu-load . normalized-proc-load) ... etc.
;;  keys: adj-proc-load, adj-core-load, 1m-load, 5m-load, 15m-load
;;
(define (common:get-normalized-cpu-load remote-host)
  (let ((data (if remote-host
                  (with-input-from-pipe 
                   (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg;cat /proc/cpuinfo;echo end")
                   read-lines)
                  (append 

(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
;;
;; return list of
;;  ( reachable? cpuload update-time )
(define (common:get-least-loaded-host hosts)
  (if (null? hosts)
      #f
(define (common:get-host-info hostname)
  (let* ((loadinfo (rmt:get-latest-host-load hostname))
         (load (car loadinfo))
         (load-sample-time (cdr loadinfo))
         (load-sample-age (- (current-seconds) load-sample-time))
         (loadinfo-timeout-seconds 20)
         (host-last-update-timeout-seconds 10)
         (host-rec (hash-table-ref/default *host-loads* hostname #f))
         )
    (cond
     ((< load-sample-age loadinfo-timeout-seconds)
      (list #t
      ;;
      ;; stategy:
      ;;    sort by last-used and normalized-load
      ;;    if last-updated > 15 seconds then re-update
            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)
      ;;    take the host with the lowest load with the lowest last-used (i.e. not used for longest time)
      ;;
      (let ((best-host #f)
	    (curr-time (current-seconds)))
	(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-last-cpuload host-rec )))
     ((common:unix-ping hostname)
      (list #t
            (current-seconds)
            (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load hostname))))
     (else
      (list #f 0 -1)))))
    
(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))))
		  ;; if host hasn't been pinged in 15 sec update it's data
		  (ping-good (if (< (- curr-time (host-last-update rec)) 15)
				 (host-reachable rec)
				 (or (host-reachable rec)
              (host-info         (common:get-host-info hostname))
              (is-reachable      (car host-info))
              (last-reached-time (cadr host-info))
				     (begin
				       (host-reachable-set! rec (common:unix-ping hostname))
				       (host-last-update-set! rec curr-time)
				       (host-last-cpuload-set! rec (common:get-normalized-cpu-load hostname))
				       (host-reachable rec))))))
	     (cond
	      ((not best-host)
	       (set! best-host hostname))
              (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)))

(define (common:get-least-loaded-host hosts-raw)
  (let* ((hosts (filter (lambda (x)
                          (string-match (regexp "^\\S+$") x))
                        hosts-raw))
         (best-host #f)
         (best-load 99999)
         (curr-time (current-seconds)))
    (common:update-host-loads-table hosts)
    (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))))
              (reachable (host-reachable rec))
              (load      (host-last-cpuload   rec)))
         (cond
          ((not reachable) #f)
          ((< (+ load (/ (random 250) 1000))         ;; add a random factor to keep from getting in a rut
              (+ best-load (/ (random 250) 1000))  )
           (set! best-load load)
	      ((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)))))
	 hosts)
	best-host)))
           (set! best-host hostname)))))
     hosts)
    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)))