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;;======================================================================
;; Copyright 2006-2012, Matthew Welland.
;; 
;;  This program is made available under the GNU GPL version 2.0 or
;;  greater. See the accompanying file COPYING for details.
;; 
;;  This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
;;  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
;;  PURPOSE.
;;======================================================================

(use srfi-1 posix regex-case base64 format dot-locking csv-xml z3 nanomsg sql-de-lite hostinfo)
(use srfi-1 posix regex-case base64 format dot-locking csv-xml z3 sql-de-lite hostinfo typed-records)
(require-extension regex posix)

(require-extension (srfi 18) extras tcp rpc)

(import (prefix sqlite3 sqlite3:))
(import (prefix base64 base64:))

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       (setenv key val))
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "bad value for setenv, key=" key ", value=" val)))

(define home (getenv "HOME"))
(define user (getenv "USER"))

;; GLOBAL GLETCHES

;; Common data structure for 
(defstruct cxt
  (taskdb #f))

(define *contexts* (make-hash-table)) ;; toppath => cxt

(define *db-keys* #f)

(define *configinfo*   #f)   ;; raw results from setup, includes toppath and table from megatest.config
(define *runconfigdat* #f)   ;; run configs data
(define *configdat*    #f)   ;; megatest.config data
(define *configstatus* #f)   ;; status of data; 'fulldata : all processing done, #f : no data yet, 'partialdata : partial read done
(define *toppath*      #f)
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(define *testconfigs*       (make-hash-table)) ;; test-name => testconfig
(define *runconfigs*        (make-hash-table)) ;; target    => runconfig

;; This is a cache of pre-reqs met, don't re-calc in cases where called with same params less than
;; five seconds ago
(define *pre-reqs-met-cache* (make-hash-table))

;; cache of verbosity given string
;;
(define *verbosity-cache* (make-hash-table))

(define (common:clear-caches)
  (set! *target*             (make-hash-table))
  (set! *keys*               (make-hash-table))
  (set! *keyvals*            (make-hash-table))
  (set! *toptest-paths*      (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-paths*         (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-ids*           (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-info*          (make-hash-table))
  (set! *run-info-cache*     (make-hash-table))
  (set! *env-vars-by-run-id* (make-hash-table))
  (set! *test-id-cache*      (make-hash-table)))

;; Generic string database
(define sdb:qry #f) ;; (make-sdb:qry)) ;;  'init #f)
;; Generic path database
(define *fdb* #f)

(define *last-launch* (current-seconds)) ;; use for throttling the launch rate. Would be better to use the db and last time of a test in LAUNCHED state.

;;======================================================================
;; V E R S I O N
;;======================================================================

(define (common:get-full-version)
  (conc megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash))

(define (common:version-signature)
  (conc megatest-version "-" (substring megatest-fossil-hash 0 4)))

;; from metadat lookup MEGATEST_VERSION
;;
(define (common:get-last-run-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:set-last-run-version)
  (rmt:set-var "MEGATEST_VERSION" (common:version-signature)))

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

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

;; Force a megatest cleanup-db if version is changed and skip-version-check not specified
;;
(define (common:exit-on-version-changed)
  (if (common:version-changed?)
      (let ((mtconf (conc (get-environment-variable "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME") "/megatest.config")))
        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port*
		     "ERROR: Version mismatch!\n"
		     "WARNING: Version mismatch!\n"
		     "   expected: " (common:version-signature) "\n"
		     "   got:      " (common:get-last-run-version))
	(if (and (file-exists? mtconf)
		 (eq? (current-user-id)(file-owner mtconf))) ;; safe to run -cleanup-db
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "   I see you are the owner of megatest.config, attempting to cleanup and reset to new version")
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(define (assoc/default key lst . default)
  (let ((res (assoc key lst)))
    (if res (cadr res)(if (null? default) #f (car default)))))

(define (common:get-testsuite-name)
  (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "testsuite" )
      (if *toppath* 
      (pathname-file *toppath*)))
          (pathname-file *toppath*)
          (pathname-file (current-directory)))))

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

(define (common:legacy-sync-recommended)
  (or (args:get-arg "-runtests")
      (args:get-arg "-run")
      (args:get-arg "-server")
      ;; (args:get-arg "-set-run-status")
      (args:get-arg "-remove-runs")
      ;; (args:get-arg "-get-run-status")
      ))

(define (common:legacy-sync-required)
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;; '(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 (read-config "megatest.config" #f #t))
   "disks" '("none" "")))

;; return first command that exists, else #f
;;
(define (common:which cmds)
  (if (null? cmds)
      #f
      (let loop ((hed (car cmds))
		 (tal (cdr cmds)))
	(let ((res (with-input-from-pipe (conc "which " hed) read-line)))
	  (if (and (string? res)
		   (file-exists? res))
	      res
	      (if (null? tal)
		  #f
		  (loop (car tal)(cdr tal))))))))
  
(define (common:get-install-area)
  (let ((exe-path (car (argv))))
    (if (file-exists? exe-path)
	(handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 #f
	 (pathname-directory
	  (pathname-directory 
	   (pathname-directory exe-path))))
	#f)))

;;======================================================================
;; T A R G E T S  ,   S T A T E ,   S T A T U S ,   
;;                    R U N N A M E    A N D   T E S T P A T T
;;======================================================================

;; Lookup a value in runconfigs based on -reqtarg or -target
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	     (tal     (cdr inlst)))
    (if (not (null? tal))
	(loop (max hed max-val)
	      (car tal)
	      (cdr tal))
	(max hed max-val))))

;; get min or max, use > for max and < for min, this works around the limits on apply
;;
(define (common:min-max comp lst)
  (if (null? lst)
      #f ;; better than an exception for my needs
      (fold (lambda (a b)
	      (if (comp a b) a b))
	    (car lst)
	    lst)))

;; path list to hash-table tree
;;   ((a b c)(a b d)(e b c)) => ((a (b (d) (c))) (e (b (c))))
;;
(define (common:list->htree lst)
  (let ((resh (make-hash-table)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (inlst)
       (let loop ((ht  resh)
		  (hed (car inlst))
		  (tal (cdr inlst)))
	 (if (hash-table-ref/default ht hed #f)
	     (if (not (null? tal))
		 (loop (hash-table-ref ht hed)
		       (car tal)
		       (cdr tal)))
	     (begin
	       (hash-table-set! ht hed (make-hash-table))
	       (loop ht hed tal)))))
     lst)
    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)))))

;; hash-table tree to alist tree
;;
(define (common:htree->atree ht)
  (map (lambda (x)
	 (cons (car x)
	       (let ((y (cdr x)))
		 (if (hash-table? y)
		     (common:htree->atree y)
		     y))))
       (hash-table->alist ht)))

;;======================================================================
;; M U N G E   D A T A   I N T O   N I C E   F O R M S
;;======================================================================

;; Generate an index for a sparse list of key values
;;   ( (rowname1 colname1 val1)(rowname2 colname2 val2) )
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		    (if (> curr-colnum colnum) curr-colnum colnum)
		    ))))))

;;======================================================================
;; S Y S T E M   S T U F F
;;======================================================================

;; lazy-safe get file mod time. on any error (file not existing etc.) return 0
;;
(define (common:lazy-modification-time fpath)
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   (file-modification-time fpath)))

;; return a nice clean pathname made absolute
(define (common:nice-path dir)
  (let ((match (string-match "^(~[^\\/]*)(\\/.*|)$" dir)))
    (if match ;; using ~ for home?
	(common:nice-path (conc (common:read-link-f (cadr match)) "/" (caddr match)))
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	path) ;; just give up
    (with-input-from-pipe
	(conc "/bin/readlink -f " path)
      (lambda ()
	(read-line)))))

(define (get-cpu-load)
  (car (common:get-cpu-load)))
(define (get-cpu-load #!key (remote-host #f))
  (car (common:get-cpu-load remote-host)))
;;   (let* ((load-res (process:cmd-run->list "uptime"))
;; 	 (load-rx  (regexp "load average:\\s+(\\d+)"))
;; 	 (cpu-load #f))
;;     (for-each (lambda (l)
;; 		(let ((match (string-search load-rx l)))
;; 		  (if match
;; 		      (let ((newval (string->number (cadr match))))
;; 			(if (number? newval)
;; 			    (set! cpu-load newval))))))
;; 	      (car load-res))
;;     cpu-load))

;; get cpu load by reading from /proc/loadavg, return all three values
;;
(define (common:get-cpu-load)
  (with-input-from-file "/proc/loadavg" 
    (lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read)))))
(define (common:get-cpu-load remote-host)
  (if remote-host
      (map (lambda (res)
	     (if (eof-object? res) 9e99 res))
	   (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))))))

(define (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay #!key (count 1000) (msg #f))
  (let* ((loadavg (common:get-cpu-load))
(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)))
    (cond
     ((and (> first adjload)
	   (> count 0))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " waitdelay " seconds due to load " first " exceeding max of " adjload (if msg msg ""))
      (thread-sleep! waitdelay)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1)))
     ((and (> loadjmp numcpus)
	   (> count 0))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "waiting " waitdelay " seconds due to load jump " loadjmp " > numcpus " numcpus (if msg msg ""))
      (thread-sleep! waitdelay)
      (common:wait-for-cpuload maxload numcpus waitdelay count: (- count 1))))))

(define (common:get-num-cpus)
(define (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
  (with-input-from-file "/proc/cpuinfo"
    (lambda ()
      (let loop ((numcpu 0)
		 (inl    (read-line)))
	(if (eof-object? inl)
	    numcpu
	    (loop (if (string-match "^processor\\s+:\\s+\\d+$" inl)
		      (+ numcpu 1)
		      numcpu)
		  (read-line)))))))
  (let ((proc (lambda ()
		(let loop ((numcpu 0)
			   (inl    (read-line)))
		  (if (eof-object? inl)
		      numcpu
		      (loop (if (string-match "^processor\\s+:\\s+\\d+$" inl)
				(+ numcpu 1)
				numcpu)
			    (read-line)))))))
    (if remote-host
	(with-input-from-pipe 
	 (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/cpuinfo")
	 proc)
	(with-input-from-file "/proc/cpuinfo" proc))))

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

(define (get-uname . params)
  (let* ((uname-res (process:cmd-run->list (conc "uname " (if (null? params) "-a" (car params)))))
	 (uname #f))
    (if (null? (car uname-res))
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     vars
     (lambda (var val)
       (setenv var val)))
    vars))

(define (common:run-a-command cmd)
  (let ((fullcmd  (conc (dtests:get-pre-command)
(define (common:run-a-command cmd #!key (with-vars #f))
  (let* ((pre-cmd  (dtests:get-pre-command))
			cmd 
			(dtests:get-post-command))))
         (post-cmd (dtests:get-post-command))
         (fullcmd  (if (or pre-cmd post-cmd)
                       (conc pre-cmd cmd post-cmd)
                       (conc "viewscreen " cmd))))
    (debug:print-info 02 *default-log-port* "Running command: " fullcmd)
    (if with-vars
        (common:without-vars cmd)
    (common:without-vars fullcmd "MT_.*")))
        (common:without-vars fullcmd "MT_.*"))))
		  
;;======================================================================
;; T I M E   A N D   D A T E
;;======================================================================

;; Convert strings like "5s 2h 3m" => 60x60x2 + 3x60 + 5
(define (common:hms-string->seconds tstr)
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;;     ((CHECK)            "255 100 50")
;;     ((REMOTEHOSTSTART)  "50  130 195")
;;     ((RUNNING)          "9   131 232")
;;     ((KILLREQ)          "39  82  206")
;;     ((KILLED)           "234 101 17")
;;     ((NOT_STARTED)      "240 240 240")
;;     (else               "192 192 192")))

(define (common:iup-color->rgb-hex instr)
  (string-intersperse 
   (map (lambda (x)
          (number->string x 16))
        (map string->number
             (string-split instr)))
   "/"))

(define (common:get-color-from-status status)
  (cond
   ((equal? status "PASS")    "green")
   ((equal? status "FAIL")    "red")
   ((equal? status "WARN")    "orange")
   ((equal? status "KILLED")  "orange")
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     ;; 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 (common:open-nm-req addr)
  (let* ((req (nn-socket 'req))
	 (res (nn-connect req addr)))
    req))

;; (with-output-to-string (lambda ()(serialize obj)))
(define (common:nm-send-receive soc msg)
  (nn-send soc msg)
  (nn-recv soc))

(define (common:close-nm-req soc)
  (nn-close soc))

(define (common:send-dboard-main-changed)
  (let* ((dashboard-ips (mddb:get-dashboards)))
    (for-each
     (lambda (ipadr)
       (let* ((soc (common:open-nm-req (conc "tcp://" ipadr)))
	      (msg (conc "main " *toppath*))
	      (res (common:nm-send-receive-timeout soc msg)))
	 (if (not res) ;; couldn't reach that dashboard - remove it from db
	     (print "ERROR: couldn't reach dashboard " ipadr))
	 res))
     dashboard-ips)))
    
(define (common:nm-send-receive-timeout req msg)
  (let* ((key     "ping")
	 (success #f)
	 (keepwaiting #t)
	 (result  #f)
	 (sendrec (make-thread
		   (lambda ()
		     (nn-send req msg)
		     (set! result (nn-recv req))
		     (set! success #t))
		   "send-receive"))
	 (timeout (make-thread (lambda ()
				 (let loop ((count 0))
				   (thread-sleep! 1)
				   (print "still waiting after count seconds...")
				   (if (and keepwaiting (< count 10))
				       (loop (+ count 1))))
				 (if keepwaiting
				     (begin
				       (print "timeout waiting for reply")
				       (thread-terminate! sendrec))))
			       "timeout")))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       (print-call-chain)
       (print 0 " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
       (print "exn=" (condition->list exn)))
     (thread-start! timeout)
     (thread-start! sendrec)
     (thread-join!  sendrec)
     (if success (thread-terminate! timeout)))
    result))
    
(define (common:ping-nm req)
  ;; send a random number and check that we get it back
  (let* ((key     "ping")
	 (success #f)
	 (keepwaiting #t)
	 (ping    (make-thread
		   (lambda ()
		     (print "ping: sending string \"" key "\", expecting " (current-process-id))
		     (nn-send req key)
		     (let ((result  (nn-recv req)))
		       (if (equal? (conc (current-process-id)) result)
			   (begin
			     (print "ping, success: received \"" result "\"")
			     (set! success #t))
			   (begin
			     (print "ping, failed: received key \"" result "\"")
			     (set! keepwaiting #f)
			     (set! success #f)))))
		   "ping"))
	 (timeout (make-thread (lambda ()
				 (let loop ((count 0))
				   (thread-sleep! 1)
				   (print "still waiting after count seconds...")
				   (if (and keepwaiting (< count 10))
				       (loop (+ count 1))))
				 (if keepwaiting
				     (begin
				       (print "timeout waiting for ping")
				       (thread-terminate! ping))))
			       "timeout")))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     (begin
       (print-call-chain)
       (print 0 " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
       (print "exn=" (condition->list exn))
       (print "ping failed to connect to tcp://" hostport))
     (thread-start! timeout)
     (thread-start! ping)
     (thread-join! ping)
     (if success (thread-terminate! timeout)))
    (if return-socket
	(if success req #f)
	(begin
	  (nn-close req)
	  success))))

;;======================================================================
;; D A S H B O A R D   D B 
;;======================================================================

(define (mddb:open-db)
  (let* ((db (open-database (conc (get-environment-variable "HOME") "/.dashboard.db"))))
    (set-busy-handler! db (busy-timeout 10000))