Megatest

(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 0 *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)))

		 (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 (conc *toppath*"/.servinfo")))
    (if (not (file-exists? servinfodir))
	(create-directory servinfodir))
    (let* ((allfiles    (glob (conc servinfodir"/*")))
	   (res         (make-hash-table)))
      (for-each
       (lambda (f)

  ;;   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
  (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))))
			  '())))
    (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)
	  (thread-sleep! 3)

;; 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)
  (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

	     (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))

;; 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)))