Megatest

	      cinfo
	      (if (server:check-if-running areapath)
		  (client:setup areapath)
		  #f))))

(define *send-receive-mutex* (make-mutex)) ;; should have separate mutex per run-id

(define *rmt-query-last-call-time* 0)
(define *rmt-query-last-rest-time* 0) ;; last time there was at least a 1/2 second rest - giving other processes access to the db

;; NOTE: This query rest algorythm will not adapt to long query times. REDESIGN NEEDED. TODO. FIXME.
;;
(define (rmt:query-rest cmd rid params)
  (let* ((now (current-milliseconds)))
    (cond
     ((> (- now *rmt-query-last-call-time*) 500)  ;; it's been a while since last query - no need to rest
      (set! *rmt-query-last-rest-time*  now)
      (set! *rmt-query-last-call-time*  now))
     ((> (- now *rmt-query-last-rest-time*) 5000) ;; no natural rests have happened
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "query rest needed. blocking for 1/2 second. cmd="cmd", run id="rid", params="params)
      (thread-sleep! 0.5) ;; force a rest of a half second
      (set! *rmt-query-last-rest-time* now)
      (set! *rmt-query-last-call-time* now))
     (else ;; sufficient rests have occurred, just record the last query time
      (set! *rmt-query-last-call-time* now)))))

;; RA => e.g. usage (rmt:send-receive 'get-var #f (list varname))
;;
(define (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params #!key (attemptnum 1)(area-dat #f)) ;; start attemptnum at 1 so the modulo below works as expected

  #;(common:telemetry-log (conc "rmt:"(->string cmd))
                        payload: `((rid . ,rid)
                                   (params . ,params)))
  (if (not (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "query-rest") "no"))
      (rmt:query-rest cmd rid params))
  
  (if (> attemptnum 2)
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: attemptnum in rmt:send-receive is " attemptnum))
    
  (cond
   ((> attemptnum 2) (thread-sleep! 0.05))
   ((> attemptnum 10) (thread-sleep! 0.5))
   ((> attemptnum 20) (thread-sleep! 1)))

				  (vector #t '())) ;; should always get a vector but if something goes wrong return a dummy
				(if (and (vector? v)
					 (> (vector-length v) 1))
				    (let ((newvec (vector (vector-ref v 0)(vector-ref v 1))))
				      newvec)           ;; by copying the vector while inside the error handler we should force the detection of a corrupted record
				    (vector #t '()))))  ;; we could also check that the returned types are valid
			     (vector #t '())))
	 (success        (common:safe-vector-ref resdat 0 #f)) ;; (vector-ref resdat 0))
	 (res            (common:safe-vector-ref resdat 1 #f)) ;; (vector-ref resdat 1))
	 (duration       (- (current-milliseconds) start)))
    (if (and read-only qry-is-write)
        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: attempt to write to read-only database ignored. cmd=" cmd))
    (if (not success)
	(if (> remretries 0)
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "local query failed. Trying again.")
	      (thread-sleep! (/ (random 5000) 1000)) ;; some random delay 
	      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd run-id params remretries: (- remretries 1)))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "too many retries in rmt:open-qry-close-locally, giving up")
	      #f))
	(begin
	  ;; (rmt:update-db-stats run-id cmd params duration)
	  ;; mark this run as dirty if this was a write, the watchdog is responsible for syncing it
	  (if qry-is-write
	      (let ((start-time (current-seconds)))
		(mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		(set! *db-last-access* start-time)  ;; THIS IS PROBABLY USELESS? (we are on a client)
                (mutex-unlock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)))))
    res))

(define (rmt:send-receive-no-auto-client-setup connection-info cmd run-id params)
  (let* ((run-id   (if run-id run-id 0))
	 (res  	   (handle-exceptions
		       exn

;; Just some syntatic sugar
(define (rmt:register-test run-id test-name item-path)
  (rmt:general-call 'register-test run-id run-id test-name item-path))

(define (rmt:get-test-id run-id testname item-path)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-test-id run-id (list run-id testname item-path)))

;; run-id is NOT used - but it will be! 
;;
(define (rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id test-id)
  (if (number? test-id)
      (let* ((testdat  (rmt:send-receive 'get-test-info-by-id run-id (list run-id test-id)))
             (trundir  (vector-ref testdat 10))
	     (trundatf (conc trundir"/.mt_data/test-run.dat")))
	;; now we can update a couple fields from the filesystem
	(handle-exceptions
	    exn
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Could not update testdat record from "trundatf", exn=" exn)
	      #f)
	  (if (and trundir
		   (file-exists? trundatf))
	      (let* ((duration     (vector-ref testdat 12)) ;; (db:test-get-run_duration testdat))
		     (event-time   (vector-ref testdat 5))   ;; (db:test-get-event_time   testdat))
		     (last-touch   (file-modification-time trundatf))
		     (new-duration (max duration (- last-touch event-time))))
		(vector-set! testdat 12 new-duration))))
	      #;(db:test-set-run_duration! testdat (max duration (- last-touch event-time)))
	testdat)
      (begin
	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: Bad data handed to rmt:get-test-info-by-id run-id=" run-id ", test-id=" test-id)
	(print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	#f)))

(define (rmt:test-get-rundir-from-test-id run-id test-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'test-get-rundir-from-test-id run-id (list run-id test-id)))

	   (map (lambda (run-id)
		  (rmt:send-receive 'test-get-paths-matching-keynames-target-new run-id (list run-id keynames target res testpatt statepatt statuspatt runname)))
	   run-ids))))

(define (rmt:get-prereqs-not-met run-id waitons ref-test-name ref-item-path #!key (mode '(normal))(itemmaps #f))
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-prereqs-not-met run-id (list run-id waitons ref-test-name ref-item-path mode itemmaps)))

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id)
  (if (number? run-id)
      (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running-for-run-id run-id (list run-id))
      0))

(define (rmt:get-not-completed-cnt run-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-not-completed-cnt run-id (list run-id)))


;; Statistical queries

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running run-id)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running run-id (list run-id)))

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running-for-testname run-id testname)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running-for-testname run-id (list run-id testname)))

(define (rmt:get-count-tests-running-in-jobgroup run-id jobgroup)
  (rmt:send-receive 'get-count-tests-running-in-jobgroup run-id (list run-id jobgroup)))