Megatest

    ok))

(define (client:connect iface port)
  (case (server:get-transport)
    ((rpc)  (rpc:client-connect  iface port))
    ((http) (http:client-connect iface port))
    ((zmq)  (zmq:client-connect  iface port))
    (else
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " not supported (5)")
     (exit))))

(define (client:setup  run-id #!key (remaining-tries 10) (failed-connects 0))
  (case (server:get-transport)
    ((rpc) (let ((res (client:setup-rpc run-id remaining-tries: remaining-tries)))
             (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* res)
             res))
    ((http)(client:setup-http run-id remaining-tries: remaining-tries failed-connects: failed-connects))
    (else
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " not supported (6)")
     (exit)))) ;; (client:setup-rpc run-id))))

;; (define (client:login-no-auto-setup server-info run-id)
;;   (case (server:get-transport)
;;     ((rpc)  (rpc:login-no-auto-client-setup server-info run-id))
;;     ((http) (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup server-info run-id))
;;     (else   (rpc:login-no-auto-client-setup server-info run-id))))
;; 

;;   2. We are a run tests, list runs or other interactive process and we must figure out
;;      *transport-type* and *runremote* from the monitor.db
;;
;; client:setup
;;
;; lookup_server, need to remove *runremote* stuff
;;

(define (client:setup-rpc run-id #!key (remaining-tries 10) (failed-connects 0))
  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "client:setup-rpc remaining-tries=" remaining-tries)
  (let* ((server-dat (tasks:get-server (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id))
         (num-available (tasks:num-in-available-state (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id)))
    (cond
     ((<= remaining-tries 0)
      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failed to start or connect to server for run-id " run-id)
      (exit 1))
     (server-dat
      (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "client:setup-rpc server-dat=" server-dat ", remaining-tries=" remaining-tries)

      (rpc-transport:client-setup run-id server-dat remaining-tries: remaining-tries))
     (else
      (if (< num-available 2)
          (server:try-running run-id))
      (thread-sleep! (+ 2 (random (- 20 remaining-tries)))) ;; give server a little time to start up, randomize a little to avoid start storms.
      (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (- remaining-tries 1))))))


(define (client:setup-http run-id #!key (remaining-tries 10) (failed-connects 0))
  (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "client:setup remaining-tries=" remaining-tries)
  (let* ((tdbdat (tasks:open-db)))
    (if (<= remaining-tries 0)
	(begin
	  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "failed to start or connect to server for run-id " run-id)
	  (exit 1))
	(let* ((server-dat (tasks:get-server (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id)))
	  (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "client:setup server-dat=" server-dat ", remaining-tries=" remaining-tries)
	  (if server-dat
	      (let* ((iface     (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-dat))
		     (hostname  (tasks:hostinfo-get-hostname  server-dat))
		     (port      (tasks:hostinfo-get-port      server-dat))

		     (start-res (http-transport:client-connect iface port))



		     (ping-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup start-res)))






		(if (and start-res
			 ping-res)
		    (begin
		      (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* start-res) ;; (hash-table-set! *runremote* run-id start-res)
		      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "connected to " (http-transport:server-dat-make-url start-res))
		      start-res)
		    (begin    ;; login failed but have a server record, clean out the record and try again

		(let ((num-available (tasks:num-in-available-state (db:dbdat-get-db tdbdat) run-id)))
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "client:setup, no server registered, remaining-tries=" remaining-tries " num-available=" num-available)
		  (if (< num-available 2)
		      (server:try-running run-id))
		  (thread-sleep! (+ 5 (random (- 20 remaining-tries))))  ;; give server a little time to start up, randomize a little to avoid start storms.
		  (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (- remaining-tries 1)))))))))

;; keep this as a function to ease future ;; this is unused, not porting for rpc -BB
(define (client:start run-id server-info)
  (http-transport:client-connect (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-info)
				 (tasks:hostinfo-get-port server-info)))

;; ;; client:signal-handler
;; (define (client:signal-handler signum)
;;   (signal-mask! signum)

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

(declare (unit common))

(include "common_records.scm")
(include "thunk-utils.scm")


;; (require-library margs)
;; (include "margs.scm")

;; (define old-exit exit)
;; 
;; (define (exit . code)

  (mutex-lock! *context-mutex*)
  (let ((cxt (hash-table-ref/default *contexts* toppath #f)))
    (if (not cxt)
        (set! cxt (let ((x (make-cxt)))(hash-table-set! *contexts* toppath x) x)))
    (let ((cxt-mutex (cxt-mutex cxt)))
      (mutex-unlock! *context-mutex*)
      (mutex-lock! cxt-mutex)
      ;; here we guard proc with exception handler so
      ;; no matter how proc succeeds or fails,
      ;; the cxt-mutex will be unlocked afterward.
      (let* ((EXCEPTION-SYMBOL (gensym)) ;; use a generated symbol
             (guarded-proc               ;; to avoid collision
              (lambda args
                (let* ((res (condition-case
                             (apply proc args)
                             [x () (cons EXCEPTION-SYMBOL x)])))
                 (mutex-unlock! cxt-mutex)
                 (if (and (pair? res) (eq? (car res) EXCEPTION))
                     (abort (cdr res))
                     res)))))
        (guarded-proc 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 *task-db*             #f) ;; (vector db path-to-db)
(define *db-access-allowed*   #t) ;; flag to allow access
(define *db-access-mutex*     (make-mutex))
(define *db-cache-path*       #f)

;; SERVER
(define *my-client-signature* #f)
(define *transport-type*  #f)             ;; override with [server] transport http|rpc|nmsg

(define *DEFAULT-TRANSPORT* "http")
(define (common:set-transport-type)
  (set! *transport-type*
        (string->symbol
         (or
          (args:get-arg "-transport")
          (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "transport")
          *DEFAULT-TRANSPORT*)))
  *transport-type*)
  
(define *runremote*         #f)                ;; if set up for server communication this will hold <host port>
(define *max-cache-size*    0)
(define *logged-in-clients* (make-hash-table))
(define *server-id*         #f)
(define *server-info*       #f)
(define *time-to-exit*      #f)
(define *server-run*        #t)

			(thread-sleep! 1)
			(delay-loop (+ count 1))))
		  (loop)))
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*)))))))

(define (std-exit-procedure)
  
  (let ((no-hurry  (if *time-to-exit* ;; hurry up
		       #f
		       (begin
			 (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
			 #t))))
    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "starting exit process, finalizing databases.")
    (if (and no-hurry (debug:debug-mode 18))

			      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "Attempting clean exit. Please be patient and wait a few seconds...")
			      (if no-hurry
				  (thread-sleep! 5) ;; give the clean up few seconds to do it's stuff
				  (thread-sleep! 2))
			      (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* " ... done")
			      )
			    "clean exit")))

      ;; let's try to clean up open sockets
      (if *runremote*
          (case (remote-transport *runremote*)
            ((http) #t)
            ((rpc)  (rpc:close-all-connections!))
            (else
             (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Transport "(remote-transport *runremote*)" not supported"))))

      (thread-start! th1)
      (thread-start! th2)
      (thread-join! th1))))

(define (std-signal-handler signum)
  ;; (signal-mask! signum)
  (set! *time-to-exit* #t)

				      (res #f))
				 (cond
				  ((equal? (uri-path (request-uri (current-request)))
					   '(/ "api"))
				   (send-response body:    (api:process-request *dbstruct-db* $) ;; the $ is the request vars proc
						  headers: '((content-type text/plain)))
				   (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
				   (set! *db-lastaccess* (current-seconds))
				   (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*))
				  ((equal? (uri-path (request-uri (current-request))) 
					   '(/ ""))
				   (send-response body: (http-transport:main-page)))
				  ((equal? (uri-path (request-uri (current-request))) 
					   '(/ "json_api"))
				   (send-response body: (http-transport:main-page)))

;;
;; connect
;;
(define (http-transport:client-connect iface port)
  (let* ((api-url      (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api"))
	 (api-uri      (uri-reference (conc "http://" iface ":" port "/api")))
	 (api-req      (make-request method: 'POST uri: api-uri))
	 (server-dat   (vector iface port api-uri api-url api-req (current-seconds) 'http)))
    server-dat))

;; run http-transport:keep-running in a parallel thread to monitor that the db is being 
;; used and to shutdown after sometime if it is not.
;;
(define (http-transport:keep-running server-id run-id)
  ;; if none running or if > 20 seconds since 

		      (begin
			(tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id "dbprep")
			(thread-sleep! 0.5) ;; give some margin for queries to complete before switching from file based access to server based access
			(set! *dbstruct-db*  (db:setup)) ;;  run-id))
			(set! server-going #t)
			(tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id "running")
			(server:write-dotserver *toppath* (conc iface ":" port))
                        (server:dotserver-starting-remove))
                      (begin ;; gotta exit nicely
			(tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id "collision")
			(http-transport:server-shutdown server-id port))))))

      ;; when things go wrong we don't want to be doing the various queries too often
      ;; so we strive to run this stuff only every four seconds or so.
      (let* ((sync-time (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))
	    (rem-time  (quotient (- 4000 sync-time) 1000)))

    (exit)))

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (http-transport:launch run-id)

  (server:dotserver-starting)


  (let* ((tdbdat (tasks:open-db)))
    (set! *run-id*   run-id)
    (if (args:get-arg "-daemonize")
	(begin
	  (daemon:ize)
	  (if *alt-log-file* ;; we should re-connect to this port, I think daemon:ize disrupts it
	      (begin
		(current-error-port *alt-log-file*)
		(current-output-port *alt-log-file*)))))
    (if (and (server:read-dotserver *toppath*)
             (server:check-if-running run-id))
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Server for run-id " run-id " already running")
	  (exit 0))
	(begin ;; ok, no server detected, clean out any lingering records
	   (tasks:server-force-clean-running-records-for-run-id  (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id "notresponding")))
    (let loop ((server-id (tasks:server-lock-slot (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id 'http))
	       (remtries  4))
      (if (not server-id)
	  (if (> remtries 0)
	      (begin
		(thread-sleep! 2)
		(loop (tasks:server-lock-slot (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id 'http)
		      (- remtries 1)))
	      (begin
		;; since we didn't get the server lock we are going to clean up and bail out
		(debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: server pid=" (current-process-id) ", hostname=" (get-host-name) " not starting due to other candidates ahead in start queue")
		(tasks:server-delete-records-for-this-pid (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) " http-transport:launch")
                
                (server:dotserver-starting-remove)
		))
	  (let* ((th2 (make-thread (lambda ()
				     (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server run thread started")
				     (http-transport:run 
				      (if (args:get-arg "-server")
					  (args:get-arg "-server")
					  "-")

	       " ms</td></tr>"
	       "<tr><td>Number non-cached queries</td> <td>"  *number-non-write-queries* "</td></tr>"
	       "<tr><td>Average non-cached time</td>   <td>" (if (eq? *number-non-write-queries* 0)
								 "n/a (no queries)"
								 (/ *total-non-write-delay* 
								    *number-non-write-queries*))
	       " ms</td></tr>"
	       "<tr><td>Last access</td><td>"              (seconds->time-string *last-db-access*) "</td></tr>"
	       "</table>")))
    (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
    res))

(define (http-transport:runs linkpath)
  (conc "<h3>Runs</h3>"
	(string-intersperse

	      (set! *runconfigdat* rdat)
	      (set! *toppath*      toppath)
	      (set! *configstatus* 'partial))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No " mtconfig " file found. Giving up.")
	      (exit 2))))))
    ;; additional house keeping
    (common:set-transport-type)
    (let* ((linktree (or (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")
			 (if *configdat* (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree") #f))))
      (if linktree
	  (begin
	    (if (not (file-exists? linktree))
		(begin
		  (handle-exceptions

			"-q" ;; quiet 0, errors/warnings only
		       )
		 args:arg-hash
		 0))

;; Add args that use remargs here
;;

(if (and (not (null? remargs))
	 (not (or
	       (args:get-arg "-runstep")
	       (args:get-arg "-envcap")
	       (args:get-arg "-envdelta")
	       )
	      ))

(if (args:get-arg "-server")

    ;; Server? Start up here.
    ;;
    (let ((tl        (launch:setup))
	;; (run-id    (and (args:get-arg "-run-id")
	;; 		  (string->number (args:get-arg "-run-id"))))
          (transport-type *transport-type*  ))


      (server:launch 0 transport-type)
      (set! *didsomething* #t)))
;;     ;; (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "server requires run-id be specified with -run-id")))
;; 
;;     ;; Not a server? This section will decide how to communicate
;;     ;;
;;     ;;  Setup client for all expect listed here

          (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Failed to create HTML output in " toppath "/lt/runs-index.html"))
      (set! *didsomething* #t)))

;;======================================================================
;; Exit and clean up
;;======================================================================



(if (not *didsomething*)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* help))

(set! *time-to-exit* #t)
(thread-join! *watchdog*)

;;======================================================================
;; Copyright 2006-2013, 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 format typed-records) ;; RADT => purpose of json format??

(declare (unit rmt))
(declare (uses api))
(declare (uses tdb))
(declare (uses http-transport))
(declare (uses rpc-transport))
;;(declare (uses nmsg-transport))
(include "common_records.scm")

;;
;; THESE ARE ALL CALLED ON THE CLIENT SIDE!!!
;;

     ;; if not on homehost ensure we have a connection to a live server
     ;; NOTE: we *have* a homehost record by now
     ((and (not (cdr (remote-hh-dat *runremote*)))        ;; are we on a homehost?
           (not (remote-conndat *runremote*)))            ;; and no connection
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  6  hh-dat: " (remote-hh-dat *runremote*) " conndat: " (remote-conndat *runremote*))
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server (tasks:open-db) 0 15)
      (let* ((cinfo (rmt:get-connection-info 0))
             (transport (if cinfo
                            (vector-ref cinfo 6)
                            (server:get-transport)))) ;; TODO: replace with tasks:server-dat-accessor-?? for transport
        (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* cinfo) ;; calls client:setup which calls client:setup-http
        (remote-transport-set! *runremote* transport))
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
     ;; all set up if get this far, dispatch the query
     ((cdr (remote-hh-dat *runremote*)) ;; we are on homehost
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  7")
      (rmt:open-qry-close-locally cmd (if rid rid 0) params))
     ;; not on homehost, do server query
     (else
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  9")
      (let* ((conninfo (remote-conndat *runremote*))
	     (dat      (case (remote-transport *runremote*)
			 ((http) (condition-case ;; handling here has caused a lot of problems. However it is needed to deal with attemtped communication to servers that have gone away
                                  (http-transport:client-api-send-receive 0 conninfo cmd params)
                                  ((commfail)(vector #f "communications fail"))
                                  ((exn)(vector #f "other fail" (print-call-chain)))))
                         ((rpc) (condition-case ;; handling here has caused a lot of problems. However it is needed to deal with attemtped communication to servers that have gone away
                                  (rpc-transport:client-api-send-receive 0 conninfo cmd params)
                                  ((commfail)(vector #f "communications fail"))
                                  ((exn)(vector #f "other fail" (print-call-chain)))))
			 (else
			  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " not supported (1)")
			  (exit))))
	     (success  (if (vector? dat) (vector-ref dat 0) #f))
	     (res      (if (vector? dat) (vector-ref dat 1) #f)))
	(if (vector? conninfo)(http-transport:server-dat-update-last-access conninfo)) ;; refresh access time
        (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  9. conninfo=" conninfo " dat=" dat)
	(if success
	    (case (remote-transport *runremote*)
	      ((http rpc) res)
	      (else
	       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " is unknown")
	       (exit 1)))
	    (begin
	      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: communication failed. Trying again, try num: " attemptnum)
	      (remote-conndat-set!    *runremote* #f)
	      (remote-server-url-set! *runremote* #f)

		(mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
		(set! *db-last-write* start-time) ;; the oldest "write"
                (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))
         (transport (or (remote-transport *runremote*) (server:get-transport)))
	 (res  	   (handle-exceptions
		    exn
		    #f
                    (case transport
                      ((http) (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd params))
                      ((rpc) (rpc-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd params))
                      (else
			  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " not supported (2)")
			  (exit))

                    ))))
    (if (and res (vector-ref res 0))
	(vector-ref res 1) ;;; YES!! THIS IS CORRECT!! CHANGE IT HERE, THEN CHANGE rmt:send-receive ALSO!!!
	#f)))

;; ;; Wrap json library for strings (why the ports crap in the first place?)
;; (define (rmt:dat->json-str dat)
;;   (with-output-to-string 

  (rmt:send-receive 'login run-id (list *toppath* megatest-version *my-client-signature*)))

;; This login does no retries under the hood - it acts a bit like a ping.
;; Deprecated for nmsg-transport.
;;
(define (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup connection-info)
  (case *transport-type* ;; run-id of 0 is just a placeholder
    ((http rpc)(rmt:send-receive-no-auto-client-setup connection-info 'login 0 (list *toppath* megatest-version *my-client-signature*)))
    (else
     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " not supported (3)")
     (exit))

    
    ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info 'login (list *toppath* megatest-version run-id *my-client-signature*)))
    ))

;; hand off a call to one of the db:queries statements
;; added run-id to make looking up the correct db possible 
;;
(define (rmt:general-call stmtname run-id . params)

;; Copyright 2006-2016, 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.

(declare (uses common))
(declare (uses db))
(declare (uses tests))
(declare (uses tasks)) ;; tasks are where stuff is maintained about what is running.

(include "common_records.scm")
(include "db_records.scm")

(define *heartbeat-mutex* (make-mutex))
(define *server-loop-heart-beat* (current-seconds))


;; procstr is the name of the procedure to be called as a string
(define (rpc-transport:autoremote procstr params)  ;; may be unused, I think api-exec deprecates this one.
  (let* ((procsym (if (symbol? procstr)
                     procstr
                     (string->symbol (->string procstr))))
        (res
         (begin
           (apply (eval procsym) params))))
    res))


;; rpc receiver
(define (rpc-transport:api-exec cmd params)
  (let* ( (resdat  (api:execute-requests *dbstruct-db* (vector cmd params))) ;; #( flag result )
          (flag    (vector-ref resdat 0))
          (res     (vector-ref resdat 1)))

    (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

    (set! *last-db-access* (current-seconds)) ;; bump *last-db-access*; this will renew keep-running thread's lease on life for another (server:get-timeout) seconds
    ;;(BB> "in api-exec; last-db-access updated to "*last-db-access*)
    (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)

    res))


;; retry an operation (depends on srfi-18)
;; ==================
;; idea here is to avoid spending time on coding retrying something.  Trying to be generic here.
;;
;; Exception handling:
;; -------------------
;; if evaluating the thunk results in exception, it will be retried.
;; on last try, if final-failure-returns-actual is true, the exception will be re-thrown to caller.
;;
;; look at options below #!key to see how to configure behavior
;;
;;
(define (retry-thunk
         the-thunk
         #!key ;;;; options below
         (accept-result?   (lambda (x) x)) ;; retry if predicate applied to thunk's result is false 
         (retries                       4) ;; how many tries
         (failure-value                #f) ;; return this on final failure, unless following option is enabled:
         (final-failure-returns-actual #f) ;; on failure, on the last try, just return the result, not failure-value

         (retry-delay                 0.1) ;; delay between tries
         (back-off-factor               1) ;; multiply retry-delay by this factor on retry
         (random-delay                0.1) ;; add a random portion of this value to wait

         (chatty                       #f) ;; print status as we go, for debugging.
         )
  
  (when chatty (print) (print "Entered retry-thunk") (print "-=-=-=-=-=-"))
  (let* ((guarded-thunk ;; we are guarding the thunk against exceptions.  We will record whether result of evaluation is an exception or a regular result.
          (lambda ()
           (let* ((EXCEPTION (gensym)) ;; using gensym to avoid potential collision
                  (res
                   (condition-case
                    (the-thunk) ;; this is what we are guarding the execution of
                    [x () (cons EXCEPTION x)]
                    )))
             (cond
              ((and (pair? res) (eq? (car res) EXCEPTION))
               (if chatty
                   (print " - the-thunk threw exception >"(cdr res)"<"))
               (cons 'exception (cdr res)))
               (else
                (if chatty
                    (print " - the-thunk returned result >"res"<"))
                (cons 'regular-result res)))))))
    
    (let loop ((guarded-res (guarded-thunk))
               (retries-left retries)
               (fail-wait retry-delay))
      (if chatty (print "   =========="))
      (let* ((wait-time (+ fail-wait (+ (* fail-wait back-off-factor)
                                        (* random-delay
                                           (/ (random 1024) 1024) ))))
             (res-type (car guarded-res))
             (res-value (cdr guarded-res)))
        (cond
         ((and (eq? res-type 'regular-result) (accept-result? res-value))
                   (if chatty (print " + return result that satisfied accept-result? >"res-value"<"))
                   res-value)

         ((> retries-left 0)
          (if chatty (print " - sleep "wait-time))
          (thread-sleep! wait-time)
          (if chatty (print " + retry ["retries-left" tries left]"))
          (loop (guarded-thunk)
                (sub1 retries-left)
                wait-time))
         
         ((eq? res-type 'regular-result)
          (if final-failure-returns-actual
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed- return the result >"res-value"<"))
                res-value)
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed- return canned failure value >"failure-value"<"))
              failure-value)))
         
         (else ;; no retries left; result was not accepted and res-type can only be 'exception
          (if final-failure-returns-actual 
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed with exception- re-throw it >"res-value"<"))
                (abort res-value)); re-raise the exception. TODO: find a way for call-history to show as though from entry to this function
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed with exception- return canned failure value >"failure-value"<"))
                failure-value))))))))


(define (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener ) ;;#!key (from-on-exit #f))
  ;;(on-exit (lambda () #t)) ;; turn off on-exit stuff
  ;;(tcp-close rpc:listener) ;; gotta exit nicely
  ;;(tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id "stopped")


  ;; TODO: (low) the following is extraordinaritly slow.  Maybe we don't even need portlogger for rpc anyway??  the exception-based failover when ports are taken is fast!
  ;;(portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:set-port (rpc:default-server-port) "released")
  
  (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
  ;;(if *dbstruct-db* (db:sync-touched *dbstruct-db* *run-id* force-sync: #t))
  
  (server:remove-dotserver-file *toppath* "anyhost:anyport" force: #t)
  (tasks:server-delete-record (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id " rpc-transport:keep-running complete")
  
  (rpc:close-all-connections!)
  ;;(BB> "Before (exit) (from-on-exit="from-on-exit")")
  ;;(unless from-on-exit (exit))  ;; sometimes we hang (around) here with 100% cpu.
  ;;(BB> "After")
  ;; strace reveals endless:
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={413, 917868}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 9874}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 13874}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 105880}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 109880}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 201886}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 205886}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 297892}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 301892}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 393898}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={414, 397898}, ru_stime={0, 60003}, ...}) = 0
  ;; make a post to chicken-users w/ http://paste.call-cc.org/paste?id=60a4b66a29ccf7d11359ea866db642c970735978


  ;; (if from-on-exit
  ;;     ;; avoid above condition!  End current process externally  since 1 in 20 (exit)'s result in hung, 100% cpu zombies. (see above)
  
  (system (conc  "kill -9  "(current-process-id)))
  )


;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (rpc-transport:launch run-id)


  (set! *run-id*   run-id)

  ;; ;; send to background if requested
  ;; (when (args:get-arg "-daemonize")
  ;;     (daemon:ize)
  ;;     (when *alt-log-file* ;; we should re-connect to this port, I think daemon:ize disrupts it
  ;;       (current-error-port *alt-log-file*)
  ;;       (current-output-port *alt-log-file*)))

  ;; double check we dont alrady have a running server for this run-id
  (when (and (server:read-dotserver *toppath*)
             (server:check-if-running run-id))

    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Server for run-id " run-id " already running")
    (exit 0))

  ;; did not find server running, let's clean up the table of dead servers
  (tasks:server-force-clean-running-records-for-run-id  (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id "notresponding")  

  (server:dotserver-starting)

  


  
  ;; let's get a server-id for this server
  ;;   if at first we do not suceed, try 3 more times.
  (let ((server-id (retry-thunk
                    (lambda () (tasks:server-lock-slot (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id 'rpc))
                    chatty: #f
                    final-failure-returns-actual: #t
                    retries: 4)))
    (when (not server-id) ;; dang we couldn't get a server-id.
      ;; since we didn't get the server lock we are going to clean up and bail out


      (debug:print-info 2 *default-log-port* "INFO: server pid=" (current-process-id) ", hostname=" (get-host-name) " not starting due to other candidates ahead in start queue")
      (tasks:server-delete-records-for-this-pid (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) " rpc-transport:launch")
      (server:dotserver-starting-remove)
      (exit 1))

    ;; we got a server-id (and a corresponding entry in servers table in globally shared mdb)
    ;; all systems go.  Proceed to setup rpc server.  
    (rpc-transport:run
     (if (args:get-arg "-server")
         (args:get-arg "-server")
         "-")
     run-id
     server-id)
    (exit)))

(define *rpc-listener-port* #f)
(define *rpc-listener-port-bind-timestamp* #f)

(define *on-exit-flag #f)

(define (rpc-transport:server-dat-get-iface         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 0))
(define (rpc-transport:server-dat-get-port          vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (rpc-transport:server-dat-get-last-access   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (rpc-transport:server-dat-get-transport     vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))
(define (rpc-transport:server-dat-update-last-access vec)
  (if (vector? vec)
      (vector-set! vec 5 (current-seconds))
      (begin
	(print-call-chain (current-error-port))
	(debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "call to rpc-transport:server-dat-update-last-access with non-vector!!"))))


(define *api-exec-ht* (make-hash-table))
(define *api-exec-mutex* (make-mutex))
;; let's see if caching the rpc stub curbs thread-profusion on server side
(define (rpc-transport:get-api-exec iface port)
  (mutex-lock! *api-exec-mutex*)
  (let* ((lu (hash-table-ref/default *api-exec-ht* (cons iface  port) #f)))
    (if lu
        (begin
          (mutex-unlock! *api-exec-mutex*)
          lu)
        (let ((res (rpc:procedure 'api-exec iface port)))
          (hash-table-set! *api-exec-ht* (cons iface port) res)
          (mutex-unlock! *api-exec-mutex*)
          res))))

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; this client-side procedure makes rpc call to server and returns result
;;
(define (rpc-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id serverdat cmd params #!key (numretries 3))
  ;;(BB> "entered rpc-transport:client-api-send-receive with run-id="run-id " serverdat="serverdat" cmd="cmd" params="params" numretries="numretries)
  (if (not (vector? serverdat))
      (begin
        (BB> "WHAT?? for run-id="run-id", serverdat="serverdat)
        (print-call-chain)
        (rpc:close-all-connections!)
        (exit 1)))
  (let* ((iface (rpc-transport:server-dat-get-iface serverdat))
         (port  (rpc-transport:server-dat-get-port serverdat))
         (res #f)
         (api-exec (rpc-transport:get-api-exec iface port))  ;; chached by host/port. may need to clear...
         (send-receive (lambda ()
                         (tcp-buffer-size 0)
                         (set! res (retry-thunk
                                    (lambda ()
                                      (condition-case
                                       ;;(vector #t (run-remote cmd params))
                                       (vector 'success (api-exec cmd params))
                                       [x (exn i/o net) (vector 'comms-fail (conc "communications fail ["(->string x)"]") x)]
                                       [x () (vector 'other-fail "other fail ["(->string x)"]" x)]))
                                    chatty: #f
                                    accept-result?: (lambda(x)
                                                      (and (vector? x) (vector-ref x 0)))
                                    retries: 8
                                    back-off-factor: 1.5
                                    random-wait: 0.2
                                    retry-delay: 0.1
                                    final-failure-returns-actual: #t))
                         ;;(BB> "HEY res="res)
                         res
                         ))
         (th1 (make-thread send-receive "send-receive"))
         (time-out-reached #f)
         (time-out     (lambda ()
			      (thread-sleep! 45)
                              (set! time-out-reached #t)
                              (thread-terminate! th1)
                              
			      #f))

         (th2 (make-thread time-out     "time out")))
	 (thread-start! th1)
	 (thread-start! th2)
	 (thread-join! th1)
	 (thread-terminate! th2)
         ;;(BB> "alt got res="res)
	 (debug:print-info 11 *default-log-port* "got res=" res)
	 (if (vector? res)
             (case (vector-ref res 0)
               ((success) (vector #t (vector-ref res 1)))
               (
                (comms-fail other-fail)
                ;;(comms-fail) 
                (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "WARNING: comms failure for rpc request >>"res"<<")

                ;;(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
                (vector #f (vector-ref res 1)))
               (else
                (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "error occured at server, info=" (vector-ref res 1))
                (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " client call chain:")
                (print-call-chain (current-error-port))
                (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " server call chain:")
                (pp (vector-ref res 1) (current-error-port))
                (signal (vector-ref res 2))))
             (signal (make-composite-condition
                      (make-property-condition 
             	       'timeout
             	       'message "nmsg-transport:client-api-send-receive-raw timed out talking to server"))))))
        


(define (rpc-transport:run hostn run-id server-id)
  (debug:print 2 *default-log-port* "Attempting to start the rpc server ...")
   ;; (trace rpc:publish-procedure!)

  ;;======================================================================
  ;;	  start of publish-procedure section
  ;;======================================================================
  (rpc:publish-procedure! 'server:login server:login) ;; this allows client to validate it is the same megatest instance as the server.  No security here, just making sure we're in the right room.
  (rpc:publish-procedure!
   'testing
   (lambda ()
     "Just testing"))

  ;; procedure to receive arbitrary API request from client's rpc:send-receive/rpc-transport:client-api-send-receive 
  (rpc:publish-procedure! 'rpc-transport:autoremote rpc-transport:autoremote)
  ;; can use this to run most anything at the remote
  (rpc:publish-procedure! 'api-exec rpc-transport:api-exec)
  
  
  ;;======================================================================
  ;;	  end of publish-procedure section
  ;;======================================================================


  (let* ((db              #f)
	 (hostname        (let ((res (get-host-name)))  res))
         (server-start-time (current-seconds))
         (server-timeout (server:get-timeout))
	 (ipaddrstr       (let* ((ipstr (if (string=? "-" hostn)
					   ;; (string-intersperse (map number->string (u8vector->list (hostname->ip hostname))) ".")
					   (server:get-best-guess-address hostname)
					   #f))
                                 (res (if ipstr ipstr hostn)))
                            res)) ;; hostname))) 
	 (start-port      (let ((res (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:find-port)))      ;; BB> TODO: remove portlogger!
                            res))
	 (link-tree-path  (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "linktree"))

         ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
         ;; rpc:listener is the tcp-listen result from inside the find-free-port-and-open complex.
         ;;   It is our handle on the listening tcp port
         ;;   We will attach this to our rpc server with rpc:make-server in thread th1 .
	 (rpc:listener    (rpc-transport:find-free-port-and-open start-port)) 
	 (th1             (make-thread
			   (lambda ()
                             ;;(BB> "BEFORE rpc:make-server")
			     ((rpc:make-server rpc:listener) #t)
                             ;;(BB> "BEFORE rpc:make-server")
                             )
			   "rpc:server"))


         (hostname        (if (string=? "-" hostn)
			      (get-host-name) 
			      hostn))
	 (ipaddrstr       (if (string=? "-" hostn)
			      (server:get-best-guess-address hostname) ;; (string-intersperse (map number->string (u8vector->list (hostname->ip hostname))) ".")
                              (string-intersperse 
                               (map number->string
                                    (u8vector->list
                                      (hostname->ip hostn))) ".")
                              ))
	 (portnum         (let ((res (rpc:default-server-port)))  res))
	 (host:port       (conc (if ipaddrstr ipaddrstr hostname) ":" portnum)))

    (when (not (equal? ipaddrstr (server:get-best-guess-address (get-host-name))))
        
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Error: This host "(ip->string (hostname->ip (get-host-name)))" ("(get-host-name)") is not the homehost "ipaddrstr" ("(ip->hostname (string->ip ipaddrstr))"; Cannot proceed.")
      (server:dotserver-starting-remove)
      (tcp-close rpc:listener) ;; gotta exit nicely and free up that tcp port
      (exit))
    
    (tasks:server-set-interface-port (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id ipaddrstr portnum)

    ;;============================================================
    ;;  activate thread th1 to attach opened tcp port to rpc server
    ;;=============================================================
    (thread-start! th1)
    (set! db *dbstruct-db*)




    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Server started on " host:port)
    ;;(BB> "before SELF-TEST")
    (if (retry-thunk (lambda ()
                       (rpc-transport:self-test run-id ipaddrstr portnum))
                     final-failure-returns-actual: #t ;; TODO: remove this line
                     )
        (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: rpc self test passed!")
        (begin
          (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Error: rpc listener did not pass self test.  Shutting down.  On: " host:port)
          (tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id "dead")
          (tcp-close rpc:listener) ;; gotta exit nicely and free up that tcp port
          (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener)
          (server:dotserver-starting-remove)
          (exit)))




    ;;(on-exit (lambda ()
    ;;           (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener from-on-exit: #t)))
    
    ;; check again for running servers for this run-id in case one has snuck in since we checked last in rpc-transport:launch
    (if (not (equal? server-id (tasks:server-am-i-the-server? (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id)));; try to ensure no double registering of servers
        (begin ;; i am not the server, another server snuck in and beat this one to the punch
          (tcp-close rpc:listener) ;; gotta exit nicely and free up that tcp port
          (tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id "collision")
          (server:dotserver-starting-remove))

        (begin ;; i am the server
          ;; setup the in-memory db
          (set! *dbstruct-db*  (db:setup run-id))
          (db:get-db *dbstruct-db* run-id)

          ;; at this point, satisfied server has started
          ;; let's make it official
          (server:write-dotserver *toppath* (conc ipaddrstr ":" portnum))
          (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
          (set! *last-db-access* (current-seconds))
          (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
          (set! *rpc:listener* rpc:listener) 
          (tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id "running") ;; update our mdb servers entry

          
          
          ;; this let loop will hold open this thread until we want the server to shut down.
          ;;   if no requests received within the last 20 seconds :
          ;;   database hasnt changed in ??
          ;;


          
          ;; keep-running loop: polls last-db-access to see if we have timed out.  keep running if not. 
          (let loop ((count          0)
                     (bad-sync-count 0))
            (BB> "keep running: count = "count)
            ;; Use this opportunity to sync the inmemdb to db

            (let ((start-time (current-milliseconds))
                  (sync-time  #f)
                  (rem-time   #f))

              ;; following is now done in common:watchdog, commenting out.  sync-time will now be 0; can live with that.
              ;; ;; inmemddb is a dbstruct
              ;; (condition-case
              ;;  (db:sync-touched *dbstruct-db* *run-id* force-sync: #t)
              ;;  ((sync-failed)(cond
              ;;                 ((> bad-sync-count 10) ;; time to give up
              ;;                  (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener))
              ;;                 (else ;; (> bad-sync-count 0)  ;; we've had a fail or two, delay and loop
              ;;                  (thread-sleep! 5)
              ;;                  (loop count (+ bad-sync-count 1)))))
              ;;  ((exn)
              ;;   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "error from sync code other than 'sync-failed. Attempting to gracefully shutdown the server ")
              ;;   (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener)))
              
              (set! sync-time  (- (current-milliseconds) start-time))

              (set! rem-time (quotient (- 4000 sync-time) 1000))
              (debug:print 4 *default-log-port* "SYNC: time= " sync-time ", rem-time=" rem-time)
              

              (if (and (<= rem-time 4)
                       (> rem-time 0))
                  (thread-sleep! rem-time)
                  (thread-sleep! 4))) ;; fallback for if the math is changed ...
            
            (if (< count 1) ;; 3x3 = 9 secs aprox
                (loop (+ count 1) bad-sync-count))

            ;; BB: don't see how this is possible with RPC
            ;; ;; Check that iface and port have not changed (can happen if server port collides)
            ;; (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
            ;; (set! sdat *server-info*)
            ;; (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
            
            ;; (if (or (not (equal? sdat (list iface port)))
            ;;         (not server-id))
            ;;     (begin 
            ;;       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "interface changed, refreshing iface and port info")
            ;;       (set! iface (car sdat))
            ;;       (set! port  (cadr sdat))))
            
            ;; Transfer *last-db-access* to last-access to use in checking that we are still alive
            (mutex-lock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
            (set! last-access *last-db-access*)
            (mutex-unlock! *heartbeat-mutex*)
            
            ;; (debug:print 11 *default-log-port* "last-access=" last-access ", server-timeout=" server-timeout)
            ;;
            ;; no_traffic, no running tests, if server 0, no running servers
            ;;
            ;; (let ((wait-on-running (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" b"wait-on-running"))) ;; wait on running tasks (if not true then exit on time out)
            ;;
            (let* ((hrs-since-start  (/ (- (current-seconds) server-start-time) 3600))
                   (adjusted-timeout (if (> hrs-since-start 1)
                                         (- server-timeout (inexact->exact (round (* hrs-since-start 60))))  ;; subtract 60 seconds per hour
                                         server-timeout)))
              (if (common:low-noise-print 120 "server timeout")
                  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Adjusted server timeout: " adjusted-timeout))
              (if (and *server-run*
                       (> (+ last-access server-timeout)
                          (current-seconds)))
                  (begin
                    (if (common:low-noise-print 120 "server continuing")
                        (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server continuing, seconds since last db access: " (- (current-seconds) last-access)))
                    ;;
                    ;; Consider implementing some smarts here to re-insert the record or kill self is
                    ;; the db indicates so
                    ;;
                    (if (tasks:server-am-i-the-server? (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id)
                        (tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) server-id "running"))
                    ;;
                    (loop 0 bad-sync-count))
                  (begin
                    ;;(BB> "SERVER SHUTDOWN CALLED!  last-access="last-access" current-seconds="(current-seconds)" server-timeout="server-timeout)
                    
                    (rpc-transport:server-shutdown server-id rpc:listener)))))
          ;; end new loop
          ))))


(define (rpc-transport:find-free-port-and-open port #!key )
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (print "Failed to bind to port " (rpc:default-server-port) ", trying next port")
     (rpc-transport:find-free-port-and-open (add1 port)))
   (rpc:default-server-port port)
   (set! *rpc-listener-port* port) ;; a bit paranoid about rpc:default-server-port parameter not changing across threads (as params are wont to do).  keeping this global in my back pocket in case this causes problems
   (set! *rpc-listener-port-bind-timestamp* (current-milliseconds)) ;; may want to test how long it has been since the last bind attempt happened...
   (tcp-read-timeout 240000)
   (tcp-buffer-size 0) ;; gotta do this because http-transport undoes it.
   (tcp-listen (rpc:default-server-port) 10000)
   ))
  
(define (rpc-transport:ping run-id host port)
  (handle-exceptions
   exn
   (begin
     (print "SERVER_NOT_FOUND exn="exn)
     (exit 1))
   (let ((login-res ((rpc:procedure 'server:login host port) *toppath*)))

     (if login-res
	 (begin
	   (print "LOGIN_OK")
	   (exit 0))
	 (begin
	   (print "LOGIN_FAILED")
	   (exit 1))))))

(define (rpc-transport:self-test run-id host port)
  (if (not host)
      (abort "host not set."))



  (if (not port)

      (abort "port not set."))
  (tcp-buffer-size 0) ;; gotta do this because http-transport undoes it.
  (let* ((testing-res ((rpc:procedure 'testing host port)))
         (login-res ((rpc:procedure 'server:login host port) *toppath*))
         (res (and login-res (equal? testing-res "Just testing"))))
    


    (if login-res











        (begin

          ;;(BB> "Self test PASS.  login-res="login-res" testing-res="testing-res" *toppath*="*toppath*)
          #t)
        (begin
          (BB> "Self test fail.  login-res="login-res" testing-res="testing-res" *toppath*="*toppath*)
           
          #f))
    res))

(define (rpc-transport:client-setup run-id server-dat #!key (remaining-tries 10))
  ;;(BB> "entered rpc-transport:client-setup with run-id="run-id" and server-dat="server-dat" and retries="remaining-tries)

  (tcp-buffer-size 0)
  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "rpc-transport:client-setup run-id="run-id" server-dat=" server-dat ", remaining-tries=" remaining-tries)







  (let* ((iface     (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server-dat))
         (hostname  (tasks:hostinfo-get-hostname  server-dat))
         (port      (tasks:hostinfo-get-port      server-dat))



         (runremote-server-dat (vector iface port #f #f #f (current-seconds) 'rpc)) ;; http version := (vector iface port api-uri api-url api-req (current-seconds) 'http  )
         (ping-res (retry-thunk (lambda ()  ;; make 3 attempts to ping.




                                  ((rpc:procedure 'server:login iface port) *toppath*))
                                chatty: #f
                                retries: 3)))
    ;; we got here from rmt:get-connection-info on the condition that *runremote* has no entry for run-id...
    (if ping-res
        (begin
          (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "rpc-transport:client-setup CONNECTION ESTABLISHED run-id="run-id" server-dat=" server-dat)
          runremote-server-dat)
        (begin ;; login failed but have a server record, clean out the record and try again
          (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "rpc-transport:client-setup UNABLE TO CONNECT run-id="run-id" server-dat=" server-dat)
          (tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id)
          (tasks:server-force-clean-run-record  (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id iface port
                                                   " rpc-transport:client-setup (server-dat = #t)")
          (if (> remaining-tries 2)
              (thread-sleep! (+ 1 (random 5))) ;; spread out the starts a little
              (thread-sleep! (+ 15 (random 20)))) ;; it isn't going well. give it plenty of time
          (server:try-running run-id)
          (thread-sleep! 5)   ;; give server a little time to start up
          (client:setup run-id remaining-tries: (sub1 remaining-tries))))))

;; Call this to start the actual server
;;

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server
;;
(define (server:launch run-id transport-type-raw)
  (let ((transport-type
         (cond
          ((string? transport-type-raw) (string->symbol transport-type-raw))
          (else transport-type-raw))))
         
    ;;(BB> "server:launch fired for run-id="run-id" transport-type="transport-type)

    (case transport-type
      ((http)(http-transport:launch run-id))
      ;;((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:launch run-id))
      ((rpc)  (rpc-transport:launch run-id))
      (else (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "unknown server type " transport-type)))))


  
;;======================================================================
;; S E R V E R   U T I L I T I E S 
;;======================================================================

;; Get the transport
(define (server:get-transport)
  (if *transport-type*
      *transport-type*
      (let ((ttype (string->symbol
		    (or (args:get-arg "-transport")
			(configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "transport")
			*DEFAULT-TRANSPORT*))))
	(set! *transport-type* ttype)
	ttype)))
	    
;; Generate a unique signature for this server
(define (server:mk-signature)
  (message-digest-string (md5-primitive) 
			 (with-output-to-string

	 (curr-ip     (server:get-best-guess-address curr-host))
	 (curr-pid    (current-process-id))
	 (homehost    (common:get-homehost)) ;; configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "homehost" ))
	 (target-host (car homehost))
	 (testsuite   (common:get-testsuite-name))
	 (logfile     (conc *toppath* "/logs/server.log"))
	 (cmdln (conc (common:get-megatest-exe)
		      " -server " (or target-host "-") " -run-id " 0
                      (if (equal? (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "daemonize") "yes")
                          (conc " -daemonize -log " logfile)
                          "")
                      " -transport " (server:get-transport)
		      " -m testsuite:" testsuite)) ;; (conc " >> " logfile " 2>&1 &")))))
	 (log-rotate  (make-thread common:rotate-logs  "server run, rotate logs thread")))
    ;; we want the remote server to start in *toppath* so push there
    (push-directory *toppath*)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
    (thread-start! log-rotate)

	      (file-read-access? dotfile))
	 (with-input-from-file
	     dotfile
	   (lambda ()
	     (read-line)))
	 #f))))


(define (server:dotserver-starting)
  (with-output-to-file
      (conc *toppath* "/.starting-server")
    (lambda ()
      (print (current-process-id) " on " (get-host-name)))))

(define (server:dotserver-starting-remove)
  (delete-file* (conc *toppath* "/.starting-server")))
  

  
;; write a .server file in *toppath* with hostport
;; return #t on success, #f otherwise
;;
(define (server:write-dotserver areapath hostport)
  (let ((lock-file   (conc areapath "/.server.lock"))
	(server-file (conc areapath "/.server")))
    (if (common:simple-file-lock lock-file)
	(let ((res (handle-exceptions
		    exn
		    #f ;; failed for some reason, for the moment simply return #f
		    (with-output-to-file server-file
		      (lambda ()
			(print hostport)))
		    #t)))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server file " server-file " for " hostport " created")
	  (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file)
	  res)
	#f)))

(define (server:remove-dotserver-file areapath hostport #!key (force #f))
  (let ((dotserver   (server:read-dotserver areapath))
	(server-file (conc areapath "/.server"))
	(lock-file   (conc areapath "/.server.lock")))
    (if (or force (and dotserver (string-match (conc ".*:" hostport "$") dotserver))) ;; port matches, good enough info to decide to remove the file
	(if (common:simple-file-lock lock-file)
	    (begin
	      (handle-exceptions
	       exn
	       #f
	       (delete-file* server-file))
	      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "server file " server-file " for " hostport " removed")
	      (common:simple-file-release-lock lock-file))))))

;; no longer care if multiple servers are started by accident. older servers will drop off in time.
;;
(define (server:check-if-running areapath)
  (let* ((dotserver (server:read-dotserver areapath))) ;; tdbdat (tasks:open-db)))
    (if dotserver
	(let* ((res (case *transport-type*
		      ((http rpc)(server:ping-server dotserver))
		      ;; ((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:ping (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server)
		      )))
	  (if res
	      dotserver
	      #f))
	#f)))

	  (begin
	    (if host-port-in
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port*  "ERROR: bad host:port"))
	    (if do-exit (exit 1))
	    #f)
	  (let* ((iface      (car host-port))
		 (port       (cadr host-port))
		 (server-dat
                  (case (remote-transport *runremote*)
                    ((http) (http-transport:client-connect iface port))
                    ((rpc) (rpc-transport:client-connect iface port))
                    (else
                     (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: transport " (remote-transport *runremote*) " not supported (4)")
                     (exit))))
		 (login-res  (rmt:login-no-auto-client-setup server-dat)))
	    (if (and (list? login-res)
		     (car login-res))
		(begin
		  (print "LOGIN_OK")
		  (if do-exit (exit 0)))
		(begin

(define (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 1))
(define (tasks:hostinfo-get-port        vec)    (vector-ref  vec 2))
(define (tasks:hostinfo-get-pubport     vec)    (vector-ref  vec 3))
(define (tasks:hostinfo-get-transport   vec)    (vector-ref  vec 4))
(define (tasks:hostinfo-get-pid         vec)    (vector-ref  vec 5))
(define (tasks:hostinfo-get-hostname    vec)    (vector-ref  vec 6))

(define (tasks:server-lock-slot mdb run-id transport-type)
  (tasks:server-clean-out-old-records-for-run-id mdb run-id " tasks:server-lock-slot")
  (if (< (tasks:num-in-available-state mdb run-id) 4)
      (begin 
	(tasks:server-set-available mdb run-id transport-type)
	(thread-sleep! (/ (random 1500) 1000)) ;; (thread-sleep! 2) ;; Try removing this. It may not be needed.
	(tasks:server-am-i-the-server? mdb run-id))
      #f))
	
;; register that this server may come online (first to register goes though with the process)
(define (tasks:server-set-available mdb run-id transport-type)
  (sqlite3:execute 
   mdb 
   "INSERT INTO servers (pid,hostname,port,pubport,start_time,      priority,state,mt_version,heartbeat,   interface,transport,run_id)
                   VALUES(?, ?,       ?,   ?, strftime('%s','now'), ?,       ?,    ?,-1,?,        ?,        ?);"
   (current-process-id)          ;; pid
   (get-host-name)               ;; hostname
   -1                            ;; port
   -1                            ;; pubport
   (random 1000)                 ;; priority (used a tiebreaker on get-available)
   "available"                   ;; state
   (common:version-signature)    ;; mt_version
   -1                            ;; interface
   ;; (conc (server:get-transport)) ;; transport
   (symbol->string transport-type)    ;; transport
   run-id
   ))

(define (tasks:num-in-available-state mdb run-id)
  (let ((res 0))
    (sqlite3:for-each-row
     (lambda (num-in-queue)

[server]

# force use of server always
# required yes

# Use http instead of direct filesystem access
transport rpc
# transport http
# transport fs
# transport nmsg

synchronous 0

# If the server can't be started on this port it will try the next port until
# it succeeds

(use srfi-18)


;; wrap a proc with a mutex so that two threads may not call proc simultaneously.
;; will catch exceptions to ensure mutex is unlocked even if exception is thrown.
;; will generate a unique mutex for proc unless one is specified with canned-mutex: option
;;
;; example 1: (define thread-safe-+ (make-synchronized-proc +))
;; example 2: (define thread-safe-plus
;;               (make-synchronized-proc
;;                  (lambda (x y)
;;                      (+ x y))))

(define (make-synchronized-proc proc
                                #!key (canned-mutex #f))
  (let* ((guard-mutex (if canned-mutex canned-mutex (make-mutex)))
         (guarded-proc ;; we are guarding the thunk against exceptions.  We will record whether result of evaluation is an exception or a regular result.
          (lambda args
            (mutex-lock! guard-mutex)
            (let* ((EXCEPTION (gensym)) ;; using gensym to avoid potential collision with a proc that returns a pair having the first element be our flag.  gensym guarantees the symbol is unique.
                   (res
                    (condition-case
                     (apply proc args) ;; this is what we are guarding the execution of
                     [x () (cons EXCEPTION x)]
                     )))
              (mutex-unlock! guard-mutex)
              (cond
               ((and (pair? res) (eq? (car res) EXCEPTION))
                (raise (cdr res)))
               (else
                res))))))
    guarded-proc))


;; retry an operation (depends on srfi-18)
;; ==================
;; idea here is to avoid spending time on coding retrying something.  Trying to be generic here.
;;
;; Exception handling:
;; -------------------
;; if evaluating the thunk results in exception, it will be retried.
;; on last try, if final-failure-returns-actual is true, the exception will be re-thrown to caller.
;;
;; look at options below #!key to see how to configure behavior
;;
;;

(define (retry-thunk
         the-thunk
         #!key ;;;; options below
         (accept-result?   (lambda (x) x)) ;; retry if predicate applied to thunk's result is false 
         (retries                       4) ;; how many tries
         (failure-value                #f) ;; return this on final failure, unless following option is enabled:
         (final-failure-returns-actual #f) ;; on failure, on the last try, just return the result, not failure-value

         (retry-delay                 0.1) ;; delay between tries
         (back-off-factor               1) ;; multiply retry-delay by this factor on retry
         (random-delay                0.1) ;; add a random portion of this value to wait

         (chatty                       #f) ;; print status as we go, for debugging.
         )
  
  (when chatty (print) (print "Entered retry-thunk") (print "-=-=-=-=-=-"))
  (let* ((guarded-thunk ;; we are guarding the thunk against exceptions.  We will record whether result of evaluation is an exception or a regular result.
          (lambda ()
           (let* ((EXCEPTION (gensym)) ;; using gensym to avoid potential collision
                  (res
                   (condition-case
                    (the-thunk) ;; this is what we are guarding the execution of
                    [x () (cons EXCEPTION x)]
                    )))
             (cond
              ((and (pair? res) (eq? (car res) EXCEPTION))
               (if chatty
                   (print " - the-thunk threw exception >"(cdr res)"<"))
               (cons 'exception (cdr res)))
               (else
                (if chatty
                    (print " - the-thunk returned result >"res"<"))
                (cons 'regular-result res)))))))
    
    (let loop ((guarded-res (guarded-thunk))
               (retries-left retries)
               (fail-wait retry-delay))
      (if chatty (print "   =========="))
      (let* ((wait-time (+ fail-wait (+ (* fail-wait back-off-factor)
                                        (* random-delay
                                           (/ (random 1024) 1024) ))))
             (res-type (car guarded-res))
             (res-value (cdr guarded-res)))
        (cond
         ((and (eq? res-type 'regular-result) (accept-result? res-value))
                   (if chatty (print " + return result that satisfied accept-result? >"res-value"<"))
                   res-value)

         ((> retries-left 0)
          (if chatty (print " - sleep "wait-time))
          (thread-sleep! wait-time)
          (if chatty (print " + retry ["retries-left" tries left]"))
          (loop (guarded-thunk)
                (sub1 retries-left)
                wait-time))
         
         ((eq? res-type 'regular-result)
          (if final-failure-returns-actual
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed- return the result >"res-value"<"))
                res-value)
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed- return canned failure value >"failure-value"<"))
              failure-value)))
         
         (else ;; no retries left; result was not accepted and res-type can only be 'exception
          (if final-failure-returns-actual 
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed with exception- re-throw it >"res-value"<"))
                (abort res-value)); re-raise the exception. TODO: find a way for call-history to show as though from entry to this function
              (begin
                (if chatty (print " + last try failed with exception- return canned failure value >"failure-value"<"))
                failure-value))))))))