Megatest

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

;; 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))
  #;(common:telemetry-log (conc "rmt:"(->string cmd))
                        payload: `((rid . ,rid)
                                   (params . ,params)))
                          
  (if (> attemptnum 2)
      (debug:print 0 "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)))
  
  
  ;;DOT digraph megatest_state_status {
  ;;DOT   ranksep=0;
  ;;DOT   // rankdir=LR;
  ;;DOT   node [shape="box"];
  ;;DOT "rmt:send-receive" -> MUTEXLOCK;
  ;;DOT { edge [style=invis];"case 1" -> "case 2" -> "case 3" -> "case 4" -> "case 5" -> "case 6" -> "case 7" -> "case 8" -> "case 9" -> "case 10" -> "case 11"; }

    ;; DOT MUTEXLOCK -> SET_HOMEHOST [label="no homehost?"];
    ;; DOT SET_HOMEHOST -> MUTEXLOCK;
    ;; ensure we have a homehost record
    (if (not (pair? (remote-hh-dat runremote)))  ;; not on homehost
	(thread-sleep! 0.1) ;; since we shouldn't get here, delay a little
	(remote-hh-dat-set! runremote (common:get-homehost)))
    
    (if (> attemptnum 2)
	(debug:print 1 "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)))
    
    ;;(print "BB> readonly-mode is "readonly-mode" dbfile is "dbfile)
    (cond
     ;;DOT EXIT;
     ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> EXIT [label="> 15 attempts"]; {rank=same "case 1" "EXIT" }
     ;; give up if more than 15 attempts
     ((> attemptnum 15)
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: 15 tries to start/connect to server. Giving up.")