Megatest

        (this-wd-num     (begin (mutex-lock! *wdnum*mutex) (let ((x *wdnum*)) (set! *wdnum* (add1 *wdnum*)) (mutex-unlock! *wdnum*mutex) x)))
        )
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "watchdog starting. legacy-sync is " legacy-sync" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)
    (if (and legacy-sync (not *time-to-exit*))
	(let ((dbstruct (db:setup)))
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server running, periodic sync started.")
	  (let loop ()
            (BB> "watchdog loop.  pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num" *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
            ;;(BB> "watchdog loop.  pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num" *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
	    ;; sync for filesystem local db writes
	    ;;
	    (mutex-lock! *db-multi-sync-mutex*)
	    (let* ((need-sync        (>= *db-last-access* *db-last-sync*)) ;; no sync since last write
		   (sync-in-progress *db-sync-in-progress*)
		   (should-sync      (and (not *time-to-exit*)
                                          (> (- (current-seconds) *db-last-sync*) 5))) ;; sync every five seconds minimum

		    (set! last-time start-time)
		    (debug:print-info 4 *default-log-port* "timestamp -> " (seconds->time-string (current-seconds)) ", time since start -> " (seconds->hr-min-sec (- (current-seconds) *time-zero*))))))
	    
	    ;; keep going unless time to exit
	    ;;
	    (if (not *time-to-exit*)
		(let delay-loop ((count 0))
                  (BB> "delay-loop top; count="count" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num" *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
                  ;;(BB> "delay-loop top; count="count" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num" *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
                                                            
		  (if (and (not *time-to-exit*)
			   (< count 4)) ;; was 11, changing to 4. 
		      (begin
			(thread-sleep! 1)
			(delay-loop (+ count 1))))
		  (if (not *time-to-exit*) (loop))))
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 30)
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Exiting watchdog timer, *time-to-exit* = " *time-to-exit*" pid="(current-process-id)" this-wd-num="this-wd-num)))))))

(define (std-exit-procedure)
  (on-exit (lambda () 0))
  ;;(BB> "std-exit-procedure called; *time-to-exit*="*time-to-exit*)
  (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))

    )

  0)

(define (std-signal-handler signum)
  ;; (signal-mask! signum)
  (set! *time-to-exit* #t)
  ;;(BB> "got signal "signum)
  (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "Received signal " signum " exiting promptly")
  ;; (std-exit-procedure) ;; shouldn't need this since we are exiting and it will be called anyway
  (exit))

(set-signal-handler! signal/int  std-signal-handler)  ;; ^C
(set-signal-handler! signal/term std-signal-handler)
;; (set-signal-handler! signal/stop std-signal-handler)  ;; ^Z NO, do NOT handle ^Z!

	(lambda ()
	  (if *logging*
	      (db:log-event (apply conc params))
	      (apply print params)
	      )))))

;; Brandon's debug printer shortcut (indulge me :)
(define *BB-process-starttime* (current-milliseconds))
(define (BB> . in-args)
  (let* ((stack (get-call-chain))
         (location #f))
    (for-each
     (lambda (frame)
       (let* ((this-loc (vector-ref frame 0))
              (this-func (cadr (string-split this-loc " "))))
         (if (equal? this-func "BB>")
             (set! location this-loc))))
     stack)
    (let ((dp-args (append (list 0 *default-log-port* location"   "  ) in-args)))
    (let ((dp-args (append (list 0 *default-log-port* (conc location "@"(/ (- (current-milliseconds) *BB-process-starttime*) 1000)"   ")  ) in-args)))
      (apply debug:print dp-args))))

(define *BBpp_custom_expanders_list* (make-hash-table))



;; register hash tables with BBpp.

         (last-access 0)
	 (server-timeout (server:get-timeout))
	 (server-going  #f))
    (let loop ((count         0)
	       (server-state 'available)
	       (bad-sync-count 0)
	       (start-time     (current-milliseconds)))

      ;;(BB> "http-transport: top of loop; count="count" server-state="server-state" bad-sync-count="bad-sync-count" server-going="server-going)
      ;; Use this opportunity to sync the tmp db to megatest.db
      (if (not server-going) ;; *dbstruct-db* 
	    ;; Removed code is pasted below (keeping it around until we are clear it is not needed).
	    ;; no *dbstruct-db* yet, set running after our first pass through and start the db
	    (if (eq? server-state 'available)
		(let ((new-server-id (tasks:server-am-i-the-server? (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id))) ;; try to ensure no double registering of servers
		  (if (equal? new-server-id server-id)
		      (begin
			(tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id "dbprep")
                        ;;(BB> "http-transport: ->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")
                        ;;(BB> "http-transport: ->running")
			(server:write-dotserver *toppath* (conc iface ":" port))
                        (thread-start! *watchdog*)
			(delete-file* (conc *toppath* "/.starting-server")))
                        (server:complete-attempt *toppath*))
		      (begin ;; gotta exit nicely
                        ;;(BB> "http-transport: ->collision")
			(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)))
	(if (and (<= rem-time 4)
		 (>  rem-time 0))
	    (thread-sleep! rem-time)))

;; (if (and (<= rem-time 4)
;; 	     (> rem-time 0))
;; 	(thread-sleep! rem-time)
;; 	(thread-sleep! 4))) ;; fallback for if the math is changed ...

(define (http-transport:server-shutdown server-id port)
  (let ((tdbdat (tasks:open-db)))
    ;;(BB> "http-transport:server-shutdown called")
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting to shutdown the server. pid="(current-process-id))
    ;;
    ;; start_shutdown
    ;;
    (tasks:server-set-state! (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id "shutting-down")
    (set! *time-to-exit* #t) ;; tell on-exit to be fast as we've already cleaned up
    (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:set-port port "released")

			  (/ *total-non-write-delay* 
			     *number-non-write-queries*))
		      " ms")
    (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server shutdown complete. Exiting")
    (tasks:server-delete-record (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) server-id " http-transport:keep-running complete")
    ;; if the .server file contained :myport then we can remove it
    (server:remove-dotserver-file *toppath* port)
    ;;(BB> "http-transport:server-shutdown -> exit")
    (exit)))

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server? 
;;
(define (http-transport:launch run-id)
  (with-output-to-file
      (conc *toppath* "/.starting-server")
  (server:attempting-start *toppath*)
    (lambda ()
      (print (current-process-id) " on " (get-host-name))))
  (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")))
          (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))
	       (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)
		      (- 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")
		(delete-file* (conc *toppath* "/.starting-server"))
                (server:complete-attempt *toppath*)
		))
	  (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")
					  "-")

(let ((targ (or (args:get-arg "-reqtarg")(args:get-arg "-target"))))
  (if targ (setenv "MT_TARGET" targ)))

;; The watchdog is to keep an eye on things like db sync etc.
;;
(define *watchdog* (make-thread common:watchdog "Watchdog thread"))

(if (not (args:get-arg "-server"))
(thread-start! *watchdog*)
;; (BB> "thread-start! watchdog")
    (thread-start! *watchdog*)) ;; if starting a server; wait till we get to running state before kicking off watchdog
;;(BB> "thread-start! watchdog")

(if (args:get-arg "-log")
    (let ((oup (open-output-file (args:get-arg "-log"))))
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Sending log output to " (args:get-arg "-log"))
      (set! *default-log-port* oup)))

(if (or (args:get-arg "-h")
	(args:get-arg "-help")

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

(if (not *didsomething*)
    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* help))
(BB> "thread-join! watchdog")
(thread-join! *watchdog*)
;;(BB> "thread-join! watchdog")

;; join the watchdog thread if it has been thread-start!ed  (it may not have been started in the case of a server that never enters running state)
;;   (symbols returned by thread-state: created ready running blocked suspended sleeping terminated dead)
(if (thread? *watchdog*)
    (case (thread-state *watchdog*)
      ((ready running blocked sleeping terminated dead)
       (thread-join! *watchdog*))))

(set! *time-to-exit* #t)

(if (not (eq? *globalexitstatus* 0))
    (if (or (args:get-arg "-run")(args:get-arg "-runtests")(args:get-arg "-runall"))
        (begin
           (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: Subprocesses with non-zero exit code detected: " *globalexitstatus*)
           (exit 0))
        (case *globalexitstatus*
         ((0)(exit 0))
         ((1)(exit 1))
         ((2)(exit 2))
         (else (exit 3)))))

;;

;; all routes though here end in exit ...
;;
;; start_server
;;
(define (server:launch run-id transport-type)
  (BB> "server:launch fired for run-id="run-id" transport-type="transport-type)
  ;;(BB> "server:launch fired for run-id="run-id" transport-type="transport-type)

  (let ((attempt-in-progress (server:start-attempted? *toppath*)))
    (when attempt-in-progress
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server start attempt in progress in other process (=> "attempt-in-progress"<=).  Aborting server launch attempt in this process ("(current-process-id)")")
      (exit)))
      
  (let ((dotserver-url (server:check-if-running *toppath*)))
    (when dotserver-url
      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Server already running (=> "dotserver-url"<=).  Aborting server launch attempt in this process ("(current-process-id)")")
      (exit)
      ))
  
  (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))))
;;       (else   (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "No known transport set, transport=" transport ", using rpc")
;; 	      (rpc-transport:launch run-id)))))

;; Given a run id start a server process    ### NOTE ### > file 2>&1 
;; if the run-id is zero and the target-host is set 
;; try running on that host
;;   incidental: rotate logs in logs/ dir.
;;
(define  (server:run areapath) ;; areapath is ignored for now.
  (let* ((curr-host   (get-host-name))
         (attempt-in-progress (server:start-attempted? areapath))
         (dot-server-url (server:check-if-running areapath))
	 (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"))
	 (logfile     (conc areapath "/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)
									      "")
		      " -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)
    (push-directory areapath)
    (cond
     (attempt-in-progress
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Not trying to start server because attempt is in progress: "attempt-in-progress))
     (dot-server-url
            (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Not trying to start server because one is already running : "dot-server-url))
     (else
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "INFO: Trying to start server (" cmdln ") ...")
      (thread-start! log-rotate)

    ;; host.domain.tld match host?
    (if (and target-host 
	     ;; look at target host, is it host.domain.tld or ip address and does it 
	     ;; match current ip or hostname
	     (not (string-match (conc "("curr-host "|" curr-host"\\..*)") target-host))
	     (not (equal? curr-ip target-host)))
	(begin
	  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server on " target-host ", logfile is " logfile)
	  (setenv "TARGETHOST" target-host)))
    
    (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" logfile)
    (common:wait-for-normalized-load 4 " delaying server start due to load" remote-host: (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever
    (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
    (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
    (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
    (thread-join! log-rotate)
    (pop-directory)))

      ;; host.domain.tld match host?
      (if (and target-host 
               ;; look at target host, is it host.domain.tld or ip address and does it 
               ;; match current ip or hostname
               (not (string-match (conc "("curr-host "|" curr-host"\\..*)") target-host))
               (not (equal? curr-ip target-host)))
          (begin
            (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Starting server on " target-host ", logfile is " logfile)
            (setenv "TARGETHOST" target-host)))
      
      (setenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF" logfile)
      (common:wait-for-normalized-load 4 " delaying server start due to load" remote-host: (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")) ;; do not try starting servers on an already overloaded machine, just wait forever
      (system (conc "nbfake " cmdln))
      (unsetenv "TARGETHOST_LOGF")
      (if (get-environment-variable "TARGETHOST")(unsetenv "TARGETHOST"))
      (thread-join! log-rotate)
      (pop-directory)))))
    
(define (server:get-client-signature) ;; BB> why is this proc named "get-"?  it returns nothing -- set! has not return value.
  (if *my-client-signature* *my-client-signature*
      (let ((sig (server:mk-signature)))
	(set! *my-client-signature* sig)
	*my-client-signature*)))
        (set! *my-client-signature* sig)
        *my-client-signature*)))

;; kind start up of servers, wait 40 seconds before allowing another server for a given
;; run-id to be launched
(define (server:kind-run areapath)
  (let ((last-run-time (hash-table-ref/default *server-kind-run* areapath #f)))
    (if (or (not last-run-time)
	    (> (- (current-seconds) last-run-time) 30))
	(begin
	  (server:run areapath)
	  (hash-table-set! *server-kind-run* areapath (current-seconds))))))

;; The generic run a server command. Dispatches the call to server 0 if run-id != 0
;; 
;;  (define (server:try-running run-id)
;;    (if (eq? run-id 0)
;;        (server:run run-id)
;;        (rmt:start-server run-id)))
(define server:try-running server:run) ;; there is no more per-run servers ;; REMOVE ME. BUG.

(define (server:attempting-start areapath)
  (with-output-to-file
      (conc areapath "/.starting-server")
    (lambda ()
      (print (current-process-id) " on " (get-host-name)))))
  
(define (server:complete-attempt areapath)
  (delete-file* (conc areapath "/.starting-server")))
  
(define (server:start-attempted? areapath)
  (let ((flagfile (conc areapath "/.starting-server")))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     #f  ;; if things go wrong pretend we can't see the file
     (cond
     (and (file-exists? flagfile)
	  (< (- (current-seconds)
		(file-modification-time flagfile))
	     15))))) ;; exists and less than 15 seconds old
      ((and (file-exists? flagfile)
            (< (- (current-seconds)
                  (file-modification-time flagfile))
               15)) ;; exists and less than 15 seconds old
       (with-input-from-file flagfile (lambda () (read-line))))
      ((file-exists? flagfile) ;; it is stale.
       (server:complete-attempt areapath)
       #f)
      (else #f)))))
    
(define (server:read-dotserver areapath)
  (let ((dotfile (conc areapath "/.server")))
    (handle-exceptions
     exn
     #f  ;; if things go wrong pretend we can't see the file
     (if (and (file-exists? dotfile)

    (if dotserver
	(let* ((res (case *transport-type*
		      ((http)(server:ping-server dotserver))
		      ;; ((nmsg)(nmsg-transport:ping (tasks:hostinfo-get-interface server)
		      )))
	  (if res
	      dotserver
	      (begin
                (server:remove-dotserver-file areapath ".*") ;; remove stale dotserver
	      #f))
                #f)))
	#f)))

;; called in megatest.scm, host-port is string hostname:port
;;
;; NOTE: This is NOT called directly from clients as not all transports support a client running
;;       in the same process as the server.
;;

	     (delay-time 0))
      (if (and (not server-dat)
	       (< delay-time delay-max-tries))
	  (begin
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 60 "tasks:start-and-wait-for-server" run-id)
		(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "Try starting server for run-id " run-id))
	    (thread-sleep! (/ (random 2000) 1000))
	    (server:kind-run run-id)
	    (server:kind-run *toppath*)
	    (thread-sleep! (min delay-time 1))
            (if (not (or (server:start-attempted? *toppath*)
                         (server:read-dotserver *toppath*))) ;; no point in trying
                (loop (tasks:get-server (db:delay-if-busy tdbdat) run-id)(+ delay-time 1))
                #f))
          #f)))