Megatest

                   ((tasks-set-state-given-param-key) (apply tasks:set-state-given-param-key dbstruct params))
                   ((tasks-get-last)            (apply tasks:get-last dbstruct params))

		   ;; NO SYNC DB
		   ((no-sync-set)               (apply db:no-sync-set         *no-sync-db* params))
		   ((no-sync-get/default)       (apply db:no-sync-get/default *no-sync-db* params))
		   ((no-sync-del!)              (apply db:no-sync-del!        *no-sync-db* params))
		   ((no-sync-get-lock)          (apply db:no-sync-get-lock    *no-sync-db* params))
		 
                   ;; ARCHIVES
                   ;; ((archive-get-allocations)   
                   ((archive-register-disk)     (apply db:archive-register-disk dbstruct params))
                   ((archive-register-block-name)(apply db:archive-register-block-name dbstruct params))
                   ((archive-allocate-testsuite/area-to-block)(apply db:archive-allocate-testsuite/area-to-block dbstruct block-id testsuite-name areakey))

  (string-intersperse 
   (map (lambda (x)
          (number->string x 16))
        (map string->number
             (string-split instr)))
   "/"))

;;======================================================================
;; L O C K I N G   M E C H A N I S M S 
;;======================================================================

;; faux-lock is deprecated. Please use simple-lock below
;;
(define (common:faux-lock keyname #!key (wait-time 8)(allow-lock-steal #t))
  (if (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f) ;; do not be tempted to compare to pid. locking is a one-shot action, if already locked for this pid it doesn't actually count
      (if (> wait-time 0)
	  (begin
	    (thread-sleep! 1)
	    (if (eq? wait-time 1) ;; only one second left, steal the lock
		(begin
		  (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "stealing lock for " keyname)

(define (common:faux-unlock keyname #!key (force #f))
  (if (or force (equal? (conc (current-process-id)) (conc (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f))))
      (begin
        (if (rmt:no-sync-get/default keyname #f) (rmt:no-sync-del! keyname))
        #t)
      #f))

;; simple lock. improve and converge on this one.
;;
(define (common:simple-lock keyname)
  (rmt:no-sync-get-lock keyname))

;;======================================================================
;;
;;======================================================================

(define (common:in-running-test?)
  (and (args:get-arg "-execute") (get-environment-variable "MT_CMDINFO")))

(define (common:get-color-from-status status)
  (cond
   ((equal? status "PASS")    "green")
   ((equal? status "FAIL")    "red")

          (if newres
              newres
              res))
        res)))

(define (db:no-sync-close-db db)
  (db:safely-close-sqlite3-db db))

;; transaction protected lock aquisition
;; either:
;;    fails    returns  (#f . lock-creation-time)
;;    succeeds (returns (#t . lock-creation-time)
;; use (db:no-sync-del! db keyname) to release the lock
;;
(define (db:no-sync-get-lock db keyname)
  (sqlite3:with-transaction
   (db:no-sync-db db)
   (lambda ()
     (handle-exceptions
	 exn
	 (let ((lock-time (current-seconds)))
	   (sqlite3:execute db "INSERT INTO no_sync_metadat (var,val) VALUES(?,?);" keyname lock-time)
	   `(#t . ,lock-time))
       `(#f . ,(sqlite3:first-result db "SELECT val FROM no_sync_metadat WHERE var=?;" keyname))))))



;; use a global for some primitive caching, it is just silly to
;; re-read the db over and over again for the keys since they never
;; change

;; why get the keys from the db? why not get from the *configdat*
;; using keys:config-get-fields?

;; 3. create link from run dir to megatest runs area 
;; 4. remotely run the test on allocated host
;;    - could be ssh to host from hosts table (update regularly with load)
;;    - could be netbatch
;;      (launch-test db (cadr status) test-conf))
(define (launch-test test-id run-id run-info keyvals runname test-conf test-name test-path itemdat params)
  (mutex-lock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; setting variables and processing the testconfig is NOT thread-safe, reuse the launch-setup mutex
  (let* ((lock-key        (conc "test-" test-id))
	 (got-lock        (let loop ((lock        (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key))
				     (expire-time (+ (current-seconds) 15))) ;; give up on getting the lock and steal it after 15 seconds
			    (if (car lock)
				#t
				(if (> (current-seconds) expire-time)
				    (begin
				      (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Timed out waiting for a lock to launch test " keyvals " " runname " " test-name " " test-path)
				      (rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key) ;; destroy the lock
				      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time)) ;; 
				    (begin
				      (thread-sleep! 1)
				      (loop (rmt:no-sync-get-lock lock-key) expire-time))))))
	 (item-path       (item-list->path itemdat))
	 (contour         #f)) ;; NOT READY FOR THIS (args:get-arg "-contour")))
    (let loop ((delta        (- (current-seconds) *last-launch*))
	       (launch-delay (configf:lookup-number *configdat* "setup" "launch-delay" default: 1)))
      (if (> launch-delay delta)
	  (begin
	    (if (common:low-noise-print 1200 "test launch delay") ;; every two hours or so remind the user about launch delay.
		(debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "NOTE: test launches are delayed by " launch-delay " seconds. See megatest.config launch-delay setting to adjust.")) ;; launch of " test-name " for " (- launch-delay delta) " seconds"))

					      cmdstr
					      (conc cmdstr " >> mt_launch.log 2>&1 &")))
					(car fullcmd))
				    (if useshell
					'()
					(cdr fullcmd)))))
        (mutex-unlock! *launch-setup-mutex*) ;; yes, really should mutex all the way to here. Need to put this entire process into a fork.
	(rmt:no-sync-del! lock-key)         ;; release the lock for starting this test
	(if (not launchwait) ;; give the OS a little time to allow the process to start
	    (thread-sleep! 0.01))
	(with-output-to-file "mt_launch.log"
	  (lambda ()
	    (print "LAUNCHCMD: " (string-intersperse fullcmd " "))
	    (if (list? launch-results)
		(apply print launch-results)

(define (rmt:no-sync-get/default var default)
  (rmt:send-receive 'no-sync-get/default #f `(,var ,default)))

(define (rmt:no-sync-del! var)
  (rmt:send-receive 'no-sync-del! #f `(,var)))

(define (rmt:no-sync-get-lock keyname)
  (rmt:send-receive 'no-sync-get-lock #f `(,keyname)))

;;======================================================================
;; A R C H I V E S
;;======================================================================

(define (rmt:archive-get-allocations  testname itempath dneeded)
  (rmt:send-receive 'archive-get-allocations #f (list testname itempath dneeded)))