* Removed the housekeeper thread, moved terminate_idle_sessions() out to a
authorArt Cancro <ajc@citadel.org>
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:08:41 +0000 (06:08 +0000)
committerArt Cancro <ajc@citadel.org>
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:08:41 +0000 (06:08 +0000)
  timer event, and check_sched_shutdown() to the end of the worker thread
  loop.  Seems to have improved reliability (but why?)

citadel/ChangeLog
citadel/citserver.c
citadel/database_sleepycat.c
citadel/housekeeping.c
citadel/housekeeping.h
citadel/sysdep.c

index f8b1d9121bf26d4e7b126b9499db0a0202c03701..43342a3e98640afd2e6a4ea07f3c6a9de277ae93 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
  $Log$
+ Revision 573.47  2000/12/11 06:08:41  ajc
+ * Removed the housekeeper thread, moved terminate_idle_sessions() out to a
+   timer event, and check_sched_shutdown() to the end of the worker thread
+   loop.  Seems to have improved reliability (but why?)
+
  Revision 573.46  2000/12/11 03:22:11  ajc
  * Added server-side REQT command to issue client termination requests
 
@@ -2207,3 +2212,4 @@ Sat Jul 11 00:20:48 EDT 1998 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
 
 Fri Jul 10 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncensored.citadel.org>
        * Initial CVS import 
+
index 8b847717571759cc56e8103d93a5ff0852c96bc6..3c7f6cc297edcf54902d1825092b94acd62150d0 100644 (file)
@@ -203,10 +203,7 @@ void RemoveContext (struct CitContext *con)
        lprintf(7, "Closing socket %d\n", con->client_socket);
        close(con->client_socket);
 
-        /* Tell the housekeeping thread to check to see if this is the time
-         * to initiate a scheduled shutdown event.
-         */
-        enter_housekeeping_cmd("SCHED_SHUTDOWN");
+       /* This is where we used to check for scheduled shutdowns. */
 
        /* Free up the memory used by this context */
        phree(con);
index 2781ea9d02c509e8b9c2aeff442b4deec711e183..10be08d7891f5cd3bc91a2e1fe6ada71769fe9a3 100644 (file)
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ void cdb_begin_transaction(void) {
 void cdb_end_transaction(void) {
 #ifdef TRANSACTION_BASED
        begin_critical_section(S_DATABASE);
+       if (MYTID == NULL) lprintf(1, "WARNING: txn_commit(NULL) !!\n");
        txn_commit(MYTID, 0);
        end_critical_section(S_DATABASE);
 #endif
index 15f43df16fd8a1efbb3dbb2b394f4cc241151525..a16ce58a6d09a51542a5174311233b2a7b7d0410 100644 (file)
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * $Id$
  *
- * This file contains housekeeping tasks which periodically
- * need to be executed.  It keeps a nice little queue...
+ * This file contains miscellaneous housekeeping tasks.
  *
  */
 
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ void terminate_idle_sessions(void) {
        struct CitContext *ccptr;
        time_t now;
        int session_to_kill;
+       int killed = 0;
 
        now = time(NULL);
        session_to_kill = 0;
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ void terminate_idle_sessions(void) {
                && (config.c_sleeping > 0)
                && (now - (ccptr->lastcmd) > config.c_sleeping) ) {
                        ccptr->kill_me = 1;
+                       ++killed;
                }
        }
        end_critical_section(S_SESSION_TABLE);
+       lprintf(9, "Terminated %d idle sessions\n", killed);
 }
 
 
@@ -70,92 +72,6 @@ void check_sched_shutdown(void) {
 
 
 
-/*
- * This is the main loop for the housekeeping thread.  It remains active
- * during the entire run of the server.
- */
-void housekeeping_loop(void) {
-       long flags;
-        struct timeval tv;
-        fd_set readfds;
-        int did_something;
-       char house_cmd[256];    /* Housekeep cmds are always 256 bytes long */
-       char cmd[256];
-
-       if (pipe(housepipe) != 0) {
-               lprintf(1, "FATAL ERROR: can't create housekeeping pipe: %s\n",
-                       strerror(errno));
-               exit(0);
-       }
-
-       flags = (long) fcntl(housepipe[1], F_GETFL);
-       flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
-       fcntl(housepipe[1], F_SETFL, flags);
-
-       while(1) {
-               do {
-                       did_something = 0;
-                       tv.tv_sec = HOUSEKEEPING_WAKEUP;
-                       tv.tv_usec = 0;
-                       FD_ZERO(&readfds);
-                       FD_SET(housepipe[0], &readfds);
-                       select(housepipe[0] + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
-                       if (FD_ISSET(housepipe[0], &readfds)) {
-                               did_something = 1;
-                       }
-
-                       if (did_something) {
-                               read(housepipe[0], house_cmd, 256);
-                       }
-                       else {
-                               memset(house_cmd, 0, 256);
-                               strcpy(house_cmd, "MINUTE");
-                       }
-
-                       extract(cmd, house_cmd, 0);
-                       cdb_begin_transaction();
-
-                       /* Do whatever this cmd requires */
-
-                       /* Once-every-minute housekeeper */
-                       if (!strcmp(cmd, "MINUTE")) {
-                               terminate_idle_sessions();
-                       }
-
-                       /* Scheduled shutdown housekeeper */
-                       else if (!strcmp(cmd, "SCHED_SHUTDOWN")) {
-                               check_sched_shutdown();
-                       }
-
-                       /* Unknown */
-                       else {
-                               lprintf(7, "Unknown housekeeping command\n");
-                       }
-
-                       cdb_end_transaction();
-
-               } while (did_something);
-       }
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-void enter_housekeeping_cmd(char *cmd) {
-       char cmdbuf[256];
-
-       lprintf(9, "enter_housekeeping_cmd(%s)\n", cmd);
-       safestrncpy(cmdbuf, cmd, 256);
-       begin_critical_section(S_HOUSEKEEPING);
-       write(housepipe[1], cmdbuf, 256);
-       end_critical_section(S_HOUSEKEEPING);
-       lprintf(9, "leaving enter_housekeeping_cmd()\n");
-}
-       
-
-
 /*
  * Check (and fix) floor reference counts.  This doesn't need to be done
  * very often, since the counts should remain correct during normal operation.
index e6f2d82e575299a346e2cd44d94f9e64636515bf..f7b99bc5f0d50318ac5def0cbb93a977ecebf053 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* $Id$ */
-void terminate_idle_sessions (void);
-void do_housekeeping (void);
-void check_ref_counts (void);
-void housekeeping_loop (void);
+void terminate_idle_sessions(void);
+void check_sched_shutdown(void);
+void check_ref_counts(void);
index 4ec3c514e2739ed1363793b57dece5abb0615ffb..e592b1415395bf3c76ed9a52ce337f6569f70f1f 100644 (file)
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ void init_master_fdset(void) {
  */
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-       pthread_t HousekeepingThread;   /* Thread descriptor */
+       pthread_t WorkerThread; /* Thread descriptor */
         pthread_attr_t attr;           /* Thread attributes */
        char tracefile[128];            /* Name of file to log traces to */
        int a, i;                       /* General-purpose variables */
@@ -995,20 +995,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                }
        }
 
-
-
-       /*
-        * Create the housekeeper thread
-        */
-       lprintf(7, "Starting housekeeper thread\n");
-       pthread_attr_init(&attr);
-               pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
-       if (pthread_create(&HousekeepingThread, &attr,
-          (void* (*)(void*)) housekeeping_loop, NULL) != 0) {
-               lprintf(1, "Can't create housekeeping thead: %s\n",
-                       strerror(errno));
-       }
-
+       /* We want to check for idle sessions once per minute */
+       CtdlRegisterSessionHook(terminate_idle_sessions, EVT_TIMER);
 
        /*
         * Now create a bunch of worker threads.
@@ -1016,7 +1004,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        for (i=0; i<(config.c_min_workers-1); ++i) {
                pthread_attr_init(&attr);
                        pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
-               if (pthread_create(&HousekeepingThread, &attr,
+               if (pthread_create(&WorkerThread, &attr,
                   (void* (*)(void*)) worker_thread, NULL) != 0) {
                        lprintf(1, "Can't create worker thead: %s\n",
                        strerror(errno));
@@ -1061,6 +1049,8 @@ void worker_thread(void) {
 
        while (!time_to_die) {
 
+               cdb_begin_transaction();
+
                /* 
                 * A naive implementation would have all idle threads
                 * calling select() and then they'd all wake up at once.  We
@@ -1185,9 +1175,7 @@ SETUP_FD: memcpy(&readfds, &masterfds, sizeof masterfds);
                        /* We're bound to a session, now do *one* command */
                        if (bind_me != NULL) {
                                become_session(bind_me);
-                               cdb_begin_transaction();
                                CC->h_command_function();
-                               cdb_end_transaction();
                                become_session(NULL);
                                bind_me->state = CON_IDLE;
                                if (bind_me->kill_me == 1) {
@@ -1200,10 +1188,12 @@ SETUP_FD:       memcpy(&readfds, &masterfds, sizeof masterfds);
                dead_session_purge();
                if ((time(NULL) - last_timer) > 60L) {
                        last_timer = time(NULL);
-                       cdb_begin_transaction();
                        PerformSessionHooks(EVT_TIMER);
-                       cdb_end_transaction();
                }
+
+               check_sched_shutdown();
+
+               cdb_end_transaction();
        }
 
        /* If control reaches this point, the server is shutting down */