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<?php
/*
 * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
 * Copyright (C) 2010, StatusNet, Inc.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

/**
 * Base class for daemon that can launch one or more processing threads,
 * respawning them if they exit.
 *
 * This is mainly intended for indefinite workloads such as monitoring
 * a queue or maintaining an IM channel.
 *
 * Child classes should implement the 
 *
 * We can then pass individual items through the QueueHandler subclasses
 * they belong to. We additionally can handle queues for multiple sites.
 *
 * @package QueueHandler
 * @author Brion Vibber <brion@status.net>
 */
abstract class SpawningDaemon extends Daemon
{
    protected $threads=1;

    function __construct($id=null, $daemonize=true, $threads=1)
    {
        parent::__construct($daemonize);

        if ($id) {
            $this->set_id($id);
        }
        $this->threads = $threads;
    }

    /**
     * Perform some actual work!
     *
     * @return boolean true on success, false on failure
     */
    public abstract function runThread();

    /**
     * Spawn one or more background processes and let them start running.
     * Each individual process will execute whatever's in the runThread()
     * method, which should be overridden.
     *
     * Child processes will be automatically respawned when they exit.
     *
     * @todo possibly allow for not respawning on "normal" exits...
     *       though ParallelizingDaemon is probably better for workloads
     *       that have forseeable endpoints.
     */
    function run()
    {
        $children = array();
        for ($i = 1; $i <= $this->threads; $i++) {
            $pid = pcntl_fork();
            if ($pid < 0) {
                $this->log(LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't fork for thread $i; aborting\n");
                exit(1);
            } else if ($pid == 0) {
                $this->initAndRunChild($i);
            } else {
                $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Spawned thread $i as pid $pid");
                $children[$i] = $pid;
            }
        }
        
        $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Waiting for children to complete.");
        while (count($children) > 0) {
            $status = null;
            $pid = pcntl_wait($status);
            if ($pid > 0) {
                $i = array_search($pid, $children);
                if ($i === false) {
                    $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Unrecognized child pid $pid exited!");
                    continue;
                }
                unset($children[$i]);
                $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Thread $i pid $pid exited.");
                
                $pid = pcntl_fork();
                if ($pid < 0) {
                    $this->log(LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't fork to respawn thread $i; aborting thread.\n");
                } else if ($pid == 0) {
                    $this->initAndRunChild($i);
                } else {
                    $this->log(LOG_INFO, "Respawned thread $i as pid $pid");
                    $children[$i] = $pid;
                }
            }
        }
        $this->log(LOG_INFO, "All child processes complete.");
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Initialize things for a fresh thread, call runThread(), and
     * exit at completion with appropriate return value.
     */
    protected function initAndRunChild($thread)
    {
        $this->set_id($this->get_id() . "." . $thread);
        $this->resetDb();
        $ok = $this->runThread();
        exit($ok ? 0 : 1);
    }

    /**
     * Reconnect to the database for each child process,
     * or they'll get very confused trying to use the
     * same socket.
     */
    protected function resetDb()
    {
        // @fixme do we need to explicitly open the db too
        // or is this implied?
        global $_DB_DATAOBJECT;
        unset($_DB_DATAOBJECT['CONNECTIONS']);

        // Reconnect main memcached, or threads will stomp on
        // each other and corrupt their requests.
        $cache = common_memcache();
        if ($cache) {
            $cache->reconnect();
        }

        // Also reconnect memcached for status_network table.
        if (!empty(Status_network::$cache)) {
            Status_network::$cache->close();
            Status_network::$cache = null;
        }
    }

    function log($level, $msg)
    {
        common_log($level, get_class($this) . ' ('. $this->get_id() .'): '.$msg);
    }

    function name()
    {
        return strtolower(get_class($this).'.'.$this->get_id());
    }
}