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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());
+ }
+}
+