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+/*
+ * $Id: heavy-wq.c,v 1.1 2005/04/25 16:42:24 paul Exp $
+ *
+ * This file is part of Quagga.
+ *
+ * Quagga is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Quagga 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
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Quagga; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/* This programme shows the effects of 'heavy' long-running functions
+ * on the cooperative threading model.
+ *
+ * Run it with a config file containing 'password whatever', telnet to it
+ * (it defaults to port 4000) and enter the 'clear foo string' command.
+ * then type whatever and observe that the vty interface is unresponsive
+ * for quite a period of time, due to the clear_something command
+ * taking a very long time to complete.
+ */
+#include <zebra.h>
+
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "vty.h"
+#include "command.h"
+#include "memory.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "workqueue.h"
+#include <math.h>
+
+extern struct thread_master *master;
+static struct work_queue *heavy_wq;
+
+struct heavy_wq_node
+{
+  char *str;
+  int i;
+};
+
+enum
+{
+  ITERS_FIRST = 0,
+  ITERS_ERR = 100,
+  ITERS_LATER = 400,
+  ITERS_PRINT = 10,
+  ITERS_MAX = 1000,
+};
+
+static void
+heavy_wq_add (struct vty *vty, const char *str, int i)
+{
+  struct heavy_wq_node *hn;
+
+  if ((hn = XCALLOC (MTYPE_PREFIX_LIST, sizeof(struct heavy_wq_node))) == NULL)
+    {
+      zlog_err ("%s: unable to allocate hn", __func__);
+      return;
+    }
+  
+  hn->i = i;
+  if (!(hn->str = XSTRDUP (MTYPE_PREFIX_LIST_STR, str)))
+    {
+      zlog_err ("%s: unable to xstrdup", __func__);
+      XFREE (MTYPE_PREFIX_LIST, hn);
+      return;
+    }
+  
+  work_queue_add (heavy_wq, hn);
+  
+  return;
+}
+
+static void
+slow_func_err (struct work_queue *wq, struct work_queue_item *item)
+{
+  printf ("%s: running error function\n", __func__);
+}
+
+static void
+slow_func_del (struct heavy_wq_node *hn)
+{
+  assert (hn && hn->str);
+  XFREE (MTYPE_PREFIX_LIST_STR, hn->str);
+  hn->str = NULL;  
+  XFREE(MTYPE_PREFIX_LIST, hn);
+}
+
+static wq_item_status
+slow_func (struct heavy_wq_node *hn)
+{
+  double x = 1;
+  int j;
+  
+  assert (hn && hn->str);
+  
+  for (j = 0; j < 300; j++)
+    x += sin(x)*j;
+  
+  if ((hn->i % ITERS_LATER) == 0)
+    return WQ_RETRY_LATER;
+  
+  if ((hn->i % ITERS_ERR) == 0)
+    return WQ_RETRY_NOW;
+  
+  if ((hn->i % ITERS_PRINT) == 0)
+    printf ("%s did %d, x = %g\n", hn->str, hn->i, x);
+
+  return WQ_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static void
+clear_something (struct vty *vty, const char *str)
+{
+  int i;
+  
+  /* this could be like iterating through 150k of route_table 
+   * or worse, iterating through a list of peers, to bgp_stop them with
+   * each having 150k route tables to process...
+   */
+  for (i = ITERS_FIRST; i < ITERS_MAX; i++)
+    heavy_wq_add (vty, str, i);
+}
+
+DEFUN (clear_foo,
+       clear_foo_cmd,
+       "clear foo .LINE",
+       "clear command\n"
+       "arbitrary string\n")
+{
+  char *str;
+  if (!argc)
+    {
+      vty_out (vty, "%% string argument required%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+      return CMD_WARNING;
+    }
+  
+  str = argv_concat (argv, argc, 0);
+  
+  clear_something (vty, str);
+  XFREE (MTYPE_TMP, str);
+  return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int
+heavy_wq_init ()
+{
+  if (! (heavy_wq = work_queue_new (master, "heavy_work_queue")))
+    {
+      zlog_err ("%s: could not get new work queue!", __func__);
+      return -1;
+    }
+  
+  heavy_wq->spec.workfunc = &slow_func;
+  heavy_wq->spec.errorfunc = &slow_func_err;
+  heavy_wq->spec.del_item_data = &slow_func_del;
+  heavy_wq->spec.max_retries = 3;
+  heavy_wq->spec.delay = 10;
+  heavy_wq->spec.hold = 1000;
+  
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void
+test_init()
+{
+  install_element (VIEW_NODE, &clear_foo_cmd);
+  heavy_wq_init();
+}