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[rersyncrecent.git] / lib / File / Rsync / Mirror / Recent.pm

package File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent;

# use warnings;
use strict;
use File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile;

=encoding utf-8

=head1 NAME

File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent - mirroring via rsync made efficient

=cut

package File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent;

use File::Basename qw(basename dirname fileparse);
use File::Copy qw(cp);
use File::Path qw(mkpath);
use File::Rsync;
use File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile::Done (); # at least needed by thaw()
use File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile::FakeBigFloat qw(:all);
use File::Temp;
use List::Pairwise qw(mapp grepp);
use List::Util qw(first max);
use Scalar::Util qw(blessed reftype);
use Storable;
use Time::HiRes qw();
use YAML::Syck;

use version; our $VERSION = qv('0.0.8');

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<!!!! PRE-ALPHA ALERT !!!!>

Nothing in here is believed to be stable, nothing yet intended for
public consumption. The plan is to provide scripts that act as
frontends for all the backend functionality. Option and method names
may still change.

For the rationale see the section BACKGROUND.

The documentation in here is normally not needed because the code is
meant to be run from several standalone programs. For a quick
overview, see the file README.mirrorcpan and the bin/ directory of the
distribution. For the architectural ideas see the section THE
ARCHITECTURE OF A COLLECTION OF RECENTFILES below.

File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent establishes a view on a collection of
File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile objects and provides abstractions
spanning multiple time intervals associated with those.

=head1 EXPORT

No exports.

=head1 CONSTRUCTORS

=head2 my $obj = CLASS->new(%hash)

Constructor. On every argument pair the key is a method name and the
value is an argument to that method name.

=cut

sub new {
    my($class, @args) = @_;
    my $self = bless {}, $class;
    while (@args) {
        my($method,$arg) = splice @args, 0, 2;
        $self->$method($arg);
    }
    return $self;
}

=head2 my $obj = CLASS->thaw($statusfile)

Constructor from a statusfile left over from a previous
rmirror run. See also C<runstatusfile>.

=cut

sub _thaw_if_small_enough {
    my($self,$file) = @_;
    return if -s $file > 100_000; # XXX should read and look how
                                    # many lines we have for
                                    # "reduced_self.-__pathdb"?
    return $self->thaw($file);
}
sub thaw {
    my($self, $file) = @_;
    die "thaw called without statusfile argument" unless defined $file;
    die "Alert: statusfile '$file' not found" unless -e $file;
    require YAML::Syck;
    my $start = time;
    my $sleeptime = 0.02;
    while (not mkdir "$file.lock") {
        my $err = $!;
        Time::HiRes::sleep $sleeptime;
        my $waiting = time - $start;
        if ($waiting >= 3){
            warn "*** waiting ($waiting) for lock ($err) ***";
            $sleeptime = 1;
        }
    }
    my $size = -s $file;
    my $serialized = YAML::Syck::LoadFile($file);
    rmdir "$file.lock" or die "Could not rmdir lockfile: $!";
    warn sprintf "DEBUG: Process $$ reading '$file' (size=$size). It was written %d seconds ago", time-$serialized->{time};
    my $charged_self = $serialized->{reduced_self};
    my $class = blessed $self;
    bless $charged_self, $class;
    my $rfs = $serialized->{reduced_rfs};
    my $rfclass = $class . "file"; # "Recent" . "file"
    my $pathdb = $charged_self->_pathdb;
    for my $rf (@$rfs) {
        bless $rf, $rfclass;
        $rf->_pathdb($pathdb);
    }
    $charged_self->_recentfiles($rfs);
    $charged_self->_principal_recentfile($rfs->[0]);
    # die "FIXME: thaw all recentfiles from reduced_rfs into _recentfiles as well, watch out for pathdb and rsync";
    return $charged_self;
}

=head1 ACCESSORS

=cut

my @accessors;

BEGIN {
    @accessors =
        (
         "__pathdb",
         "_dirtymark",            # keeps track of the dirtymark of the recentfiles
         "_logfilefordone",       # turns on _logfile on all DONE
                                  # systems (disk intensive)
         "_max_one_state",        # when we have no time left but want
                                  # at least get one file per
                                  # iteration to avoid procrastination
         "_principal_recentfile",
         "_recentfiles",
         "_rsync",
         "_runstatusfile",        # occasionally dumps all rfs
         "_verbose",              # internal variable for verbose setter/getter
         "_verboselog",           # internal variable for verboselog setter/getter
        );

    my @pod_lines =
        split /\n/, <<'=cut'; push @accessors, grep {s/^=item\s+//} @pod_lines; }

=over 4

=item ignore_link_stat_errors

as in F:R:M:Recentfile

=item local

Option to specify the local principal file for operations with a local
collection of recentfiles.

=item localroot

as in F:R:M:Recentfile

=item max_files_per_connection

as in F:R:M:Recentfile

=item remote

The remote principal recentfile in rsync notation. E.g.

  pause.perl.org::authors/RECENT.recent

=item remoteroot

as in F:R:M:Recentfile

=item remote_recentfile

Rsync address of the remote C<RECENT.recent> symlink or whichever name
the principal remote recentfile has.

=item rsync_options

Things like compress, links, times or checksums. Passed in to the
File::Rsync object used to run the mirror.

=item tempdir

as in F:R:M:Recentfile

=item ttl

Minimum time before fetching the principal recentfile again.

=back

=cut

use accessors @accessors;

=head1 METHODS

=head2 $arrayref = $obj->news ( %options )

Test this with:

  perl -Ilib bin/rrr-news \
       -after 1217200539 \
       -max 12 \
       -local /home/ftp/pub/PAUSE/authors/RECENT.recent

  perl -Ilib bin/rrr-news \
       -after 1217200539 \
       -rsync=compress=1 \
       -rsync=links=1 \
       -localroot /home/ftp/pub/PAUSE/authors/ \
       -remote pause.perl.org::authors/RECENT.recent
       -verbose

Note: all parameters that can be passed to recent_events can also be specified here.

Note: all data are kept in memory

=cut

sub news {
    my($self, %opt) = @_;
    my $local = $self->local;
    unless ($local) {
        if (my $remote = $self->remote) {
            my $localroot;
            if ($localroot = $self->localroot) {
                # nice, they know what they are doing
            } else {
                die "FIXME: remote called without localroot should trigger File::Temp.... TBD, sorry";
            }
        } else {
            die "Alert: neither local nor remote specified, cannot continue";
        }
    }
    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
    my $ret = [];
    my $before;
    for my $rf (@$rfs) {
        my %locopt = %opt;
        $locopt{before} = $before;
        if ($opt{max}) {
            $locopt{max} -= scalar @$ret;
            last if $locopt{max} <= 0;
        }
        $locopt{info} = {};
        my $res = $rf->recent_events(%locopt);
        if (@$res){
            push @$ret, @$res;
        }
        if ($opt{max} && scalar @$ret > $opt{max}) {
            last;
        }
        if ($opt{after}){
            if ( $locopt{info}{last} && _bigfloatlt($locopt{info}{last}{epoch},$opt{after}) ) {
                last;
            }
            if ( _bigfloatgt($opt{after},$locopt{info}{first}{epoch}) ) {
                last;
            }
        }
        if (!@$res){
            next;
        }
        $before = $res->[-1]{epoch};
        $before = $opt{before} if $opt{before} && _bigfloatlt($opt{before},$before);
    }
    $ret;
}

=head2 overview ( %options )

returns a small table that summarizes the state of all recentfiles
collected in this Recent object.

$options{verbose}=1 increases the number of columns displayed.

Here is an example output:

 Ival   Cnt           Max           Min       Span   Util          Cloud
   1h    47 1225053014.38 1225049650.91    3363.47  93.4% ^  ^
   6h   324 1225052939.66 1225033394.84   19544.82  90.5%  ^   ^
   1d   437 1225049651.53 1224966402.53   83248.99  96.4%   ^    ^
   1W  1585 1225039015.75 1224435339.46  603676.29  99.8%     ^    ^
   1M  5855 1225017376.65 1222428503.57 2588873.08  99.9%       ^    ^
   1Q 17066 1224578930.40 1216803512.90 7775417.50 100.0%         ^   ^
   1Y 15901 1223966162.56 1216766820.67 7199341.89  22.8%           ^  ^
    Z  9909 1223966162.56 1216766820.67 7199341.89      -           ^  ^

I<Max> is the name of the interval.

I<Cnt> is the number of entries in this recentfile.

I<Max> is the highest(first) epoch in this recentfile, rounded.

I<Min> is the lowest(last) epoch in this recentfile, rounded.

I<Span> is the timespan currently covered, rounded.

I<Util> is I<Span> devided by the designated timespan of this
recentfile.

I<Cloud> is ascii art illustrating the sequence of the Max and Min
timestamps.

=cut
sub overview {
    my($self,%options) = @_;
    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
    my(@s,%rank);
  RECENTFILE: for my $rf (@$rfs) {
        my $re=$rf->recent_events;
        my $rfsummary;
        if (@$re) {
            my $span = $re->[0]{epoch}-$re->[-1]{epoch};
            my $merged = $rf->merged;
            $rfsummary =
                [
                 "Ival",
                 $rf->interval,
                 "Cnt",
                 scalar @$re,
                 "Dirtymark",
                 $rf->dirtymark ? sprintf("%.2f",$rf->dirtymark) : "-",
                 "Produced",
                 sprintf ("%.2f", $rf->{ORIG}{Producers}{time}||0),
                 "Merged",
                 ($rf->interval eq "Z"
                  ?
                  "-"
                  :
                  sprintf ("%.2f", $merged->{epoch} || 0)),
                 "Max",
                 sprintf ("%.2f", $re->[0]{epoch}),
                 "Min",
                 sprintf ("%.2f", $re->[-1]{epoch}),
                 "Span",
                 sprintf ("%.2f", $span),
                 "Util", # u9n:)
                 ($rf->interval eq "Z"
                  ?
                  "-"
                  :
                  sprintf ("%5.1f%%", 100 * $span / $rf->interval_secs)
                 ),
                ];
            @rank{mapp {$b} grepp {$a =~ /^(Max|Min)$/} @$rfsummary} = ();
        } else {
            next RECENTFILE;
        }
        push @s, $rfsummary;
    }
    @rank{sort {$b <=> $a} keys %rank} = 1..keys %rank;
    my $maxrank = max values %rank;
    for my $rfsummary (@s) {
        my $string = " " x $maxrank;
        my @borders;
        for my $ele (qw(Max Min)) {
            my($r) = mapp {$b} grepp {$a eq $ele} @$rfsummary;
            push @borders, $rank{$r}-1;
        }
        for ($borders[0],$borders[1]) {
            substr($string,$_,1) = "^";
        }
        push @$rfsummary, "Cloud", $string;
    }
    unless ($options{verbose}) {
        my %filter = map {($_=>1)} qw(Ival Cnt Max Min Span Util Cloud);
        for (@s) {
            $_ = [mapp {($a,$b)} grepp {!!$filter{$a}} @$_];
        }
    }
    my @sprintf;
    for  (my $i = 0; $i <= $#{$s[0]}; $i+=2) {
        my $maxlength = max ((map { length $_->[$i+1] } @s), length $s[0][$i]);
        push @sprintf, "%" . $maxlength . "s";
    }
    my $sprintf = join " ", @sprintf;
    $sprintf .= "\n";
    my $headline = sprintf $sprintf, mapp {$a} @{$s[0]};
    join "", $headline, map { sprintf $sprintf, mapp {$b} @$_ } @s;
}

=head2 _pathdb

Keeping track of already handled files. Currently it is a hash, will
probably become a database with its own accessors.

=cut

sub _pathdb {
    my($self, $set) = @_;
    if ($set) {
        $self->__pathdb ($set);
    }
    my $pathdb = $self->__pathdb;
    unless (defined $pathdb) {
        $self->__pathdb(+{});
    }
    return $self->__pathdb;
}

=head2 $recentfile = $obj->principal_recentfile ()

returns the principal recentfile object of this tree.

=cut
# mirrors the recentfile and instantiates the recentfile object
sub _principal_recentfile_fromremote {
    my($self) = @_;
    # get the remote recentfile
    my $rrfile = $self->remote or die "Alert: cannot construct a recentfile object without the 'remote' attribute";
    my $splitter = qr{(.+)/([^/]*)};
    my($remoteroot,$rfilename) = $rrfile =~ $splitter;
    $self->remoteroot($remoteroot);
    my($abslfile, $fh);
    if (!defined $rfilename) {
        die "Alert: Cannot resolve '$rrfile', does not match $splitter";
    } elsif (not length $rfilename or $rfilename eq "RECENT.recent") {
        ($abslfile,$rfilename,$fh) = $self->_principal_recentfile_fromremote_resosymlink($rfilename);
    }
    my @need_args =
        (
         "ignore_link_stat_errors",
         "localroot",
         "max_files_per_connection",
         "remoteroot",
         "rsync_options",
         "tempdir",
         "ttl",
         "verbose",
         "verboselog",
        );
    my $rf0;
    unless ($abslfile) {
        $rf0 = File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile->new (map {($_ => $self->$_)} @need_args);
        $rf0->split_rfilename($rfilename);
        $abslfile = $rf0->get_remote_recentfile_as_tempfile ();
    }
    $rf0 = File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile->new_from_file ( $abslfile );
    $rf0->_current_tempfile ( $abslfile );
    $rf0->_current_tempfile_fh ( $fh );
    $rf0->_use_tempfile (1);
    for my $override (@need_args) {
        $rf0->$override ( $self->$override );
    }
    $rf0->is_slave (1);
    return $rf0;
}
sub principal_recentfile {
    my($self) = @_;
    my $rf0 = $self->_principal_recentfile;
    return $rf0 if defined $rf0;
    my $local = $self->local;
    if ($local) {
        $rf0 = File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile->new_from_file ($local);
    } else {
        if (my $remote = $self->remote) {
            my $localroot;
            if ($localroot = $self->localroot) {
                # nice, they know what they are doing
            } else {
                die "FIXME: remote called without localroot should trigger File::Temp.... TBD, sorry";
            }
            $rf0 = $self->_principal_recentfile_fromremote;
        } else {
            die "Alert: neither local nor remote specified, cannot continue";
        }
    }
    $self->_principal_recentfile($rf0);
    return $rf0;
}

=head2 $recentfiles_arrayref = $obj->recentfiles ()

returns a reference to the complete list of recentfile objects that
describe this tree. No guarantee is given that the represented
recentfiles exist or have been read. They are just bare objects.

=cut

sub recentfiles {
    my($self) = @_;
    my $rfs        = $self->_recentfiles;
    return $rfs if defined $rfs;
    my $rf0        = $self->principal_recentfile;
    my $pathdb     = $self->_pathdb;
    $rf0->_pathdb ($pathdb);
    my $aggregator = $rf0->aggregator;
    my @rf         = $rf0;
    for my $agg (@$aggregator) {
        my $nrf = $rf0->_sparse_clone;
        $nrf->interval      ( $agg );
        $nrf->have_mirrored ( 0    );
        $nrf->_pathdb       ( $pathdb  );
        push @rf, $nrf;
    }
    $self->_recentfiles(\@rf);
    return \@rf;
}

=head2 $success = $obj->rmirror ( %options )

Mirrors all recentfiles of the I<remote> address working through all
of them, mirroring their contents.

Test this with:

  use File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent;
  my $rrr = File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent->new(
         ignore_link_stat_errors => 1,
         localroot => "/home/ftp/pub/PAUSE/authors",
         remote => "pause.perl.org::authors/RECENT.recent",
         max_files_per_connection => 5000,
         rsync_options => {
                           compress => 1,
                           links => 1,
                           times => 1,
                           checksum => 0,
                          },
         verbose => 1,
         _runstatusfile => "recent-rmirror-state.yml",
         _logfilefordone => "recent-rmirror-donelog.log",
  );
  $rrr->rmirror ( "skip-deletes" => 1, loop => 1 );

Or try without the loop parameter and write the loop yourself:

  use File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent;
  my @rrr;
  for my $t ("authors","modules"){
      my $rrr = File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent->new(
         ignore_link_stat_errors => 1,
         localroot => "/home/ftp/pub/PAUSE/$t",
         remote => "pause.perl.org::$t/RECENT.recent",
         max_files_per_connection => 512,
         rsync_options => {
                           compress => 1,
                           links => 1,
                           times => 1,
                           checksum => 0,
                          },
         verbose => 1,
         _runstatusfile => "recent-rmirror-state-$t.yml",
         _logfilefordone => "recent-rmirror-donelog-$t.log",
         ttl => 5,
      );
      push @rrr, $rrr;
  }
  while (){
    for my $rrr (@rrr){
      $rrr->rmirror ( "skip-deletes" => 1 );
    }
    warn "sleeping 23\n"; sleep 23;
  }


=cut
# _alluptodate is unused but at least it worked last time I needed it,
# so let us keep it around
sub _alluptodate {
    my($self) = @_;
    my $sdm = $self->_dirtymark;
    return unless defined $sdm;
    for my $rf (@{$self->recentfiles}) {
        return if $rf->seeded;
        my $rfdm = $rf->dirtymark;
        return unless defined $rfdm;
        return unless $rfdm eq $sdm;
        my $done = $rf->done;
        return unless defined $done;
        my $done_intervals = $done->_intervals;
        return if !defined $done_intervals;
        # nonono, may be more than one, only covered it must be:
        # return if @$done_intervals > 1;
        my $minmax = $rf->minmax;
        return unless defined $minmax;
        return unless $done->covered(@$minmax{qw(max min)});
    }
    # $DB::single++;
    return 1;
}
sub _fullseed {
    my($self) = @_;
    for ( @{$self->recentfiles} ) { $_->seed(1) }
}
sub rmirror {
    my($self, %options) = @_;

    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;

    $self->principal_recentfile->seed;
    my $_sigint = sub {
        # XXX exit gracefully (reminder)
    };

    # XXX needs accessor: warning, if set too low, we do nothing but
    # mirror the principal!
    my $minimum_time_per_loop = 20;

    if (my $logfile = $self->_logfilefordone) {
        for my $i (0..$#$rfs) {
            $rfs->[$i]->done->_logfile($logfile);
        }
    }
    if (my $dirtymark = $self->principal_recentfile->dirtymark) {
        my $mydm = $self->_dirtymark;
        if (!defined $mydm){
            $self->_dirtymark($dirtymark);
        } elsif ($dirtymark ne $mydm) {
            if ($self->verbose) {
                my $fh;
                if (my $vl = $self->verboselog) {
                    open $fh, ">>", $vl or die "Could not open >> '$vl': $!";
                } else {
                    $fh = \*STDERR;
                }
                print $fh "NewDirtymark: old[$mydm] new[$dirtymark]\n";
            }
            $self->_dirtymark($dirtymark);
        }
    }
    my $file = $self->runstatusfile;
    $self->_rmirror_runstatusfile_write ($file, \%options);
    $self->_rmirror_loop($minimum_time_per_loop,\%options);
}

sub _rmirror_loop {
    my($self,$minimum_time_per_loop,$options) = @_;
  LOOP: while () {
        my $ttleave = time + $minimum_time_per_loop;
        my $file = $self->runstatusfile;
        my $child = $self->_thaw_if_small_enough ($file);
        if (!$options->{loop} && $child && $child->recentfiles->[-1]->uptodate) {
            warn "DEBUG: parent process[$$] about to leave loop";
            last LOOP;
        }
        my $pid;
        if ($options->{loop}) {
            $pid = fork;
        } else {
            $pid = 0;
        }
        if (! defined $pid) {
        } elsif ($pid) {
            waitpid($pid,0);
        } else {
            $self = $child || $self->thaw ($file);
            my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
            $self->principal_recentfile->seed;
        RECENTFILE: for my $i (0..$#$rfs) {
                my $rf = $rfs->[$i];
                if (time > $ttleave) {
                    # Must make sure that one file can get fetched in any case
                    $self->_max_one_state(1);
                }
                if ($rf->seeded) {
                    $self->_rmirror_mirror ($i, $options);
                } elsif ($rf->uptodate) {
                    if ($i < $#$rfs) {
                        $rfs->[$i+1]->done->merge($rf->done);
                    }
                    # no further seed necessary because "periodic" does it
                    next RECENTFILE;
                }
            WORKUNIT: while (time < $ttleave) {
                    if ($rf->uptodate) {
                        $self->_rmirror_sleep_per_connection ($i);
                        next RECENTFILE;
                    } else {
                        $self->_rmirror_mirror ($i, $options);
                    }
                }
                if ($self->_max_one_state) {
                    last RECENTFILE;
                }
            }
            $self->_max_one_state(0);
            $self->_rmirror_runstatusfile_write ($file, $options);
            if ($rfs->[-1]->uptodate) {
                $self->_rmirror_cleanup;
                my $file = $self->runstatusfile;
                $self->_rmirror_runstatusfile_write ($file, $options);
                unless ($options->{loop}) {
                    warn "DEBUG: uptodate child process[$$] about to leave loop";
                    sleep 1.5;
                    last LOOP;
                }
            } elsif ($options->{loop}) {
                warn "DEBUG: child process[$$] about to leave loop";
                sleep 1.5;
                last LOOP;
            }
        }

        my $sleep = $ttleave - time;
        if ($sleep > 0.01) {
            $self->_rmirror_endofloop_sleep ($sleep);
        } else {
            # negative time not invented yet:)
        }
    }
}

sub _rmirror_mirror {
    my($self, $i, $options) = @_;
    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
    my $rf = $rfs->[$i];
    my %locopt = %$options;
    if ($self->_max_one_state) {
        $locopt{max} = 1;
    }
    $locopt{piecemeal} = 1;
    $rf->mirror (%locopt);
    if ($i==0) {
        # we limit to 0 for the case that upstream is broken and has
        # more than one timestamp (happened on PAUSE 200903)
        if (my $dirtymark = $rf->dirtymark) {
            my $mydm = $self->_dirtymark;
            if (!defined $mydm or $dirtymark ne $mydm) {
                $self->_dirtymark($dirtymark);
                $self->_fullseed;
            }
        }
    }
}

sub _rmirror_sleep_per_connection {
    my($self, $i) = @_;
    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
    my $rf = $rfs->[$i];
    my $sleep = $rf->sleep_per_connection;
    $sleep = 0.42 unless defined $sleep;
    Time::HiRes::sleep $sleep;
    $rfs->[$i+1]->done->merge($rf->done) if $i < $#$rfs;
}

sub _rmirror_cleanup {
    my($self) = @_;
    my $pathdb = $self->_pathdb();
    for my $k (keys %$pathdb) {
        delete $pathdb->{$k};
    }
    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
    for my $i (0..$#$rfs-1) {
        my $thismerged = $rfs->[$i]->merged;
        my $next = $rfs->[$i+1];
        my $nextminmax = $next->minmax;
        # warn "DEBUG: i[$i] nextminmaxmax[$nextminmax->{max}] thismergedepoch[$thismerged->{epoch}]";
        if (not defined $thismerged->{epoch} or _bigfloatlt($nextminmax->{max},$thismerged->{epoch})){
            $next->seed;
            # warn sprintf "DEBUG: next iv %s seeded since next-minmax-max[$nextminmax->{max}]lt this-merged-epoch[$thismerged->{epoch}]\n", $next->interval;
        }
    }
}

=head2 $file = $obj->runstatusfile ($set)

Getter/setter for C<_runstatusfile> attribute. Defaults to a temporary
file created by C<File::Temp>. A status file is required for
C<rmirror> working. Since it may be interesting for debugging
purposes, you may want to specify a permanent file for this.

=cut
sub runstatusfile {
    my($self,$set) = @_;
    if (defined $set) {
        $self->_runstatusfile ($set);
    }
    my $x = $self->_runstatusfile;
    unless (defined $x) {
        require File::Temp;
        my $tfile = File::Temp->new
            (
             TEMPLATE => "Recent-XXXX",
             TMPDIR => 1,
             UNLINK => 0,
             CLEANUP => 0,
             SUFFIX => '.dat',
            );
        $self->_runstatusfile($tfile->filename);
    }
    return $self->_runstatusfile;
}

# unused code.... it was an oops, discovered the thaw() method too
# late, and starting writing this here....
sub _rmirror_runstatusfile_read {
    my($self, $file) = @_;

    require YAML::Syck;
    my $start = time;
    # XXX is locking useful here?
    while (not mkdir "$file.lock") {
        Time::HiRes::sleep 0.2;
        warn "*** waiting for lock ***" if time - $start >= 3;
    }
    my $yml = YAML::Syck::LoadFile $file;
    rmdir "$file.lock" or die "Could not rmdir lockfile: $!";
    my $rself = $yml->{reduced_self};
    my $rfs = $yml->{reduced_rfs};
    # XXX bring them into self
}

sub _rmirror_runstatusfile_write {
    my($self, $file, $options) = @_;
    my $rself;
    while (my($k,$v) = each %$self) {
        next if $k =~ /^-(_principal_recentfile|_recentfiles)$/;
        $rself->{$k} = $v;
    }
    my $rfs = $self->recentfiles;
    my $rrfs;
    for my $i (0..$#$rfs) {
        my $rf = $rfs->[$i];
        while (my($k,$v) = each %$rf) {
            next if $k =~ /^-(_current_tempfile_fh|_pathdb|_rsync)$/;
            $rrfs->[$i]{$k} = $rfs->[$i]{$k};
        }
    }
    require YAML::Syck;
    my $start = time;
    while (not mkdir "$file.lock") {
        Time::HiRes::sleep 0.15;
        warn "*** waiting for lock ***" if time - $start >= 3;
    }
    YAML::Syck::DumpFile
          (
           "$file.new",
           {
            options => $options,
            time => time,
            reduced_rfs => $rrfs,
            reduced_self => $rself,
           });
    rename "$file.new", $file or die "Could not rename: $!";
    rmdir "$file.lock" or die "Could not rmdir lockfile: $!";
}

sub _rmirror_endofloop_sleep {
    my($self, $sleep) = @_;
    if ($self->verbose) {
        my $fh;
        if (my $vl = $self->verboselog) {
            open $fh, ">>", $vl or die "Could not open >> '$vl': $!";
        } else {
            $fh = \*STDERR;
        }
        printf $fh
            (
             "Dorm %d (%s secs)\n",
             time,
             $sleep,
            );
        sleep $sleep;
    }
}

# it returns two things: abslfile and rfilename. But the abslfile is
# undef when the rfilename ends in .recent. A weird interface, my
# friend.
sub _principal_recentfile_fromremote_resosymlink {
    my($self, $rfilename) = @_;
    $rfilename = "RECENT.recent" unless length $rfilename;
    my $abslfile = undef;
    my $fh;
    if ($rfilename =~ /\.recent$/) {
        # may be a file *or* a symlink, 
        ($abslfile,$fh) = $self->_fetch_as_tempfile ($rfilename);
        while (-l $abslfile) {
            my $symlink = readlink $abslfile;
            if ($symlink =~ m|/|) {
                die "FIXME: filenames containing '/' not supported, got '$symlink'";
            }
            my $localrfile = File::Spec->catfile($self->localroot, $rfilename);
            if (-e $localrfile) {
                my $old_symlink = readlink $localrfile;
                if ($old_symlink eq $symlink) {
                    unlink $abslfile or die "Cannot unlink '$abslfile': $!";
                } else {
                    unlink $localrfile; # may fail
                    rename $abslfile, $localrfile or die "Cannot rename to '$localrfile': $!";
                }
            } else {
                rename $abslfile, $localrfile or die "Cannot rename to '$localrfile': $!";
            }
            ($abslfile,$fh) = $self->_fetch_as_tempfile ($symlink);
        }
    }
    return ($abslfile, $rfilename, $fh);
}

# takes a basename, returns an absolute name, does not delete the
# file, throws the $fh away. Caller must rename or unlink

# XXX needs to activate the fh in the rf0 so that it is able to unlink
# the file. I would like that the file is used immediately by $rf0
sub _fetch_as_tempfile {
    my($self, $rfile) = @_;
    my($suffix) = $rfile =~ /(\.[^\.]+)$/;
    $suffix = "" unless defined $suffix;
    my $fh = File::Temp->new
        (TEMPLATE => sprintf(".FRMRecent-%s-XXXX",
                             $rfile,
                            ),
         DIR => $self->tempdir || $self->localroot,
         SUFFIX => $suffix,
         UNLINK => 0,
        );
    my $rsync;
    unless ($rsync = File::Rsync->new($self->rsync_options)) {
        require Carp;
        Carp::confess(YAML::Syck::Dump($self->rsync_options));
    }
    my $dst = $fh->filename;
    local($ENV{LANG}) = "C";
    $rsync->exec
        (
         src => join("/",$self->remoteroot,$rfile),
         dst => $dst,
        ) or die "Could not mirror '$rfile' to $fh\: ".join(" ",$rsync->err);
    unless (-l $dst) {
        my $mode = 0644;
        chmod $mode, $dst or die "Could not chmod $mode '$dst': $!";
    }
    return($dst,$fh);
}

=head2 $verbose = $obj->verbose ( $set )

Getter/setter method to set verbosity for this F:R:M:Recent object and
all associated Recentfile objects.

=cut
sub verbose {
    my($self,$set) = @_;
    if (defined $set) {
        for ( @{$self->recentfiles} ) { $_->verbose($set) }
        $self->_verbose ($set);
    }
    my $x = $self->_verbose;
    unless (defined $x) {
        $x = 0;
        $self->_verbose ($x);
    }
    return $x;
    
}

=head2 my $vl = $obj->verboselog ( $set )

Getter/setter method for the path to the logfile to write verbose
progress information to.

Note: This is a primitive stop gap solution to get simple verbose
logging working. The program still sends error messages to STDERR.
Switching to Log4perl or similar is probably the way to go. TBD.

=cut
sub verboselog {
    my($self,$set) = @_;
    if (defined $set) {
        for ( @{$self->recentfiles} ) { $_->verboselog($set) }
        $self->_verboselog ($set);
    }
    my $x = $self->_verboselog;
    unless (defined $x) {
        $x = 0;
        $self->_verboselog ($x);
    }
    return $x;
}

=head1 THE ARCHITECTURE OF A COLLECTION OF RECENTFILES

The idea is that we want to have a short file that records really
recent changes. So that a fresh mirror can be kept fresh as long as
the connectivity is given. Then we want longer files that record the
history before. So when the mirror falls behind the update period
reflected in the shortest file, it can complement the list of recent
file events with the next one. And if this is not long enough we want
another one, again a bit longer. And we want one that completes the
history back to the oldest file. The index files do contain the
complete list of current files. The longer a period covered by an
index file is gone the less often the index file is updated. For
practical reasons adjacent files will often overlap a bit but this is
neither necessary nor enforced. That's the basic idea. The following
example represents a tree that has a few updates every day:

 RECENT.recent -> RECENT-1h.yaml
 RECENT-1h.yaml
 RECENT-6h.yaml
 RECENT-1d.yaml
 RECENT-1M.yaml
 RECENT-1W.yaml
 RECENT-1Q.yaml
 RECENT-1Y.yaml
 RECENT-Z.yaml

The first file is the principal file, in so far it is the one that is
written first after a filesystem change. Usually a symlink links to it
with a filename that has the same filenameroot and the suffix
C<.recent>. On systems that do not support symlinks there is a plain
copy maintained instead.

The last file, the Z file, contains the complementary files that are
in none of the other files. It may contain C<delete> events but often
C<delete> events are discarded at the transition to the Z file.

=head2 THE INDIVIDUAL RECENTFILE

A I<recentfile> consists of a hash that has two keys: C<meta> and
C<recent>. The C<meta> part has metadata and the C<recent> part has a
list of fileobjects.

=head2 THE META PART

Here we find things that are pretty much self explaining: all
lowercase attributes are accessors and as such explained in the
manpages. The uppercase attribute C<Producers> contains version
information about involved software components. Nothing to worry about
as I believe.

=head2 THE RECENT PART

This is the interesting part. Every entry refers to some filesystem
change (with path, epoch, type).

The I<epoch> value is the point in time when some change was
I<registered> but can be set to arbitrary values. Do not be tempted to
believe that the entry has a direct relation to something like
modification time or change time on the filesystem level. They are not
reflecting release dates. (If you want exact release dates: Barbie is
providing a database of them. See
http://use.perl.org/~barbie/journal/37907).

All these entries can be devided into two types (denoted by the
I<type> attribute): C<new>s and C<delete>s. Changes and creations are
C<new>s. Deletes are C<delete>s.

Besides an I<epoch> and a I<type> attribute we find a third one:
I<path>. This path is relative to the directory we find the
I<recentfile> in.

The order of the entries in the I<recentfile> is by decreasing epoch
attribute. These are unique floating point numbers. When the server
has ntp running correctly, then the timestamps are usually reflecting
a real epoch. If time is running backwards, we trump the system epoch
with strictly monotonically increasing floating point timestamps and
guarantee they are unique.

=head1 CORRUPTION AND RECOVERY

If the origin host breaks the promise to deliver consistent and
complete I<recentfiles> then it must update its C<dirtymark> and all
slaves must discard what they cosider the truth. In the worst case
that something goes wrong despite the dirtymark mechanism the way back
to sanity can always be achieved through traditional rsyncing between
the hosts.

=head1 BACKGROUND

This is about speeding up rsync operation on large trees. Uses a small
metadata cocktail and pull technology.

rersyncrecent solves this problem with a couple of (usually 2-10)
lightweight index files which cover different overlapping time
intervals. The master writes these files and the clients/slaves can
construct the full tree from the information contained in them. The
most recent index file usually covers the last seconds or minutes or
hours of the tree and depending on the needs, slaves can rsync every
few seconds or minutes and then bring their trees in full sync.

The rersyncrecent model was developed for CPAN but as it is both
convenient and economic it is also a general purpose solution. I'm
looking forward to see a CPAN backbone that is only a few seconds
behind PAUSE.

=head2 NON-COMPETITORS

 File::Mirror        JWU/File-Mirror/File-Mirror-0.10.tar.gz only local trees
 Mirror::YAML        ADAMK/Mirror-YAML-0.03.tar.gz           some sort of inner circle
 Net::DownloadMirror KNORR/Net-DownloadMirror-0.04.tar.gz    FTP sites and stuff
 Net::MirrorDir      KNORR/Net-MirrorDir-0.05.tar.gz         dito
 Net::UploadMirror   KNORR/Net-UploadMirror-0.06.tar.gz      dito
 Pushmi::Mirror      CLKAO/Pushmi-v1.0.0.tar.gz              something SVK

 rsnapshot           www.rsnapshot.org                       focus on backup
 csync               www.csync.org                           more like unison
 multi-rsync         sourceforge 167893                      lan push to many
 chasm               chasmd.org                              per-directory manifests

=head2 COMPETITORS

The problem to solve which clusters and ftp mirrors and otherwise
replicated datasets like CPAN share: how to transfer only a minimum
amount of data to determine the diff between two hosts.

Normally it takes a long time to determine the diff itself before it
can be transferred. Known solutions at the time of this writing are
csync2, and rsync 3 batch mode.

For many years the best solution was B<csync2> which solves the
problem by maintaining a sqlite database on both ends and talking a
highly sophisticated protocol to quickly determine which files to send
and which to delete at any given point in time. Csync2 is often
inconvenient because it is push technology and the act of syncing
demands quite an intimate relationship between the sender and the
receiver. This is hard to achieve in an environment of loosely coupled
sites where the number of sites is large or connections are unreliable
or network topology is changing.

B<Rsync 3 batch mode> works around these problems by providing
rsync-able batch files which allow receiving nodes to replay the
history of the other nodes. This reduces the need to have an
incestuous relation but it has the disadvantage that these batch files
replicate the contents of the involved files. This seems inappropriate
when the nodes already have a means of communicating over rsync.

=head2 HONORABLE MENTION

B<instantmirror> at https://fedorahosted.org/InstantMirror/ is an
ambitious project that tries to combine various technologies (squid,
bittorrent) to overcome the current slowness with the main focus on
fedora. It's been founded in 2009-03 and at the time of this writing
it is still a bit early to comment on.

=head1 LIMITATIONS

If the tree of the master server is changing faster than the bandwidth
permits to mirror then additional protocols may need to be deployed.
Certainly p2p/bittorrent can help in such situations because
downloading sites help each other and bittorrent chunks large files
into pieces.

=head1 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Currently the origin server must keep track of injected and removed
files. Should be supported by an inotify-based assistant.

Convince other users outside the CPAN like
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Mirroring

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile>,
L<File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile::Done>,
L<File::Rsync::Mirror::Recentfile::FakeBigFloat>

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface
at
L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=File-Rsync-Mirror-Recent>.
I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
progress on your bug as I make changes.

=head1 SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent

You can also look for information at:

=over 4

=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker

L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=File-Rsync-Mirror-Recent>

=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

L<http://annocpan.org/dist/File-Rsync-Mirror-Recent>

=item * CPAN Ratings

L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/File-Rsync-Mirror-Recent>

=item * Search CPAN

L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Rsync-Mirror-Recent>

=back


=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to RJBS for module-starter.

=head1 AUTHOR

Andreas König

=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2008, 2009 Andreas König.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.


=cut

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