The "--update-script" parameter is created for adding a hook to run when new information is received.
At the moment "alfred-facters" are run by cron once per every 5 minutes. For some tasks (like sharing dhcp leases) it can be too slow.
Signed-off-by: Anatoliy Lapitskiy anatoliy.lapitskiy@gmail.com --- alfred.h | 11 ++++++++++ main.c | 10 ++++++++- man/alfred.8 | 4 ++++ recv.c | 9 ++++++++ server.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/alfred.h b/alfred.h index f26c80c..565db5c 100644 --- a/alfred.h +++ b/alfred.h @@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ struct dataset { uint8_t local_data; };
+struct changed_data_type { + uint8_t data_type; + struct list_head list; +}; + struct transaction_packet { struct alfred_push_data_v0 *push; struct list_head list; @@ -118,6 +123,10 @@ struct globals { int unix_sock; const char *unix_path;
+ const char *update_script; + struct list_head changed_data_types; + uint8_t changed_data_type_count; + struct timespec if_check;
struct hashtable_t *data_hash; @@ -134,6 +143,8 @@ extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_localmcast; /* server.c */ int alfred_server(struct globals *globals); int set_best_server(struct globals *globals); +void changed_data_type(struct globals *globals, uint8_t arg); + /* client.c */ int alfred_client_request_data(struct globals *globals); int alfred_client_set_data(struct globals *globals); diff --git a/main.c b/main.c index e9821be..6aef103 100644 --- a/main.c +++ b/main.c @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static void alfred_usage(void) printf("\n"); printf(" -u, --unix-path [path] path to unix socket used for client-server\n"); printf(" communication (default: ""ALFRED_SOCK_PATH_DEFAULT"")\n"); + printf(" -c, --update-script path to script to call on data change\n"); printf(" -v, --version print the version\n"); printf(" -h, --help this help\n"); printf("\n"); @@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[]) {"modeswitch", required_argument, NULL, 'M'}, {"change-interface", required_argument, NULL, 'I'}, {"unix-path", required_argument, NULL, 'u'}, + {"update-script", required_argument, NULL, 'c'}, {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'}, {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'd'}, {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}, @@ -174,10 +176,13 @@ static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[]) globals->mesh_iface = "bat0"; globals->unix_path = ALFRED_SOCK_PATH_DEFAULT; globals->verbose = 0; + globals->update_script = NULL; + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&globals->changed_data_types); + globals->changed_data_type_count = 0;
time_random_seed();
- while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ms:r:hi:b:vV:M:I:u:d", long_options, + while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ms:r:hi:b:vV:M:I:u:dc:", long_options, &opt_ind)) != -1) { switch (opt) { case 'r': @@ -237,6 +242,9 @@ static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[]) case 'd': globals->verbose++; break; + case 'c': + globals->update_script = optarg; + break; case 'v': printf("%s %s\n", argv[0], SOURCE_VERSION); printf("A.L.F.R.E.D. - Almighty Lightweight Remote Fact Exchange Daemon\n"); diff --git a/man/alfred.8 b/man/alfred.8 index a8050ab..3a75577 100644 --- a/man/alfred.8 +++ b/man/alfred.8 @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ still keeping redundancy (by having multiple masters). Obviously, at least one master must be present in the network to let any data exchange happen. Also having all nodes in master mode is possible (for maximum decentrality and overhead). +.TP +\fB-c\fP, \fB--update-script\fP \fIscriptname\fP +Specify script (or binary) to call on data change. It will be called +with data-type list as arguments. . .SH EXAMPLES Start an alfred server listening on bridge br0 (assuming that this bridge diff --git a/recv.c b/recv.c index e0252eb..8dafb1a 100644 --- a/recv.c +++ b/recv.c @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include <errno.h> #include <net/ethernet.h> #include <netinet/in.h> +#include <stdbool.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> @@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ static int finish_alfred_push_data(struct globals *globals, struct alfred_push_data_v0 *push) { int len, data_len; + bool new_entry_created; struct alfred_data *data; struct dataset *dataset; uint8_t *pos; @@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ static int finish_alfred_push_data(struct globals *globals, if ((int)(data_len + sizeof(*data)) > len) break;
+ new_entry_created = false; dataset = hash_find(globals->data_hash, data); if (!dataset) { dataset = malloc(sizeof(*dataset)); @@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ static int finish_alfred_push_data(struct globals *globals, free(dataset); goto err; } + new_entry_created = true; } /* don't overwrite our own data */ if (dataset->data_source == SOURCE_LOCAL) @@ -78,6 +82,11 @@ static int finish_alfred_push_data(struct globals *globals,
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &dataset->last_seen);
+ /* check that data was changed */ + if (new_entry_created || dataset->data.header.length != data_len + || memcmp(dataset->buf, data->data, data_len) != 0) + changed_data_type(globals, data->header.type); + /* free old buffer */ if (dataset->buf) { free(dataset->buf); diff --git a/server.c b/server.c index 1a3d876..8f13688 100644 --- a/server.c +++ b/server.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include <inttypes.h> #include <net/ethernet.h> #include <net/if.h> +#include <signal.h> #include <stddef.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdio.h> @@ -138,6 +139,27 @@ int set_best_server(struct globals *globals) return 0; }
+void changed_data_type(struct globals *globals, uint8_t arg) +{ + struct changed_data_type *data_type = NULL; + + if (!globals->update_script) + return; + + list_for_each_entry(data_type, &globals->changed_data_types, list) { + if (data_type->data_type == arg) + return; + } + + data_type = malloc(sizeof(*data_type)); + if (!data_type) + return; + + data_type->data_type = arg; + list_add(&data_type->list, &globals->changed_data_types); + globals->changed_data_type_count++; +} + static int purge_data(struct globals *globals) { struct hash_it_t *hashit = NULL; @@ -153,6 +175,8 @@ static int purge_data(struct globals *globals) if (diff.tv_sec < ALFRED_DATA_TIMEOUT) continue;
+ changed_data_type(globals, dataset->data.header.type); + hash_remove_bucket(globals->data_hash, hashit); free(dataset->buf); free(dataset); @@ -261,6 +285,44 @@ static void check_if_sockets(struct globals *globals) check_if_socket(interface); }
+static void execute_script(struct globals *globals) +{ + pid_t script_pid; + int command_len; + char *command; + struct changed_data_type *data_type, *is; + char buf[5]; /* data type is uint8_t, so 255 is maximum (3 chars) + + space for appending + NULL */ + + /* length of script +4 bytes per data type (space +3 chars) +1 for NULL */ + command_len = strlen(globals->update_script) + + 4 * globals->changed_data_type_count + 1; + command = malloc(command_len); + if (!command) + return; + + strncpy(command, globals->update_script, sizeof(command)); + list_for_each_entry_safe(data_type, is, &globals->changed_data_types, list) { + /* append the datatype to command line */ + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), " %d", data_type->data_type); + strncat(command, buf, sizeof(command) - strlen(command) - 1); + + /* clean the list */ + list_del(&data_type->list); + free(data_type); + } + + printf("executing: %s\n", command); + + script_pid = fork(); + if (script_pid == 0) { + system(command); + exit(0); + } + + free(command); +} + int alfred_server(struct globals *globals) { int maxsock, ret, recvs; @@ -294,6 +356,9 @@ int alfred_server(struct globals *globals) return -1; }
+ /* don't let zombies to eat brains */ + signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN); + clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &last_check); globals->if_check = last_check;
@@ -345,6 +410,12 @@ int alfred_server(struct globals *globals) } purge_data(globals); check_if_sockets(globals); + + if (globals->update_script && !list_empty(&globals->changed_data_types)) { + /* call update script with list of datatypes_changed */ + execute_script(globals); + globals->changed_data_type_count = 0; + } }
netsock_close_all(globals);