Add global concurrency parameter. fix #56

Fix bug which caused pending actions to be run multiple times when pending time finished
Fix bug which caused
1. past pending actions to rerun on exit
2. maximum one pending action per pattern/action couple to run on exit

app/daemon.go

@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ func (f *Filter) sendActions(match string, at time.Time) {
 }
 
 func (a *Action) exec(match string) {
-	wgActions.Add(1)
-	go func() {
 	defer wgActions.Done()
 
 	computedCommand := make([]string, 0, len(a.Cmd))
@@ -110,10 +108,38 @@ func (a *Action) exec(match string) {
 	if ret := cmd.Run(); ret != nil {
 		logger.Printf(logger.ERROR, "%s.%s.%s: run %s, code %s\n", a.filter.stream.name, a.filter.name, a.name, computedCommand, ret)
 	}
-	}()
 }
 
-func ActionsManager() {
+func ActionsManager(concurrency int) {
+	// concurrency init
+	execActionsC := make(chan PA)
+	if concurrency > 0 {
+		for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
+			go func() {
+				var pa PA
+				for {
+					pa = <-execActionsC
+					pa.a.exec(pa.p)
+				}
+			}()
+		}
+	} else {
+		go func() {
+			var pa PA
+			for {
+				pa = <-execActionsC
+				go func(pa PA) {
+					pa.a.exec(pa.p)
+				}(pa)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	execAction := func(a *Action, p string) {
+		wgActions.Add(1)
+		execActionsC <- PA{p, a}
+	}
+
+	// main
 	pendingActionsC := make(chan PAT)
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -123,13 +149,13 @@ func ActionsManager() {
 			now := time.Now()
 			// check if must be executed now
 			if then.Compare(now) <= 0 {
-				action.exec(pattern)
+				execAction(action, pattern)
 			} else {
 				actionsLock.Lock()
 				if actions[pa] == nil {
 					actions[pa] = make(map[time.Time]struct{})
 				}
-				actions[PA{pattern, action}][then] = struct{}{}
+				actions[pa][then] = struct{}{}
 				actionsLock.Unlock()
 				go func(insidePat PAT, insideNow time.Time) {
 					time.Sleep(insidePat.t.Sub(insideNow))
@@ -141,20 +167,17 @@ func ActionsManager() {
 			pattern, action, then := pat.p, pat.a, pat.t
 			actionsLock.Lock()
 			if actions[pa] != nil {
-				if _, ok := actions[pa][then]; ok {
 				delete(actions[pa], then)
-					action.exec(pattern)
-				}
 			}
 			actionsLock.Unlock()
-			action.exec(pattern)
+			execAction(action, pattern)
 		case fo := <-flushToActionsC:
 			ret := make(ActionsMap)
 			actionsLock.Lock()
 			for pa := range actions {
 				if pa.p == fo.p {
 					for range actions[pa] {
-						pa.a.exec(pa.p)
+						execAction(pa.a, pa.p)
 					}
 					ret[pa] = actions[pa]
 					delete(actions, pa)
@@ -164,9 +187,11 @@ func ActionsManager() {
 			fo.ret <- ret
 		case _, _ = <-stopActions:
 			actionsLock.Lock()
-			for pat := range actions {
+			for pa := range actions {
-				if pat.a.OnExit {
+				if pa.a.OnExit {
-					pat.a.exec(pat.p)
+					for range actions[pa] {
+						execAction(pa.a, pa.p)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			actionsLock.Unlock()
@@ -349,7 +374,7 @@ func Daemon(confFilename string) {
 
 	go DatabaseManager(conf)
 	go MatchesManager()
-	go ActionsManager()
+	go ActionsManager(conf.Concurrency)
 
 	// Ready to start
 

app/example.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ definitions:
 # ip46tables is a minimal C program (only POSIX dependencies) present as a subdirectory.
 # it permits to handle both ipv4/iptables and ipv6/ip6tables commands
 
+# if set to a positive number → max number of concurrent actions
+# if set to a negative number → no limit
+# if not specified or set to 0 → defaults to the number of CPUs on the system
+concurrency: 0
+
 # patterns are substitued in regexes.
 # when a filter performs an action, it replaces the found pattern
 patterns:

app/startup.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *Conf) setup() {
+	if c.Concurrency == 0 {
+		c.Concurrency = runtime.NumCPU()
+	}
 
 	for patternName := range c.Patterns {
 		pattern := c.Patterns[patternName]
@@ -144,13 +148,11 @@ func parseConf(filename string) *Conf {
 
 	var conf Conf
 	if filename[len(filename)-4:] == ".yml" || filename[len(filename)-5:] == ".yaml" {
-		logger.Println(logger.DEBUG, "yaml")
 		err = jsonnet.NewYAMLToJSONDecoder(data).Decode(&conf)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Fatalln("Failed to parse yaml configuration file:", err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		logger.Println(logger.DEBUG, "json")
 		var jsondata string
 		jsondata, err = jsonnet.MakeVM().EvaluateFile(filename)
 		if err == nil {

app/types.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Conf struct {
+	Concurrency int                 `json:"concurrency"`
 	Patterns    map[string]*Pattern `json:"patterns"`
 	Streams     map[string]*Stream  `json:"streams"`
 	Start       [][]string          `json:"start"`

config/example.jsonnet

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ local iptables(args) = ['ip46tables', '-w'] + args;
     },
   },
 
+  // if set to a positive number → max number of concurrent actions
+  // if set to a negative number → no limit
+  // if not specified or set to 0 → defaults to the number of CPUs on the system
+  concurrency: 0,
+
   // Those commands will be executed in order at start, before everything else
   start: [
     // Create an iptables chain for reaction

config/heavy-load.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ patterns:
     ignore:
       - 1.0.0.1
 
+concurrency: 0
+
 streams:
   tailDown1:
     cmd: [ 'sh', '-c', 'sleep 2; seq 100010 | while read i; do echo found $(($i % 100)); done' ]
@@ -18,9 +20,9 @@ streams:
         retryperiod: 1m
         actions:
           damn:
-            cmd: [ 'echo', '<num>' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
           undamn:
-            cmd: [ 'echo', 'undamn', '<num>' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
             after: 1m
             onexit: false
   tailDown2:
@@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ streams:
         retryperiod: 1m
         actions:
           damn:
-            cmd: [ 'echo', '<num>' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
           undamn:
-            cmd: [ 'echo', 'undamn', '<num>' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
             after: 1m
             onexit: false
   tailDown3:
@@ -48,9 +50,9 @@ streams:
         retryperiod: 2m
         actions:
           damn:
-            cmd: [ 'true' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
           undamn:
-            cmd: [ 'true' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
             after: 1m
             onexit: false
   tailDown4:
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ streams:
         retryperiod: 2m
         actions:
           damn:
-            cmd: [ 'echo', '<num>' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
           undamn:
-            cmd: [ 'echo', 'undamn', '<num>' ]
+            cmd: [ 'sleep', '0.<num>' ]
             after: 1m
             onexit: false

config/test.jsonnet

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 
   streams: {
     tailDown1: {
-      cmd: ['sh', '-c', "echo 1 2 3 4 5 | tr ' ' '\n' | while read i; do sleep 2; echo found $(($i % 10)); done"],
+      cmd: ['sh', '-c', "echo 1 2 3 4 5 5 | tr ' ' '\n' | while read i; do sleep 1; echo found $(($i % 10)); done"],
       // cmd: ['sh', '-c', "echo 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 | tr ' ' '\n' | while read i; do sleep 2; echo found $(($i % 10)); done"],
       filters: {
         findIP: {
           regex: ['^found <num>$'],
-          retry: 3,
+          retry: 1,
           retryperiod: '30s',
           actions: {
             damn: {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             },
             undamn: {
               cmd: ['echo', 'undamn', '<num>'],
-              after: '30s',
+              after: '4s',
               onexit: true,
             },
           },