@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct globals {
uint16_t changed_data_type_count; /* maximum is 256 */
struct timespec if_check;
+ struct timespec sync_period;
struct hashtable_t *data_hash;
struct hashtable_t *transaction_hash;
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static void alfred_usage(void)
printf(" -m, --master start up the daemon in master mode, which\n");
printf(" accepts data from slaves and syncs it with\n");
printf(" other masters\n");
+ printf(" -p, --sync-period [period] set synchronization period, in seconds\n");
+ printf(" fractional seconds are supported (i.e. 0.2 = 5 Hz)\n");
printf("\n");
printf(" -u, --unix-path [path] path to unix socket used for client-server\n");
printf(" communication (default: \""ALFRED_SOCK_PATH_DEFAULT"\")\n");
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ out:
static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int opt, opt_ind, i, ret;
+ double sync_period = 0.0;
struct globals *globals;
struct option long_options[] = {
{"set-data", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[])
{"update-command", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
{"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
{"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
+ {"sync-period", required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0},
};
@@ -193,12 +197,14 @@ static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[])
globals->unix_path = ALFRED_SOCK_PATH_DEFAULT;
globals->verbose = 0;
globals->update_command = NULL;
+ globals->sync_period.tv_sec = ALFRED_INTERVAL;
+ globals->sync_period.tv_nsec = 0;
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:dc:", long_options,
+ while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ms:r:hi:b:vV:M:I:u:dc:p:", long_options,
&opt_ind)) != -1) {
switch (opt) {
case 'r':
@@ -265,6 +271,12 @@ static struct globals *alfred_init(int argc, char *argv[])
printf("%s %s\n", argv[0], SOURCE_VERSION);
printf("A.L.F.R.E.D. - Almighty Lightweight Remote Fact Exchange Daemon\n");
return NULL;
+ case 'p':
+ sync_period = strtod(optarg, NULL);
+ globals->sync_period.tv_sec = (int) sync_period;
+ globals->sync_period.tv_nsec = (double)(sync_period - (int)sync_period) * 1e9;
+ printf(" ** Setting sync interval to: %.9f seconds (%ld.%09ld)\n", sync_period, globals->sync_period.tv_sec, globals->sync_period.tv_nsec);
+ break;
case 'h':
default:
alfred_usage();
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ overhead).
\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-update-command\fP \fIcommand\fP
Specify command to execute on data change. It will be called with data-type list
as arguments.
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-sync-period\fP \fIperiod\fP
+Specify alfred synchronization period, in seconds. If not specified, the default
+ALFRED_INTERVAL setting of 10 seconds will be used. Fractional seconds are
+supported.
.
.SH EXAMPLES
Start an alfred server listening on bridge br0 (assuming that this bridge
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ int alfred_server(struct globals *globals)
while (1) {
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
- now.tv_sec -= ALFRED_INTERVAL;
+ time_diff(&now, &globals->sync_period, &now);
if (!time_diff(&last_check, &now, &tv)) {
tv.tv_sec = 0;
tv.tv_nsec = 0;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ int alfred_server(struct globals *globals)
if (globals->opmode == OPMODE_MASTER) {
/* we are a master */
- printf("announce master ...\n");
+ printf("[%ld.%09ld] announce master ...\n", last_check.tv_sec, last_check.tv_nsec);
announce_master(globals);
sync_data(globals);
} else {