The svc_probe Function

The svc_probe function makes a simple socket connection to the specified port by calling scds_fm_tcp_connect. If the connection fails, svc_probe returns a value of 100 indicating a complete failure. If the connection succeeds, but the disconnect fails, svc_probe returns a value of 50 indicating a partial failure. If the connection and disconnection both succeed, svc_probe returns a value of 0, indicating success.

The code for svc_probe is as follows.

Example 8–18

int svc_probe(scds_handle_t scds_handle, 
char *hostname, int port, int timeout)
{
   int  rc;
   hrtime_t   t1, t2;
   int    sock;
   char   testcmd[2048];
   int    time_used, time_remaining;
   time_t      connect_timeout;


   /*
    * probe the data service by doing a socket connection to the port */
    * specified in the port_list property to the host that is
    * serving the XFS data service. If the XFS service which is configured
    * to listen on the specified port, replies to the connection, then
    * the probe is successful. Else we will wait for a time period set
    * in probe_timeout property before concluding that the probe failed.
    */

   /*
    * Use the SVC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_PCT percentage of timeout
    * to connect to the port
    */
   connect_timeout = (SVC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_PCT * timeout)/100;
   t1 = (hrtime_t)(gethrtime()/1E9);

   /*
    * the probe makes a connection to the specified hostname and port.
    * The connection is timed for 95% of the actual probe_timeout.
    */
   rc = scds_fm_tcp_connect(scds_handle, &sock, hostname, port,
       connect_timeout);
   if (rc) {
      scds_syslog(LOG_ERR,
          "Failed to connect to port <%d> of resource <%s>.",
          port, scds_get_resource_name(scds_handle));
      /* this is a complete failure */
      return (SCDS_PROBE_COMPLETE_FAILURE);
   }

   t2 = (hrtime_t)(gethrtime()/1E9);

   /*
    * Compute the actual time it took to connect. This should be less than
    * or equal to connect_timeout, the time allocated to connect.
    * If the connect uses all the time that is allocated for it,
    * then the remaining value from the probe_timeout that is passed to
    * this function will be used as disconnect timeout. Otherwise, the
    * the remaining time from the connect call will also be added to
    * the disconnect timeout.
    *
    */

   time_used = (int)(t2 - t1);

   /*
    * Use the remaining time(timeout - time_took_to_connect) to disconnect
    */

   time_remaining = timeout - (int)time_used;

   /*
    * If all the time is used up, use a small hardcoded timeout
    * to still try to disconnect. This will avoid the fd leak.
    */
   if (time_remaining <= 0) {
      scds_syslog_debug(DBG_LEVEL_LOW,
          "svc_probe used entire timeout of "
          "%d seconds during connect operation and exceeded the "
          "timeout by %d seconds. Attempting disconnect with timeout"
          " %d ",
          connect_timeout,
          abs(time_used),
          SVC_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS);

      time_remaining = SVC_DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS;
   }

   /*
    * Return partial failure in case of disconnection failure.
    * Reason: The connect call is successful, which means
    * the application is alive. A disconnection failure
    * could happen due to a hung application or heavy load.
    * If it is the later case, don't declare the application
    * as dead by returning complete failure. Instead, declare
    * it as partial failure. If this situation persists, the
    * disconnect call will fail again and the application will be
    * restarted.
    */
   rc = scds_fm_tcp_disconnect(scds_handle, sock, time_remaining);
   if (rc != SCHA_ERR_NOERR) {
      scds_syslog(LOG_ERR,
          "Failed to disconnect to port %d of resource %s.",
          port, scds_get_resource_name(scds_handle));
      /* this is a partial failure */
      return (SCDS_PROBE_COMPLETE_FAILURE/2);
   }

   t2 = (hrtime_t)(gethrtime()/1E9);
   time_used = (int)(t2 - t1);
   time_remaining = timeout - time_used;

   /*
    * If there is no time left, don't do the full test with
    * fsinfo. Return SCDS_PROBE_COMPLETE_FAILURE/2
    * instead. This will make sure that if this timeout
    * persists, server will be restarted.
    */
   if (time_remaining <= 0) {
      scds_syslog(LOG_ERR, "Probe timed out.");
      return (SCDS_PROBE_COMPLETE_FAILURE/2);
   }

   /*
    * The connection and disconnection to port is successful,
    * Run the fsinfo command to perform a full check of
    * server health.
    * Redirect stdout, otherwise the output from fsinfo
    * ends up on the console.
    */
   (void) sprintf(testcmd,
       "/usr/openwin/bin/fsinfo -server %s:%d > /dev/null",
       hostname, port);
   scds_syslog_debug(DBG_LEVEL_HIGH,
       "Checking the server status with %s.", testcmd);
   if (scds_timerun(scds_handle, testcmd, time_remaining,
      SIGKILL, &rc) != SCHA_ERR_NOERR || rc != 0) {

      scds_syslog(LOG_ERR,
         "Failed to check server status with command <%s>",
         testcmd);
      return (SCDS_PROBE_COMPLETE_FAILURE/2);
   }
   return (0);
}

When finished, svc_probe returns a success (0), partial failure (50), or complete failure (100) value. The xfnts_probe method passes this value to scds_fm_action.