cc-4105: fixed first big event contracting bug

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/eventcontractor.py

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ from media.monitor.log import Loggable
 from media.monitor.events import DeleteFile
 
 class EventContractor(Loggable):
+    """
+    This class is responsible for "contracting" events together to ease the
+    load on airtime. It does this by morphing old events into newer ones
+    """
     def __init__(self):
         self.store = {}
 
@@ -12,18 +16,28 @@ class EventContractor(Loggable):
         return self.store[ evt.path ]
 
     def register(self, evt):
+        """
+        Returns true if event was actually registered. This means that
+        no old events were touched. On the other hand returns false if
+        some other event in the storage was morphed into this newer one.
+        Which should mean that the old event should be discarded.
+        """
         if self.event_registered(evt):
             old_e = self.get_old_event(evt)
+            # TODO : Perhaps there are other events that we can "contract"
+            # together
             # If two events are of the same type we can safely discard the old
             # one
             if evt.__class__ == old_e.__class__:
                 old_e.morph_into(evt)
+                return False
             # delete overrides any other event
             elif isinstance(evt, DeleteFile):
                 old_e.morph_into(evt)
-        else:
-            evt.add_safe_pack_hook( lambda : self.__unregister(evt) )
-            self.store[ evt.path ] = evt
+                return False
+        evt.add_safe_pack_hook( lambda : self.__unregister(evt) )
+        self.store[ evt.path ] = evt
+        return True # We actually added something, hence we return true.
 
     # events are unregistered automatically no need to screw around with them
     def __unregister(self, evt):

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/watchersyncer.py

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class WatchSyncer(ReportHandler,Loggable):
         #self.signal = signal
         self.timeout = float(timeout)
         self.chunking_number = int(chunking_number)
-        self.__queue = []
+        self.__reset_queue()
         # Even though we are not blocking on the http requests, we are still
         # trying to send the http requests in order
         self.__requests = []
@@ -119,10 +119,12 @@ class WatchSyncer(ReportHandler,Loggable):
                     ( event.__class__.__name__,
                       getattr(event,'path','No path exists') ))
             try:
-                self.push_queue( event )
                 # If there is a strange bug anywhere in the code the next line
                 # should be a suspect
-                self.contractor.register( event )
+                if self.contractor.register( event ):
+                    # only if the event was actually registered we add it.
+                    # Otherwise some other event is mutated somewhere
+                    self.push_queue( event )
             except BadSongFile as e:
                 self.fatal_exception("Received bas song file '%s'" % e.path, e)
             except Exception as e:
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ class WatchSyncer(ReportHandler,Loggable):
         if self.events_left_count() >= self.chunking_number:
             self.push_request()
             self.request_do() # Launch the request if nothing is running
-        self.__queue.append(elem)
+        self.__queue.add(elem)
 
     def flush_events(self):
         self.logger.info("Force flushing events...")
@@ -185,7 +187,9 @@ class WatchSyncer(ReportHandler,Loggable):
             t.start()
             self.__current_thread = t
         self.__requests.append(launch_request)
-        self.__queue = []
+        self.__reset_queue()
+
+    def __reset_queue(self): self.__queue = set([])
 
     def __del__(self):
         # Ideally we would like to do a little more to ensure safe shutdown