1 /*************************************************
2 * Exim - an Internet mail transport agent *
3 *************************************************/
5 /* Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 1995 - 2009 */
6 /* See the file NOTICE for conditions of use and distribution. */
8 /* Functions concerned with serialization. */
16 /*************************************************
17 * Test for host or ETRN serialization *
18 *************************************************/
20 /* This function is called when a host is listed for serialization of
21 connections. It is also called when ETRN is listed for serialization. We open
22 the misc database and look for a record, which implies an existing connection
23 or ETRN run. If not found, create one and return TRUE.
26 key string on which to serialize
28 Returns: TRUE if OK to proceed; FALSE otherwise
33 enq_start(uschar *key)
35 dbdata_serialize *serial_record;
36 dbdata_serialize new_record;
40 DEBUG(D_transport) debug_printf("check serialized: %s\n", key);
42 /* Open and lock the waiting information database. The absence of O_CREAT is
43 deliberate; the dbfn_open() function - which is an Exim function - always tries
44 to create if it can't open a read/write file. It expects only O_RDWR or
45 O_RDONLY as its argument. */
47 dbm_file = dbfn_open(US"misc", O_RDWR, &dbblock, TRUE);
48 if (dbm_file == NULL) return FALSE;
50 /* See if there is a record for this host or queue run; if there is, we cannot
51 proceed with the connection unless the record is very old. */
53 serial_record = dbfn_read(dbm_file, key);
54 if (serial_record != NULL && time(NULL) - serial_record->time_stamp < 6*60*60)
57 DEBUG(D_transport) debug_printf("outstanding serialization record for %s\n",
62 /* We can proceed - insert a new record or update the old one. At present
63 the count field is not used; just set it to 1. */
66 dbfn_write(dbm_file, key, &new_record, (int)sizeof(dbdata_serialize));
73 /*************************************************
74 * Release serialization *
75 *************************************************/
77 /* This function is called when a serialized host's connection or serialized
78 ETRN queue run ends. We open the relevant database and delete its record.
81 key the serialization key
92 DEBUG(D_transport) debug_printf("end serialized: %s\n", key);
94 dbm_file = dbfn_open(US"misc", O_RDWR, &dbblock, TRUE);
95 if (dbm_file == NULL) return;
96 dbfn_delete(dbm_file, key);