poky/bitbake/lib/bb/server/__init__.py
Richard Purdie 4602408c69 bitbake: server: Rework the server API so process and xmlrpc servers coexist
This changes the way bitbake server works quite radically. Now, the
server is always a process based server with the option of starting
an XMLRPC listener on a specific inferface/port.

Behind the scenes this is done with a "bitbake.sock" file alongside
the bitbake.lock file. If we can obtain the lock, we know we need
to start a server. The server always listens on the socket and UIs
can then connect to this. UIs connect by sending a set of three file
descriptors over the domain socket, one for sending commands, one for
receiving command results and the other for receiving events.

These changes meant we can throw away all the horrid server abstraction
code, the plugable transport option to bitbake and the code becomes
much more readable and debuggable. It also likely removes a ton of
ways you could hang the UI/cooker in weird ways due to all the race
conditions that existed with previous processes.

Changes:

 * The foreground option for bitbake-server was dropped. Just tail
   the log if you really want this, the codepaths were complicated enough
   without adding one for this.
 * BBSERVER="autodetect" was dropped. The server will autostart and
   autoconnect in process mode. You have to specify an xmlrpc server
   address since that can't be autodetected. I can't see a use case
   for autodetect now.
 * The transport/servetype option to bitbake was dropped.
 * A BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT variable is added which allows the server
   to stay resident for a period of time after the last client
   disconnects before unloading. This is used if the -T/--idle-timeout
   option is not passed to bitbake.

This change is invasive and may well introduce new issues however I
believe the codebase is in a much better position for further
development and debugging.

(Bitbake rev: 72a3dbe13a23588e24c0baca6d58c35cdeba3f63)

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-07-21 08:41:11 +01:00

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