Added keepalive packets to accelerate mode

Commands will now be started up in a separate task from the main
handler thread, so that it can be monitored for completeness while
sending a keepalive packet back to the controller to avoid a socket
receive timeout.

lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/accelerate.py

@@ -180,11 +180,22 @@ class Connection(object):
         if self.send_data(data):
             raise errors.AnsibleError("Failed to send command to %s" % self.host)
         
+        while True:
+            # we loop here while waiting for the response, because a 
+            # long running command may cause us to receive keepalive packets
+            # ({"pong":"true"}) rather than the response we want. 
             response = self.recv_data()
             if not response:
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Failed to get a response from %s" % self.host)
             response = utils.decrypt(self.key, response)
             response = utils.parse_json(response)
+            if "pong" in response:
+                # it's a keepalive, go back to waiting
+                vvvv("received a keepalive packet")
+                continue
+            else:
+                vvvv("received the response")
+                break
 
         return (response.get('rc',None), '', response.get('stdout',''), response.get('stderr',''))
 

library/utilities/accelerate

@@ -58,24 +58,25 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
       - command: /usr/bin/anything
 '''
 
+import base64
+import getpass
 import os
 import os.path
-import tempfile
-import sys
 import shutil
+import signal
 import socket
 import struct
-import time
-import base64
-import getpass
+import sys
 import syslog
-import signal
+import tempfile
 import time
-import signal
 import traceback
 
 import SocketServer
 
+from datetime import datetime
+from threading import Thread
+
 syslog.openlog('ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__))
 PIDFILE = os.path.expanduser("~/.accelerate.pid")
 
@@ -160,6 +161,19 @@ def daemonize_self(module, password, port, minutes):
     os.dup2(dev_null.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
     log("daemonizing successful")
 
+class ThreadWithReturnValue(Thread):
+    def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={}, Verbose=None):
+        Thread.__init__(self, group, target, name, args, kwargs, Verbose)
+        self._return = None
+
+    def run(self):
+        if self._Thread__target is not None:
+            self._return = self._Thread__target(*self._Thread__args,
+                                                **self._Thread__kwargs)
+    def join(self,timeout=None):
+        Thread.join(self, timeout=timeout)
+        return self._return
+
 class ThreadedTCPServer(SocketServer.ThreadingTCPServer):
     def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, module, password):
         self.module = module
@@ -193,10 +207,12 @@ class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
                 vvv("received nothing, bailing out")
                 return None
             data += d
+            vvvv("data received so far (expecting %d): %d" % (data_len,len(data)))
         vvvv("received all of the data, returning")
         return data
 
     def handle(self):
+        try:
             while True:
                 vvvv("waiting for data")
                 data = self.recv_data()
@@ -219,9 +235,22 @@ class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
 
                 mode = data['mode']
                 response = {}
+                last_pong = datetime.now()
                 if mode == 'command':
                     vvvv("received a command request, running it")
-                response = self.command(data)
+                    twrv = ThreadWithReturnValue(target=self.command, args=(data,))
+                    twrv.start()
+                    response = None
+                    while twrv.is_alive():
+                        if (datetime.now() - last_pong).seconds >= 15:
+                            last_pong = datetime.now()
+                            vvvv("command still running, sending keepalive packet")
+                            data2 = json.dumps(dict(pong=True))
+                            data2 = self.server.key.Encrypt(data2)
+                            self.send_data(data2)
+                        time.sleep(0.1)
+                    response = twrv._return
+                    vvvv("thread is done, response from join was %s" % response)
                 elif mode == 'put':
                     vvvv("received a put request, putting it")
                     response = self.put(data)
@@ -229,11 +258,19 @@ class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
                     vvvv("received a fetch request, getting it")
                     response = self.fetch(data)
 
+                vvvv("response result is %s" % str(response))
                 data2 = json.dumps(response)
                 data2 = self.server.key.Encrypt(data2)
                 vvvv("sending the response back to the controller")
                 self.send_data(data2)
                 vvvv("done sending the response")
+        except:
+            tb = traceback.format_exc()
+            log("encountered an unhandled exception in the handle() function")
+            log("error was:\n%s" % tb)
+            data2 = json.dumps(dict(rc=1, failed=True, msg="unhandled error in the handle() function"))
+            data2 = self.server.key.Encrypt(data2)
+            self.send_data(data2)
 
     def command(self, data):
         if 'cmd' not in data: