Further refine cross-folder searching:

- Store incomplete search results in session and re-send search requests
  to the server if returned before complete (this should avoid hitting request timeouts).
- Display full folder path on mouseover in message list
- Remove pthreads implementation stuff as this wasn't really working

program/js/app.js

@@ -1992,6 +1992,9 @@ function rcube_webmail()
         else
           html = ' ';
       }
+      else if (c == 'folder') {
+        html = '<span onmouseover="rcube_webmail.long_subject_title(this)">' + cols[c] + '<span>';
+      }
       else
         html = cols[c];
 
@@ -4214,6 +4217,17 @@ function rcube_webmail()
     return false;
   };
 
+  this.continue_search = function(request_id)
+  {
+    var lock = ref.set_busy(true, 'stillsearching');
+
+    setTimeout(function(){
+      var url = ref.search_params();
+      url._continue = request_id;
+      ref.env.qsearch = { lock: lock, request: ref.http_request('search', url, lock) };
+    }, 100);
+  };
+
   // build URL params for search
   this.search_params = function(search, filter, smods)
   {
@@ -7870,7 +7884,7 @@ rcube_webmail.long_subject_title = function(elem, indent)
 {
   if (!elem.title) {
     var $elem = $(elem);
-    if ($elem.width() + indent * 15 > $elem.parent().width())
+    if ($elem.width() + (indent || 0) * 15 > $elem.parent().width())
       elem.title = $elem.text();
   }
 };

program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_imap.php

@@ -1513,6 +1513,16 @@ class rcube_imap extends rcube_storage
             $this->threading = false;
 
             $searcher = new rcube_imap_search($this->options, $this->conn);
+
+            // set limit to not exceed the client's request timeout
+            $searcher->set_timelimit(60);
+
+            // continue existing incomplete search
+            if (!empty($this->search_set) && $this->search_set->incomplete && $str == $this->search_string) {
+                $searcher->set_results($this->search_set);
+            }
+
+            // execute the search
             $results = $searcher->exec(
                 $folder,
                 $str,

program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_imap_search.php

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  | This file is part of the Roundcube Webmail client                     |
  |                                                                       |
  | Copyright (C) 2013, The Roundcube Dev Team                            |
- | Copyright (C) 2013, Kolab Systems AG                                  |
+ | Copyright (C) 2014, Kolab Systems AG                                  |
  |                                                                       |
  | Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or            |
  | any later version with exceptions for skins & plugins.                |
@@ -18,15 +18,8 @@
  +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 */
 
-// create classes defined by the pthreads module if that isn't installed
-if (!defined('PTHREADS_INHERIT_ALL')) {
-    class Worker { }
-    class Stackable { }
-}
-
 /**
  * Class to control search jobs on multiple IMAP folders.
- * This implement a simple threads pool using the pthreads extension.
  *
  * @package    Framework
  * @subpackage Storage
@@ -36,12 +29,10 @@ class rcube_imap_search
 {
     public $options = array();
 
-    private $size = 10;
+    protected $jobs = array();
-    private $next = 0;
+    protected $timelimit = 0;
-    private $workers = array();
+    protected $results;
-    private $states = array();
+    protected $conn;
-    private $jobs = array();
-    private $conn;
 
     /**
      * Default constructor
@@ -63,28 +54,32 @@ class rcube_imap_search
      */
     public function exec($folders, $str, $charset = null, $sort_field = null, $threading=null)
     {
-        $pthreads = defined('PTHREADS_INHERIT_ALL');
+        $start = floor(microtime(true));
-
         $results = new rcube_result_multifolder($folders);
 
         // start a search job for every folder to search in
         foreach ($folders as $folder) {
-            $job = new rcube_imap_search_job($folder, $str, $charset, $sort_field, $threading);
+            // a complete result for this folder already exists
-            if ($pthreads && $this->submit($job)) {
+            $result = $this->results ? $this->results->get_set($folder) : false;
-                $this->jobs[] = $job;
+            if ($result && !$result->incomplete) {
+                $results->add($result);
             }
             else {
+                $job = new rcube_imap_search_job($folder, $str, $charset, $sort_field, $threading);
                 $job->worker = $this;
-                $job->run();
                 $this->jobs[] = $job;
             }
         }
 
-        // wait for all workers to be done
+        // execute jobs and gather results
-        $this->shutdown();
-
-        // gather results
         foreach ($this->jobs as $job) {
+            // only run search if within the configured time limit
+            // TODO: try to estimate the required time based on folder size and previous search performance
+            if (!$this->timelimit || floor(microtime(true)) - $start < $this->timelimit) {
+                $job->run();
+            }
+
+            // add result (may have ->incomplete flag set)
             $results->add($job->get_result());
         }
 
@@ -92,51 +87,21 @@ class rcube_imap_search
     }
 
     /**
-     * Assign the given job object to one of the worker threads for execution
+     * Setter for timelimt property
      */
-    public function submit(Stackable $job)
+    public function set_timelimit($seconds)
     {
-        if (count($this->workers) < $this->size) {
+        $this->timelimit = $seconds;
-            $id = count($this->workers);
-            $this->workers[$id] = new rcube_imap_search_worker($id, $this->options);
-            $this->workers[$id]->start(PTHREADS_INHERIT_ALL);
-
-            if ($this->workers[$id]->stack($job)) {
-                return $job;
-            }
-            else {
-                // trigger_error(sprintf("Failed to push Stackable onto %s", $id), E_USER_WARNING);
-            }
-        }
-        if (($worker = $this->workers[$this->next])) {
-            $this->next = ($this->next+1) % $this->size;
-            if ($worker->stack($job)) {
-                return $job;
-            }
-            else {
-                // trigger_error(sprintf("Failed to stack onto selected worker %s", $worker->id), E_USER_WARNING);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            // trigger_error(sprintf("Failed to select a worker for Stackable"), E_USER_WARNING);
-        }
-
-        return false;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Shutdown the pool of threads cleanly, retaining exit status locally
+     * Setter for previous (potentially incomplete) search results
      */
-    public function shutdown()
+    public function set_results($res)
     {
-        foreach ($this->workers as $worker) {
+        $this->results = $res;
-            $this->states[$worker->getThreadId()] = $worker->shutdown();
-            $worker->close();
-        }
-
-        # console('shutdown', $this->states);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Get connection to the IMAP server
      * (used for single-thread mode)
@@ -151,7 +116,7 @@ class rcube_imap_search
 /**
  * Stackable item to run the search on a specific IMAP folder
  */
-class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
+class rcube_imap_search_job /* extends Stackable */
 {
     private $folder;
     private $search;
@@ -169,13 +134,14 @@ class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
         $this->charset = $charset;
         $this->sort_field = $sort_field;
         $this->threading = $threading;
+
+        $this->result = new rcube_result_index($folder);
+        $this->result->incomplete = true;
     }
 
     public function run()
     {
-        // trigger_error("Start search $this->folder", E_USER_NOTICE);
         $this->result = $this->search_index();
-        // trigger_error("End search $this->folder: " . $this->result->count(), E_USER_NOTICE);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -183,7 +149,6 @@ class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
      */
     protected function search_index()
     {
-        $pthreads = defined('PTHREADS_INHERIT_ALL');
         $criteria = $this->search;
         $charset = $this->charset;
 
@@ -193,10 +158,10 @@ class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
             trigger_error("No IMAP connection for $this->folder", E_USER_WARNING);
 
             if ($this->threading) {
-                return new rcube_result_thread();
+                return new rcube_result_thread($this->folder);
             }
             else {
-                return new rcube_result_index();
+                return new rcube_result_index($this->folder);
             }
         }
 
@@ -220,10 +185,6 @@ class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
                     rcube_imap::convert_criteria($criteria, $charset), true, 'US-ASCII');
             }
 
-            // close IMAP connection again
-            if ($pthreads)
-                $imap->closeConnection();
-
             return $threads;
         }
 
@@ -249,10 +210,6 @@ class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
             }
         }
 
-        // close IMAP connection again
-        if ($pthreads)
-            $imap->closeConnection();
-
         return $messages;
     }
 
@@ -271,67 +228,7 @@ class rcube_imap_search_job extends Stackable
     {
         return $this->result;
     }
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Worker thread to run search jobs while maintaining a common context
- */
-class rcube_imap_search_worker extends Worker
-{
-    public $id;
-    public $options;
 
-    private $conn;
-    private $counts = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * Default constructor
-     */
-    public function __construct($id, $options)
-    {
-        $this->id = $id;
-        $this->options = $options;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get a dedicated connection to the IMAP server
-     */
-    public function get_imap()
-    {
-        // TODO: make this connection persistent for several jobs
-        // This doesn't seem to work. Socket connections don't survive serialization which is used in pthreads
-
-        $conn = new rcube_imap_generic();
-        # $conn->setDebug(true, function($conn, $message){ trigger_error($message, E_USER_NOTICE); });
-
-        if ($this->options['user'] && $this->options['password']) {
-            $this->options['ident']['command'] = 'search-' . $this->id . 't' . ++$this->counts;
-            $conn->connect($this->options['host'], $this->options['user'], $this->options['password'], $this->options);
-        }
-
-        if ($conn->error)
-            trigger_error($conn->error, E_USER_WARNING);
-
-        return $conn;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @override
-     */
-    public function run()
-    {
-        
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Close IMAP connection
-     */
-    public function close()
-    {
-        if ($this->conn) {
-            $this->conn->close();
-        }
-    }
 }
 
+

program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_result_index.php

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  */
 class rcube_result_index
 {
+    public $incomplete = false;
+
     protected $raw_data;
     protected $mailbox;
     protected $meta = array();

program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_result_multifolder.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class rcube_result_multifolder
 {
     public $multi = true;
     public $sets = array();
+    public $incomplete = false;
     public $folder;
 
     protected $meta = array();
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ class rcube_result_multifolder
      */
     public function add($result)
     {
+        $this->sets[] = $result;
+
         if ($count = $result->count()) {
-            $this->sets[] = $result;
             $this->meta['count'] += $count;
 
             // append UIDs to global index
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ class rcube_result_multifolder
             $index = array_map(function($uid) use ($folder) { return $uid . '-' . $folder; }, $result->get());
             $this->index = array_merge($this->index, $index);
         }
+        else if ($result->incomplete) {
+            $this->incomplete = true;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -266,6 +271,22 @@ class rcube_result_multifolder
         return $params;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the stored result object for a particular folder
+     *
+     * @param string $folder  Folder name
+     * @return false|obejct rcube_result_* instance of false if none found
+     */
+    public function get_set($folder)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->sets as $set) {
+            if ($set->get_parameters('MAILBOX') == $folder) {
+                return $set;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns length of internal data representation
@@ -276,4 +297,33 @@ class rcube_result_multifolder
     {
         return $this->count();
     }
+
+
+    /* Serialize magic methods */
+
+    public function __sleep()
+    {
+        return array('sets','folders','sorting','order');
+    }
+
+    public function __wakeup()
+    {
+        // restore index from saved result sets
+        $this->meta = array('count' => 0);
+
+        foreach ($this->sets as $result) {
+            if ($count = $result->count()) {
+                $this->meta['count'] += $count;
+
+                // append UIDs to global index
+                $folder = $result->get_parameters('MAILBOX');
+                $index = array_map(function($uid) use ($folder) { return $uid . '-' . $folder; }, $result->get());
+                $this->index = array_merge($this->index, $index);
+            }
+            else if ($result->incomplete) {
+                $this->incomplete = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }

program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_result_thread.php

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  */
 class rcube_result_thread
 {
+    public $incomplete = false;
+
     protected $raw_data;
     protected $mailbox;
     protected $meta = array();

program/localization/en_US/messages.inc

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ $messages['contactsearchsuccessful'] = '$nr contacts found.';
 $messages['searchnomatch'] = 'Search returned no matches.';
 $messages['searching'] = 'Searching...';
 $messages['checking'] = 'Checking...';
+$messages['stillsearching'] = 'Still searching...';
 $messages['nospellerrors'] = 'No spelling errors found.';
 $messages['folderdeleted'] = 'Folder successfully deleted.';
 $messages['foldersubscribed'] = 'Folder successfully subscribed.';

program/steps/mail/func.inc

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if (empty($RCMAIL->action) || $RCMAIL->action == 'list') {
     if (!$OUTPUT->ajax_call) {
         $OUTPUT->add_label('checkingmail', 'deletemessage', 'movemessagetotrash',
             'movingmessage', 'copyingmessage', 'deletingmessage', 'markingmessage',
-            'copy', 'move', 'quota', 'replyall', 'replylist');
+            'copy', 'move', 'quota', 'replyall', 'replylist', 'stillsearching');
     }
 
     $pagetitle = $RCMAIL->localize_foldername($mbox_name, true);

program/steps/mail/search.inc

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ $mbox    = rcube_utils::get_input_value('_mbox', rcube_utils::INPUT_GET, true);
 $filter  = rcube_utils::get_input_value('_filter', rcube_utils::INPUT_GET);
 $headers = rcube_utils::get_input_value('_headers', rcube_utils::INPUT_GET);
 $scope   = rcube_utils::get_input_value('_scope', rcube_utils::INPUT_GET);
+$continue = rcube_utils::get_input_value('_continue', rcube_utils::INPUT_GET);
 $subject = array();
 
 $filter         = trim($filter);
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@ if (!empty($subject)) {
 $search_str  = trim($search_str);
 $sort_column = rcmail_sort_column();
 
+// set message set for already stored (but incomplete) search request
+if (!empty($continue) && isset($_SESSION['search']) && $_SESSION['search_request'] == $continue) {
+    $RCMAIL->storage->set_search_set($_SESSION['search']);
+    $search_str = $_SESSION['search'][0];
+}
+
 // execute IMAP search
 if ($search_str) {
     // search all, current or subfolders folders
@@ -126,10 +133,6 @@ if ($search_str) {
     $result = $RCMAIL->storage->search($mboxes, $search_str, $imap_charset, $sort_column);
 }
 
-// Get the headers
-$result_h = $RCMAIL->storage->list_messages($mbox, 1, $sort_column, rcmail_sort_order());
-$count    = $RCMAIL->storage->count($mbox, $RCMAIL->storage->get_threading() ? 'THREADS' : 'ALL');
-
 // save search results in session
 if (!is_array($_SESSION['search'])) {
     $_SESSION['search'] = array();
@@ -142,6 +145,13 @@ if ($search_str) {
 $_SESSION['search_request'] = $search_request;
 $_SESSION['search_scope'] = $scope;
 
+
+// Get the headers
+if (!$result->incomplete) {
+    $result_h = $RCMAIL->storage->list_messages($mbox, 1, $sort_column, rcmail_sort_order());
+    $count    = $RCMAIL->storage->count($mbox, $RCMAIL->storage->get_threading() ? 'THREADS' : 'ALL');
+}
+
 // Make sure we got the headers
 if (!empty($result_h)) {
     rcmail_js_message_list($result_h, false);
@@ -157,9 +167,15 @@ if (!empty($result_h)) {
     }
 }
 // handle IMAP errors (e.g. #1486905)
-else  if ($err_code = $RCMAIL->storage->get_error_code()) {
+else if ($err_code = $RCMAIL->storage->get_error_code()) {
     $RCMAIL->display_server_error();
 }
+// advice the client to re-send the (cross-folder) search request
+else if ($result->incomplete) {
+    $count = 0;  // keep UI locked
+    $OUTPUT->command('continue_search', $search_request);
+    console('search incomplete', strlen(serialize($result)));
+}
 else {
     $OUTPUT->show_message('searchnomatch', 'notice');
     $OUTPUT->set_env('multifolder_listing', (bool)$result->multi);