Bug #1524: Inputs hang each other up (especially ones that timeout) - Website Monitoring - LukeMurphey.net

Bug #1524

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Target version:

Start date:

10/19/2016

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Description

To save memory, the input currently uses single instance mode (a single input running all of the inputs).

To fix this, I could:

Change input away from single instance mode
1. This is difficult to do because then I would have to use Splunk's interval which doesn't support time specifiers (like 5m).
2. Would need to a process to convert these to Splunk's interval and the current interval; UI would likely need to accept and convert to/from Splunk's interval
Switch to a multi-threading model

Subtasks

Subject changed from Inputs hang each other up to Inputs hang each other up (especially ones that timeout)

Things that need to be changed to support multi-threading:

~~logger():~~ needs to not allow multiple thread access (is thread safe per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2973900/is-pythons-logging-module-thread-safe)
output_result(): needs to control multiple thread access to output_event()
run(): needs to instantiate multiple threads
shutdown(): needs to cleanup threads