[#209] AUTO broken in tasks specification

Netdisco/Changes

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
   * Update development doc to mention cpanm installdeps
   * Update troubleshooting doc to mention four key actions
 
+  [BUG FIXES]
+
+  * [#209] AUTO broken in tasks specification
+
 2.032001 - 2015-03-24
 
   [NEW FEATURES]

Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg

@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ my $queue = MCE::Queue->new;
 setting('workers')->{'no_manager'} = 1
   if setting('workers')->{tasks} eq '0';
 
+# MCE::Util has a limit of ncpu if AUTO is used in max_workers,
+# so we parse the field ourselves.
+my $max_workers = parse_max_workers( setting('workers')->{tasks} ) || 0;
+
 mce_flow {
   task_name => [qw/ scheduler manager poller /],
-  max_workers => [ 1, 1, setting('workers')->{tasks} ],
+  max_workers => [ 1, 1, $max_workers ],
   tmp_dir => $tmp_dir,
   on_post_exit => sub { MCE->restart_worker },
 }, _mk_wkr('Scheduler'), _mk_wkr('Manager'), _mk_wkr('Poller');

Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm

@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ sub worker_body {
       prctl sprintf 'netdisco-daemon: worker #%s manager: gathering', $wid;
       my $num_slots = 0;
 
-      $num_slots =
+      $num_slots = parse_max_workers( setting('workers')->{tasks} )
-        MCE::Util::_parse_max_workers( setting('workers')->{tasks} )
                      - $self->{queue}->pending();
       debug "mgr ($wid): getting potential jobs for $num_slots workers (HP)";
 
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ sub worker_body {
           $self->{queue}->enqueuep(100, $job);
       }
 
-      $num_slots =
+      $num_slots = parse_max_workers( setting('workers')->{tasks} )
-        MCE::Util::_parse_max_workers( setting('workers')->{tasks} )
                      - $self->{queue}->pending();
       debug "mgr ($wid): getting potential jobs for $num_slots workers (NP)";
 

Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/Daemon.pm

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package App::Netdisco::Util::Daemon;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use MCE::Util ();
+
 # make sure this is already done elsewhere
 use if $^O eq 'linux', 'Sys::Proctitle';
 
 use base 'Exporter';
-our @EXPORT = 'prctl';
+our @EXPORT = qw/prctl parse_max_workers/;
 
 sub prctl {
   if ($^O eq 'linux') {
@@ -18,4 +20,19 @@ sub prctl {
   }
 }
 
+sub parse_max_workers {
+  my $max = shift;
+  return 0 if !defined $max;
+
+  if ($max =~ /^auto(?:$|\s*([\-\+\/\*])\s*(.+)$)/i) {
+      my $ncpu = MCE::Util::get_ncpu() || 0;
+
+      if ($1 and $2) {
+          local $@; $max = eval "int($ncpu $1 $2 + 0.5)";
+      }
+  }
+
+  return $max || 0;
+}
+
 1;