MINOR: checks: add a new global max-spread-checks directive
This directive ensures that checks with a huge interval do not start
too far apart at the beginning.
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 19c5599..ec8f3ae 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,28 @@
err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
}
}
+ else if (!strcmp(args[0], "max-spread-checks")) { /* maximum time between first and last check */
+ const char *err;
+ unsigned int val;
+
+
+ if (*(args[1]) == 0) {
+ Alert("parsing [%s:%d]: '%s' expects an integer argument (0..50).\n", file, linenum, args[0]);
+ err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ err = parse_time_err(args[1], &val, TIME_UNIT_MS);
+ if (err) {
+ Alert("parsing [%s:%d]: unsupported character '%c' in '%s' (wants an integer delay).\n", file, linenum, *err, args[0]);
+ err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+ }
+ global.max_spread_checks = val;
+ if (global.max_spread_checks < 0) {
+ Alert("parsing [%s:%d]: '%s' needs a positive delay in milliseconds.\n",file, linenum, args[0]);
+ err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
+ }
+ }
else if (strcmp(args[0], "cpu-map") == 0) { /* map a process list to a CPU set */
#ifdef USE_CPU_AFFINITY
int cur_arg, i;