+ name = ci->values[0].value.string;
+
+ /* default to the global interval set before loading this plugin */
+ ctx.interval = plugin_get_interval ();
+
+ /*
+ * XXX: Magic at work:
+ *
+ * Some of the language bindings, for example the Python and Perl
+ * plugins, need to be able to export symbols to the scripts they run.
+ * For this to happen, the "Globals" flag needs to be set.
+ * Unfortunately, this technical detail is hard to explain to the
+ * average user and she shouldn't have to worry about this, ideally.
+ * So in order to save everyone's sanity use a different default for a
+ * handful of special plugins. --octo
+ */
+ if ((strcasecmp ("Perl", name) == 0)
+ || (strcasecmp ("Python", name) == 0))
+ flags |= PLUGIN_FLAGS_GLOBAL;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ci->children_num; ++i) {
+ if (strcasecmp("Globals", ci->children[i].key) == 0)
+ cf_util_get_flag (ci->children + i, &flags, PLUGIN_FLAGS_GLOBAL);
+ else if (strcasecmp ("Interval", ci->children[i].key) == 0) {
+ double interval = 0.0;
+
+ if (cf_util_get_double (ci->children + i, &interval) != 0) {
+ /* cf_util_get_double will log an error */
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ ctx.interval = DOUBLE_TO_CDTIME_T (interval);
+ }
+ else {
+ WARNING("Ignoring unknown LoadPlugin option \"%s\" "
+ "for plugin \"%s\"",
+ ci->children[i].key, ci->values[0].value.string);
+ }
+ }
+
+ old_ctx = plugin_set_ctx (ctx);
+ ret_val = plugin_load (name, (uint32_t) flags);
+ /* reset to the "global" context */
+ plugin_set_ctx (old_ctx);
+
+ return (ret_val);