allow to configure the maximum effective interval between attempts to read data by...

[collectd.git] / src / plugin.c

diff --git a/src/plugin.c b/src/plugin.c
index 30a1ff1..8407318 100644 (file)
--- a/src/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugin.c
@@ -482,9 +482,14 @@ static void *plugin_read_thread (void __attribute__((unused)) *args)
                 * intervals in which it will be called. */
                if (status != 0)
                {
+                       const char *mei = global_option_get ("MaxEffectiveInterval");
+                       int max_effective_interval = atoi (mei);
+                       if (max_effective_interval <= 0) {
+                               max_effective_interval = 86400;
+                       }
                        rf->rf_effective_interval *= 2;
-                       if (rf->rf_effective_interval > TIME_T_TO_CDTIME_T (86400))
-                               rf->rf_effective_interval = TIME_T_TO_CDTIME_T (86400);
+                       if (rf->rf_effective_interval > TIME_T_TO_CDTIME_T (max_effective_interval))
+                               rf->rf_effective_interval = TIME_T_TO_CDTIME_T (max_effective_interval);
 
                        NOTICE ("read-function of plugin `%s' failed. "
                                        "Will suspend it for %.3f seconds.",