X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fconfigfile.c;h=876ee23ee71c8c33d2f230170bf94147a6012404;hb=a6e74e0d316ee14f45093246e0e5e2d84faa8690;hp=ac5e8edcb94f2bfda66c5eefab67dfab3c66e6db;hpb=7285e5f59ffa4efb391485fe9b35ee02f3dc856f;p=collectd.git

diff --git a/src/configfile.c b/src/configfile.c
index ac5e8edc..876ee23e 100644
--- a/src/configfile.c
+++ b/src/configfile.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static cf_global_option_t cf_global_options[] =
 	{"ReadThreads", NULL, "5"},
 	{"WriteThreads", NULL, "5"},
 	{"Timeout",     NULL, "2"},
+	{"AutoLoadPlugin", NULL, "false"},
 	{"PreCacheChain",  NULL, "PreCache"},
 	{"PostCacheChain", NULL, "PostCache"}
 };
@@ -277,21 +278,6 @@ static int dispatch_loadplugin (const oconfig_item_t *ci)
 	memset (&ctx, 0, sizeof (ctx));
 	ctx.interval = cf_get_default_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);
@@ -394,6 +380,19 @@ static int dispatch_block_plugin (oconfig_item_t *ci)
 
 	name = ci->values[0].value.string;
 
+	if (IS_TRUE (global_option_get ("AutoLoadPlugin")))
+	{
+		int status;
+
+		status = plugin_load (name, /* flags = */ 0);
+		if (status != 0)
+		{
+			ERROR ("Automatically loading plugin \"%s\" failed "
+					"with status %i.", name, status);
+			return (status);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Check for a complex callback first */
 	for (cb = complex_callback_head; cb != NULL; cb = cb->next)
 	{