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+/**
+ * collectd - src/utils_complain.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Florian octo Forster
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Sebastian tokkee Harl
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Florian octo Forster <octo at collectd.org>
+ * Sebastian tokkee Harl <sh at tokkee.org>
+ **/
+
+#ifndef UTILS_COMPLAIN_H
+#define UTILS_COMPLAIN_H 1
+
+#include "utils_time.h"
+
+typedef struct
+{
+ /* time of the last report */
+ cdtime_t last;
+
+ /* How long to wait until reporting again.
+ * 0 indicates that the complaint is no longer valid. */
+ cdtime_t interval;
+
+ _Bool complained_once;
+} c_complain_t;
+
+#define C_COMPLAIN_INIT_STATIC { 0, 0, 0 }
+#define C_COMPLAIN_INIT(c) do { \
+ (c)->last = 0; \
+ (c)->interval = 0; \
+ (c)->complained_once = 0; \
+} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * c_complain
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Complain about something. This function will report a message (usually
+ * indicating some error condition) using the collectd logging mechanism.
+ * When this function is called again, reporting the message again will be
+ * deferred by an increasing interval (up to one day) to prevent flooding
+ * the logs. A call to `c_release' resets the counter.
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS
+ * `level' The log level passed to `plugin_log'.
+ * `c' Identifier for the complaint.
+ * `format' Message format - see the documentation of printf(3).
+ */
+void c_complain (int level, c_complain_t *c, const char *format, ...);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * c_complain_once
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Complain about something once. This function will not report anything
+ * again, unless `c_release' has been called in between. If used after some
+ * calls to `c_complain', it will report again on the next interval and stop
+ * after that.
+ *
+ * See `c_complain' for further details and a description of the parameters.
+ */
+void c_complain_once (int level, c_complain_t *c, const char *format, ...);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * c_would_release
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Returns true if the specified complaint would be released, false else.
+ */
+#define c_would_release(c) ((c)->interval != 0)
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * c_release
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Release a complaint. This will report a message once, marking the
+ * complaint as released.
+ *
+ * See `c_complain' for a description of the parameters.
+ */
+void c_do_release (int level, c_complain_t *c, const char *format, ...);
+#define c_release(level, c, ...) \
+ do { \
+ if (c_would_release (c)) \
+ c_do_release(level, c, __VA_ARGS__); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#endif /* UTILS_COMPLAIN_H */
+
+/* vim: set sw=4 ts=4 tw=78 noexpandtab : */
+