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-rw-r--r--src/helper/log.c17
-rw-r--r--src/helper/log.h1
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/helper/log.c b/src/helper/log.c
index ef1a6bb0..efe5d5bb 100644
--- a/src/helper/log.c
+++ b/src/helper/log.c
@@ -385,3 +385,20 @@ void kept_alive()
current_time=timeval_ms();
last_time=current_time;
}
+
+/* if we sleep for extended periods of time, we must invoke keep_alive() intermittantly */
+void alive_sleep(int ms)
+{
+ int i;
+ for (i=0; i<ms; i+=500)
+ {
+ int sleep_a_bit=ms-i;
+ if (sleep_a_bit>500)
+ {
+ sleep_a_bit=500;
+ }
+ keep_alive();
+ usleep(sleep_a_bit*1000);
+ keep_alive();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/helper/log.h b/src/helper/log.h
index c329fb58..b6f166be 100644
--- a/src/helper/log.h
+++ b/src/helper/log.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ extern int log_init(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx);
extern int set_log_output(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, FILE *output);
extern void keep_alive(void);
extern void kept_alive(void);
+extern void alive_sleep(int ms);
typedef void (*log_callback_fn)(void *priv, const char *file, int line,
const char *function, const char *string);