MXS-2329 Use durations in log_throttling

Documentation/Getting-Started/Configuration-Guide.md

@@ -586,17 +586,17 @@ a while.
 # A valid value looks like
 #       log_throttling = X, Y, Z
 #
-# where each value is a positive integer and X means the number of times a
-# specific error may be logged within a time period of Y milliseconds, before
-# the logging of that error is suppressed for Z milliseconds.
-log_throttling=8, 2000, 15000
+# where the first value X is a positive integer and means the number of times
+# a specific error may be logged within a duration of Y, before the logging
+# of that error is suppressed for a duration of Z.
+log_throttling=8, 2s, 15000ms
 ```
 
 In the example above, the logging of a particular error will be suppressed for
 15 seconds if the error has been logged 8 times in 2 seconds.
 
-The default is `10, 1000, 10000`, which means that if the same error is logged
-10 times in one second, the logging of that error is suppressed for the
+The default is `10, 1000ms, 10000ms`, which means that if the same error is
+logged 10 times in one second, the logging of that error is suppressed for the
 following 10 seconds.
 
 To disable log throttling, add an entry with an empty value
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ or one where any of the integers is 0.
 ```
 log_throttling=0, 0, 0
 ```
+The durations can be specified as documented [here](#durations). If no explicit
+unit is provided, the value is interpreted as milliseconds in MaxScale 2.4. In
+subsequent versions a value without a unit may be rejected.
 
 Note that *notice*, *info* and *debug* messages are never throttled.
 

server/core/config.cc

@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ static pcre2_code* compile_regex_string(const char* regex_string,
 static bool duration_is_valid(const char* zValue, mxs::config::DurationUnit* pUnit);
 static bool get_seconds(const char* zName, const char* zValue, std::chrono::seconds* pSeconds);
 static bool get_seconds(const char* zName, const char* zValue, time_t* pSeconds);
+static bool get_milliseconds(const char* zName,
+                             const char* zValue,
+                             const char* zDisplay_value,
+                             std::chrono::milliseconds* pMilliseconds);
+static bool get_milliseconds(const char* zName,
+                             const char* zValue,
+                             const char* zDisplay_value,
+                             time_t* pMilliseconds);
 
 
 int         config_get_ifaddr(unsigned char* output);
@@ -2536,10 +2544,12 @@ static int handle_global_item(const char* name, const char* value)
             else
             {
                 int c = atoi(count);
-                int w = atoi(window_ms);
-                int s = atoi(suppress_ms);
+                time_t w;
+                time_t s;
 
-                if ((c >= 0) && (w >= 0) && (s >= 0))
+                if (c >= 0
+                    && get_milliseconds(name, window_ms, value, &w)
+                    && get_milliseconds(name, suppress_ms, value, &s))
                 {
                     MXS_LOG_THROTTLING throttling;
                     throttling.count = c;
@@ -2551,8 +2561,8 @@ static int handle_global_item(const char* name, const char* value)
                 else
                 {
                     MXS_ERROR("Invalid value for the `log_throttling` configuration entry: '%s'. "
-                              "The configuration entry `log_throttling` requires as value three positive "
-                              "integers (or 0).", value);
+                              "The configuration entry `log_throttling` requires as value one zero or "
+                              "positive integer and two durations.", value);
                     return 0;
                 }
             }
@@ -5153,6 +5163,57 @@ static bool get_seconds(const char* zName, const char* zValue, time_t* pSeconds)
     return valid;
 }
 
+static bool get_milliseconds(const char* zName,
+                             const char* zValue,
+                             const char* zDisplay_value,
+                             std::chrono::milliseconds* pMilliseconds)
+{
+    bool valid = false;
+
+    if (!zDisplay_value)
+    {
+        zDisplay_value = zValue;
+    }
+
+    mxs::config::DurationUnit unit;
+    std::chrono::milliseconds milliseconds;
+    if (get_suffixed_duration(zValue, &milliseconds, &unit))
+    {
+        if (unit == mxs::config::DURATION_IN_DEFAULT)
+        {
+            MXS_WARNING("Specifying durations without a suffix denoting the unit "
+                        "has been deprecated: %s=%s. Use the suffixes 'h' (hour), "
+                        "'m' (minute) 's' (second) or 'ms' (milliseconds).", zName, zDisplay_value);
+        }
+
+        *pMilliseconds = milliseconds;
+        valid = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        MXS_ERROR("Invalid duration %s: %s=%s.", zName, zValue, zDisplay_value);
+    }
+
+    return valid;
+}
+
+static bool get_milliseconds(const char* zName,
+                             const char* zValue,
+                             const char* zDisplay_value,
+                             time_t* pMilliseconds)
+{
+    std::chrono::milliseconds milliseconds;
+
+    bool valid = get_milliseconds(zName, zValue, zDisplay_value, &milliseconds);
+
+    if (valid)
+    {
+        *pMilliseconds = milliseconds.count();
+    }
+
+    return valid;
+}
+
 bool config_parse_disk_space_threshold(SERVER::DiskSpaceLimits* pDisk_space_threshold,
                                        const char* zDisk_space_threshold)
 {