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Re: [PATCH 6/6] maintenance: use random minute in systemd scheduler

From
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2023, 13:49 UTC
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On 8/7/2023 5:31 PM, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 06:51:40PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
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>> Modify the template with a custom schedule in the 'OnCalendar' setting.
>> This schedule has some interesting differences from cron-like patterns,
>> but is relatively easy to figure out from context. The one that might be
>> confusing is that '*-*-*' is a date-based pattern, but this must be
>> omitted when using 'Mon' to signal that we care about the day of the
>> week. Monday is used since that matches the day used for the 'weekly'
>> schedule used previously.
> 
> I think the launchd version (which uses "0" for the day of the week)
> runs on Sunday, if I remember correctly. I don't think that these two
> necessarily need to run on the same day of the week when configured to
> run weekly.
> 
> But I figured I'd raise the question in case you did mean for them to
> both run on either Sunday or Monday.
I don't intend to change the day that is run as part of this change.

I think all other schedulers run on Sunday, but systemd running on Monday is a particular detail of its "weekly" schedule.

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>> -static int systemd_timer_write_unit_templates(const char *exec_path)
>> +static int systemd_timer_write_unit_template(enum schedule_priority schedule,
>> +					     const char *exec_path,
>> +					     int minute)
>>  {
>>  	char *filename;
>>  	FILE *file;
>>  	const char *unit;
>> +	char *schedule_pattern = NULL;
> 
> You should be able to drop the NULL initialization, since you assign
> this value unconditionally in the switch statement below (or BUG() on an
> unknown schedule type).

Unfortunately, GCC complained about a possibly-unassigned value when I left this unset during development, so this actually is necessary for that compiler.

Thanks, -Stolee

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Message 23 of 47 in “maintenance: schedule maintenance on a random minute”
  1. 0/6 maintenance: schedule maintenance on a random minuteDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  2. 2/6 maintenance: use random minute in launchctl schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  3. Taylor BlauAug 7, 2023
  4. 1/6 maintenance: add get_random_minute()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  5. Taylor BlauAug 7, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2023
  8. Taylor BlauAug 8, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2023
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2023
  11. Taylor BlauAug 8, 2023
  12. Derrick StoleeAug 8, 2023
  13. Taylor BlauAug 8, 2023
  14. Derrick StoleeAug 9, 2023
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2023
  16. Taylor BlauAug 9, 2023
  17. 3/6 maintenance: use random minute in Windows schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  18. 4/6 maintenance: use random minute in cron schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  19. 5/6 maintenance: swap method locationsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  20. Taylor BlauAug 7, 2023
  21. 6/6 maintenance: use random minute in systemd schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2023
  22. Taylor BlauAug 7, 2023
  23. Derrick StoleeAug 8, 2023
  24. Taylor BlauAug 8, 2023
  25. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2023
  26. Derrick StoleeAug 8, 2023
  27. Derrick StoleeAug 8, 2023
  28. Phillip WoodAug 9, 2023
  29. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2023
  30. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2023
  31. Derrick StoleeAug 8, 2023
  32. Derrick StoleeAug 8, 2023
  33. Phillip WoodAug 9, 2023
  34. 0/8 maintenance: schedule maintenance on a random minuteDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  35. 1/8 maintenance: add get_random_minute()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  36. Taylor BlauAug 10, 2023
  37. 2/8 maintenance: use random minute in launchctl schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  38. 4/8 maintenance: use random minute in cron schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  39. 3/8 maintenance: use random minute in Windows schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  40. 5/8 maintenance: swap method locationsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  41. 7/8 maintenance: fix systemd schedule overlapsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  42. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2023
  43. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2023
  44. 6/8 maintenance: use random minute in systemd schedulerDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  45. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2023
  46. 8/8 maintenance: update schedule before configDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Aug 10, 2023
  47. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2023

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