added handling of repeated messages

ndb/src/common/transporter/Transporter.hpp:
  fixed small error

ndb/include/logger/LogHandler.hpp

@@ -192,6 +192,16 @@ private:
 
   const char* m_pDateTimeFormat;
   int m_errorCode;
+
+  // for handling repeated messages
+  unsigned m_count_repeated_messages;
+  unsigned m_max_repeat_frequency;
+  time_t m_last_log_time;
+  char m_last_category_buf[16];
+  char m_last_message_buf[256];
+  char *m_last_category;
+  Logger::LoggerLevel m_last_level;
+  char *m_last_message;
 };
 
 #endif

ndb/src/common/logger/LogHandler.cpp

@@ -23,21 +23,70 @@
 //
 LogHandler::LogHandler() : 
   m_pDateTimeFormat("%d-%.2d-%.2d %.2d:%.2d:%.2d"),
-  m_errorCode(0)
+  m_errorCode(0),
+  m_last_category(m_last_category_buf),
+  m_last_message(m_last_message_buf)
 {
+  m_max_repeat_frequency= 3; // repeat messages maximum every 3 seconds
+  m_last_category_buf[0]= 0;
+  m_last_message_buf[0]= 0;
 }
 
 LogHandler::~LogHandler()
 {  
+  if (m_last_message != m_last_message_buf)
+    free(m_last_message);
+  if (m_last_category != m_last_category_buf)
+    free(m_last_category);
 }
 
 void 
 LogHandler::append(const char* pCategory, Logger::LoggerLevel level,
 		   const char* pMsg)
 {
+  time_t now;
+  now= ::time((time_t*)NULL);
+
+  if (level != m_last_level ||
+      strcmp(pCategory, m_last_category) ||
+      strcmp(pMsg, m_last_message))
+  {
+    if (m_last_message != m_last_message_buf)
+      free(m_last_message);
+    if (m_last_category != m_last_category_buf)
+      free(m_last_category);
+
+    m_count_repeated_messages= 0;
+
+    m_last_level= level;
+    BaseString::snprintf(m_last_category_buf, sizeof(m_last_category_buf), "%s", pCategory);
+    BaseString::snprintf(m_last_message_buf, sizeof(m_last_message_buf), "%s", pMsg);
+    // ToDo: handle too long messages correctly
+    // right now all that will happen is that too long messages
+    // will be repeated unneccesarily
+  }
+  else // repeated message
+  {
+    if (now < m_last_log_time+m_max_repeat_frequency)
+    {
+      m_count_repeated_messages++;
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   writeHeader(pCategory, level);
+  if (m_count_repeated_messages == 0)
     writeMessage(pMsg);
+  else
+  {
+    BaseString str(pMsg);
+    str.appfmt(" - repeated %d times", m_count_repeated_messages);
+    writeMessage(str.c_str());
+    m_count_repeated_messages= 0;
+  }
   writeFooter();
+
+  m_last_log_time= now;
 }
 
 const char* 

ndb/src/common/transporter/Transporter.hpp

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Transporter::getRemoteNodeId() const {
 inline
 NodeId
 Transporter::getLocalNodeId() const {
-  return remoteNodeId;
+  return localNodeId;
 }
 
 inline