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// @(#)alimdc:$Name$:$Id$
// Author: Fons Rademakers  26/11/99
// Updated: Dario Favretto  15/04/2003

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/* $Id$ */

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                      //
// AliMDC                                                               //
//                                                                      //
// Set of classes defining the ALICE RAW event format. The AliRawEvent  //
// class defines a RAW event. It consists of an AliEventHeader object   //
// an AliEquipmentHeader object, an AliRawData object and an array of   //
// sub-events, themselves also being AliRawEvents. The number of        //
// sub-events depends on the number of DATE LDC's.                      //
// The AliRawEvent objects are written to a ROOT file using different   //
// technologies, i.e. to local disk via AliRawDB or via rfiod using     //
// AliRawRFIODB or via rootd using AliRawRootdDB or to CASTOR via       //
// rootd using AliRawCastorDB (and for performance testing there is     //
// also AliRawNullDB).                                                  //
// The AliRunDB class provides the interface to the run and file        //
// catalogues (AliEn or plain MySQL).                                   //
// The AliStats class provides statics information that is added as     //
// a single keyed object to each raw file.                              //
// The AliTagDB provides an interface to a TAG database.                //
// The AliMDC class is usid by the "alimdc" stand-alone program         //
// that reads data directly from DATE.                                  //
//                                                                      //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#include <errno.h>

#include <TSystem.h>
#include <TROOT.h>
#include <TStopwatch.h>

#include <sys/uio.h>
#ifdef USE_EB
#include "libDateEb.h"
#endif

#include <AliLog.h>
#include <AliESD.h>

#include "AliRawEvent.h"
#include "AliRawEventHeader.h"
#include "AliRawEquipment.h"
#include "AliRawEquipmentHeader.h"
#include "AliRawData.h"
#include "AliStats.h"
#include "AliRawDB.h"
#include "AliRawRFIODB.h"
#include "AliRawCastorDB.h"
#include "AliRawRootdDB.h"
#include "AliRawNullDB.h"
#include "AliTagDB.h"
#include "AliRunDB.h"
#include "AliFilter.h"

#include "AliMDC.h"


ClassImp(AliMDC)


// Filter names
const char* const AliMDC::fgkFilterName[kNFilters] = {"AliHoughFilter"};

//______________________________________________________________________________
AliMDC::AliMDC(Int_t compress, Bool_t deleteFiles, EFilterMode filterMode, 
	       const char* localRunDB, Bool_t rdbmsRunDB,
	       const char* alienHostRunDB, const char* alienDirRunDB,
	       Double_t maxSizeTagDB, const char* fileNameTagDB) :
  fEvent(new AliRawEvent),
  fESD(NULL),
  fStats(NULL),
  fRawDB(NULL),
  fRunDB(new AliRunDB(localRunDB, rdbmsRunDB, alienHostRunDB, alienDirRunDB)),
  fTagDB(NULL),
  fCompress(compress),
  fDeleteFiles(deleteFiles),
  fFilterMode(filterMode),
  fFilters(),
  fStop(kFALSE)
{
  // Create MDC processor object.
  // compress is the file compression mode.
  // If deleteFiles is kTRUE the raw data files will be deleted after they
  // were closed.
  // If the filterMode if kFilterOff no filter algorithm will be, if it is
  // kFilterTransparent the algorthims will be run but no events will be
  // rejected, if it is kFilterOn the filters will be run and the event will
  // be rejected if all filters return kFALSE.
  // localRunDB is the file name of the local run DB; if NULL no local run DB
  // will be created.
  // The filling of a MySQL run DB can be switch on or off with rdbmsRunDB.
  // The host and directory name of the alien run DB can be specified by
  // alienHostRunDB and alienDirRunDB; if NULL no alien DB will be filled.
  // If maxSizeTagDB is greater than 0 it determines the maximal size of the
  // tag DB and then fileNameTagDB is the directory name for the tag DB.
  // Otherwise fileNameTagDB is the file name of the tag DB. If it is NULL
  // no tag DB will be created.
 

  if (fFilterMode != kFilterOff) {
    fESD = new AliESD;
  }

  if (fileNameTagDB) {
    if (maxSizeTagDB > 0) {
      fTagDB = new AliTagDB(fEvent->GetHeader(), NULL);
      fTagDB->SetMaxSize(maxSizeTagDB);
      fTagDB->SetFS(fileNameTagDB);
      fTagDB->Create();
    } else {
      fTagDB = new AliTagDB(fEvent->GetHeader(), fileNameTagDB);
    }
  }

  // install SIGUSR1 handler to allow clean interrupts
  gSystem->AddSignalHandler(new AliMDCInterruptHandler(this));

  // create the high level filters
  if (fFilterMode != kFilterOff) {
    for (Int_t iFilter = 0; iFilter < kNFilters; iFilter++) {
      TClass* filterClass = gROOT->GetClass(fgkFilterName[iFilter]);
      if (!filterClass) {
	Warning("AliMDC", "no filter class %s found", fgkFilterName[iFilter]);
	continue;
      }
      AliFilter* filter = (AliFilter*) filterClass->New();
      if (!filter) {
	Warning("AliMDC", "creation of filter %s failed", fgkFilterName[iFilter]);
	continue;
      }
      fFilters.Add(filter);
    }
  }
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
AliMDC::~AliMDC()
{
// destructor

  fFilters.Delete();
  delete fTagDB;
  delete fRunDB;
  delete fRawDB;
  delete fStats;
  delete fESD;
  delete fEvent;
}
 
//______________________________________________________________________________
AliMDC::AliMDC(const AliMDC& mdc): TObject(mdc)
{
// copy constructor

  Fatal("AliMDC", "copy constructor not implemented");
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
AliMDC& AliMDC::operator = (const AliMDC& /*mdc*/)
{
// assignment operator

  Fatal("operator =", "assignment operator not implemented");
  return *this;
}


//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::Open(EWriteMode mode, const char* fileName)
{
// open a new raw DB file

  if (mode == kRFIO)
    fRawDB = new AliRawRFIODB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, fileName);
  else if (mode == kROOTD)
    fRawDB = new AliRawRootdDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, fileName);
  else if (mode == kCASTOR)
    fRawDB = new AliRawCastorDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, fileName);
  else if (mode == kDEVNULL)
    fRawDB = new AliRawNullDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, fileName);
  else
    fRawDB = new AliRawDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, fileName);
  fRawDB->SetDeleteFiles(fDeleteFiles);

  if (fRawDB->IsZombie()) {
    delete fRawDB;
    fRawDB = NULL;
    return 1;
  }
  Info("Open", "Filling raw DB %s\n", fRawDB->GetDBName());

  // Create AliStats object
  fStats = new AliStats(fRawDB->GetDBName(), fCompress, 
			fFilterMode != kFilterOff);
  return 0;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::ProcessEvent(void* event, Bool_t isIovecArray)
{
// Convert the DATE event to an AliRawEvent object and store it in the raw DB,
// optionally also run the filter.
// event is either a pointer to the streamlined event 
// or, if isIovecArray is kTRUE, a pointer to an array of iovecs with one
// iovec per subevent (used by the event builder).
// The return value is the number of written bytes or an error code
  const UInt_t kFileSizeErrorLevel   = 1900000000;

  UInt_t currentFileSize = GetTotalSize();
  if(currentFileSize > kFileSizeErrorLevel) {
    Error("ProcessEvent", "file size (%u) exceeds the limit "
	  , currentFileSize);
    return kErrFileSize;
  }

  Int_t status;
  char* data = (char*) event;
  if (isIovecArray) data = (char*) ((iovec*) event)[0].iov_base;

  // Shortcut for easy header access
  AliRawEventHeader &header = *fEvent->GetHeader();

  // Read event header
  if ((status = ReadHeader(header, data)) != header.HeaderSize()) {
    return kErrHeader;
  }

  if (AliDebugLevel() > 2) ToAliDebug(3, header.Dump(););

  // Check event type and skip "Start of Run", "End of Run",
  // "Start of Run Files" and "End of Run Files"
  Int_t size = header.GetEventSize() - header.HeaderSize();
  switch (header.GetType()) {
  case AliRawEventHeader::kStartOfRun:
  case AliRawEventHeader::kEndOfRun:
  case AliRawEventHeader::kStartOfRunFiles:
  case AliRawEventHeader::kEndOfRunFiles:
    {
      AliDebug(1, Form("Skipping %s (%d bytes)", header.GetTypeName(), size));
      return kErrStartEndRun;
    }
  default:
    {
      AliDebug(1, Form("Processing %s (%d bytes)", header.GetTypeName(), size));
    }
  }

  // Amount of data left to read for this event
  Int_t toRead = size;

  // If there is less data for this event than the next sub-event
  // header, something is wrong. Skip to next event...
  if (toRead < header.HeaderSize()) {
    Error("ProcessEvent", "header size (%d) exceeds number of bytes "
	  "to read (%d)", header.HeaderSize(), toRead);
    if (AliDebugLevel() > 0) ToAliDebug(1, header.Dump(););
    return kErrHeaderSize;
  }
  
  // Loop over all sub-events... (LDCs)
  Int_t nsub = 1;
  while (toRead > 0) {
    if (isIovecArray) data = (char*) ((iovec*) event)[nsub].iov_base;

    AliDebug(1, Form("reading LDC %d", nsub));

    AliRawEvent *subEvent = fEvent->NextSubEvent();

    // Read sub-event header
    AliRawEventHeader &subHeader = *subEvent->GetHeader();
    if ((status = ReadHeader(subHeader, data)) != subHeader.HeaderSize()) {
      return kErrSubHeader;
    }

    if (AliDebugLevel() > 2) ToAliDebug(3, subHeader.Dump(););

    toRead -= subHeader.HeaderSize();

    Int_t rawSize = subHeader.GetEventSize() - subHeader.HeaderSize();

    // Make sure raw data less than left over bytes for current event
    if (rawSize > toRead) {
      Warning("ProcessEvent", "raw data size (%d) exceeds number of "
	      "bytes to read (%d)\n", rawSize, toRead);
      if (AliDebugLevel() > 0) ToAliDebug(1, subHeader.Dump(););
      return kErrDataSize;
    }

    // Read Equipment Headers (in case of physics or calibration event)
    if (header.GetType() == AliRawEventHeader::kPhysicsEvent ||
	header.GetType() == AliRawEventHeader::kCalibrationEvent) {
      while (rawSize > 0) {
	AliRawEquipment &equipment = *subEvent->NextEquipment();
	AliRawEquipmentHeader &equipmentHeader = 
	  *equipment.GetEquipmentHeader();
	Int_t equipHeaderSize = equipmentHeader.HeaderSize();
	if ((status = ReadEquipmentHeader(equipmentHeader, header.DataIsSwapped(),
					  data)) != equipHeaderSize) {
	  return kErrEquipmentHeader;
	}
	toRead  -= equipHeaderSize;
	rawSize -= equipHeaderSize;

	// Read equipment raw data
	AliRawData &subRaw = *equipment.GetRawData();

	Int_t eqSize = equipmentHeader.GetEquipmentSize() - equipHeaderSize;
	if ((status = ReadRawData(subRaw, eqSize, data)) != eqSize) {
	  return kErrEquipment;
	}
	toRead  -= eqSize;
	rawSize -= eqSize;

      }

    } else {  // Read only raw data but no equipment header
      AliRawEquipment &equipment = *subEvent->NextEquipment();
      AliRawData &subRaw = *equipment.GetRawData();
      if ((status = ReadRawData(subRaw, rawSize, data)) != rawSize) {
	return kErrEquipment;
      }
      toRead  -= rawSize;

    }

    nsub++;
  }

  // High Level Event Filter
  if (fFilterMode != kFilterOff) {
    if (header.GetType() == AliRawEventHeader::kPhysicsEvent ||
	header.GetType() == AliRawEventHeader::kCalibrationEvent) {
      Bool_t result = kFALSE;
      for (Int_t iFilter = 0; iFilter < fFilters.GetEntriesFast(); iFilter++) {
	AliFilter* filter = (AliFilter*) fFilters[iFilter];
	if (!filter) continue;
	if (filter->Filter(fEvent, fESD)) result = kTRUE;
      }
      if ((fFilterMode == kFilterOn) && !result) return kFilterReject;
    }
  }

  // Set stat info for first event of this file
  if (fRawDB->GetEvents() == 0)
    fStats->SetFirstId(header.GetRunNumber(), header.GetEventInRun());

  // Store raw event in tree
  Int_t nBytes = fRawDB->Fill();

  // Store header in tree
  if (fTagDB) fTagDB->Fill();

  // Make top event object ready for next event data
  fEvent->Reset();
  // Clean up HLT ESD for the next event
  if (fESD) fESD->Reset();

  return nBytes;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::GetTotalSize()
{
// return the total current raw DB file size

  if (!fRawDB) return -1;

  return fRawDB->GetTotalSize();
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::Close()
{
// close the current raw DB file

  if (!fRawDB) return 1;

  fRawDB->WriteStats(fStats);
  fRunDB->Update(fStats);
  delete fRawDB;
  fRawDB = NULL;
  delete fStats;
  fStats = NULL;
  return 0;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::Run(const char* inputFile, Bool_t loop,
		  EWriteMode mode, Double_t maxFileSize, 
		  const char* fs1, const char* fs2)
{
  // Run the MDC processor. Read from the input stream and only return
  // when the input gave and EOF or a fatal error occured. On success 0
  // is returned, 1 in case of a fatality.
  // inputFile is the name of the DATE input file; if NULL the input will
  // be taken from the event builder.
  // If loop is set the same input file will be reused in an infinite loop.
  // mode specifies the type of the raw DB.
  // maxFileSize is the maximal size of the raw DB.
  // fs1 and fs2 are the file system locations of the raw DB.

  Info("Run", "input = %s, rawdb size = %f, filter = %s, "
       "looping = %s, compression = %d, delete files = %s",
       inputFile ? inputFile : "event builder", maxFileSize,
       fFilterMode == kFilterOff ? "off" : 
       (fFilterMode == kFilterOn ? "on" : "transparent"), 
       loop ? "yes" : "no", fCompress, fDeleteFiles ? "yes" : "no");

  // Open the input file
  Int_t fd = -1;
  if (inputFile) {
    if ((fd = open(inputFile, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
      Error("Run", "cannot open input file %s", inputFile);
      return 1;
    }
  }

  // Used for statistics
  TStopwatch timer;
  timer.Start();
  Double_t told = 0, tnew = 0;
  Float_t  chunkSize = maxFileSize/100, nextChunk = chunkSize;

  // Create new raw DB.
  if (fRawDB) Close();
  if (mode == kRFIO) {
    fRawDB = new AliRawRFIODB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, NULL);
  } else if (mode == kROOTD) {
    fRawDB = new AliRawRootdDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, NULL);
  } else if (mode == kCASTOR) {
    fRawDB = new AliRawCastorDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, NULL);
  } else if (mode == kDEVNULL) {
    fRawDB = new AliRawNullDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, NULL);
  } else {
    fRawDB = new AliRawDB(fEvent, fESD, fCompress, NULL);
  }
  fRawDB->SetMaxSize(maxFileSize);
  fRawDB->SetFS(fs1, fs2);
  fRawDB->SetDeleteFiles(fDeleteFiles);
  fRawDB->Create();

  if (fRawDB->IsZombie()) {
    delete fRawDB;
    fRawDB = NULL;
    return 1;
  }
  printf("Filling raw DB %s\n", fRawDB->GetDBName());

  // Create AliStats object
  fStats = new AliStats(fRawDB->GetDBName(), fCompress, 
			fFilterMode != kFilterOff);

  // Process input stream
#ifdef USE_EB
  Int_t eorFlag = 0;
#endif
  char* event = NULL;
  UInt_t eventSize = 0;
  Int_t numEvents = 0;

  while (kTRUE) {

    // If we were in looping mode stop directly after a SIGUSR1 signal
    if (fStop) {
      Info("Run", "Stopping loop, processed %d events", numEvents);
      break;
    }

    if (!inputFile) {  // get data from event builder
#ifdef USE_EB
      if ((eorFlag = ebEor())) break;
      if ((event = (char*)ebGetNextEvent()) == (char*)-1) {
	Error("Run", "error getting next event (%s)", ebGetLastError());
	break;
      }
      if (event == 0) {
	// no event, sleep for 1 second and try again
	gSystem->Sleep(1000);
	continue;
      }
#else
      Error("Run", "AliMDC was compiled without event builder support");
      delete fRawDB;
      fRawDB = NULL;
      delete fStats;
      fStats = NULL;
      return 1;
#endif

    } else {  // get data from a file
      AliRawEventHeader header;
      Int_t nrecv;
      if ((nrecv = Read(fd, header.HeaderBegin(), header.HeaderSize())) !=
	  header.HeaderSize()) {
	if (nrecv == 0) {  // eof
	  if (loop) {
	    ::lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
	    continue;
	  } else {
	    break;
	  }
	} else {
	  Error("Run", "error reading header");
	  Close();
	  delete[] event;
	  return 1;
	}
      }
      if (eventSize < header.GetEventSize()) {
	delete[] event;
	eventSize = 2 * header.GetEventSize();
	event = new char[eventSize];
      }
      memcpy(event, header.HeaderBegin(), header.HeaderSize());
      Int_t size = header.GetEventSize() - header.HeaderSize();
      if (Read(fd, event + header.HeaderSize(), size) != size) {
	Error("Run", "error reading data");
	Close();
	delete[] event;
	return 1;
      }
    }

    Int_t result = ProcessEvent(event, !inputFile);

    if (result >= 0) {
      numEvents++;
      if (!(numEvents%10))
	printf("Processed event %d (%d)\n", numEvents, fRawDB->GetEvents());
    }

    if (result > 0) {
      // Filling time statistics
      if (fRawDB->GetBytesWritten() > nextChunk) {
	tnew = timer.RealTime();
	fStats->Fill(tnew-told);
	told = tnew;
	timer.Continue();
	nextChunk += chunkSize;
      }

      // Check size of raw db. If bigger than maxFileSize, close file
      // and continue with new file.
      if (fRawDB->GetBytesWritten() > maxFileSize) {

	printf("Written raw DB at a rate of %.1f MB/s\n",
	       fRawDB->GetBytesWritten() / timer.RealTime() / 1000000.);

	// Write stats object to raw db, run db, MySQL and AliEn
	fRawDB->WriteStats(fStats);
	if (fRunDB) fRunDB->Update(fStats);
	delete fStats;
	fStats = NULL;

	if (!fRawDB->NextFile()) {
	  Error("Run", "error opening next raw data file");
	  Close();
	  if (inputFile) delete[] event;
	  return 1;
	}

	printf("Filling raw DB %s\n", fRawDB->GetDBName());
	fStats = new AliStats(fRawDB->GetDBName(), fCompress, 
			      fFilterMode != kFilterOff);

	timer.Start();
	told = 0, tnew = 0;
	nextChunk = chunkSize;
      }

      // Check size of tag db
      if (fTagDB && fTagDB->FileFull()) {
	if (!fTagDB->NextFile()) {
	  delete fTagDB;
	  fTagDB = 0;
	} else {
	  printf("Filling tag DB %s\n", fTagDB->GetDBName());
	}
      }
    }

    // Make top event object ready for next event data
    //printf("Event %d has %d sub-events\n", numEvents, fEvent->GetNSubEvents());
    //    fEvent->Reset();
    // Clean up HLT ESD for the next event
    //    if (fESD) fESD->Reset();

    if (!inputFile) {
#ifdef USE_EB
      if (!ebReleaseEvent((iovec*)event)) {
	Error("Run", "problem releasing event (%s)", ebGetLastError());
	break;
      }
#endif
    }
  }

  printf("Written raw DB at a rate of %.1f MB/s\n",
	 fRawDB->GetBytesWritten() / timer.RealTime() / 1000000.);

  // Write stats to raw db and run db and delete stats object
  Close();

  if (!inputFile) {
#ifdef USE_EB
    // Print eor flag
    if (eorFlag) {
      Info("Run", "event builder reported end of run (%d)", eorFlag);
    }
#endif
  } else {
    // Close input source
    close(fd);
  }

  return 0;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::Read(Int_t fd, void *buffer, Int_t length)
{
   // Read exactly length bytes into buffer. Returns number of bytes
   // received, returns -1 in case of error and 0 for EOF.

   errno = 0;

   if (fd < 0) return -1;

   Int_t n, nrecv = 0;
   char *buf = (char *)buffer;

   for (n = 0; n < length; n += nrecv) {
      if ((nrecv = read(fd, buf+n, length-n)) <= 0) {
         if (nrecv == 0)
            break;        // EOF
         if (errno != EINTR)
            SysError("Read", "read");
         return -1;
      }
   }
   return n;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::ReadHeader(AliRawEventHeader &header, char*& data)
{
  // Read header info from DATE data stream. Returns bytes read (i.e.
  // AliRawEventHeader::HeaderSize()), -1 in case of error and 0 for EOF.

  memcpy(header.HeaderBegin(), data, header.HeaderSize());
  data += header.HeaderSize();

  // Swap header data if needed
  if (header.IsSwapped())
    header.Swap();

  // Is header valid...
  if (!header.IsValid()) {
    Error("ReadHeader", "invalid header format");
    // try recovery... how?
    return -1;
  }
  if (header.GetEventSize() < (UInt_t)header.HeaderSize()) {
    Error("ReadHeader", "invalid header size");
    // try recovery... how?
    return -1;
  }

  return header.HeaderSize();
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::ReadEquipmentHeader(AliRawEquipmentHeader &header,
                                  Bool_t isSwapped, char*& data)
{
  // Read equipment header info from DATE data stream. Returns bytes read
  // (i.e. AliRawEquipmentHeader::HeaderSize()), -1 in case of error and
  // 0 for EOF. If isSwapped is kTRUE the event data is byte swapped
  // and we will swap the header to host format.

  memcpy(header.HeaderBegin(), data, header.HeaderSize());
  data += header.HeaderSize();

  // Swap equipment header data if needed
  if (isSwapped)
    header.Swap();

  if (header.GetEquipmentSize() < (UInt_t)header.HeaderSize()) {
    Error("ReadEquipmentHeader", "invalid equipment header size");
    // try recovery... how?
    return -1;
  }

  return header.HeaderSize();
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
Int_t AliMDC::ReadRawData(AliRawData &raw, Int_t size, char*& data)
{
  // Read raw data from DATE data stream. Returns bytes read (i.e.
  // size), -1 in case of error and 0 for EOF.

  raw.SetBuffer(data, size);
  data += size;

  return size;
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
void AliMDC::Stop()
{
  // Stop the event loop
 
  fStop = kTRUE; 
  if (fRawDB) fRawDB->Stop(); 
}


//______________________________________________________________________________
AliMDC::AliMDCInterruptHandler::AliMDCInterruptHandler(const 
						       AliMDCInterruptHandler&
						       handler): 
  TSignalHandler(handler) 
{
// copy constructor

  Fatal("AliMDCInterruptHandler", "copy constructor not implemented");
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
AliMDC::AliMDCInterruptHandler& 
  AliMDC::AliMDCInterruptHandler::operator = (const AliMDCInterruptHandler& 
					      /*handler*/)
{
// assignment operator

  Fatal("operator =", "assignment operator not implemented");
  return *this;
}