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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2023-09-04 10:36:04 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2023-09-05 03:01:40 +0000
commit0c32084032cc54c501234cf37b3289628e98a645 (patch)
tree3abeb8f9ad65bd0ce98aee332659e204e672e872
parent078ad3d512f5b07ef491adae284350f79f4ae656 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-0c32084032cc54c501234cf37b3289628e98a645.tar.gz
Being able to tune worker process counts on-the-fly when
xap_helper gets used with -{netd,httpd,imapd} will be useful
for tuning new setups.
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm2
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm103
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/xap_helper.h282
-rw-r--r--t/xap_helper.t55
4 files changed, 371 insertions, 71 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
index 766c377f..528b9133 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if ($enc && $dec) { # should be custom ops
         *ipc_thaw = \&Storable::thaw;
 }
 
-my $recv_cmd = PublicInbox::Spawn->can('recv_cmd4');
+our $recv_cmd = PublicInbox::Spawn->can('recv_cmd4');
 our $send_cmd = PublicInbox::Spawn->can('send_cmd4') // do {
         require PublicInbox::CmdIPC4;
         $recv_cmd //= PublicInbox::CmdIPC4->can('recv_cmd4');
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm
index 36266e65..0e79e5e2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/XapHelper.pm
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ $GLP->configure(qw(require_order bundling no_ignore_case no_auto_abbrev));
 use PublicInbox::Search qw(xap_terms);
 use PublicInbox::CodeSearch;
 use PublicInbox::IPC;
+use PublicInbox::DS qw(awaitpid);
+use POSIX qw(:signal_h);
 use Fcntl qw(LOCK_UN LOCK_EX);
 my $X = \%PublicInbox::Search::X;
-our (%SRCH, %PIDS, $parent_pid);
+our (%SRCH, %WORKERS, $parent_pid, $alive, $nworker, $workerset);
 our $stderr = \*STDERR;
 
 # only short options for portability in C++ implementation
@@ -171,11 +173,17 @@ sub dispatch {
 sub recv_loop {
         local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { print $stderr @_ };
         my $rbuf;
-        while (!defined($parent_pid) || getppid != $parent_pid) {
-                my $req = bless {}, __PACKAGE__;
-                my @fds = PublicInbox::IPC::recv_cmd(\*STDIN, $rbuf, 4096*33);
+        my $in = \*STDIN;
+        while (!defined($parent_pid) || getppid == $parent_pid) {
+                PublicInbox::DS::sig_setmask($workerset);
+                my @fds = $PublicInbox::IPC::recv_cmd->($in, $rbuf, 4096*33);
                 scalar(@fds) or exit(66); # EX_NOINPUT
-                $fds[0] // die "recvmsg: $!";
+                if (!defined($fds[0])) {
+                        next if $!{EINTR};
+                        die "recvmsg: $!";
+                }
+                PublicInbox::DS::block_signals();
+                my $req = bless {}, __PACKAGE__;
                 my $i = 0;
                 for my $fd (@fds) {
                         open($req->{$i++}, '+<&=', $fd) and next;
@@ -195,38 +203,89 @@ sub recv_loop {
         }
 }
 
+sub reap_worker { # awaitpid CB
+        my ($pid, $nr) = @_;
+        delete $WORKERS{$nr};
+        if (($? >> 8) == 66) { # EX_NOINPUT
+                $alive = undef;
+                PublicInbox::DS->SetLoopTimeout(1);
+        } elsif ($?) {
+                warn "worker[$nr] died \$?=$?\n";
+        }
+        PublicInbox::DS::requeue(\&start_workers) if $alive;
+}
+
 sub start_worker ($) {
         my ($nr) = @_;
-        my $pid = fork // return warn("fork: $!");
+        my $pid = fork;
+        if (!defined($pid)) {
+                warn("fork: $!");
+                return undef;
+        };
         if ($pid == 0) {
-                undef %PIDS;
+                undef %WORKERS;
+                PublicInbox::DS::Reset();
+                $SIG{TERM} = sub { $parent_pid = -1 };
+                $SIG{TTIN} = $SIG{TTOU} = 'IGNORE';
+                $SIG{CHLD} = 'DEFAULT'; # Xapian may use this
                 recv_loop();
                 exit(0);
         } else {
-                $PIDS{$pid} = $nr;
+                $WORKERS{$nr} = $pid;
+                awaitpid($pid, \&reap_worker, $nr);
+        }
+}
+
+sub start_workers {
+        for my $nr (grep { !defined($WORKERS{$_}) } (0..($nworker - 1))) {
+                start_worker($nr) if $alive;
         }
 }
 
+sub do_sigttou {
+        if ($alive && $nworker > 1) {
+                --$nworker;
+                my @nr = grep { $_ >= $nworker } keys %WORKERS;
+                kill('TERM', @WORKERS{@nr});
+        }
+}
+
+sub xh_alive { $alive || scalar(keys %WORKERS) }
+
 sub start (@) {
         my (@argv) = @_;
-        local (%SRCH, %PIDS, $parent_pid);
+        local (%SRCH, %WORKERS);
+        local $alive = 1;
         PublicInbox::Search::load_xapian();
         $GLP->getoptionsfromarray(\@argv, my $opt = { j => 1 }, 'j=i') or
                 die 'bad args';
-        return recv_loop() if !$opt->{j};
-        die '-j must be >= 0' if $opt->{j} < 0;
-        start_worker($_) for (1..($opt->{j}));
-
-        my $quit;
-        until ($quit) {
-                my $p = waitpid(-1, 0) or return;
-                if (defined(my $nr = delete $PIDS{$p})) {
-                        $quit = 1 if ($? >> 8) == 66; # EX_NOINPUT
-                        start_worker($nr) if !$quit;
-                } else {
-                        warn "W: unknown pid=$p reaped\n";
-                }
+        local $workerset = POSIX::SigSet->new;
+        $workerset->fillset or die "fillset: $!";
+        for (@PublicInbox::DS::UNBLOCKABLE) {
+                $workerset->delset($_) or die "delset($_): $!";
         }
+
+        local $nworker = $opt->{j};
+        return recv_loop() if $nworker == 0;
+        die '-j must be >= 0' if $nworker < 0;
+        for (POSIX::SIGTERM, POSIX::SIGCHLD) {
+                $workerset->delset($_) or die "delset($_): $!";
+        }
+        local $parent_pid = $$;
+        my $sig = {
+                TTIN => sub {
+                        if ($alive) {
+                                ++$nworker;
+                                PublicInbox::DS::requeue(\&start_workers)
+                        }
+                },
+                TTOU => \&do_sigttou,
+                CHLD => \&PublicInbox::DS::enqueue_reap,
+        };
+        PublicInbox::DS::block_signals();
+        start_workers();
+        @PublicInbox::DS::post_loop_do = \&xh_alive;
+        PublicInbox::DS::event_loop($sig);
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/xap_helper.h b/lib/PublicInbox/xap_helper.h
index 871a381c..493a24f4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/xap_helper.h
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/xap_helper.h
@@ -56,15 +56,26 @@
 #        define STDERR_ASSIGNABLE (0)
 #endif
 
-static const int sock_fd = 0; // SOCK_SEQPACKET as stdin :P
-static pid_t parent_pid;
+// assert functions are used correctly (e.g. ensure hackers don't
+// cause EINVAL/EFAULT).  Not for stuff that can fail due to HW
+// failures.
+# define CHECK(type, expect, expr) do { \
+        type ckvar______ = (expr); \
+        assert(ckvar______ == (expect) && "BUG" && __FILE__ && __LINE__); \
+} while (0)
+
+static const int sock_fd = STDIN_FILENO; // SOCK_SEQPACKET as stdin :P
+static volatile pid_t parent_pid; // may be set in worker sighandler (sigw)
+static sigset_t fullset, workerset;
+static bool alive = true;
 #if STDERR_ASSIGNABLE
 static FILE *orig_err = stderr;
 #endif
 static int orig_err_fd = -1;
 static void *srch_tree; // tsearch + tdelete + twalk
 static pid_t *worker_pids; // nr => pid
-static unsigned long nworker;
+static unsigned long nworker, nworker_hwm;
+static int pipefds[2];
 
 // PublicInbox::Search and PublicInbox::CodeSearch generate these:
 static void mail_nrp_init(void);
@@ -598,11 +609,21 @@ static bool recv_req(struct req *req, char *rbuf, size_t *len)
         msg.msg_control = &cmsg.hdr;
         msg.msg_controllen = CMSG_SPACE(RECV_FD_SPACE);
 
+        // allow SIGTERM to hit
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &workerset, NULL));
+
         ssize_t r = recvmsg(sock_fd, &msg, 0);
-        if (r < 0)
-                err(EXIT_FAILURE, "recvmsg");
-        if (r == 0)
+        if (r == 0) {
                 exit(EX_NOINPUT); /* grandparent went away */
+        } else if (r < 0) {
+                if (errno == EINTR)
+                        return false; // retry recv_loop
+                err(EXIT_FAILURE, "recvmsg");
+        }
+
+        // success! no signals for the rest of the request/response cycle
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &fullset, NULL));
+
         *len = r;
         if (r > 0 && cmsg.hdr.cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET &&
                         cmsg.hdr.cmsg_type == SCM_RIGHTS) {
@@ -875,9 +896,19 @@ static void stderr_restore(FILE *tmp_err)
         clearerr(stderr);
 }
 
+static void sigw(int sig) // SIGTERM handler for worker
+{
+        parent_pid = -1; // break out of recv_loop
+}
+
 static void recv_loop(void) // worker process loop
 {
         static char rbuf[4096 * 33]; // per-process
+        struct sigaction sa = {};
+        sa.sa_handler = sigw;
+
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL));
+
         while (!parent_pid || getppid() == parent_pid) {
                 size_t len = sizeof(rbuf);
                 struct req req = {};
@@ -904,18 +935,6 @@ static void insert_pid(pid_t pid, unsigned nr)
         worker_pids[nr] = pid;
 }
 
-static int delete_pid(pid_t pid)
-{
-        for (unsigned nr = 0; nr < nworker; nr++) {
-                if (worker_pids[nr] == pid) {
-                        worker_pids[nr] = 0;
-                        return nr;
-                }
-        }
-        warnx("W: unknown pid=%d reaped", (int)pid);
-        return -1;
-}
-
 static void start_worker(unsigned nr)
 {
         pid_t pid = fork();
@@ -925,11 +944,31 @@ static void start_worker(unsigned nr)
                 insert_pid(pid, nr);
         } else {
                 cleanup_pids();
+                xclose(pipefds[0]);
+                xclose(pipefds[1]);
+                if (signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL) == SIG_ERR)
+                        err(EXIT_FAILURE, "signal CHLD");
+                if (signal(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)
+                        err(EXIT_FAILURE, "signal TTIN");
+                if (signal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)
+                        err(EXIT_FAILURE, "signal TTIN");
                 recv_loop();
                 exit(0);
         }
 }
 
+static void start_workers(void)
+{
+        sigset_t old;
+
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &fullset, &old));
+        for (unsigned long nr = 0; nr < nworker; nr++) {
+                if (!worker_pids[nr])
+                        start_worker(nr);
+        }
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old, NULL));
+}
+
 static void cleanup_all(void)
 {
         cleanup_pids();
@@ -939,6 +978,121 @@ static void cleanup_all(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void sigp(int sig) // parent signal handler
+{
+        static const char eagain[] = "signals coming in too fast";
+        static const char bad_sig[] = "BUG: bad sig\n";
+        static const char write_err[] = "BUG: sigp write: ";
+        char c = 0;
+
+        switch (sig) {
+        case SIGCHLD: c = '.'; break;
+        case SIGTTOU: c = '-'; break;
+        case SIGTTIN: c = '+'; break;
+        default:
+                write(STDERR_FILENO, bad_sig, sizeof(bad_sig) - 1);
+                _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+        ssize_t w = write(pipefds[1], &c, 1);
+        if (w == sizeof(c)) return;
+        int e = 0;
+        if (w < 0) {
+                e = errno;
+                if (e == EAGAIN) {
+                        write(STDERR_FILENO, eagain, sizeof(eagain) - 1);
+                        return;
+                }
+        }
+        struct iovec iov[3];
+        iov[0].iov_base = (void *)write_err;
+        iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(write_err) - 1;
+        iov[1].iov_base = (void *)(e ? strerror(e) : "zero write");
+        iov[1].iov_len = strlen((const char *)iov[1].iov_base);
+        iov[2].iov_base = (void *)"\n";
+        iov[2].iov_len = 1;
+        (void)writev(STDERR_FILENO, iov, MY_ARRAY_SIZE(iov));
+        _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+static void reaped_worker(pid_t pid, int st)
+{
+        unsigned long nr = 0;
+        for (; nr < nworker_hwm; nr++) {
+                if (worker_pids[nr] == pid) {
+                        worker_pids[nr] = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (nr >= nworker_hwm) {
+                warnx("W: unknown pid=%d reaped $?=%d", (int)pid, st);
+                return;
+        }
+        if (WIFEXITED(st) && WEXITSTATUS(st) == EX_NOINPUT)
+                alive = false;
+        else if (st)
+                warnx("worker[%lu] died $?=%d", nr, st);
+        if (alive)
+                start_workers();
+}
+
+static void do_sigchld(void)
+{
+        while (1) {
+                int st;
+                pid_t pid = waitpid(-1, &st, WNOHANG);
+                if (pid > 0) {
+                        reaped_worker(pid, st);
+                } else if (pid == 0) {
+                        return;
+                } else {
+                        switch (errno) {
+                        case ECHILD: return;
+                        case EINTR: break; // can it happen w/ WNOHANG?
+                        default: err(EXIT_FAILURE, "BUG: waitpid");
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+}
+
+static void do_sigttin(void)
+{
+        if (!alive) return;
+        void *p = reallocarray(worker_pids, nworker + 1, sizeof(pid_t));
+        if (!p) {
+                warn("reallocarray");
+        } else {
+                worker_pids = (pid_t *)p;
+                worker_pids[nworker++] = 0;
+                if (nworker_hwm < nworker)
+                        nworker_hwm = nworker;
+                start_workers();
+        }
+}
+
+static void do_sigttou(void)
+{
+        if (!alive || nworker <= 1) return;
+
+        // worker_pids array does not shrink
+        --nworker;
+        for (unsigned long nr = nworker; nr < nworker_hwm; nr++) {
+                pid_t pid = worker_pids[nr];
+                if (pid != 0 && kill(pid, SIGTERM))
+                        warn("BUG?: kill(%d, SIGTERM)", (int)pid);
+        }
+}
+
+static size_t living_workers(void)
+{
+        size_t ret = 0;
+
+        for (unsigned long nr = 0; nr < nworker_hwm; nr++) {
+                if (worker_pids[nr])
+                        ret++;
+        }
+        return ret;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
         int c;
@@ -953,7 +1107,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                         err(EXIT_FAILURE, "dup(2)");
         }
 
-        nworker = 0;
+        nworker = 1;
 #ifdef _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
         long j = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
         if (j > 0)
@@ -981,27 +1135,79 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                         errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "BUG: `-%c'", c);
                 }
         }
-        if (nworker == 0) {
+        sigset_t pset; // parent-only
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigfillset(&pset));
+
+        // global sigsets:
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigfillset(&fullset));
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigfillset(&workerset));
+
+#define DELSET(sig) do { \
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&fullset, sig)); \
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&workerset, sig)); \
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&pset, sig)); \
+} while (0)
+        DELSET(SIGABRT);
+        DELSET(SIGBUS);
+        DELSET(SIGFPE);
+        DELSET(SIGILL);
+        DELSET(SIGSEGV);
+        DELSET(SIGXCPU);
+        DELSET(SIGXFSZ);
+#undef DELSET
+
+        if (nworker == 0) { // no SIGTERM handling w/o workers
                 recv_loop();
-        } else {
-                parent_pid = getpid();
-                worker_pids = (pid_t *)calloc(nworker, sizeof(pid_t));
-                if (!worker_pids)
-                        err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
-                for (unsigned i = 0; i < nworker; i++)
-                        start_worker(i);
-
-                int st;
-                pid_t pid;
-                bool quit = false;
-                while ((pid = wait(&st)) > 0) {
-                        int nr = delete_pid(pid);
-                        if (nr < 0) continue;
-                        if (WIFEXITED(st) && WEXITSTATUS(st) == EX_NOINPUT)
-                                quit = true;
-                        if (!quit)
-                                start_worker(nr);
+                return 0;
+        }
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&workerset, SIGTERM));
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&workerset, SIGCHLD));
+        parent_pid = getpid();
+        nworker_hwm = nworker;
+        worker_pids = (pid_t *)calloc(nworker, sizeof(pid_t));
+        if (!worker_pids) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "calloc");
+
+        if (pipe(pipefds)) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pipe");
+        int fl = fcntl(F_GETFL, pipefds[1]);
+        if (fl == -1) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "F_GETFL");
+        if (fcntl(F_SETFL, pipefds[1], fl | O_NONBLOCK))
+                err(EXIT_FAILURE, "F_SETFL");
+
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&pset, SIGCHLD));
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&pset, SIGTTIN));
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigdelset(&pset, SIGTTOU));
+
+        struct sigaction sa = {};
+        sa.sa_handler = sigp;
+
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigaction(SIGTTIN, &sa, NULL));
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigaction(SIGTTOU, &sa, NULL));
+        sa.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP;
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL));
+
+        CHECK(int, 0, sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &pset, NULL));
+
+        start_workers();
+
+        char sbuf[64];
+        while (alive || living_workers()) {
+                ssize_t n = read(pipefds[0], &sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
+                if (n < 0) {
+                        if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+                        err(EXIT_FAILURE, "read");
+                } else if (n == 0) {
+                        errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "read EOF");
+                }
+                do_sigchld();
+                for (ssize_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                        switch (sbuf[i]) {
+                        case '.': break; // do_sigchld already called
+                        case '-': do_sigttou(); break;
+                        case '+': do_sigttin(); break;
+                        default: errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "BUG: c=%c", sbuf[i]);
+                        }
                 }
         }
+
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/xap_helper.t b/t/xap_helper.t
index b68f2773..f4b3581f 100644
--- a/t/xap_helper.t
+++ b/t/xap_helper.t
@@ -95,21 +95,55 @@ my $test = sub {
         my $stats = do { local $/; <$err_rd> };
         is($stats, "mset.size=6 nr_out=6\n", 'mset.size reported');
 
-        if ($arg[-1] !~ /\('-j0'\)/) {
-                kill('KILL', $cinfo{pid});
+        return $ar if $cinfo{pid} == $pid;
+
+        # test worker management:
+        kill('TERM', $cinfo{pid});
+        my $tries = 0;
+        do {
                 $r = $doreq->($s, qw(test_inspect -d), $ibx_idx[0]);
-                %info = map {
-                        split(/=/, $_, 2)
-                } split(/ /, do { local $/; <$r> });
-                isnt($info{pid}, $cinfo{pid}, 'spawned new worker');
+                %info = map { split(/=/, $_, 2) }
+                        split(/ /, do { local $/; <$r> });
+        } while ($info{pid} == $cinfo{pid} && ++$tries < 10);
+        isnt($info{pid}, $cinfo{pid}, 'spawned new worker');
+
+        my %pids;
+        $tries = 0;
+        my @ins = ($s, qw(test_inspect -d), $ibx_idx[0]);
+        kill('TTIN', $pid);
+        until (scalar(keys %pids) >= 2 || ++$tries > 10) {
+                tick;
+                my @r = map { $doreq->(@ins) } (0..5);
+                for my $fh (@r) {
+                        my $buf = do { local $/; <$fh> } // die "read: $!";
+                        $buf =~ /\bpid=(\d+)/ and $pids{$1} = undef;
+                }
+        }
+        is(scalar keys %pids, 2, 'have two pids');
+
+        kill('TTOU', $pid);
+        %pids = ();
+        my $delay = $tries * 0.11 * ($ENV{VALGRIND} ? 10 : 1);
+        $tries = 0;
+        diag 'waiting '.$delay.'s for SIGTTOU';
+        tick($delay);
+        until (scalar(keys %pids) == 1 || ++$tries > 100) {
+                %pids = ();
+                my @r = map { $doreq->(@ins) } (0..5);
+                for my $fh (@r) {
+                        my $buf = do { local $/; <$fh> } // die "read: $!";
+                        $buf =~ /\bpid=(\d+)/ and $pids{$1} = undef;
+                }
         }
+        is(scalar keys %pids, 1, 'have one pid') or diag explain(\%pids);
+        is($info{pid}, (keys %pids)[0], 'kept oldest PID after TTOU');
+
         $ar;
 };
-my $ar;
 
 my @NO_CXX = (1);
 unless ($ENV{TEST_XH_CXX_ONLY}) {
-        $ar = $test->(qw[-MPublicInbox::XapHelper -e
+        my $ar = $test->(qw[-MPublicInbox::XapHelper -e
                         PublicInbox::XapHelper::start('-j0')]);
         $ar = $test->(qw[-MPublicInbox::XapHelper -e
                         PublicInbox::XapHelper::start('-j1')]);
@@ -119,10 +153,10 @@ SKIP: {
                 require PublicInbox::XapHelperCxx;
                 PublicInbox::XapHelperCxx::check_build();
         };
-        skip "XapHelperCxx build: $@", 1 if $@;
+        skip "XapHelperCxx build: $@", 1 if $@ || $ENV{PI_NO_CXX};
 
         @NO_CXX = $ENV{TEST_XH_CXX_ONLY} ? (0) : (0, 1);
-        $ar = $test->(qw[-MPublicInbox::XapHelperCxx -e
+        my $ar = $test->(qw[-MPublicInbox::XapHelperCxx -e
                         PublicInbox::XapHelperCxx::start('-j0')]);
         $ar = $test->(qw[-MPublicInbox::XapHelperCxx -e
                         PublicInbox::XapHelperCxx::start('-j1')]);
@@ -142,6 +176,7 @@ my @id2root;
         close $fh;
 }
 
+my $ar;
 for my $n (@NO_CXX) {
         local $ENV{PI_NO_CXX} = $n;
         my ($xhc, $pid) = PublicInbox::XapClient::start_helper('-j0');