[Quickfix-developers] ThreadedSocketInitiator::onStart hangs if called before session s tart-time

[Requenes, M. <Max...@sa...>]

I'm running a CVS'd checkout of QuickFix between the 1.6.0 and 1.7.0
releases; on Solaris, GCC 2.95.3, buy side; using ThreadedSocketInitiator.

I am having a problem initiating connections to brokers when starting
Quickfix before the configured start-times for the connections. I've checked
QF 1.7.1, and the problem/solution I'm about to describe still applies.

The scenario is as follows: I have connections to multiple brokers, with
multiple start times ranging from 8:30 am to 8:35 am. If I start the
application BEFORE 8:30 am, ThreadedSocketInitiator::onStart calls
'connect', which sees that the sessions aren't in their configured time
range, then goes into an infinite wait loop. It never tries to reconnect. 

void ThreadedSocketInitiator::onStart()
{
  connect();
  while ( !m_stop)
    process_sleep( 1 );
}

The fix I propose is to place the call to 'connect' within the body of the
wait loop.

void ThreadedSocketInitiator::onStart()
{
  while ( !m_stop) {
    connect();
    process_sleep( 1 );
  }
}

Do you see any problems with this?


BTW, this problem is also described in this QF mailing list thread (in the
initial message only):
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3738929&forum_id=103 


Regards,

Max Requenes

SAC Capital Management, LLC
212-813-8696
max...@sa... 


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