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BUG#: 7017
TITLE: Allow the Monitor to run in an IPV6-only environment
DESCRIPTION: Create a Tickler abstraction to contain the Monitor tickle connection logic, and update it to use an IPv6 loopback connection if IPv6 is enabled.

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#include "Network.h"
#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <cstring>
#include "Monitor.h"
#include "MessageQueue.h"
#include "Socket.h"
#include <Pegasus/Common/Tracer.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/HTTPConnection.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/MessageQueueService.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/Exception.h>
#include "ArrayIterator.h"
#include "HostAddress.h"
#include <errno.h>

PEGASUS_USING_STD;

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

static AtomicInt _connections(0);

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Tickler
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Tickler::Tickler()
    : _listenSocket(PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET),
      _clientSocket(PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET),
      _serverSocket(PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET)
{
}

Tickler::~Tickler()
{
    uninitialize();
}

Boolean Tickler::initialize()
{
    //
    // Set up the addresses for the listen, client, and server sockets
    // based on whether IPv6 is enabled.
    //

#ifdef PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6
    struct sockaddr_storage listenAddress;
    struct sockaddr_storage clientAddress;
    struct sockaddr_storage serverAddress;
#else
    struct sockaddr_in listenAddress;
    struct sockaddr_in clientAddress;
    struct sockaddr_in serverAddress;
#endif

    int addressFamily;
    SocketLength addressLength;

#ifdef PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6
    if (System::isIPv6StackActive())
    {
        // Use the IPv6 loopback address for the listen sockets
        HostAddress::convertTextToBinary(
            HostAddress::AT_IPV6,
            "::1",
            &reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr_in6*>(&listenAddress)->sin6_addr);
        listenAddress.ss_family = AF_INET6;
        reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr_in6*>(&listenAddress)->sin6_port = 0;

        addressFamily = AF_INET6;
        addressLength = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
    }
    else
#endif
    {
        // Use the IPv4 loopback address for the listen sockets
        HostAddress::convertTextToBinary(
            HostAddress::AT_IPV4,
            "127.0.0.1",
            &reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr_in*>(
                &listenAddress)->sin_addr.s_addr);
        reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr_in*>(&listenAddress)->sin_family =
            AF_INET;
        reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr_in*>(&listenAddress)->sin_port = 0;

        addressFamily = AF_INET;
        addressLength = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
    }

    // Use the same address for the client socket as the listen socket
    clientAddress = listenAddress;

    //
    // Set up a listen socket to allow the tickle client and server to connect
    //

    // Create the listen socket
    if ((_listenSocket = Socket::createSocket(addressFamily, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) ==
             PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET)
    {
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_CREATE",
            "Received error number $0 while creating the internal socket.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    // Bind the listen socket to the loopback address
    if (::bind(
            _listenSocket,
            reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&listenAddress),
            addressLength) < 0)
    {
#ifdef PEGASUS_OS_ZOS
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_BIND_LONG",
            "Received error:$0 while binding the internal socket.",
            strerror(errno));
#else
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_BIND",
            "Received error number $0 while binding the internal socket.",
            getSocketError());
#endif
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    // Listen for a connection from the tickle client
    if ((::listen(_listenSocket, 3)) < 0)
    {
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_LISTEN",
            "Received error number $0 while listening to the internal socket.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    // Verify we have the correct listen socket
    SocketLength tmpAddressLength = addressLength;
    int sock = ::getsockname(
        _listenSocket,
        reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&listenAddress),
        &tmpAddressLength);
    if (sock < 0)
    {
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_SOCKNAME",
            "Received error number $0 while getting the internal socket name.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    //
    // Set up the client side of the tickle connection.
    //

    // Create the client socket
    if ((_clientSocket = Socket::createSocket(addressFamily, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) ==
             PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET)
    {
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_CLIENT_CREATE",
            "Received error number $0 while creating the internal client "
                "socket.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    // Bind the client socket to the loopback address
    if (::bind(
            _clientSocket,
            reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&clientAddress),
            addressLength) < 0)
    {
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_CLIENT_BIND",
            "Received error number $0 while binding the internal client "
                "socket.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    // Connect the client socket to the listen socket address
    if (::connect(
            _clientSocket,
            reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&listenAddress),
            addressLength) < 0)
    {
        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_CLIENT_CONNECT",
            "Received error number $0 while connecting the internal client "
                "socket.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    //
    // Set up the server side of the tickle connection.
    //

    tmpAddressLength = addressLength;

    // Accept the client socket connection.  The accept call may fail with
    // EAGAIN.  Try a max of 20 times to establish this connection.
    unsigned int retries = 0;
    do
    {
        _serverSocket = ::accept(
            _listenSocket,
            reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr*>(&serverAddress),
            &tmpAddressLength);

        if ((_serverSocket != PEGASUS_SOCKET_ERROR) ||
            (getSocketError() != PEGASUS_NETWORK_TRYAGAIN))
        {
            break;
        }

        Threads::sleep(1);
        retries++;
    } while (retries <= 20);

    if (_serverSocket == PEGASUS_SOCKET_ERROR)
    {
        if (getSocketError() == PEGASUS_NETWORK_TCPIP_STOPPED)
        {
            // TCP/IP is down
            uninitialize();
            return false;
        }

        MessageLoaderParms parms(
            "Common.Monitor.TICKLE_ACCEPT",
            "Received error number $0 while accepting the internal socket "
                "connection.",
            getSocketError());
        throw Exception(parms);
    }

    //
    // Close the listen socket and make the other sockets non-blocking
    //

    Socket::close(_listenSocket);
    _listenSocket = PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET;

    Socket::disableBlocking(_serverSocket);
    Socket::disableBlocking(_clientSocket);
    return true;
}

void Tickler::uninitialize()
{
    PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4, "uninitializing interface");

    try
    {
        if (_serverSocket != PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET)
        {
            Socket::close(_serverSocket);
            _serverSocket = PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET;
        }
        if (_clientSocket != PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET)
        {
            Socket::close(_clientSocket);
            _clientSocket = PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET;
        }
        if (_listenSocket != PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET)
        {
            Socket::close(_listenSocket);
            _listenSocket = PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET;
        }
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
            "Failed to close tickle sockets");
    }
}


////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Monitor
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#define MAX_NUMBER_OF_MONITOR_ENTRIES  32
Monitor::Monitor()
   : _stopConnections(0),
     _stopConnectionsSem(0),
     _solicitSocketCount(0)
{
    int numberOfMonitorEntriesToAllocate = MAX_NUMBER_OF_MONITOR_ENTRIES;
    Socket::initializeInterface();
    _entries.reserveCapacity(numberOfMonitorEntriesToAllocate);

    // setup the tickler
    initializeTickler();

    // Start the count at 1 because initilizeTickler()
    // has added an entry in the first position of the
    // _entries array
    for (int i = 1; i < numberOfMonitorEntriesToAllocate; i++)
    {
       _MonitorEntry entry(0, 0, 0);
       _entries.append(entry);
    }
}

Monitor::~Monitor()
{
    _tickler.uninitialize();
    Socket::uninitializeInterface();
    PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                  "returning from monitor destructor");
}

void Monitor::initializeTickler()
{
    while (!_tickler.initialize())
    {
        // Retry until TCP/IP is started
    }

    // Create a MonitorEntry for the tickler and set its state to IDLE so the
    // Monitor will watch for its events.
    _MonitorEntry entry(_tickler.getServerSocket(), 1, INTERNAL);
    entry._status = _MonitorEntry::IDLE;

    if (_entries.size() == 0)
    {
        // The tickler has not been initialized before; add its entry at the
        // beginning of the list.
        _entries.append(entry);
    }
    else
    {
        // Overwrite the existing tickler entry.
        _entries[0] = entry;
    }
}

void Monitor::tickle()
{
    AutoMutex autoMutex(_tickleMutex);
    Socket::write(_tickler.getClientSocket(), "\0\0", 2);
}

void Monitor::setState(
    Uint32 index,
    _MonitorEntry::entry_status status)
{
    AutoMutex autoEntryMutex(_entry_mut);
    // Set the state to requested state
    _entries[index]._status = status;
}

void Monitor::run(Uint32 milliseconds)
{
    struct timeval tv = {milliseconds/1000, milliseconds%1000*1000};

    fd_set fdread;
    FD_ZERO(&fdread);

    AutoMutex autoEntryMutex(_entry_mut);

    ArrayIterator<_MonitorEntry> entries(_entries);

    // Check the stopConnections flag.  If set, clear the Acceptor monitor
    // entries
    if (_stopConnections.get() == 1)
    {
        for ( int indx = 0; indx < (int)entries.size(); indx++)
        {
            if (entries[indx]._type == Monitor::ACCEPTOR)
            {
                if ( entries[indx]._status.get() != _MonitorEntry::EMPTY)
                {
                   if ( entries[indx]._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::IDLE ||
                        entries[indx]._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::DYING )
                   {
                       // remove the entry
                       entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::EMPTY;
                   }
                   else
                   {
                       // set status to DYING
                      entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::DYING;
                   }
               }
           }
        }
        _stopConnections = 0;
        _stopConnectionsSem.signal();
    }

    for (int indx = 0; indx < (int)entries.size(); indx++)
    {
        const _MonitorEntry &entry = entries[indx];
        if ((entry._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::DYING) &&
            (entry._type == Monitor::CONNECTION))
        {
            MessageQueue *q = MessageQueue::lookup(entry.queueId);
            PEGASUS_ASSERT(q != 0);
            HTTPConnection &h = *static_cast<HTTPConnection *>(q);

            if (h._connectionClosePending == false)
                continue;

            // NOTE: do not attempt to delete while there are pending responses
            // coming thru. The last response to come thru after a
            // _connectionClosePending will reset _responsePending to false
            // and then cause the monitor to rerun this code and clean up.
            // (see HTTPConnection.cpp)

            if (h._responsePending == true)
            {
                PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                    "Monitor::run - Ignoring connection delete request "
                        "because responses are still pending. "
                        "connection=0x%p, socket=%d\n",
                    (void *)&h, h.getSocket()));
                continue;
            }
            h._connectionClosePending = false;
            MessageQueue &o = h.get_owner();
            Message* message= new CloseConnectionMessage(entry.socket);
            message->dest = o.getQueueId();

            // HTTPAcceptor is responsible for closing the connection.
            // The lock is released to allow HTTPAcceptor to call
            // unsolicitSocketMessages to free the entry.
            // Once HTTPAcceptor completes processing of the close
            // connection, the lock is re-requested and processing of
            // the for loop continues.  This is safe with the current
            // implementation of the entries object.  Note that the
            // loop condition accesses the entries.size() on each
            // iteration, so that a change in size while the mutex is
            // unlocked will not result in an ArrayIndexOutOfBounds
            // exception.

            _entry_mut.unlock();
            o.enqueue(message);
            _entry_mut.lock();

            // After enqueue a message and the autoEntryMutex has been
            // released and locked again, the array of _entries can be
            // changed. The ArrayIterator has be reset with the original
            // _entries.
            entries.reset(_entries);
        }
    }

    Uint32 _idleEntries = 0;

    /*
        We will keep track of the maximum socket number and pass this value
        to the kernel as a parameter to SELECT.  This loop seems like a good
        place to calculate the max file descriptor (maximum socket number)
        because we have to traverse the entire array.
    */
    SocketHandle maxSocketCurrentPass = 0;
    for (int indx = 0; indx < (int)entries.size(); indx++)
    {
       if (maxSocketCurrentPass < entries[indx].socket)
           maxSocketCurrentPass = entries[indx].socket;

       if (entries[indx]._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::IDLE)
       {
           _idleEntries++;
           FD_SET(entries[indx].socket, &fdread);
       }
    }

    /*
        Add 1 then assign maxSocket accordingly. We add 1 to account for
        descriptors starting at 0.
    */
    maxSocketCurrentPass++;

    _entry_mut.unlock();

    //
    // The first argument to select() is ignored on Windows and it is not
    // a socket value.  The original code assumed that the number of sockets
    // and a socket value have the same type.  On Windows they do not.
    //
#ifdef PEGASUS_OS_TYPE_WINDOWS
    int events = select(0, &fdread, NULL, NULL, &tv);
#else
    int events = select(maxSocketCurrentPass, &fdread, NULL, NULL, &tv);
#endif
    _entry_mut.lock();

    // After enqueue a message and the autoEntryMutex has been released and
    // locked again, the array of _entries can be changed. The ArrayIterator
    // has be reset with the original _entries
    entries.reset(_entries);

    if (events == PEGASUS_SOCKET_ERROR)
    {
        PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
            "Monitor::run - errorno = %d has occurred on select.", errno));
        // The EBADF error indicates that one or more or the file
        // descriptions was not valid. This could indicate that
        // the entries structure has been corrupted or that
        // we have a synchronization error.

        PEGASUS_ASSERT(errno != EBADF);
    }
    else if (events)
    {
        PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
            "Monitor::run select event received events = %d, monitoring %d "
                "idle entries",
            events, _idleEntries));
        for (int indx = 0; indx < (int)entries.size(); indx++)
        {
            // The Monitor should only look at entries in the table that are
            // IDLE (i.e., owned by the Monitor).
            if ((entries[indx]._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::IDLE) &&
                (FD_ISSET(entries[indx].socket, &fdread)))
            {
                MessageQueue *q = MessageQueue::lookup(entries[indx].queueId);
                PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                    "Monitor::run indx = %d, queueId =  %d, q = %p",
                    indx, entries[indx].queueId, q));
                PEGASUS_ASSERT(q !=0);

                try
                {
                    if (entries[indx]._type == Monitor::CONNECTION)
                    {
                        PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                            "entries[indx].type for indx = %d is "
                                "Monitor::CONNECTION",
                            indx));
                        static_cast<HTTPConnection *>(q)->_entry_index = indx;

                        // Do not update the entry just yet. The entry gets
                        // updated once the request has been read.
                        //entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::BUSY;

                        // If allocate_and_awaken failure, retry on next
                        // iteration
/* Removed for PEP 183.
                        if (!MessageQueueService::get_thread_pool()->
                                allocate_and_awaken((void *)q, _dispatch))
                        {
                            PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_DISCARDED_DATA,
                                Tracer::LEVEL2,
                                "Monitor::run: Insufficient resources to "
                                    "process request.");
                            entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::IDLE;
                            return true;
                        }
*/
// Added for PEP 183
                        HTTPConnection *dst =
                            reinterpret_cast<HTTPConnection *>(q);
                        PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                            "Monitor::_dispatch: entering run() for "
                                "indx = %d, queueId = %d, q = %p",
                            dst->_entry_index,
                            dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index].queueId,
                            dst));

                        try
                        {
                            dst->run(1);
                        }
                        catch (...)
                        {
                            PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                                "Monitor::_dispatch: exception received");
                        }
                        PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                            "Monitor::_dispatch: exited run() for index %d",
                            dst->_entry_index));

                        // It is possible the entry status may not be set to
                        // busy.  The following will fail in that case.
                        // PEGASUS_ASSERT(dst->_monitor->_entries[
                        //     dst->_entry_index]._status.get() ==
                        //    _MonitorEntry::BUSY);
                        // Once the HTTPConnection thread has set the status
                        // value to either Monitor::DYING or Monitor::IDLE,
                        // it has returned control of the connection to the
                        // Monitor.  It is no longer permissible to access
                        // the connection or the entry in the _entries table.

                        // The following is not relevant as the worker thread
                        // or the reader thread will update the status of the
                        // entry.
                        //if (dst->_connectionClosePending)
                        //{
                        //  dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index]._status =
                        //    _MonitorEntry::DYING;
                        //}
                        //else
                        //{
                        //  dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index]._status =
                        //    _MonitorEntry::IDLE;
                        //}
// end Added for PEP 183
                    }
                    else if (entries[indx]._type == Monitor::INTERNAL)
                    {
                        // set ourself to BUSY,
                        // read the data
                        // and set ourself back to IDLE

                        entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::BUSY;
                        static char buffer[2];
                        Sint32 amt =
                            Socket::read(entries[indx].socket,&buffer, 2);

                        if (amt == PEGASUS_SOCKET_ERROR &&
                            getSocketError() == PEGASUS_NETWORK_TCPIP_STOPPED)
                        {
                            PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                                "Monitor::run: Tickler socket got an IO error. "
                                    "Going to re-create Socket and wait for "
                                    "TCP/IP restart.");
                            _tickler.uninitialize();
                            initializeTickler();
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::IDLE;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
                            "Non-connection entry, indx = %d, has been "
                                "received.",
                            indx));
                        int events = 0;
                        events |= SocketMessage::READ;
                        Message* msg = new SocketMessage(
                            entries[indx].socket, events);
                        entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::BUSY;
                        _entry_mut.unlock();
                        q->enqueue(msg);
                        _entry_mut.lock();

                        // After enqueue a message and the autoEntryMutex has
                        // been released and locked again, the array of
                        // entries can be changed. The ArrayIterator has be
                        // reset with the original _entries
                        entries.reset(_entries);
                        entries[indx]._status = _MonitorEntry::IDLE;
                    }
                }
                catch (...)
                {
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

void Monitor::stopListeningForConnections(Boolean wait)
{
    PEG_METHOD_ENTER(TRC_HTTP, "Monitor::stopListeningForConnections()");
    // set boolean then tickle the server to recognize _stopConnections
    _stopConnections = 1;
    tickle();

    if (wait)
    {
      // Wait for the monitor to notice _stopConnections.  Otherwise the
      // caller of this function may unbind the ports while the monitor
      // is still accepting connections on them.
      _stopConnectionsSem.wait();
    }

    PEG_METHOD_EXIT();
}


int Monitor::solicitSocketMessages(
    SocketHandle socket,
    Uint32 events,
    Uint32 queueId,
    int type)
{
    PEG_METHOD_ENTER(TRC_HTTP, "Monitor::solicitSocketMessages");
    AutoMutex autoMut(_entry_mut);
    // Check to see if we need to dynamically grow the _entries array
    // We always want the _entries array to 2 bigger than the
    // current connections requested
    _solicitSocketCount++;  // bump the count
    int size = (int)_entries.size();
    if ((int)_solicitSocketCount >= (size-1))
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < ((int)_solicitSocketCount - (size-1)); i++)
        {
            _MonitorEntry entry(0, 0, 0);
            _entries.append(entry);
        }
    }

    int index;
    for (index = 1; index < (int)_entries.size(); index++)
    {
        try
        {
            if (_entries[index]._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::EMPTY)
            {
                _entries[index].socket = socket;
                _entries[index].queueId  = queueId;
                _entries[index]._type = type;
                _entries[index]._status = _MonitorEntry::IDLE;

                return index;
            }
        }
        catch (...)
        {
        }
    }
    // decrease the count, if we are here we didn't do anything meaningful
    _solicitSocketCount--;
    PEG_METHOD_EXIT();
    return -1;
}

void Monitor::unsolicitSocketMessages(SocketHandle socket)
{
    PEG_METHOD_ENTER(TRC_HTTP, "Monitor::unsolicitSocketMessages");
    AutoMutex autoMut(_entry_mut);

    /*
        Start at index = 1 because _entries[0] is the tickle entry which
        never needs to be EMPTY;
    */
    unsigned int index;
    for (index = 1; index < _entries.size(); index++)
    {
        if (_entries[index].socket == socket)
        {
            _entries[index]._status = _MonitorEntry::EMPTY;
            _entries[index].socket = PEGASUS_INVALID_SOCKET;
            _solicitSocketCount--;
            break;
        }
    }

    /*
        Dynamic Contraction:
        To remove excess entries we will start from the end of the _entries
        array and remove all entries with EMPTY status until we find the
        first NON EMPTY.  This prevents the positions, of the NON EMPTY
        entries, from being changed.
    */
    index = _entries.size() - 1;
    while (_entries[index]._status.get() == _MonitorEntry::EMPTY)
    {
        if (_entries.size() > MAX_NUMBER_OF_MONITOR_ENTRIES)
                _entries.remove(index);
        index--;
    }
    PEG_METHOD_EXIT();
}

// Note: this is no longer called with PEP 183.
ThreadReturnType PEGASUS_THREAD_CDECL Monitor::_dispatch(void* parm)
{
    HTTPConnection *dst = reinterpret_cast<HTTPConnection *>(parm);
    PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
        "Monitor::_dispatch: entering run() for indx  = %d, queueId = %d, "
            "q = %p",
        dst->_entry_index,
        dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index].queueId,
        dst));

    try
    {
        dst->run(1);
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        PEG_TRACE_CSTRING(TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
            "Monitor::_dispatch: exception received");
    }
    PEG_TRACE((TRC_HTTP, Tracer::LEVEL4,
        "Monitor::_dispatch: exited run() for index %d", dst->_entry_index));

    PEGASUS_ASSERT(dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index]._status.get() ==
        _MonitorEntry::BUSY);

    // Once the HTTPConnection thread has set the status value to either
    // Monitor::DYING or Monitor::IDLE, it has returned control of the
    // connection to the Monitor.  It is no longer permissible to access the
    // connection or the entry in the _entries table.
    if (dst->_connectionClosePending)
    {
        dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index]._status =
            _MonitorEntry::DYING;
    }
    else
    {
        dst->_monitor->_entries[dst->_entry_index]._status =
            _MonitorEntry::IDLE;
    }
    return 0;
}

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END