core: add ALLOCATE_ID message for fakessh.

docs/howitworks.rst

@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ Masters listen on the following handles:
     module named ``fullname``, and writes the source along with some metadata
     back to the handle ``reply_to``. If lookup fails, ``None`` is sent instead.
 
+.. data:: mitogen.core.ALLOCATE_ID
+
+    Replies to any message sent to it with a newly allocated unique context ID,
+    to allow slaves to safely start their own contexts. In future this is
+    likely to be replaced by 32-bit context IDs and random allocation, with an
+    improved ``ADD_ROUTE`` message sent upstream rather than downstream that
+    generates NACKs if any ancestor already knows the ID.
+
 
 Slaves listen on the following handles:
 

mitogen/core.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ GET_MODULE = 100
 CALL_FUNCTION = 101
 FORWARD_LOG = 102
 ADD_ROUTE = 103
+ALLOCATE_ID = 104
 
 CHUNK_SIZE = 16384
 
@@ -867,6 +868,11 @@ class Router(object):
 
         return handle
 
+    def allocate_id(self):
+        master = Context(self, 0)
+        reply = master.send_await(Message(dst_id=0, handle=ALLOCATE_ID))
+        return reply.unpickle()
+
     def on_shutdown(self, broker):
         """Called during :py:meth:`Broker.shutdown`, informs callbacks
         registered with :py:meth:`add_handle_cb` the connection is dead."""

mitogen/master.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import socket
 import sys
 import termios
 import textwrap
+import threading
 import time
 import types
 import zlib
@@ -753,13 +754,43 @@ def _proxy_connect(econtext, name, context_id, method_name, kwargs):
     return context.name
 
 
-class Router(mitogen.core.Router):
-    context_id_counter = itertools.count(1)
+class IdAllocator(object):
+    def __init__(self, router):
+        self.router = router
+        self.next_id = 1
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+        router.add_handler(self.on_allocate_id, mitogen.core.ALLOCATE_ID)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return 'IdAllocator(%r)' % (self.router,)
+
+    def allocate(self):
+        self.lock.acquire()
+        try:
+            id_ = self.next_id
+            self.next_id += 1
+            return id_
+        finally:
+            self.lock.release()
+
+    def on_allocate_id(self, msg):
+        id_ = self.allocate()
+        LOG.debug('%r: allocating ID %d to context %r', id_, msg.src_id)
+        self.router.route(
+            mitogen.core.Message.pickled(
+                id_,
+                dst_id=msg.src_id,
+                handle=msg.reply_to,
+            )
+        )
+
+
+class Router(mitogen.core.Router):
     debug = False
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Router, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.id_allocator = IdAllocator(self)
         self.responder = ModuleResponder(self)
         self.log_forwarder = LogForwarder(self)
 
@@ -778,6 +809,9 @@ class Router(mitogen.core.Router):
         self.broker.shutdown()
         self.broker.join()
 
+    def allocate_id(self):
+        return self.id_allocator.allocate()
+
     def context_by_id(self, context_id):
         return self._context_by_id.get(context_id)
 
@@ -807,11 +841,11 @@ class Router(mitogen.core.Router):
         via = kwargs.pop('via', None)
         if via is not None:
             return self.proxy_connect(via, method_name, name=name, **kwargs)
-        context_id = self.context_id_counter.next()
+        context_id = self.allocate_id()
         return self._connect(context_id, klass, name=name, **kwargs)
 
     def proxy_connect(self, via_context, method_name, name=None, **kwargs):
-        context_id = self.context_id_counter.next()
+        context_id = self.allocate_id()
         # Must be added prior to _proxy_connect() to avoid a race.
         self.add_route(context_id, via_context.context_id)
         name = via_context.call_with_deadline(None, True,

tests/data/id_allocation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+import mitogen.core
+
+
+@mitogen.core.takes_router
+def allocate_an_id(router):
+    return router.allocate_id()
+

tests/id_allocation_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+import unittest
+
+import testlib
+import id_allocation
+
+
+class SlaveTest(testlib.RouterMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_slave_allocates_id(self):
+        context = self.router.local()
+        id_ = context.call(id_allocation.allocate_an_id)
+        assert id_ == (self.router.id_allocator.next_id - 1)