drupal/modules/throttle/throttle.module

129 lines
5.8 KiB
Plaintext

<?php
// $Id$
/**
* @file
* Allows configuration of congestion control auto-throttle mechanism.
*/
function throttle_menu() {
$items['admin/settings/throttle'] = array(
'title' => 'Throttle',
'description' => 'Control how your site cuts out content during heavy load.',
'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
'page arguments' => array('throttle_admin_settings'),
'access arguments' => array('administer site configuration'),
'file' => 'throttle.admin.inc',
);
return $items;
}
/**
* Determine the current load on the site.
*
* Call the throttle_status() function from your own modules, themes, blocks,
* etc. as follows:
*
* $throttle = module_invoke('throttle', 'status');
*
* to determine the current throttle status. Use module_invoke() so the
* call will still work if the throttle module is disabled. For example, in
* your theme you might choose to disable pictures when your site is too busy
* (reducing bandwidth), or in your modules you might choose to disable
* some complicated logic when your site is too busy (reducing CPU utilization).
*
* @return
* 0 or 1. 0 means that the throttle is currently disabled. 1 means that
* the throttle is currently enabled. When the throttle is enabled, CPU
* and bandwidth intensive functionality should be disabled.
*/
function throttle_status() {
return variable_get('throttle_level', 0);
}
/**
* Implementation of hook_exit().
*
* Changes the current throttle level based on page hits.
*/
function throttle_exit() {
// The following logic determines what the current throttle level should
// be, and can be disabled by the admin. If enabled, the mt_rand() function
// returns a number between 0 and N, N being specified by the admin. If
// 0 is returned, the throttle logic is run, adding two additional database
// queries. Otherwise, the following logic is skipped. This mechanism is
// referred to in the admin page as the 'probability limiter', roughly
// limiting throttle related database calls to 1 in N.
if (!mt_rand(0, variable_get('throttle_probability_limiter', 9))) {
// Count users with activity in the past n seconds.
// This value is defined in the user module Who's Online block.
$time_period = variable_get('user_block_seconds_online', 900);
// When determining throttle status in your own module or theme, use
// $throttle = module_invoke('throttle', 'status');
// as that will still work when throttle.module is disabled.
// Clearly here the module is enabled so we call throttle_status() directly.
$throttle = throttle_status();
if ($max_guests = variable_get('throttle_anonymous', 0)) {
$guests = sess_count(time() - $time_period, TRUE);
}
else {
$guests = 0;
}
if ($max_users = variable_get('throttle_user', 0)) {
$users = sess_count(time() - $time_period, FALSE);
}
else {
$users = 0;
}
// update the throttle status
$message = '';
if ($max_users && $users > $max_users) {
if (!$throttle) {
variable_set('throttle_level', 1);
$message = format_plural($users,
'1 user accessing site; throttle enabled.',
'@count users accessing site; throttle enabled.');
}
}
elseif ($max_guests && $guests > $max_guests) {
if (!$throttle) {
variable_set('throttle_level', 1);
$message = format_plural($guests,
'1 guest accessing site; throttle enabled.',
'@count guests accessing site; throttle enabled.');
}
}
else {
if ($throttle) {
variable_set('throttle_level', 0);
// Note: unorthodox format_plural() usage due to Gettext plural limitations.
$message = format_plural($users, '1 user', '@count users') .', ';
$message .= format_plural($guests, '1 guest accessing site; throttle disabled', '@count guests accessing site; throttle disabled');
}
}
if ($message) {
cache_clear_all();
watchdog('throttle', 'Throttle: %message', array('%message' => $message));
}
}
}
/**
* Implementation of hook_help().
*/
function throttle_help($path, $arg) {
switch ($path) {
case 'admin/help#throttle':
$output = '<p>'. t('The throttle module provides a congestion control throttling mechanism for automatically detecting a surge in incoming traffic. If the site gets linked to by a popular website, or otherwise comes under a "Denial of Service" (DoS) attack, your webserver might become overwhelmed. This mechanism is utilized by other modules to automatically optimize their performance by temporarily disabling CPU-intensive functionality. For example, in the site theme, you might choose to disable pictures when the site is too busy (reducing bandwidth), or in modules, you might choose to disable some complicated logic (reducing CPU utilization).') .'</p>';
$output .= '<p>'. t('The congestion control throttle can be automatically enabled when the number of anonymous or authenticated users currently visiting the site exceeds the specified threshold. ') .'</p>';
$output .= '<p>'. t('For more information please read the configuration and customization handbook <a href="@throttle">Throttle page</a>.', array('@throttle' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/throttle/')) .'</p>';
return $output;
case 'admin/settings/throttle':
return '<p>'. t('If your site gets linked to by a popular website, or otherwise comes under a "Denial of Service" (DoS) attack, your webserver might become overwhelmed. This module provides a congestion control throttling mechanism for automatically detecting a surge in incoming traffic. This mechanism is utilized by other Drupal modules to automatically optimize their performance by temporarily disabling CPU-intensive functionality.') .'</p>';
}
}