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  • src/sbbs3/getnode.cpp

    From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to Main/master on Mon Nov 23 22:12:10 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/840e27717857aa4af7221122
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/getnode.cpp
    Log Message:
    Fix (restore previous) node action when forced into node-private-chat

    The current node action was not saved/restored when being forced into node-to-node private chat (by a sysop). This could lead to subsequent chat attempts by the same node to lead to a false indication that the nodes were chatting with each other.
    As reported by Altere (ATHEL).

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Dec 13 18:23:16 2021
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/2c818eb5ef3efceb37d03234
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/getnode.cpp
    Log Message:
    Sync-up the node status flag output with presence_lib.js

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Thu Aug 22 21:26:25 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/e93b6dfa682e792f39c548dd
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/getnode.cpp
    Log Message:
    Don't call utime() on the node.dab file for every read

    ... this was the cause of some observed unnecessarily high disk/file server (Samba) utilization, as we call getnodedat() a lot. utime() opens and closes the file, which was already open - and we're not modifying the file, so updating the 'modification time' here is wrong anyway.

    Disabling this 21-year old bit of logic resulted in a pretty dramatic
    reduction in Samba (smbd) CPU utilization on Vertrauen.

    If a BBS actually needes this hack (e.g. for NFS compatibility, as Deuce
    eluded in the comment), they'd be better off just setting the "Keep Node File Open" node setting (in SCFG->Nodes) to "No".

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  • From Rob Swindell (on macOS)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Nov 23 16:05:40 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/15e40a45a990d2a6d786ef22
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/getnode.cpp
    Log Message:
    Fix potential deadlock in getnodedat(), observed on macOS

    Upon any node.dab lock or read failure, this code would cause errormsg() which would often/usually end up claling getnodedat() which would block forever trying
    to acquire the ndoefile_mutex (introduced in commit b9633069, I'm not clear why).

    Unlock/release the mutex *before* calling errormsg().

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