Пример #1
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// handle a workunit which has new results
//
int handle_wu(
    DB_VALIDATOR_ITEM_SET& validator, std::vector<VALIDATOR_ITEM>& items
) {
    int canonical_result_index = -1;
    bool update_result, retry;
    TRANSITION_TIME transition_time = NO_CHANGE;
    int retval = 0, canonicalid = 0, x;
    double credit = 0;
    unsigned int i;

    WORKUNIT& wu = items[0].wu;
    g_wup = &wu;
        vector<RESULT> results;
        vector<DB_HOST_APP_VERSION> host_app_versions, host_app_versions_orig;
        int nsuccess_results;

        // Here if WU doesn't have a canonical result yet.
        // Try to get one

        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
            "[WU#%d %s] handle_wu(): No canonical result yet\n",
            wu.id, wu.name
        );
        ++log_messages;

        // make a vector of the successful results,
        // and a parallel vector of host_app_versions
        //
        for (i=0; i<items.size(); i++) {
            RESULT& result = items[i].res;

            if ((result.server_state == RESULT_SERVER_STATE_OVER) &&
                (result.outcome == RESULT_OUTCOME_SUCCESS)
            ) {
                results.push_back(result);
                DB_HOST_APP_VERSION hav;
                retval = hav_lookup(hav, result.hostid,
                    generalized_app_version_id(result.app_version_id, result.appid)
                );
                if (retval) {
                    hav.host_id=0;   // flag that it's missing
                }
                host_app_versions.push_back(hav);
                host_app_versions_orig.push_back(hav);
            }
        }

        log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
            "[WU#%d %s] Found %d successful results\n",
            wu.id, wu.name, (int)results.size()
        );
        if (results.size() >= (unsigned int)wu.min_quorum) {
            log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
                "[WU#%d %s] Enough for quorum, checking set.\n",
                wu.id, wu.name
            );

            double dummy;
            retval = check_set(
                results, wu, canonicalid, dummy, retry
            );
            if (retval) {
                log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                    "[WU#%d %s] check_set returned %d, exiting\n",
                    wu.id, wu.name, retval
                );
                return retval;
            }
            if (retry) transition_time = DELAYED;

            if (credit_from_wu) {
                retval = get_credit_from_wu(wu, results, credit);
                if (retval) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                        "[WU#%d %s] get_credit_from_wu returned %d\n",
                        wu.id, wu.name, retval
                    );
                    return retval;
                }
            }

            if (canonicalid) {
                retval = assign_credit_set(
                    wu, results, app, app_versions, host_app_versions,
                    max_granted_credit, credit
                );
                if (retval) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                        "[WU#%d %s] assign_credit_set() returned %d\n",
                        wu.id, wu.name, retval
                    );
                    transition_time = DELAYED;
                    goto leave;
                }
            }

            if (max_granted_credit && credit>max_granted_credit) {
                credit = max_granted_credit;
            }

            // scan results.
            // update as needed, and count the # of results
            // that are still outcome=SUCCESS
            // (some may have changed to VALIDATE_ERROR)
            //
            nsuccess_results = 0;
            for (i=0; i<results.size(); i++) {
                RESULT& result = results[i];
                DB_HOST_APP_VERSION& hav = host_app_versions[i];
                DB_HOST_APP_VERSION& hav_orig = host_app_versions_orig[i];

                update_result = false;
                bool update_host = false;
                if (result.outcome == RESULT_OUTCOME_VALIDATE_ERROR) {
                    transition_time = IMMEDIATE;
                    update_result = true;
                } else {
                    nsuccess_results++;
                }

                DB_HOST host;
                HOST host_initial;
                switch (result.validate_state) {
                case VALIDATE_STATE_VALID:
                case VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID:
                    retval = host.lookup_id(result.hostid);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[RESULT#%d] lookup of host %d failed %d\n",
                            result.id, result.hostid, retval
                        );
                        continue;
                    }
                    host_initial = host;
                }

                switch (result.validate_state) {
                case VALIDATE_STATE_VALID:
                    update_result = true;
                    update_host = true;
                    retval = is_valid(host, result, wu, host_app_versions[i]);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
                            "[RESULT#%d %s] is_valid() failed: %d\n",
                            result.id, result.name, retval
                        );
                    }
                    grant_credit(
                        host, result.sent_time, result.cpu_time,
                        result.granted_credit
                    );
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[RESULT#%d %s] Valid; granted %f credit [HOST#%d]\n",
                        result.id, result.name, result.granted_credit,
                        result.hostid
                    );
                    break;
                case VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID:
                    update_result = true;
                    update_host = true;
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[RESULT#%d %s] Invalid [HOST#%d]\n",
                        result.id, result.name, result.hostid
                    );
                    is_invalid(host_app_versions[i]);
                    break;
                case VALIDATE_STATE_INIT:
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[RESULT#%d %s] Inconclusive [HOST#%d]\n",
                        result.id, result.name, result.hostid
                    );
                    result.validate_state = VALIDATE_STATE_INCONCLUSIVE;
                    update_result = true;
                    break;
                }

                if (hav.host_id) {
                    retval = hav.update_validator(hav_orig);
                }
                if (update_host) {
                    retval = host.update_diff_validator(host_initial);
                }
                if (update_result) {
                    retval = validator.update_result(result);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[RESULT#%d %s] result.update() failed: %d\n",
                            result.id, result.name, retval
                        );
                    }
                }
            }

            if (canonicalid) {
                // if we found a canonical result,
                // trigger the assimilator, but do NOT trigger
                // the transitioner - doing so creates a race condition
                //
                transition_time = NEVER;
                log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
                    "[WU#%d %s] Found a canonical result: id=%d\n",
                    wu.id, wu.name, canonicalid
                );
                wu.canonical_resultid = canonicalid;
                wu.canonical_credit = credit;
                wu.assimilate_state = ASSIMILATE_READY;

                // don't need to send any more results
                //
                for (i=0; i<items.size(); i++) {
                    RESULT& result = items[i].res;

                    if (result.server_state != RESULT_SERVER_STATE_UNSENT) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    result.server_state = RESULT_SERVER_STATE_OVER;
                    result.outcome = RESULT_OUTCOME_DIDNT_NEED;
                    retval = validator.update_result(result);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[RESULT#%d %s] result.update() failed: %d\n",
                            result.id, result.name, retval
                        );
                    }
                }
            } else {
                // here if no consensus.

                // check if #success results is too large
                //
                if (nsuccess_results > wu.max_success_results) {
                    wu.error_mask |= WU_ERROR_TOO_MANY_SUCCESS_RESULTS;
                    transition_time = IMMEDIATE;
                }

                // if #success results >= target_nresults,
                // we need more results, so bump target_nresults
                // NOTE: nsuccess_results should never be > target_nresults,
                // but accommodate that if it should happen
                //
                if (nsuccess_results >= wu.target_nresults) {
                    wu.target_nresults = nsuccess_results+1;
                    transition_time = IMMEDIATE;
                }
            }
        
    }

leave:
    --log_messages;

    switch (transition_time) {
    case IMMEDIATE:
        wu.transition_time = time(0);
        break;
    case DELAYED:
        x = time(0) + 6*3600;
        if (x < wu.transition_time) wu.transition_time = x;
        break;
    case NEVER:
        wu.transition_time = INT_MAX;
        break;
    case NO_CHANGE:
        break;
    }

    wu.need_validate = 0;
    
    retval = validator.update_workunit(wu);
    if (retval) {
        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
            "[WU#%d %s] update_workunit() failed: %d; exiting\n",
            wu.id, wu.name, retval
        );
        return retval;
    }
    return 0;
}
Пример #2
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// A result timed out; penalize the corresponding host_app_version
//
static int result_timed_out(
    TRANSITIONER_ITEM res_item, TRANSITIONER_ITEM& wu_item
) {
    DB_HOST_APP_VERSION hav;
    char query[512], clause[512];

    int gavid = generalized_app_version_id(
        res_item.res_app_version_id, wu_item.appid
    );
    int retval = hav_lookup(hav, res_item.res_hostid, gavid);
    if (retval) {
        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
            "result_timed_out(): hav_lookup failed: %s\n", boincerror(retval)
        );
        return 0;
    }
    hav.turnaround.update_var(
        (double)wu_item.delay_bound,
        HAV_AVG_THRESH, HAV_AVG_WEIGHT, HAV_AVG_LIMIT
    );
    int n = hav.max_jobs_per_day;
    if (n == 0) {
        n = config.daily_result_quota;
    }
    if (n > config.daily_result_quota) {
        n = config.daily_result_quota;
    }
    n -= 1;
    if (n < 1) {
        n = 1;
    }
    if (config.debug_quota) {
        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
            "[quota] max_jobs_per_day for %d; %d->%d\n",
            gavid, hav.max_jobs_per_day, n
        );
    }
    hav.max_jobs_per_day = n;

    hav.consecutive_valid = 0;

    sprintf(query,
        "turnaround_n=%.15e, turnaround_avg=%.15e, turnaround_var=%.15e, turnaround_q=%.15e, max_jobs_per_day=%d, consecutive_valid=%d",
        hav.turnaround.n,
        hav.turnaround.avg,
        hav.turnaround.var,
        hav.turnaround.q,
        hav.max_jobs_per_day,
        hav.consecutive_valid
    );
    sprintf(clause,
        "host_id=%d and app_version_id=%d",
        hav.host_id, hav.app_version_id
    );
    retval = hav.update_fields_noid(query, clause);
    if (retval) {
        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
            "CRITICAL result_timed_out(): hav updated failed: %s\n",
            boincerror(retval)
        );
    }
    return 0;
}
Пример #3
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// handle a workunit which has new results
//
int handle_wu(
    DB_VALIDATOR_ITEM_SET& validator, std::vector<VALIDATOR_ITEM>& items
) {
    int canonical_result_index = -1;
    bool update_result, retry;
    TRANSITION_TIME transition_time = NO_CHANGE;
    int retval = 0, x;
    DB_ID_TYPE canonicalid = 0;
    double credit = 0;
    unsigned int i;

    WORKUNIT& wu = items[0].wu;
    g_wup = &wu;

    if (wu.canonical_resultid) {
        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
            "[WU#%lu %s] Already has canonical result %lu\n",
            wu.id, wu.name, wu.canonical_resultid
        );
        ++log_messages;

        // Here if WU already has a canonical result.
        // Get unchecked results and see if they match the canonical result
        //
        for (i=0; i<items.size(); i++) {
            RESULT& result = items[i].res;

            if (result.id == wu.canonical_resultid) {
                canonical_result_index = i;
            }
        }
        if (canonical_result_index == -1) {
            log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                "[WU#%lu %s] Can't find canonical result %lu\n",
                wu.id, wu.name, wu.canonical_resultid
            );
            return 0;
        }

        RESULT& canonical_result = items[canonical_result_index].res;

        // scan this WU's results, and check the unchecked ones
        //
        for (i=0; i<items.size(); i++) {
            RESULT& result = items[i].res;

            if (result.server_state != RESULT_SERVER_STATE_OVER) continue;
            if (result.outcome !=  RESULT_OUTCOME_SUCCESS) continue;
            switch (result.validate_state) {
            case VALIDATE_STATE_INIT:
            case VALIDATE_STATE_INCONCLUSIVE:
                break;
            default:
                continue;
            }
            log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                 "[WU#%lu] handle_wu(): testing result %lu\n",
                 wu.id, result.id
             );

            check_pair(result, canonical_result, retry);
            if (retry) {
                // this usually means an NFS mount has failed;
                // arrange to try again later.
                //
                transition_time = DELAYED;
                goto leave;
            }
            update_result = false;

            if (result.outcome == RESULT_OUTCOME_VALIDATE_ERROR) {
                update_result = true;
            }

            // this might be last result, so let transitioner
            // trigger file delete etc. if needed
            //
            transition_time = IMMEDIATE;

            DB_HOST host;
            retval = host.lookup_id(result.hostid);
            if (retval) {
                log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                    "[RESULT#%lu] lookup of host %lu failed: %s\n",
                    result.id, result.hostid, boincerror(retval)
                );
                continue;
            }
            HOST host_initial = host;

            bool update_hav = false;
            DB_HOST_APP_VERSION hav;
            retval = hav_lookup(hav, result.hostid,
                generalized_app_version_id(result.app_version_id, result.appid)
            );
            if (retval) {
                log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                    "[RESULT#%lu %s] hav_lookup returned %d\n",
                    result.id, result.name, retval
                );
                hav.host_id = 0;
            }
            DB_HOST_APP_VERSION hav_orig = hav;
            vector<DB_HOST_APP_VERSION> havv;
            havv.push_back(hav);

            vector<RESULT> rv;
            switch (result.validate_state) {
            case VALIDATE_STATE_VALID:
                update_result = true;
                update_hav = true;
                log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                    "[RESULT#%lu %s] pair_check() matched: setting result to valid\n",
                    result.id, result.name
                );
                retval = is_valid(host, result, wu, havv[0]);
                if (retval) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[RESULT#%lu %s] is_valid() error: %s\n",
                        result.id, result.name, boincerror(retval)
                    );
                }
                // do credit computation, but grant credit of canonical result
                //
                rv.push_back(result);
                assign_credit_set(
                    wu, rv, app, app_versions, havv,
                    max_granted_credit, credit
                );
                if (!no_credit) {
                    result.granted_credit = canonical_result.granted_credit;
                    grant_credit(host, result.sent_time, result.granted_credit);
                    if (config.credit_by_app) {
                        grant_credit_by_app(result, result.granted_credit);
                    }
                }
                break;
            case VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID:
                update_result = true;
                update_hav = true;
                log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                    "[RESULT#%lu %s] pair_check() didn't match: setting result to invalid\n",
                    result.id, result.name
                );
                is_invalid(havv[0]);
            }
            if (hav.host_id && update_hav) {
                if (dry_run) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL, "DB not updated (dry run)\n");
                } else {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[HOST#%lu AV#%lu] [outlier=%d] Updating HAV in DB.  pfc.n=%f->%f\n",
                        havv[0].host_id, havv[0].app_version_id,
                        result.runtime_outlier, hav_orig.pfc.n, havv[0].pfc.n
                    );
                    retval=havv[0].update_validator(hav_orig);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[HOST#%lu AV%lu] hav.update_validator() failed: %s\n",
                            hav.host_id, hav.app_version_id, boincerror(retval)
                        );
                    }
                }
            }
            host.update_diff_validator(host_initial);
            if (update_result) {
                log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                    "[RESULT#%lu %s] granted_credit %f\n",
                    result.id, result.name, result.granted_credit
                );
                if (dry_run) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL, "DB not updated (dry run)\n");
                } else {
                    retval = validator.update_result(result);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[RESULT#%lu %s] Can't update result: %s\n",
                            result.id, result.name, boincerror(retval)
                        );
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    } else {
        // Here if WU doesn't have a canonical result yet.
        // Try to get one

        vector<RESULT> viable_results;
        vector<DB_HOST_APP_VERSION> host_app_versions, host_app_versions_orig;

        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
            "[WU#%lu %s] handle_wu(): No canonical result yet\n",
            wu.id, wu.name
        );
        ++log_messages;

        // make a vector of the "viable" (i.e. possibly canonical) results,
        // and a parallel vector of host_app_versions
        //
        for (i=0; i<items.size(); i++) {
            RESULT& result = items[i].res;

            if (result.server_state != RESULT_SERVER_STATE_OVER) continue;
            if (result.outcome != RESULT_OUTCOME_SUCCESS) continue;
            if (result.validate_state == VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID) continue;

            viable_results.push_back(result);
            DB_HOST_APP_VERSION hav;
            retval = hav_lookup(hav, result.hostid,
                generalized_app_version_id(result.app_version_id, result.appid)
            );
            if (retval) {
                hav.host_id=0;   // flag that it's missing
            }
            host_app_versions.push_back(hav);
            host_app_versions_orig.push_back(hav);
        }

        log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
            "[WU#%lu %s] Found %d viable results\n",
            wu.id, wu.name, (int)viable_results.size()
        );
        if (viable_results.size() >= (unsigned int)wu.min_quorum) {
            log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
                "[WU#%lu %s] Enough for quorum, checking set.\n",
                wu.id, wu.name
            );

            double dummy;
            retval = check_set(viable_results, wu, canonicalid, dummy, retry);
            if (retval) {
                log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                    "[WU#%lu %s] check_set() error: %s\n",
                    wu.id, wu.name, boincerror(retval)
                );
                return retval;
            }
            if (retry) transition_time = DELAYED;

            // if we found a canonical instance, decide on credit
            //
            if (canonicalid) {
                // always do the credit calculation, to update statistics,
                // even if we're granting credit a different way
                //
                retval = assign_credit_set(
                    wu, viable_results, app, app_versions, host_app_versions,
                    max_granted_credit, credit
                );
                if (retval) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                        "[WU#%lu %s] assign_credit_set(): %s\n",
                        wu.id, wu.name, boincerror(retval)
                    );
                    transition_time = DELAYED;
                    goto leave;
                }

                if (credit_from_wu) {
                    retval = get_credit_from_wu(wu, viable_results, credit);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[WU#%lu %s] get_credit_from_wu(): credit not specified in WU\n",
                            wu.id, wu.name
                        );
                        credit = 0;
                    }
                } else if (credit_from_runtime) {
                    credit = 0;
                    for (i=0; i<viable_results.size(); i++) {
                        RESULT& result = viable_results[i];
                        if (result.id == canonicalid) {
                            DB_HOST host;
                            retval = host.lookup_id(result.hostid);
                            if (retval) {
                                log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                                    "[WU#%lu %s] host %lu lookup failed\n",
                                    wu.id, wu.name, result.hostid
                                );
                                break;
                            }
                            double runtime = result.elapsed_time;
                            if (runtime <=0 || runtime > max_runtime) {
                                runtime = max_runtime;
                            }
                            credit = result.flops_estimate * runtime * COBBLESTONE_SCALE;
                            log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                                "[WU#%lu][RESULT#%lu] credit_from_runtime %.2f = %.0fs * %.2fGFLOPS\n",
                                wu.id, result.id,
                                credit, runtime, result.flops_estimate/1e9
                            );
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                } else if (no_credit) {
                    credit = 0;
                }
                if (max_granted_credit && credit>max_granted_credit) {
                    credit = max_granted_credit;
                }
            }

            // scan the viable results.
            // update as needed,
            // and count the # of results that are still viable
            // (some may now have outcome VALIDATE_ERROR,
            // or validate_state INVALID)
            //
            int n_viable_results = 0;
            for (i=0; i<viable_results.size(); i++) {
                RESULT& result = viable_results[i];
                DB_HOST_APP_VERSION& hav = host_app_versions[i];
                DB_HOST_APP_VERSION& hav_orig = host_app_versions_orig[i];

                update_result = false;
                bool update_host = false;

                if (result.outcome != RESULT_OUTCOME_SUCCESS
                    || result.validate_state == VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID
                ) {
                    transition_time = IMMEDIATE;
                    update_result = true;
                } else {
                    n_viable_results++;
                }

                DB_HOST host;
                HOST host_initial;
                switch (result.validate_state) {
                case VALIDATE_STATE_VALID:
                case VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID:
                    retval = host.lookup_id(result.hostid);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                            "[RESULT#%lu] lookup of host %lu: %s\n",
                            result.id, result.hostid, boincerror(retval)
                        );
                        continue;
                    }
                    host_initial = host;
                }

                switch (result.validate_state) {
                case VALIDATE_STATE_VALID:
                    update_result = true;
                    update_host = true;
                    retval = is_valid(host, result, wu, host_app_versions[i]);
                    if (retval) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
                            "[RESULT#%lu %s] is_valid() failed: %s\n",
                            result.id, result.name, boincerror(retval)
                        );
                    }
                    if (!no_credit) {
                        result.granted_credit = credit;
                        grant_credit(host, result.sent_time, credit);
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                            "[RESULT#%lu %s] Valid; granted %f credit [HOST#%lu]\n",
                            result.id, result.name, result.granted_credit,
                            result.hostid
                        );
                        if (config.credit_by_app) {
                            grant_credit_by_app(result, credit);
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                case VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID:
                    update_result = true;
                    update_host = true;
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[RESULT#%lu %s] Invalid [HOST#%lu]\n",
                        result.id, result.name, result.hostid
                    );
                    is_invalid(host_app_versions[i]);
                    break;
                case VALIDATE_STATE_INIT:
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                        "[RESULT#%lu %s] Inconclusive [HOST#%lu]\n",
                        result.id, result.name, result.hostid
                    );
                    result.validate_state = VALIDATE_STATE_INCONCLUSIVE;
                    update_result = true;
                    break;
                }

                if (dry_run) {
                    log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL, "DB not updated (dry run)\n");
                } else {
                    if (hav.host_id) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
                            "[HOST#%lu AV#%lu] [outlier=%d] Updating HAV in DB.  pfc.n=%f->%f\n",
                            hav.host_id, hav.app_version_id,
                            result.runtime_outlier, hav_orig.pfc.n, hav.pfc.n
                        );
                        retval = hav.update_validator(hav_orig);
                        if (retval) {
                            log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                                "[HOST#%lu AV%lu] hav.update_validator() failed: %s\n",
                                hav.host_id, hav.app_version_id, boincerror(retval)
                            );
                        }
                    }
                    if (update_host) {
                        retval = host.update_diff_validator(host_initial);
                        if (retval) {
                            log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                                "[HOST#%lu] host.update_diff_validator() failed: %s\n",
                                host.id, boincerror(retval)
                            );
                        }
                    }
                    if (update_result) {
                        retval = validator.update_result(result);
                        if (retval) {
                            log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                                "[RESULT#%lu %s] result.update() failed: %s\n",
                                result.id, result.name, boincerror(retval)
                            );
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if (canonicalid) {
                // if we found a canonical result,
                // trigger the assimilator, but do NOT trigger
                // the transitioner - doing so creates a race condition
                //
                transition_time = NEVER;
                log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
                    "[WU#%lu %s] Found a canonical result: id=%lu\n",
                    wu.id, wu.name, canonicalid
                );
                wu.canonical_resultid = canonicalid;
                wu.canonical_credit = credit;
                wu.assimilate_state = ASSIMILATE_READY;

                // don't need to send any more results
                //
                for (i=0; i<items.size(); i++) {
                    RESULT& result = items[i].res;

                    if (result.server_state != RESULT_SERVER_STATE_UNSENT) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    result.server_state = RESULT_SERVER_STATE_OVER;
                    result.outcome = RESULT_OUTCOME_DIDNT_NEED;
                    if (dry_run) {
                        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL, "DB not updated (dry run)\n");
                    } else {
                        retval = validator.update_result(result);
                        if (retval) {
                            log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                                "[RESULT#%lu %s] result.update() failed: %s\n",
                                result.id, result.name, boincerror(retval)
                            );
                        }
                    }
                }
            } else {
                // here if no consensus.

                // check if #viable results is too large
                //
                if (n_viable_results > wu.max_success_results) {
                    wu.error_mask |= WU_ERROR_TOO_MANY_SUCCESS_RESULTS;
                    transition_time = IMMEDIATE;
                }

                // if #viable results >= target_nresults,
                // we need more results, so bump target_nresults
                // NOTE: n_viable_results should never be > target_nresults,
                // but accommodate that if it should happen
                //
                if (n_viable_results >= wu.target_nresults) {
                    wu.target_nresults = n_viable_results+1;
                    transition_time = IMMEDIATE;
                }
            }
        }
    }

leave:
    --log_messages;

    switch (transition_time) {
    case IMMEDIATE:
        wu.transition_time = time(0);
        break;
    case DELAYED:
        x = time(0) + 6*3600;
        if (x < wu.transition_time) wu.transition_time = x;
        break;
    case NEVER:
        wu.transition_time = INT_MAX;
        break;
    case NO_CHANGE:
        break;
    }

    wu.need_validate = 0;
    
    if (dry_run) {
        log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL, "DB not updated (dry run)\n");
    } else {
        retval = validator.update_workunit(wu);
        if (retval) {
            log_messages.printf(MSG_CRITICAL,
                "[WU#%lu %s] update_workunit() failed: %s\n",
                wu.id, wu.name, boincerror(retval)
            );
            return retval;
        }
    }
    return 0;
}