src/replication.c

   1 #include "redis.h"
   2
   3 #include <sys/time.h>
   4 #include <unistd.h>
   5 #include <fcntl.h>
   6 #include <sys/stat.h>
   7
   8 /* ---------------------------------- MASTER -------------------------------- */
   9
  10 void replicationFeedSlaves(list *slaves, int dictid, robj **argv, int argc) {
  11     listNode *ln;
  12     listIter li;
  13     int j;
  14
  15     listRewind(slaves,&li);
  16     while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
  17         redisClient *slave = ln->value;
  18
  19         /* Don't feed slaves that are still waiting for BGSAVE to start */
  20         if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START) continue;
  21
  22         /* Feed slaves that are waiting for the initial SYNC (so these commands
  23          * are queued in the output buffer until the intial SYNC completes),
  24          * or are already in sync with the master. */
  25         if (slave->slaveseldb != dictid) {
  26             robj *selectcmd;
  27
  28             if (dictid >= 0 && dictid < REDIS_SHARED_SELECT_CMDS) {
  29                 selectcmd = shared.select[dictid];
  30                 incrRefCount(selectcmd);
  31             } else {
  32                 selectcmd = createObject(REDIS_STRING,
  33                     sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"select %d\r\n",dictid));
  34             }
  35             addReply(slave,selectcmd);
  36             decrRefCount(selectcmd);
  37             slave->slaveseldb = dictid;
  38         }
  39         addReplyMultiBulkLen(slave,argc);
  40         for (j = 0; j < argc; j++) addReplyBulk(slave,argv[j]);
  41     }
  42 }
  43
  44 void replicationFeedMonitors(redisClient *c, list *monitors, int dictid, robj **argv, int argc) {
  45     listNode *ln;
  46     listIter li;
  47     int j, port;
  48     sds cmdrepr = sdsnew("+");
  49     robj *cmdobj;
  50     char ip[32];
  51     struct timeval tv;
  52
  53     gettimeofday(&tv,NULL);
  54     cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr,"%ld.%06ld ",(long)tv.tv_sec,(long)tv.tv_usec);
  55     if (c->flags & REDIS_LUA_CLIENT) {
  56         cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr,"[%d lua] ", dictid);
  57     } else {
  58         anetPeerToString(c->fd,ip,&port);
  59         cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr,"[%d %s:%d] ", dictid,ip,port);
  60     }
  61
  62     for (j = 0; j < argc; j++) {
  63         if (argv[j]->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
  64             cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr, "\"%ld\"", (long)argv[j]->ptr);
  65         } else {
  66             cmdrepr = sdscatrepr(cmdrepr,(char*)argv[j]->ptr,
  67                         sdslen(argv[j]->ptr));
  68         }
  69         if (j != argc-1)
  70             cmdrepr = sdscatlen(cmdrepr," ",1);
  71     }
  72     cmdrepr = sdscatlen(cmdrepr,"\r\n",2);
  73     cmdobj = createObject(REDIS_STRING,cmdrepr);
  74
  75     listRewind(monitors,&li);
  76     while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
  77         redisClient *monitor = ln->value;
  78         addReply(monitor,cmdobj);
  79     }
  80     decrRefCount(cmdobj);
  81 }
  82
  83 void syncCommand(redisClient *c) {
  84     /* ignore SYNC if aleady slave or in monitor mode */
  85     if (c->flags & REDIS_SLAVE) return;
  86
  87     /* Refuse SYNC requests if we are a slave but the link with our master
  88      * is not ok... */
  89     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state != REDIS_REPL_CONNECTED) {
  90         addReplyError(c,"Can't SYNC while not connected with my master");
  91         return;
  92     }
  93
  94     /* SYNC can't be issued when the server has pending data to send to
  95      * the client about already issued commands. We need a fresh reply
  96      * buffer registering the differences between the BGSAVE and the current
  97      * dataset, so that we can copy to other slaves if needed. */
  98     if (listLength(c->reply) != 0) {
  99         addReplyError(c,"SYNC is invalid with pending input");
 100         return;
 101     }
 102
 103     redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Slave ask for synchronization");
 104     /* Here we need to check if there is a background saving operation
 105      * in progress, or if it is required to start one */
 106     if (server.rdb_child_pid != -1) {
 107         /* Ok a background save is in progress. Let's check if it is a good
 108          * one for replication, i.e. if there is another slave that is
 109          * registering differences since the server forked to save */
 110         redisClient *slave;
 111         listNode *ln;
 112         listIter li;
 113
 114         listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
 115         while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
 116             slave = ln->value;
 117             if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END) break;
 118         }
 119         if (ln) {
 120             /* Perfect, the server is already registering differences for
 121              * another slave. Set the right state, and copy the buffer. */
 122             copyClientOutputBuffer(c,slave);
 123             c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
 124             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Waiting for end of BGSAVE for SYNC");
 125         } else {
 126             /* No way, we need to wait for the next BGSAVE in order to
 127              * register differences */
 128             c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START;
 129             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Waiting for next BGSAVE for SYNC");
 130         }
 131     } else {
 132         /* Ok we don't have a BGSAVE in progress, let's start one */
 133         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Starting BGSAVE for SYNC");
 134         if (rdbSaveBackground(server.rdb_filename) != REDIS_OK) {
 135             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Replication failed, can't BGSAVE");
 136             addReplyError(c,"Unable to perform background save");
 137             return;
 138         }
 139         c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
 140     }
 141     c->repldbfd = -1;
 142     c->flags |= REDIS_SLAVE;
 143     c->slaveseldb = 0;
 144     listAddNodeTail(server.slaves,c);
 145     return;
 146 }
 147
 148 void sendBulkToSlave(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
 149     redisClient *slave = privdata;
 150     REDIS_NOTUSED(el);
 151     REDIS_NOTUSED(mask);
 152     char buf[REDIS_IOBUF_LEN];
 153     ssize_t nwritten, buflen;
 154
 155     if (slave->repldboff == 0) {
 156         /* Write the bulk write count before to transfer the DB. In theory here
 157          * we don't know how much room there is in the output buffer of the
 158          * socket, but in pratice SO_SNDLOWAT (the minimum count for output
 159          * operations) will never be smaller than the few bytes we need. */
 160         sds bulkcount;
 161
 162         bulkcount = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"$%lld\r\n",(unsigned long long)
 163             slave->repldbsize);
 164         if (write(fd,bulkcount,sdslen(bulkcount)) != (signed)sdslen(bulkcount))
 165         {
 166             sdsfree(bulkcount);
 167             freeClient(slave);
 168             return;
 169         }
 170         sdsfree(bulkcount);
 171     }
 172     lseek(slave->repldbfd,slave->repldboff,SEEK_SET);
 173     buflen = read(slave->repldbfd,buf,REDIS_IOBUF_LEN);
 174     if (buflen <= 0) {
 175         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Read error sending DB to slave: %s",
 176             (buflen == 0) ? "premature EOF" : strerror(errno));
 177         freeClient(slave);
 178         return;
 179     }
 180     if ((nwritten = write(fd,buf,buflen)) == -1) {
 181         redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,"Write error sending DB to slave: %s",
 182             strerror(errno));
 183         freeClient(slave);
 184         return;
 185     }
 186     slave->repldboff += nwritten;
 187     if (slave->repldboff == slave->repldbsize) {
 188         close(slave->repldbfd);
 189         slave->repldbfd = -1;
 190         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,slave->fd,AE_WRITABLE);
 191         slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_ONLINE;
 192         if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el, slave->fd, AE_WRITABLE,
 193             sendReplyToClient, slave) == AE_ERR) {
 194             freeClient(slave);
 195             return;
 196         }
 197         addReplySds(slave,sdsempty());
 198         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Synchronization with slave succeeded");
 199     }
 200 }
 201
 202 /* This function is called at the end of every backgrond saving.
 203  * The argument bgsaveerr is REDIS_OK if the background saving succeeded
 204  * otherwise REDIS_ERR is passed to the function.
 205  *
 206  * The goal of this function is to handle slaves waiting for a successful
 207  * background saving in order to perform non-blocking synchronization. */
 208 void updateSlavesWaitingBgsave(int bgsaveerr) {
 209     listNode *ln;
 210     int startbgsave = 0;
 211     listIter li;
 212
 213     listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
 214     while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
 215         redisClient *slave = ln->value;
 216
 217         if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START) {
 218             startbgsave = 1;
 219             slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
 220         } else if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END) {
 221             struct redis_stat buf;
 222
 223             if (bgsaveerr != REDIS_OK) {
 224                 freeClient(slave);
 225                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. BGSAVE child returned an error");
 226                 continue;
 227             }
 228             if ((slave->repldbfd = open(server.rdb_filename,O_RDONLY)) == -1 ||
 229                 redis_fstat(slave->repldbfd,&buf) == -1) {
 230                 freeClient(slave);
 231                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. Can't open/stat DB after BGSAVE: %s", strerror(errno));
 232                 continue;
 233             }
 234             slave->repldboff = 0;
 235             slave->repldbsize = buf.st_size;
 236             slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_SEND_BULK;
 237             aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,slave->fd,AE_WRITABLE);
 238             if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el, slave->fd, AE_WRITABLE, sendBulkToSlave, slave) == AE_ERR) {
 239                 freeClient(slave);
 240                 continue;
 241             }
 242         }
 243     }
 244     if (startbgsave) {
 245         if (rdbSaveBackground(server.rdb_filename) != REDIS_OK) {
 246             listIter li;
 247
 248             listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
 249             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. BGSAVE failed");
 250             while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
 251                 redisClient *slave = ln->value;
 252
 253                 if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START)
 254                     freeClient(slave);
 255             }
 256         }
 257     }
 258 }
 259
 260 /* ----------------------------------- SLAVE -------------------------------- */
 261
 262 /* Abort the async download of the bulk dataset while SYNC-ing with master */
 263 void replicationAbortSyncTransfer(void) {
 264     redisAssert(server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER);
 265
 266     aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,server.repl_transfer_s,AE_READABLE);
 267     close(server.repl_transfer_s);
 268     close(server.repl_transfer_fd);
 269     unlink(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
 270     zfree(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
 271     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
 272 }
 273
 274 /* Asynchronously read the SYNC payload we receive from a master */
 275 void readSyncBulkPayload(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
 276     char buf[4096];
 277     ssize_t nread, readlen;
 278     REDIS_NOTUSED(el);
 279     REDIS_NOTUSED(privdata);
 280     REDIS_NOTUSED(mask);
 281
 282     /* If repl_transfer_left == -1 we still have to read the bulk length
 283      * from the master reply. */
 284     if (server.repl_transfer_left == -1) {
 285         if (syncReadLine(fd,buf,1024,server.repl_syncio_timeout*1000) == -1) {
 286             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
 287                 "I/O error reading bulk count from MASTER: %s",
 288                 strerror(errno));
 289             goto error;
 290         }
 291
 292         if (buf[0] == '-') {
 293             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
 294                 "MASTER aborted replication with an error: %s",
 295                 buf+1);
 296             goto error;
 297         } else if (buf[0] == '\0') {
 298             /* At this stage just a newline works as a PING in order to take
 299              * the connection live. So we refresh our last interaction
 300              * timestamp. */
 301             server.repl_transfer_lastio = server.unixtime;
 302             return;
 303         } else if (buf[0] != '$') {
 304             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Bad protocol from MASTER, the first byte is not '$', are you sure the host and port are right?");
 305             goto error;
 306         }
 307         server.repl_transfer_left = strtol(buf+1,NULL,10);
 308         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,
 309             "MASTER <-> SLAVE sync: receiving %ld bytes from master",
 310             server.repl_transfer_left);
 311         return;
 312     }
 313
 314     /* Read bulk data */
 315     readlen = (server.repl_transfer_left < (signed)sizeof(buf)) ?
 316         server.repl_transfer_left : (signed)sizeof(buf);
 317     nread = read(fd,buf,readlen);
 318     if (nread <= 0) {
 319         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"I/O error trying to sync with MASTER: %s",
 320             (nread == -1) ? strerror(errno) : "connection lost");
 321         replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 322         return;
 323     }
 324     server.repl_transfer_lastio = server.unixtime;
 325     if (write(server.repl_transfer_fd,buf,nread) != nread) {
 326         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Write error or short write writing to the DB dump file needed for MASTER <-> SLAVE synchronization: %s", strerror(errno));
 327         goto error;
 328     }
 329     server.repl_transfer_left -= nread;
 330     /* Check if the transfer is now complete */
 331     if (server.repl_transfer_left == 0) {
 332         if (rename(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile,server.rdb_filename) == -1) {
 333             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed trying to rename the temp DB into dump.rdb in MASTER <-> SLAVE synchronization: %s", strerror(errno));
 334             replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 335             return;
 336         }
 337         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE, "MASTER <-> SLAVE sync: Loading DB in memory");
 338         emptyDb();
 339         /* Before loading the DB into memory we need to delete the readable
 340          * handler, otherwise it will get called recursively since
 341          * rdbLoad() will call the event loop to process events from time to
 342          * time for non blocking loading. */
 343         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,server.repl_transfer_s,AE_READABLE);
 344         if (rdbLoad(server.rdb_filename) != REDIS_OK) {
 345             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed trying to load the MASTER synchronization DB from disk");
 346             replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 347             return;
 348         }
 349         /* Final setup of the connected slave <- master link */
 350         zfree(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
 351         close(server.repl_transfer_fd);
 352         server.master = createClient(server.repl_transfer_s);
 353         server.master->flags |= REDIS_MASTER;
 354         server.master->authenticated = 1;
 355         server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECTED;
 356         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE, "MASTER <-> SLAVE sync: Finished with success");
 357         /* Restart the AOF subsystem now that we finished the sync. This
 358          * will trigger an AOF rewrite, and when done will start appending
 359          * to the new file. */
 360         if (server.aof_state != REDIS_AOF_OFF) {
 361             int retry = 10;
 362
 363             stopAppendOnly();
 364             while (retry-- && startAppendOnly() == REDIS_ERR) {
 365                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed enabling the AOF after successful master synchrnization! Trying it again in one second.");
 366                 sleep(1);
 367             }
 368             if (!retry) {
 369                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"FATAL: this slave instance finished the synchronization with its master, but the AOF can't be turned on. Exiting now.");
 370                 exit(1);
 371             }
 372         }
 373     }
 374
 375     return;
 376
 377 error:
 378     replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 379     return;
 380 }
 381
 382 void syncWithMaster(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
 383     char buf[1024], tmpfile[256];
 384     int dfd, maxtries = 5;
 385     REDIS_NOTUSED(el);
 386     REDIS_NOTUSED(privdata);
 387     REDIS_NOTUSED(mask);
 388
 389     /* If this event fired after the user turned the instance into a master
 390      * with SLAVEOF NO ONE we must just return ASAP. */
 391     if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_NONE) {
 392         close(fd);
 393         return;
 394     }
 395
 396     redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Non blocking connect for SYNC fired the event.");
 397     /* This event should only be triggered once since it is used to have a
 398      * non-blocking connect(2) to the master. It has been triggered when this
 399      * function is called, so we can delete it. */
 400     aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,fd,AE_READABLE|AE_WRITABLE);
 401
 402     /* AUTH with the master if required. */
 403     if(server.masterauth) {
 404         char authcmd[1024];
 405         size_t authlen;
 406
 407         authlen = snprintf(authcmd,sizeof(authcmd),"AUTH %s\r\n",server.masterauth);
 408         if (syncWrite(fd,authcmd,authlen,server.repl_syncio_timeout*1000) == -1) {
 409             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Unable to AUTH to MASTER: %s",
 410                 strerror(errno));
 411             goto error;
 412         }
 413         /* Read the AUTH result.  */
 414         if (syncReadLine(fd,buf,1024,server.repl_syncio_timeout*1000) == -1) {
 415             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"I/O error reading auth result from MASTER: %s",
 416                 strerror(errno));
 417             goto error;
 418         }
 419         if (buf[0] != '+') {
 420             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Cannot AUTH to MASTER, is the masterauth password correct?");
 421             goto error;
 422         }
 423     }
 424
 425     /* Issue the SYNC command */
 426     if (syncWrite(fd,"SYNC \r\n",7,server.repl_syncio_timeout*1000) == -1) {
 427         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"I/O error writing to MASTER: %s",
 428             strerror(errno));
 429         goto error;
 430     }
 431
 432     /* Prepare a suitable temp file for bulk transfer */
 433     while(maxtries--) {
 434         snprintf(tmpfile,256,
 435             "temp-%d.%ld.rdb",(int)server.unixtime,(long int)getpid());
 436         dfd = open(tmpfile,O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_EXCL,0644);
 437         if (dfd != -1) break;
 438         sleep(1);
 439     }
 440     if (dfd == -1) {
 441         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Opening the temp file needed for MASTER <-> SLAVE synchronization: %s",strerror(errno));
 442         goto error;
 443     }
 444
 445     /* Setup the non blocking download of the bulk file. */
 446     if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,fd, AE_READABLE,readSyncBulkPayload,NULL)
 447             == AE_ERR)
 448     {
 449         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Can't create readable event for SYNC");
 450         goto error;
 451     }
 452
 453     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER;
 454     server.repl_transfer_left = -1;
 455     server.repl_transfer_fd = dfd;
 456     server.repl_transfer_lastio = server.unixtime;
 457     server.repl_transfer_tmpfile = zstrdup(tmpfile);
 458     return;
 459
 460 error:
 461     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
 462     close(fd);
 463     return;
 464 }
 465
 466 int connectWithMaster(void) {
 467     int fd;
 468
 469     fd = anetTcpNonBlockConnect(NULL,server.masterhost,server.masterport);
 470     if (fd == -1) {
 471         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Unable to connect to MASTER: %s",
 472             strerror(errno));
 473         return REDIS_ERR;
 474     }
 475
 476     if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,fd,AE_READABLE|AE_WRITABLE,syncWithMaster,NULL) ==
 477             AE_ERR)
 478     {
 479         close(fd);
 480         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Can't create readable event for SYNC");
 481         return REDIS_ERR;
 482     }
 483
 484     server.repl_transfer_lastio = server.unixtime;
 485     server.repl_transfer_s = fd;
 486     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING;
 487     return REDIS_OK;
 488 }
 489
 490 /* This function can be called when a non blocking connection is currently
 491  * in progress to undo it. */
 492 void undoConnectWithMaster(void) {
 493     int fd = server.repl_transfer_s;
 494
 495     redisAssert(server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING);
 496     aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,fd,AE_READABLE|AE_WRITABLE);
 497     close(fd);
 498     server.repl_transfer_s = -1;
 499     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
 500 }
 501
 502 void slaveofCommand(redisClient *c) {
 503     if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[1]->ptr,"no") &&
 504         !strcasecmp(c->argv[2]->ptr,"one")) {
 505         if (server.masterhost) {
 506             sdsfree(server.masterhost);
 507             server.masterhost = NULL;
 508             if (server.master) freeClient(server.master);
 509             if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER)
 510                 replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 511             else if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING)
 512                 undoConnectWithMaster();
 513             server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_NONE;
 514             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"MASTER MODE enabled (user request)");
 515         }
 516     } else {
 517         long port;
 518
 519         if ((getLongFromObjectOrReply(c, c->argv[2], &port, NULL) != REDIS_OK))
 520             return;
 521
 522         /* Check if we are already attached to the specified slave */
 523         if (server.masterhost && !strcasecmp(server.masterhost,c->argv[1]->ptr)
 524             && server.masterport == port) {
 525             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"SLAVE OF would result into synchronization with the master we are already connected with. No operation performed.");
 526             addReplySds(c,sdsnew("+OK Already connected to specified master\r\n"));
 527             return;
 528         }
 529         /* There was no previous master or the user specified a different one,
 530          * we can continue. */
 531         sdsfree(server.masterhost);
 532         server.masterhost = sdsdup(c->argv[1]->ptr);
 533         server.masterport = port;
 534         if (server.master) freeClient(server.master);
 535         disconnectSlaves(); /* Force our slaves to resync with us as well. */
 536         if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER)
 537             replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 538         server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
 539         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"SLAVE OF %s:%d enabled (user request)",
 540             server.masterhost, server.masterport);
 541     }
 542     addReply(c,shared.ok);
 543 }
 544
 545 /* --------------------------- REPLICATION CRON  ---------------------------- */
 546
 547 void replicationCron(void) {
 548     /* Non blocking connection timeout? */
 549     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING &&
 550         (time(NULL)-server.repl_transfer_lastio) > server.repl_timeout)
 551     {
 552         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Timeout connecting to the MASTER...");
 553         undoConnectWithMaster();
 554     }
 555
 556     /* Bulk transfer I/O timeout? */
 557     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER &&
 558         (time(NULL)-server.repl_transfer_lastio) > server.repl_timeout)
 559     {
 560         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Timeout receiving bulk data from MASTER...");
 561         replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
 562     }
 563
 564     /* Timed out master when we are an already connected slave? */
 565     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTED &&
 566         (time(NULL)-server.master->lastinteraction) > server.repl_timeout)
 567     {
 568         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"MASTER time out: no data nor PING received...");
 569         freeClient(server.master);
 570     }
 571
 572     /* Check if we should connect to a MASTER */
 573     if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECT) {
 574         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Connecting to MASTER...");
 575         if (connectWithMaster() == REDIS_OK) {
 576             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"MASTER <-> SLAVE sync started");
 577         }
 578     }
 579
 580     /* If we have attached slaves, PING them from time to time.
 581      * So slaves can implement an explicit timeout to masters, and will
 582      * be able to detect a link disconnection even if the TCP connection
 583      * will not actually go down. */
 584     if (!(server.cronloops % (server.repl_ping_slave_period*10))) {
 585         listIter li;
 586         listNode *ln;
 587
 588         listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
 589         while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
 590             redisClient *slave = ln->value;
 591
 592             /* Don't ping slaves that are in the middle of a bulk transfer
 593              * with the master for first synchronization. */
 594             if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_SEND_BULK) continue;
 595             if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_ONLINE) {
 596                 /* If the slave is online send a normal ping */
 597                 addReplySds(slave,sdsnew("*1\r\n$4\r\nPING\r\n"));
 598             } else {
 599                 /* Otherwise we are in the pre-synchronization stage.
 600                  * Just a newline will do the work of refreshing the
 601                  * connection last interaction time, and at the same time
 602                  * we'll be sure that being a single char there are no
 603                  * short-write problems. */
 604                 if (write(slave->fd, "\n", 1) == -1) {
 605                     /* Don't worry, it's just a ping. */
 606                 }
 607             }
 608         }
 609     }
 610 }