First cut at allowing I/O loop to run during processing of massive

batches of ROA requests.  Not yet well tested, preliminary results
look good and I have people waiting for this patch, so checking in now
while continuing testing.  See #275.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=4615

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rpkid/rpki/async.py b/rpkid/rpki/async.py
index a7de6b25..6e9d1edf 100644
--- a/rpkid/rpki/async.py
+++ b/rpkid/rpki/async.py
@@ -385,6 +385,14 @@ def exit_event_loop():
   """
   raise ExitNow
 
+def event_yield(handler, delay = rpki.sundial.timedelta(seconds = 2)):
+  """
+  Use a near-term timer to schedule an event after letting the timer
+  and I/O systems run.
+  """
+  t = timer(handler)
+  t.set(delay)
+
 class gc_summary(object):
   """
   Periodic summary of GC state, for tracking down memory bloat.