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authorEvan Weaver <eweaver@twitter.com>2009-01-31 14:17:06 -0800
committerEvan Weaver <eweaver@twitter.com>2009-01-31 14:17:06 -0800
commitcb3b9862a5fef4f3fd197e0319bbea0de562f9da (patch)
tree58dabd544368870fc98c814e0816b5c3bc361a8f /lib
parent3dd3bd73b8b9f520dbf35290a652d2fc0e423007 (diff)
downloadunicorn-cb3b9862a5fef4f3fd197e0319bbea0de562f9da.tar.gz
Breaks world.
Added option to throttle number of concurrent threads processing requests.

Conflicts:

	bin/mongrel_rails
	lib/mongrel.rb
	lib/mongrel/configurator.rb
	lib/mongrel/rails.rb
	test/unit/test_ws.rb
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/mongrel.rb76
-rw-r--r--lib/mongrel/configurator.rb385
-rw-r--r--lib/mongrel/rails.rb180
-rw-r--r--lib/mongrel/semaphore.rb46
4 files changed, 635 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mongrel.rb b/lib/mongrel.rb
index a97972b..424b7f0 100644
--- a/lib/mongrel.rb
+++ b/lib/mongrel.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require 'mongrel/const'
 require 'mongrel/http_request'
 require 'mongrel/header_out'
 require 'mongrel/http_response'
+require 'mongrel/semaphore'
 
 # Mongrel module containing all of the classes (include C extensions) for running
 # a Mongrel web server.  It contains a minimalist HTTP server with just enough
@@ -79,13 +80,20 @@ module Mongrel
     attr_reader :port
     attr_reader :throttle
     attr_reader :timeout
-    attr_reader :num_processors
+    attr_reader :max_queued_threads
+    
+    DEFAULTS = {
+      :max_queued_threads => 20,
+      :max_concurrent_threads => 20,
+      :throttle => 0,
+      :timeout => 60
+    }
 
     # Creates a working server on host:port (strange things happen if port isn't a Number).
     # Use HttpServer::run to start the server and HttpServer.acceptor.join to
     # join the thread that's processing incoming requests on the socket.
     #
-    # The num_processors optional argument is the maximum number of concurrent
+    # The max_queued_threads optional argument is the maximum number of concurrent
     # processors to accept, anything over this is closed immediately to maintain
     # server processing performance.  This may seem mean but it is the most efficient
     # way to deal with overload.  Other schemes involve still parsing the client's request
@@ -94,20 +102,21 @@ module Mongrel
     # The throttle parameter is a sleep timeout (in hundredths of a second) that is placed between
     # socket.accept calls in order to give the server a cheap throttle time.  It defaults to 0 and
     # actually if it is 0 then the sleep is not done at all.
-    def initialize(host, port, app, opts = {})
+    def initialize(host, port, app, options = {})
+      options = DEFAULTS.merge(options)
+
       tries = 0
       @socket = TCPServer.new(host, port)
       if defined?(Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
         @socket.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
       end
-      @host = host
-      @port = port
+      @host, @port, @app = host, port, app
       @workers = ThreadGroup.new
-      # Set default opts
-      @app = app
-      @num_processors = opts.delete(:num_processors) || 950
-      @throttle       = (opts.delete(:throttle) || 0) / 100
-      @timeout        = opts.delete(:timeout) || 60
+
+      @throttle = options[:throttle] / 100.0
+      @timeout = options[:timeout]
+      @max_queued_threads = options[:max_queued_threads]
+      @max_concurrent_threads = options[:max_concurrent_threads]
     end
 
     # Does the majority of the IO processing.  It has been written in Ruby using
@@ -245,6 +254,7 @@ module Mongrel
     # Runs the thing.  It returns the thread used so you can "join" it.  You can also
     # access the HttpServer::acceptor attribute to get the thread later.
     def start!
+      semaphore = Semaphore.new(@max_concurrent_threads)
       BasicSocket.do_not_reverse_lookup=true
 
       configure_socket_options
@@ -264,12 +274,12 @@ module Mongrel
               end
   
               worker_list = @workers.list
-              if worker_list.length >= @num_processors
-                Mongrel.logger.error "Server overloaded with #{worker_list.length} processors (#@num_processors max). Dropping connection."
+              if worker_list.length >= @max_queued_threads
+                Mongrel.logger.error "Server overloaded with #{worker_list.length} processors (#@max_queued_threads max). Dropping connection."
                 client.close rescue nil
                 reap_dead_workers("max processors")
               else
-                thread = Thread.new(client) {|c| process_client(c) }
+                thread = Thread.new(client) {|c| semaphore.synchronize { process_client(c) } }
                 thread[:started_on] = Time.now
                 @workers.add(thread)
   
@@ -298,49 +308,11 @@ module Mongrel
       return @acceptor
     end
 
-    # Simply registers a handler with the internal URIClassifier.  When the URI is
-    # found in the prefix of a request then your handler's HttpHandler::process method
-    # is called.  See Mongrel::URIClassifier#register for more information.
-    #
-    # If you set in_front=true then the passed in handler will be put in the front of the list
-    # for that particular URI. Otherwise it's placed at the end of the list.
-    def register(uri, handler, in_front=false)
-      begin
-        @classifier.register(uri, [handler])
-      rescue URIClassifier::RegistrationError => e
-        handlers = @classifier.resolve(uri)[2]
-        if handlers
-          # Already registered
-          method_name = in_front ? 'unshift' : 'push'
-          handlers.send(method_name, handler)
-        else
-          raise
-        end
-      end
-      handler.listener = self
-    end
-
-    # Removes any handlers registered at the given URI.  See Mongrel::URIClassifier#unregister
-    # for more information.  Remember this removes them *all* so the entire
-    # processing chain goes away.
-    def unregister(uri)
-      @classifier.unregister(uri)
-    end
-
     # Stops the acceptor thread and then causes the worker threads to finish
     # off the request queue before finally exiting.
     def stop(synchronous=false)
       @acceptor.raise(StopServer.new)
-
-      if synchronous
-        sleep(0.5) while @acceptor.alive?
-      end
+      (sleep(0.5) while @acceptor.alive?) if synchronous
     end
-
   end
 end
-
-# Load experimental library, if present. We put it here so it can override anything
-# in regular Mongrel.
-
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift 'projects/mongrel_experimental/lib/'
diff --git a/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb b/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2442152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+require 'yaml'
+require 'etc'
+
+module Mongrel
+  # Implements a simple DSL for configuring a Mongrel server for your
+  # purposes.  More used by framework implementers to setup Mongrel
+  # how they like, but could be used by regular folks to add more things
+  # to an existing mongrel configuration.
+  #
+  # It is used like this:
+  #
+  #   require 'mongrel'
+  #   config = Mongrel::Configurator.new :host => "127.0.0.1" do
+  #     listener :port => 3000 do
+  #       uri "/app", :handler => Mongrel::DirHandler.new(".", load_mime_map("mime.yaml"))
+  #     end
+  #     run
+  #   end
+  #
+  # This will setup a simple DirHandler at the current directory and load additional
+  # mime types from mimy.yaml.  The :host => "127.0.0.1" is actually not
+  # specific to the servers but just a hash of default parameters that all
+  # server or uri calls receive.
+  #
+  # When you are inside the block after Mongrel::Configurator.new you can simply
+  # call functions that are part of Configurator (like server, uri, daemonize, etc)
+  # without having to refer to anything else.  You can also call these functions on
+  # the resulting object directly for additional configuration.
+  #
+  # A major thing about Configurator is that it actually lets you configure
+  # multiple listeners for any hosts and ports you want.  These are kept in a
+  # map config.listeners so you can get to them.
+  #
+  # * :pid_file => Where to write the process ID.
+  class Configurator
+    attr_reader :listeners
+    attr_reader :defaults
+    attr_reader :needs_restart
+
+    # You pass in initial defaults and then a block to continue configuring.
+    def initialize(defaults={}, &block)
+      @listener = nil
+      @listener_name = nil
+      @listeners = {}
+      @defaults = defaults
+      @needs_restart = false
+      @pid_file = defaults[:pid_file]
+
+      if block
+        cloaker(&block).bind(self).call
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Change privileges of the process to specified user and group.
+    def change_privilege(user, group)
+      begin
+        uid, gid = Process.euid, Process.egid
+        target_uid = Etc.getpwnam(user).uid if user
+        target_gid = Etc.getgrnam(group).gid if group
+
+        if uid != target_uid or gid != target_gid
+          log "Initiating groups for #{user.inspect}:#{group.inspect}."
+          Process.initgroups(user, target_gid)
+        
+          log "Changing group to #{group.inspect}."
+          Process::GID.change_privilege(target_gid)
+
+          log "Changing user to #{user.inspect}."
+          Process::UID.change_privilege(target_uid)
+        end
+      rescue Errno::EPERM => e
+        log "Couldn't change user and group to #{user.inspect}:#{group.inspect}: #{e.to_s}."
+        log "Mongrel failed to start."
+        exit 1
+      end
+    end
+
+    def remove_pid_file
+      File.unlink(@pid_file) if @pid_file and File.exists?(@pid_file)
+    end
+
+    # Writes the PID file if we're not on Windows.
+    def write_pid_file
+      if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/
+        log "Writing PID file to #{@pid_file}"
+        open(@pid_file,"w") {|f| f.write(Process.pid) }
+        open(@pid_file,"w") do |f|
+          f.write(Process.pid)
+          File.chmod(0644, @pid_file)
+        end      
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Generates a class for cloaking the current self and making the DSL nicer.
+    def cloaking_class
+      class << self
+        self
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Do not call this.  You were warned.
+    def cloaker(&block)
+      cloaking_class.class_eval do
+        define_method :cloaker_, &block
+        meth = instance_method( :cloaker_ )
+        remove_method :cloaker_
+        meth
+      end
+    end
+
+    # This will resolve the given options against the defaults.
+    # Normally just used internally.
+    def resolve_defaults(options)
+      options.merge(@defaults)
+    end
+
+    # Starts a listener block.  This is the only one that actually takes
+    # a block and then you make Configurator.uri calls in order to setup
+    # your URIs and handlers.  If you write your Handlers as GemPlugins
+    # then you can use load_plugins and plugin to load them.
+    #
+    # It expects the following options (or defaults):
+    #
+    # * :host => Host name to bind.
+    # * :port => Port to bind.
+    # * :max_queued_threads => The maximum number of concurrent threads allowed.
+    # * :throttle => Time to pause (in hundredths of a second) between accepting clients.
+    # * :timeout => Time to wait (in seconds) before killing a stalled thread.
+    # * :user => User to change to, must have :group as well.
+    # * :group => Group to change to, must have :user as well.
+    #
+    def listener(options={},&block)
+      raise "Cannot call listener inside another listener block." if (@listener or @listener_name)
+      ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+
+      @listener = Mongrel::HttpServer.new(ops[:host], ops[:port].to_i, ops)
+      @listener_name = "#{ops[:host]}:#{ops[:port]}"
+      @listeners[@listener_name] = @listener
+
+      if ops[:user] and ops[:group]
+        change_privilege(ops[:user], ops[:group])
+      end
+
+      # Does the actual cloaking operation to give the new implicit self.
+      if block
+        cloaker(&block).bind(self).call
+      end
+
+      # all done processing this listener setup, reset implicit variables
+      @listener = nil
+      @listener_name = nil
+    end
+
+
+    # Called inside a Configurator.listener block in order to
+    # add URI->handler mappings for that listener.  Use this as
+    # many times as you like.  It expects the following options
+    # or defaults:
+    #
+    # * :handler => HttpHandler -- Handler to use for this location.
+    # * :in_front => true/false -- Rather than appending, it prepends this handler.
+    def uri(location, options={})
+      ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+      @listener.register(location, ops[:handler], ops[:in_front])
+    end
+
+
+    # Daemonizes the current Ruby script turning all the
+    # listeners into an actual "server" or detached process.
+    # You must call this *before* frameworks that open files
+    # as otherwise the files will be closed by this function.
+    #
+    # Does not work for Win32 systems (the call is silently ignored).
+    #
+    # Requires the following options or defaults:
+    #
+    # * :cwd => Directory to change to.
+    # * :log_file => Where to write STDOUT and STDERR.
+    #
+    # It is safe to call this on win32 as it will only require the daemons
+    # gem/library if NOT win32.
+    def daemonize(options={})
+      ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+      # save this for later since daemonize will hose it
+      if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/
+        require 'daemons/daemonize'
+
+        logfile = ops[:log_file]
+        if logfile[0].chr != "/"
+          logfile = File.join(ops[:cwd],logfile)
+          if not File.exist?(File.dirname(logfile))
+            log "!!! Log file directory not found at full path #{File.dirname(logfile)}.  Update your configuration to use a full path."
+            exit 1
+          end
+        end
+
+        Daemonize.daemonize(logfile)
+
+        # change back to the original starting directory
+        Dir.chdir(ops[:cwd])
+
+      else
+        log "WARNING: Win32 does not support daemon mode."
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Uses the GemPlugin system to easily load plugins based on their
+    # gem dependencies.  You pass in either an :includes => [] or
+    # :excludes => [] setting listing the names of plugins to include
+    # or exclude from the determining the dependencies.
+    def load_plugins(options={})
+      ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+
+      load_settings = {}
+      if ops[:includes]
+        ops[:includes].each do |plugin|
+          load_settings[plugin] = GemPlugin::INCLUDE
+        end
+      end
+
+      if ops[:excludes]
+        ops[:excludes].each do |plugin|
+          load_settings[plugin] = GemPlugin::EXCLUDE
+        end
+      end
+
+      GemPlugin::Manager.instance.load(load_settings)
+    end
+
+
+    # Easy way to load a YAML file and apply default settings.
+    def load_yaml(file, default={})
+      default.merge(YAML.load_file(file))
+    end
+
+
+    # Loads the MIME map file and checks that it is correct
+    # on loading.  This is commonly passed to Mongrel::DirHandler
+    # or any framework handler that uses DirHandler to serve files.
+    # You can also include a set of default MIME types as additional
+    # settings.  See Mongrel::DirHandler for how the MIME types map
+    # is organized.
+    def load_mime_map(file, mime={})
+      # configure any requested mime map
+      mime = load_yaml(file, mime)
+
+      # check all the mime types to make sure they are the right format
+      mime.each {|k,v| log "WARNING: MIME type #{k} must start with '.'" if k.index(".") != 0 }
+
+      return mime
+    end
+
+
+    # Loads and creates a plugin for you based on the given
+    # name and configured with the selected options.  The options
+    # are merged with the defaults prior to passing them in.
+    def plugin(name, options={})
+      ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+      GemPlugin::Manager.instance.create(name, ops)
+    end
+
+    # Lets you do redirects easily as described in Mongrel::RedirectHandler.
+    # You use it inside the configurator like this:
+    #
+    #   redirect("/test", "/to/there") # simple
+    #   redirect("/to", /t/, 'w') # regexp
+    #   redirect("/hey", /(w+)/) {|match| ...}  # block
+    #
+    def redirect(from, pattern, replacement = nil, &block)
+      uri from, :handler => Mongrel::RedirectHandler.new(pattern, replacement, &block)
+    end
+
+    # Works like a meta run method which goes through all the
+    # configured listeners.  Use the Configurator.join method
+    # to prevent Ruby from exiting until each one is done.
+    def run
+      @listeners.each {|name,s|
+        s.run
+      }
+
+      $mongrel_sleeper_thread = Thread.new { loop { sleep 1 } }
+    end
+
+    # Calls .stop on all the configured listeners so they
+    # stop processing requests (gracefully).  By default it
+    # assumes that you don't want to restart.
+    def stop(needs_restart=false, synchronous=false)  
+      @listeners.each do |name,s|
+        s.stop(synchronous)      
+      end      
+      @needs_restart = needs_restart
+    end
+
+
+    # This method should actually be called *outside* of the
+    # Configurator block so that you can control it.  In other words
+    # do it like:  config.join.
+    def join
+      @listeners.values.each {|s| s.acceptor.join }
+    end
+
+
+    # Calling this before you register your URIs to the given location
+    # will setup a set of handlers that log open files, objects, and the
+    # parameters for each request.  This helps you track common problems
+    # found in Rails applications that are either slow or become unresponsive
+    # after a little while.
+    #
+    # You can pass an extra parameter *what* to indicate what you want to
+    # debug.  For example, if you just want to dump rails stuff then do:
+    #
+    #   debug "/", what = [:rails]
+    #
+    # And it will only produce the log/mongrel_debug/rails.log file.
+    # Available options are: :access, :files, :objects, :threads, :rails
+    #
+    # NOTE: Use [:files] to get accesses dumped to stderr like with WEBrick.
+    def debug(location, what = [:access, :files, :objects, :threads, :rails])
+      require 'mongrel/debug'
+      handlers = {
+        :access => "/handlers/requestlog::access",
+        :files => "/handlers/requestlog::files",
+        :objects => "/handlers/requestlog::objects",
+        :threads => "/handlers/requestlog::threads",
+        :rails => "/handlers/requestlog::params"
+      }
+
+      # turn on the debugging infrastructure, and ObjectTracker is a pig
+      MongrelDbg.configure
+
+      # now we roll through each requested debug type, turn it on and load that plugin
+      what.each do |type|
+        MongrelDbg.begin_trace type
+        uri location, :handler => plugin(handlers[type])
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Used to allow you to let users specify their own configurations
+    # inside your Configurator setup.  You pass it a script name and
+    # it reads it in and does an eval on the contents passing in the right
+    # binding so they can put their own Configurator statements.
+    def run_config(script)
+      open(script) {|f| eval(f.read, proc {self}) }
+    end
+
+    # Sets up the standard signal handlers that are used on most Ruby
+    # It only configures if the platform is not win32 and doesn't do
+    # a HUP signal since this is typically framework specific.
+    #
+    # Requires a :pid_file option given to Configurator.new to indicate a file to delete.  
+    # It sets the MongrelConfig.needs_restart attribute if
+    # the start command should reload.  It's up to you to detect this
+    # and do whatever is needed for a "restart".
+    #
+    # This command is safely ignored if the platform is win32 (with a warning)
+    def setup_signals(options={})
+      ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+
+      # forced shutdown, even if previously restarted (actually just like TERM but for CTRL-C)
+      trap("INT") { log "INT signal received."; stop(false) }
+
+      # clean up the pid file always
+      at_exit { remove_pid_file }
+
+      if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/
+        # graceful shutdown
+        trap("TERM") { log "TERM signal received."; stop }
+        trap("USR1") { log "USR1 received, toggling $mongrel_debug_client to #{!$mongrel_debug_client}"; $mongrel_debug_client = !$mongrel_debug_client }
+        # restart
+        trap("USR2") { log "USR2 signal received."; stop(true) }
+
+        log "Signals ready.  TERM => stop.  USR2 => restart.  INT => stop (no restart)."
+      else
+        log "Signals ready.  INT => stop (no restart)."
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Logs a simple message to STDERR (or the mongrel log if in daemon mode).
+    def log(msg)
+      STDERR.print "** ", msg, "\n"
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/mongrel/rails.rb b/lib/mongrel/rails.rb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/lib/mongrel/rails.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Zed A. Shaw
+# You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Ruby.
+#
+# Additional work donated by contributors.  See http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/attributions.html
+# for more information.
+
+require 'mongrel'
+require 'cgi'
+
+
+module Mongrel
+  module Rails
+    # Implements a handler that can run Rails and serve files out of the
+    # Rails application's public directory.  This lets you run your Rails
+    # application with Mongrel during development and testing, then use it
+    # also in production behind a server that's better at serving the
+    # static files.
+    #
+    # The RailsHandler takes a mime_map parameter which is a simple suffix=mimetype
+    # mapping that it should add to the list of valid mime types.
+    #
+    # It also supports page caching directly and will try to resolve a request
+    # in the following order:
+    #
+    # * If the requested exact PATH_INFO exists as a file then serve it.
+    # * If it exists at PATH_INFO+".html" exists then serve that.
+    # * Finally, construct a Mongrel::CGIWrapper and run Dispatcher.dispatch to have Rails go.
+    #
+    # This means that if you are using page caching it will actually work with Mongrel
+    # and you should see a decent speed boost (but not as fast as if you use a static
+    # server like Apache or Litespeed).
+    class RailsHandler < Mongrel::HttpHandler
+      attr_reader :files
+      attr_reader :guard
+      @@file_only_methods = ["GET","HEAD"]
+
+      def initialize(dir, mime_map = {})
+        @files = Mongrel::DirHandler.new(dir,false)
+        @guard = Mutex.new
+
+        # Register the requested MIME types
+        mime_map.each {|k,v| Mongrel::DirHandler::add_mime_type(k,v) }
+      end
+
+      # Attempts to resolve the request as follows:
+      #
+      # * If the requested exact PATH_INFO exists as a file then serve it.
+      # * If it exists at PATH_INFO+".html" exists then serve that.
+      # * Finally, construct a Mongrel::CGIWrapper and run Dispatcher.dispatch to have Rails go.
+      def process(request, response)
+        return if response.socket.closed?
+        
+        path_info = request.params[Mongrel::Const::PATH_INFO]
+        rest_operator = request.params[Mongrel::Const::REQUEST_URI][/^#{Regexp.escape path_info}(;[^\?]+)/, 1].to_s
+        path_info.chomp!("/")
+        
+        page_cached = path_info + rest_operator + ActionController::Base.page_cache_extension
+        get_or_head = @@file_only_methods.include? request.params[Mongrel::Const::REQUEST_METHOD]
+
+        if get_or_head and @files.can_serve(path_info)
+          # File exists as-is so serve it up
+          @files.process(request,response)
+        elsif get_or_head and @files.can_serve(page_cached)
+          # Possible cached page, serve it up
+          request.params[Mongrel::Const::PATH_INFO] = page_cached
+          @files.process(request,response)
+        else
+          begin
+            cgi = Mongrel::CGIWrapper.new(request, response)
+            # We don't want the output to be really final until the dispatch returns a response.
+            cgi.default_really_final = false
+
+            Dispatcher.dispatch(cgi, ActionController::CgiRequest::DEFAULT_SESSION_OPTIONS, response.body)
+
+            # This finalizes the output using the proper HttpResponse way
+            cgi.out("text/html",true) {""}
+          rescue Errno::EPIPE
+            response.socket.close
+          rescue Object => rails_error
+            STDERR.puts "#{Time.now}: Error calling Dispatcher.dispatch #{rails_error.inspect}"
+            STDERR.puts rails_error.backtrace.join("\n")
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Does the internal reload for Rails.  It might work for most cases, but
+      # sometimes you get exceptions.  In that case just do a real restart.
+      def reload!
+        begin
+          @guard.synchronize {
+            $".replace $orig_dollar_quote
+            GC.start
+            Dispatcher.reset_application!
+            ActionController::Routing::Routes.reload
+          }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Creates Rails specific configuration options for people to use
+    # instead of the base Configurator.
+    class RailsConfigurator < Mongrel::Configurator
+
+      # Creates a single rails handler and returns it so you
+      # can add it to a URI. You can actually attach it to
+      # as many URIs as you want, but this returns the
+      # same RailsHandler for each call.
+      #
+      # Requires the following options:
+      #
+      # * :docroot => The public dir to serve from.
+      # * :environment => Rails environment to use.
+      # * :cwd => The change to working directory
+      #
+      # And understands the following optional settings:
+      #
+      # * :mime => A map of mime types.
+      #
+      # Because of how Rails is designed you can only have
+      # one installed per Ruby interpreter (talk to them
+      # about thread safety).  Because of this the first
+      # time you call this function it does all the config
+      # needed to get your Rails working.  After that
+      # it returns the one handler you've configured.
+      # This lets you attach Rails to any URI(s) you want,
+      # but it still protects you from threads destroying
+      # your handler.
+      def rails(options={})
+
+        return @rails_handler if @rails_handler
+
+        ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+
+        # fix up some defaults
+        ops[:environment] ||= "development"
+        ops[:docroot] ||= "public"
+        ops[:mime] ||= {}
+
+        $orig_dollar_quote = $".clone
+        ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = ops[:environment]
+        env_location = "#{ops[:cwd]}/config/environment"
+        require env_location
+        require 'dispatcher'
+        require 'mongrel/rails'
+
+        ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = ops[:prefix] if ops[:prefix]
+
+        @rails_handler = RailsHandler.new(ops[:docroot], ops[:mime])
+      end
+
+      # Reloads Rails.  This isn't too reliable really, but it
+      # should work for most minimal reload purposes.  The only reliable
+      # way to reload properly is to stop and then start the process.
+      def reload!
+        if not @rails_handler
+          raise "Rails was not configured.  Read the docs for RailsConfigurator."
+        end
+
+        log "Reloading Rails..."
+        @rails_handler.reload!
+        log "Done reloading Rails."
+
+      end
+
+      # Takes the exact same configuration as Mongrel::Configurator (and actually calls that)
+      # but sets up the additional HUP handler to call reload!.
+      def setup_rails_signals(options={})
+        ops = resolve_defaults(options)
+        setup_signals(options)
+
+        if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/
+          # rails reload
+          trap("HUP") { log "HUP signal received."; reload!          }
+
+          log "Rails signals registered.  HUP => reload (without restart).  It might not work well."
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/mongrel/semaphore.rb b/lib/mongrel/semaphore.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c0b87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mongrel/semaphore.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+class Semaphore
+  def initialize(resource_count = 0)
+    @available_resource_count = resource_count
+    @mutex = Mutex.new
+    @waiting_threads = []
+  end
+  
+  def wait
+    make_thread_wait unless resource_is_available
+  end
+  
+  def signal
+    schedule_waiting_thread if thread_is_waiting
+  end
+  
+  def synchronize
+    self.wait
+    yield
+  ensure
+    self.signal
+  end
+  
+  private
+  
+  def resource_is_available
+    @mutex.synchronize do
+      return (@available_resource_count -= 1) >= 0
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def make_thread_wait
+    @waiting_threads << Thread.current
+    Thread.stop  
+  end
+  
+  def thread_is_waiting
+    @mutex.synchronize do
+      return (@available_resource_count += 1) <= 0
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def schedule_waiting_thread
+    thread = @waiting_threads.shift
+    thread.wakeup if thread
+  end
+end