Added a mechanism to defer timer handling in case of problems

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -2744,3 +2744,7 @@ Jerome Lacarriere <lacarriere.j@gmail.com>
 
 Mark Hawes <MARK.HAWES@au.fujitsu.com>
  for reporting a bug in handling DiSEqC codes
+
+Frank Niederwipper <f.niederwipper@gmail.com>
+ for reporting a problem in timer handling in case a recording directory can't
+ be created

HISTORY

@@ -6664,3 +6664,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Increased MAXCAIDS to 12 (thanks to Jerome Lacarriere).
 - Fixed handling DiSEqC codes (thanks to Mark Hawes for reporting the bug, and
   Udo Richter for suggesting the fix).
+- Added a mechanism to defer timer handling in case of problems (reported by
+  Frank Niederwipper).

menu.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 2.28 2011/02/27 12:37:48 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 2.29 2011/08/06 13:13:34 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define NEWTIMERLIMIT   120 // seconds until the start time of a new timer created from the Schedule menu,
                             // within which it will go directly into the "Edit timer" menu to allow
                             // further parameter settings
+#define DEFERTIMER       60 // seconds by which a timer is deferred in case of problems
 
 #define MAXRECORDCONTROLS (MAXDEVICES * MAXRECEIVERS)
 #define MAXINSTANTRECTIME (24 * 60 - 1) // 23:59 hours
@@ -4134,6 +4135,8 @@ cRecordControl::cRecordControl(cDevice *Device, cTimer *Timer, bool Pause)
      else
         DELETENULL(recorder);
      }
+  else
+     timer->SetDeferred(DEFERTIMER);
   if (!Timer) {
      Timers.Del(timer);
      Timers.SetModified();

timers.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.c 2.4 2010/01/16 11:18:53 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.c 2.5 2011/08/06 13:13:54 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "timers.h"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ cTimer::cTimer(bool Instant, bool Pause, cChannel *Channel)
 {
   startTime = stopTime = 0;
   lastSetEvent = 0;
+  deferred = 0;
   recording = pending = inVpsMargin = false;
   flags = tfNone;
   if (Instant)
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ cTimer::cTimer(const cEvent *Event)
 {
   startTime = stopTime = 0;
   lastSetEvent = 0;
+  deferred = 0;
   recording = pending = inVpsMargin = false;
   flags = tfActive;
   if (Event->Vps() && Setup.UseVps)
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ cTimer& cTimer::operator= (const cTimer &Timer)
      startTime    = Timer.startTime;
      stopTime     = Timer.stopTime;
      lastSetEvent = 0;
+     deferred = 0;
      recording    = Timer.recording;
      pending      = Timer.pending;
      inVpsMargin  = Timer.inVpsMargin;
@@ -422,6 +425,10 @@ bool cTimer::Matches(time_t t, bool Directly, int Margin) const
         day = 0;
      }
 
+  if (t < deferred)
+     return false;
+  deferred = 0;
+
   if (HasFlags(tfActive)) {
      if (HasFlags(tfVps) && event && event->Vps()) {
         if (Margin || !Directly) {
@@ -589,6 +596,12 @@ void cTimer::SetPriority(int Priority)
   priority = Priority;
 }
 
+void cTimer::SetDeferred(int Seconds)
+{
+  deferred = time(NULL) + Seconds;
+  isyslog("timer %s deferred for %d seconds", *ToDescr(), Seconds);
+}
+
 void cTimer::SetFlags(uint Flags)
 {
   flags |= Flags;

timers.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: timers.h 1.31 2008/02/16 14:33:23 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: timers.h 2.1 2011/08/06 12:59:32 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TIMERS_H
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class cTimer : public cListObject {
 private:
   mutable time_t startTime, stopTime;
   time_t lastSetEvent;
+  mutable time_t deferred; ///< Matches(time_t, ...) will return false if the current time is before this value
   bool recording, pending, inVpsMargin;
   uint flags;
   cChannel *channel;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ public:
   const char *File(void) const { return file; }
   time_t FirstDay(void) const { return weekdays ? day : 0; }
   const char *Aux(void) const { return aux; }
+  time_t Deferred(void) const { return deferred; }
   cString ToText(bool UseChannelID = false) const;
   cString ToDescr(void) const;
   const cEvent *Event(void) const { return event; }
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ public:
   void SetPending(bool Pending);
   void SetInVpsMargin(bool InVpsMargin);
   void SetPriority(int Priority);
+  void SetDeferred(int Seconds);
   void SetFlags(uint Flags);
   void ClrFlags(uint Flags);
   void InvFlags(uint Flags);