SYNOPSIS

# The following bind will run fix1(), fix2(), ... fixN() only if the
# action can be done in 5 seconds
do timeout(time => 5, units => seconds)
fix1()
fix2()
fix3()
.
.
.
fixN()
end
next_fix()

DESCRIPTION

The timeout binder will run the supplied block only when all the fixes can be run within a time limit. All fixes (except side-effects) are ignored when the block can't be executed within the time limit.

CONFIGURATION

timeout(time => VALUE , units => MICROSECOND|MILLISECONDS|SECONDS|MINUTES|HOURS)

Set a timeout to VALUE. This timeout doesn't prevent a fix script to run longer than the specified value, but it does prevent fixes to have any effect when the timeout has been reached.

    # This script will run 10 seconds
    do timeout(time => 5, seconds)
       reject() # This will be ignored
       sleep(10,seconds)
       add_field(foo,bar) # This will be ignored
    end

At timeout a log message of level WARN will be generated.