xref: /redis-3.2.3/src/replication.c (revision 80586cb8)
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             switch(dictid) {
29             case 0: selectcmd = shared.select0; break;
30             case 1: selectcmd = shared.select1; break;
31             case 2: selectcmd = shared.select2; break;
32             case 3: selectcmd = shared.select3; break;
33             case 4: selectcmd = shared.select4; break;
34             case 5: selectcmd = shared.select5; break;
35             case 6: selectcmd = shared.select6; break;
36             case 7: selectcmd = shared.select7; break;
37             case 8: selectcmd = shared.select8; break;
38             case 9: selectcmd = shared.select9; break;
39             default:
40                 selectcmd = createObject(REDIS_STRING,
41                     sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"select %d\r\n",dictid));
42                 selectcmd->refcount = 0;
43                 break;
44             }
45             addReply(slave,selectcmd);
46             slave->slaveseldb = dictid;
47         }
48         addReplyMultiBulkLen(slave,argc);
49         for (j = 0; j < argc; j++) addReplyBulk(slave,argv[j]);
50     }
51 }
52 
53 void replicationFeedMonitors(list *monitors, int dictid, robj **argv, int argc) {
54     listNode *ln;
55     listIter li;
56     int j;
57     sds cmdrepr = sdsnew("+");
58     robj *cmdobj;
59     struct timeval tv;
60 
61     gettimeofday(&tv,NULL);
62     cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr,"%ld.%06ld ",(long)tv.tv_sec,(long)tv.tv_usec);
63     if (dictid != 0) cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr,"(db %d) ", dictid);
64 
65     for (j = 0; j < argc; j++) {
66         if (argv[j]->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
67             cmdrepr = sdscatprintf(cmdrepr, "\"%ld\"", (long)argv[j]->ptr);
68         } else {
69             cmdrepr = sdscatrepr(cmdrepr,(char*)argv[j]->ptr,
70                         sdslen(argv[j]->ptr));
71         }
72         if (j != argc-1)
73             cmdrepr = sdscatlen(cmdrepr," ",1);
74     }
75     cmdrepr = sdscatlen(cmdrepr,"\r\n",2);
76     cmdobj = createObject(REDIS_STRING,cmdrepr);
77 
78     listRewind(monitors,&li);
79     while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
80         redisClient *monitor = ln->value;
81         addReply(monitor,cmdobj);
82     }
83     decrRefCount(cmdobj);
84 }
85 
86 void syncCommand(redisClient *c) {
87     /* ignore SYNC if aleady slave or in monitor mode */
88     if (c->flags & REDIS_SLAVE) return;
89 
90     /* Refuse SYNC requests if we are a slave but the link with our master
91      * is not ok... */
92     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state != REDIS_REPL_CONNECTED) {
93         addReplyError(c,"Can't SYNC while not connected with my master");
94         return;
95     }
96 
97     /* SYNC can't be issued when the server has pending data to send to
98      * the client about already issued commands. We need a fresh reply
99      * buffer registering the differences between the BGSAVE and the current
100      * dataset, so that we can copy to other slaves if needed. */
101     if (listLength(c->reply) != 0) {
102         addReplyError(c,"SYNC is invalid with pending input");
103         return;
104     }
105 
106     redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Slave ask for synchronization");
107     /* Here we need to check if there is a background saving operation
108      * in progress, or if it is required to start one */
109     if (server.rdb_child_pid != -1) {
110         /* Ok a background save is in progress. Let's check if it is a good
111          * one for replication, i.e. if there is another slave that is
112          * registering differences since the server forked to save */
113         redisClient *slave;
114         listNode *ln;
115         listIter li;
116 
117         listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
118         while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
119             slave = ln->value;
120             if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END) break;
121         }
122         if (ln) {
123             /* Perfect, the server is already registering differences for
124              * another slave. Set the right state, and copy the buffer. */
125             listRelease(c->reply);
126             c->reply = listDup(slave->reply);
127             c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
128             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Waiting for end of BGSAVE for SYNC");
129         } else {
130             /* No way, we need to wait for the next BGSAVE in order to
131              * register differences */
132             c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START;
133             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Waiting for next BGSAVE for SYNC");
134         }
135     } else {
136         /* Ok we don't have a BGSAVE in progress, let's start one */
137         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Starting BGSAVE for SYNC");
138         if (rdbSaveBackground(server.rdb_filename) != REDIS_OK) {
139             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Replication failed, can't BGSAVE");
140             addReplyError(c,"Unable to perform background save");
141             return;
142         }
143         c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
144     }
145     c->repldbfd = -1;
146     c->flags |= REDIS_SLAVE;
147     c->slaveseldb = 0;
148     listAddNodeTail(server.slaves,c);
149     return;
150 }
151 
152 void sendBulkToSlave(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
153     redisClient *slave = privdata;
154     REDIS_NOTUSED(el);
155     REDIS_NOTUSED(mask);
156     char buf[REDIS_IOBUF_LEN];
157     ssize_t nwritten, buflen;
158 
159     if (slave->repldboff == 0) {
160         /* Write the bulk write count before to transfer the DB. In theory here
161          * we don't know how much room there is in the output buffer of the
162          * socket, but in pratice SO_SNDLOWAT (the minimum count for output
163          * operations) will never be smaller than the few bytes we need. */
164         sds bulkcount;
165 
166         bulkcount = sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"$%lld\r\n",(unsigned long long)
167             slave->repldbsize);
168         if (write(fd,bulkcount,sdslen(bulkcount)) != (signed)sdslen(bulkcount))
169         {
170             sdsfree(bulkcount);
171             freeClient(slave);
172             return;
173         }
174         sdsfree(bulkcount);
175     }
176     lseek(slave->repldbfd,slave->repldboff,SEEK_SET);
177     buflen = read(slave->repldbfd,buf,REDIS_IOBUF_LEN);
178     if (buflen <= 0) {
179         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Read error sending DB to slave: %s",
180             (buflen == 0) ? "premature EOF" : strerror(errno));
181         freeClient(slave);
182         return;
183     }
184     if ((nwritten = write(fd,buf,buflen)) == -1) {
185         redisLog(REDIS_VERBOSE,"Write error sending DB to slave: %s",
186             strerror(errno));
187         freeClient(slave);
188         return;
189     }
190     slave->repldboff += nwritten;
191     if (slave->repldboff == slave->repldbsize) {
192         close(slave->repldbfd);
193         slave->repldbfd = -1;
194         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,slave->fd,AE_WRITABLE);
195         slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_ONLINE;
196         if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el, slave->fd, AE_WRITABLE,
197             sendReplyToClient, slave) == AE_ERR) {
198             freeClient(slave);
199             return;
200         }
201         addReplySds(slave,sdsempty());
202         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Synchronization with slave succeeded");
203     }
204 }
205 
206 /* This function is called at the end of every backgrond saving.
207  * The argument bgsaveerr is REDIS_OK if the background saving succeeded
208  * otherwise REDIS_ERR is passed to the function.
209  *
210  * The goal of this function is to handle slaves waiting for a successful
211  * background saving in order to perform non-blocking synchronization. */
212 void updateSlavesWaitingBgsave(int bgsaveerr) {
213     listNode *ln;
214     int startbgsave = 0;
215     listIter li;
216 
217     listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
218     while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
219         redisClient *slave = ln->value;
220 
221         if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START) {
222             startbgsave = 1;
223             slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END;
224         } else if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_END) {
225             struct redis_stat buf;
226 
227             if (bgsaveerr != REDIS_OK) {
228                 freeClient(slave);
229                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. BGSAVE child returned an error");
230                 continue;
231             }
232             if ((slave->repldbfd = open(server.rdb_filename,O_RDONLY)) == -1 ||
233                 redis_fstat(slave->repldbfd,&buf) == -1) {
234                 freeClient(slave);
235                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. Can't open/stat DB after BGSAVE: %s", strerror(errno));
236                 continue;
237             }
238             slave->repldboff = 0;
239             slave->repldbsize = buf.st_size;
240             slave->replstate = REDIS_REPL_SEND_BULK;
241             aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,slave->fd,AE_WRITABLE);
242             if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el, slave->fd, AE_WRITABLE, sendBulkToSlave, slave) == AE_ERR) {
243                 freeClient(slave);
244                 continue;
245             }
246         }
247     }
248     if (startbgsave) {
249         if (rdbSaveBackground(server.rdb_filename) != REDIS_OK) {
250             listIter li;
251 
252             listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
253             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"SYNC failed. BGSAVE failed");
254             while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
255                 redisClient *slave = ln->value;
256 
257                 if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START)
258                     freeClient(slave);
259             }
260         }
261     }
262 }
263 
264 /* ----------------------------------- SLAVE -------------------------------- */
265 
266 /* Abort the async download of the bulk dataset while SYNC-ing with master */
267 void replicationAbortSyncTransfer(void) {
268     redisAssert(server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER);
269 
270     aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,server.repl_transfer_s,AE_READABLE);
271     close(server.repl_transfer_s);
272     close(server.repl_transfer_fd);
273     unlink(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
274     zfree(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
275     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
276 }
277 
278 /* Asynchronously read the SYNC payload we receive from a master */
279 void readSyncBulkPayload(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
280     char buf[4096];
281     ssize_t nread, readlen;
282     REDIS_NOTUSED(el);
283     REDIS_NOTUSED(privdata);
284     REDIS_NOTUSED(mask);
285 
286     /* If repl_transfer_left == -1 we still have to read the bulk length
287      * from the master reply. */
288     if (server.repl_transfer_left == -1) {
289         if (syncReadLine(fd,buf,1024,server.repl_syncio_timeout) == -1) {
290             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
291                 "I/O error reading bulk count from MASTER: %s",
292                 strerror(errno));
293             goto error;
294         }
295 
296         if (buf[0] == '-') {
297             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
298                 "MASTER aborted replication with an error: %s",
299                 buf+1);
300             goto error;
301         } else if (buf[0] == '\0') {
302             /* At this stage just a newline works as a PING in order to take
303              * the connection live. So we refresh our last interaction
304              * timestamp. */
305             server.repl_transfer_lastio = time(NULL);
306             return;
307         } else if (buf[0] != '$') {
308             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Bad protocol from MASTER, the first byte is not '$', are you sure the host and port are right?");
309             goto error;
310         }
311         server.repl_transfer_left = strtol(buf+1,NULL,10);
312         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,
313             "MASTER <-> SLAVE sync: receiving %ld bytes from master",
314             server.repl_transfer_left);
315         return;
316     }
317 
318     /* Read bulk data */
319     readlen = (server.repl_transfer_left < (signed)sizeof(buf)) ?
320         server.repl_transfer_left : (signed)sizeof(buf);
321     nread = read(fd,buf,readlen);
322     if (nread <= 0) {
323         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"I/O error trying to sync with MASTER: %s",
324             (nread == -1) ? strerror(errno) : "connection lost");
325         replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
326         return;
327     }
328     server.repl_transfer_lastio = time(NULL);
329     if (write(server.repl_transfer_fd,buf,nread) != nread) {
330         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Write error or short write writing to the DB dump file needed for MASTER <-> SLAVE synchrnonization: %s", strerror(errno));
331         goto error;
332     }
333     server.repl_transfer_left -= nread;
334     /* Check if the transfer is now complete */
335     if (server.repl_transfer_left == 0) {
336         if (rename(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile,server.rdb_filename) == -1) {
337             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed trying to rename the temp DB into dump.rdb in MASTER <-> SLAVE synchronization: %s", strerror(errno));
338             replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
339             return;
340         }
341         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE, "MASTER <-> SLAVE sync: Loading DB in memory");
342         emptyDb();
343         /* Before loading the DB into memory we need to delete the readable
344          * handler, otherwise it will get called recursively since
345          * rdbLoad() will call the event loop to process events from time to
346          * time for non blocking loading. */
347         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,server.repl_transfer_s,AE_READABLE);
348         if (rdbLoad(server.rdb_filename) != REDIS_OK) {
349             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed trying to load the MASTER synchronization DB from disk");
350             replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
351             return;
352         }
353         /* Final setup of the connected slave <- master link */
354         zfree(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile);
355         close(server.repl_transfer_fd);
356         server.master = createClient(server.repl_transfer_s);
357         server.master->flags |= REDIS_MASTER;
358         server.master->authenticated = 1;
359         server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECTED;
360         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE, "MASTER <-> SLAVE sync: Finished with success");
361         /* Restart the AOF subsystem now that we finished the sync. This
362          * will trigger an AOF rewrite, and when done will start appending
363          * to the new file. */
364         if (server.aof_state != REDIS_AOF_OFF) {
365             int retry = 10;
366 
367             stopAppendOnly();
368             while (retry-- && startAppendOnly() == REDIS_ERR) {
369                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Failed enabling the AOF after successful master synchrnization! Trying it again in one second.");
370                 sleep(1);
371             }
372             if (!retry) {
373                 redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"FATAL: this slave instance finished the synchronization with its master, but the AOF can't be turned on. Exiting now.");
374                 exit(1);
375             }
376         }
377     }
378 
379     return;
380 
381 error:
382     replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
383     return;
384 }
385 
386 void syncWithMaster(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
387     char buf[1024], tmpfile[256];
388     int dfd, maxtries = 5;
389     REDIS_NOTUSED(el);
390     REDIS_NOTUSED(privdata);
391     REDIS_NOTUSED(mask);
392 
393     /* If this event fired after the user turned the instance into a master
394      * with SLAVEOF NO ONE we must just return ASAP. */
395     if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_NONE) {
396         close(fd);
397         return;
398     }
399 
400     redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Non blocking connect for SYNC fired the event.");
401     /* This event should only be triggered once since it is used to have a
402      * non-blocking connect(2) to the master. It has been triggered when this
403      * function is called, so we can delete it. */
404     aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,fd,AE_READABLE|AE_WRITABLE);
405 
406     /* AUTH with the master if required. */
407     if(server.masterauth) {
408         char authcmd[1024];
409         size_t authlen;
410 
411         authlen = snprintf(authcmd,sizeof(authcmd),"AUTH %s\r\n",server.masterauth);
412         if (syncWrite(fd,authcmd,authlen,server.repl_syncio_timeout) == -1) {
413             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Unable to AUTH to MASTER: %s",
414                 strerror(errno));
415             goto error;
416         }
417         /* Read the AUTH result.  */
418         if (syncReadLine(fd,buf,1024,server.repl_syncio_timeout) == -1) {
419             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"I/O error reading auth result from MASTER: %s",
420                 strerror(errno));
421             goto error;
422         }
423         if (buf[0] != '+') {
424             redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Cannot AUTH to MASTER, is the masterauth password correct?");
425             goto error;
426         }
427     }
428 
429     /* Issue the SYNC command */
430     if (syncWrite(fd,"SYNC \r\n",7,server.repl_syncio_timeout) == -1) {
431         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"I/O error writing to MASTER: %s",
432             strerror(errno));
433         goto error;
434     }
435 
436     /* Prepare a suitable temp file for bulk transfer */
437     while(maxtries--) {
438         snprintf(tmpfile,256,
439             "temp-%d.%ld.rdb",(int)time(NULL),(long int)getpid());
440         dfd = open(tmpfile,O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|O_EXCL,0644);
441         if (dfd != -1) break;
442         sleep(1);
443     }
444     if (dfd == -1) {
445         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Opening the temp file needed for MASTER <-> SLAVE synchronization: %s",strerror(errno));
446         goto error;
447     }
448 
449     /* Setup the non blocking download of the bulk file. */
450     if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,fd, AE_READABLE,readSyncBulkPayload,NULL)
451             == AE_ERR)
452     {
453         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Can't create readable event for SYNC");
454         goto error;
455     }
456 
457     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER;
458     server.repl_transfer_left = -1;
459     server.repl_transfer_fd = dfd;
460     server.repl_transfer_lastio = time(NULL);
461     server.repl_transfer_tmpfile = zstrdup(tmpfile);
462     return;
463 
464 error:
465     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
466     close(fd);
467     return;
468 }
469 
470 int connectWithMaster(void) {
471     int fd;
472 
473     fd = anetTcpNonBlockConnect(NULL,server.masterhost,server.masterport);
474     if (fd == -1) {
475         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Unable to connect to MASTER: %s",
476             strerror(errno));
477         return REDIS_ERR;
478     }
479 
480     if (aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,fd,AE_READABLE|AE_WRITABLE,syncWithMaster,NULL) ==
481             AE_ERR)
482     {
483         close(fd);
484         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Can't create readable event for SYNC");
485         return REDIS_ERR;
486     }
487 
488     server.repl_transfer_lastio = time(NULL);
489     server.repl_transfer_s = fd;
490     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING;
491     return REDIS_OK;
492 }
493 
494 /* This function can be called when a non blocking connection is currently
495  * in progress to undo it. */
496 void undoConnectWithMaster(void) {
497     int fd = server.repl_transfer_s;
498 
499     redisAssert(server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING);
500     aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,fd,AE_READABLE|AE_WRITABLE);
501     close(fd);
502     server.repl_transfer_s = -1;
503     server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
504 }
505 
506 void slaveofCommand(redisClient *c) {
507     if (!strcasecmp(c->argv[1]->ptr,"no") &&
508         !strcasecmp(c->argv[2]->ptr,"one")) {
509         if (server.masterhost) {
510             sdsfree(server.masterhost);
511             server.masterhost = NULL;
512             if (server.master) freeClient(server.master);
513             if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER)
514                 replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
515             else if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING)
516                 undoConnectWithMaster();
517             server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_NONE;
518             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"MASTER MODE enabled (user request)");
519         }
520     } else {
521         sdsfree(server.masterhost);
522         server.masterhost = sdsdup(c->argv[1]->ptr);
523         server.masterport = atoi(c->argv[2]->ptr);
524         if (server.master) freeClient(server.master);
525         if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER)
526             replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
527         server.repl_state = REDIS_REPL_CONNECT;
528         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"SLAVE OF %s:%d enabled (user request)",
529             server.masterhost, server.masterport);
530     }
531     addReply(c,shared.ok);
532 }
533 
534 /* --------------------------- REPLICATION CRON  ---------------------------- */
535 
536 void replicationCron(void) {
537     /* Non blocking connection timeout? */
538     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTING &&
539         (time(NULL)-server.repl_transfer_lastio) > server.repl_timeout)
540     {
541         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Timeout connecting to the MASTER...");
542         undoConnectWithMaster();
543     }
544 
545     /* Bulk transfer I/O timeout? */
546     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_TRANSFER &&
547         (time(NULL)-server.repl_transfer_lastio) > server.repl_timeout)
548     {
549         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Timeout receiving bulk data from MASTER...");
550         replicationAbortSyncTransfer();
551     }
552 
553     /* Timed out master when we are an already connected slave? */
554     if (server.masterhost && server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECTED &&
555         (time(NULL)-server.master->lastinteraction) > server.repl_timeout)
556     {
557         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"MASTER time out: no data nor PING received...");
558         freeClient(server.master);
559     }
560 
561     /* Check if we should connect to a MASTER */
562     if (server.repl_state == REDIS_REPL_CONNECT) {
563         redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"Connecting to MASTER...");
564         if (connectWithMaster() == REDIS_OK) {
565             redisLog(REDIS_NOTICE,"MASTER <-> SLAVE sync started");
566         }
567     }
568 
569     /* If we have attached slaves, PING them from time to time.
570      * So slaves can implement an explicit timeout to masters, and will
571      * be able to detect a link disconnection even if the TCP connection
572      * will not actually go down. */
573     if (!(server.cronloops % (server.repl_ping_slave_period*10))) {
574         listIter li;
575         listNode *ln;
576 
577         listRewind(server.slaves,&li);
578         while((ln = listNext(&li))) {
579             redisClient *slave = ln->value;
580 
581             /* Don't ping slaves that are in the middle of a bulk transfer
582              * with the master for first synchronization. */
583             if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_SEND_BULK) continue;
584             if (slave->replstate == REDIS_REPL_ONLINE) {
585                 /* If the slave is online send a normal ping */
586                 addReplySds(slave,sdsnew("PING\r\n"));
587             } else {
588                 /* Otherwise we are in the pre-synchronization stage.
589                  * Just a newline will do the work of refreshing the
590                  * connection last interaction time, and at the same time
591                  * we'll be sure that being a single char there are no
592                  * short-write problems. */
593                 if (write(slave->fd, "\n", 1) == -1) {
594                     /* Don't worry, it's just a ping. */
595                 }
596             }
597         }
598     }
599 }
600