monitoring stuff and revised implementation

.github/workflows/luacheck.yml

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+name: luacheck
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: apt
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y luarocks
+    - name: luacheck install
+      run: luarocks install --local luacheck
+    - name: luacheck run
+      run: $HOME/.luarocks/bin/luacheck ./

.luacheckrc

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+
+globals = {
+	"minetest",
+	"find_nodes_in_area_cache",
+	"jumpdrive"
+}
+
+read_globals = {
+	-- Stdlib
+	string = {fields = {"split"}},
+	table = {fields = {"copy", "getn"}},
+
+	-- Minetest
+	"vector", "ItemStack",
+	"dump", "VoxelArea",
+
+	-- deps
+	"monitoring"
+}

init.lua

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+local has_monitoring_mod = minetest.get_modpath("monitoring")
 
-local old_check_player_privs = minetest.check_player_privs
+local hit_count, miss_count, cache_size
+
+if has_monitoring_mod then
+  hit_count = monitoring.counter("get_player_privs_cache_hit", "cache hits")
+  miss_count = monitoring.counter("get_player_privs_cache_miss", "cache misses")
+	cache_size = monitoring.gauge("get_player_privs_cache_size", "Count of all cached players")
+end
 
 local cache = {}
 
-minetest.check_player_privs = function(player_or_name, ...)
-	local playername = player_or_name
-	if type(player_or_name) == "table" and player_or_name.get_player_name then
-		playername = player_or_name:get_player_name()
+local old_get_player_privs = minetest.get_player_privs
+minetest.get_player_privs = function(name)
+	local privs = cache[name]
+	if privs == nil then
+		if has_monitoring_mod then
+			miss_count.inc()
+		end
+		privs = old_get_player_privs(name)
+		cache[name] = privs
+	else
+		hit_count.inc()
 	end
 
-	local requested_privs = {...}
-	print(dump(requested_privs))
+	return privs
+end
 
-	local result = cache[playername]
-	if result == nil then
-		-- cache miss
-		result = {true, {}}
-		result[1], result[2] = old_check_player_privs(player_or_name, unpack(requested_privs))
-		print("db hit", player_or_name, result[1], dump(result[2]))
-		cache[playername] = { result[1], result[2] }
-	end
+-- invalidation on set_privs and leave-player
 
-	return result[1], result[2]
+local old_set_player_privs = minetest.set_player_privs
+minetest.set_player_privs = function(name, privs)
+	cache[name] = nil
+	old_set_player_privs(name, privs);
 end
 
-local function invalidate()
-	cache = {}
-	minetest.after(2, invalidate)
-end
+minetest.register_on_leaveplayer(function(player)
+	cache[player:get_player_name()] = nil
+end)
+
+-- monitoring stuff
+if has_monitoring_mod then
+	local function count_entries()
+		local count = 0
+		for _ in ipairs(cache) do
+			count = count + 1
+		end
+		cache_size.set(count)
+		minetest.after(5, count_entries)
+	end
 
-minetest.after(2, invalidate)
+	minetest.after(5, count_entries)
+end

mod.conf

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-name = check_player_privs_cache
+name = get_player_privs_cache
 optional_depends = monitoring