cConnectionRepository.cxx

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/**
 * PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
 * Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
 * license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
 * with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
 *
 * @file cConnectionRepository.cxx
 * @author drose
 * @date 2004-05-17
 */

#include "cConnectionRepository.h"
#include "dcmsgtypes.h"
#include "dcClass.h"
#include "dcPacker.h"

#include "config_distributed.h"
#include "config_downloader.h"
#include "httpChannel.h"
#include "urlSpec.h"
#include "datagramIterator.h"
#include "throw_event.h"
#include "pStatTimer.h"

#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
#include "py_panda.h"
#endif

using std::endl;
using std::string;

const string CConnectionRepository::_overflow_event_name = "CRDatagramOverflow";

#ifndef CPPPARSER
PStatCollector CConnectionRepository::_update_pcollector("App:Show code:readerPollTask:Update");
#endif  // CPPPARSER

/**
 *
 */
CConnectionRepository::
CConnectionRepository(bool has_owner_view, bool threaded_net) :
  _lock("CConnectionRepository::_lock"),
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
  _python_repository(nullptr),
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  _http_conn(nullptr),
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_NET
  _cw(&_qcm, threaded_net ? 1 : 0),
  _qcr(&_qcm, threaded_net ? 1 : 0),
#endif
#ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  _bdc(4096000,4096000,1400),
  _native(false),
#endif
  _client_datagram(true),
  _handle_datagrams_internally(handle_datagrams_internally),
  _simulated_disconnect(false),
  _verbose(distributed_cat.is_spam()),
  _time_warning(0.0),
// _msg_channels(),
  _msg_sender(0),
  _msg_type(0),
  _has_owner_view(has_owner_view),
  _handle_c_updates(true),
  _want_message_bundling(true),
  _bundling_msgs(0),
  _in_quiet_zone(0)
{
#if defined(HAVE_NET) && defined(SIMULATE_NETWORK_DELAY)
  if (min_lag != 0.0 || max_lag != 0.0) {
    _qcr.start_delay(min_lag, max_lag);
  }
#endif
  _tcp_header_size = tcp_header_size;
}

/**
 *
 */
CConnectionRepository::
~CConnectionRepository() {
  disconnect();
}

/**
 * Sets the header size of TCP packets.  At the present, legal values for this
 * are 0, 2, or 4; this specifies the number of bytes to use encode the
 * datagram length at the start of each TCP datagram.  Sender and receiver
 * must independently agree on this.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
set_tcp_header_size(int tcp_header_size) {
  _tcp_header_size = tcp_header_size;

#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn != nullptr) {
    _http_conn->set_tcp_header_size(tcp_header_size);
  }
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_NET
  _cw.set_tcp_header_size(tcp_header_size);
  _qcr.set_tcp_header_size(tcp_header_size);
#endif
}

#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
/**
 * Once a connection has been established via the HTTP interface, gets the
 * connection and uses it.  The supplied HTTPChannel object must have a
 * connection available via get_connection().
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
set_connection_http(HTTPChannel *channel) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  disconnect();
  nassertv(channel->is_connection_ready());
  _http_conn = channel->get_connection();
  _http_conn->set_tcp_header_size(_tcp_header_size);
#ifdef SIMULATE_NETWORK_DELAY
  if (min_lag != 0.0 || max_lag != 0.0) {
    _http_conn->start_delay(min_lag, max_lag);
  }
#endif
}
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL

#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
/**
 * Returns the SocketStream that internally represents the already-established
 * HTTP connection.  Returns NULL if there is no current HTTP connection.
 */
SocketStream *CConnectionRepository::
get_stream() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  return _http_conn;
}
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL


#ifdef HAVE_NET
/**
 * Uses Panda's "net" library to try to connect to the server and port named
 * in the indicated URL.  Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
try_connect_net(const URLSpec &url) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  disconnect();

  _net_conn =
    _qcm.open_TCP_client_connection(url.get_server(), url.get_port(),
                                    game_server_timeout_ms);

  if (_net_conn != nullptr) {
    _net_conn->set_no_delay(true);
    _qcr.add_connection(_net_conn);
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}
#endif  // HAVE_NET

#ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
/**
 * Connects to the server using Panda's low-level and fast "native net"
 * library.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
connect_native(const URLSpec &url) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  _native=true;
  Socket_Address addr;
  addr.set_host(url.get_server(),url.get_port());
  _bdc.ClearAddresses();
  _bdc.AddAddress(addr);
  return _bdc.DoConnect();
}

#endif //WANT NATIVE NET

#ifdef SIMULATE_NETWORK_DELAY
/**
 * Enables a simulated network latency.  All datagrams received from this
 * point on will be held for a random interval of least min_delay seconds, and
 * no more than max_delay seconds, before being visible.  It is as if
 * datagrams suddenly took much longer to arrive.
 *
 * This should *only* be called if the underlying socket is non-blocking.  If
 * you call this on a blocking socket, it will force all datagrams to be held
 * up until the socket closes.
 *
 * This has no effect if the connection method is via the "native net"
 * library.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
start_delay(double min_delay, double max_delay) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  if (min_delay != 0.0 || max_delay != 0.0) {
#ifdef HAVE_NET
    _qcr.start_delay(min_delay, max_delay);
#endif  // HAVE_NET
#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
    if (_http_conn != nullptr) {
      _http_conn->start_delay(min_delay, max_delay);
    }
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL
  } else {
    stop_delay();
  }
}
#endif  // SIMULATE_NETWORK_DELAY

#ifdef SIMULATE_NETWORK_DELAY
/**
 * Disables the simulated network latency started by a previous call to
 * start_delay().  Datagrams will once again be visible as soon as they are
 * received.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
stop_delay() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

#ifdef HAVE_NET
  _qcr.stop_delay();
#endif  // HAVE_NET
#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn != nullptr) {
    _http_conn->stop_delay();
  }
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL
}
#endif  // SIMULATE_NETWORK_DELAY

/**
 * Returns true if a new datagram is available, false otherwise.  If the
 * return value is true, the new datagram may be retrieved via get_datagram(),
 * or preferably, with get_datagram_iterator() and get_msg_type().
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
check_datagram() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  if (_simulated_disconnect) {
    return false;
  }
  #ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if(_native)
    _bdc.Flush();
  #endif //WANT_NATIVE_NET

  while (do_check_datagram()) {
    if (get_verbose()) {
      describe_message(nout, "RECV", _dg);
    }

    // Start breaking apart the datagram.
    _di = DatagramIterator(_dg);

    if (!_client_datagram) {
      unsigned char  wc_cnt;
      wc_cnt = _di.get_uint8();
      _msg_channels.clear();
      for (unsigned char lp1 = 0; lp1 < wc_cnt; lp1++) {
        CHANNEL_TYPE  schan  = _di.get_uint64();
        _msg_channels.push_back(schan);
      }
      _msg_sender = _di.get_uint64();

#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
      // For now, we need to stuff this field onto the Python structure, to
      // support legacy code that expects to find it there.
      if (_python_repository != nullptr) {
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
        PyGILState_STATE gstate;
        gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
#endif
        PyObject *value = PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(_msg_sender);
        PyObject_SetAttrString(_python_repository, "msgSender", value);
        Py_DECREF(value);
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
        PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
      }
#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON
    }

    _msg_type = _di.get_uint16();
    // Is this a message that we can process directly?
    if (!_handle_datagrams_internally) {
      return true;
    }

    switch (_msg_type) {
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
    case CLIENT_OBJECT_SET_FIELD:
    case STATESERVER_OBJECT_SET_FIELD:
      if (_handle_c_updates) {
        if (_has_owner_view) {
          if (!handle_update_field_owner()) {
            return false;
          }
        } else {
          if (!handle_update_field()) {
            return false;
          }
        }
      } else {
        // Let the caller (Python) deal with this update.
        return true;
      }
      break;
#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON

    default:
      // Some unknown message; let the caller deal with it.
      return true;
    }
  }

  // No datagrams available.
  return false;
}

/**
 * Returns true if the connection to the gameserver is established and still
 * good, false if we are not connected.  A false value means either (a) we
 * never successfully connected, (b) we explicitly called disconnect(), or (c)
 * we were connected, but the connection was spontaneously lost.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
is_connected() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

#ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if(_native)
    return (_bdc.IsConnected());
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_NET
  if (_net_conn) {
    if (_qcm.reset_connection_available()) {
      PT(Connection) reset_connection;
      if (_qcm.get_reset_connection(reset_connection)) {
        _qcm.close_connection(reset_connection);
        if (reset_connection == _net_conn) {
          // Whoops, lost our connection.
          _net_conn = nullptr;
          return false;
        }
      }
    }
    return true;
  }
#endif  // HAVE_NET

#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn) {
    if (!_http_conn->is_closed()) {
      return true;
    }

    // Connection lost.
    delete _http_conn;
    _http_conn = nullptr;
  }
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL

  return false;
}

/**
 * Queues the indicated datagram for sending to the server.  It may not get
 * sent immediately if collect_tcp is in effect; call flush() to guarantee it
 * is sent now.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
send_datagram(const Datagram &dg) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  if (_simulated_disconnect) {
    distributed_cat.warning()
      << "Unable to send datagram during simulated disconnect.\n";
    return false;
  }

  if (get_verbose()) {
    describe_message(nout, "SEND", dg);
  }

  if (is_bundling_messages() && get_want_message_bundling()) {
    bundle_msg(dg);
    return true;
  }

#ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if (_native) {
    bool result = _bdc.SendMessage(dg);
    if (!result && _bdc.IsConnected()) {
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
      std::ostringstream s;

#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
      PyObject *exc_type = PyExc_ConnectionError;
#else
      PyObject *exc_type = PyExc_OSError;
#endif

      s << endl << "Error sending message: " << endl;
      dg.dump_hex(s);
      s << "Message data: " << dg.get_data() << endl;

      string message = s.str();
      PyErr_SetString(exc_type, message.c_str());
#endif
    }
    return result;
  }
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_NET
  if (_net_conn) {
    _cw.send(dg, _net_conn);
    return true;
  }
#endif  // HAVE_NET

#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn) {
    if (!_http_conn->send_datagram(dg)) {
      distributed_cat.warning()
        << "Could not send datagram.\n";
      return false;
    }

    return true;
  }
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL

  distributed_cat.warning()
    << "Unable to send datagram after connection is closed.\n";
  return false;
}

/**
 * Send a set of messages to the state server that will be processed
 * atomically.  For instance, you can do a combined setLocation/setPos and
 * prevent race conditions where clients briefly get the setLocation but not
 * the setPos, because the state server hasn't processed the setPos yet
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
start_message_bundle() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  // store up network messages until sendMessageBundle is called all updates
  // in between must be sent from the same doId (updates must all affect the
  // same DistributedObject) it is an error to call this again before calling
  // sendMessageBundle
  if (get_verbose()) {
    nout << "CR::SEND:BUNDLE_START(" << _bundling_msgs << ")" << endl;
  }
  if (_bundling_msgs == 0) {
    _bundle_msgs.clear();
  }
  ++_bundling_msgs;
}

/**
 * Send network messages queued up since startMessageBundle was called.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
send_message_bundle(unsigned int channel, unsigned int sender_channel) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);
  nassertv(_bundling_msgs);

  --_bundling_msgs;

  if (get_verbose()) {
    nout << "CR::SEND:BUNDLE_FINISH(" << _bundling_msgs << ")" << endl;
  }

  // if _bundling_msgs ref count is zero, send the bundle out
  if (_bundling_msgs == 0 && get_want_message_bundling()) {
    Datagram dg;
    // add server header (see PyDatagram.addServerHeader)
    dg.add_int8(1);
    dg.add_uint64(channel);
    dg.add_uint64(sender_channel);
    //dg.add_uint16(STATESERVER_BOUNCE_MESSAGE);
    // add each bundled message
    BundledMsgVector::const_iterator bmi;
    for (bmi = _bundle_msgs.begin(); bmi != _bundle_msgs.end(); bmi++) {
      dg.add_string(*bmi);
    }

    send_datagram(dg);
  }
}

/**
 * throw out any msgs that have been queued up for message bundles
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
abandon_message_bundles() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  nassertv(is_bundling_messages());
  _bundling_msgs = 0;
  _bundle_msgs.clear();
}

/**
 *
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
bundle_msg(const Datagram &dg) {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  nassertv(is_bundling_messages());
  _bundle_msgs.push_back(dg.get_message());
}

/**
 * Sends the most recently queued data if enough time has elapsed.  This only
 * has meaning if set_collect_tcp() has been set to true.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
consider_flush() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  if (_simulated_disconnect) {
    return false;
  }

#ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if(_native)
    return true;  //Maybe we should just flush here for now?
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_NET
  if (_net_conn) {
    return _net_conn->consider_flush();
  }
#endif  // HAVE_NET

#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn) {
    return _http_conn->consider_flush();
  }
#endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL

  return false;
}

/**
 * Sends the most recently queued data now.  This only has meaning if
 * set_collect_tcp() has been set to true.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
flush() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  if (_simulated_disconnect) {
    return false;
  }
  #ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if(_native)
    return _bdc.Flush();
  #endif

  #ifdef HAVE_NET
  if (_net_conn) {
    return _net_conn->flush();
  }
  #endif  // HAVE_NET

  #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn) {
    return _http_conn->flush();
  }
  #endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL

  return false;
}

/**
 * Closes the connection to the server.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
disconnect() {
  ReMutexHolder holder(_lock);

  #ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if(_native) {
    _bdc.Reset();
    _bdc.ClearAddresses();
  }
  #endif
  #ifdef HAVE_NET
  if (_net_conn) {
    _qcm.close_connection(_net_conn);
    _net_conn = nullptr;
  }
  #endif  // HAVE_NET

  #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn) {
    _http_conn->close();
    delete _http_conn;
    _http_conn = nullptr;
  }
  #endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL

  _simulated_disconnect = false;
}

/**
 * May be called at application shutdown to ensure all threads are cleaned up.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
shutdown() {
  disconnect();

  #ifdef HAVE_NET
  _cw.shutdown();
  _qcr.shutdown();
  #endif  // HAVE_NET
}

/**
 * The private implementation of check_datagram(), this gets one datagram if
 * it is available.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
do_check_datagram() {
  #ifdef WANT_NATIVE_NET
  if(_native) {
    return _bdc.GetMessage(_dg);
  }
  #endif
  #ifdef HAVE_NET
  if (_net_conn) {
    _net_conn->consider_flush();
    if (_qcr.get_overflow_flag()) {
      throw_event(get_overflow_event_name());
      _qcr.reset_overflow_flag();
    }
    return (_qcr.data_available() && _qcr.get_data(_dg));
  }
  #endif  // HAVE_NET

  #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
  if (_http_conn) {
    _http_conn->consider_flush();
    return _http_conn->receive_datagram(_dg);
  }
  #endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL


  return false;
}

/**
 * Directly handles an update message on a field.  Python never touches the
 * datagram; it just gets its distributed method called with the appropriate
 * parameters.  Returns true if everything is ok, false if there was an error
 * processing the field's update method.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
handle_update_field() {
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
  PyGILState_STATE gstate;
  gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
#endif

  PStatTimer timer(_update_pcollector);
  unsigned int do_id = _di.get_uint32();
  if (_python_repository != nullptr)
  {
    PyObject *doId2do =
      PyObject_GetAttrString(_python_repository, "doId2do");
    nassertr(doId2do != nullptr, false);

    #ifdef USE_PYTHON_2_2_OR_EARLIER
    PyObject *doId = PyInt_FromLong(do_id);
    #else
    PyObject *doId = PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(do_id);
    #endif
    PyObject *distobj = PyDict_GetItem(doId2do, doId);
    Py_DECREF(doId);
    Py_DECREF(doId2do);

    if (distobj != nullptr) {
      PyObject *dclass_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(distobj, "dclass");
      nassertr(dclass_obj != nullptr, false);


      PyObject *dclass_this = PyObject_GetAttrString(dclass_obj, "this");
      Py_DECREF(dclass_obj);
      nassertr(dclass_this != nullptr, false);

      DCClass *dclass = (DCClass *)PyLong_AsVoidPtr(dclass_this);
      Py_DECREF(dclass_this);

      // If in quiet zone mode, throw update away unless distobj has
      // 'neverDisable' attribute set to non-zero
      if (_in_quiet_zone) {
        PyObject *neverDisable = PyObject_GetAttrString(distobj, "neverDisable");
        nassertr(neverDisable != nullptr, false);

        unsigned int cNeverDisable = PyLong_AsLong(neverDisable);
        if (!cNeverDisable) {
          // in quiet zone and distobj is disable-able drop update on the
          // floor
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
          PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
          return true;
        }
      }

      // It's a good idea to ensure the reference count to distobj is raised
      // while we call the update method--otherwise, the update method might
      // get into trouble if it tried to delete the object from the doId2do
      // map.
      Py_INCREF(distobj);
      dclass->receive_update(distobj, _di);
      Py_DECREF(distobj);

      if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
        PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
        return false;
      }
    }

  }

#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
  PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
  #endif  // HAVE_PYTHON
  return true;
}


/**
 * Directly handles an update message on a field.  Supports 'owner' views of
 * objects, separate from 'visible' view, and forwards fields to the
 * appropriate view(s) based on DC flags.  Python never touches the datagram;
 * it just gets its distributed method called with the appropriate parameters.
 * Returns true if everything is ok, false if there was an error processing
 * the field's update method.
 */
bool CConnectionRepository::
handle_update_field_owner() {
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
  PyGILState_STATE gstate;
  gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
#endif

  PStatTimer timer(_update_pcollector);
  unsigned int do_id = _di.get_uint32();
  if (_python_repository != nullptr) {
    PyObject *doId2do =
      PyObject_GetAttrString(_python_repository, "doId2do");
    nassertr(doId2do != nullptr, false);

    PyObject *doId2ownerView =
      PyObject_GetAttrString(_python_repository, "doId2ownerView");
    nassertr(doId2ownerView != nullptr, false);

    #ifdef USE_PYTHON_2_2_OR_EARLIER
    PyObject *doId = PyInt_FromLong(do_id);
    #else
    PyObject *doId = PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(do_id);
    #endif

    // pass the update to the owner view first
    PyObject *distobjOV = PyDict_GetItem(doId2ownerView, doId);
    Py_DECREF(doId2ownerView);

    if (distobjOV != nullptr) {
      PyObject *dclass_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(distobjOV, "dclass");
      nassertr(dclass_obj != nullptr, false);

      PyObject *dclass_this = PyObject_GetAttrString(dclass_obj, "this");
      Py_DECREF(dclass_obj);
      nassertr(dclass_this != nullptr, false);

      DCClass *dclass = (DCClass *)PyLong_AsVoidPtr(dclass_this);
      Py_DECREF(dclass_this);

      // check if we should forward this update to the owner view
      vector_uchar data = _di.get_remaining_bytes();
      DCPacker packer;
      packer.set_unpack_data((const char *)data.data(), data.size(), false);
      int field_id = packer.raw_unpack_uint16();
      DCField *field = dclass->get_field_by_index(field_id);
      if (field->is_ownrecv()) {
        // It's a good idea to ensure the reference count to distobjOV is
        // raised while we call the update method--otherwise, the update
        // method might get into trouble if it tried to delete the object from
        // the doId2do map.
        Py_INCREF(distobjOV);
        // make a copy of the datagram iterator so that we can use the main
        // iterator for the non-owner update
        DatagramIterator _odi(_di);
        dclass->receive_update(distobjOV, _odi);
        Py_DECREF(distobjOV);

        if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
          PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
          return false;
        }
      }
    }

    // now pass the update to the visible view
    PyObject *distobj = PyDict_GetItem(doId2do, doId);
    Py_DECREF(doId);
    Py_DECREF(doId2do);

    if (distobj != nullptr) {
      PyObject *dclass_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(distobj, "dclass");
      nassertr(dclass_obj != nullptr, false);

      PyObject *dclass_this = PyObject_GetAttrString(dclass_obj, "this");
      Py_DECREF(dclass_obj);
      nassertr(dclass_this != nullptr, false);

      DCClass *dclass = (DCClass *)PyLong_AsVoidPtr(dclass_this);
      Py_DECREF(dclass_this);

      // check if we should forward this update to the owner view
      vector_uchar data = _di.get_remaining_bytes();
      DCPacker packer;
      packer.set_unpack_data((const char *)data.data(), data.size(), false);

      //int field_id = packer.raw_unpack_uint16();
      //DCField *field = dclass->get_field_by_index(field_id);
      if (true) {//field->is_broadcast()) {
        // It's a good idea to ensure the reference count to distobj is raised
        // while we call the update method--otherwise, the update method might
        // get into trouble if it tried to delete the object from the doId2do
        // map.
        Py_INCREF(distobj);
        dclass->receive_update(distobj, _di);
        Py_DECREF(distobj);

        if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
          PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
          return false;
        }
      }
    }
  }

#if defined(HAVE_THREADS) && !defined(SIMPLE_THREADS)
  PyGILState_Release(gstate);
#endif
#endif  // HAVE_PYTHON

  return true;
}

/**
 * Unpacks the message and reformats it for user consumption, writing a
 * description on the indicated output stream.
 */
void CConnectionRepository::
describe_message(std::ostream &out, const string &prefix,
                 const Datagram &dg) const {
  DCPacker packer;

  packer.set_unpack_data((const char *)dg.get_data(), dg.get_length(), false);
  CHANNEL_TYPE do_id;
  int msg_type;
  bool is_update = false;
  string full_prefix = "CR::" + prefix;

  if (!_client_datagram)
  {
    unsigned char mcnt = packer.raw_unpack_uint8();
    for( ;mcnt > 0; mcnt--)
        packer.RAW_UNPACK_CHANNEL();  // msg_channel

    packer.RAW_UNPACK_CHANNEL();  // msg_sender
    msg_type = packer.raw_unpack_uint16();
    is_update = (msg_type == STATESERVER_OBJECT_SET_FIELD);

  } else {
    msg_type = packer.raw_unpack_uint16();
    is_update = (msg_type == CLIENT_OBJECT_SET_FIELD);
  }

  if (!is_update) {
    // figure out the name of the message TODO: print out the arguments to the
    // message
    string msgName;

    #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
    if (_python_repository != nullptr) {
      PyObject *msgId = PyLong_FromLong(msg_type);
      nassertv(msgId != nullptr);
#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
      PyObject *methodName = PyUnicode_FromString("_getMsgName");
#else
      PyObject *methodName = PyString_FromString("_getMsgName");
#endif
      nassertv(methodName != nullptr);

      PyObject *result = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(_python_repository, methodName,
                                                    msgId, nullptr);
      nassertv(result != nullptr);

#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
      msgName += string(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(result));
#else
      msgName += string(PyString_AsString(result));
#endif

      Py_DECREF(methodName);
      Py_DECREF(msgId);
      Py_DECREF(result);
    }
    #endif
    if (msgName.length() == 0) {
      msgName += "unknown message ";
      msgName += msg_type;
      msgName += "\n";
    }
    out << full_prefix << ":" << msgName << "\n";
    dg.dump_hex(out, 2);

  } else {
    // It's an update message.  Figure out what dclass the object is based on
    // its doId, so we can decode the rest of the message.
    do_id = packer.raw_unpack_uint32();
    DCClass *dclass = nullptr;

    #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
    if (_python_repository != nullptr) {
      PyObject *doId2do =
        PyObject_GetAttrString(_python_repository, "doId2do");
      nassertv(doId2do != nullptr);

      #ifdef USE_PYTHON_2_2_OR_EARLIER
      PyObject *doId = PyInt_FromLong(do_id);
      #else
      PyObject *doId = PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(do_id);
      #endif
      PyObject *distobj = PyDict_GetItem(doId2do, doId);
      Py_DECREF(doId);
      Py_DECREF(doId2do);

      if (distobj != nullptr) {
        PyObject *dclass_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(distobj, "dclass");
        nassertv(dclass_obj != nullptr);

        PyObject *dclass_this = PyObject_GetAttrString(dclass_obj, "this");
        Py_DECREF(dclass_obj);
        nassertv(dclass_this != nullptr);

        dclass = (DCClass *)PyLong_AsVoidPtr(dclass_this);
        Py_DECREF(dclass_this);
      }
    }
    #endif  // HAVE_PYTHON

    int field_id = packer.raw_unpack_uint16();

    if (dclass == nullptr) {
      out << full_prefix << "update for unknown object " << do_id
          << ", field " << field_id << "\n";

    } else {
      out << full_prefix <<
        ":" << dclass->get_name() << "(" << do_id << ").";
      DCField *field = dclass->get_field_by_index(field_id);
      if (field == nullptr) {
        out << "unknown field " << field_id << "\n";

      } else {
        out << field->get_name();
        packer.begin_unpack(field);
        packer.unpack_and_format(out);
        packer.end_unpack();
        out << "\n";
      }
    }
  }
}