Merge branch 'collectd-5.3'

[collectd.git] / src / configfile.c

diff --git a/src/configfile.c b/src/configfile.c
index 154c041cee2d8b6d01ff4021c723810993c91dac..d6c224fd74966e23f6758ee79be11b75a67e5960 100644 (file)
--- a/src/configfile.c
+++ b/src/configfile.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static cf_global_option_t cf_global_options[] =
        {"ReadThreads", NULL, "5"},
        {"WriteThreads", NULL, "5"},
        {"Timeout",     NULL, "2"},
+       {"AutoLoadPlugin", NULL, "false"},
        {"PreCacheChain",  NULL, "PreCache"},
        {"PostCacheChain", NULL, "PostCache"}
 };
@@ -277,21 +278,6 @@ static int dispatch_loadplugin (const oconfig_item_t *ci)
        memset (&ctx, 0, sizeof (ctx));
        ctx.interval = cf_get_default_interval ();
 
-       /*
-        * XXX: Magic at work:
-        *
-        * Some of the language bindings, for example the Python and Perl
-        * plugins, need to be able to export symbols to the scripts they run.
-        * For this to happen, the "Globals" flag needs to be set.
-        * Unfortunately, this technical detail is hard to explain to the
-        * average user and she shouldn't have to worry about this, ideally.
-        * So in order to save everyone's sanity use a different default for a
-        * handful of special plugins. --octo
-        */
-       if ((strcasecmp ("Perl", name) == 0)
-                       || (strcasecmp ("Python", name) == 0))
-               flags |= PLUGIN_FLAGS_GLOBAL;
-
        for (i = 0; i < ci->children_num; ++i) {
                if (strcasecmp("Globals", ci->children[i].key) == 0)
                        cf_util_get_flag (ci->children + i, &flags, PLUGIN_FLAGS_GLOBAL);
@@ -394,6 +380,19 @@ static int dispatch_block_plugin (oconfig_item_t *ci)
 
        name = ci->values[0].value.string;
 
+       if (IS_TRUE (global_option_get ("AutoLoadPlugin")))
+       {
+               int status;
+
+               status = plugin_load (name, /* flags = */ 0);
+               if (status != 0)
+               {
+                       ERROR ("Automatically loading plugin \"%s\" failed "
+                                       "with status %i.", name, status);
+                       return (status);
+               }
+       }
+
        /* Check for a complex callback first */
        for (cb = complex_callback_head; cb != NULL; cb = cb->next)
        {