From 82272980572143ff9688db9a046c20347e88698d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 08:30:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] user friendliness uber 9000

---
 lib/core/enums.py                 | 1 +
 lib/techniques/blind/inference.py | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/core/enums.py b/lib/core/enums.py
index 2e17fc674..39a21aac1 100644
--- a/lib/core/enums.py
+++ b/lib/core/enums.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class WARNFLAGS:
     THREADS = 'threads'
     PIVOT_LIMIT = 'pivotLimit'
     TIME_UNRECOVERED = 'timeUnrecovered'
+    SINGLE_THREAD = 'singleThread'
 
 class EXPECTED:
     BOOL = "bool"
diff --git a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
index edf1db3c9..0bf0f4528 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2011 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.sourceforge.net/)
 See the file 'doc/COPYING' for copying permission
 """
 
+import logging
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ from lib.core.common import pushValue
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.common import replaceNewlineTabs
 from lib.core.common import safeStringFormat
+from lib.core.common import singleTimeLogMessage
 from lib.core.common import unhandledExceptionMessage
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.data import queries
 from lib.core.enums import DBMS
 from lib.core.enums import PAYLOAD
+from lib.core.enums import WARNFLAGS
 from lib.core.exception import sqlmapConnectionException
 from lib.core.exception import sqlmapValueException
 from lib.core.exception import sqlmapThreadException
@@ -112,6 +115,11 @@ def bisection(payload, expression, length=None, charsetType=None, firstChar=None
             logger.debug(debugMsg)
             numThreads = 1
 
+    if conf.threads == 1 and not timeBasedCompare:
+        warnMsg = "running in a single-thread mode. please consider usage of "
+        warnMsg += "--threads option to declare higher number of threads"
+        singleTimeLogMessage(warnMsg, logging.WARN, WARNFLAGS.SINGLE_THREAD)
+
     if conf.verbose in (1, 2) and not showEta:
         if isinstance(length, int) and conf.threads > 1:
             dataToStdout("[%s] [INFO] retrieved: %s" % (time.strftime("%X"), "_" * min(length, conf.progressWidth)))