def report_broken_client(self, runtype=None, mac=None, name=None):
"""Log report_broken_client."""
client = Client.by_mac(mac)
if not client:
client = Client()
client.mac = mac
DBSession.add(client)
client.runtype = runtype
client.name = name
client.runstate = u"broken client"
client.timestamp = datetime.now()
client.remote_ip = unicode(request.environ['REMOTE_ADDR'])
client.report_plist = None
client.errors = 1
client.warnings = 0
DBSession.flush()
return "report_broken_client logged for %s\n" % name
