netwatch-notify: increase count for every parent in chain

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/netwatch-notify.md b/doc/netwatch-notify.md
index 66c5c75..11371ff 100644
--- a/doc/netwatch-notify.md
+++ b/doc/netwatch-notify.md
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ suppress notification if the parent host is down:
     / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=gateway" host=93.184.216.1;
     / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com, parent=gateway" host=93.184.216.34;
 
-Note that a configured parent increases the check count threshould by one.
+Note that every configured parent in a chain increases the check count
+threshould by one.
 
 Also notification settings are required for e-mail and telegram.
 
diff --git a/netwatch-notify b/netwatch-notify
index 1cfd4a6..9a12c5a 100644
--- a/netwatch-notify
+++ b/netwatch-notify
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@
     :set ($Metric->"since") ($HostVal->"since");
     :local Count [ $IfThenElse ([ :tonum ($HostInfo->"count") ] > 0) ($HostInfo->"count") 5 ];
     :local Parent ($HostInfo->"parent");
-    :if ([ :len $Parent ] > 0) do={
+    :while ([ :len $Parent ] > 0) do={
       :set Count ($Count + 1);
+      :set Parent ($NetwatchNotify->$Parent->"parent");
     }
+    :set Parent ($HostInfo->"parent");
     :local ParentNotified false;
     :while ($ParentNotified = false && [ :len $Parent ] > 0) do={
       :set ParentNotified [ $IfThenElse (($NetwatchNotify->$Parent->"notified") = true) true false ];