/* * Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Brown . * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the * License, or any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include /** @file * * Retry timers * * A retry timer is a binary exponential backoff timer. It can be * used to build automatic retransmission into network protocols. * * This implementation of the timer is designed to satisfy RFC 2988 * and therefore be usable as a TCP retransmission timer. * * */ /** Default timeout value */ #define MIN_TIMEOUT ( TICKS_PER_SEC / 4 ) /** Limit after which the timeout will be deemed permanent */ #define MAX_TIMEOUT ( 10 * TICKS_PER_SEC ) /* The theoretical minimum that the algorithm in stop_timer() can * adjust the timeout back down to is seven ticks, so set the minimum * timeout to at least that value for the sake of consistency. */ #if MIN_TIMEOUT < 7 #undef MIN_TIMEOUT #define MIN_TIMEOUT 7 #endif /** List of running timers */ static LIST_HEAD ( timers ); /** * Start timer * * @v timer Retry timer * * This starts the timer running with the current timeout value. If * stop_timer() is not called before the timer expires, the timer will * be stopped and the timer's callback function will be called. */ void start_timer ( struct retry_timer *timer ) { if ( ! timer_running ( timer ) ) list_add ( &timer->list, &timers ); timer->start = currticks(); if ( timer->timeout < MIN_TIMEOUT ) timer->timeout = MIN_TIMEOUT; DBG2 ( "Timer %p started at time %ld (expires at %ld)\n", timer, timer->start, ( timer->start + timer->timeout ) ); } /** * Stop timer * * @v timer Retry timer * * This stops the timer and updates the timer's timeout value. */ void stop_timer ( struct retry_timer *timer ) { unsigned long old_timeout = timer->timeout; unsigned long now = currticks(); unsigned long runtime; /* If timer was already stopped, do nothing */ if ( ! timer_running ( timer ) ) return; list_del ( &timer->list ); runtime = ( now - timer->start ); timer->start = 0; DBG2 ( "Timer %p stopped at time %ld (ran for %ld)\n", timer, now, runtime ); /* Update timer. Variables are: * * r = round-trip time estimate (i.e. runtime) * t = timeout value (i.e. timer->timeout) * s = smoothed round-trip time * * By choice, we set t = 4s, i.e. allow for four times the * normal round-trip time to pass before retransmitting. * * We want to smooth according to s := ( 7 s + r ) / 8 * * Since we don't actually store s, this reduces to * t := ( 7 t / 8 ) + ( r / 2 ) * */ if ( timer->count ) { timer->count--; } else { timer->timeout -= ( timer->timeout >> 3 ); timer->timeout += ( runtime >> 1 ); if ( timer->timeout != old_timeout ) { DBG ( "Timer %p timeout updated to %ld\n", timer, timer->timeout ); } } } /** * Handle expired timer * * @v timer Retry timer */ static void timer_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer ) { int fail; /* Stop timer without performing RTT calculations */ DBG2 ( "Timer %p stopped at time %ld on expiry\n", timer, currticks() ); list_del ( &timer->list ); timer->start = 0; timer->count++; /* Back off the timeout value */ timer->timeout <<= 1; if ( ( fail = ( timer->timeout > MAX_TIMEOUT ) ) ) timer->timeout = MAX_TIMEOUT; DBG ( "Timer %p timeout backed off to %ld\n", timer, timer->timeout ); /* Call expiry callback */ timer->expired ( timer, fail ); } /** * Single-step the retry timer list * * @v process Retry timer process */ static void retry_step ( struct process *process __unused ) { struct retry_timer *timer; struct retry_timer *tmp; unsigned long now = currticks(); unsigned long used; list_for_each_entry_safe ( timer, tmp, &timers, list ) { used = ( now - timer->start ); if ( used >= timer->timeout ) timer_expired ( timer ); } } /** Retry timer process */ static struct process retry_process = { .step = retry_step, }; /** Initialise the retry timer module */ static void init_retry ( void ) { process_add ( &retry_process ); } INIT_FN ( INIT_PROCESS, init_retry, NULL, NULL );