/* * Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>. * * 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. */ FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER ); #include <stddef.h> #include <gpxe/timer.h> #include <gpxe/list.h> #include <gpxe/process.h> #include <gpxe/init.h> #include <gpxe/retry.h> /** @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. * * */ /* 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. */ #define MIN_TIMEOUT 7 /** 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 ) list_add ( &timer->list, &timers ); timer->start = currticks(); timer->running = 1; /* 0 means "use default timeout" */ if ( timer->min_timeout == 0 ) timer->min_timeout = DEFAULT_MIN_TIMEOUT; /* We must never be less than MIN_TIMEOUT under any circumstances */ if ( timer->min_timeout < MIN_TIMEOUT ) timer->min_timeout = MIN_TIMEOUT; /* Honor user-specified minimum timeout */ if ( timer->timeout < timer->min_timeout ) timer->timeout = timer->min_timeout; DBG2 ( "Timer %p started at time %ld (expires at %ld)\n", timer, timer->start, ( timer->start + timer->timeout ) ); } /** * Start timer with a specified fixed timeout * * @v timer Retry timer * @v timeout Timeout, in ticks */ void start_timer_fixed ( struct retry_timer *timer, unsigned long timeout ) { start_timer ( timer ); timer->timeout = timeout; DBG2 ( "Timer %p expiry time changed to %ld\n", timer, ( 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 ) return; list_del ( &timer->list ); runtime = ( now - timer->start ); timer->running = 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() ); assert ( timer->running ); list_del ( &timer->list ); timer->running = 0; timer->count++; /* Back off the timeout value */ timer->timeout <<= 1; if ( timer->max_timeout == 0 ) /* 0 means "use default timeout" */ timer->max_timeout = DEFAULT_MAX_TIMEOUT; if ( ( fail = ( timer->timeout > timer->max_timeout ) ) ) timer->timeout = timer->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 */ struct process retry_process __permanent_process = { .list = LIST_HEAD_INIT ( retry_process.list ), .step = retry_step, };