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1/*
2 *
3 * Copyright 2017 gRPC authors.
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
8 *
9 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 *
11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15 * limitations under the License.
16 *
17 */
18
19// Package backoff implement the backoff strategy for gRPC.
20//
21// This is kept in internal until the gRPC project decides whether or not to
22// allow alternative backoff strategies.
23package backoff
24
25import (
26	"time"
27
28	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/grpcrand"
29)
30
31// Strategy defines the methodology for backing off after a grpc connection
32// failure.
33//
34type Strategy interface {
35	// Backoff returns the amount of time to wait before the next retry given
36	// the number of consecutive failures.
37	Backoff(retries int) time.Duration
38}
39
40const (
41	// baseDelay is the amount of time to wait before retrying after the first
42	// failure.
43	baseDelay = 1.0 * time.Second
44	// factor is applied to the backoff after each retry.
45	factor = 1.6
46	// jitter provides a range to randomize backoff delays.
47	jitter = 0.2
48)
49
50// Exponential implements exponential backoff algorithm as defined in
51// https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/connection-backoff.md.
52type Exponential struct {
53	// MaxDelay is the upper bound of backoff delay.
54	MaxDelay time.Duration
55}
56
57// Backoff returns the amount of time to wait before the next retry given the
58// number of retries.
59func (bc Exponential) Backoff(retries int) time.Duration {
60	if retries == 0 {
61		return baseDelay
62	}
63	backoff, max := float64(baseDelay), float64(bc.MaxDelay)
64	for backoff < max && retries > 0 {
65		backoff *= factor
66		retries--
67	}
68	if backoff > max {
69		backoff = max
70	}
71	// Randomize backoff delays so that if a cluster of requests start at
72	// the same time, they won't operate in lockstep.
73	backoff *= 1 + jitter*(grpcrand.Float64()*2-1)
74	if backoff < 0 {
75		return 0
76	}
77	return time.Duration(backoff)
78}
79