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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
3  *
4  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
6  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7  * License, or any later version.
8  *
9  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
10  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
12  * General Public License for more details.
13  *
14  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16  * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
17  */
18 
19 FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
20 
21 #include <stddef.h>
22 #include <gpxe/timer.h>
23 #include <gpxe/list.h>
24 #include <gpxe/process.h>
25 #include <gpxe/init.h>
26 #include <gpxe/retry.h>
27 
28 /** @file
29  *
30  * Retry timers
31  *
32  * A retry timer is a binary exponential backoff timer.  It can be
33  * used to build automatic retransmission into network protocols.
34  *
35  * This implementation of the timer is designed to satisfy RFC 2988
36  * and therefore be usable as a TCP retransmission timer.
37  *
38  *
39  */
40 
41 /* The theoretical minimum that the algorithm in stop_timer() can
42  * adjust the timeout back down to is seven ticks, so set the minimum
43  * timeout to at least that value for the sake of consistency.
44  */
45 #define MIN_TIMEOUT 7
46 
47 /** List of running timers */
48 static LIST_HEAD ( timers );
49 
50 /**
51  * Start timer
52  *
53  * @v timer		Retry timer
54  *
55  * This starts the timer running with the current timeout value.  If
56  * stop_timer() is not called before the timer expires, the timer will
57  * be stopped and the timer's callback function will be called.
58  */
start_timer(struct retry_timer * timer)59 void start_timer ( struct retry_timer *timer ) {
60 	if ( ! timer->running )
61 		list_add ( &timer->list, &timers );
62 	timer->start = currticks();
63 	timer->running = 1;
64 
65 	/* 0 means "use default timeout" */
66 	if ( timer->min_timeout == 0 )
67 		timer->min_timeout = DEFAULT_MIN_TIMEOUT;
68 	/* We must never be less than MIN_TIMEOUT under any circumstances */
69 	if ( timer->min_timeout < MIN_TIMEOUT )
70 		timer->min_timeout = MIN_TIMEOUT;
71 	/* Honor user-specified minimum timeout */
72 	if ( timer->timeout < timer->min_timeout )
73 		timer->timeout = timer->min_timeout;
74 
75 	DBG2 ( "Timer %p started at time %ld (expires at %ld)\n",
76 	       timer, timer->start, ( timer->start + timer->timeout ) );
77 }
78 
79 /**
80  * Start timer with a specified fixed timeout
81  *
82  * @v timer		Retry timer
83  * @v timeout		Timeout, in ticks
84  */
start_timer_fixed(struct retry_timer * timer,unsigned long timeout)85 void start_timer_fixed ( struct retry_timer *timer, unsigned long timeout ) {
86 	start_timer ( timer );
87 	timer->timeout = timeout;
88 	DBG2 ( "Timer %p expiry time changed to %ld\n",
89 	       timer, ( timer->start + timer->timeout ) );
90 }
91 
92 /**
93  * Stop timer
94  *
95  * @v timer		Retry timer
96  *
97  * This stops the timer and updates the timer's timeout value.
98  */
stop_timer(struct retry_timer * timer)99 void stop_timer ( struct retry_timer *timer ) {
100 	unsigned long old_timeout = timer->timeout;
101 	unsigned long now = currticks();
102 	unsigned long runtime;
103 
104 	/* If timer was already stopped, do nothing */
105 	if ( ! timer->running )
106 		return;
107 
108 	list_del ( &timer->list );
109 	runtime = ( now - timer->start );
110 	timer->running = 0;
111 	DBG2 ( "Timer %p stopped at time %ld (ran for %ld)\n",
112 	       timer, now, runtime );
113 
114 	/* Update timer.  Variables are:
115 	 *
116 	 *   r = round-trip time estimate (i.e. runtime)
117 	 *   t = timeout value (i.e. timer->timeout)
118 	 *   s = smoothed round-trip time
119 	 *
120 	 * By choice, we set t = 4s, i.e. allow for four times the
121 	 * normal round-trip time to pass before retransmitting.
122 	 *
123 	 * We want to smooth according to s := ( 7 s + r ) / 8
124 	 *
125 	 * Since we don't actually store s, this reduces to
126 	 * t := ( 7 t / 8 ) + ( r / 2 )
127 	 *
128 	 */
129 	if ( timer->count ) {
130 		timer->count--;
131 	} else {
132 		timer->timeout -= ( timer->timeout >> 3 );
133 		timer->timeout += ( runtime >> 1 );
134 		if ( timer->timeout != old_timeout ) {
135 			DBG ( "Timer %p timeout updated to %ld\n",
136 			      timer, timer->timeout );
137 		}
138 	}
139 }
140 
141 /**
142  * Handle expired timer
143  *
144  * @v timer		Retry timer
145  */
timer_expired(struct retry_timer * timer)146 static void timer_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer ) {
147 	int fail;
148 
149 	/* Stop timer without performing RTT calculations */
150 	DBG2 ( "Timer %p stopped at time %ld on expiry\n",
151 	       timer, currticks() );
152 	assert ( timer->running );
153 	list_del ( &timer->list );
154 	timer->running = 0;
155 	timer->count++;
156 
157 	/* Back off the timeout value */
158 	timer->timeout <<= 1;
159 	if ( timer->max_timeout == 0 ) /* 0 means "use default timeout" */
160 		timer->max_timeout = DEFAULT_MAX_TIMEOUT;
161 	if ( ( fail = ( timer->timeout > timer->max_timeout ) ) )
162 		timer->timeout = timer->max_timeout;
163 	DBG ( "Timer %p timeout backed off to %ld\n",
164 	      timer, timer->timeout );
165 
166 	/* Call expiry callback */
167 	timer->expired ( timer, fail );
168 }
169 
170 /**
171  * Single-step the retry timer list
172  *
173  * @v process		Retry timer process
174  */
retry_step(struct process * process __unused)175 static void retry_step ( struct process *process __unused ) {
176 	struct retry_timer *timer;
177 	struct retry_timer *tmp;
178 	unsigned long now = currticks();
179 	unsigned long used;
180 
181 	list_for_each_entry_safe ( timer, tmp, &timers, list ) {
182 		used = ( now - timer->start );
183 		if ( used >= timer->timeout )
184 			timer_expired ( timer );
185 	}
186 }
187 
188 /** Retry timer process */
189 struct process retry_process __permanent_process = {
190 	.list = LIST_HEAD_INIT ( retry_process.list ),
191 	.step = retry_step,
192 };
193