/******************************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 2014-2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH * * * * This software is distributed under the terms of the * * GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3, * * copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE" * ********************************************************************************/ #ifndef FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_RATELIMIT_H #define FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_RATELIMIT_H #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace fair { namespace mq { namespace tools { /** * Objects of type RateLimiter can be used to limit a loop to a given rate of iterations per second. * * Example: * \code * RateLimiter limit(100); // 100 Hz * while (do_more_work()) { * work(); * limit.maybe_sleep(); // this needs to be at the end of the loop for a * // correct time measurement of the first iterations * } * \endcode */ class RateLimiter { using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock; public: /** * Constructs a rate limiter. * * \param rate Work rate in Hz (calls to maybe_sleep per second). Values less than/equal * to 0 set the rate to 1 GHz (which is impossible to achieve, even with a * loop that only calls RateLimiter::maybe_sleep). */ RateLimiter(float rate) : tw_req(std::chrono::seconds(1)), start_time(clock::now()) { if (rate <= 0) { tw_req = std::chrono::nanoseconds(1); } else { tw_req = std::chrono::duration_cast(tw_req / rate); } skip_check_count = std::max(1, int(std::chrono::milliseconds(5) / tw_req)); count = skip_check_count; //std::cerr << "skip_check_count: " << skip_check_count << '\n'; } /** * Call this function at the end of the iteration rate limited loop. * * This function might use `std::this_thread::sleep_for` to limit the iteration rate. If no sleeps * are necessary, the function will back off checking for the time to further allow increased * iteration rates (until the requested rate or 1s between rechecks is reached). */ void maybe_sleep() { using namespace std::chrono; if (--count == 0) { auto now = clock::now(); if (tw == clock::duration::zero()) { tw = (now - start_time) / skip_check_count; } else { tw = (1 * tw + 3 * (now - start_time) / skip_check_count) / 4; } //std::ostringstream s; s << "tw = " << std::setw(10) << duration_cast(tw).count() << "ns, req = " << duration_cast(tw_req).count() << "ns, "; if (tw > tw_req * 65 / 64) { // the time between maybe_sleep calls is more than 1% too long // fix it by reducing ts towards 0 and if ts = 0 doesn't suffice, increase // skip_check_count if (ts > clock::duration::zero()) { ts = std::max(clock::duration::zero(), ts - (tw - tw_req) * skip_check_count * 1 / 2); //std::cerr << s.str() << "maybe_sleep: going too slow; sleep less: " << duration_cast(ts).count() << "µs\n"; } else { skip_check_count = std::min(int(seconds(1) / tw_req), // recheck at least every second (skip_check_count * 5 + 3) / 4); //std::cerr << s.str() << "maybe_sleep: going too slow; work more: " << skip_check_count << "\n"; } } else if (tw < tw_req * 63 / 64) { // the time between maybe_sleep calls is more than 1% too short // fix it by reducing skip_check_count towards 1 and if skip_check_count = 1 // doesn't suffice, increase ts // The minimum work count is defined such that a typical sleep time is greater // than 1ms. // The user requested 1/tw_req work iterations per second. Divided by 1000, that's // the count per ms. const int min_skip_count = std::max(1, int(milliseconds(5) / tw_req)); if (skip_check_count > min_skip_count) { assert(ts == clock::duration::zero()); skip_check_count = std::max(min_skip_count, skip_check_count * 3 / 4); //std::cerr << s.str() << "maybe_sleep: going too fast; work less: " << skip_check_count << "\n"; } else { ts += (tw_req - tw) * (skip_check_count * 7) / 8; //std::cerr << s.str() << "maybe_sleep: going too fast; sleep more: " << duration_cast(ts).count() << "µs\n"; } } start_time = now; count = skip_check_count; if (ts > clock::duration::zero()) { std::this_thread::sleep_for(ts); } } } private: clock::duration tw{}, //! deduced duration between maybe_sleep calls ts{}, //! sleep duration tw_req; //! requested duration between maybe_sleep calls clock::time_point start_time; int count = 1; int skip_check_count = 1; }; } /* namespace tools */ } /* namespace mq */ } /* namespace fair */ #endif // FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_RATELIMIT_H