ZeroTierOne/node/RateLimiter.hpp

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#ifndef _ZT_RATELIMITER_HPP
#define _ZT_RATELIMITER_HPP

#include <math.h>
#include "Utils.hpp"

namespace ZeroTier {

/**
 * Burstable rate limiter
 *
 * This limits a transfer rate to a maximum bytes per second using an
 * accounting method based on a balance rather than accumulating an
 * average rate. The result is a burstable rate limit rather than a
 * continuous rate limit; the link being limited may use all its balance
 * at once or slowly over time. Balance constantly replenishes over time
 * up to a configurable maximum balance.
 */
class RateLimiter
{
public:
	/**
	 * Limits to apply to a rate limiter
	 *
	 * Since many rate limiters may share the same fixed limit values,
	 * save memory by breaking this out into a struct parameter that
	 * can be passed into RateLimiter's methods.
	 */
	struct Limit
	{
		/**
		 * Speed in bytes per second, or rate of balance accrual
		 */
		double bytesPerSecond;

		/**
		 * Maximum balance that can ever be accrued (should be > 0.0)
		 */
		double maxBalance;

		/**
		 * Minimum balance, or maximum allowable "debt" (should be <= 0.0)
		 */
		double minBalance;
	};

	/**
	 * Create an uninitialized rate limiter
	 *
	 * init() must be called before this is used.
	 */
	RateLimiter() throw() {}

	/**
	 * @param preload Initial balance to place in account
	 */
	RateLimiter(double preload)
		throw()
	{
		init(preload);
	}

	/**
	 * Initialize or re-initialize rate limiter
	 *
	 * @param preload Initial balance to place in account
	 */
	inline void init(double preload)
		throw()
	{
		_lastTime = Utils::nowf();
		_balance = preload;
	}

	/**
	 * Update balance based on current clock and supplied Limits bytesPerSecond and maxBalance
	 *
	 * @param lim Current limits in effect
	 * @return New balance
	 */
	inline double updateBalance(const Limit &lim)
		throw()
	{
		double lt = _lastTime;
		double now = _lastTime = Utils::nowf();
		return (_balance = fmin(lim.maxBalance,_balance + (lim.bytesPerSecond * (now - lt))));
	}

	/**
	 * Update balance and test if a block of 'bytes' should be permitted to be transferred
	 *
	 * @param lim Current limits in effect
	 * @param bytes Number of bytes that we wish to transfer
	 * @return True if balance was sufficient
	 */
	inline bool gate(const Limit &lim,double bytes)
		throw()
	{
		bool allow = (updateBalance(lim) >= bytes);
		_balance = fmax(lim.minBalance,_balance - bytes);
		return allow;
	}

private:
	double _lastTime;
	double _balance;
};

} // namespace ZeroTier

#endif