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// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package util
import "time"
// A Throttle permits throttling of a goroutine by
// calling the Throttle method repeatedly.
//
type Throttle struct {
f float64 // f = (1-r)/r for 0 < r < 1
dt time.Duration // minimum run time slice; >= 0
tr time.Duration // accumulated time running
ts time.Duration // accumulated time stopped
tt time.Time // earliest throttle time (= time Throttle returned + tm)
}
// NewThrottle creates a new Throttle with a throttle value r and
// a minimum allocated run time slice of dt:
//
// r == 0: "empty" throttle; the goroutine is always sleeping
// r == 1: full throttle; the goroutine is never sleeping
//
// A value of r == 0.6 throttles a goroutine such that it runs
// approx. 60% of the time, and sleeps approx. 40% of the time.
// Values of r < 0 or r > 1 are clamped down to values between 0 and 1.
// Values of dt < 0 are set to 0.
//
func NewThrottle(r float64, dt time.Duration) *Throttle {
var f float64
switch {
case r <= 0:
f = -1 // indicates always sleep
case r >= 1:
f = 0 // assume r == 1 (never sleep)
default:
// 0 < r < 1
f = (1 - r) / r
}
if dt < 0 {
dt = 0
}
return &Throttle{f: f, dt: dt, tt: time.Now().Add(dt)}
}
// Throttle calls time.Sleep such that over time the ratio tr/ts between
// accumulated run (tr) and sleep times (ts) approximates the value 1/(1-r)
// where r is the throttle value. Throttle returns immediately (w/o sleeping)
// if less than tm ns have passed since the last call to Throttle.
//
func (p *Throttle) Throttle() {
if p.f < 0 {
select {} // always sleep
}
t0 := time.Now()
if t0.Before(p.tt) {
return // keep running (minimum time slice not exhausted yet)
}
// accumulate running time
p.tr += t0.Sub(p.tt) + p.dt
// compute sleep time
// Over time we want:
//
// tr/ts = r/(1-r)
//
// Thus:
//
// ts = tr*f with f = (1-r)/r
//
// After some incremental run time δr added to the total run time
// tr, the incremental sleep-time δs to get to the same ratio again
// after waking up from time.Sleep is:
if δs := time.Duration(float64(p.tr)*p.f) - p.ts; δs > 0 {
time.Sleep(δs)
}
// accumulate (actual) sleep time
t1 := time.Now()
p.ts += t1.Sub(t0)
// set earliest next throttle time
p.tt = t1.Add(p.dt)
}