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Conceptually, a rate limiter distributes permits at a 037 * configurable rate. Each {@link #acquire()} blocks if necessary until a permit is 038 * available, and then takes it. Once acquired, permits need not be released. 039 * 040 * <p>Rate limiters are often used to restrict the rate at which some 041 * physical or logical resource is accessed. This is in contrast to {@link 042 * java.util.concurrent.Semaphore} which restricts the number of concurrent 043 * accesses instead of the rate (note though that concurrency and rate are closely related, 044 * e.g. see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little's_law">Little's Law</a>). 045 * 046 * <p>A {@code RateLimiter} is defined primarily by the rate at which permits 047 * are issued. Absent additional configuration, permits will be distributed at a 048 * fixed rate, defined in terms of permits per second. Permits will be distributed 049 * smoothly, with the delay between individual permits being adjusted to ensure 050 * that the configured rate is maintained. 051 * 052 * <p>It is possible to configure a {@code RateLimiter} to have a warmup 053 * period during which time the permits issued each second steadily increases until 054 * it hits the stable rate. 055 * 056 * <p>As an example, imagine that we have a list of tasks to execute, but we don't want to 057 * submit more than 2 per second: 058 *<pre> {@code 059 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(2.0); // rate is "2 permits per second" 060 * void submitTasks(List<Runnable> tasks, Executor executor) { 061 * for (Runnable task : tasks) { 062 * rateLimiter.acquire(); // may wait 063 * executor.execute(task); 064 * } 065 * } 066 *}</pre> 067 * 068 * <p>As another example, imagine that we produce a stream of data, and we want to cap it 069 * at 5kb per second. This could be accomplished by requiring a permit per byte, and specifying 070 * a rate of 5000 permits per second: 071 *<pre> {@code 072 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(5000.0); // rate = 5000 permits per second 073 * void submitPacket(byte[] packet) { 074 * rateLimiter.acquire(packet.length); 075 * networkService.send(packet); 076 * } 077 *}</pre> 078 * 079 * <p>It is important to note that the number of permits requested <i>never</i> 080 * affect the throttling of the request itself (an invocation to {@code acquire(1)} 081 * and an invocation to {@code acquire(1000)} will result in exactly the same throttling, if any), 082 * but it affects the throttling of the <i>next</i> request. I.e., if an expensive task 083 * arrives at an idle RateLimiter, it will be granted immediately, but it is the <i>next</i> 084 * request that will experience extra throttling, thus paying for the cost of the expensive 085 * task. 086 * 087 * <p>Note: {@code RateLimiter} does not provide fairness guarantees. 088 * 089 * @author Dimitris Andreou 090 * @since 13.0 091 */ 092// TODO(user): switch to nano precision. A natural unit of cost is "bytes", and a micro precision 093// would mean a maximum rate of "1MB/s", which might be small in some cases. 094@ThreadSafe 095@Beta 096public abstract class RateLimiter { 097 /** 098 * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as 099 * "permits per second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second). 100 * 101 * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} ensures that on average no more than {@code 102 * permitsPerSecond} are issued during any given second, with sustained requests 103 * being smoothly spread over each second. When the incoming request rate exceeds 104 * {@code permitsPerSecond} the rate limiter will release one permit every {@code 105 * (1.0 / permitsPerSecond)} seconds. When the rate limiter is unused, 106 * bursts of up to {@code permitsPerSecond} permits will be allowed, with subsequent 107 * requests being smoothly limited at the stable rate of {@code permitsPerSecond}. 108 * 109 * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in 110 * how many permits become available per second 111 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero 112 */ 113 // TODO(user): "This is equivalent to 114 // {@code createWithCapacity(permitsPerSecond, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)}". 115 public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond) { 116 /* 117 * The default RateLimiter configuration can save the unused permits of up to one second. 118 * This is to avoid unnecessary stalls in situations like this: A RateLimiter of 1qps, 119 * and 4 threads, all calling acquire() at these moments: 120 * 121 * T0 at 0 seconds 122 * T1 at 1.05 seconds 123 * T2 at 2 seconds 124 * T3 at 3 seconds 125 * 126 * Due to the slight delay of T1, T2 would have to sleep till 2.05 seconds, 127 * and T3 would also have to sleep till 3.05 seconds. 128 */ 129 return create(SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer(), permitsPerSecond); 130 } 131 132 /* 133 * TODO(cpovirk): make SleepingStopwatch the last parameter throughout the class so that the 134 * overloads follow the usual convention: Foo(int), Foo(int, SleepingStopwatch) 135 */ 136 @VisibleForTesting 137 static RateLimiter create(SleepingStopwatch stopwatch, double permitsPerSecond) { 138 RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothBursty(stopwatch, 1.0 /* maxBurstSeconds */); 139 rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond); 140 return rateLimiter; 141 } 142 143 /** 144 * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as 145 * "permits per second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second), and a 146 * <i>warmup period</i>, during which the {@code RateLimiter} smoothly ramps up its rate, 147 * until it reaches its maximum rate at the end of the period (as long as there are enough 148 * requests to saturate it). Similarly, if the {@code RateLimiter} is left <i>unused</i> for 149 * a duration of {@code warmupPeriod}, it will gradually return to its "cold" state, 150 * i.e. it will go through the same warming up process as when it was first created. 151 * 152 * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} is intended for cases where the resource that actually 153 * fulfills the requests (e.g., a remote server) needs "warmup" time, rather than 154 * being immediately accessed at the stable (maximum) rate. 155 * 156 * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} starts in a "cold" state (i.e. the warmup period 157 * will follow), and if it is left unused for long enough, it will return to that state. 158 * 159 * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in 160 * how many permits become available per second 161 * @param warmupPeriod the duration of the period where the {@code RateLimiter} ramps up its 162 * rate, before reaching its stable (maximum) rate 163 * @param unit the time unit of the warmupPeriod argument 164 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero or 165 * {@code warmupPeriod} is negative 166 */ 167 public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, long warmupPeriod, TimeUnit unit) { 168 checkArgument(warmupPeriod >= 0, "warmupPeriod must not be negative: %s", warmupPeriod); 169 return create(SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer(), permitsPerSecond, warmupPeriod, unit); 170 } 171 172 @VisibleForTesting 173 static RateLimiter create( 174 SleepingStopwatch stopwatch, double permitsPerSecond, long warmupPeriod, TimeUnit unit) { 175 RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothWarmingUp(stopwatch, warmupPeriod, unit); 176 rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond); 177 return rateLimiter; 178 } 179 180 /** 181 * The underlying timer; used both to measure elapsed time and sleep as necessary. A separate 182 * object to facilitate testing. 183 */ 184 private final SleepingStopwatch stopwatch; 185 186 // Can't be initialized in the constructor because mocks don't call the constructor. 187 private volatile Object mutexDoNotUseDirectly; 188 189 private Object mutex() { 190 Object mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly; 191 if (mutex == null) { 192 synchronized (this) { 193 mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly; 194 if (mutex == null) { 195 mutexDoNotUseDirectly = mutex = new Object(); 196 } 197 } 198 } 199 return mutex; 200 } 201 202 RateLimiter(SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) { 203 this.stopwatch = checkNotNull(stopwatch); 204 } 205 206 /** 207 * Updates the stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter}, that is, the 208 * {@code permitsPerSecond} argument provided in the factory method that 209 * constructed the {@code RateLimiter}. Currently throttled threads will <b>not</b> 210 * be awakened as a result of this invocation, thus they do not observe the new rate; 211 * only subsequent requests will. 212 * 213 * <p>Note though that, since each request repays (by waiting, if necessary) the cost 214 * of the <i>previous</i> request, this means that the very next request 215 * after an invocation to {@code setRate} will not be affected by the new rate; 216 * it will pay the cost of the previous request, which is in terms of the previous rate. 217 * 218 * <p>The behavior of the {@code RateLimiter} is not modified in any other way, 219 * e.g. if the {@code RateLimiter} was configured with a warmup period of 20 seconds, 220 * it still has a warmup period of 20 seconds after this method invocation. 221 * 222 * @param permitsPerSecond the new stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter} 223 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero 224 */ 225 public final void setRate(double permitsPerSecond) { 226 checkArgument( 227 permitsPerSecond > 0.0 && !Double.isNaN(permitsPerSecond), "rate must be positive"); 228 synchronized (mutex()) { 229 doSetRate(permitsPerSecond, stopwatch.readMicros()); 230 } 231 } 232 233 abstract void doSetRate(double permitsPerSecond, long nowMicros); 234 235 /** 236 * Returns the stable rate (as {@code permits per seconds}) with which this 237 * {@code RateLimiter} is configured with. The initial value of this is the same as 238 * the {@code permitsPerSecond} argument passed in the factory method that produced 239 * this {@code RateLimiter}, and it is only updated after invocations 240 * to {@linkplain #setRate}. 241 */ 242 public final double getRate() { 243 synchronized (mutex()) { 244 return doGetRate(); 245 } 246 } 247 248 abstract double doGetRate(); 249 250 /** 251 * Acquires a single permit from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the 252 * request can be granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any. 253 * 254 * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code acquire(1)}. 255 * 256 * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited 257 * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type}) 258 */ 259 public double acquire() { 260 return acquire(1); 261 } 262 263 /** 264 * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the 265 * request can be granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any. 266 * 267 * @param permits the number of permits to acquire 268 * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited 269 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 270 * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type}) 271 */ 272 public double acquire(int permits) { 273 long microsToWait = reserve(permits); 274 stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait); 275 return 1.0 * microsToWait / SECONDS.toMicros(1L); 276 } 277 278 /** 279 * Reserves the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} for future use, returning 280 * the number of microseconds until the reservation can be consumed. 281 * 282 * @return time in microseconds to wait until the resource can be acquired, never negative 283 */ 284 final long reserve(int permits) { 285 checkPermits(permits); 286 synchronized (mutex()) { 287 return reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, stopwatch.readMicros()); 288 } 289 } 290 291 /** 292 * Acquires a permit from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained 293 * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} 294 * immediately (without waiting) if the permit would not have been granted 295 * before the timeout expired. 296 * 297 * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit)}. 298 * 299 * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permit. Negative values are treated as zero. 300 * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument 301 * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise 302 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 303 */ 304 public boolean tryAcquire(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) { 305 return tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit); 306 } 307 308 /** 309 * Acquires permits from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without delay. 310 * 311 * <p> 312 * This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(permits, 0, anyUnit)}. 313 * 314 * @param permits the number of permits to acquire 315 * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise 316 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 317 * @since 14.0 318 */ 319 public boolean tryAcquire(int permits) { 320 return tryAcquire(permits, 0, MICROSECONDS); 321 } 322 323 /** 324 * Acquires a permit from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without 325 * delay. 326 * 327 * <p> 328 * This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1)}. 329 * 330 * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise 331 * @since 14.0 332 */ 333 public boolean tryAcquire() { 334 return tryAcquire(1, 0, MICROSECONDS); 335 } 336 337 /** 338 * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained 339 * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} 340 * immediately (without waiting) if the permits would not have been granted 341 * before the timeout expired. 342 * 343 * @param permits the number of permits to acquire 344 * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits. Negative values are treated as zero. 345 * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument 346 * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise 347 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 348 */ 349 public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) { 350 long timeoutMicros = max(unit.toMicros(timeout), 0); 351 checkPermits(permits); 352 long microsToWait; 353 synchronized (mutex()) { 354 long nowMicros = stopwatch.readMicros(); 355 if (!canAcquire(nowMicros, timeoutMicros)) { 356 return false; 357 } else { 358 microsToWait = reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, nowMicros); 359 } 360 } 361 stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait); 362 return true; 363 } 364 365 private boolean canAcquire(long nowMicros, long timeoutMicros) { 366 return queryEarliestAvailable(nowMicros) - timeoutMicros <= nowMicros; 367 } 368 369 /** 370 * Reserves next ticket and returns the wait time that the caller must wait for. 371 * 372 * @return the required wait time, never negative 373 */ 374 final long reserveAndGetWaitLength(int permits, long nowMicros) { 375 long momentAvailable = reserveEarliestAvailable(permits, nowMicros); 376 return max(momentAvailable - nowMicros, 0); 377 } 378 379 /** 380 * Returns the earliest time that permits are available (with one caveat). 381 * 382 * @return the time that permits are available, or, if permits are available immediately, an 383 * arbitrary past or present time 384 */ 385 abstract long queryEarliestAvailable(long nowMicros); 386 387 /** 388 * Reserves the requested number of permits and returns the time that those permits can be used 389 * (with one caveat). 390 * 391 * @return the time that the permits may be used, or, if the permits may be used immediately, an 392 * arbitrary past or present time 393 */ 394 abstract long reserveEarliestAvailable(int permits, long nowMicros); 395 396 @Override 397 public String toString() { 398 return String.format("RateLimiter[stableRate=%3.1fqps]", getRate()); 399 } 400 401 @VisibleForTesting 402 abstract static class SleepingStopwatch { 403 /* 404 * We always hold the mutex when calling this. TODO(cpovirk): Is that important? Perhaps we need 405 * to guarantee that each call to reserveEarliestAvailable, etc. sees a value >= the previous? 406 * Also, is it OK that we don't hold the mutex when sleeping? 407 */ 408 abstract long readMicros(); 409 410 abstract void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros); 411 412 static final SleepingStopwatch createFromSystemTimer() { 413 return new SleepingStopwatch() { 414 final Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.createStarted(); 415 416 @Override 417 long readMicros() { 418 return stopwatch.elapsed(MICROSECONDS); 419 } 420 421 @Override 422 void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros) { 423 if (micros > 0) { 424 Uninterruptibles.sleepUninterruptibly(micros, MICROSECONDS); 425 } 426 } 427 }; 428 } 429 } 430 431 private static int checkPermits(int permits) { 432 checkArgument(permits > 0, "Requested permits (%s) must be positive", permits); 433 return permits; 434 } 435}