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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 */ 014 015package com.google.common.util.concurrent; 016 017import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument; 018import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull; 019import static java.lang.Math.max; 020import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS; 021import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS; 022 023import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; 024import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible; 025import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting; 026import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch; 027import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SmoothRateLimiter.SmoothBursty; 028import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SmoothRateLimiter.SmoothWarmingUp; 029import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue; 030import java.util.Locale; 031import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; 032 033/** 034 * A rate limiter. Conceptually, a rate limiter distributes permits at a configurable rate. Each 035 * {@link #acquire()} blocks if necessary until a permit is available, and then takes it. Once 036 * acquired, permits need not be released. 037 * 038 * <p>{@code RateLimiter} is safe for concurrent use: It will restrict the total rate of calls from 039 * all threads. Note, however, that it does not guarantee fairness. 040 * 041 * <p>Rate limiters are often used to restrict the rate at which some physical or logical resource 042 * is accessed. This is in contrast to {@link java.util.concurrent.Semaphore} which restricts the 043 * number of concurrent accesses instead of the rate (note though that concurrency and rate are 044 * closely related, e.g. see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law">Little's 045 * Law</a>). 046 * 047 * <p>A {@code RateLimiter} is defined primarily by the rate at which permits are issued. Absent 048 * additional configuration, permits will be distributed at a fixed rate, defined in terms of 049 * permits per second. Permits will be distributed smoothly, with the delay between individual 050 * permits being adjusted to ensure that the configured rate is maintained. 051 * 052 * <p>It is possible to configure a {@code RateLimiter} to have a warmup period during which time 053 * the permits issued each second steadily increases until it hits the stable rate. 054 * 055 * <p>As an example, imagine that we have a list of tasks to execute, but we don't want to submit 056 * more than 2 per second: 057 * 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 at 5kb per 069 * second. This could be accomplished by requiring a permit per byte, and specifying a rate of 5000 070 * permits per second: 071 * 072 * <pre>{@code 073 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(5000.0); // rate = 5000 permits per second 074 * void submitPacket(byte[] packet) { 075 * rateLimiter.acquire(packet.length); 076 * networkService.send(packet); 077 * } 078 * }</pre> 079 * 080 * <p>It is important to note that the number of permits requested <i>never</i> affects the 081 * throttling of the request itself (an invocation to {@code acquire(1)} and an invocation to {@code 082 * acquire(1000)} will result in exactly the same throttling, if any), but it affects the throttling 083 * of the <i>next</i> request. I.e., if an expensive task arrives at an idle RateLimiter, it will be 084 * granted immediately, but it is the <i>next</i> request that will experience extra throttling, 085 * thus paying for the cost of the expensive task. 086 * 087 * @author Dimitris Andreou 088 * @since 13.0 089 */ 090// TODO(user): switch to nano precision. A natural unit of cost is "bytes", and a micro precision 091// would mean a maximum rate of "1MB/s", which might be small in some cases. 092@Beta 093@GwtIncompatible 094public abstract class RateLimiter { 095 /** 096 * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as "permits per 097 * second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second). 098 * 099 * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} ensures that on average no more than {@code 100 * permitsPerSecond} are issued during any given second, with sustained requests being smoothly 101 * spread over each second. When the incoming request rate exceeds {@code permitsPerSecond} the 102 * rate limiter will release one permit every {@code (1.0 / permitsPerSecond)} seconds. When the 103 * rate limiter is unused, bursts of up to {@code permitsPerSecond} permits will be allowed, with 104 * subsequent requests being smoothly limited at the stable rate of {@code permitsPerSecond}. 105 * 106 * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in how many 107 * permits become available per second 108 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero 109 */ 110 // TODO(user): "This is equivalent to 111 // {@code createWithCapacity(permitsPerSecond, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)}". 112 public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond) { 113 /* 114 * The default RateLimiter configuration can save the unused permits of up to one second. This 115 * is to avoid unnecessary stalls in situations like this: A RateLimiter of 1qps, and 4 threads, 116 * all calling acquire() at these moments: 117 * 118 * T0 at 0 seconds 119 * T1 at 1.05 seconds 120 * T2 at 2 seconds 121 * T3 at 3 seconds 122 * 123 * Due to the slight delay of T1, T2 would have to sleep till 2.05 seconds, and T3 would also 124 * have to sleep till 3.05 seconds. 125 */ 126 return create(permitsPerSecond, SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer()); 127 } 128 129 @VisibleForTesting 130 static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) { 131 RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothBursty(stopwatch, 1.0 /* maxBurstSeconds */); 132 rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond); 133 return rateLimiter; 134 } 135 136 /** 137 * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as "permits per 138 * second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second), and a <i>warmup period</i>, 139 * during which the {@code RateLimiter} smoothly ramps up its rate, until it reaches its maximum 140 * rate at the end of the period (as long as there are enough requests to saturate it). Similarly, 141 * if the {@code RateLimiter} is left <i>unused</i> for a duration of {@code warmupPeriod}, it 142 * will gradually return to its "cold" state, i.e. it will go through the same warming up process 143 * as when it was first created. 144 * 145 * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} is intended for cases where the resource that actually 146 * fulfills the requests (e.g., a remote server) needs "warmup" time, rather than being 147 * immediately accessed at the stable (maximum) rate. 148 * 149 * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} starts in a "cold" state (i.e. the warmup period will 150 * follow), and if it is left unused for long enough, it will return to that state. 151 * 152 * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in how many 153 * permits become available per second 154 * @param warmupPeriod the duration of the period where the {@code RateLimiter} ramps up its rate, 155 * before reaching its stable (maximum) rate 156 * @param unit the time unit of the warmupPeriod argument 157 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero or {@code 158 * warmupPeriod} is negative 159 */ 160 public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, long warmupPeriod, TimeUnit unit) { 161 checkArgument(warmupPeriod >= 0, "warmupPeriod must not be negative: %s", warmupPeriod); 162 return create( 163 permitsPerSecond, warmupPeriod, unit, 3.0, SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer()); 164 } 165 166 @VisibleForTesting 167 static RateLimiter create( 168 double permitsPerSecond, 169 long warmupPeriod, 170 TimeUnit unit, 171 double coldFactor, 172 SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) { 173 RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothWarmingUp(stopwatch, warmupPeriod, unit, coldFactor); 174 rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond); 175 return rateLimiter; 176 } 177 178 /** 179 * The underlying timer; used both to measure elapsed time and sleep as necessary. A separate 180 * object to facilitate testing. 181 */ 182 private final SleepingStopwatch stopwatch; 183 184 // Can't be initialized in the constructor because mocks don't call the constructor. 185 private volatile Object mutexDoNotUseDirectly; 186 187 private Object mutex() { 188 Object mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly; 189 if (mutex == null) { 190 synchronized (this) { 191 mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly; 192 if (mutex == null) { 193 mutexDoNotUseDirectly = mutex = new Object(); 194 } 195 } 196 } 197 return mutex; 198 } 199 200 RateLimiter(SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) { 201 this.stopwatch = checkNotNull(stopwatch); 202 } 203 204 /** 205 * Updates the stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter}, that is, the {@code permitsPerSecond} 206 * argument provided in the factory method that constructed the {@code RateLimiter}. Currently 207 * throttled threads will <b>not</b> be awakened as a result of this invocation, thus they do not 208 * observe the new rate; only subsequent requests will. 209 * 210 * <p>Note though that, since each request repays (by waiting, if necessary) the cost of the 211 * <i>previous</i> request, this means that the very next request after an invocation to {@code 212 * setRate} will not be affected by the new rate; it will pay the cost of the previous request, 213 * which is in terms of the previous rate. 214 * 215 * <p>The behavior of the {@code RateLimiter} is not modified in any other way, e.g. if the {@code 216 * RateLimiter} was configured with a warmup period of 20 seconds, it still has a warmup period of 217 * 20 seconds after this method invocation. 218 * 219 * @param permitsPerSecond the new stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter} 220 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero 221 */ 222 public final void setRate(double permitsPerSecond) { 223 checkArgument( 224 permitsPerSecond > 0.0 && !Double.isNaN(permitsPerSecond), "rate must be positive"); 225 synchronized (mutex()) { 226 doSetRate(permitsPerSecond, stopwatch.readMicros()); 227 } 228 } 229 230 abstract void doSetRate(double permitsPerSecond, long nowMicros); 231 232 /** 233 * Returns the stable rate (as {@code permits per seconds}) with which this {@code RateLimiter} is 234 * configured with. The initial value of this is the same as the {@code permitsPerSecond} argument 235 * passed in the factory method that produced this {@code RateLimiter}, and it is only updated 236 * after invocations to {@linkplain #setRate}. 237 */ 238 public final double getRate() { 239 synchronized (mutex()) { 240 return doGetRate(); 241 } 242 } 243 244 abstract double doGetRate(); 245 246 /** 247 * Acquires a single permit from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the request can be 248 * granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any. 249 * 250 * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code acquire(1)}. 251 * 252 * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited 253 * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type}) 254 */ 255 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 256 public double acquire() { 257 return acquire(1); 258 } 259 260 /** 261 * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the request 262 * can be granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any. 263 * 264 * @param permits the number of permits to acquire 265 * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited 266 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 267 * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type}) 268 */ 269 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 270 public double acquire(int permits) { 271 long microsToWait = reserve(permits); 272 stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait); 273 return 1.0 * microsToWait / SECONDS.toMicros(1L); 274 } 275 276 /** 277 * Reserves the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} for future use, returning 278 * the number of microseconds until the reservation can be consumed. 279 * 280 * @return time in microseconds to wait until the resource can be acquired, never negative 281 */ 282 final long reserve(int permits) { 283 checkPermits(permits); 284 synchronized (mutex()) { 285 return reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, stopwatch.readMicros()); 286 } 287 } 288 289 /** 290 * Acquires a permit from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained without exceeding the 291 * specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without waiting) if the permit 292 * would not have been granted before the timeout expired. 293 * 294 * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit)}. 295 * 296 * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permit. Negative values are treated as zero. 297 * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument 298 * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise 299 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 300 */ 301 public boolean tryAcquire(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) { 302 return tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit); 303 } 304 305 /** 306 * Acquires permits from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without delay. 307 * 308 * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(permits, 0, anyUnit)}. 309 * 310 * @param permits the number of permits to acquire 311 * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise 312 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 313 * @since 14.0 314 */ 315 public boolean tryAcquire(int permits) { 316 return tryAcquire(permits, 0, MICROSECONDS); 317 } 318 319 /** 320 * Acquires a permit from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without 321 * delay. 322 * 323 * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1)}. 324 * 325 * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise 326 * @since 14.0 327 */ 328 public boolean tryAcquire() { 329 return tryAcquire(1, 0, MICROSECONDS); 330 } 331 332 /** 333 * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained 334 * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without 335 * waiting) if the permits would not have been granted before the timeout expired. 336 * 337 * @param permits the number of permits to acquire 338 * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits. Negative values are treated as zero. 339 * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument 340 * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise 341 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero 342 */ 343 public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) { 344 long timeoutMicros = max(unit.toMicros(timeout), 0); 345 checkPermits(permits); 346 long microsToWait; 347 synchronized (mutex()) { 348 long nowMicros = stopwatch.readMicros(); 349 if (!canAcquire(nowMicros, timeoutMicros)) { 350 return false; 351 } else { 352 microsToWait = reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, nowMicros); 353 } 354 } 355 stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait); 356 return true; 357 } 358 359 private boolean canAcquire(long nowMicros, long timeoutMicros) { 360 return queryEarliestAvailable(nowMicros) - timeoutMicros <= nowMicros; 361 } 362 363 /** 364 * Reserves next ticket and returns the wait time that the caller must wait for. 365 * 366 * @return the required wait time, never negative 367 */ 368 final long reserveAndGetWaitLength(int permits, long nowMicros) { 369 long momentAvailable = reserveEarliestAvailable(permits, nowMicros); 370 return max(momentAvailable - nowMicros, 0); 371 } 372 373 /** 374 * Returns the earliest time that permits are available (with one caveat). 375 * 376 * @return the time that permits are available, or, if permits are available immediately, an 377 * arbitrary past or present time 378 */ 379 abstract long queryEarliestAvailable(long nowMicros); 380 381 /** 382 * Reserves the requested number of permits and returns the time that those permits can be used 383 * (with one caveat). 384 * 385 * @return the time that the permits may be used, or, if the permits may be used immediately, an 386 * arbitrary past or present time 387 */ 388 abstract long reserveEarliestAvailable(int permits, long nowMicros); 389 390 @Override 391 public String toString() { 392 return String.format(Locale.ROOT, "RateLimiter[stableRate=%3.1fqps]", getRate()); 393 } 394 395 abstract static class SleepingStopwatch { 396 /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */ 397 protected SleepingStopwatch() {} 398 399 /* 400 * We always hold the mutex when calling this. TODO(cpovirk): Is that important? Perhaps we need 401 * to guarantee that each call to reserveEarliestAvailable, etc. sees a value >= the previous? 402 * Also, is it OK that we don't hold the mutex when sleeping? 403 */ 404 protected abstract long readMicros(); 405 406 protected abstract void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros); 407 408 public static final SleepingStopwatch createFromSystemTimer() { 409 return new SleepingStopwatch() { 410 final Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.createStarted(); 411 412 @Override 413 protected long readMicros() { 414 return stopwatch.elapsed(MICROSECONDS); 415 } 416 417 @Override 418 protected void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros) { 419 if (micros > 0) { 420 Uninterruptibles.sleepUninterruptibly(micros, MICROSECONDS); 421 } 422 } 423 }; 424 } 425 } 426 427 private static void checkPermits(int permits) { 428 checkArgument(permits > 0, "Requested permits (%s) must be positive", permits); 429 } 430}