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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 com.google.common.util.concurrent.Internal.toNanosSaturated;
020import static java.lang.Math.max;
021import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS;
022import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
023
024import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
025import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
026import com.google.common.annotations.J2ktIncompatible;
027import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
028import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
029import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SmoothRateLimiter.SmoothBursty;
030import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SmoothRateLimiter.SmoothWarmingUp;
031import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
032import java.time.Duration;
033import java.util.Locale;
034import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
035import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
036
037/**
038 * A rate limiter. Conceptually, a rate limiter distributes permits at a configurable rate. Each
039 * {@link #acquire()} blocks if necessary until a permit is available, and then takes it. Once
040 * acquired, permits need not be released.
041 *
042 * <p>{@code RateLimiter} is safe for concurrent use: It will restrict the total rate of calls from
043 * all threads. Note, however, that it does not guarantee fairness.
044 *
045 * <p>Rate limiters are often used to restrict the rate at which some physical or logical resource
046 * is accessed. This is in contrast to {@link java.util.concurrent.Semaphore} which restricts the
047 * number of concurrent accesses instead of the rate (note though that concurrency and rate are
048 * closely related, e.g. see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law">Little's
049 * Law</a>).
050 *
051 * <p>A {@code RateLimiter} is defined primarily by the rate at which permits are issued. Absent
052 * additional configuration, permits will be distributed at a fixed rate, defined in terms of
053 * permits per second. Permits will be distributed smoothly, with the delay between individual
054 * permits being adjusted to ensure that the configured rate is maintained.
055 *
056 * <p>It is possible to configure a {@code RateLimiter} to have a warmup period during which time
057 * the permits issued each second steadily increases until it hits the stable rate.
058 *
059 * <p>As an example, imagine that we have a list of tasks to execute, but we don't want to submit
060 * more than 2 per second:
061 *
062 * <pre>{@code
063 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(2.0); // rate is "2 permits per second"
064 * void submitTasks(List<Runnable> tasks, Executor executor) {
065 *   for (Runnable task : tasks) {
066 *     rateLimiter.acquire(); // may wait
067 *     executor.execute(task);
068 *   }
069 * }
070 * }</pre>
071 *
072 * <p>As another example, imagine that we produce a stream of data, and we want to cap it at 5kb per
073 * second. This could be accomplished by requiring a permit per byte, and specifying a rate of 5000
074 * permits per second:
075 *
076 * <pre>{@code
077 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(5000.0); // rate = 5000 permits per second
078 * void submitPacket(byte[] packet) {
079 *   rateLimiter.acquire(packet.length);
080 *   networkService.send(packet);
081 * }
082 * }</pre>
083 *
084 * <p>It is important to note that the number of permits requested <i>never</i> affects the
085 * throttling of the request itself (an invocation to {@code acquire(1)} and an invocation to {@code
086 * acquire(1000)} will result in exactly the same throttling, if any), but it affects the throttling
087 * of the <i>next</i> request. I.e., if an expensive task arrives at an idle RateLimiter, it will be
088 * granted immediately, but it is the <i>next</i> request that will experience extra throttling,
089 * thus paying for the cost of the expensive task.
090 *
091 * @author Dimitris Andreou
092 * @since 13.0
093 */
094// TODO(user): switch to nano precision. A natural unit of cost is "bytes", and a micro precision
095// would mean a maximum rate of "1MB/s", which might be small in some cases.
096@Beta
097@J2ktIncompatible
098@GwtIncompatible
099@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
100public abstract class RateLimiter {
101  /**
102   * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as "permits per
103   * second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second).
104   *
105   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} ensures that on average no more than {@code
106   * permitsPerSecond} are issued during any given second, with sustained requests being smoothly
107   * spread over each second. When the incoming request rate exceeds {@code permitsPerSecond} the
108   * rate limiter will release one permit every {@code (1.0 / permitsPerSecond)} seconds. When the
109   * rate limiter is unused, bursts of up to {@code permitsPerSecond} permits will be allowed, with
110   * subsequent requests being smoothly limited at the stable rate of {@code permitsPerSecond}.
111   *
112   * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in how many
113   *     permits become available per second
114   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero
115   */
116  // TODO(user): "This is equivalent to
117  // {@code createWithCapacity(permitsPerSecond, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)}".
118  public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond) {
119    /*
120     * The default RateLimiter configuration can save the unused permits of up to one second. This
121     * is to avoid unnecessary stalls in situations like this: A RateLimiter of 1qps, and 4 threads,
122     * all calling acquire() at these moments:
123     *
124     * T0 at 0 seconds
125     * T1 at 1.05 seconds
126     * T2 at 2 seconds
127     * T3 at 3 seconds
128     *
129     * Due to the slight delay of T1, T2 would have to sleep till 2.05 seconds, and T3 would also
130     * have to sleep till 3.05 seconds.
131     */
132    return create(permitsPerSecond, SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer());
133  }
134
135  @VisibleForTesting
136  static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) {
137    RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothBursty(stopwatch, 1.0 /* maxBurstSeconds */);
138    rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond);
139    return rateLimiter;
140  }
141
142  /**
143   * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as "permits per
144   * second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second), and a <i>warmup period</i>,
145   * during which the {@code RateLimiter} smoothly ramps up its rate, until it reaches its maximum
146   * rate at the end of the period (as long as there are enough requests to saturate it). Similarly,
147   * if the {@code RateLimiter} is left <i>unused</i> for a duration of {@code warmupPeriod}, it
148   * will gradually return to its "cold" state, i.e. it will go through the same warming up process
149   * as when it was first created.
150   *
151   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} is intended for cases where the resource that actually
152   * fulfills the requests (e.g., a remote server) needs "warmup" time, rather than being
153   * immediately accessed at the stable (maximum) rate.
154   *
155   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} starts in a "cold" state (i.e. the warmup period will
156   * follow), and if it is left unused for long enough, it will return to that state.
157   *
158   * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in how many
159   *     permits become available per second
160   * @param warmupPeriod the duration of the period where the {@code RateLimiter} ramps up its rate,
161   *     before reaching its stable (maximum) rate
162   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero or {@code
163   *     warmupPeriod} is negative
164   * @since 28.0
165   */
166  public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, Duration warmupPeriod) {
167    return create(permitsPerSecond, toNanosSaturated(warmupPeriod), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
168  }
169
170  /**
171   * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as "permits per
172   * second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second), and a <i>warmup period</i>,
173   * during which the {@code RateLimiter} smoothly ramps up its rate, until it reaches its maximum
174   * rate at the end of the period (as long as there are enough requests to saturate it). Similarly,
175   * if the {@code RateLimiter} is left <i>unused</i> for a duration of {@code warmupPeriod}, it
176   * will gradually return to its "cold" state, i.e. it will go through the same warming up process
177   * as when it was first created.
178   *
179   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} is intended for cases where the resource that actually
180   * fulfills the requests (e.g., a remote server) needs "warmup" time, rather than being
181   * immediately accessed at the stable (maximum) rate.
182   *
183   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} starts in a "cold" state (i.e. the warmup period will
184   * follow), and if it is left unused for long enough, it will return to that state.
185   *
186   * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in how many
187   *     permits become available per second
188   * @param warmupPeriod the duration of the period where the {@code RateLimiter} ramps up its rate,
189   *     before reaching its stable (maximum) rate
190   * @param unit the time unit of the warmupPeriod argument
191   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero or {@code
192   *     warmupPeriod} is negative
193   */
194  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
195  public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, long warmupPeriod, TimeUnit unit) {
196    checkArgument(warmupPeriod >= 0, "warmupPeriod must not be negative: %s", warmupPeriod);
197    return create(
198        permitsPerSecond, warmupPeriod, unit, 3.0, SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer());
199  }
200
201  @VisibleForTesting
202  static RateLimiter create(
203      double permitsPerSecond,
204      long warmupPeriod,
205      TimeUnit unit,
206      double coldFactor,
207      SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) {
208    RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothWarmingUp(stopwatch, warmupPeriod, unit, coldFactor);
209    rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond);
210    return rateLimiter;
211  }
212
213  /**
214   * The underlying timer; used both to measure elapsed time and sleep as necessary. A separate
215   * object to facilitate testing.
216   */
217  private final SleepingStopwatch stopwatch;
218
219  // Can't be initialized in the constructor because mocks don't call the constructor.
220  @CheckForNull private volatile Object mutexDoNotUseDirectly;
221
222  private Object mutex() {
223    Object mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly;
224    if (mutex == null) {
225      synchronized (this) {
226        mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly;
227        if (mutex == null) {
228          mutexDoNotUseDirectly = mutex = new Object();
229        }
230      }
231    }
232    return mutex;
233  }
234
235  RateLimiter(SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) {
236    this.stopwatch = checkNotNull(stopwatch);
237  }
238
239  /**
240   * Updates the stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter}, that is, the {@code permitsPerSecond}
241   * argument provided in the factory method that constructed the {@code RateLimiter}. Currently
242   * throttled threads will <b>not</b> be awakened as a result of this invocation, thus they do not
243   * observe the new rate; only subsequent requests will.
244   *
245   * <p>Note though that, since each request repays (by waiting, if necessary) the cost of the
246   * <i>previous</i> request, this means that the very next request after an invocation to {@code
247   * setRate} will not be affected by the new rate; it will pay the cost of the previous request,
248   * which is in terms of the previous rate.
249   *
250   * <p>The behavior of the {@code RateLimiter} is not modified in any other way, e.g. if the {@code
251   * RateLimiter} was configured with a warmup period of 20 seconds, it still has a warmup period of
252   * 20 seconds after this method invocation.
253   *
254   * @param permitsPerSecond the new stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter}
255   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero
256   */
257  public final void setRate(double permitsPerSecond) {
258    checkArgument(permitsPerSecond > 0.0, "rate must be positive");
259    synchronized (mutex()) {
260      doSetRate(permitsPerSecond, stopwatch.readMicros());
261    }
262  }
263
264  abstract void doSetRate(double permitsPerSecond, long nowMicros);
265
266  /**
267   * Returns the stable rate (as {@code permits per seconds}) with which this {@code RateLimiter} is
268   * configured with. The initial value of this is the same as the {@code permitsPerSecond} argument
269   * passed in the factory method that produced this {@code RateLimiter}, and it is only updated
270   * after invocations to {@linkplain #setRate}.
271   */
272  public final double getRate() {
273    synchronized (mutex()) {
274      return doGetRate();
275    }
276  }
277
278  abstract double doGetRate();
279
280  /**
281   * Acquires a single permit from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the request can be
282   * granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any.
283   *
284   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code acquire(1)}.
285   *
286   * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited
287   * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type})
288   */
289  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
290  public double acquire() {
291    return acquire(1);
292  }
293
294  /**
295   * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the request
296   * can be granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any.
297   *
298   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
299   * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited
300   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
301   * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type})
302   */
303  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
304  public double acquire(int permits) {
305    long microsToWait = reserve(permits);
306    stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait);
307    return 1.0 * microsToWait / SECONDS.toMicros(1L);
308  }
309
310  /**
311   * Reserves the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} for future use, returning
312   * the number of microseconds until the reservation can be consumed.
313   *
314   * @return time in microseconds to wait until the resource can be acquired, never negative
315   */
316  final long reserve(int permits) {
317    checkPermits(permits);
318    synchronized (mutex()) {
319      return reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, stopwatch.readMicros());
320    }
321  }
322
323  /**
324   * Acquires a permit from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained without exceeding the
325   * specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without waiting) if the permit
326   * would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
327   *
328   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1, timeout)}.
329   *
330   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permit. Negative values are treated as zero.
331   * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise
332   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
333   * @since 28.0
334   */
335  public boolean tryAcquire(Duration timeout) {
336    return tryAcquire(1, toNanosSaturated(timeout), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
337  }
338
339  /**
340   * Acquires a permit from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained without exceeding the
341   * specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without waiting) if the permit
342   * would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
343   *
344   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit)}.
345   *
346   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permit. Negative values are treated as zero.
347   * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument
348   * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise
349   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
350   */
351  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
352  public boolean tryAcquire(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
353    return tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit);
354  }
355
356  /**
357   * Acquires permits from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without delay.
358   *
359   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(permits, 0, anyUnit)}.
360   *
361   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
362   * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise
363   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
364   * @since 14.0
365   */
366  public boolean tryAcquire(int permits) {
367    return tryAcquire(permits, 0, MICROSECONDS);
368  }
369
370  /**
371   * Acquires a permit from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without
372   * delay.
373   *
374   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1)}.
375   *
376   * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise
377   * @since 14.0
378   */
379  public boolean tryAcquire() {
380    return tryAcquire(1, 0, MICROSECONDS);
381  }
382
383  /**
384   * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained
385   * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without
386   * waiting) if the permits would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
387   *
388   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
389   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits. Negative values are treated as zero.
390   * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise
391   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
392   * @since 28.0
393   */
394  public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, Duration timeout) {
395    return tryAcquire(permits, toNanosSaturated(timeout), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
396  }
397
398  /**
399   * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained
400   * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without
401   * waiting) if the permits would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
402   *
403   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
404   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits. Negative values are treated as zero.
405   * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument
406   * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise
407   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
408   */
409  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
410  public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
411    long timeoutMicros = max(unit.toMicros(timeout), 0);
412    checkPermits(permits);
413    long microsToWait;
414    synchronized (mutex()) {
415      long nowMicros = stopwatch.readMicros();
416      if (!canAcquire(nowMicros, timeoutMicros)) {
417        return false;
418      } else {
419        microsToWait = reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, nowMicros);
420      }
421    }
422    stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait);
423    return true;
424  }
425
426  private boolean canAcquire(long nowMicros, long timeoutMicros) {
427    return queryEarliestAvailable(nowMicros) - timeoutMicros <= nowMicros;
428  }
429
430  /**
431   * Reserves next ticket and returns the wait time that the caller must wait for.
432   *
433   * @return the required wait time, never negative
434   */
435  final long reserveAndGetWaitLength(int permits, long nowMicros) {
436    long momentAvailable = reserveEarliestAvailable(permits, nowMicros);
437    return max(momentAvailable - nowMicros, 0);
438  }
439
440  /**
441   * Returns the earliest time that permits are available (with one caveat).
442   *
443   * @return the time that permits are available, or, if permits are available immediately, an
444   *     arbitrary past or present time
445   */
446  abstract long queryEarliestAvailable(long nowMicros);
447
448  /**
449   * Reserves the requested number of permits and returns the time that those permits can be used
450   * (with one caveat).
451   *
452   * @return the time that the permits may be used, or, if the permits may be used immediately, an
453   *     arbitrary past or present time
454   */
455  abstract long reserveEarliestAvailable(int permits, long nowMicros);
456
457  @Override
458  public String toString() {
459    return String.format(Locale.ROOT, "RateLimiter[stableRate=%3.1fqps]", getRate());
460  }
461
462  abstract static class SleepingStopwatch {
463    /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
464    protected SleepingStopwatch() {}
465
466    /*
467     * We always hold the mutex when calling this. TODO(cpovirk): Is that important? Perhaps we need
468     * to guarantee that each call to reserveEarliestAvailable, etc. sees a value >= the previous?
469     * Also, is it OK that we don't hold the mutex when sleeping?
470     */
471    protected abstract long readMicros();
472
473    protected abstract void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros);
474
475    public static SleepingStopwatch createFromSystemTimer() {
476      return new SleepingStopwatch() {
477        final Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.createStarted();
478
479        @Override
480        protected long readMicros() {
481          return stopwatch.elapsed(MICROSECONDS);
482        }
483
484        @Override
485        protected void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros) {
486          if (micros > 0) {
487            Uninterruptibles.sleepUninterruptibly(micros, MICROSECONDS);
488          }
489        }
490      };
491    }
492  }
493
494  private static void checkPermits(int permits) {
495    checkArgument(permits > 0, "Requested permits (%s) must be positive", permits);
496  }
497}