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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 NEXT (but since 28.0 in the JRE flavor)
165   */
166  @SuppressWarnings("Java7ApiChecker")
167  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using Duration.
168  public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, Duration warmupPeriod) {
169    return create(permitsPerSecond, toNanosSaturated(warmupPeriod), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
170  }
171
172  /**
173   * Creates a {@code RateLimiter} with the specified stable throughput, given as "permits per
174   * second" (commonly referred to as <i>QPS</i>, queries per second), and a <i>warmup period</i>,
175   * during which the {@code RateLimiter} smoothly ramps up its rate, until it reaches its maximum
176   * rate at the end of the period (as long as there are enough requests to saturate it). Similarly,
177   * if the {@code RateLimiter} is left <i>unused</i> for a duration of {@code warmupPeriod}, it
178   * will gradually return to its "cold" state, i.e. it will go through the same warming up process
179   * as when it was first created.
180   *
181   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} is intended for cases where the resource that actually
182   * fulfills the requests (e.g., a remote server) needs "warmup" time, rather than being
183   * immediately accessed at the stable (maximum) rate.
184   *
185   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} starts in a "cold" state (i.e. the warmup period will
186   * follow), and if it is left unused for long enough, it will return to that state.
187   *
188   * @param permitsPerSecond the rate of the returned {@code RateLimiter}, measured in how many
189   *     permits become available per second
190   * @param warmupPeriod the duration of the period where the {@code RateLimiter} ramps up its rate,
191   *     before reaching its stable (maximum) rate
192   * @param unit the time unit of the warmupPeriod argument
193   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero or {@code
194   *     warmupPeriod} is negative
195   */
196  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
197  public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond, long warmupPeriod, TimeUnit unit) {
198    checkArgument(warmupPeriod >= 0, "warmupPeriod must not be negative: %s", warmupPeriod);
199    return create(
200        permitsPerSecond, warmupPeriod, unit, 3.0, SleepingStopwatch.createFromSystemTimer());
201  }
202
203  @VisibleForTesting
204  static RateLimiter create(
205      double permitsPerSecond,
206      long warmupPeriod,
207      TimeUnit unit,
208      double coldFactor,
209      SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) {
210    RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothWarmingUp(stopwatch, warmupPeriod, unit, coldFactor);
211    rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond);
212    return rateLimiter;
213  }
214
215  /**
216   * The underlying timer; used both to measure elapsed time and sleep as necessary. A separate
217   * object to facilitate testing.
218   */
219  private final SleepingStopwatch stopwatch;
220
221  // Can't be initialized in the constructor because mocks don't call the constructor.
222  @CheckForNull private volatile Object mutexDoNotUseDirectly;
223
224  private Object mutex() {
225    Object mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly;
226    if (mutex == null) {
227      synchronized (this) {
228        mutex = mutexDoNotUseDirectly;
229        if (mutex == null) {
230          mutexDoNotUseDirectly = mutex = new Object();
231        }
232      }
233    }
234    return mutex;
235  }
236
237  RateLimiter(SleepingStopwatch stopwatch) {
238    this.stopwatch = checkNotNull(stopwatch);
239  }
240
241  /**
242   * Updates the stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter}, that is, the {@code permitsPerSecond}
243   * argument provided in the factory method that constructed the {@code RateLimiter}. Currently
244   * throttled threads will <b>not</b> be awakened as a result of this invocation, thus they do not
245   * observe the new rate; only subsequent requests will.
246   *
247   * <p>Note though that, since each request repays (by waiting, if necessary) the cost of the
248   * <i>previous</i> request, this means that the very next request after an invocation to {@code
249   * setRate} will not be affected by the new rate; it will pay the cost of the previous request,
250   * which is in terms of the previous rate.
251   *
252   * <p>The behavior of the {@code RateLimiter} is not modified in any other way, e.g. if the {@code
253   * RateLimiter} was configured with a warmup period of 20 seconds, it still has a warmup period of
254   * 20 seconds after this method invocation.
255   *
256   * @param permitsPerSecond the new stable rate of this {@code RateLimiter}
257   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero
258   */
259  public final void setRate(double permitsPerSecond) {
260    checkArgument(permitsPerSecond > 0.0, "rate must be positive");
261    synchronized (mutex()) {
262      doSetRate(permitsPerSecond, stopwatch.readMicros());
263    }
264  }
265
266  abstract void doSetRate(double permitsPerSecond, long nowMicros);
267
268  /**
269   * Returns the stable rate (as {@code permits per seconds}) with which this {@code RateLimiter} is
270   * configured with. The initial value of this is the same as the {@code permitsPerSecond} argument
271   * passed in the factory method that produced this {@code RateLimiter}, and it is only updated
272   * after invocations to {@linkplain #setRate}.
273   */
274  public final double getRate() {
275    synchronized (mutex()) {
276      return doGetRate();
277    }
278  }
279
280  abstract double doGetRate();
281
282  /**
283   * Acquires a single permit from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the request can be
284   * granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any.
285   *
286   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code acquire(1)}.
287   *
288   * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited
289   * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type})
290   */
291  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
292  public double acquire() {
293    return acquire(1);
294  }
295
296  /**
297   * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter}, blocking until the request
298   * can be granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any.
299   *
300   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
301   * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited
302   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
303   * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type})
304   */
305  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
306  public double acquire(int permits) {
307    long microsToWait = reserve(permits);
308    stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait);
309    return 1.0 * microsToWait / SECONDS.toMicros(1L);
310  }
311
312  /**
313   * Reserves the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} for future use, returning
314   * the number of microseconds until the reservation can be consumed.
315   *
316   * @return time in microseconds to wait until the resource can be acquired, never negative
317   */
318  final long reserve(int permits) {
319    checkPermits(permits);
320    synchronized (mutex()) {
321      return reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, stopwatch.readMicros());
322    }
323  }
324
325  /**
326   * Acquires a permit from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained without exceeding the
327   * specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without waiting) if the permit
328   * would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
329   *
330   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1, timeout)}.
331   *
332   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permit. Negative values are treated as zero.
333   * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise
334   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
335   * @since NEXT (but since 28.0 in the JRE flavor)
336   */
337  @SuppressWarnings("Java7ApiChecker")
338  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using Duration.
339  public boolean tryAcquire(Duration timeout) {
340    return tryAcquire(1, toNanosSaturated(timeout), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
341  }
342
343  /**
344   * Acquires a permit from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained without exceeding the
345   * specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without waiting) if the permit
346   * would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
347   *
348   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit)}.
349   *
350   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permit. Negative values are treated as zero.
351   * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument
352   * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise
353   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
354   */
355  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
356  public boolean tryAcquire(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
357    return tryAcquire(1, timeout, unit);
358  }
359
360  /**
361   * Acquires permits from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without delay.
362   *
363   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(permits, 0, anyUnit)}.
364   *
365   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
366   * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise
367   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
368   * @since 14.0
369   */
370  public boolean tryAcquire(int permits) {
371    return tryAcquire(permits, 0, MICROSECONDS);
372  }
373
374  /**
375   * Acquires a permit from this {@link RateLimiter} if it can be acquired immediately without
376   * delay.
377   *
378   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code tryAcquire(1)}.
379   *
380   * @return {@code true} if the permit was acquired, {@code false} otherwise
381   * @since 14.0
382   */
383  public boolean tryAcquire() {
384    return tryAcquire(1, 0, MICROSECONDS);
385  }
386
387  /**
388   * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained
389   * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without
390   * waiting) if the permits would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
391   *
392   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
393   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits. Negative values are treated as zero.
394   * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise
395   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
396   * @since NEXT (but since 28.0 in the JRE flavor)
397   */
398  @SuppressWarnings("Java7ApiChecker")
399  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using Duration.
400  public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, Duration timeout) {
401    return tryAcquire(permits, toNanosSaturated(timeout), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
402  }
403
404  /**
405   * Acquires the given number of permits from this {@code RateLimiter} if it can be obtained
406   * without exceeding the specified {@code timeout}, or returns {@code false} immediately (without
407   * waiting) if the permits would not have been granted before the timeout expired.
408   *
409   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
410   * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits. Negative values are treated as zero.
411   * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument
412   * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired, {@code false} otherwise
413   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
414   */
415  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // should accept a java.time.Duration
416  public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
417    long timeoutMicros = max(unit.toMicros(timeout), 0);
418    checkPermits(permits);
419    long microsToWait;
420    synchronized (mutex()) {
421      long nowMicros = stopwatch.readMicros();
422      if (!canAcquire(nowMicros, timeoutMicros)) {
423        return false;
424      } else {
425        microsToWait = reserveAndGetWaitLength(permits, nowMicros);
426      }
427    }
428    stopwatch.sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(microsToWait);
429    return true;
430  }
431
432  private boolean canAcquire(long nowMicros, long timeoutMicros) {
433    return queryEarliestAvailable(nowMicros) - timeoutMicros <= nowMicros;
434  }
435
436  /**
437   * Reserves next ticket and returns the wait time that the caller must wait for.
438   *
439   * @return the required wait time, never negative
440   */
441  final long reserveAndGetWaitLength(int permits, long nowMicros) {
442    long momentAvailable = reserveEarliestAvailable(permits, nowMicros);
443    return max(momentAvailable - nowMicros, 0);
444  }
445
446  /**
447   * Returns the earliest time that permits are available (with one caveat).
448   *
449   * @return the time that permits are available, or, if permits are available immediately, an
450   *     arbitrary past or present time
451   */
452  abstract long queryEarliestAvailable(long nowMicros);
453
454  /**
455   * Reserves the requested number of permits and returns the time that those permits can be used
456   * (with one caveat).
457   *
458   * @return the time that the permits may be used, or, if the permits may be used immediately, an
459   *     arbitrary past or present time
460   */
461  abstract long reserveEarliestAvailable(int permits, long nowMicros);
462
463  @Override
464  public String toString() {
465    return String.format(Locale.ROOT, "RateLimiter[stableRate=%3.1fqps]", getRate());
466  }
467
468  abstract static class SleepingStopwatch {
469    /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
470    protected SleepingStopwatch() {}
471
472    /*
473     * We always hold the mutex when calling this. TODO(cpovirk): Is that important? Perhaps we need
474     * to guarantee that each call to reserveEarliestAvailable, etc. sees a value >= the previous?
475     * Also, is it OK that we don't hold the mutex when sleeping?
476     */
477    protected abstract long readMicros();
478
479    protected abstract void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros);
480
481    public static SleepingStopwatch createFromSystemTimer() {
482      return new SleepingStopwatch() {
483        final Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.createStarted();
484
485        @Override
486        protected long readMicros() {
487          return stopwatch.elapsed(MICROSECONDS);
488        }
489
490        @Override
491        protected void sleepMicrosUninterruptibly(long micros) {
492          if (micros > 0) {
493            Uninterruptibles.sleepUninterruptibly(micros, MICROSECONDS);
494          }
495        }
496      };
497    }
498  }
499
500  private static void checkPermits(int permits) {
501    checkArgument(permits > 0, "Requested permits (%s) must be positive", permits);
502  }
503}