periodic_update.h

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#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_RESOURCE_QUOTA_PERIODIC_UPDATE_H
#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_RESOURCE_QUOTA_PERIODIC_UPDATE_H
 
#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 
#include <inttypes.h>
 
#include <atomic>
 
#include "src/core/lib/gprpp/time.h"
#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h"
 
namespace grpc_core {
 
// Lightweight timer-like mechanism for periodic updates.
// Fast path only decrements an atomic int64.
// Slow path runs corrections and estimates how many ticks are required to hit
// the target period.
// This is super inaccurate of course, but for places where we can't run timers,
// or places where continuous registration/unregistration would cause problems
// it can be quite useful.
class PeriodicUpdate {
 public:
  explicit PeriodicUpdate(Duration period) : period_(period) {}
 
  // Tick the update, return true if we think the period expired.
  GRPC_MUST_USE_RESULT bool Tick() {
    // Atomically decrement the remaining ticks counter.
    // If we hit 0 our estimate of period length has expired.
    // See the comment next to the data members for a description of thread
    // safety.
    if (updates_remaining_.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_acquire) == 1) {
      return MaybeEndPeriod();
    }
    return false;
  }
 
 private:
  GRPC_MUST_USE_RESULT bool MaybeEndPeriod();
 
  // Thread safety:
  // When updates_remaining_ reaches 0 the thread that decremented becomes
  // responsible for updating any mutable variables and then setting
  // updates_remaining_ to a value greater than zero.
  // Whilst in this state other threads *may* decrement updates_remaining_, but
  // this is fine because they'll observe an ignorable negative value.
 
  const Duration period_;
  Timestamp period_start_ = ExecCtx::Get()->Now();
  int64_t expected_updates_per_period_ = 1;
  std::atomic<int64_t> updates_remaining_{1};
};
 
}  // namespace grpc_core
 
#endif  // GRPC_CORE_LIB_RESOURCE_QUOTA_PERIODIC_UPDATE_H