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* util/rtt.h - UDP round trip time estimator for resend timeouts.
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/**
* \file
*
* This file contains a data type and functions to help estimate good
* round trip times for UDP resend timeout values.
*/
#ifndef UTIL_RTT_H
#define UTIL_RTT_H
/**
* RTT information. Keeps packet Round Trip Time.
*/
struct rtt_info {
/** smoothed rtt estimator, in milliseconds */
int srtt;
/** smoothed mean deviation, in milliseconds */
int rttvar;
/** current RTO in use, in milliseconds */
int rto;
};
/** min retransmit timeout value, in milliseconds */
#define RTT_MIN_TIMEOUT 50
/** max retransmit timeout value, in milliseconds */
#define RTT_MAX_TIMEOUT 120000
/**
* Initialize RTT estimators.
* @param rtt: The structure. Caller is responsible for allocation of it.
*/
void rtt_init(struct rtt_info* rtt);
/**
* Get timeout to use for sending a UDP packet.
* @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
* @return: timeout to use in milliseconds. Relative time value.
*/
int rtt_timeout(const struct rtt_info* rtt);
/**
* Get unclamped timeout to use for server selection.
* Recent timeouts are reflected in the returned value.
* @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
* @return: value to use in milliseconds.
*/
int rtt_unclamped(const struct rtt_info* rtt);
/**
* RTT for valid responses. Without timeouts.
* @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
* @return: value in msec.
*/
int rtt_notimeout(const struct rtt_info* rtt);
/**
* Update the statistics with a new roundtrip estimate observation.
* @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
* @param ms: estimate of roundtrip time in milliseconds.
*/
void rtt_update(struct rtt_info* rtt, int ms);
/**
* Update the statistics with a new timout expired observation.
* @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
* @param orig: original rtt time given for the query that timed out.
* Used to calculate the maximum responsible backed off time that
* can reasonably be applied.
*/
void rtt_lost(struct rtt_info* rtt, int orig);
#endif /* UTIL_RTT_H */
