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+/* 
+ * Quagga Work Queue Support.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of GNU Zebra.
+ *
+ * Quagga is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Quagga is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Quagga; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.  
+ */
+
+#include <lib/zebra.h>
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "memory.h"
+#include "workqueue.h"
+#include "linklist.h"
+#include "command.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+/* master list of work_queues */
+static struct list work_queues;
+
+#define WORK_QUEUE_MIN_GRANULARITY 1
+
+static struct work_queue_item *
+work_queue_item_new (struct work_queue *wq)
+{
+  struct work_queue_item *item;
+  assert (wq);
+
+  item = XCALLOC (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE_ITEM, 
+                  sizeof (struct work_queue_item));
+  
+  return item;
+}
+
+static void
+work_queue_item_free (struct work_queue_item *item)
+{
+  XFREE (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE_ITEM, item);
+  return;
+}
+
+/* create new work queue */
+struct work_queue *
+work_queue_new (struct thread_master *m, const char *queue_name)
+{
+  struct work_queue *new;
+  
+  new = XCALLOC (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE, sizeof (struct work_queue));
+
+  if (new == NULL)
+    return new;
+  
+  new->name = XSTRDUP (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE_NAME, queue_name);
+  new->master = m;
+  
+  if ( (new->items = list_new ()) == NULL)
+    {
+      if (new->items)
+        list_free (new->items);
+      
+      XFREE (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE_NAME, new->name);
+      XFREE (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE, new);
+      
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  
+  new->items->del = (void (*)(void *)) work_queue_item_free;  
+  
+  listnode_add (&work_queues, new);
+  
+  new->cycles.granularity = WORK_QUEUE_MIN_GRANULARITY;
+  
+  return new;
+}
+
+void
+work_queue_free (struct work_queue *wq)
+{
+  /* list_delete frees items via callback */
+  list_delete (wq->items);
+  listnode_delete (&work_queues, wq);
+  
+  XFREE (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE_NAME, wq->name);
+  XFREE (MTYPE_WORK_QUEUE, wq);
+  return;
+}
+
+void
+work_queue_add (struct work_queue *wq, void *data)
+{
+  struct work_queue_item *item;
+  
+  assert (wq);
+
+  if (!(item = work_queue_item_new (wq)))
+    {
+      zlog_err ("%s: unable to get new queue item", __func__);
+      return;
+    }
+  
+  item->data = data;
+  listnode_add (wq->items, item);
+  
+  /* if thread isnt already waiting, add one */
+  if (wq->thread == NULL)
+    wq->thread = thread_add_background (wq->master, work_queue_run, 
+                                        wq, wq->spec.hold);
+
+  /* XXX: what if we didnt get a thread? try again? */
+  
+  return;
+}
+
+static void
+work_queue_item_remove (struct work_queue *wq, struct listnode *ln)
+{
+  struct work_queue_item *item = listgetdata (ln);
+
+  assert (item && item->data);
+
+  /* call private data deletion callback if needed */  
+  if (wq->spec.del_item_data)
+    wq->spec.del_item_data (item->data);
+
+  list_delete_node (wq->items, ln);
+  work_queue_item_free (item);
+  
+  return;
+}
+
+static void
+work_queue_item_requeue (struct work_queue *wq, struct listnode *ln)
+{
+  LISTNODE_DETACH (wq->items, ln);
+  LISTNODE_ATTACH (wq->items, ln); /* attach to end of list */
+}
+
+DEFUN(show_work_queues,
+      show_work_queues_cmd,
+      "show work-queues",
+      SHOW_STR
+      "Work Queue information\n")
+{
+  struct listnode *node;
+  struct work_queue *wq;
+  struct timeval tvnow;
+  
+  gettimeofday (&tvnow, NULL);
+  
+  vty_out (vty, 
+           "%8s  %11s  %8s %21s%s",
+           "List","(ms)    ","Q. Runs","Cycle Counts   ",
+           VTY_NEWLINE);
+  vty_out (vty,
+           "%8s  %5s %5s  %8s  %7s %6s %6s %s%s",
+           "Items",
+           "Delay","Hold",
+           "Total",
+           "Best","Gran.","Avg.", 
+           "Name", 
+           VTY_NEWLINE);
+ 
+  for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS_RO ((&work_queues), node, wq))
+    {
+      vty_out (vty,"%8d  %5d %5d  %8ld  %7d %6d %6u  %s%s",
+               listcount (wq->items),
+               wq->spec.delay, wq->spec.hold,
+               wq->runs,
+               wq->cycles.best, wq->cycles.granularity, 
+                 (unsigned int)(wq->cycles.total / wq->runs),
+               wq->name,
+               VTY_NEWLINE);
+    }
+    
+  return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/* timer thread to process a work queue
+ * will reschedule itself if required,
+ * otherwise work_queue_item_add 
+ */
+int
+work_queue_run (struct thread *thread)
+{
+  struct work_queue *wq;
+  struct work_queue_item *item;
+  wq_item_status ret;
+  unsigned int cycles = 0;
+  struct listnode *node, *nnode;
+  char yielded = 0;
+
+  wq = THREAD_ARG (thread);
+  wq->thread = NULL;
+
+  assert (wq && wq->items);
+
+  /* calculate cycle granularity:
+   * list iteration == 1 cycle
+   * granularity == # cycles between checks whether we should yield.
+   *
+   * granularity should be > 0, and can increase slowly after each run to
+   * provide some hysteris, but not past cycles.best or 2*cycles.
+   *
+   * Best: starts low, can only increase
+   *
+   * Granularity: starts at WORK_QUEUE_MIN_GRANULARITY, can be decreased if we run to end of time
+   *              slot, can increase otherwise by a small factor.
+   *
+   * We could use just the average and save some work, however we want to be
+   * able to adjust quickly to CPU pressure. Average wont shift much if
+   * daemon has been running a long time.
+   */
+   if (wq->cycles.granularity == 0)
+     wq->cycles.granularity = WORK_QUEUE_MIN_GRANULARITY;
+
+  for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS (wq->items, node, nnode, item))
+  {
+    assert (item && item->data);
+    
+    /* dont run items which are past their allowed retries */
+    if (item->retry_count >= wq->spec.max_retries)
+      {
+        /* run error handler, if any */
+	if (wq->spec.errorfunc)
+	  wq->spec.errorfunc (wq, item->data);
+	work_queue_item_remove (wq, node);
+	continue;
+      }
+
+    /* run and take care of items that want to be retried immediately */
+    do
+      {
+        ret = wq->spec.workfunc (item->data);
+        item->retry_count++;
+      }
+    while ((ret == WQ_RETRY_NOW) 
+           && (item->retry_count < wq->spec.max_retries));
+
+    switch (ret)
+      {
+      case WQ_RETRY_LATER:
+	{
+	  item->retry_count++;
+	  goto stats;
+	}
+      case WQ_REQUEUE:
+	{
+	  item->retry_count++;
+	  work_queue_item_requeue (wq, node);
+	  break;
+	}
+      case WQ_RETRY_NOW:
+      case WQ_ERROR:
+	{
+	  if (wq->spec.errorfunc)
+	    wq->spec.errorfunc (wq, item);
+	}
+	/* fall through here is deliberate */
+      case WQ_SUCCESS:
+      default:
+	{
+	  work_queue_item_remove (wq, node);
+	  break;
+	}
+      }
+
+    /* completed cycle */
+    cycles++;
+
+    /* test if we should yield */
+    if ( !(cycles % wq->cycles.granularity) 
+        && thread_should_yield (thread))
+      {
+        yielded = 1;
+        goto stats;
+      }
+  }
+
+stats:
+
+#define WQ_HYSTERIS_FACTOR 2
+
+  /* we yielded, check whether granularity should be reduced */
+  if (yielded && (cycles < wq->cycles.granularity))
+    {
+      wq->cycles.granularity = ((cycles > 0) ? cycles 
+                                             : WORK_QUEUE_MIN_GRANULARITY);
+    }
+  
+  if (cycles > (wq->cycles.granularity))
+    {
+      if (cycles > wq->cycles.best)
+        wq->cycles.best = cycles;
+      
+      /* along with yielded check, provides hysteris for granularity */
+      if (cycles > (wq->cycles.granularity * WQ_HYSTERIS_FACTOR))
+        wq->cycles.granularity += WQ_HYSTERIS_FACTOR;
+    }
+#undef WQ_HYSTERIS_FACTOR
+  
+  wq->runs++;
+  wq->cycles.total += cycles;
+
+#if 0
+  printf ("%s: cycles %d, new: best %d, worst %d\n",
+            __func__, cycles, wq->cycles.best, wq->cycles.granularity);
+#endif
+  
+  /* Is the queue done yet? */
+  if (listcount (wq->items) > 0)
+    wq->thread = thread_add_background (wq->master, work_queue_run, wq,
+                                        wq->spec.delay);
+
+  return 0;
+}