enabling grpc retry

Change-Id: I3e83654980386cca080f5ff5f2168e9b405fee1f
diff --git a/rw_core/core/adapter/agent.go b/rw_core/core/adapter/agent.go
index 973f767..c25c793 100644
--- a/rw_core/core/adapter/agent.go
+++ b/rw_core/core/adapter/agent.go
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
+	grpc_retry "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/retry"
 	vgrpc "github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v7/pkg/grpc"
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v7/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5/go/adapter_service"
 	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5/go/voltha"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	codes "google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // agent represents adapter agent
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 	onAdapterRestart   vgrpc.RestartedHandler
 	liveProbeInterval  time.Duration
 	coreEndpoint       string
+	maxRetries         uint
+	perRPCRetryTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 func getAdapterServiceClientHandler(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn) interface{} {
@@ -48,13 +51,15 @@
 	return adapter_service.NewAdapterServiceClient(conn)
 }
 
-func newAdapterAgent(coreEndpoint string, adapter *voltha.Adapter, onAdapterRestart vgrpc.RestartedHandler, liveProbeInterval time.Duration) *agent {
+func newAdapterAgent(coreEndpoint string, adapter *voltha.Adapter, onAdapterRestart vgrpc.RestartedHandler, liveProbeInterval time.Duration, maxRetries uint, perRPCRetryTimeout time.Duration) *agent {
 	return &agent{
 		adapter:            adapter,
 		onAdapterRestart:   onAdapterRestart,
 		adapterAPIEndPoint: adapter.Endpoint,
 		liveProbeInterval:  liveProbeInterval,
 		coreEndpoint:       coreEndpoint,
+		maxRetries:         maxRetries,
+		perRPCRetryTimeout: perRPCRetryTimeout,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -71,8 +76,15 @@
 
 	// Add a liveness communication update
 	aa.vClient.SubscribeForLiveness(aa.updateCommunicationTime)
-
-	go aa.vClient.Start(ctx, getAdapterServiceClientHandler)
+	// the backoff function sets the wait time bw each grpc retries, if not set it will take the deafault value of 50ms which is too low, the jitter sets the rpc retry wait time to be in a range of[PerRPCRetryTimeout-0.2, PerRPCRetryTimeout+0.2]
+	backoffCtxOption := grpc_retry.WithBackoff(grpc_retry.BackoffLinearWithJitter(aa.perRPCRetryTimeout, 0.2))
+	retryCodes := []codes.Code{
+		codes.Unavailable,      // server is currently unavailable
+		codes.DeadlineExceeded, // deadline for the operation was exceeded
+	}
+	grpcRetryOptions := grpc_retry.UnaryClientInterceptor(grpc_retry.WithMax(aa.maxRetries), grpc_retry.WithPerRetryTimeout(aa.perRPCRetryTimeout), grpc_retry.WithCodes(retryCodes...), backoffCtxOption)
+	logger.Debug(ctx, "Configuration values", log.Fields{"RETRY": aa.maxRetries, "TIMEOUT": aa.perRPCRetryTimeout})
+	go aa.vClient.Start(ctx, getAdapterServiceClientHandler, grpcRetryOptions)
 	return nil
 }