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+// Copyright 2016 Michal Witkowski. All Rights Reserved.
+// See LICENSE for licensing terms.
+
+/*
+Backoff Helper Utilities
+
+Implements common backoff features.
+*/
+package backoffutils
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// JitterUp adds random jitter to the duration.
+//
+// This adds or subtracts time from the duration within a given jitter fraction.
+// For example for 10s and jitter 0.1, it will return a time within [9s, 11s])
+func JitterUp(duration time.Duration, jitter float64) time.Duration {
+	multiplier := jitter * (rand.Float64()*2 - 1)
+	return time.Duration(float64(duration) * (1 + multiplier))
+}
+
+// ExponentBase2 computes 2^(a-1) where a >= 1. If a is 0, the result is 0.
+func ExponentBase2(a uint) uint {
+	return (1 << a) >> 1
+}