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1 /*
2  * util/rtt.h - UDP round trip time estimator for resend timeouts.
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 2007, NLnet Labs. All rights reserved.
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35 
36 /**
37  * \file
38  *
39  * This file contains a data type and functions to help estimate good
40  * round trip times for UDP resend timeout values.
41  */
42 
43 #ifndef UTIL_RTT_H
44 #define UTIL_RTT_H
45 
46 /**
47  * RTT information. Keeps packet Round Trip Time.
48  */
49 struct rtt_info {
50 	/** smoothed rtt estimator, in milliseconds */
51 	int srtt;
52 	/** smoothed mean deviation, in milliseconds */
53 	int rttvar;
54 	/** current RTO in use, in milliseconds */
55 	int rto;
56 };
57 
58 /** min retransmit timeout value, in milliseconds */
59 #define RTT_MIN_TIMEOUT	50
60 /** max retransmit timeout value, in milliseconds */
61 #define RTT_MAX_TIMEOUT 120000
62 
63 /**
64  * Initialize RTT estimators.
65  * @param rtt: The structure. Caller is responsible for allocation of it.
66  */
67 void rtt_init(struct rtt_info* rtt);
68 
69 /**
70  * Get timeout to use for sending a UDP packet.
71  * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
72  * @return: timeout to use in milliseconds. Relative time value.
73  */
74 int rtt_timeout(const struct rtt_info* rtt);
75 
76 /**
77  * Get unclamped timeout to use for server selection.
78  * Recent timeouts are reflected in the returned value.
79  * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
80  * @return: value to use in milliseconds.
81  */
82 int rtt_unclamped(const struct rtt_info* rtt);
83 
84 /**
85  * RTT for valid responses. Without timeouts.
86  * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
87  * @return: value in msec.
88  */
89 int rtt_notimeout(const struct rtt_info* rtt);
90 
91 /**
92  * Update the statistics with a new roundtrip estimate observation.
93  * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
94  * @param ms: estimate of roundtrip time in milliseconds.
95  */
96 void rtt_update(struct rtt_info* rtt, int ms);
97 
98 /**
99  * Update the statistics with a new timout expired observation.
100  * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
101  * @param orig: original rtt time given for the query that timed out.
102  * 	Used to calculate the maximum responsible backed off time that
103  * 	can reasonably be applied.
104  */
105 void rtt_lost(struct rtt_info* rtt, int orig);
106 
107 #endif /* UTIL_RTT_H */
108