limiter_mutexbased.go

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package ratelimit // import "go.uber.org/ratelimit"

import (
	"sync"
	"time"
)

type mutexLimiter struct {
	sync.Mutex
	last       time.Time
	sleepFor   time.Duration
	perRequest time.Duration
	maxSlack   time.Duration
	clock      Clock
}

// newMutexBased returns a new mutex based limiter.
func newMutexBased(rate int, opts ...Option) *mutexLimiter {
	// TODO consider moving config building to the implementation
	// independent code.
	config := buildConfig(opts)
	perRequest := config.per / time.Duration(rate)
	l := &mutexLimiter{
		perRequest: perRequest,
		maxSlack:   -1 * time.Duration(config.slack) * perRequest,
		clock:      config.clock,
	}
	return l
}

// Take blocks to ensure that the time spent between multiple
// Take calls is on average per/rate.
func (t *mutexLimiter) Take() time.Time {
	t.Lock()
	defer t.Unlock()

	now := t.clock.Now()

	// If this is our first request, then we allow it.
	if t.last.IsZero() {
		t.last = now
		return t.last
	}

	// sleepFor calculates how much time we should sleep based on
	// the perRequest budget and how long the last request took.
	// Since the request may take longer than the budget, this number
	// can get negative, and is summed across requests.
	t.sleepFor += t.perRequest - now.Sub(t.last)

	// We shouldn't allow sleepFor to get too negative, since it would mean that
	// a service that slowed down a lot for a short period of time would get
	// a much higher RPS following that.
	if t.sleepFor < t.maxSlack {
		t.sleepFor = t.maxSlack
	}

	// If sleepFor is positive, then we should sleep now.
	if t.sleepFor > 0 {
		t.clock.Sleep(t.sleepFor)
		t.last = now.Add(t.sleepFor)
		t.sleepFor = 0
	} else {
		t.last = now
	}

	return t.last
}