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/*
 * util/rtt.h - UDP round trip time estimator for resend timeouts.
 *
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/**
 * \file
 *
 * This file contains a data type and functions to help estimate good
 * round trip times for UDP resend timeout values.
 */

#ifndef UTIL_RTT_H
#define UTIL_RTT_H

/**
 * RTT information. Keeps packet Round Trip Time.
 */
struct rtt_info {
	/** smoothed rtt estimator, in milliseconds */
	int srtt;
	/** smoothed mean deviation, in milliseconds */
	int rttvar;
	/** current RTO in use, in milliseconds */
	int rto;
};

/** min retransmit timeout value, in milliseconds */
extern int RTT_MIN_TIMEOUT;
/** max retransmit timeout value, in milliseconds */
extern int RTT_MAX_TIMEOUT;

/**
 * Initialize RTT estimators.
 * @param rtt: The structure. Caller is responsible for allocation of it.
 */
void rtt_init(struct rtt_info* rtt);

/**
 * Get timeout to use for sending a UDP packet.
 * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
 * @return: timeout to use in milliseconds. Relative time value.
 */
int rtt_timeout(const struct rtt_info* rtt);

/**
 * Get unclamped timeout to use for server selection.
 * Recent timeouts are reflected in the returned value.
 * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
 * @return: value to use in milliseconds.
 */
int rtt_unclamped(const struct rtt_info* rtt);

/**
 * RTT for valid responses. Without timeouts.
 * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
 * @return: value in msec.
 */
int rtt_notimeout(const struct rtt_info* rtt);

/**
 * Update the statistics with a new roundtrip estimate observation.
 * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
 * @param ms: estimate of roundtrip time in milliseconds.
 */
void rtt_update(struct rtt_info* rtt, int ms);

/**
 * Update the statistics with a new timeout expired observation.
 * @param rtt: round trip statistics structure.
 * @param orig: original rtt time given for the query that timed out.
 * 	Used to calculate the maximum responsible backed off time that
 * 	can reasonably be applied.
 */
void rtt_lost(struct rtt_info* rtt, int orig);

#endif /* UTIL_RTT_H */