// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. #include "absl/time/clock.h" #include "absl/base/attributes.h" #include "absl/base/optimization.h" #ifdef _WIN32 #include #endif #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "absl/base/internal/spinlock.h" #include "absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.h" #include "absl/base/macros.h" #include "absl/base/port.h" #include "absl/base/thread_annotations.h" namespace absl { ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN Time Now() { // TODO(bww): Get a timespec instead so we don't have to divide. int64_t n = absl::GetCurrentTimeNanos(); if (n >= 0) { return time_internal::FromUnixDuration( time_internal::MakeDuration(n / 1000000000, n % 1000000000 * 4)); } return time_internal::FromUnixDuration(absl::Nanoseconds(n)); } ABSL_NAMESPACE_END } // namespace absl // Decide if we should use the fast GetCurrentTimeNanos() algorithm // based on the cyclecounter, otherwise just get the time directly // from the OS on every call. This can be chosen at compile-time via // -DABSL_USE_CYCLECLOCK_FOR_GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS=[0|1] #ifndef ABSL_USE_CYCLECLOCK_FOR_GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS #if ABSL_USE_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK #define ABSL_USE_CYCLECLOCK_FOR_GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS 1 #else #define ABSL_USE_CYCLECLOCK_FOR_GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS 0 #endif #endif #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(_WIN32) #include "absl/time/internal/get_current_time_chrono.inc" #else #include "absl/time/internal/get_current_time_posix.inc" #endif // Allows override by test. #ifndef GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_FROM_SYSTEM #define GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_FROM_SYSTEM() \ ::absl::time_internal::GetCurrentTimeNanosFromSystem() #endif #if !ABSL_USE_CYCLECLOCK_FOR_GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS namespace absl { ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN int64_t GetCurrentTimeNanos() { return GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_FROM_SYSTEM(); } ABSL_NAMESPACE_END } // namespace absl #else // Use the cyclecounter-based implementation below. // Allows override by test. #ifndef GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_CYCLECLOCK_NOW #define GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_CYCLECLOCK_NOW() \ ::absl::time_internal::UnscaledCycleClockWrapperForGetCurrentTime::Now() #endif namespace absl { ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace time_internal { // This is a friend wrapper around UnscaledCycleClock::Now() // (needed to access UnscaledCycleClock). class UnscaledCycleClockWrapperForGetCurrentTime { public: static int64_t Now() { return base_internal::UnscaledCycleClock::Now(); } }; } // namespace time_internal // uint64_t is used in this module to provide an extra bit in multiplications // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // An implementation of reader-write locks that use no atomic ops in the read // case. This is a generalization of Lamport's method for reading a multiword // clock. Increment a word on each write acquisition, using the low-order bit // as a spinlock; the word is the high word of the "clock". Readers read the // high word, then all other data, then the high word again, and repeat the // read if the reads of the high words yields different answers, or an odd // value (either case suggests possible interference from a writer). // Here we use a spinlock to ensure only one writer at a time, rather than // spinning on the bottom bit of the word to benefit from SpinLock // spin-delay tuning. // Acquire seqlock (*seq) and return the value to be written to unlock. static inline uint64_t SeqAcquire(std::atomic *seq) { uint64_t x = seq->fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed); // We put a release fence between update to *seq and writes to shared data. // Thus all stores to shared data are effectively release operations and // update to *seq above cannot be re-ordered past any of them. Note that // this barrier is not for the fetch_add above. A release barrier for the // fetch_add would be before it, not after. std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_release); return x + 2; // original word plus 2 } // Release seqlock (*seq) by writing x to it---a value previously returned by // SeqAcquire. static inline void SeqRelease(std::atomic *seq, uint64_t x) { // The unlock store to *seq must have release ordering so that all // updates to shared data must finish before this store. seq->store(x, std::memory_order_release); // release lock for readers } // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // "nsscaled" is unit of time equal to a (2**kScale)th of a nanosecond. enum { kScale = 30 }; // The minimum interval between samples of the time base. // We pick enough time to amortize the cost of the sample, // to get a reasonably accurate cycle counter rate reading, // and not so much that calculations will overflow 64-bits. static const uint64_t kMinNSBetweenSamples = 2000 << 20; // We require that kMinNSBetweenSamples shifted by kScale // have at least a bit left over for 64-bit calculations. static_assert(((kMinNSBetweenSamples << (kScale + 1)) >> (kScale + 1)) == kMinNSBetweenSamples, "cannot represent kMaxBetweenSamplesNSScaled"); // data from a sample of the kernel's time value struct TimeSampleAtomic { std::atomic raw_ns{0}; // raw kernel time std::atomic base_ns{0}; // our estimate of time std::atomic base_cycles{0}; // cycle counter reading std::atomic nsscaled_per_cycle{0}; // cycle period // cycles before we'll sample again (a scaled reciprocal of the period, // to avoid a division on the fast path). std::atomic min_cycles_per_sample{0}; }; // Same again, but with non-atomic types struct TimeSample { uint64_t raw_ns = 0; // raw kernel time uint64_t base_ns = 0; // our estimate of time uint64_t base_cycles = 0; // cycle counter reading uint64_t nsscaled_per_cycle = 0; // cycle period uint64_t min_cycles_per_sample = 0; // approx cycles before next sample }; struct ABSL_CACHELINE_ALIGNED TimeState { std::atomic seq{0}; TimeSampleAtomic last_sample; // the last sample; under seq // The following counters are used only by the test code. int64_t stats_initializations{0}; int64_t stats_reinitializations{0}; int64_t stats_calibrations{0}; int64_t stats_slow_paths{0}; int64_t stats_fast_slow_paths{0}; uint64_t last_now_cycles ABSL_GUARDED_BY(lock){0}; // Used by GetCurrentTimeNanosFromKernel(). // We try to read clock values at about the same time as the kernel clock. // This value gets adjusted up or down as estimate of how long that should // take, so we can reject attempts that take unusually long. std::atomic approx_syscall_time_in_cycles{10 * 1000}; // Number of times in a row we've seen a kernel time call take substantially // less than approx_syscall_time_in_cycles. std::atomic kernel_time_seen_smaller{0}; // A reader-writer lock protecting the static locations below. // See SeqAcquire() and SeqRelease() above. absl::base_internal::SpinLock lock{absl::kConstInit, base_internal::SCHEDULE_KERNEL_ONLY}; }; ABSL_CONST_INIT static TimeState time_state{}; // Return the time in ns as told by the kernel interface. Place in *cycleclock // the value of the cycleclock at about the time of the syscall. // This call represents the time base that this module synchronizes to. // Ensures that *cycleclock does not step back by up to (1 << 16) from // last_cycleclock, to discard small backward counter steps. (Larger steps are // assumed to be complete resyncs, which shouldn't happen. If they do, a full // reinitialization of the outer algorithm should occur.) static int64_t GetCurrentTimeNanosFromKernel(uint64_t last_cycleclock, uint64_t *cycleclock) ABSL_EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(time_state.lock) { uint64_t local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles = // local copy time_state.approx_syscall_time_in_cycles.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); int64_t current_time_nanos_from_system; uint64_t before_cycles; uint64_t after_cycles; uint64_t elapsed_cycles; int loops = 0; do { before_cycles = GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_CYCLECLOCK_NOW(); current_time_nanos_from_system = GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_FROM_SYSTEM(); after_cycles = GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_CYCLECLOCK_NOW(); // elapsed_cycles is unsigned, so is large on overflow elapsed_cycles = after_cycles - before_cycles; if (elapsed_cycles >= local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles && ++loops == 20) { // clock changed frequencies? Back off. loops = 0; if (local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles < 1000 * 1000) { local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles = (local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles + 1) << 1; } time_state.approx_syscall_time_in_cycles.store( local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles, std::memory_order_relaxed); } } while (elapsed_cycles >= local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles || last_cycleclock - after_cycles < (static_cast(1) << 16)); // Adjust approx_syscall_time_in_cycles to be within a factor of 2 // of the typical time to execute one iteration of the loop above. if ((local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles >> 1) < elapsed_cycles) { // measured time is no smaller than half current approximation time_state.kernel_time_seen_smaller.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed); } else if (time_state.kernel_time_seen_smaller.fetch_add( 1, std::memory_order_relaxed) >= 3) { // smaller delays several times in a row; reduce approximation by 12.5% const uint64_t new_approximation = local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles - (local_approx_syscall_time_in_cycles >> 3); time_state.approx_syscall_time_in_cycles.store(new_approximation, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.kernel_time_seen_smaller.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed); } *cycleclock = after_cycles; return current_time_nanos_from_system; } static int64_t GetCurrentTimeNanosSlowPath() ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_COLD; // Read the contents of *atomic into *sample. // Each field is read atomically, but to maintain atomicity between fields, // the access must be done under a lock. static void ReadTimeSampleAtomic(const struct TimeSampleAtomic *atomic, struct TimeSample *sample) { sample->base_ns = atomic->base_ns.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); sample->base_cycles = atomic->base_cycles.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); sample->nsscaled_per_cycle = atomic->nsscaled_per_cycle.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); sample->min_cycles_per_sample = atomic->min_cycles_per_sample.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); sample->raw_ns = atomic->raw_ns.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); } // Public routine. // Algorithm: We wish to compute real time from a cycle counter. In normal // operation, we construct a piecewise linear approximation to the kernel time // source, using the cycle counter value. The start of each line segment is at // the same point as the end of the last, but may have a different slope (that // is, a different idea of the cycle counter frequency). Every couple of // seconds, the kernel time source is sampled and compared with the current // approximation. A new slope is chosen that, if followed for another couple // of seconds, will correct the error at the current position. The information // for a sample is in the "last_sample" struct. The linear approximation is // estimated_time = last_sample.base_ns + // last_sample.ns_per_cycle * (counter_reading - last_sample.base_cycles) // (ns_per_cycle is actually stored in different units and scaled, to avoid // overflow). The base_ns of the next linear approximation is the // estimated_time using the last approximation; the base_cycles is the cycle // counter value at that time; the ns_per_cycle is the number of ns per cycle // measured since the last sample, but adjusted so that most of the difference // between the estimated_time and the kernel time will be corrected by the // estimated time to the next sample. In normal operation, this algorithm // relies on: // - the cycle counter and kernel time rates not changing a lot in a few // seconds. // - the client calling into the code often compared to a couple of seconds, so // the time to the next correction can be estimated. // Any time ns_per_cycle is not known, a major error is detected, or the // assumption about frequent calls is violated, the implementation returns the // kernel time. It records sufficient data that a linear approximation can // resume a little later. int64_t GetCurrentTimeNanos() { // read the data from the "last_sample" struct (but don't need raw_ns yet) // The reads of "seq" and test of the values emulate a reader lock. uint64_t base_ns; uint64_t base_cycles; uint64_t nsscaled_per_cycle; uint64_t min_cycles_per_sample; uint64_t seq_read0; uint64_t seq_read1; // If we have enough information to interpolate, the value returned will be // derived from this cycleclock-derived time estimate. On some platforms // (POWER) the function to retrieve this value has enough complexity to // contribute to register pressure - reading it early before initializing // the other pieces of the calculation minimizes spill/restore instructions, // minimizing icache cost. uint64_t now_cycles = GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS_CYCLECLOCK_NOW(); // Acquire pairs with the barrier in SeqRelease - if this load sees that // store, the shared-data reads necessarily see that SeqRelease's updates // to the same shared data. seq_read0 = time_state.seq.load(std::memory_order_acquire); base_ns = time_state.last_sample.base_ns.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); base_cycles = time_state.last_sample.base_cycles.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); nsscaled_per_cycle = time_state.last_sample.nsscaled_per_cycle.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); min_cycles_per_sample = time_state.last_sample.min_cycles_per_sample.load( std::memory_order_relaxed); // This acquire fence pairs with the release fence in SeqAcquire. Since it // is sequenced between reads of shared data and seq_read1, the reads of // shared data are effectively acquiring. std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_acquire); // The shared-data reads are effectively acquire ordered, and the // shared-data writes are effectively release ordered. Therefore if our // shared-data reads see any of a particular update's shared-data writes, // seq_read1 is guaranteed to see that update's SeqAcquire. seq_read1 = time_state.seq.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); // Fast path. Return if min_cycles_per_sample has not yet elapsed since the // last sample, and we read a consistent sample. The fast path activates // only when min_cycles_per_sample is non-zero, which happens when we get an // estimate for the cycle time. The predicate will fail if now_cycles < // base_cycles, or if some other thread is in the slow path. // // Since we now read now_cycles before base_ns, it is possible for now_cycles // to be less than base_cycles (if we were interrupted between those loads and // last_sample was updated). This is harmless, because delta_cycles will wrap // and report a time much much bigger than min_cycles_per_sample. In that case // we will take the slow path. uint64_t delta_cycles; if (seq_read0 == seq_read1 && (seq_read0 & 1) == 0 && (delta_cycles = now_cycles - base_cycles) < min_cycles_per_sample) { return base_ns + ((delta_cycles * nsscaled_per_cycle) >> kScale); } return GetCurrentTimeNanosSlowPath(); } // Return (a << kScale)/b. // Zero is returned if b==0. Scaling is performed internally to // preserve precision without overflow. static uint64_t SafeDivideAndScale(uint64_t a, uint64_t b) { // Find maximum safe_shift so that // 0 <= safe_shift <= kScale and (a << safe_shift) does not overflow. int safe_shift = kScale; while (((a << safe_shift) >> safe_shift) != a) { safe_shift--; } uint64_t scaled_b = b >> (kScale - safe_shift); uint64_t quotient = 0; if (scaled_b != 0) { quotient = (a << safe_shift) / scaled_b; } return quotient; } static uint64_t UpdateLastSample( uint64_t now_cycles, uint64_t now_ns, uint64_t delta_cycles, const struct TimeSample *sample) ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_COLD; // The slow path of GetCurrentTimeNanos(). This is taken while gathering // initial samples, when enough time has elapsed since the last sample, and if // any other thread is writing to last_sample. // // Manually mark this 'noinline' to minimize stack frame size of the fast // path. Without this, sometimes a compiler may inline this big block of code // into the fast path. That causes lots of register spills and reloads that // are unnecessary unless the slow path is taken. // // TODO(absl-team): Remove this attribute when our compiler is smart enough // to do the right thing. ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE static int64_t GetCurrentTimeNanosSlowPath() ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(time_state.lock) { // Serialize access to slow-path. Fast-path readers are not blocked yet, and // code below must not modify last_sample until the seqlock is acquired. time_state.lock.Lock(); // Sample the kernel time base. This is the definition of // "now" if we take the slow path. uint64_t now_cycles; uint64_t now_ns = GetCurrentTimeNanosFromKernel(time_state.last_now_cycles, &now_cycles); time_state.last_now_cycles = now_cycles; uint64_t estimated_base_ns; // ---------- // Read the "last_sample" values again; this time holding the write lock. struct TimeSample sample; ReadTimeSampleAtomic(&time_state.last_sample, &sample); // ---------- // Try running the fast path again; another thread may have updated the // sample between our run of the fast path and the sample we just read. uint64_t delta_cycles = now_cycles - sample.base_cycles; if (delta_cycles < sample.min_cycles_per_sample) { // Another thread updated the sample. This path does not take the seqlock // so that blocked readers can make progress without blocking new readers. estimated_base_ns = sample.base_ns + ((delta_cycles * sample.nsscaled_per_cycle) >> kScale); time_state.stats_fast_slow_paths++; } else { estimated_base_ns = UpdateLastSample(now_cycles, now_ns, delta_cycles, &sample); } time_state.lock.Unlock(); return estimated_base_ns; } // Main part of the algorithm. Locks out readers, updates the approximation // using the new sample from the kernel, and stores the result in last_sample // for readers. Returns the new estimated time. static uint64_t UpdateLastSample(uint64_t now_cycles, uint64_t now_ns, uint64_t delta_cycles, const struct TimeSample *sample) ABSL_EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(time_state.lock) { uint64_t estimated_base_ns = now_ns; uint64_t lock_value = SeqAcquire(&time_state.seq); // acquire seqlock to block readers // The 5s in the next if-statement limits the time for which we will trust // the cycle counter and our last sample to give a reasonable result. // Errors in the rate of the source clock can be multiplied by the ratio // between this limit and kMinNSBetweenSamples. if (sample->raw_ns == 0 || // no recent sample, or clock went backwards sample->raw_ns + static_cast(5) * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 < now_ns || now_ns < sample->raw_ns || now_cycles < sample->base_cycles) { // record this sample, and forget any previously known slope. time_state.last_sample.raw_ns.store(now_ns, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.base_ns.store(estimated_base_ns, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.base_cycles.store(now_cycles, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.nsscaled_per_cycle.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.min_cycles_per_sample.store( 0, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.stats_initializations++; } else if (sample->raw_ns + 500 * 1000 * 1000 < now_ns && sample->base_cycles + 50 < now_cycles) { // Enough time has passed to compute the cycle time. if (sample->nsscaled_per_cycle != 0) { // Have a cycle time estimate. // Compute time from counter reading, but avoiding overflow // delta_cycles may be larger than on the fast path. uint64_t estimated_scaled_ns; int s = -1; do { s++; estimated_scaled_ns = (delta_cycles >> s) * sample->nsscaled_per_cycle; } while (estimated_scaled_ns / sample->nsscaled_per_cycle != (delta_cycles >> s)); estimated_base_ns = sample->base_ns + (estimated_scaled_ns >> (kScale - s)); } // Compute the assumed cycle time kMinNSBetweenSamples ns into the future // assuming the cycle counter rate stays the same as the last interval. uint64_t ns = now_ns - sample->raw_ns; uint64_t measured_nsscaled_per_cycle = SafeDivideAndScale(ns, delta_cycles); uint64_t assumed_next_sample_delta_cycles = SafeDivideAndScale(kMinNSBetweenSamples, measured_nsscaled_per_cycle); int64_t diff_ns = now_ns - estimated_base_ns; // estimate low by this much // We want to set nsscaled_per_cycle so that our estimate of the ns time // at the assumed cycle time is the assumed ns time. // That is, we want to set nsscaled_per_cycle so: // kMinNSBetweenSamples + diff_ns == // (assumed_next_sample_delta_cycles * nsscaled_per_cycle) >> kScale // But we wish to damp oscillations, so instead correct only most // of our current error, by solving: // kMinNSBetweenSamples + diff_ns - (diff_ns / 16) == // (assumed_next_sample_delta_cycles * nsscaled_per_cycle) >> kScale ns = kMinNSBetweenSamples + diff_ns - (diff_ns / 16); uint64_t new_nsscaled_per_cycle = SafeDivideAndScale(ns, assumed_next_sample_delta_cycles); if (new_nsscaled_per_cycle != 0 && diff_ns < 100 * 1000 * 1000 && -diff_ns < 100 * 1000 * 1000) { // record the cycle time measurement time_state.last_sample.nsscaled_per_cycle.store( new_nsscaled_per_cycle, std::memory_order_relaxed); uint64_t new_min_cycles_per_sample = SafeDivideAndScale(kMinNSBetweenSamples, new_nsscaled_per_cycle); time_state.last_sample.min_cycles_per_sample.store( new_min_cycles_per_sample, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.stats_calibrations++; } else { // something went wrong; forget the slope time_state.last_sample.nsscaled_per_cycle.store( 0, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.min_cycles_per_sample.store( 0, std::memory_order_relaxed); estimated_base_ns = now_ns; time_state.stats_reinitializations++; } time_state.last_sample.raw_ns.store(now_ns, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.base_ns.store(estimated_base_ns, std::memory_order_relaxed); time_state.last_sample.base_cycles.store(now_cycles, std::memory_order_relaxed); } else { // have a sample, but no slope; waiting for enough time for a calibration time_state.stats_slow_paths++; } SeqRelease(&time_state.seq, lock_value); // release the readers return estimated_base_ns; } ABSL_NAMESPACE_END } // namespace absl #endif // ABSL_USE_CYCLECLOCK_FOR_GET_CURRENT_TIME_NANOS namespace absl { ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace { // Returns the maximum duration that SleepOnce() can sleep for. constexpr absl::Duration MaxSleep() { #ifdef _WIN32 // Windows Sleep() takes unsigned long argument in milliseconds. return absl::Milliseconds( std::numeric_limits::max()); // NOLINT(runtime/int) #else return absl::Seconds(std::numeric_limits::max()); #endif } // Sleeps for the given duration. // REQUIRES: to_sleep <= MaxSleep(). void SleepOnce(absl::Duration to_sleep) { #ifdef _WIN32 Sleep(to_sleep / absl::Milliseconds(1)); #else struct timespec sleep_time = absl::ToTimespec(to_sleep); while (nanosleep(&sleep_time, &sleep_time) != 0 && errno == EINTR) { // Ignore signals and wait for the full interval to elapse. } #endif } } // namespace ABSL_NAMESPACE_END } // namespace absl extern "C" { ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_WEAK void AbslInternalSleepFor(absl::Duration duration) { while (duration > absl::ZeroDuration()) { absl::Duration to_sleep = std::min(duration, absl::MaxSleep()); absl::SleepOnce(to_sleep); duration -= to_sleep; } } } // extern "C"