// Package backoff provides an exponential-backoff implementation. package backoff import ( "math" "math/rand" "time" ) // Backoff is a time.Duration counter, starting at Min. After every call to // the Duration method the current timing is multiplied by Factor, but it // never exceeds Max. // // Backoff is not generally concurrent-safe, but the ForAttempt method can // be used concurrently. type Backoff struct { //Factor is the multiplying factor for each increment step attempt, Factor float64 //Jitter eases contention by randomizing backoff steps Jitter bool //Min and Max are the minimum and maximum values of the counter Min, Max time.Duration } // Duration returns the duration for the current attempt before incrementing // the attempt counter. See ForAttempt. func (b *Backoff) Duration() time.Duration { d := b.ForAttempt(b.attempt) b.attempt++ return d } const maxInt64 = float64(math.MaxInt64 - 512) // ForAttempt returns the duration for a specific attempt. This is useful if // you have a large number of independent Backoffs, but don't want use // unnecessary memory storing the Backoff parameters per Backoff. The first // attempt should be 0. // // ForAttempt is concurrent-safe. func (b *Backoff) ForAttempt(attempt float64) time.Duration { // Zero-values are nonsensical, so we use // them to apply defaults min := b.Min if min <= 0 { min = 100 * time.Millisecond } max := b.Max if max <= 0 { max = 10 * time.Second } if min >= max { // short-circuit return max } factor := b.Factor if factor <= 0 { factor = 2 } //calculate this duration minf := float64(min) durf := minf * math.Pow(factor, attempt) if b.Jitter { durf = rand.Float64()*(durf-minf) + minf } //ensure float64 wont overflow int64 if durf > maxInt64 { return max } dur := time.Duration(durf) //keep within bounds if dur < min { return min } else if dur > max { return max } return dur } // Reset restarts the current attempt counter at zero. func (b *Backoff) Reset() { b.attempt = 0 } // Attempt returns the current attempt counter value. func (b *Backoff) Attempt() float64 { return b.attempt }