/src/mozilla-central/widget/SystemTimeConverter.h
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1 | | /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ |
2 | | /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public |
3 | | * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this |
4 | | * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ |
5 | | |
6 | | #ifndef SystemTimeConverter_h |
7 | | #define SystemTimeConverter_h |
8 | | |
9 | | #include <limits> |
10 | | #include "mozilla/TimeStamp.h" |
11 | | #include "mozilla/TypeTraits.h" |
12 | | |
13 | | // GetCurrentTime is defined in winbase.h as zero argument macro forwarding to |
14 | | // GetTickCount(). |
15 | | #ifdef GetCurrentTime |
16 | | #undef GetCurrentTime |
17 | | #endif |
18 | | |
19 | | namespace mozilla { |
20 | | |
21 | | // Utility class that converts time values represented as an unsigned integral |
22 | | // number of milliseconds from one time source (e.g. a native event time) to |
23 | | // corresponding mozilla::TimeStamp objects. |
24 | | // |
25 | | // This class handles wrapping of integer values and skew between the time |
26 | | // source and mozilla::TimeStamp values. |
27 | | // |
28 | | // It does this by using an historical reference time recorded in both time |
29 | | // scales (i.e. both as a numerical time value and as a TimeStamp). |
30 | | // |
31 | | // For performance reasons, this class is careful to minimize calls to the |
32 | | // native "current time" function (e.g. gdk_x11_server_get_time) since this can |
33 | | // be slow. |
34 | | template <typename Time> |
35 | | class SystemTimeConverter { |
36 | | public: |
37 | | SystemTimeConverter() |
38 | | : mReferenceTime(Time(0)) |
39 | | , mReferenceTimeStamp() // Initializes to the null timestamp |
40 | | , mLastBackwardsSkewCheck(Time(0)) |
41 | | , kTimeRange(std::numeric_limits<Time>::max()) |
42 | | , kTimeHalfRange(kTimeRange / 2) |
43 | | , kBackwardsSkewCheckInterval(Time(2000)) |
44 | 0 | { |
45 | 0 | static_assert(!IsSigned<Time>::value, "Expected Time to be unsigned"); |
46 | 0 | } |
47 | | |
48 | | template <typename CurrentTimeGetter> |
49 | | mozilla::TimeStamp |
50 | | GetTimeStampFromSystemTime(Time aTime, |
51 | 0 | CurrentTimeGetter& aCurrentTimeGetter) { |
52 | 0 | TimeStamp roughlyNow = TimeStamp::Now(); |
53 | 0 |
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54 | 0 | // If the reference time is not set, use the current time value to fill |
55 | 0 | // it in. |
56 | 0 | if (mReferenceTimeStamp.IsNull()) { |
57 | 0 | // This sometimes happens when ::GetMessageTime returns 0 for the first |
58 | 0 | // message on Windows. |
59 | 0 | if (!aTime) |
60 | 0 | return roughlyNow; |
61 | 0 | UpdateReferenceTime(aTime, aCurrentTimeGetter); |
62 | 0 | } |
63 | 0 |
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64 | 0 | // Check for skew between the source of Time values and TimeStamp values. |
65 | 0 | // We do this by comparing two durations (both in ms): |
66 | 0 | // |
67 | 0 | // i. The duration from the reference time to the passed-in time. |
68 | 0 | // (timeDelta in the diagram below) |
69 | 0 | // ii. The duration from the reference timestamp to the current time |
70 | 0 | // based on TimeStamp::Now. |
71 | 0 | // (timeStampDelta in the diagram below) |
72 | 0 | // |
73 | 0 | // Normally, we'd expect (ii) to be slightly larger than (i) to account |
74 | 0 | // for the time taken between generating the event and processing it. |
75 | 0 | // |
76 | 0 | // If (ii) - (i) is negative then the source of Time values is getting |
77 | 0 | // "ahead" of TimeStamp. We call this "forwards" skew below. |
78 | 0 | // |
79 | 0 | // For the reverse case, if (ii) - (i) is positive (and greater than some |
80 | 0 | // tolerance factor), then we may have "backwards" skew. This is often |
81 | 0 | // the case when we have a backlog of events and by the time we process |
82 | 0 | // them, the time given by the system is comparatively "old". |
83 | 0 | // |
84 | 0 | // We call the absolute difference between (i) and (ii), "deltaFromNow". |
85 | 0 | // |
86 | 0 | // Graphically: |
87 | 0 | // |
88 | 0 | // mReferenceTime aTime |
89 | 0 | // Time scale: ........+.......................*........ |
90 | 0 | // |--------timeDelta------| |
91 | 0 | // |
92 | 0 | // mReferenceTimeStamp roughlyNow |
93 | 0 | // TimeStamp scale: ........+...........................*.... |
94 | 0 | // |------timeStampDelta-------| |
95 | 0 | // |
96 | 0 | // |---| |
97 | 0 | // deltaFromNow |
98 | 0 | // |
99 | 0 | Time deltaFromNow; |
100 | 0 | bool newer = IsTimeNewerThanTimestamp(aTime, roughlyNow, &deltaFromNow); |
101 | 0 |
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102 | 0 | // Tolerance when detecting clock skew. |
103 | 0 | static const Time kTolerance = 30; |
104 | 0 |
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105 | 0 | // Check for forwards skew |
106 | 0 | if (newer) { |
107 | 0 | // Make aTime correspond to roughlyNow |
108 | 0 | UpdateReferenceTime(aTime, roughlyNow); |
109 | 0 |
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110 | 0 | // We didn't have backwards skew so don't bother checking for |
111 | 0 | // backwards skew again for a little while. |
112 | 0 | mLastBackwardsSkewCheck = aTime; |
113 | 0 |
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114 | 0 | return roughlyNow; |
115 | 0 | } |
116 | 0 | |
117 | 0 | if (deltaFromNow <= kTolerance) { |
118 | 0 | // If the time between event times and TimeStamp values is within |
119 | 0 | // the tolerance then assume we don't have clock skew so we can |
120 | 0 | // avoid checking for backwards skew for a while. |
121 | 0 | mLastBackwardsSkewCheck = aTime; |
122 | 0 | } else if (aTime - mLastBackwardsSkewCheck > kBackwardsSkewCheckInterval) { |
123 | 0 | aCurrentTimeGetter.GetTimeAsyncForPossibleBackwardsSkew(roughlyNow); |
124 | 0 | mLastBackwardsSkewCheck = aTime; |
125 | 0 | } |
126 | 0 |
|
127 | 0 | // Finally, calculate the timestamp |
128 | 0 | return roughlyNow - TimeDuration::FromMilliseconds(deltaFromNow); |
129 | 0 | } |
130 | | |
131 | | void |
132 | | CompensateForBackwardsSkew(Time aReferenceTime, |
133 | 0 | const TimeStamp &aLowerBound) { |
134 | 0 | // Check if we actually have backwards skew. Backwards skew looks like |
135 | 0 | // the following: |
136 | 0 | // |
137 | 0 | // mReferenceTime |
138 | 0 | // Time: ..+...a...b...c.......................... |
139 | 0 | // |
140 | 0 | // mReferenceTimeStamp |
141 | 0 | // TimeStamp: ..+.....a.....b.....c.................... |
142 | 0 | // |
143 | 0 | // Converted |
144 | 0 | // time: ......a'..b'..c'......................... |
145 | 0 | // |
146 | 0 | // What we need to do is bring mReferenceTime "forwards". |
147 | 0 | // |
148 | 0 | // Suppose when we get (c), we detect possible backwards skew and trigger |
149 | 0 | // an async request for the current time (which is passed in here as |
150 | 0 | // aReferenceTime). |
151 | 0 | // |
152 | 0 | // We end up with something like the following: |
153 | 0 | // |
154 | 0 | // mReferenceTime aReferenceTime |
155 | 0 | // Time: ..+...a...b...c...v...................... |
156 | 0 | // |
157 | 0 | // mReferenceTimeStamp |
158 | 0 | // TimeStamp: ..+.....a.....b.....c..........x......... |
159 | 0 | // ^ ^ |
160 | 0 | // aLowerBound TimeStamp::Now() |
161 | 0 | // |
162 | 0 | // If the duration (aLowerBound - mReferenceTimeStamp) is greater than |
163 | 0 | // (aReferenceTime - mReferenceTime) then we know we have backwards skew. |
164 | 0 | // |
165 | 0 | // If that's not the case, then we probably just got caught behind |
166 | 0 | // temporarily. |
167 | 0 | Time delta; |
168 | 0 | if (IsTimeNewerThanTimestamp(aReferenceTime, aLowerBound, &delta)) { |
169 | 0 | return; |
170 | 0 | } |
171 | 0 | |
172 | 0 | // We have backwards skew; the equivalent TimeStamp for aReferenceTime lies |
173 | 0 | // somewhere between aLowerBound (which was the TimeStamp when we triggered |
174 | 0 | // the async request for the current time) and TimeStamp::Now(). |
175 | 0 | // |
176 | 0 | // If aReferenceTime was waiting in the event queue for a long time, the |
177 | 0 | // equivalent TimeStamp might be much closer to aLowerBound than |
178 | 0 | // TimeStamp::Now() so for now we just set it to aLowerBound. That's |
179 | 0 | // guaranteed to be at least somewhat of an improvement. |
180 | 0 | UpdateReferenceTime(aReferenceTime, aLowerBound); |
181 | 0 | } |
182 | | |
183 | | private: |
184 | | template <typename CurrentTimeGetter> |
185 | | void |
186 | | UpdateReferenceTime(Time aReferenceTime, |
187 | 0 | const CurrentTimeGetter& aCurrentTimeGetter) { |
188 | 0 | Time currentTime = aCurrentTimeGetter.GetCurrentTime(); |
189 | 0 | TimeStamp currentTimeStamp = TimeStamp::Now(); |
190 | 0 | Time timeSinceReference = currentTime - aReferenceTime; |
191 | 0 | TimeStamp referenceTimeStamp = |
192 | 0 | currentTimeStamp - TimeDuration::FromMilliseconds(timeSinceReference); |
193 | 0 | UpdateReferenceTime(aReferenceTime, referenceTimeStamp); |
194 | 0 | } |
195 | | |
196 | | void |
197 | | UpdateReferenceTime(Time aReferenceTime, |
198 | 0 | const TimeStamp& aReferenceTimeStamp) { |
199 | 0 | mReferenceTime = aReferenceTime; |
200 | 0 | mReferenceTimeStamp = aReferenceTimeStamp; |
201 | 0 | } |
202 | | |
203 | | bool |
204 | | IsTimeNewerThanTimestamp(Time aTime, TimeStamp aTimeStamp, Time* aDelta) |
205 | 0 | { |
206 | 0 | Time timeDelta = aTime - mReferenceTime; |
207 | 0 |
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208 | 0 | // Cast the result to signed 64-bit integer first since that should be |
209 | 0 | // enough to hold the range of values returned by ToMilliseconds() and |
210 | 0 | // the result of converting from double to an integer-type when the value |
211 | 0 | // is outside the integer range is undefined. |
212 | 0 | // Then we do an implicit cast to Time (typically an unsigned 32-bit |
213 | 0 | // integer) which wraps times outside that range. |
214 | 0 | Time timeStampDelta = |
215 | 0 | static_cast<int64_t>((aTimeStamp - mReferenceTimeStamp).ToMilliseconds()); |
216 | 0 |
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217 | 0 | Time timeToTimeStamp = timeStampDelta - timeDelta; |
218 | 0 | bool isNewer = false; |
219 | 0 | if (timeToTimeStamp == 0) { |
220 | 0 | *aDelta = 0; |
221 | 0 | } else if (timeToTimeStamp < kTimeHalfRange) { |
222 | 0 | *aDelta = timeToTimeStamp; |
223 | 0 | } else { |
224 | 0 | isNewer = true; |
225 | 0 | *aDelta = timeDelta - timeStampDelta; |
226 | 0 | } |
227 | 0 |
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228 | 0 | return isNewer; |
229 | 0 | } |
230 | | |
231 | | Time mReferenceTime; |
232 | | TimeStamp mReferenceTimeStamp; |
233 | | Time mLastBackwardsSkewCheck; |
234 | | |
235 | | const Time kTimeRange; |
236 | | const Time kTimeHalfRange; |
237 | | const Time kBackwardsSkewCheckInterval; |
238 | | }; |
239 | | |
240 | | } // namespace mozilla |
241 | | |
242 | | #endif /* SystemTimeConverter_h */ |