scheduler.h

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 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
 
#ifndef SCHEDULER_H
#define SCHEDULER_H
 
#include "object.h"
 
#include <stdint.h>
 
/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup scheduler
 * \ingroup events
 * ns3::Scheduler abstract base class, ns3::Scheduler::Event and
 * ns3::Scheduler::EventKey declarations.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class EventImpl;
 
/**
 * \ingroup core
 * \defgroup scheduler Scheduler and Events
 * \brief Manage the event list by creating and scheduling events.
 */
/**
 * \ingroup scheduler
 * \defgroup events Events
 */
/**
 * \ingroup scheduler
 * \brief Maintain the event list
 *
 *
 * In ns-3 the Scheduler manages the future event list.  There are several
 * different Scheduler implementations with different time and space tradeoffs.
 * Which one is "best" depends in part on the characteristics
 * of the model being executed.  For optimized production work common
 * practice is to benchmark each Scheduler on the model of interest.
 * The utility program utils/bench-scheduler.cc can do simple benchmarking
 * of each SchedulerImpl against an exponential or user-provided
 * event time distribution.
 *
 * The most important Scheduler functions for time performance are (usually)
 * Scheduler::Insert (for new events) and Scheduler::RemoveNext (for pulling
 * off the next event to execute).  Simulator::Cancel is usually
 * implemented by simply setting a bit on the Event, but leaving it in the
 * Scheduler; the Simulator just skips those events as they are encountered.
 *
 * For models which need a large event list the Scheduler overhead
 * and per-event memory cost could also be important.  Some models
 * rely heavily on Scheduler::Cancel, however, and these might benefit
 * from using Scheduler::Remove instead, to reduce the size of the event
 * list, at the time cost of actually removing events from the list.
 *
 * A summary of the main characteristics
 * of each SchedulerImpl is provided below.  See the individual
 * Scheduler pages for details on the complexity of the other API calls.
 * (Memory overheads assume pointers and `std::size_t` are both 8 bytes.)
 *
 * <table class="markdownTable">
 * <tr class="markdownTableHead">
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadCenter" colspan="2"> %Scheduler Type </th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadCenter" colspan="4">Complexity</th>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableHead">
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadLeft" rowspan="2"> %SchedulerImpl </th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadLeft" rowspan="2"> Method </th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadCenter" colspan="2"> %Time </th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadCenter" colspan="2"> Space</th>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableHead">
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadLeft"> %Insert()</th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadLeft"> %RemoveNext()</th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadLeft"> Overhead</th>
 *      <th class="markdownTableHeadLeft"> Per %Event</th>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableBody">
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> CalendarScheduler </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> `<std::list> []` </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Constant </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Constant </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 24 bytes </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 16 bytes </td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableBody">
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> HeapScheduler </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Heap on `std::vector` </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Logarithmic  </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Logarithmic </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 24 bytes </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 0 </td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableBody">
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> ListScheduler </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> `std::list` </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Linear </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Constant </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 24 bytes </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 16 bytes </td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableBody">
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> MapScheduler </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> `std::map` </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Logarithmic </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Constant </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 40 bytes </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 32 bytes </td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr class="markdownTableBody">
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> PriorityQueueScheduler </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> `std::priority_queue<,std::vector>` </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Logarithmic  </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> Logarithmic </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 24 bytes </td>
 *      <td class="markdownTableBodyLeft"> 0 </td>
 * </tr>
 * </table>
 *
 * It is possible to change the Scheduler choice during a simulation,
 * via Simulator::SetScheduler.
 *
 * The Scheduler base class specifies the interface used to maintain the
 * event list. If you want to provide a new event list scheduler,
 * you need to create a subclass of this base class and implement
 * all the pure virtual methods defined here.
 *
 * The only tricky aspect of this API is the memory management of
 * the EventImpl pointer which is a member of the Event data structure.
 * The lifetime of this pointer is assumed to always be longer than
 * the lifetime of the Scheduler class which means that the caller
 * is responsible for ensuring that this invariant holds through
 * calling EventId::Ref and SimpleRefCount::Unref at the right time.
 * Typically, EventId::Ref is called before Insert and SimpleRefCount::Unref is called
 * after a call to one of the Remove methods.
 */
class Scheduler : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * Register this type.
     * \return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    /**
     * \ingroup events
     * Structure for sorting and comparing Events.
     */
    struct EventKey
    {
        uint64_t m_ts;      /**< Event time stamp. */
        uint32_t m_uid;     /**< Event unique id. */
        uint32_t m_context; /**< Event context. */
    };
 
    /**
     * \ingroup events
     * Scheduler event.
     *
     * An Event consists of an EventKey, used for maintaining the schedule,
     * and an EventImpl which is the actual implementation.
     */
    struct Event
    {
        EventImpl* impl; /**< Pointer to the event implementation. */
        EventKey key;    /**< Key for sorting and ordering Events. */
    };
 
    /** Destructor. */
    ~Scheduler() override = 0;
 
    /**
     * Insert a new Event in the schedule.
     *
     * \param [in] ev Event to store in the event list
     */
    virtual void Insert(const Event& ev) = 0;
    /**
     * Test if the schedule is empty.
     *
     * \returns \c true if the event list is empty and \c false otherwise.
     */
    virtual bool IsEmpty() const = 0;
    /**
     * Get a pointer to the next event.
     *
     * This method cannot be invoked if the list is empty.
     *
     * \returns A pointer to the next earliest event. The caller
     *      takes ownership of the returned pointer.
     */
    virtual Event PeekNext() const = 0;
    /**
     * Remove the earliest event from the event list.
     *
     * This method cannot be invoked if the list is empty.
     *
     * \return The Event.
     */
    virtual Event RemoveNext() = 0;
    /**
     * Remove a specific event from the event list.
     *
     * This method cannot be invoked if the list is empty.
     *
     * \param [in] ev The event to remove
     */
    virtual void Remove(const Event& ev) = 0;
};
 
/**
 * \ingroup events
 * Compare (equal) two events by EventKey.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a != \c b
 */
inline bool
operator==(const Scheduler::EventKey& a, const Scheduler::EventKey& b)
{
    return a.m_uid == b.m_uid;
}
 
/**
 * \ingroup events
 * Compare (not equal) two events by EventKey.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a != \c b
 */
inline bool
operator!=(const Scheduler::EventKey& a, const Scheduler::EventKey& b)
{
    return a.m_uid != b.m_uid;
}
 
/**
 * \ingroup events
 * Compare (less than) two events by EventKey.
 *
 * Note the invariants which this function must provide:
 * - irreflexibility: f (x,x) is false
 * - antisymmetry: f(x,y) = !f(y,x)
 * - transitivity: f(x,y) and f(y,z) => f(x,z)
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a < \c b
 */
inline bool
operator<(const Scheduler::EventKey& a, const Scheduler::EventKey& b)
{
    return (a.m_ts < b.m_ts || (a.m_ts == b.m_ts && a.m_uid < b.m_uid));
}
 
/**
 * Compare (greater than) two events by EventKey.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a > \c b
 */
inline bool
operator>(const Scheduler::EventKey& a, const Scheduler::EventKey& b)
{
    return (a.m_ts > b.m_ts || (a.m_ts == b.m_ts && a.m_uid > b.m_uid));
}
 
/**
 * Compare (equal) two events by Event.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a == \c b
 */
inline bool
operator==(const Scheduler::Event& a, const Scheduler::Event& b)
{
    return a.key == b.key;
}
 
/**
 * Compare (not equal) two events by Event.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a != \c b
 */
inline bool
operator!=(const Scheduler::Event& a, const Scheduler::Event& b)
{
    return a.key != b.key;
}
 
/**
 * Compare (less than) two events by Event.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a < \c b
 */
inline bool
operator<(const Scheduler::Event& a, const Scheduler::Event& b)
{
    return a.key < b.key;
}
 
/**
 * Compare (greater than) two events by Event.
 *
 * \param [in] a The first event.
 * \param [in] b The second event.
 * \returns \c true if \c a > \c b
 */
inline bool
operator>(const Scheduler::Event& a, const Scheduler::Event& b)
{
    return a.key > b.key;
}
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* SCHEDULER_H */