realtime-simulator-impl.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008 University of Washington
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 */
 
#include "realtime-simulator-impl.h"
 
#include "assert.h"
#include "enum.h"
#include "event-impl.h"
#include "fatal-error.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "ptr.h"
#include "scheduler.h"
#include "simulator.h"
#include "synchronizer.h"
#include "wall-clock-synchronizer.h"
 
#include <mutex>
#include <thread>
 
/**
 * @file
 * @ingroup realtime
 * ns3::RealTimeSimulatorImpl implementation.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
// Note:  Logging in this file is largely avoided due to the
// number of calls that are made to these functions and the possibility
// of causing recursions leading to stack overflow
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("RealtimeSimulatorImpl");
 
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(RealtimeSimulatorImpl);
 
TypeId
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetTypeId()
{
    static TypeId tid =
        TypeId("ns3::RealtimeSimulatorImpl")
            .SetParent<SimulatorImpl>()
            .SetGroupName("Core")
            .AddConstructor<RealtimeSimulatorImpl>()
            .AddAttribute(
                "SynchronizationMode",
                "What to do if the simulation cannot keep up with real time.",
                EnumValue(SYNC_BEST_EFFORT),
                MakeEnumAccessor<SynchronizationMode>(
                    &RealtimeSimulatorImpl::SetSynchronizationMode),
                MakeEnumChecker(SYNC_BEST_EFFORT, "BestEffort", SYNC_HARD_LIMIT, "HardLimit"))
            .AddAttribute("HardLimit",
                          "Maximum acceptable real-time jitter (used in conjunction with "
                          "SynchronizationMode=HardLimit)",
                          TimeValue(Seconds(0.1)),
                          MakeTimeAccessor(&RealtimeSimulatorImpl::m_hardLimit),
                          MakeTimeChecker());
    return tid;
}
 
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::RealtimeSimulatorImpl()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    m_stop = false;
    m_running = false;
    m_uid = EventId::UID::VALID;
    m_currentUid = EventId::UID::INVALID;
    m_currentTs = 0;
    m_currentContext = Simulator::NO_CONTEXT;
    m_unscheduledEvents = 0;
    m_eventCount = 0;
 
    m_main = std::this_thread::get_id();
 
    // Be very careful not to do anything that would cause a change or assignment
    // of the underlying reference counts of m_synchronizer or you will be sorry.
    m_synchronizer = CreateObject<WallClockSynchronizer>();
}
 
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::~RealtimeSimulatorImpl()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::DoDispose()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    while (!m_events->IsEmpty())
    {
        Scheduler::Event next = m_events->RemoveNext();
        next.impl->Unref();
    }
    m_events = nullptr;
    m_synchronizer = nullptr;
    SimulatorImpl::DoDispose();
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Destroy()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    //
    // This function is only called with the private version "disconnected" from
    // the main simulator functions.  We rely on the user not calling
    // Simulator::Destroy while there is a chance that a worker thread could be
    // accessing the current instance of the private object.  In practice this
    // means shutting down the workers and doing a Join() before calling the
    // Simulator::Destroy().
    //
    while (!m_destroyEvents.empty())
    {
        Ptr<EventImpl> ev = m_destroyEvents.front().PeekEventImpl();
        m_destroyEvents.pop_front();
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("handle destroy " << ev);
        if (!ev->IsCancelled())
        {
            ev->Invoke();
        }
    }
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::SetScheduler(ObjectFactory schedulerFactory)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << schedulerFactory);
 
    Ptr<Scheduler> scheduler = schedulerFactory.Create<Scheduler>();
 
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        if (m_events)
        {
            while (!m_events->IsEmpty())
            {
                Scheduler::Event next = m_events->RemoveNext();
                scheduler->Insert(next);
            }
        }
        m_events = scheduler;
    }
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ProcessOneEvent()
{
    //
    // The idea here is to wait until the next event comes due.  In the case of
    // a realtime simulation, we want real time to be consumed between events.
    // It is the realtime synchronizer that causes real time to be consumed by
    // doing some kind of a wait.
    //
    // We need to be able to have external events (such as a packet reception event)
    // cause us to re-evaluate our state.  The way this works is that the synchronizer
    // gets interrupted and returns.  So, there is a possibility that things may change
    // out from under us dynamically.  In this case, we need to re-evaluate how long to
    // wait in a for-loop until we have waited successfully (until a timeout) for the
    // event at the head of the event list.
    //
    // m_synchronizer->Synchronize will return true if the wait was completed without
    // interruption, otherwise it will return false indicating that something has changed
    // out from under us.  If we sit in the for-loop trying to synchronize until
    // Synchronize() returns true, we will have successfully synchronized the execution
    // time of the next event with the wall clock time of the synchronizer.
    //
 
    for (;;)
    {
        uint64_t tsDelay = 0;
        uint64_t tsNext = 0;
 
        //
        // It is important to understand that m_currentTs is interpreted only as the
        // timestamp  of the last event we executed.  Current time can a bit of a
        // slippery concept in realtime mode.  What we have here is a discrete event
        // simulator, so the last event is, by definition, executed entirely at a single
        //  discrete time.  This is the definition of m_currentTs.  It really has
        // nothing to do with the current real time, except that we are trying to arrange
        // that at the instant of the beginning of event execution, the current real time
        // and m_currentTs coincide.
        //
        // We use tsNow as the indication of the current real time.
        //
        uint64_t tsNow;
 
        {
            std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
            //
            // Since we are in realtime mode, the time to delay has got to be the
            // difference between the current realtime and the timestamp of the next
            // event.  Since m_currentTs is actually the timestamp of the last event we
            // executed, it's not particularly meaningful for us here since real time has
            // certainly elapsed since it was last updated.
            //
            // It is possible that the current realtime has drifted past the next event
            // time so we need to be careful about that and not delay in that case.
            //
            NS_ASSERT_MSG(
                m_synchronizer->Realtime(),
                "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ProcessOneEvent (): Synchronizer reports not Realtime ()");
 
            //
            // tsNow is set to the normalized current real time.  When the simulation was
            // started, the current real time was effectively set to zero; so tsNow is
            // the current "real" simulation time.
            //
            // tsNext is the simulation time of the next event we want to execute.
            //
            tsNow = m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime();
            tsNext = NextTs();
 
            //
            // tsDelay is therefore the real time we need to delay in order to bring the
            // real time in sync with the simulation time.  If we wait for this amount of
            // real time, we will accomplish moving the simulation time at the same rate
            // as the real time.  This is typically called "pacing" the simulation time.
            //
            // We do have to be careful if we are falling behind.  If so, tsDelay must be
            // zero.  If we're late, don't dawdle.
            //
            if (tsNext <= tsNow)
            {
                tsDelay = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                tsDelay = tsNext - tsNow;
            }
 
            //
            // We've figured out how long we need to delay in order to pace the
            // simulation time with the real time.  We're going to sleep, but need
            // to work with the synchronizer to make sure we're awakened if something
            // external happens (like a packet is received).  This next line resets
            // the synchronizer so that any future event will cause it to interrupt.
            //
            m_synchronizer->SetCondition(false);
        }
 
        //
        // We have a time to delay.  This time may actually not be valid anymore
        // since we released the critical section immediately above, and a real-time
        // ScheduleReal or ScheduleRealNow may have snuck in, well, between the
        // closing brace above and this comment so to speak.  If this is the case,
        // that schedule operation will have done a synchronizer Signal() that
        // will set the condition variable to true and cause the Synchronize call
        // below to return immediately.
        //
        // It's easiest to understand if you just consider a short tsDelay that only
        // requires a SpinWait down in the synchronizer.  What will happen is that
        // when Synchronize calls SpinWait, SpinWait will look directly at its
        // condition variable.  Note that we set this condition variable to false
        // inside the critical section above.
        //
        // SpinWait will go into a forever loop until either the time has expired or
        // until the condition variable becomes true.  A true condition indicates that
        // the wait should stop.  The condition is set to true by one of the Schedule
        // methods of the simulator; so if we are in a wait down in Synchronize, and
        // a Simulator::ScheduleReal is done, the wait down in Synchronize will exit and
        // Synchronize will return false.  This means we have not actually synchronized
        // to the event expiration time.  If no real-time schedule operation is done
        // while down in Synchronize, the wait will time out and Synchronize will return
        // true.  This indicates that we have synchronized to the event time.
        //
        // So we need to stay in this for loop, looking for the next event timestamp and
        // attempting to sleep until its due.  If we've slept until the timestamp is due,
        // Synchronize returns true and we break out of the sync loop.  If an external
        // event happens that requires a re-schedule, Synchronize returns false and
        // we re-evaluate our timing by continuing in the loop.
        //
        // It is expected that tsDelay become shorter as external events interrupt our
        // waits.
        //
        if (m_synchronizer->Synchronize(tsNow, tsDelay))
        {
            NS_LOG_LOGIC("Interrupted ...");
            break;
        }
 
        //
        // If we get to this point, we have been interrupted during a wait by a real-time
        // schedule operation.  This means all bets are off regarding tsDelay and we need
        // to re-evaluate what it is we want to do.  We'll loop back around in the
        // for-loop and start again from scratch.
        //
    }
 
    //
    // If we break out of the for-loop above, we have waited until the time specified
    // by the event that was at the head of the event list when we started the process.
    // Since there is a bunch of code that was executed outside a critical section (the
    // Synchronize call) we cannot be sure that the event at the head of the event list
    // is the one we think it is.  What we can be sure of is that it is time to execute
    // whatever event is at the head of this list if the list is in time order.
    //
    Scheduler::Event next;
 
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        //
        // We do know we're waiting for an event, so there had better be an event on the
        // event queue.  Let's pull it off.  When we release the critical section, the
        // event we're working on won't be on the list and so subsequent operations won't
        // mess with us.
        //
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(m_events->IsEmpty() == false,
                      "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ProcessOneEvent(): event queue is empty");
        next = m_events->RemoveNext();
 
        PreEventHook(EventId(next.impl, next.key.m_ts, next.key.m_context, next.key.m_uid));
 
        m_unscheduledEvents--;
        m_eventCount++;
 
        //
        // We cannot make any assumption that "next" is the same event we originally waited
        // for.  We can only assume that only that it must be due and cannot cause time
        // to move backward.
        //
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(next.key.m_ts >= m_currentTs,
                      "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ProcessOneEvent(): "
                      "next.GetTs() earlier than m_currentTs (list order error)");
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("handle " << next.key.m_ts);
 
        //
        // Update the current simulation time to be the timestamp of the event we're
        // executing.  From the rest of the simulation's point of view, simulation time
        // is frozen until the next event is executed.
        //
        m_currentTs = next.key.m_ts;
        m_currentContext = next.key.m_context;
        m_currentUid = next.key.m_uid;
 
        //
        // We're about to run the event and we've done our best to synchronize this
        // event execution time to real time.  Now, if we're in SYNC_HARD_LIMIT mode
        // we have to decide if we've done a good enough job and if we haven't, we've
        // been asked to commit ritual suicide.
        //
        // We check the simulation time against the current real time to make this
        // judgement.
        //
        if (m_synchronizationMode == SYNC_HARD_LIMIT)
        {
            uint64_t tsFinal = m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime();
            uint64_t tsJitter;
 
            if (tsFinal >= m_currentTs)
            {
                tsJitter = tsFinal - m_currentTs;
            }
            else
            {
                tsJitter = m_currentTs - tsFinal;
            }
 
            if (tsJitter > static_cast<uint64_t>(m_hardLimit.GetTimeStep()))
            {
                NS_FATAL_ERROR("RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ProcessOneEvent (): "
                               "Hard real-time limit exceeded (jitter = "
                               << tsJitter << ")");
            }
        }
    }
 
    //
    // We have got the event we're about to execute completely disentangled from the
    // event list so we can execute it outside a critical section without fear of someone
    // changing things out from under us.
 
    EventImpl* event = next.impl;
    m_synchronizer->EventStart();
    event->Invoke();
    m_synchronizer->EventEnd();
    event->Unref();
}
 
bool
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::IsFinished() const
{
    bool rc;
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
        rc = m_events->IsEmpty() || m_stop;
    }
 
    return rc;
}
 
//
// Peeks into event list.  Should be called with critical section locked.
//
uint64_t
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::NextTs() const
{
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(m_events->IsEmpty() == false,
                  "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::NextTs(): event queue is empty");
    Scheduler::Event ev = m_events->PeekNext();
    return ev.key.m_ts;
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Run()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(m_running == false, "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Run(): Simulator already running");
 
    // Set the current threadId as the main threadId
    m_main = std::this_thread::get_id();
 
    m_stop = false;
    m_running = true;
    m_synchronizer->SetOrigin(m_currentTs);
 
    // Sleep until signalled
    uint64_t tsNow = 0;
    uint64_t tsDelay = 1000000000; // wait time of 1 second (in nanoseconds)
 
    while (!m_stop)
    {
        bool process = false;
        {
            std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
            if (!m_events->IsEmpty())
            {
                process = true;
            }
            else
            {
                // Get current timestamp while holding the critical section
                tsNow = m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime();
            }
        }
 
        if (process)
        {
            ProcessOneEvent();
        }
        else
        {
            // Sleep until signalled and re-check event queue
            m_synchronizer->Synchronize(tsNow, tsDelay);
        }
    }
 
    //
    // If the simulator stopped naturally by lack of events, make a
    // consistency test to check that we didn't lose any events along the way.
    //
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(m_events->IsEmpty() == false || m_unscheduledEvents == 0,
                      "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Run(): Empty queue and unprocessed events");
    }
 
    m_running = false;
}
 
bool
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Running() const
{
    return m_running;
}
 
bool
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Realtime() const
{
    return m_synchronizer->Realtime();
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Stop()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    m_stop = true;
}
 
EventId
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Stop(const Time& delay)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << delay);
    return Simulator::Schedule(delay, &Simulator::Stop);
}
 
//
// Schedule an event for a _relative_ time in the future.
//
EventId
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Schedule(const Time& delay, EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << delay << impl);
 
    Scheduler::Event ev;
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
        //
        // This is the reason we had to bring the absolute time calculation in from the
        // simulator.h into the implementation.  Since the implementations may be
        // multi-threaded, we need this calculation to be atomic.  You can see it is
        // here since we are running in a CriticalSection.
        //
        Time tAbsolute = Simulator::Now() + delay;
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(delay.IsPositive(), "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Schedule(): Negative delay");
        ev.impl = impl;
        ev.key.m_ts = (uint64_t)tAbsolute.GetTimeStep();
        ev.key.m_context = GetContext();
        ev.key.m_uid = m_uid;
        m_uid++;
        m_unscheduledEvents++;
        m_events->Insert(ev);
        m_synchronizer->Signal();
    }
 
    return EventId(impl, ev.key.m_ts, ev.key.m_context, ev.key.m_uid);
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleWithContext(uint32_t context, const Time& delay, EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << context << delay << impl);
 
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
        uint64_t ts;
 
        if (m_main == std::this_thread::get_id())
        {
            ts = m_currentTs + delay.GetTimeStep();
        }
        else
        {
            //
            // If the simulator is running, we're pacing and have a meaningful
            // realtime clock.  If we're not, then m_currentTs is where we stopped.
            //
            ts = m_running ? m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime() : m_currentTs;
            ts += delay.GetTimeStep();
        }
 
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(ts >= m_currentTs,
                      "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtime(): schedule for time < m_currentTs");
        Scheduler::Event ev;
        ev.impl = impl;
        ev.key.m_ts = ts;
        ev.key.m_context = context;
        ev.key.m_uid = m_uid;
        m_uid++;
        m_unscheduledEvents++;
        m_events->Insert(ev);
        m_synchronizer->Signal();
    }
}
 
EventId
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleNow(EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << impl);
    return Schedule(Time(0), impl);
}
 
Time
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Now() const
{
    return TimeStep(m_currentTs);
}
 
//
// Schedule an event for a _relative_ time in the future.
//
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtimeWithContext(uint32_t context,
                                                   const Time& time,
                                                   EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << context << time << impl);
 
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        uint64_t ts = m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime() + time.GetTimeStep();
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(ts >= m_currentTs,
                      "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtime(): schedule for time < m_currentTs");
        Scheduler::Event ev;
        ev.impl = impl;
        ev.key.m_ts = ts;
        ev.key.m_uid = m_uid;
        m_uid++;
        m_unscheduledEvents++;
        m_events->Insert(ev);
        m_synchronizer->Signal();
    }
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtime(const Time& time, EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << time << impl);
    ScheduleRealtimeWithContext(GetContext(), time, impl);
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtimeNowWithContext(uint32_t context, EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << context << impl);
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        //
        // If the simulator is running, we're pacing and have a meaningful
        // realtime clock.  If we're not, then m_currentTs is were we stopped.
        //
        uint64_t ts = m_running ? m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime() : m_currentTs;
        NS_ASSERT_MSG(ts >= m_currentTs,
                      "RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtimeNowWithContext(): schedule for time "
                      "< m_currentTs");
        Scheduler::Event ev;
        ev.impl = impl;
        ev.key.m_ts = ts;
        ev.key.m_uid = m_uid;
        ev.key.m_context = context;
        m_uid++;
        m_unscheduledEvents++;
        m_events->Insert(ev);
        m_synchronizer->Signal();
    }
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleRealtimeNow(EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << impl);
    ScheduleRealtimeNowWithContext(GetContext(), impl);
}
 
Time
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::RealtimeNow() const
{
    return TimeStep(m_synchronizer->GetCurrentRealtime());
}
 
EventId
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::ScheduleDestroy(EventImpl* impl)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << impl);
 
    EventId id;
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        //
        // Time doesn't really matter here (especially in realtime mode).  It is
        // overridden by the uid of DESTROY which identifies this as an event to be
        // executed at Simulator::Destroy time.
        //
        id = EventId(Ptr<EventImpl>(impl, false), m_currentTs, 0xffffffff, EventId::UID::DESTROY);
        m_destroyEvents.push_back(id);
        m_uid++;
    }
 
    return id;
}
 
Time
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetDelayLeft(const EventId& id) const
{
    //
    // If the event has expired, there is no delay until it runs.  It is not the
    // case that there is a negative time until it runs.
    //
    if (IsExpired(id))
    {
        return TimeStep(0);
    }
 
    return TimeStep(id.GetTs() - m_currentTs);
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Remove(const EventId& id)
{
    if (id.GetUid() == EventId::UID::DESTROY)
    {
        // destroy events.
        for (auto i = m_destroyEvents.begin(); i != m_destroyEvents.end(); i++)
        {
            if (*i == id)
            {
                m_destroyEvents.erase(i);
                break;
            }
        }
        return;
    }
    if (IsExpired(id))
    {
        return;
    }
 
    {
        std::unique_lock lock{m_mutex};
 
        Scheduler::Event event;
        event.impl = id.PeekEventImpl();
        event.key.m_ts = id.GetTs();
        event.key.m_context = id.GetContext();
        event.key.m_uid = id.GetUid();
 
        m_events->Remove(event);
        m_unscheduledEvents--;
        event.impl->Cancel();
        event.impl->Unref();
    }
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::Cancel(const EventId& id)
{
    if (!IsExpired(id))
    {
        id.PeekEventImpl()->Cancel();
    }
}
 
bool
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::IsExpired(const EventId& id) const
{
    if (id.GetUid() == EventId::UID::DESTROY)
    {
        if (id.PeekEventImpl() == nullptr || id.PeekEventImpl()->IsCancelled())
        {
            return true;
        }
        // destroy events.
        for (auto i = m_destroyEvents.begin(); i != m_destroyEvents.end(); i++)
        {
            if (*i == id)
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
 
    //
    // If the time of the event is less than the current timestamp of the
    // simulator, the simulator has gone past the invocation time of the
    // event, so the statement ev.GetTs () < m_currentTs does mean that
    // the event has been fired even in realtime mode.
    //
    // The same is true for the next line involving the m_currentUid.
    //
    return id.PeekEventImpl() == nullptr || id.GetTs() < m_currentTs ||
           (id.GetTs() == m_currentTs && id.GetUid() <= m_currentUid) ||
           id.PeekEventImpl()->IsCancelled();
}
 
Time
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetMaximumSimulationTime() const
{
    return TimeStep(0x7fffffffffffffffLL);
}
 
// System ID for non-distributed simulation is always zero
uint32_t
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetSystemId() const
{
    return 0;
}
 
uint32_t
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetContext() const
{
    return m_currentContext;
}
 
uint64_t
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetEventCount() const
{
    return m_eventCount;
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::SetSynchronizationMode(SynchronizationMode mode)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << mode);
    m_synchronizationMode = mode;
}
 
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::SynchronizationMode
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetSynchronizationMode() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return m_synchronizationMode;
}
 
void
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::SetHardLimit(Time limit)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << limit);
    m_hardLimit = limit;
}
 
Time
RealtimeSimulatorImpl::GetHardLimit() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return m_hardLimit;
}
 
} // namespace ns3