queue.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 University of Washington
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 */
 
// The queue base class has a limit on its size, in terms of number of
// packets or number of bytes depending on the operating mode.
// The base class implements tracing and basic statistics calculations.
 
#ifndef QUEUE_H
#define QUEUE_H
 
#include "queue-fwd.h"
#include "queue-item.h"
#include "queue-size.h"
 
#include "ns3/log.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/traced-callback.h"
#include "ns3/traced-value.h"
 
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <type_traits>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup network
 * \defgroup queue Queue
 */
 
/**
 * \ingroup queue
 * \brief Abstract base class for packet Queues
 *
 * This class defines the subset of the base APIs for packet queues in the ns-3 system
 * that is independent of the type of enqueued objects
 */
class QueueBase : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    QueueBase();
    ~QueueBase() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Append the item type to the provided type ID if the latter does not
     *        end with '>'
     *
     * \param typeId the type ID
     * \param itemType the item type
     *
     * This method is meant to be invoked by helpers to save users from
     * specifying the type of items stored in a queue. For instance,
     * PointToPointHelper::SetQueue calls
     *
     * \code
     *   QueueBase::AppendItemTypeIfNotPresent (type, "Packet");
     * \endcode
     *
     * where type specifies the queue type (e.g., "ns3::DropTailQueue").
     * This allows users to call SetQueue ("ns3::DropTailQueue")
     * instead of SetQueue ("ns3::DropTailQueue<Packet>")
     */
    static void AppendItemTypeIfNotPresent(std::string& typeId, const std::string& itemType);
 
    /**
     * \return true if the queue is empty; false otherwise
     */
    bool IsEmpty() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The number of packets currently stored in the Queue
     */
    uint32_t GetNPackets() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The number of bytes currently occupied by the packets in the Queue
     */
    uint32_t GetNBytes() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The current size of the Queue in terms of packets, if the maximum
     *         size is specified in packets, or bytes, otherwise
     */
    QueueSize GetCurrentSize() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of bytes received by this Queue since the
     * simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according to
     * whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalReceivedBytes() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of packets received by this Queue since the
     * simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according to
     * whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalReceivedPackets() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of bytes dropped by this Queue since the
     * simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according to
     * whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalDroppedBytes() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of bytes dropped before enqueue by this Queue
     * since the simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according
     * to whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalDroppedBytesBeforeEnqueue() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of bytes dropped after dequeue by this Queue
     * since the simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according
     * to whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalDroppedBytesAfterDequeue() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of packets dropped by this Queue since the
     * simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according to
     * whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalDroppedPackets() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of packets dropped before enqueue by this Queue
     * since the simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according
     * to whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalDroppedPacketsBeforeEnqueue() const;
 
    /**
     * \return The total number of packets dropped after dequeue by this Queue
     * since the simulation began, or since ResetStatistics was called, according
     * to whichever happened more recently
     */
    uint32_t GetTotalDroppedPacketsAfterDequeue() const;
 
    /**
     * Resets the counts for dropped packets, dropped bytes, received packets, and
     * received bytes.
     */
    void ResetStatistics();
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the maximum size of this queue
     *
     * Trying to set a null size has no effect.
     *
     * \param size the maximum size
     */
    void SetMaxSize(QueueSize size);
 
    /**
     * \return the maximum size of this queue
     */
    QueueSize GetMaxSize() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Check if the queue would overflow with additional bytes or packets
     * Note: the check is performed according to the queue's operating mode (bytes or packets).
     * \param nPackets number of additional packets
     * \param nBytes number of additional bytes
     * \return true if the queue should overflow, false otherwise.
     */
    bool WouldOverflow(uint32_t nPackets, uint32_t nBytes) const;
 
#if 0
  // average calculation requires keeping around
  // a buffer with the date of arrival of past received packets
  // which are within the average window
  // so, it is quite costly to do it all the time.
  // Hence, it is disabled by default and must be explicitly
  // enabled with this method which specifies the size
  // of the average window in time units.
  void EnableRunningAverage(Time averageWindow);
  void DisableRunningAverage();
  // average
  double GetQueueSizeAverage();
  double GetReceivedBytesPerSecondAverage();
  double GetReceivedPacketsPerSecondAverage();
  double GetDroppedBytesPerSecondAverage();
  double GetDroppedPacketsPerSecondAverage();
  // variance
  double GetQueueSizeVariance();
  double GetReceivedBytesPerSecondVariance();
  double GetReceivedPacketsPerSecondVariance();
  double GetDroppedBytesPerSecondVariance();
  double GetDroppedPacketsPerSecondVariance();
#endif
 
  protected:
    TracedValue<uint32_t> m_nBytes;               //!< Number of bytes in the queue
    uint32_t m_nTotalReceivedBytes;               //!< Total received bytes
    TracedValue<uint32_t> m_nPackets;             //!< Number of packets in the queue
    uint32_t m_nTotalReceivedPackets;             //!< Total received packets
    uint32_t m_nTotalDroppedBytes;                //!< Total dropped bytes
    uint32_t m_nTotalDroppedBytesBeforeEnqueue;   //!< Total dropped bytes before enqueue
    uint32_t m_nTotalDroppedBytesAfterDequeue;    //!< Total dropped bytes after dequeue
    uint32_t m_nTotalDroppedPackets;              //!< Total dropped packets
    uint32_t m_nTotalDroppedPacketsBeforeEnqueue; //!< Total dropped packets before enqueue
    uint32_t m_nTotalDroppedPacketsAfterDequeue;  //!< Total dropped packets after dequeue
 
    QueueSize m_maxSize; //!< max queue size
};
 
/**
 * \ingroup queue
 * \brief Template class for packet Queues
 *
 * This class defines the subset of the base APIs for packet queues in the ns-3 system
 * that is dependent on the type of enqueued objects.
 *
 * Queue is a template class. The type of the objects stored within the queue
 * is specified by the type parameter, which can be any class providing a
 * GetSize () method (e.g., Packet, QueueDiscItem, etc.). Subclasses need to
 * implement the Enqueue, Dequeue, Remove and Peek methods, and are
 * encouraged to leverage the DoEnqueue, DoDequeue, DoRemove, and DoPeek
 * methods in doing so, to ensure that appropriate trace sources are called
 * and statistics are maintained. The template parameter specifies the type of
 * container used internally to store queue items. The container type must provide
 * the methods insert(), erase() and clear() and define the iterator and const_iterator
 * types, following the usual syntax of C++ containers. The default container type
 * is std::list (as defined in queue-fwd.h). In case the container is such that
 * an object stored within the queue is obtained from a container element through
 * an operation other than dereferencing an iterator pointing to the container
 * element, the container has to provide a public method named GetItem that
 * returns the object stored within the queue that is included in the container
 * element pointed to by a given const iterator.
 *
 * Users of the Queue template class usually hold a queue through a smart pointer,
 * hence forward declaration is recommended to avoid pulling the implementation
 * of the templates included in this file. Thus, include queue-fwd.h, which
 * provides a forward declaration for the Queue class that defines the default
 * value for the template template parameter, instead of queue.h in your .h file.
 * Then, include queue.h in the corresponding .cc file.
 *
 * \tparam Item \explicit Type of the objects stored within the queue
 * \tparam Container \explicit Type of the container that stores queue items
 */
template <typename Item, typename Container>
class Queue : public QueueBase
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    Queue();
    ~Queue() override;
 
    /**
     * Place an item into the Queue (each subclass defines the position)
     * \param item item to enqueue
     * \return True if the operation was successful; false otherwise
     */
    virtual bool Enqueue(Ptr<Item> item) = 0;
 
    /**
     * Remove an item from the Queue (each subclass defines the position),
     * counting it and tracing it as dequeued
     * \return 0 if the operation was not successful; the item otherwise.
     */
    virtual Ptr<Item> Dequeue() = 0;
 
    /**
     * Remove an item from the Queue (each subclass defines the position),
     * counting it and tracing it as both dequeued and dropped
     * \return 0 if the operation was not successful; the item otherwise.
     */
    virtual Ptr<Item> Remove() = 0;
 
    /**
     * Get a copy of an item in the queue (each subclass defines the position)
     * without removing it
     * \return 0 if the operation was not successful; the item otherwise.
     */
    virtual Ptr<const Item> Peek() const = 0;
 
    /**
     * Flush the queue by calling Remove() on each item enqueued.  Note that
     * this operation will cause dequeue and drop counts to be incremented and
     * traces to be triggered for each Remove() action.
     */
    void Flush();
 
    /// Define ItemType as the type of the stored elements
    typedef Item ItemType;
 
  protected:
    /// Const iterator.
    typedef typename Container::const_iterator ConstIterator;
    /// Iterator.
    typedef typename Container::iterator Iterator;
 
    /**
     * Get a const reference to the container of queue items.
     *
     * \return a const reference to the container of queue items
     */
    const Container& GetContainer() const;
 
    /**
     * Push an item in the queue
     * \param pos the position before which the item will be inserted
     * \param item the item to enqueue
     * \return true if success, false if the packet has been dropped.
     */
    bool DoEnqueue(ConstIterator pos, Ptr<Item> item);
 
    /**
     * Push an item in the queue
     * \param pos the position before which the item will be inserted
     * \param item the item to enqueue
     * \param[out] ret an iterator pointing to the inserted value
     * \return true if success, false if the packet has been dropped.
     */
    bool DoEnqueue(ConstIterator pos, Ptr<Item> item, Iterator& ret);
 
    /**
     * Pull the item to dequeue from the queue
     * \param pos the position of the item to dequeue
     * \return the item.
     */
    Ptr<Item> DoDequeue(ConstIterator pos);
 
    /**
     * Pull the item to drop from the queue
     * \param pos the position of the item to remove
     * \return the item.
     */
    Ptr<Item> DoRemove(ConstIterator pos);
 
    /**
     * Peek the front item in the queue
     * \param pos the position of the item to peek
     * \return the item.
     */
    Ptr<const Item> DoPeek(ConstIterator pos) const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Drop a packet before enqueue
     * \param item item that was dropped
     *
     * This method is called by the base class when a packet is dropped because
     * the queue is full and by the subclasses to notify parent (this class) that
     * a packet has been dropped for other reasons before being enqueued.
     */
    void DropBeforeEnqueue(Ptr<Item> item);
 
    /**
     * \brief Drop a packet after dequeue
     * \param item item that was dropped
     *
     * This method is called by the base class when a Remove operation is requested
     * and by the subclasses to notify parent (this class) that a packet has been
     * dropped for other reasons after being dequeued.
     */
    void DropAfterDequeue(Ptr<Item> item);
 
    /** \copydoc ns3::Object::DoDispose */
    void DoDispose() override;
 
  private:
    /**
     * Struct providing a static method returning the object stored within the queue
     * that is included in the container element pointed to by the given const iterator.
     * This method is used when the container does not define a GetItem method and
     * assumes that an object stored in the queue can be obtained by dereferencing the
     * iterator pointing to the container element that includes such an object.
     */
    template <class, class = void>
    struct MakeGetItem
    {
        /**
         * \param it the given const iterator
         * \return the item included in the element pointed to by the given iterator
         */
        static Ptr<Item> GetItem(const Container&, const ConstIterator it)
        {
            return *it;
        }
    };
 
    /**
     * Struct providing a static method returning the object stored within the queue
     * that is included in the container element pointed to by the given const iterator.
     * This method is used when the container defines a GetItem method and is simply a
     * wrapper to invoke such a method.
     */
    template <class T>
    struct MakeGetItem<
        T,
        std::void_t<decltype(std::declval<T>().GetItem(std::declval<ConstIterator>()))>>
    {
        /**
         * \param container the container
         * \param it the given const iterator
         * \return the item included in the element pointed to by the given iterator
         */
        static Ptr<Item> GetItem(const Container& container, const ConstIterator it)
        {
            return container.GetItem(it);
        }
    };
 
    Container m_packets;     //!< the items in the queue
    NS_LOG_TEMPLATE_DECLARE; //!< the log component
 
    /// Traced callback: fired when a packet is enqueued
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Item>> m_traceEnqueue;
    /// Traced callback: fired when a packet is dequeued
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Item>> m_traceDequeue;
    /// Traced callback: fired when a packet is dropped
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Item>> m_traceDrop;
    /// Traced callback: fired when a packet is dropped before enqueue
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Item>> m_traceDropBeforeEnqueue;
    /// Traced callback: fired when a packet is dropped after dequeue
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Item>> m_traceDropAfterDequeue;
};
 
/**
 * Implementation of the templates declared above.
 */
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
TypeId
Queue<Item, Container>::GetTypeId()
{
    std::string name = GetTemplateClassName<Queue<Item, Container>>();
    auto startPos = name.find('<') + 1;
    auto endPos = name.find_first_of(",>", startPos);
    std::string tcbName = "ns3::" + name.substr(startPos, endPos - startPos) + "::TracedCallback";
 
    static TypeId tid =
        TypeId(name)
            .SetParent<QueueBase>()
            .SetGroupName("Network")
            .AddTraceSource("Enqueue",
                            "Enqueue a packet in the queue.",
                            MakeTraceSourceAccessor(&Queue<Item, Container>::m_traceEnqueue),
                            tcbName)
            .AddTraceSource("Dequeue",
                            "Dequeue a packet from the queue.",
                            MakeTraceSourceAccessor(&Queue<Item, Container>::m_traceDequeue),
                            tcbName)
            .AddTraceSource("Drop",
                            "Drop a packet (for whatever reason).",
                            MakeTraceSourceAccessor(&Queue<Item, Container>::m_traceDrop),
                            tcbName)
            .AddTraceSource(
                "DropBeforeEnqueue",
                "Drop a packet before enqueue.",
                MakeTraceSourceAccessor(&Queue<Item, Container>::m_traceDropBeforeEnqueue),
                tcbName)
            .AddTraceSource(
                "DropAfterDequeue",
                "Drop a packet after dequeue.",
                MakeTraceSourceAccessor(&Queue<Item, Container>::m_traceDropAfterDequeue),
                tcbName);
    return tid;
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
Queue<Item, Container>::Queue()
    : NS_LOG_TEMPLATE_DEFINE("Queue")
{
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
Queue<Item, Container>::~Queue()
{
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
const Container&
Queue<Item, Container>::GetContainer() const
{
    return m_packets;
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
bool
Queue<Item, Container>::DoEnqueue(ConstIterator pos, Ptr<Item> item)
{
    Iterator ret;
    return DoEnqueue(pos, item, ret);
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
bool
Queue<Item, Container>::DoEnqueue(ConstIterator pos, Ptr<Item> item, Iterator& ret)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << item);
 
    if (GetCurrentSize() + item > GetMaxSize())
    {
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Queue full -- dropping pkt");
        DropBeforeEnqueue(item);
        return false;
    }
 
    ret = m_packets.insert(pos, item);
 
    uint32_t size = item->GetSize();
    m_nBytes += size;
    m_nTotalReceivedBytes += size;
 
    m_nPackets++;
    m_nTotalReceivedPackets++;
 
    NS_LOG_LOGIC("m_traceEnqueue (p)");
    m_traceEnqueue(item);
 
    return true;
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
Ptr<Item>
Queue<Item, Container>::DoDequeue(ConstIterator pos)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    if (m_nPackets.Get() == 0)
    {
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Queue empty");
        return nullptr;
    }
 
    Ptr<Item> item = MakeGetItem<Container>::GetItem(m_packets, pos);
 
    if (item)
    {
        m_packets.erase(pos);
        NS_ASSERT(m_nBytes.Get() >= item->GetSize());
        NS_ASSERT(m_nPackets.Get() > 0);
 
        m_nBytes -= item->GetSize();
        m_nPackets--;
 
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("m_traceDequeue (p)");
        m_traceDequeue(item);
    }
    return item;
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
Ptr<Item>
Queue<Item, Container>::DoRemove(ConstIterator pos)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    if (m_nPackets.Get() == 0)
    {
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Queue empty");
        return nullptr;
    }
 
    Ptr<Item> item = MakeGetItem<Container>::GetItem(m_packets, pos);
 
    if (item)
    {
        m_packets.erase(pos);
        NS_ASSERT(m_nBytes.Get() >= item->GetSize());
        NS_ASSERT(m_nPackets.Get() > 0);
 
        m_nBytes -= item->GetSize();
        m_nPackets--;
 
        // packets are first dequeued and then dropped
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("m_traceDequeue (p)");
        m_traceDequeue(item);
 
        DropAfterDequeue(item);
    }
    return item;
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
void
Queue<Item, Container>::Flush()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    while (!IsEmpty())
    {
        Remove();
    }
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
void
Queue<Item, Container>::DoDispose()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    m_packets.clear();
    Object::DoDispose();
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
Ptr<const Item>
Queue<Item, Container>::DoPeek(ConstIterator pos) const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    if (m_nPackets.Get() == 0)
    {
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("Queue empty");
        return nullptr;
    }
 
    return MakeGetItem<Container>::GetItem(m_packets, pos);
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
void
Queue<Item, Container>::DropBeforeEnqueue(Ptr<Item> item)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << item);
 
    m_nTotalDroppedPackets++;
    m_nTotalDroppedPacketsBeforeEnqueue++;
    m_nTotalDroppedBytes += item->GetSize();
    m_nTotalDroppedBytesBeforeEnqueue += item->GetSize();
 
    NS_LOG_LOGIC("m_traceDropBeforeEnqueue (p)");
    m_traceDrop(item);
    m_traceDropBeforeEnqueue(item);
}
 
template <typename Item, typename Container>
void
Queue<Item, Container>::DropAfterDequeue(Ptr<Item> item)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << item);
 
    m_nTotalDroppedPackets++;
    m_nTotalDroppedPacketsAfterDequeue++;
    m_nTotalDroppedBytes += item->GetSize();
    m_nTotalDroppedBytesAfterDequeue += item->GetSize();
 
    NS_LOG_LOGIC("m_traceDropAfterDequeue (p)");
    m_traceDrop(item);
    m_traceDropAfterDequeue(item);
}
 
// The following explicit template instantiation declarations prevent all the
// translation units including this header file to implicitly instantiate the
// Queue<Packet> class and the Queue<QueueDiscItem> class. The unique instances
// of these classes are explicitly created through the macros
// NS_OBJECT_TEMPLATE_CLASS_DEFINE (Queue,Packet) and
// NS_OBJECT_TEMPLATE_CLASS_DEFINE (Queue,QueueDiscItem), which are included in queue.cc
extern template class Queue<Packet>;
extern template class Queue<QueueDiscItem>;
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* QUEUE_H */