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22 * @file include/gnunet_load_lib.h
23 * @brief functions related to load calculations
24 * @author Christian Grothoff
27 #ifndef GNUNET_LOAD_LIB_H
28 #define GNUNET_LOAD_LIB_H
33 #if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
38 #include "gnunet_common.h"
39 #include "gnunet_time_lib.h"
44 struct GNUNET_LOAD_Value;
47 * Create a new load value.
49 * @param autodecline speed at which this value should automatically
50 * decline in the absence of external events; at the given
51 * frequency, 0-load values will be added to the load
52 * @return the new load value
54 struct GNUNET_LOAD_Value *
55 GNUNET_LOAD_value_init (struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative autodecline);
59 * Change the value by which the load automatically declines.
61 * @param load load to update
62 * @param autodecline frequency of load decline
65 GNUNET_LOAD_value_set_decline (struct GNUNET_LOAD_Value *load,
66 struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative autodecline);
72 * @param lv value to free
74 #define GNUNET_LOAD_value_free(lv) GNUNET_free (lv)
78 * Get the current load.
80 * @param load load handle
81 * @return zero for below-average load, otherwise
82 * number of std. devs we are above average;
83 * 100 if the latest updates were so large
84 * that we could not do proper calculations
87 GNUNET_LOAD_get_load (struct GNUNET_LOAD_Value *load);
91 * Get the average value given to update so far.
93 * @param load load handle
94 * @return zero if update was never called
97 GNUNET_LOAD_get_average (struct GNUNET_LOAD_Value *load);
101 * Update the current load.
103 * @param load to update
104 * @param data latest measurement value (for example, delay)
107 GNUNET_LOAD_update (struct GNUNET_LOAD_Value *load, uint64_t data);
110 #if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */
117 /* ifndef GNUNET_LOAD_LIB_H */
119 /* end of gnunet_load_lib.h */