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// Copyright 2018, OpenCensus Authors
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package ocagent
import (
"math/rand"
"time"
)
var randSrc = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
// retries function fn upto n times, if fn returns an error lest it returns nil early.
// It applies exponential backoff in units of (1<<n) + jitter microsends.
func nTriesWithExponentialBackoff(nTries int64, timeBaseUnit time.Duration, fn func() error) (err error) {
for i := int64(0); i < nTries; i++ {
err = fn()
if err == nil {
return nil
}
// Backoff for a time period with a pseudo-random jitter
jitter := time.Duration(randSrc.Float64()*100) * time.Microsecond
ts := jitter + ((1 << uint64(i)) * timeBaseUnit)
<-time.After(ts)
}
return err
}