// Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing // http://boinc.berkeley.edu // Copyright (C) 2005 University of California // // This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; // either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // To view the GNU Lesser General Public License visit // http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html // or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., // 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA // Code to facilitate writing validators. // Can be used as the basis for a validator that accepts everything // (see sample_trivial_validator.C), // or that requires strict equality (see sample_bitwise_validator.C) // or that uses fuzzy comparison. #include "config.h" #include "error_numbers.h" #include "parse.h" #include "util.h" #include "filesys.h" #include "sched_util.h" #include "sched_config.h" #include "sched_msgs.h" #include "validator.h" #include "validate_util.h" using std::vector; using std::string; static int parse_filename(XML_PARSER& xp, string& name) { char tag[256]; bool is_tag, found=false; while (!xp.get(tag, sizeof(tag), is_tag)) { if (!is_tag) continue; if (!strcmp(tag, "/file_info")) { return found?0:ERR_XML_PARSE; } if (xp.parse_string(tag, "name", name)) { found = true; } } return ERR_XML_PARSE; } int get_output_file_path(RESULT const& result, string& path_str) { char tag[256], path[1024]; bool is_tag; string name; MIOFILE mf; mf.init_buf_read(result.xml_doc_out); XML_PARSER xp(&mf); while (!xp.get(tag, sizeof(tag), is_tag)) { if (!is_tag) continue; if (!strcmp(tag, "file_info")) { int retval = parse_filename(xp, name); if (retval) return retval; dir_hier_path(name.c_str(), config.upload_dir, config.uldl_dir_fanout, path); path_str = path; return 0; } } return ERR_XML_PARSE; } int get_output_file_paths(RESULT const& result, vector& paths) { char tag[256], path[1024]; bool is_tag; MIOFILE mf; string name; mf.init_buf_read(result.xml_doc_out); XML_PARSER xp(&mf); paths.clear(); while (!xp.get(tag, sizeof(tag), is_tag)) { if (!is_tag) continue; if (!strcmp(tag, "file_info")) { int retval = parse_filename(xp, name); if (retval) return retval; dir_hier_path(name.c_str(), config.upload_dir, config.uldl_dir_fanout, path); paths.push_back(path); } } return 0; } #define CREDIT_EPSILON .001 // If we have N correct results with nonzero claimed credit, // compute a canonical credit as follows: // - if N==0 (all claimed credits are infinitesmal), return CREDIT_EPSILON // - if N==1, return that credit // - if N==2, return min // - if N>2, toss out min and max, return average of rest // double median_mean_credit(WORKUNIT& /*wu*/, vector& results) { int ilow=-1, ihigh=-1; double credit_low = 0, credit_high = 0; int nvalid = 0; unsigned int i; for (i=0; i credit_high) { ihigh = i; credit_high = result.claimed_credit; } } nvalid++; } switch(nvalid) { case 0: return CREDIT_EPSILON; case 1: case 2: return credit_low; default: double sum = 0; for (i=0; i&) { double x; int retval; DB_WORKUNIT dbwu; dbwu.id = wu.id; retval = dbwu.get_field_str("xml_doc", dbwu.xml_doc, sizeof(dbwu.xml_doc)); if (!retval) { if (parse_double(dbwu.xml_doc, "", x)) { return x; } } fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: missing from WU XML\n"); exit(1); } // This function should be called from the validator whenever credit // is granted to a host. It's purpose is to track the average credit // per cpu time for that host. // // It updates an exponentially-decaying estimate of credit_per_cpu_sec // Note that this does NOT decay with time, but instead decays with // total credits earned. If a host stops earning credits, then this // quantity stops decaying. So credit_per_cpu_sec must NOT be // periodically decayed using the update_stats utility or similar // methods. // // The intended purpose is for cross-project credit comparisons on // BOINC statistics pages, for hosts attached to multiple machines. // One day people will write PhD theses on how to normalize credit // values to equalize them across projects. I hope this will be done // according to "Allen's principle": "Credits granted by a project // should be normalized so that, averaged across all hosts attached to // multiple projects, projects grant equal credit per cpu second." // This principle ensures that (on average) participants will choose // projects based on merit, not based on credits. It also ensures // that (on average) host machines migrate to the projects for which // they are best suited. // // For cross-project comparison the value of credit_per_cpu_sec should // be exported in the statistics file host_id.gz, which is written by // the code in db_dump.C. // // Algorithm: credits_per_cpu_second should be updated each time that // a host is granted credit, according to: // // CREDIT_AVERAGE_CONST = 500 [see Note 5] // MAX_CREDIT_PER_CPU_SEC = 0.1 [see Note 6] // // e = tanh(granted_credit/CREDIT_AVERAGE_CONST) // if (e < 0) then e = 0 // if (e > 1) then e = 1 // if (credit_per_cpu_sec <= 0) then e = 1 // if (cpu_time <= 0) then e = 0 [see Note 4] // if (granted_credit <= 0) then e = 0 [see Note 3] // // rate = granted_credit/cpu_time // if (rate < 0) rate = 0 // if (rate > MAX_CREDIT_PER_CPU_SEC) rate = MAX_CREDIT_PER_CPU_SEC // // credit_per_cpu_sec = e * rate + (1 - e) * credit_per_cpu_sec // Note 0: all quantities above should be treated as real numbers // Note 1: cpu_time is measured in seconds // Note 2: When a host is created, the initial value of // credit_per_cpu_sec, should be zero. // Note 3: If a host has done invalid work (granted_credit==0) we have // chosen not to include it. One might argue that the // boundary case granted_credit==0 should be treated the same // as granted_credit>0. However the goal here is not to // identify cpus whose host machines sometimes produce // rubbish. It is to get a measure of how effectively the cpu // runs the application code. // Note 4: e==0 means 'DO NOT include the first term on the rhs of the // equation defining credit_per_cpu_sec' which is equivalent // to 'DO NOT update credit_per_cpu_sec'. // Note 5: CREDIT_AVERAGE_CONST determines the exponential decay // credit used in averaging credit_per_cpu_sec. It may be // changed at any time, even if the project database has // already been populated with non-zero values of // credit_per_cpu_sec. // Note 6: Typical VERY FAST cpus have credit_per_cpu_sec of around // 0.02. This is a safety mechanism designed to prevent // trouble if a client or host has reported absurd values (due // to a bug in client or server software or by cheating). In // five years when cpus are five time faster, please increase // the value of R. You may also want to increase the value of // CREDIT_AVERAGE_CONST. // // Nonzero return value: host exceeded the max allowed // credit/cpu_sec. // int update_credit_per_cpu_sec( double granted_credit, // credit granted for this work double cpu_time, // cpu time (seconds) used for this work double& credit_per_cpu_sec // (average) credit per cpu second ) { int retval = 0; // Either of these values may be freely changed in the future. // When CPUs get much faster one must increase the 'sanity-check' // value of max_credit_per_cpu_sec. At that time it would also // make sense to proportionally increase the credit_average_const. // const double credit_average_const = 500; const double max_credit_per_cpu_sec = 0.07; double e = tanh(granted_credit/credit_average_const); if (e <= 0.0 || cpu_time == 0.0 || granted_credit == 0.0) return retval; if (e > 1.0 || credit_per_cpu_sec == 0.0) e = 1.0; double rate = granted_credit/cpu_time; if (rate < 0.0) rate = 0.0; if (rate > max_credit_per_cpu_sec) { rate = max_credit_per_cpu_sec; retval = 1; } credit_per_cpu_sec = e * rate + (1.0 - e) * credit_per_cpu_sec; return retval; } const char *BOINC_RCSID_07049e8a0e = "$Id$";