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// Copyright (C) 2008 University of California
//
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// along with BOINC. If not, see .
// 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
#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;
int FILE_INFO::parse(XML_PARSER& xp) {
char tag[256];
bool is_tag, found=false;
optional = false;
no_validate = false;
while (!xp.get(tag, sizeof(tag), is_tag)) {
if (!is_tag) continue;
if (!strcmp(tag, "/file_ref")) {
return found?0:ERR_XML_PARSE;
}
if (xp.parse_string(tag, "file_name", name)) {
found = true;
continue;
}
if (xp.parse_bool(tag, "optional", optional)) continue;
if (xp.parse_bool(tag, "no_validate", no_validate)) continue;
}
return ERR_XML_PARSE;
}
int get_output_file_info(RESULT& result, FILE_INFO& fi) {
char tag[256], path[1024];
bool is_tag;
string name;
MIOFILE mf;
mf.init_buf_read(result.xml_doc_in);
XML_PARSER xp(&mf);
while (!xp.get(tag, sizeof(tag), is_tag)) {
if (!is_tag) continue;
if (!strcmp(tag, "file_ref")) {
int retval = fi.parse(xp);
if (retval) return retval;
dir_hier_path(
fi.name.c_str(), config.upload_dir, config.uldl_dir_fanout, path
);
fi.path = path;
return 0;
}
}
return ERR_XML_PARSE;
}
int get_output_file_infos(RESULT& result, vector& fis) {
char tag[256], path[1024];
bool is_tag;
MIOFILE mf;
string name;
mf.init_buf_read(result.xml_doc_in);
XML_PARSER xp(&mf);
fis.clear();
while (!xp.get(tag, sizeof(tag), is_tag)) {
if (!is_tag) continue;
if (!strcmp(tag, "file_ref")) {
FILE_INFO fi;
int retval = fi.parse(xp);
if (retval) return retval;
dir_hier_path(
fi.name.c_str(), config.upload_dir, config.uldl_dir_fanout, path
);
fi.path = path;
fis.push_back(fi);
}
}
return 0;
}
int get_output_file_path(RESULT& result, string& path) {
FILE_INFO fi;
int retval = get_output_file_info(result, fi);
if (retval) return retval;
path = fi.path;
return 0;
}
int get_output_file_paths(RESULT& result, vector& paths) {
vector fis;
int retval = get_output_file_infos(result, fis);
if (retval) return retval;
paths.clear();
for (unsigned int i=0; i2, 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& credit) {
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)) {
credit = x;
return 0;
}
}
return ERR_XML_PARSE;
}
// 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;
}
double stddev_credit(WORKUNIT& wu, std::vector& results) {
double credit_low_bound = 0, credit_high_bound = 0;
double penalize_credit_high_bound = 0;
double credit_avg = 0;
double credit = 0;
double old = 0;
double std_dev = 0;
int nvalid = 0;
unsigned int i;
//calculate average
for (i=0; i credit_avg*.85) {
credit_low_bound = credit_avg*.85;
}
credit_low_bound = credit_low_bound - 2.5;
if (credit_low_bound < 1) credit_low_bound = 1;
credit_high_bound = credit_avg+std_dev;
if (credit_high_bound < credit_avg*1.15) {
credit_high_bound = credit_avg*1.15;
}
credit_high_bound = credit_high_bound + 5;
nvalid=0;
credit = 0;
for (i=0; i credit_low_bound) {
credit = credit + result.claimed_credit;
nvalid++;
} else {
log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
"[RESULT#%d %s] CREDIT_CALC_SD Discarding invalid credit %.1lf, avg %.1lf, low %.1lf, high %.1lf \n",
result.id, result.name, result.claimed_credit,
credit_avg, credit_low_bound, credit_high_bound
);
}
}
double grant_credit;
switch(nvalid) {
case 0:
grant_credit = median_mean_credit(wu, results);
old = grant_credit;
break;
default:
grant_credit = credit/nvalid;
old = median_mean_credit(wu, results);
}
// Log what happened
if (old > grant_credit) {
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"CREDIT_CALC_VAL New Method grant: %.1lf Old Method grant: %.1lf Less awarded\n",
grant_credit, old
);
} else if (old == grant_credit) {
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"CREDIT_CALC_VAL New Method grant: %.1lf Old Method grant: %.1lf Same awarded\n",
grant_credit, old
);
} else {
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"CREDIT_CALC_VAL New Method grant: %.1lf Old Method grant: %.1lf More awarded\n",
grant_credit, old
);
}
// penalize hosts that are claiming too much
penalize_credit_high_bound = grant_credit+1.5*std_dev;
if (penalize_credit_high_bound < grant_credit*1.65) {
penalize_credit_high_bound = grant_credit*1.65;
}
penalize_credit_high_bound = penalize_credit_high_bound + 20;
for (i=0; i penalize_credit_high_bound) {
result.granted_credit = grant_credit * 0.5;
log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
"[RESULT#%d %s] CREDIT_CALC_PENALTY Penalizing host for too high credit %.1lf, grant %.1lf, penalize %.1lf, stddev %.1lf, avg %.1lf, low %.1lf, high %.1lf \n",
result.id, result.name, result.claimed_credit, grant_credit,
penalize_credit_high_bound, std_dev, credit_avg,
credit_low_bound, credit_high_bound
);
}
}
return grant_credit;
}
double two_credit(WORKUNIT& wu, std::vector& results) {
unsigned int i;
double credit = 0;
double credit_avg = 0;
double last_credit = 0;
int nvalid = 0;
double grant_credit;
//calculate average
for (i=0; i 2) return stddev_credit(wu, results);
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"[WORKUNIT#%d %s] Only 2 results \n",wu.id, wu.name
);
// If only 2, then check to see if range is reasonable
if (fabs(last_credit - credit_avg) < 0.15*credit_avg) return credit_avg;
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"[WORKUNIT#%d %s] Average is more than 15 percent from each value \n",
wu.id, wu.name
);
// log data on large variance in runtime
float cpu_time = 0.0;
for (i=0; i 2 || cpu_time/result.cpu_time < 0.5) {
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"[WORKUNIT#%d %s] Large difference in runtime \n",
wu.id, wu.name
);
}
}
}
//find result with smallest deviation from historical credit and award that value
DB_HOST host;
double deviation = -1;
grant_credit = credit_avg; // default award in case nobody matches the cases
for (i=0; i fabs(result.claimed_credit - result.cpu_time*host.credit_per_cpu_sec)) && result.cpu_time > 30) {
deviation = fabs(result.claimed_credit - result.cpu_time*host.credit_per_cpu_sec);
log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
"[RESULT#%d %s] Credit deviation = %.2lf \n",
result.id, result.name, deviation
);
grant_credit = result.claimed_credit;
}
}
log_messages.printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"[WORKUNIT#%d %s] Credit granted = %.2lf \n",
wu.id, wu.name, grant_credit
);
return grant_credit;
}
const char *BOINC_RCSID_07049e8a0e = "$Id$";