// This file is part of BOINC. // http://boinc.berkeley.edu // Copyright (C) 2008 University of California // // BOINC 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // BOINC 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. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // 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 = "$Id$";