Measure roundtrip times on link

tunnel/default.go

@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ func (t *tun) Dial(channel string, opts ...DialOption) (Session, error) {
 	c.mode = options.Mode
 	// set the dial timeout
 	c.timeout = options.Timeout
-
+	// get the current time
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	after := func() time.Duration {
@@ -980,6 +980,8 @@ func (t *tun) Dial(channel string, opts ...DialOption) (Session, error) {
 	}
 
 	var links []string
+	// did we measure the rtt
+	var measured bool
 
 	// non multicast so we need to find the link
 	if id := options.Link; id != "" {
@@ -1021,6 +1023,9 @@ func (t *tun) Dial(channel string, opts ...DialOption) (Session, error) {
 
 	// shit fuck
 	if !c.discovered {
+		// piggy back roundtrip
+		nowRTT := time.Now()
+
 		// create a new discovery message for this channel
 		msg := c.newMessage("discover")
 		msg.mode = Broadcast
@@ -1075,12 +1080,31 @@ func (t *tun) Dial(channel string, opts ...DialOption) (Session, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		// set roundtrip
+		d := time.Since(nowRTT)
+
+		// set the link time
+		t.RLock()
+		link, ok := t.links[msg.link]
+		t.RUnlock()
+
+		if ok {
+			// set the rountrip time
+			link.setRTT(d)
+		}
+
+		// set measured to true
+		measured = true
+
 		// set discovered to true
 		c.discovered = true
 	}
 
 	// a unicast session so we call "open" and wait for an "accept"
 
+	// reset now in case we use it
+	now = time.Now()
+
 	// try to open the session
 	err := c.Open()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1089,6 +1113,18 @@ func (t *tun) Dial(channel string, opts ...DialOption) (Session, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// if we haven't measured the roundtrip do it now
+	if !measured && c.mode == Unicast {
+		// set the link time
+		t.RLock()
+		link, ok := t.links[c.link]
+		t.RUnlock()
+		if ok {
+			// set the rountrip time
+			link.setRTT(time.Since(now))
+		}
+	}
+
 	return c, nil
 }
 

tunnel/link.go

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ type link struct {
 	// channels keeps a mapping of channels and last seen
 	channels map[string]time.Time
 
+	// the weighed moving average roundtrip
+	rtt int64
+
 	// keep an error count on the link
 	errCount int
 }
@@ -48,6 +51,21 @@ func newLink(s transport.Socket) *link {
 	return l
 }
 
+func (l *link) setRTT(d time.Duration) {
+	l.Lock()
+	defer l.Unlock()
+
+	if l.rtt < 0 {
+		l.rtt = d.Nanoseconds()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// https://fishi.devtail.io/weblog/2015/04/12/measuring-bandwidth-and-round-trip-time-tcp-connection-inside-application-layer/
+	rtt := 0.8*float64(l.rtt) + 0.2*float64(d.Nanoseconds())
+	// set new rtt
+	l.rtt = int64(rtt)
+}
+
 // watches the channel expiry
 func (l *link) expiry() {
 	t := time.NewTicker(time.Minute)
@@ -95,9 +113,13 @@ func (l *link) Rate() float64 {
 	return float64(10e8)
 }
 
-// Length returns the roundtrip time as nanoseconds (lower is better)
+// Length returns the roundtrip time as nanoseconds (lower is better).
+// Returns 0 where no measurement has been taken.
 func (l *link) Length() int64 {
-	return time.Second.Nanoseconds()
+	l.RLock()
+	defer l.RUnlock()
+
+	return l.rtt
 }
 
 func (l *link) Id() string {