Refactor backoff looping call

This codebase can now be updated to use the refactored
base class to avoid duplicating alot of the same code.

Eventually we should also just move this to oslo if
when/this review is accepted since that seems like a better
home for this code in general.

Change-Id: I387d60667f427824a64d52544638792429887ebf

ironic_python_agent/backoff.py

@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import random
-import sys
 
-from eventlet import event
-from eventlet import greenthread
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_service import loopingcall
 
@@ -78,56 +75,42 @@ class BackOffLoopingCall(loopingcall.LoopingCallBase):
              timeout.
     """
 
+    _KIND = 'Dynamic backoff interval looping call'
+    _RUN_ONLY_ONE_MESSAGE = ("A dynamic backoff interval looping call can"
+                             " only run one function at a time")
+
+    def __init__(self, f=None, *args, **kw):
+        super(BackOffLoopingCall, self).__init__(f=f, *args, **kw)
+        self._error_time = 0
+        self._interval = 1
+
     def start(self, initial_delay=None, starting_interval=1, timeout=300,
               max_interval=300, jitter=0.75):
-        self._running = True
+        if self._thread is not None:
-        done = event.Event()
+            raise RuntimeError(self._RUN_ONLY_ONE_MESSAGE)
 
-        def _inner():
+        # Reset any prior state.
-            interval = starting_interval
+        self._error_time = 0
-            error_time = 0
+        self._interval = starting_interval
 
-            if initial_delay:
+        def _idle_for(success, _elapsed):
-                greenthread.sleep(initial_delay)
+            random_jitter = random.gauss(jitter, 0.1)
-
+            if success:
-            try:
+                # Reset error state now that it didn't error...
-                while self._running:
+                self._interval = starting_interval
-                    no_error = self.f(*self.args, **self.kw)
+                self._error_time = 0
-                    if not self._running:
+                return self._interval * random_jitter
-                        break
-                    random_jitter = random.gauss(jitter, 0.1)
-                    if no_error:
-                        # Reset error state
-                        error_time = 0
-                        interval = starting_interval
-                        idle = interval * random_jitter
-                    else:
-                        # Backoff
-                        interval = min(interval * 2 * random_jitter,
-                                       max_interval)
-                        idle = interval
-
-                        # Don't go over timeout, end early if necessary. If
-                        # timeout is 0, keep going.
-                        if timeout > 0 and error_time + idle > timeout:
-                            raise LoopingCallTimeOut(
-                                'Looping call timed out after %.02f seconds'
-                                % error_time)
-                        error_time += idle
-
-                    LOG.debug('Dynamic looping call sleeping for %.02f '
-                              'seconds', idle)
-                    greenthread.sleep(idle)
-            except loopingcall.LoopingCallDone as e:
-                self.stop()
-                done.send(e.retvalue)
-            except Exception:
-                LOG.exception('in dynamic looping call')
-                done.send_exception(*sys.exc_info())
-                return
             else:
-                done.send(True)
+                # Perform backoff
+                self._interval = idle = min(
+                    self._interval * 2 * random_jitter, max_interval)
+                # Don't go over timeout, end early if necessary. If
+                # timeout is 0, keep going.
+                if timeout > 0 and self._error_time + idle > timeout:
+                    raise LoopingCallTimeOut(
+                        'Looping call timed out after %.02f seconds'
+                        % self._error_time)
+                self._error_time += idle
+                return idle
 
-        self.done = done
+        return self._start(_idle_for, initial_delay=initial_delay)
-        greenthread.spawn(_inner)
-        return self.done