better naming and comment

acceptorwrapper/rate_limiter.go

@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/metrics"
 )
 
-// RateLimiter wraps net.Conn by applying rate limiting
-// and return empty if exceeded
+// RateLimiter wraps net.Conn by applying rate limiting and return empty
+// if exceeded. It uses the leaky bucket
+// algorithm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_bucket).
+// Here, "limit" is the number of requests it accepts during an "interval" duration.
+// After making a request, a slot is occupied and only freed after "interval"
+// duration. If a new request comes when no slots are available, the buffer from
+// Read is droped and ignored by pitaya.
+// On the client side, this will yield a timeout error and the client must
+// be prepared to handle it.
 type RateLimiter struct {
 	net.Conn
 	limit        int
@@ -72,9 +79,8 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		}
 
 		now := time.Now()
-		err = r.take(now)
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Log.Errorf("Data=%s, Error=%s", b, err)
+		if r.shouldRateLimit(now) {
+			logger.Log.Errorf("Data=%s, Error=%s", b, constants.ErrExceededRateLimiting)
 			metrics.ReportExceededRateLimiting(pitaya.GetMetricsReporters())
 			continue
 		}
@@ -83,20 +89,20 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// take saves the now as time taken or returns an error if
+// shouldRateLimit saves the now as time taken or returns an error if
 // in the limit of rate limiting
-func (r *RateLimiter) take(now time.Time) error {
+func (r *RateLimiter) shouldRateLimit(now time.Time) bool {
 	if r.times.Len() < r.limit {
 		r.times.PushBack(now)
-		return nil
+		return false
 	}
 
 	front := r.times.Front()
 	if diff := now.Sub(front.Value.(time.Time)); diff < r.interval {
-		return constants.ErrExceededRateLimiting
+		return true
 	}
 
 	front.Value = now
 	r.times.MoveToBack(front)
-	return nil
+	return false
 }

acceptorwrapper/rate_limiter_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/constants"
 	"github.com/topfreegames/pitaya/mocks"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func TestRateLimiterRead(t *testing.T) {
 		expected     int
 		err          error
 	}{
-		"test_can_take_on_first_time": {
+		"test_can_read_on_first_time": {
 			forceDisable: false,
 			mock: func() {
 				mockConn.EXPECT().Read(buf).Return(10, nil)
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func TestRateLimiterRead(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRateLimiterTake(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRateLimiterShouldRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	var (
@@ -110,34 +109,34 @@ func TestRateLimiterTake(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tables := map[string]struct {
 		before func()
-		err    error
+		should bool
 	}{
-		"test_can_take_on_first_time": {
+		"test_should_not_on_first_time": {
 			before: func() {},
-			err:    nil,
+			should: false,
 		},
-		"test_can_take_missing_one_to_limit": {
+		"test_should_not_missing_one_to_limit": {
 			before: func() {
-				r.take(now)
-				r.take(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
 			},
-			err: nil,
+			should: false,
 		},
-		"test_can_take_when_oldest_request_expired": {
+		"test_should_not_when_oldest_request_expired": {
 			before: func() {
-				r.take(now.Add(-2 * interval))
-				r.take(now)
-				r.take(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now.Add(-2 * interval))
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
 			},
-			err: nil,
+			should: false,
 		},
-		"test_cant_take_when_exceeded_limit": {
+		"test_should_when_exceeded_limit": {
 			before: func() {
-				r.take(now)
-				r.take(now)
-				r.take(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
+				r.shouldRateLimit(now)
 			},
-			err: constants.ErrExceededRateLimiting,
+			should: true,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -146,8 +145,8 @@ func TestRateLimiterTake(t *testing.T) {
 			r = NewRateLimiter(nil, limit, interval, false)
 
 			table.before()
-			err := r.take(now)
-			assert.Equal(t, table.err, err)
+			should := r.shouldRateLimit(now)
+			assert.Equal(t, table.should, should)
 		})
 	}
 }