Python: Support for specifying absolute timeouts for Invoke/Write

This adds support for specifying an absolute timeout for
ChipDeviceController.SendCommand and ChipDeviceController.WriteAttribute
methods. This timeout is used to bound both mDNS discovery and
the subsequent IM interaction.

src/controller/python/chip/ChipDeviceCtrl.py

@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ def GetClusterHandler(self):
 
         return self._Cluster
 
-    def GetConnectedDeviceSync(self, nodeid, allowPASE=True):
+    def GetConnectedDeviceSync(self, nodeid, allowPASE=True, timeoutMs: int = None):
         self.CheckIsActive()
 
         returnDevice = c_void_p(None)
@@ -567,57 +567,67 @@ def DeviceAvailableCallback(device, err):
 
         if allowPASE:
             res = self._ChipStack.Call(lambda: self._dmLib.pychip_GetDeviceBeingCommissioned(
-                self.devCtrl, nodeid, byref(returnDevice)))
+                self.devCtrl, nodeid, byref(returnDevice)), timeoutMs)
             if res == 0:
                 print('Using PASE connection')
                 return returnDevice
 
         res = self._ChipStack.Call(lambda: self._dmLib.pychip_GetConnectedDeviceByNodeId(
-            self.devCtrl, nodeid, DeviceAvailableCallback))
+            self.devCtrl, nodeid, DeviceAvailableCallback), timeoutMs)
         if res != 0:
             raise self._ChipStack.ErrorToException(res)
 
         # The callback might have been received synchronously (during self._ChipStack.Call()).
         # Check if the device is already set before waiting for the callback.
         if returnDevice.value is None:
             with deviceAvailableCV:
-                deviceAvailableCV.wait()
+                timeout = None
+                if (timeoutMs):
+                    timeout = float(timeoutMs) / 1000
+
+                ret = deviceAvailableCV.wait(timeout)
+                if ret is False:
+                    raise TimeoutError("Timed out waiting for DNS-SD resolution")
 
         if returnDevice.value is None:
             raise self._ChipStack.ErrorToException(returnErr)
         return returnDevice
 
-    async def SendCommand(self, nodeid: int, endpoint: int, payload: ClusterObjects.ClusterCommand, responseType=None, timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None):
+    async def SendCommand(self, nodeid: int, endpoint: int, payload: ClusterObjects.ClusterCommand, responseType=None, timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None, interactionTimeoutMs: int = None):
         '''
         Send a cluster-object encapsulated command to a node and get returned a future that can be awaited upon to receive the response.
         If a valid responseType is passed in, that will be used to deserialize the object. If not, the type will be automatically deduced
         from the metadata received over the wire.
 
         timedWriteTimeoutMs: Timeout for a timed invoke request. Omit or set to 'None' to indicate a non-timed request.
+        interactionTimeoutMs: Overall timeout for the interaction. Omit or set to 'None' to have the SDK automatically compute the right
+                              timeout value based on transport characteristics as well as the responsiveness of the target.
         '''
         self.CheckIsActive()
 
         eventLoop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         future = eventLoop.create_future()
 
-        device = self.GetConnectedDeviceSync(nodeid)
+        device = self.GetConnectedDeviceSync(nodeid, timeoutMs=interactionTimeoutMs)
         res = ClusterCommand.SendCommand(
             future, eventLoop, responseType, device, ClusterCommand.CommandPath(
                 EndpointId=endpoint,
                 ClusterId=payload.cluster_id,
                 CommandId=payload.command_id,
-            ), payload, timedRequestTimeoutMs=timedRequestTimeoutMs)
+            ), payload, timedRequestTimeoutMs=timedRequestTimeoutMs, interactionTimeoutMs=interactionTimeoutMs)
         if res != 0:
             future.set_exception(self._ChipStack.ErrorToException(res))
         return await future
 
-    async def WriteAttribute(self, nodeid: int, attributes: typing.List[typing.Tuple[int, ClusterObjects.ClusterAttributeDescriptor, int]], timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None):
+    async def WriteAttribute(self, nodeid: int, attributes: typing.List[typing.Tuple[int, ClusterObjects.ClusterAttributeDescriptor, int]], timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None, interactionTimeoutMs: int = None):
         '''
         Write a list of attributes on a target node.
 
         nodeId: Target's Node ID
         timedWriteTimeoutMs: Timeout for a timed write request. Omit or set to 'None' to indicate a non-timed request.
         attributes: A list of tuples of type (endpoint, cluster-object):
+        interactionTimeoutMs: Overall timeout for the interaction. Omit or set to 'None' to have the SDK automatically compute the right
+                              timeout value based on transport characteristics as well as the responsiveness of the target.
 
         E.g
             (1, Clusters.TestCluster.Attributes.XYZAttribute('hello')) -- Write 'hello' to the XYZ attribute on the test cluster to endpoint 1
@@ -627,7 +637,7 @@ async def WriteAttribute(self, nodeid: int, attributes: typing.List[typing.Tuple
         eventLoop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         future = eventLoop.create_future()
 
-        device = self.GetConnectedDeviceSync(nodeid)
+        device = self.GetConnectedDeviceSync(nodeid, timeoutMs=interactionTimeoutMs)
 
         attrs = []
         for v in attributes:
@@ -639,7 +649,7 @@ async def WriteAttribute(self, nodeid: int, attributes: typing.List[typing.Tuple
                     v[0], v[1], v[2], 1, v[1].value))
 
         res = ClusterAttribute.WriteAttributes(
-            future, eventLoop, device, attrs, timedRequestTimeoutMs=timedRequestTimeoutMs)
+            future, eventLoop, device, attrs, timedRequestTimeoutMs=timedRequestTimeoutMs, interactionTimeoutMs=interactionTimeoutMs)
         if res != 0:
             raise self._ChipStack.ErrorToException(res)
         return await future

src/controller/python/chip/ChipStack.py

@@ -151,10 +151,14 @@ def __call__(self):
             self._cv.notify_all()
         pythonapi.Py_DecRef(py_object(self))
 
-    def Wait(self):
+    def Wait(self, timeoutMs: int = None):
+        timeout = None
+        if timeoutMs is not None:
+            timeout = float(timeoutMs) / 1000
+
         with self._cv:
             while self._finish is False:
-                self._cv.wait()
+                self._cv.wait(timeout)
             if self._exc is not None:
                 raise self._exc
             return self._res
@@ -335,7 +339,7 @@ def Shutdown(self):
         self.devMgr = None
         self.callbackRes = None
 
-    def Call(self, callFunct):
+    def Call(self, callFunct, timeoutMs: int = None):
         '''Run a Python function on CHIP stack, and wait for the response.
         This function is a wrapper of PostTaskOnChipThread, which includes some handling of application specific logics.
         Calling this function on CHIP on CHIP mainloop thread will cause deadlock.
@@ -344,7 +348,7 @@ def Call(self, callFunct):
         self.callbackRes = None
         self.completeEvent.clear()
         with self.networkLock:
-            res = self.PostTaskOnChipThread(callFunct).Wait()
+            res = self.PostTaskOnChipThread(callFunct).Wait(timeoutMs)
         self.completeEvent.set()
         if res == 0 and self.callbackRes != None:
             return self.callbackRes

src/controller/python/chip/clusters/Attribute.py

@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ def _OnWriteDoneCallback(closure):
     closure.handleDone()
 
 
-def WriteAttributes(future: Future, eventLoop, device, attributes: List[AttributeWriteRequest], timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None) -> int:
+def WriteAttributes(future: Future, eventLoop, device, attributes: List[AttributeWriteRequest], timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None, interactionTimeoutMs: int = None) -> int:
     handle = chip.native.GetLibraryHandle()
 
     writeargs = []
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ def WriteAttributes(future: Future, eventLoop, device, attributes: List[Attribut
     ctypes.pythonapi.Py_IncRef(ctypes.py_object(transaction))
     res = builtins.chipStack.Call(
         lambda: handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(
-            ctypes.py_object(transaction), device, ctypes.c_uint16(0 if timedRequestTimeoutMs is None else timedRequestTimeoutMs), ctypes.c_size_t(len(attributes)), *writeargs))
+            ctypes.py_object(transaction), device, ctypes.c_uint16(0 if timedRequestTimeoutMs is None else timedRequestTimeoutMs), ctypes.c_uint16(0 if interactionTimeoutMs is None else interactionTimeoutMs), ctypes.c_size_t(len(attributes)), *writeargs))
     if res != 0:
         ctypes.pythonapi.Py_DecRef(ctypes.py_object(transaction))
     return res

src/controller/python/chip/clusters/Command.py

@@ -139,13 +139,18 @@ def _OnCommandSenderDoneCallback(closure):
     ctypes.pythonapi.Py_DecRef(ctypes.py_object(closure))
 
 
-def SendCommand(future: Future, eventLoop, responseType: Type, device, commandPath: CommandPath, payload: ClusterCommand, timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None) -> int:
+def SendCommand(future: Future, eventLoop, responseType: Type, device, commandPath: CommandPath, payload: ClusterCommand, timedRequestTimeoutMs: int = None, interactionTimeoutMs: int = None) -> int:
     ''' Send a cluster-object encapsulated command to a device and does the following:
             - On receipt of a successful data response, returns the cluster-object equivalent through the provided future.
             - None (on a successful response containing no data)
             - Raises an exception if any errors are encountered.
 
         If no response type is provided above, the type will be automatically deduced.
+
+        If a valid timedRequestTimeoutMs is provided, a timed interaction will be initiated instead.
+        If a valid interactionTimeoutMs is provided, the interaction will terminate with a CHIP_ERROR_TIMEOUT if a response
+        has not been received within that timeout. If it isn't provided, a sensible value will be automatically computed that
+        accounts for the underlying characteristics of both the transport and the responsiveness of the receiver.
     '''
     if (responseType is not None) and (not issubclass(responseType, ClusterCommand)):
         raise ValueError("responseType must be a ClusterCommand or None")
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ def SendCommand(future: Future, eventLoop, responseType: Type, device, commandPa
     ctypes.pythonapi.Py_IncRef(ctypes.py_object(transaction))
     return builtins.chipStack.Call(
         lambda: handle.pychip_CommandSender_SendCommand(ctypes.py_object(
-            transaction), device, c_uint16(0 if timedRequestTimeoutMs is None else timedRequestTimeoutMs), commandPath.EndpointId, commandPath.ClusterId, commandPath.CommandId, payloadTLV, len(payloadTLV)))
+            transaction), device, c_uint16(0 if timedRequestTimeoutMs is None else timedRequestTimeoutMs), commandPath.EndpointId, commandPath.ClusterId, commandPath.CommandId, payloadTLV, len(payloadTLV), ctypes.c_uint16(0 if interactionTimeoutMs is None else interactionTimeoutMs)))
 
 
 def Init():

src/controller/python/chip/clusters/attribute.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <lib/support/logging/CHIPLogging.h>
 
+#include <lib/core/Optional.h>
+
 using namespace chip;
 using namespace chip::app;
 
@@ -241,7 +243,8 @@ struct __attribute__((packed)) PyReadAttributeParams
 
 // Encodes n attribute write requests, follows 3 * n arguments, in the (AttributeWritePath*=void *, uint8_t*, size_t) order.
 chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device,
-                                                                uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs, size_t n, ...);
+                                                                uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs, uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs,
+                                                                size_t n, ...);
 chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_ReadClient_ReadAttributes(void * appContext, ReadClient ** pReadClient,
                                                               ReadClientCallback ** pCallback, DeviceProxy * device,
                                                               uint8_t * readParamsBuf, size_t n, size_t total, ...);
@@ -319,7 +322,8 @@ void pychip_ReadClient_InitCallbacks(OnReadAttributeDataCallback onReadAttribute
 }
 
 chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device,
-                                                                uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs, size_t n, ...)
+                                                                uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs, uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs,
+                                                                size_t n, ...)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 
@@ -331,7 +335,7 @@ chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContex
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, n);
 
-    VerifyOrExit(device != nullptr && device->GetSecureSession().HasValue(), err = CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE);
+    VerifyOrExit(device != nullptr && device->GetSecureSession().HasValue(), err = CHIP_ERROR_MISSING_SECURE_SESSION);
 
     {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
@@ -359,7 +363,9 @@ chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContex
         }
     }
 
-    SuccessOrExit(err = client->SendWriteRequest(device->GetSecureSession().Value()));
+    SuccessOrExit(err = client->SendWriteRequest(device->GetSecureSession().Value(),
+                                                 interactionTimeoutMs != 0 ? System::Clock::Milliseconds32(interactionTimeoutMs)
+                                                                           : System::Clock::kZero));
 
     client.release();
     callback.release();

src/controller/python/chip/clusters/command.cpp

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ extern "C" {
 chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_CommandSender_SendCommand(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device,
                                                               uint16_t timedRequestTimeoutMs, chip::EndpointId endpointId,
                                                               chip::ClusterId clusterId, chip::CommandId commandId,
-                                                              const uint8_t * payload, size_t length);
+                                                              const uint8_t * payload, size_t length,
+                                                              uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs);
 }
 
 namespace chip {
@@ -127,10 +128,12 @@ void pychip_CommandSender_InitCallbacks(OnCommandSenderResponseCallback onComman
 chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_CommandSender_SendCommand(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device,
                                                               uint16_t timedRequestTimeoutMs, chip::EndpointId endpointId,
                                                               chip::ClusterId clusterId, chip::CommandId commandId,
-                                                              const uint8_t * payload, size_t length)
+                                                              const uint8_t * payload, size_t length, uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 
+    VerifyOrReturnError(device->GetSecureSession().HasValue(), CHIP_ERROR_MISSING_SECURE_SESSION.AsInteger());
+
     std::unique_ptr<CommandSenderCallback> callback = std::make_unique<CommandSenderCallback>(appContext);
     std::unique_ptr<CommandSender> sender           = std::make_unique<CommandSender>(callback.get(), device->GetExchangeManager(),
                                                                             /* is timed request */ timedRequestTimeoutMs != 0);
@@ -151,7 +154,11 @@ chip::ChipError::StorageType pychip_CommandSender_SendCommand(void * appContext,
 
     SuccessOrExit(err = sender->FinishCommand(timedRequestTimeoutMs != 0 ? Optional<uint16_t>(timedRequestTimeoutMs)
                                                                          : Optional<uint16_t>::Missing()));
-    SuccessOrExit(err = device->SendCommands(sender.get()));
+
+    SuccessOrExit(err = sender->SendCommandRequest(device->GetSecureSession().Value(),
+                                                   interactionTimeoutMs != 0
+                                                       ? MakeOptional(System::Clock::Milliseconds32(interactionTimeoutMs))
+                                                       : Optional<System::Clock::Timeout>::Missing()));
 
     sender.release();
     callback.release();